Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers, 67681 [2019-26785]

Agencies

• Employment and Training Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 67681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26785]


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Proposed Rules
                                                Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of 
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these 
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in 
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.

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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 11, 2019 / 
Proposed Rules

[[Page 67681]]



DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

29 CFR Part 90

Employment and Training Administration

20 CFR Parts 617 and 618

[Docket No. ETA-2019-0009]
RIN 1205-AB78


Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notification of extension of public comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the 
Department of Labor (Department) is issuing this document to advise the 
public of an extension to the public comment period. Initially, the 
proposed rule established a public comment period from November 7, 2019 
through December 9, 2019. The Department has extended the deadline for 
submitting public comments to December 11, 2019, due to a website 
outage.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published November 7, 
2019, at 84 FR 60150 is extended. Send comments on or before December 
11, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket No. ETA-2019-
0009 and Regulatory Identification Number (RIN) 1205-AB78, by any of 
the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Instructions for how to submit public comments electronically on the 
Federal eRulemaking Portal can be found on the http://www.regulations.gov website under ``Help'' > ``How to use 
Regulations.gov'' > ``Submit a Comment.''
     Mail: Heidi Casta, Deputy Administrator, Office of Policy 
Development and Research, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and 
Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N-5641, 
Washington, DC 20210.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Heidi Casta, Deputy Administrator, 
Office of Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Labor, 
Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Room N-5641, Washington, DC 20210.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number for this rulemaking or ``RIN 1205-AB78.''
    Please submit your comments by only one method. Please be advised 
that the Department will post all comments received that relate to this 
NPRM without changes to http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided. The http://www.regulations.gov website 
is the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal and all comments posted there are 
available and accessible to the public. Therefore, the Department 
recommends that commenters remove personal information (either about 
themselves or others) such as Social Security numbers, personal 
addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses included in their 
comments, as such information may become easily available to the public 
via the http://www.regulations.gov website. It is the responsibility of 
the commenter to safeguard personal information.
    Also, please note that due to security concerns, postal mail 
delivery in Washington, DC may be delayed. Therefore, the Department 
encourages the public to submit comments on http://www.regulations.gov.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov (search using RIN 
1205-AB78 or Docket No. ETA-2019-0009). The Department also will make 
all the comments it receives available for public inspection by 
appointment during normal business hours at the Office of Policy 
Development and Research (OPDR), U.S. Department of Labor, Employment 
and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N-5641, 
Washington, DC 20210. If you need assistance to review the comments, 
the Department will provide appropriate aids such as readers or print 
magnifiers. The Department will make copies of this NPRM available, 
upon request, in large print and electronic file. To schedule an 
appointment to review the comments or obtain the NPRM in an alternative 
format or both, contact OPDR at (202) 693-3700 (this is not a toll-free 
number). You may also contact this office at the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heidi Casta, Deputy Administrator, 
Office of Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Labor, 
Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Room N-5641, Washington, DC 20210, Telephone: (202) 693-3700 (voice) 
(this is not a toll-free number) or 1-800-326-2577 (Telecommunications 
Device for the Deaf).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ETA is extending the public comment 
period for the proposed rule published in the Federal Register on 
November 7, 2019 (84 FR 60150), which established a public comment 
period from November 7, 2019 through December 9, 2019. The Department 
has extended the deadline for submitting public comments to December 
11, 2019, due to the www.regulations.gov website outage. All 
substantive comments received by December 11, 2019, will be addressed 
in the final rule.

    Signed at Washington, DC.
John P. Pallasch,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2019-26785 Filed 12-9-19; 4:15 pm]
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