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In connection with the final
disposition of this investigation, the
Commission may (1) Issue an order that
could result in the exclusion of the
subject articles from entry into the
United States, and/or (2) issue one or
more cease and desist orders that could
result in the respondent(s) being
required to cease and desist from
engaging in unfair acts in the
importation and sale of such articles.
Accordingly, the Commission is
interested in receiving written
submissions that address the form of
remedy, if any, that should be ordered.
If a party seeks exclusion of an article
from entry into the United States for
purposes other than entry for
consumption, the party should so
indicate and provide information
establishing that activities involving
other types of entry either are adversely
affecting it or likely to do so. For
background, see In the Matter of Certain
Devices for Connecting Computers via
Telephone Lines, Inv. No. 337–TA–360,
USITC Pub. L. No. 2843 (December
1994) (Commission Opinion).
If the Commission contemplates some
form of remedy, it must consider the
effects of that remedy upon the public
interest. The factors the Commission
will consider include the effect that an
exclusion order and/or cease and desist
orders would have on (1) The public
health and welfare, (2) competitive
conditions in the U.S. economy, (3) U.S.
production of articles that are like or
directly competitive with those that are
subject to investigation, and (4) U.S.
consumers. The Commission is
therefore interested in receiving written
submissions that address the
aforementioned public interest factors
in the context of this investigation.
If the Commission orders some form
of remedy, the U.S. Trade
Representative, as delegated by the
President, has 60 days to approve or
disapprove the Commission’s action.
See Presidential Memorandum of July
21, 2005, 70 FR 43251 (July 26, 2005).
During this period, the subject articles
would be entitled to enter the United
States under bond, in an amount
determined by the Commission and
prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury. The Commission is therefore
interested in receiving submissions
concerning the amount of the bond that
should be imposed if a remedy is
ordered.
Written Submissions: The parties to
the investigation are requested to file
written submissions on the issues
identified in this notice. Parties to the
investigation, interested government
agencies, and any other interested
parties are encouraged to file written
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submissions on the issues of remedy,
the public interest, and bonding. Such
submissions should address the ALJ’s
recommendation on remedy and
bonding set forth in the RD.
Complainants and the IA are also
requested to submit proposed remedial
orders for the Commission’s
consideration. Complainants are also
requested to state the dates that each of
the asserted patents are set to expire and
the HTSUS numbers under which the
accused products are imported. The
written submissions and proposed
remedial orders must be filed no later
than close of business on Friday,
September 16, 2011. Reply submissions
must be filed no later than the close of
business on Friday, September 23, 2011.
No further submissions on these issues
will be permitted unless otherwise
ordered by the Commission.
Persons filing written submissions
must file the original document and 12
true copies thereof on or before the
deadlines stated above with the Office
of the Secretary. Any person desiring to
submit a document to the Commission
in confidence must request confidential
treatment unless the information has
already been granted such treatment
during the proceedings. All such
requests should be directed to the
Secretary of the Commission and must
include a full statement of the reasons
why the Commission should grant such
treatment. See 19 CFR 210.6. Documents
for which confidential treatment by the
Commission is sought will be treated
accordingly. All nonconfidential written
submissions will be available for public
inspection at the Office of the Secretary.
The authority for the Commission’s
determination is contained in section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in
sections 210.42–46 and 210.50 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (19 CFR 210.42–46 and
210.50).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: September 2, 2011.
James R. Holbein,
Secretary to the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[OMB No. 1205–0371]
Comment Request for Information
Collection for the Work Opportunity
Tax Credit (WOTC) Program: Extension
With Non-Substantive Revisions
Employment and Training
Administration, Department of Labor.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. Currently, the
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA) is soliciting
comments concerning the collection of
data for the WOTC program. OMB
approval for the information collection
forms expires November 30, 2011.
