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investigations as parties must file an
entry of appearance with the Secretary
to the Commission, as provided in
sections 201.11 and 207.10 of the
Commission’s rules, not later than seven
days after publication of this notice in
the Federal Register. Industrial users
and (if the merchandise under
investigation is sold at the retail level)
representative consumer organizations
have the right to appear as parties in
Commission antidumping duty and
countervailing duty investigations. The
Secretary will prepare a public service
list containing the names and addresses
of all persons, or their representatives,
who are parties to these investigations
upon the expiration of the period for
filing entries of appearance.
Limited disclosure of business
proprietary information (BPI) under an
administrative protective order (APO)
and BPI service list.—Pursuant to
section 207.7(a) of the Commission’s
rules, the Secretary will make BPI
gathered in these investigations
available to authorized applicants
representing interested parties (as
defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(9)) who are
parties to the investigations under the
APO issued in the investigations,
provided that the application is made
not later than seven days after the
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. A separate service list will be
maintained by the Secretary for those
parties authorized to receive BPI under
the APO.
Conference.—The Commission’s
Director of Investigations has scheduled
a conference in connection with these
investigations for 9:30 a.m. on
Wednesday, February 5, 2020, at the
U.S. International Trade Commission
Building, 500 E Street SW, Washington,
DC. Requests to appear at the conference
should be emailed to
preliminaryconferences@usitc.gov (DO
NOT FILE ON EDIS) on or before
February 3, 2020. Parties in support of
the imposition of countervailing and
antidumping duties in these
investigations and parties in opposition
to the imposition of such duties will
each be collectively allocated one hour
within which to make an oral
presentation at the conference. A
nonparty who has testimony that may
aid the Commission’s deliberations may
request permission to present a short
statement at the conference.
Written submissions.—As provided in
sections 201.8 and 207.15 of the
Commission’s rules, any person may
submit to the Commission on or before
February 10, 2020, a written brief
containing information and arguments
pertinent to the subject matter of the
investigations. Parties may file written
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testimony in connection with their
presentation at the conference. All
written submissions must conform with
the provisions of section 201.8 of the
Commission’s rules; any submissions
that contain BPI must also conform with
the requirements of sections 201.6,
207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission’s
rules. The Commission’s Handbook on
Filing Procedures, available on the
Commission’s website at https://
www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_
on_filing_procedures.pdf, elaborates
upon the Commission’s procedures with
respect to filings.
In accordance with sections 201.16(c)
and 207.3 of the rules, each document
filed by a party to the investigations
must be served on all other parties to
the investigations (as identified by
either the public or BPI service list), and
a certificate of service must be timely
filed. The Secretary will not accept a
document for filing without a certificate
of service.
Certification.—Pursuant to section
207.3 of the Commission’s rules, any
person submitting information to the
Commission in connection with these
investigations must certify that the
information is accurate and complete to
the best of the submitter’s knowledge. In
making the certification, the submitter
will acknowledge that any information
that it submits to the Commission
during these investigations may be
disclosed to and used: (i) By the
Commission, its employees and Offices,
and contract personnel (a) for
developing or maintaining the records
of these or related investigations or
reviews, or (b) in internal investigations,
audits, reviews, and evaluations relating
to the programs, personnel, and
operations of the Commission including
under 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3; or (ii) by
U.S. government employees and
contract personnel, solely for
cybersecurity purposes. All contract
personnel will sign appropriate
nondisclosure agreements.
Authority: These investigations are being
conducted under authority of title VII of the
Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published
pursuant to section 207.12 of the
Commission’s rules.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: January 16, 2020.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Labor-Management
Standards
Extension of Information 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. The
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 the
collection requirements on respondents
can be properly assessed. Currently, the
Office of Labor-Management Standards
(OLMS) of the Department of Labor
(Department) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of
the collection of information
requirements for processing
applications under the Federal Transit
Law. A copy of the proposed
information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the ADDRESSES section of this
Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before
March 23, 2020
ADDRESSES: Andrew R. Davis, Chief of
the Division of Interpretations and
Standards, Office of Labor-Management
Standards, U.S. Department of Labor,
200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room
N–5609, Washington, DC 20210, olmspublic@dol.gov, (202) 693–0123 (this is
not a toll-free number), (800) 877–8339
(TTY/TDD).
