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confronted with allegations of
misconduct (Gov’t Ex. 13 at 6), behavior
which weighs in Respondent’s favor.
See Karen A. Kruger, M.D., 69 FR 7016,
7017–18 (DEA 2004) (timely
cooperation with investigators when
questioned on past misconduct held a
significant consideration in granting
subsequent application for registration).
Respondent’s abstinence from drug
abuse since 2006, and her efforts at
rehabilitation have been consistent,
substantial, and successful. The
uncontroverted evidence of
rehabilitation shows that Respondent:
successfully completed a seven-week
outpatient alcohol and drug treatment
program (Gov’t Ex. 6); successfully
completed a one-year dependency
aftercare program (Gov’t Ex. 7);
successfully participated in a Nursing
Diversion Program for twenty-two
months (Resp’t Ex. 1 at 4); regularly
attended AA and NA meetings (Resp’t
Ex. 7 at 5–6; Resp’t Ex. 8 at 2); regularly
attended nurse-to-nurse meetings
(Resp’t Ex. 1 at 4); and has had
sustained sobriety since December 2006,
as evidenced by repeated negative
random drug tests (see Resp’t Ex. 1 at 4),
inter alia. Credible and unrebutted
testimony even reveals that Respondent
went as far as avoiding medically
indicated pain medication in 2010, just
to avoid any potential for relapse. (Tr.
79.) In addition to the foregoing, the
record is replete with credible evidence
from family, friends, colleagues,
students, treating sources and mentors,
all consistently attesting to
Respondent’s sustained recovery and
abstinence from prescription drug
abuse. In light of the significant
evidence of rehabilitation and ongoing
monitoring by the California BRN, I find
Respondent has sustained her burden in
accepting responsibility and
demonstrated that she has taken the
necessary steps to avoid a repeat of her
mistakes. Granting Respondent’s
application for a COR, subject to
conditions, is fully consistent with the
public interest.
Accordingly, I recommend that
Respondent’s application for DEA COR
be granted, subject to the following
conditions: (1) Respondent shall comply
with all of the terms and conditions
specified in the December 28, 2010
Order of the California BRN (see Gov’t
Br. at Gov’t Ex. 17); and (2) for one (1)
year following the issuance of a final
order in this proceeding, Respondent
shall upon request, submit to the nearest
Field Division Office of DEA, copies of
the results of any random or directed
drug screening tests involving
Respondent.
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Timothy D. Wing,
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection, Comment
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance 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. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of
the ‘‘Mass Layoff Statistics Program.’’ A
copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained
by contacting the individual listed
below in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before November 29, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol
Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue, NE.,
Washington, DC 20212. Written
comments also may be transmitted by
fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll
free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, at
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free
number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
Section 309(2)(15)(a)(1)(A)(iii) of the
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) states
that the Secretary of Labor shall oversee
development, maintenance, and
continuous improvements of the
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program to measure the incidence of,
industrial and geographical location of,
and number of workers displaced by,
permanent layoffs and plant closings.
Prior to the WIA, Section 462(e) of
Public Law 97–300, the Job Training
Partnership Act (JTPA), provided that
the Secretary of Labor develop and
maintain statistical data relating to
permanent mass layoffs and plant
closings and issue an annual report. The
report includes, at a minimum, the
number of plant closings and mass
layoffs, and the number of workers
affected. The data are summarized by
geographic area and industry.
The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS)
program uses a standardized, automated
approach to identify, describe, and track
the impact of major job cutbacks. The
program utilizes, to the greatest degree
possible, existing Unemployment
Insurance (UI) records and
computerized data files, supplemented
by direct employer contact. Its major
features include:
• The identification of major layoffs
and closings through initial UI claims
filed against the identified employer;
• The use of existing files on
claimants to obtain basic demographic
and economic characteristics on the
individual;
• The telephone contact of those
employers meeting mass layoff criteria
to obtain specific information on the
nature of the layoff and characteristics
of the establishment;
• The identification of the continuing
impact of the mass layoff on individuals
by matching affected initial claimants
with persons in claims status;
• The measurement of the incidence
of the exhaustion of regular state UI
benefits by affected workers;
• The identification and quantifying
the effects that extended mass layoffs
have on the movement of work; and,
• The identification of business
functions within establishments which
are affected by mass layoffs.