A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained
by contacting the office listed below in
the addressee section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee’s section below on or before
November 8, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to Kimberly Vitelli, Room C–4510,
Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Telephone No: 202–693–3045 (this is
not a toll-free number). Fax: 202–693–
3015. E-mail: vitelli.kimberly@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
Data on the WOTC program is
collected by the state workforce
agencies (SWAs) using ETA Form
9058—Report 1, ‘‘Certification
Workload and Characteristics of
Certified Individuals, Work Opportunity
Tax Credit’’ and provided to the Office
of Workforce Investment, Washington,
DC, through ETA’s regional offices. (1)
ETA Form 9058—Report 1 is a quarterly
management report divided into two
parts. Part I collects ‘‘Certification
Workload’’ data and part II. collects
‘‘Characteristics of Certified
Individuals.’’ The SWAs submit this
report using the Internet-based Tax
Credit Reporting System of the
Enterprise Business Services System
(EBSS). The data obtained from this
report and from the other four
administrative and processing forms
(ETA Forms 9061–9063 and 9065) are
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used for WOTC national office program
performance management and outcome
reporting. (2) The ‘‘Individual
Characteristics Form—Work
Opportunity Tax Credit’’ (ICF), ETA
Form 9061 is a form required to be used,
without modification, by all employers
or their representatives. The purpose of
the ICF is to expedite certification
processing by enabling the individual
for whom a certification is requested to
be identified with a specific target group
and to match the ICF with IRS form
8850. (3) The ‘‘Conditional
Certification—Work Opportunity Tax
Credit,’’ ETA Form 9062 is a required
form that must be used, without
modification, by all SWAs, participating
agencies and programs to which the
SWAs may delegate responsibility for
Conditional Certification authority. The
Conditional Certification form
establishes that the named individual
has been tentatively determined eligible
as a member of the WOTC targeted
group indicated, and therefore hiring
this person may lead to an employer
Certification under the WOTC program.
(4) The ‘‘Employer Certification—Work
Opportunity Tax Credit,’’ ETA Form
9063 is an optional form. The form
provides the employer with a record of
the results of the SWA’s eligibility
determination on the employer’s
certification request. In accordance with
Public Law 104–188, this form can only
be issued by a State Employment
Security Agency (now SWA) created
under the Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933, as
amended, or a Designated Local Agency
(DLA). SWAs that opt to design and use
a state-specific employer certification
form must ensure the state-specific form
contains all of the information that
appears on the optional ETA form. This
form can only be issued by the SWA or
DLA. (5) The ‘‘Agency Declaration of
Verification Results—Work Opportunity
Tax Credit,’’ ETA Form 9065 is an
optional ETA form for internal SWA use
in recording the results of verification
activities conducted by the SWA. If the
SWA elects to use an alternative form to
record verification results, the
alternative form must contain ALL of
the information that appears in the
optional form.
The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) (Pub.
L. 111–5), created the following two
target groups: (1) Unemployed Veterans
and (2) Disconnected Youth. The
legislative authority for these two
groups expired on December 31, 2010.
Current revisions to the reporting and
administrative/processing forms include
removal of the two expired ARRA
groups and related instructions.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor is
particularly interested in comments
which:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
Total
respondents
Requirement
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
III. Current Actions
Type of Review: Extension Request,
Without Substantive Revisions, of a
Currently Approved Collection.
Title: Work Opportunity Tax Credit
Program.
OMB Number: 1205–0371.
Affected Public: State Workforce
Agencies; the business sector and the
target group members.
Form(s): ETA Form 9058; ETA Forms
9061–9063; and 9065.
Annual Frequency: ETA Form 9058,
quarterly; ETA Forms 9061–9063 and
9065, on occasion.
Estimated Time per Respondent:
Annual
response
Frequency
Average
response time
in hours
Annual burden
hours
52
990,000
Quarterly ...........................................
On occasion .....................................
208
990,000
1.00
.33
208
326,700
52
52
52
52
52
52
52
On occasion .....................................
On occasion .....................................
On occasion .....................................
Quarterly ...........................................
Annually ............................................
Annually—Per Year ..........................
Annually—Per Year ..........................
990,000
40
440,000
208
52
52
52
.33
.33
.33
1.00
931
8.00
1.00
326,700
13
145,200
208
48,412
416
52
Total ...........................................
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Form 9058—Report 1 .......................
Employer/Job-seeker
Complete
Form 9061.
Form 9061 processed by SWAs .......
Form 9062 .........................................
Form 9063 .........................................
Form 9065 .........................................
Record Keeping ................................
States’ Plans .....................................
States’ Modified Plans ......................
990,416
...........................................................
2,420,612
........................
847,909
Total Burden Hours: 847,909.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): 0.
Total Annual Burden Cost for
Respondents: 0.
Comments submitted in response to
this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget approval of the information
collection request; they will also
become a matter of public record.
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Signed at Washington, DC, the 31st day of
August 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and
Training Administration.
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Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[OMB No. 1205-0371]
Comment Request for Information Collection for the Work
Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Program: Extension With Non-Substantive
Revisions
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is
soliciting comments concerning the collection of data for the WOTC
program. OMB approval for the information collection forms expires
November 30, 2011.