Please use only one method of
transmission (Email) to submit
comments or to request a copy of this
information collection and its
supporting documentation; including a
description of the likely respondents,
proposed frequency of response, and
estimated total burden.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: Under 49 U.S.C.
5333(b), when Federal funds are used to
acquire, improve, or operate a transit
system, the Department must ensure
that the recipient of those funds
establishes arrangements to protect the
rights of affected transit employees.
SUMMARY:
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Federal law requires such arrangements
to be ‘‘fair and equitable,’’ and the
Department of Labor (DOL or ‘‘the
Department’’) must certify the
arrangements before the U.S.
Department of Transportation’s Federal
Transit Administration (FTA) can award
certain funds to grantees. These
employee protective arrangements must
include provisions that may be
necessary for the preservation of rights,
privileges, and benefits under existing
collective bargaining agreements or
otherwise; the continuation of collective
bargaining rights; the protection of
individual employees against a
worsening of their positions related to
employment; assurances of employment
to employees of acquired transportation
systems; assurances of priority of
reemployment of employees whose
employment is ended or who are laid
off; and paid training or retraining
programs. 49 U.S.C. 5333(b)(2).
Pursuant to 29 CFR part 215, upon
receipt of copies of applications for
Federal assistance subject to 49 U.S.C.
5333(b) from the FTA, together with a
request for the certification of employee
protective arrangements from the
Department of Labor, DOL will process
those applications. The FTA will
provide the Department with the
information necessary to enable the
Department to process employee
protections for certification of the
project.
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 submission of
responses.
III. Current Actions: The Department
seeks extension of the current approval
to collect this information. An extension
is necessary because, if the information
is not collected, DOL will be unable to
determine that arrangements are ‘‘fair
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and equitable’ concerning the rights of
affected transit employees. The
information collected by OLMS is used
to certify projects and allow funds to
reach the applying transit agencies,
which would prevent a reduction in
services for the public and work for
employees.
DOL Procedural Guidelines (29 CFR
part 215), encourage the development of
employee protections through local
negotiations, but establish time frames
for certification to expedite the process
and make it more predictable, while
assuring that the required protections
are in place.
Pursuant to the Guidelines, DOL
refers for review the grant application
and the proposed terms and conditions
to unions representing transit
employees in the service area of the
project and to the applicant and/or subrecipient. No referral is made if the
application falls under one of the
following exceptions: (1) Employees in
the service area are not represented by
a union; (2) the grant is for routine
replacement items; (3) the grant is for a
Job Access project serving populations
less than 200,000. (29 CFR 215.3).
Grants where employees in the service
area are not represented by a union will
be certified without referral based on
protective terms and conditions set forth
by DOL.
When a grant application is referred
to the parties, DOL recommends the
terms and conditions to serve as the
basis for certification. The parties have
15 days to inform DOL of any objections
to the recommended terms including
reasons for such objections. If no
objections are registered and no
circumstances exist inconsistent with
the statue, or if objections are found not
sufficient, DOL certifies the project on
the basis of the recommended terms.
If DOL determines that the objections
are sufficient, the Department, as
appropriate, will direct the parties to
negotiate for up to 30 days, limited to
issues defined by DOL.
If the parties are unable to reach
agreement within 30 days, DOL will
review the final proposals and where no
circumstances exist inconsistent with
the statute, issue an interim certification
permitting FTA to release funds,
provided that no action is taken relating
to the issues in dispute that would
irreparably harm employees.
Following the interim certification,
the parties may continue negotiations. If
they are unable to reach agreement, DOL
sets the terms for Final Certification
within 60 days. DOL may request briefs
on the issues in dispute before issuing
the final certification.
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Notwithstanding the above, the
Department retains the right to withhold
certification where circumstances
inconsistent with the statue so warrant
until such circumstances have been
resolved.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Office of Labor-Management
Standards.
Title of Collection: Protections for
Transit Workers under Section 5333(b)
Urban Program.
OMB Control Number: 1245–0006.
Affected Public: State, Local, and
Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 1,671.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 1,671.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 13,368.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of the information collection
request; they will also become a matter
of public record.
Dated: January 16, 2020.
