Comment Request for Information Collection for ETA 9162, Random Audit of EUC 2008 Claimants, Comment Request for Extension Without Change, 37713-37714 [2012-15213]
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Background
The Commission instituted these
investigations effective May 11, 2011,
following receipt of a petition filed with
the Commission and Commerce by
Norris Cylinder Company, Longview,
Texas. The final phase of the
investigations was scheduled by the
Commission following notification of
preliminary determinations by
Commerce that imports of high pressure
steel cylinders from China were
subsidized within the meaning of
section 703(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
1671b(b)) and dumped within the
meaning of 733(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
1673b(b)). Notice of the scheduling of
the final phase of the Commission’s
investigations and of a public hearing to
be held in connection therewith was
given by posting copies of the notice in
the Office of the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission,
Washington, DC, and by publishing the
notice in the Federal Register on
January 23, 2012 (77 FR 3281). The
hearing was held in Washington, DC, on
May 1, 2012, and all persons who
requested the opportunity were
permitted to appear in person or by
counsel.
The Commission transmitted its
determinations in these investigations to
the Secretary of Commerce on June 11,
2012. The views of the Commission are
contained in USITC Publication 4328
(June 2012), entitled High Pressure Steel
Cylinders from China: Investigation Nos.
701–TA–480 and 731–TA–1188 (Final).
Employment and Training
Administration
By order of the Commission.
Issued: June 19, 2012.
Lisa R. Barton,
Acting Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2012–15288 Filed 6–21–12; 8:45 am]
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Comment Request for Information
Collection for ETA 9162, Random Audit
of EUC 2008 Claimants, Comment
Request for Extension Without Change
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor
(Department), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to
provide the 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 [44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program
helps 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, ETA is soliciting comments
concerning the collection of data about
Random Audit of Claimants in the
Emergency Unemployment
Compensation Program of 2008
(EUC08), which expires November 30,
2012.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before
August 21, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to Scott Gibbons, Office of
Unemployment Insurance, Employment
and Training Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Telephone number: 202–693–3008 (this
is not a toll-free number). Individuals
with hearing or speech impairments
may access the telephone number above
via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
Information Relay Service at 1–877–
889–5627 (TTY/TDD). Email:
gibbons.scott@dol.gov. A copy of the
proposed information collection request
SUMMARY:
Number of
respondents
Data collection activity
wreier-aviles on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting Mr.
Gibbons.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Frequency
I. Background
The ETA 9162 report is intended to
provide data describing random audits
of the work search provision of Public
Law 112–96 (see Section 2141(b)).
Random audits are conducted to ensure
that claimants in EUC08 are performing
an appropriate work search as required
by state and Federal law. States will
audit, on a weekly basis, a cohort of
EUC08 claimants of pre-defined size.
Any EUC08 claimant that receives a
week of payment is potentially subject
to random audit of their work search
documentation.
II. Review Focus
The Department 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 without
changes.
Title: Random Audit of EUC 2008
Claimants.
OMB Number: 1205–0495.
Affected Public: State Workforce
Agencies.
Form(s): ETA 9162.
Average time
per response
(hours)
Total
responses
Burden hours
Claimant burden in responding to audit ............................
State burden in conducting audit .......................................
Record Keeping .................................................................
Ongoing Reporting .............................................................
475,650
53
475,650
53
Onetime
Onetime
Onetime
Quarterly
475,650
475,650
475,650
212
0.94
0.25
0.25
3.00
445,921.9
118,912.5
118,912.5
636
Total ............................................................................
........................
........................
1,427,162
........................
684,382.9
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Comments submitted in response to
this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval of the ICR;
they will also become a matter of public
record.
Dated: Signed in Washington, DC, this 15th
day of June, 2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2012–15213 Filed 6–21–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Comment Request for Information
Collection for Unemployment
Insurance (UI) Trust Fund Activity
Reports, Extension Without Revisions
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor
(Department), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to
provide the 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 [44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program
helps 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, ETA is soliciting comments
concerning the collection of data about
UI Trust Fund Activity Reporting,
expiring 10/31/2012.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before
August 21, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to Joe Williams, U.S. Department of
Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Workforce
Security, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
wreier-aviles on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
SUMMARY:
Frances Perkins Bldg., Room S–4524,
Washington, DC 20210, telephone
number (202) 693–2928 (this is not a
toll-free number) or by email:
Williams.joseph@dol.gov. Individuals
with hearing or speech impairments
may access the telephone number above
via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
Information Relay Service at 1–877–
889–5627 (TTY/TDD). A copy of the
proposed information collection request
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
office listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 303(a)(4) of the Social
Security Act (SSA) and Section
3304(a)(3) of the Federal Unemployment
Tax Act (FUTA) require that all monies
received in the unemployment fund of
a state be paid immediately to the
Secretary of Treasury to the credit of the
Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF). This
is the ‘‘immediate deposit’’ standard.