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section
of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee's section below on or before November 8, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Kimberly Vitelli, Room C-4510,
Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone No: 202-693-3045 (this is not a toll-
free number). Fax: 202-693-3015. E-mail: vitelli.kimberly@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Data on the WOTC program is collected by the state workforce
agencies (SWAs) using ETA Form 9058--Report 1, ``Certification Workload
and Characteristics of Certified Individuals, Work Opportunity Tax
Credit'' and provided to the Office of Workforce Investment,
Washington, DC, through ETA's regional offices. (1) ETA Form 9058--
Report 1 is a quarterly management report divided into two parts. Part
I collects ``Certification Workload'' data and part II. collects
``Characteristics of Certified Individuals.'' The SWAs submit this
report using the Internet-based Tax Credit Reporting System of the
Enterprise Business Services System (EBSS). The data obtained from this
report and from the other four administrative and processing forms (ETA
Forms 9061-9063 and 9065) are
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used for WOTC national office program performance management and
outcome reporting. (2) The ``Individual Characteristics Form--Work
Opportunity Tax Credit'' (ICF), ETA Form 9061 is a form required to be
used, without modification, by all employers or their representatives.
The purpose of the ICF is to expedite certification processing by
enabling the individual for whom a certification is requested to be
identified with a specific target group and to match the ICF with IRS
form 8850. (3) The ``Conditional Certification--Work Opportunity Tax
Credit,'' ETA Form 9062 is a required form that must be used, without
modification, by all SWAs, participating agencies and programs to which
the SWAs may delegate responsibility for Conditional Certification
authority. The Conditional Certification form establishes that the
named individual has been tentatively determined eligible as a member
of the WOTC targeted group indicated, and therefore hiring this person
may lead to an employer Certification under the WOTC program. (4) The
``Employer Certification--Work Opportunity Tax Credit,'' ETA Form 9063
is an optional form. The form provides the employer with a record of
the results of the SWA's eligibility determination on the employer's
certification request. In accordance with Public Law 104-188, this form
can only be issued by a State Employment Security Agency (now SWA)
created under the Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933, as amended, or a
Designated Local Agency (DLA). SWAs that opt to design and use a state-
specific employer certification form must ensure the state-specific
form contains all of the information that appears on the optional ETA
form. This form can only be issued by the SWA or DLA. (5) The ``Agency
Declaration of Verification Results--Work Opportunity Tax Credit,'' ETA
Form 9065 is an optional ETA form for internal SWA use in recording the
results of verification activities conducted by the SWA. If the SWA
elects to use an alternative form to record verification results, the
alternative form must contain ALL of the information that appears in
the optional form.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) (Pub. L.
111-5), created the following two target groups: (1) Unemployed
Veterans and (2) Disconnected Youth. The legislative authority for
these two groups expired on December 31, 2010. Current revisions to the
reporting and administrative/processing forms include removal of the
two expired ARRA groups and related instructions.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments
which:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions
Type of Review: Extension Request, Without Substantive Revisions,
of a Currently Approved Collection.
Title: Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program.
OMB Number: 1205-0371.
Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies; the business sector and
the target group members.
Form(s): ETA Form 9058; ETA Forms 9061-9063; and 9065.
Annual Frequency: ETA Form 9058, quarterly; ETA Forms 9061-9063 and
9065, on occasion.
Estimated Time per Respondent:
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Average
Requirement Total Frequency Annual response time Annual burden
respondents response in hours hours
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Form 9058--Report 1........... 52 Quarterly....... 208 1.00 208
Employer/Job-seeker Complete 990,000 On occasion..... 990,000 .33 326,700
Form 9061.
Form 9061 processed by SWAs... 52 On occasion..... 990,000 .33 326,700
Form 9062..................... 52 On occasion..... 40 .33 13
Form 9063..................... 52 On occasion..... 440,000 .33 145,200
Form 9065..................... 52 Quarterly....... 208 1.00 208
Record Keeping................ 52 Annually........ 52 931 48,412
States' Plans................. 52 Annually--Per 52 8.00 416
Year.
States' Modified Plans........ 52 Annually--Per 52 1.00 52
Year.
---------------- ---------------- ---------------
Total..................... 990,416 ................ 2,420,612 .............. 847,909
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Total Burden Hours: 847,909.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.
Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: 0.
Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and
Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also
become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, the 31st day of August 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-23115 Filed 9-8-11; 8:45 am]
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