Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Emergency Review: Comment Request Veterans' Retraining Assistance Program, 14831-14832 [2012-5965]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 49 / Tuesday, March 13, 2012 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Office of the Secretary Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Emergency Review: Comment Request Veterans’ Retraining Assistance Program ACTION: Notice. The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) proposal titled, ‘‘Veterans’ Retraining Assistance Program,’’ to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance utilizing emergency review procedures in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) and 5 CFR 1320.13. SUMMARY: OMB approval has been requested by March 20, 2012. Submit comments on or before March 16, 2012. ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation; including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov Web site, https://www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAMain or by contacting Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693– 4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or sending an email to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. Submit comments about this request to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 202–395–6929/ Fax: 202–395–6881 (these are not tollfree numbers), email: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. DATES: mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693– 4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ETA seeks approval to collect individual applicant data for the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP) as part of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (Pub. L. 112–56), which was signed into law on November 21, 2011. This benefit directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in cooperation with the DOL, to pay for up to 12 months of a training program in a high demand occupation for unemployed eligible veterans. The program is to VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:29 Mar 12, 2012 Jkt 226001 serve up to 45,000 veterans in fiscal year 2012, beginning July 1, 2012, and up to 54,000 veterans from October 1, 2012, through March 31, 2014. The VRAP provides the benefit to veterans who fulfill the following eligibility criteria: As of date of application, is at least 35 years old and less than 60; discharged from active duty under conditions other than dishonorable; is unemployed as of date of application; is not eligible to receive other educational assistance from the VA; is not in receipt of compensation for a service-connected disability rated totally disabling by reason of unemployability; was not and is not enrolled in any Federal or State job training program within the previous 180 days; and, the application must be submitted not later than October 1, 2013. The VA is responsible for determining the following eligibility criteria: Discharged from active duty under conditions other than dishonorable; is not eligible to receive other educational assistance from the VA; is not in receipt of compensation for a service-connected disability rated totally disabling by reason of unemployability. The VA will be collecting information required for their eligibility criteria through the ‘‘Application for VA Educational Benefits’’ (OMB Control Number 2900– 0154, VA Form 22–1990). The DOL is required to determine whether each veteran applying for the program is between 35 and 60 years old, is unemployed as of the date of the application, has not and is not enrolled in a Federal or state job training program within 180 days of the application, and has applied for the program no later than October 1, 2013. The DOL does not currently have an approved OMB information collection for determining eligibility under the statute. The DOL is proposing to determine its eligibility requirements by collecting individual applicant data. The data will be linked to the VA’s Veterans On-line Application (VONAPP, VA Form 22–1990) to complete the application. The VA will transmit a report to the DOL about the completion status of the veterans, so that the DOL can make contact with the veteran to offer employment services. This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and the public is generally not required to respond to an information collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA and displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions of PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 14831 law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if the collection of information does not display a valid OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The ETA seeks OMB approval under the PRA emergency clearance process for the individual applicant data collection, because the VRAP program has a required start date of July 1, 2012. The application system must be in place well before the program start date in order to provide program outreach to veterans and technical assistance to DOL grantees. This requires an expedited process for building a system for collecting individual data that has the capacity to serve up to 45,000 veterans between July 1, 2012 and September 30, 2012. Failure to be able to collect individual data would jeopardize the ability for applicants to complete an application in time to begin educational services by the statutory start date of July 1, 2012. The application collects eligibility information required by the statute. Inability to collect individual applicant information will also jeopardize the ability of the DOL to offer employment services the statute requires. Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in the ADDRESSES section by March 16, 2012. In order to help ensure appropriate consideration, comments should mention OMB ICR Reference Number 201202–1205–005. The OMB 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; 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 submission of responses. Agency: Employment and Training Administration. Title of Collection: Veterans’ Retraining Assistance Program. E:\FR\FM\13MRN1.SGM 13MRN1 14832 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 49 / Tuesday, March 13, 2012 / Notices OMB ICR Reference Number: 201202– 1205–005. Type of Review: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number). Requested Duration of Authorization: Six (6) months from date of approval. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 100,000. Frequency of Collection: Once. Total Estimated Number of Responses: 100,000. Estimated Time per Response: Five (5) minutes. Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 8,333. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0. Dated: March 7, 2012. Michel Smyth, Departmental Clearance Officer. In the request for reconsideration, the petitioners supplied new information regarding the subject firm’s operations overseas and possible import competition. The Department of Labor has carefully reviewed the request for reconsideration and the existing record, and has determined that the Department will conduct further investigation to determine if the workers meet the eligibility requirements to apply for TAA. Conclusion After careful review of the application, I conclude that the claim is of sufficient weight to justify reconsideration of the U.S. Department of Labor’s prior decision. The application is, therefore, granted. Signed at Washington, DC, this 1st day of March, 2012. Del Min Amy Chen, Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. 2012–5965 Filed 3–12–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–23–P [FR Doc. 2012–5925 Filed 3–12–12; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P Employment and Training Administration DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [TA–W–80,485] mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES RR Donnelley, Inc., Including On-Site Leased Workers From Manpower and Kelly Services, Bloomsburg, PA; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration By application dated February 25, 2012, the petitioners requested administrative reconsideration of the negative determination regarding workers’ eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) applicable to workers and former workers of RR Donnelley, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Manpower and Kelly Services, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania (subject firm). The Department’s Notice of determination was issued on February 3, 2012 and published in the Federal Register on February 21, 2012 (77 FR 9973). The workers engage in activities related to the production of hard and soft cover books. The initial determination was based on the findings that worker separations were not attributable to increased imports by the subject firm or its declining customers of articles like or directly competitive with hard and soft cover books or a shift to/acquisition from a foreign country by the workers’ firm in the production of articles like or directly competitive with hard and soft cover books. VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:29 Mar 12, 2012 Jkt 226001 PlumChoice, Inc. to be considered leased workers. The intent of the Department’s certification is to include all workers of the subject firm who were adversely affected by increased customer imports of sales and technical support services. Based on these findings, the Department is amending this certification to include workers leased from Technisource working on-site at the Scarborough, Maine location of the subject firm. The amended notice applicable to TA–W–81,114 is hereby issued as follows: ‘‘All workers from PlumChoice, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Balance Staffing, Insight Global Staffing, and Technisource, Scarborough, Maine, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after February 13, 2010, through February 3, 2014, and all workers in the group threatened with total or partial separation from employment on date of certification through two years from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1074, as amended.’’ Signed at Washington, DC this 28th day of February 2012. Del Min Amy Chen, Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance. Employment and Training Administration [TA–W–81,114] [FR Doc. 2012–5923 Filed 3–12–12; 8:45 am] Plumchoice, Inc., Including On-Site Leased Workers From Balance Staffing, Insight Global Staffing, and Technisource, Scarborough, ME; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (‘‘Act’’), 19 U.S.C. 2273, the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on February 3, 2012, applicable to workers of PlumChoice, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Balance Staffing, Insight Global Staffing, and Technisource, Scarborough, Maine. The workers are engaged in activities related to sales and technical support services. The notice was published in the Federal Register on February 21, 2012 (76 FR 9971). At the request of the Maine State agency, the Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. New information from the company shows that workers leased from Technisource were employed onsite at the Scarborough, Maine location of PlumChoice, Inc. The Department has determined that these workers were sufficiently under the control of PO 00000 Frm 00109 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor herein presents summaries of determinations regarding eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance for workers by (TA–W) number issued during the period of February 20, 2012 through February 24, 2012. In order for an affirmative determination to be made for workers of a primary firm and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(a) of the Act must be met. I. Under Section 222(a)(2)(A), the following must be satisfied: (1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers’ firm have become totally or partially E:\FR\FM\13MRN1.SGM 13MRN1