In the program, State Workforce
Agencies (SWAs) submit one report
each quarter and a preliminary,
summary report each month. These
computerized reports contain
information from State administrative
files and information obtained from
those employers meeting the program
criteria of a mass layoff.
Congress provided for the
implementation of the MLS program by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
through the Fiscal Years 1984–1992
appropriations for the Departments of
Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and related agencies. The
program was not operational in Fiscal
Years 1993 and 1994. Program operation
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resumed in Fiscal Year 1995 with funds
provided by the Employment and
Training Administration (ETA).
Beginning in fiscal year 2004, funding
for the MLS program became part of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics permanent
budget. Also in 2004, the scope of the
MLS program was redefined to cover
only the private nonfarm economy for
extended mass layoffs due to budget
constraints.
At the present time, all states, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and
the Virgin Islands are participating in
the program.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the Mass
Layoff Statistics (MLS) Program.
In addition to the BLS uses of MLS
data, such data are used by Congress,
the Executive Branch, the business,
labor, and academic communities,
SWAs, and the U.S. Department of
Labor for both macro- and
microeconomic analysis, including
specific labor market studies geared
towards manpower assistance and
development. Congress used these data
in conjunction with the findings from a
supplemental study of layoff actions in
the development of the Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification
(WARN) Act, which was enacted in
August 1988.
A Congressionally mandated use of
mass layoff data includes the WIA,
which replaces Title III of the JTPA.
Section 133 of the WIA encourages the
use of MLS data in substate allocations
relating to dislocated worker
employment and training activities.
State agencies use the MLS data in
various ways, including the
identification of geographic areas in
need of special manpower services;
ailing or troubled industries; specific
employers needing assistance; outreach
activities for the unemployed; and
workers in need of temporary health
care services.
There is no other comprehensive
source of statistics on either
establishments or workers affected by
mass layoffs and plant closings;
therefore, none of the aforementioned
data requirements could be fulfilled if
this data collection did not occur.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
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respondents
Form
Frequency
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• 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.
• 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.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Mass Layoff Statistics Program.
OMB Number: 1220–0090.
Affected Public: Private Sector; State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Total
responses
Average time
per response
Estimated total
burden
Employers ........................................................................
States ...............................................................................
21,000
53
On Occasion ........
Monthly; Quarterly
21,000
848
10 minutes
84.76 hours
3,500
71,880
Totals ........................................................................
........................
..............................
21,848
.....................
75,380
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC this 26th day of
September 2011.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION
Records Schedules; Availability and
Request for Comments
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA).
AGENCY:
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Notice of availability of
proposed records schedules; request for
comments.
ACTION:
The National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA)
publishes notice at least once monthly
of certain Federal agency requests for
records disposition authority (records
schedules). Once approved by NARA,
records schedules provide mandatory
instructions on what happens to records
when no longer needed for current
Government business. They authorize
the preservation of records of
continuing value in the National
Archives of the United States and the
destruction, after a specified period, of
records lacking administrative, legal,
research, or other value. Notice is
published for records schedules in
which agencies propose to destroy
records not previously authorized for
disposal or reduce the retention period
of records already authorized for
disposal. NARA invites public
comments on such records schedules, as
required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).
SUMMARY:
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Requests for copies must be
received in writing on or before October
31, 2011. Once the appraisal of the
records is completed, NARA will send
a copy of the schedule. NARA staff
usually prepare appraisal
memorandums that contain additional
information concerning the records
covered by a proposed schedule. These,
too, may be requested and will be
provided once the appraisal is
completed. Requesters will be given 30
days to submit comments.
ADDRESSES: You may request a copy of
any records schedule identified in this
notice by contacting Records
Management Services (ACNR) using one
of the following means:
Mail: NARA (ACNR), 8601 Adelphi
Road, College Park, MD 20740–6001
E-mail: request.schedule@nara.gov.
Fax: 301–837–3698.