Section 303(a)(5) of the SSA and
Section 3304(a)(4) of the FUTA require
that all monies withdrawn from the UTF
be used solely for the payment of
unemployment compensation, exclusive
of the expenses of administration. This
is the ‘‘limited withdrawal’’ standard.
Federal law (Section 303(a)(6) of the
SSA) gives the Secretary of Labor the
authority to require the reporting of
information deemed necessary to assure
state compliance with the provisions of
the SSA.
Under this authority, the Secretary of
Labor requires the following reports to
monitor state compliance with the
immediate deposit and limited
withdrawal standards:
ETA 2112: UI Financial Transactions
Summary, Unemployment Fund
ETA 8401: Monthly Analysis of Benefit
Payment Account
ETA 8403: Summary of Financial
Transactions—Title IX Funds
ETA 8403A: Spending Plans for Special
Distributions
ETA 8405: Monthly Analysis of Clearing
Account
ETA 8413: Income—Expense Analysis
UC Fund, Benefit Payment Account
ETA 8414: Income—Expense Analysis
UC Fund, Clearing Account
These reports are submitted to the
Office of Unemployment Insurance
(OUI) within ETA which uses them to:
Number of
respondents
Data collection activity
Reporting of ETA 2112 ..............................................................
Reporting of ETA 8401 ..............................................................
Reporting of ETA 8405 ..............................................................
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• Monitor cash flows into and out of
the UTF to determine state compliance
with the immediate deposit and limited
withdrawal standards.
• Assure proper accounting for
unemployment funds, an integral part of
preparing the Department’s
consolidated financial statements
required by the Chief Financial Officer
Act of 1990. The UTF is the single
largest asset and liability on the
statements.
• Reconcile the Department’s records
with the U.S. Treasury records.
• Support UI research and actuarial
reports analyzing the solvency of the
UTF.
II. Review Focus
The Department seeks renewal of this
collection since the reports are essential
to the Department’s financial statements
and program oversight responsibilities.
The Department 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 without
changes.
Title: Unemployment Insurance (UI)
Trust Fund Activities Reports.
OMB Number: 1205–0154.
Affected Public: State Workforce
Agencies.
Form(s): ETA 2112, 8401, 8405, 8413,
8414, 8403, 8403A.
Total
responses
Monthly ....
Monthly ....
Monthly ....
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636
636
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Average
time per
response
(in hours)
0.5
0.5
0.5
Burden hours
318
318
318
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[FR Doc No: 2012-15213]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Comment Request for Information Collection for ETA 9162, Random
Audit of EUC 2008 Claimants, Comment Request for Extension Without
Change
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the 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 [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps 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, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the collection of
data about Random Audit of Claimants in the Emergency Unemployment
Compensation Program of 2008 (EUC08), which expires November 30, 2012.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before August 21, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Scott Gibbons, Office of
Unemployment Insurance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Telephone number: 202-693-3008 (this is not a toll-free number).
Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may access the telephone
number above via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay
Service at 1-877-889-5627 (TTY/TDD). Email: gibbons.scott@dol.gov. A
copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting Mr. Gibbons.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The ETA 9162 report is intended to provide data describing random
audits of the work search provision of Public Law 112-96 (see Section
2141(b)). Random audits are conducted to ensure that claimants in EUC08
are performing an appropriate work search as required by state and
Federal law. States will audit, on a weekly basis, a cohort of EUC08
claimants of pre-defined size. Any EUC08 claimant that receives a week
of payment is potentially subject to random audit of their work search
documentation.
II. Review Focus
The Department 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 without changes.
Title: Random Audit of EUC 2008 Claimants.
OMB Number: 1205-0495.
Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
Form(s): ETA 9162.
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Average time
Data collection activity Number of Frequency Total per response Burden hours
respondents responses (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Claimant burden in responding 475,650 Onetime 475,650 0.94 445,921.9
to audit......................
State burden in conducting 53 Onetime 475,650 0.25 118,912.5
audit.........................
Record Keeping................. 475,650 Onetime 475,650 0.25 118,912.5
Ongoing Reporting.............. 53 Quarterly 212 3.00 636
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Total...................... .............. .............. 1,427,162 .............. 684,382.9
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Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the ICR;
they will also become a matter of public record.
Dated: Signed in Washington, DC, this 15th day of June, 2012.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2012-15213 Filed 6-21-12; 8:45 am]
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