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Emergency Review: Comment Request Veterans' Retraining Assistance 
Program

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the Employment and 
Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request 
(ICR) proposal titled, ``Veterans' Retraining Assistance Program,'' to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance 
utilizing emergency review procedures in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) and 5 CFR 
1320.13.

DATES: OMB approval has been requested by March 20, 2012. Submit 
comments on or before March 16, 2012.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR, with applicable supporting 
documentation; including a description of the likely respondents, 
proposed frequency of response, and estimated total burden may be 
obtained from the RegInfo.gov Web site, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by contacting Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-4129 
(this is not a toll-free number) or sending an email to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
    Submit comments about this request to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Department of Labor, 
Employment and Training Administration, Office of Management and 
Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 202-395-6929/Fax: 
202-395-6881 (these are not toll-free numbers), email: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ETA seeks approval to collect individual 
applicant data for the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP) as 
part of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (Pub. L. 112-56), which was 
signed into law on November 21, 2011. This benefit directs the 
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in cooperation with the DOL, to 
pay for up to 12 months of a training program in a high demand 
occupation for unemployed eligible veterans. The program is to serve up 
to 45,000 veterans in fiscal year 2012, beginning July 1, 2012, and up 
to 54,000 veterans from October 1, 2012, through March 31, 2014.
    The VRAP provides the benefit to veterans who fulfill the following 
eligibility criteria: As of date of application, is at least 35 years 
old and less than 60; discharged from active duty under conditions 
other than dishonorable; is unemployed as of date of application; is 
not eligible to receive other educational assistance from the VA; is 
not in receipt of compensation for a service-connected disability rated 
totally disabling by reason of unemployability; was not and is not 
enrolled in any Federal or State job training program within the 
previous 180 days; and, the application must be submitted not later 
than October 1, 2013.
    The VA is responsible for determining the following eligibility 
criteria: Discharged from active duty under conditions other than 
dishonorable; is not eligible to receive other educational assistance 
from the VA; is not in receipt of compensation for a service-connected 
disability rated totally disabling by reason of unemployability. The VA 
will be collecting information required for their eligibility criteria 
through the ``Application for VA Educational Benefits'' (OMB Control 
Number 2900-0154, VA Form 22-1990). The DOL is required to determine 
whether each veteran applying for the program is between 35 and 60 
years old, is unemployed as of the date of the application, has not and 
is not enrolled in a Federal or state job training program within 180 
days of the application, and has applied for the program no later than 
October 1, 2013. The DOL does not currently have an approved OMB 
information collection for determining eligibility under the statute. 
The DOL is proposing to determine its eligibility requirements by 
collecting individual applicant data. The data will be linked to the 
VA's Veterans On-line Application (VONAPP, VA Form 22-1990) to complete 
the application. The VA will transmit a report to the DOL about the 
completion status of the veterans, so that the DOL can make contact 
with the veteran to offer employment services.
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA and displays 
a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any 
other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to 
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if the 
collection of information does not display a valid OMB Control Number. 
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    The ETA seeks OMB approval under the PRA emergency clearance 
process for the individual applicant data collection, because the VRAP 
program has a required start date of July 1, 2012. The application 
system must be in place well before the program start date in order to 
provide program outreach to veterans and technical assistance to DOL 
grantees. This requires an expedited process for building a system for 
collecting individual data that has the capacity to serve up to 45,000 
veterans between July 1, 2012 and September 30, 2012. Failure to be 
able to collect individual data would jeopardize the ability for 
applicants to complete an application in time to begin educational 
services by the statutory start date of July 1, 2012. The application 
collects eligibility information required by the statute. Inability to 
collect individual applicant information will also jeopardize the 
ability of the DOL to offer employment services the statute requires.
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in 
the ADDRESSES section by March 16, 2012. In order to help ensure 
appropriate consideration, comments should mention OMB ICR Reference 
Number 201202-1205-005. The OMB 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; 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 submission of responses.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title of Collection: Veterans' Retraining Assistance Program.

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    OMB ICR Reference Number: 201202-1205-005.
    Type of Review: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control 
Number).
    Requested Duration of Authorization: Six (6) months from date of 
approval.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 100,000.
    Frequency of Collection: Once.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 100,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: Five (5) minutes.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 8,333.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

    Dated: March 7, 2012.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-5965 Filed 3-12-12; 8:45 am]
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