Requesters must cite the control
number, which appears in parentheses
after the name of the agency which
submitted the schedule, and must
provide a mailing address. Those who
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection, Comment Request
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 pre-clearance
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. The
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the
proposed extension of the ``Mass Layoff Statistics Program.'' A copy of
the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by
contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
Addresses section of this notice on or before November 29, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Washington, DC 20212. Written comments
also may be transmitted by fax to 202-691-5111 (this is not a toll free
number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, at
202-691-7628 (this is not a toll free number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 309(2)(15)(a)(1)(A)(iii) of the Workforce Investment Act
(WIA) states that the Secretary of Labor shall oversee development,
maintenance, and continuous improvements of the program to measure the
incidence of, industrial and geographical location of, and number of
workers displaced by, permanent layoffs and plant closings. Prior to
the WIA, Section 462(e) of Public Law 97-300, the Job Training
Partnership Act (JTPA), provided that the Secretary of Labor develop
and maintain statistical data relating to permanent mass layoffs and
plant closings and issue an annual report. The report includes, at a
minimum, the number of plant closings and mass layoffs, and the number
of workers affected. The data are summarized by geographic area and
industry.
The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program uses a standardized,
automated approach to identify, describe, and track the impact of major
job cutbacks. The program utilizes, to the greatest degree possible,
existing Unemployment Insurance (UI) records and computerized data
files, supplemented by direct employer contact. Its major features
include:
The identification of major layoffs and closings through
initial UI claims filed against the identified employer;
The use of existing files on claimants to obtain basic
demographic and economic characteristics on the individual;
The telephone contact of those employers meeting mass
layoff criteria to obtain specific information on the nature of the
layoff and characteristics of the establishment;
The identification of the continuing impact of the mass
layoff on individuals by matching affected initial claimants with
persons in claims status;
The measurement of the incidence of the exhaustion of
regular state UI benefits by affected workers;
The identification and quantifying the effects that
extended mass layoffs have on the movement of work; and,
The identification of business functions within
establishments which are affected by mass layoffs.
In the program, State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) submit one report
each quarter and a preliminary, summary report each month. These
computerized reports contain information from State administrative
files and information obtained from those employers meeting the program
criteria of a mass layoff.
Congress provided for the implementation of the MLS program by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) through the Fiscal Years 1984-1992
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and related agencies. The program was not operational in
Fiscal Years 1993 and 1994. Program operation
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resumed in Fiscal Year 1995 with funds provided by the Employment and
Training Administration (ETA). Beginning in fiscal year 2004, funding
for the MLS program became part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
permanent budget. Also in 2004, the scope of the MLS program was
redefined to cover only the private nonfarm economy for extended mass
layoffs due to budget constraints.
At the present time, all states, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, and the Virgin Islands are participating in the program.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) Program.
In addition to the BLS uses of MLS data, such data are used by
Congress, the Executive Branch, the business, labor, and academic
communities, SWAs, and the U.S. Department of Labor for both macro- and
microeconomic analysis, including specific labor market studies geared
towards manpower assistance and development. Congress used these data
in conjunction with the findings from a supplemental study of layoff
actions in the development of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification (WARN) Act, which was enacted in August 1988.
A Congressionally mandated use of mass layoff data includes the
WIA, which replaces Title III of the JTPA. Section 133 of the WIA
encourages the use of MLS data in substate allocations relating to
dislocated worker employment and training activities.
State agencies use the MLS data in various ways, including the
identification of geographic areas in need of special manpower
services; ailing or troubled industries; specific employers needing
assistance; outreach activities for the unemployed; and workers in need
of temporary health care services.
There is no other comprehensive source of statistics on either
establishments or workers affected by mass layoffs and plant closings;
therefore, none of the aforementioned data requirements could be
fulfilled if this data collection did not occur.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in
comments that:
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.
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.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Mass Layoff Statistics Program.
OMB Number: 1220-0090.
Affected Public: Private Sector; State, Local, or Tribal
Governments.
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Total Total Estimated
Form respondents Frequency responses Average time per response total burden
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Employers............................... 21,000 On Occasion...................... 21,000 10 minutes 3,500
States.................................. 53 Monthly; Quarterly............... 848 84.76 hours................ 71,880
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Totals.............................. .............. ................................. 21,848 ........................... 75,380
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they also will become a
matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC this 26th day of September 2011.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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