Andrew R. Davis,
Chief of the Division of Interpretations and
Standards, Office of Labor-Management
Standards, U.S. Department of Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Labor-Management Standards
Extension of Information 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. The 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 the collection requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. Currently, the Office of Labor-Management Standards
(OLMS) of the Department of Labor (Department) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of the collection of information
requirements for processing applications under the Federal Transit Law.
A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained
by contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this
Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before March 23, 2020
ADDRESSES: Andrew R. Davis, Chief of the Division of Interpretations
and Standards, Office of Labor-Management Standards, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N-5609, Washington, DC 20210,
[email protected], (202) 693-0123 (this is not a toll-free number),
(800) 877-8339 (TTY/TDD).
Please use only one method of transmission (Email) to submit
comments or to request a copy of this information collection and its
supporting documentation; including a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of response, and estimated total
burden.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: Under 49 U.S.C. 5333(b), when Federal funds are used
to acquire, improve, or operate a transit system, the Department must
ensure that the recipient of those funds establishes arrangements to
protect the rights of affected transit employees.
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Federal law requires such arrangements to be ``fair and equitable,''
and the Department of Labor (DOL or ``the Department'') must certify
the arrangements before the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal
Transit Administration (FTA) can award certain funds to grantees. These
employee protective arrangements must include provisions that may be
necessary for the preservation of rights, privileges, and benefits
under existing collective bargaining agreements or otherwise; the
continuation of collective bargaining rights; the protection of
individual employees against a worsening of their positions related to
employment; assurances of employment to employees of acquired
transportation systems; assurances of priority of reemployment of
employees whose employment is ended or who are laid off; and paid
training or retraining programs. 49 U.S.C. 5333(b)(2). Pursuant to 29
CFR part 215, upon receipt of copies of applications for Federal
assistance subject to 49 U.S.C. 5333(b) from the FTA, together with a
request for the certification of employee protective arrangements from
the Department of Labor, DOL will process those applications. The FTA
will provide the Department with the information necessary to enable
the Department to process employee protections for certification of the
project.
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 submission of responses.
III. Current Actions: The Department seeks extension of the current
approval to collect this information. An extension is necessary
because, if the information is not collected, DOL will be unable to
determine that arrangements are ``fair and equitable' concerning the
rights of affected transit employees. The information collected by OLMS
is used to certify projects and allow funds to reach the applying
transit agencies, which would prevent a reduction in services for the
public and work for employees.
DOL Procedural Guidelines (29 CFR part 215), encourage the
development of employee protections through local negotiations, but
establish time frames for certification to expedite the process and
make it more predictable, while assuring that the required protections
are in place.
Pursuant to the Guidelines, DOL refers for review the grant
application and the proposed terms and conditions to unions
representing transit employees in the service area of the project and
to the applicant and/or sub-recipient. No referral is made if the
application falls under one of the following exceptions: (1) Employees
in the service area are not represented by a union; (2) the grant is
for routine replacement items; (3) the grant is for a Job Access
project serving populations less than 200,000. (29 CFR 215.3). Grants
where employees in the service area are not represented by a union will
be certified without referral based on protective terms and conditions
set forth by DOL.
When a grant application is referred to the parties, DOL recommends
the terms and conditions to serve as the basis for certification. The
parties have 15 days to inform DOL of any objections to the recommended
terms including reasons for such objections. If no objections are
registered and no circumstances exist inconsistent with the statue, or
if objections are found not sufficient, DOL certifies the project on
the basis of the recommended terms.
If DOL determines that the objections are sufficient, the
Department, as appropriate, will direct the parties to negotiate for up
to 30 days, limited to issues defined by DOL.
If the parties are unable to reach agreement within 30 days, DOL
will review the final proposals and where no circumstances exist
inconsistent with the statute, issue an interim certification
permitting FTA to release funds, provided that no action is taken
relating to the issues in dispute that would irreparably harm
employees.
Following the interim certification, the parties may continue
negotiations. If they are unable to reach agreement, DOL sets the terms
for Final Certification within 60 days. DOL may request briefs on the
issues in dispute before issuing the final certification.
Notwithstanding the above, the Department retains the right to
withhold certification where circumstances inconsistent with the statue
so warrant until such circumstances have been resolved.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Office of Labor-Management Standards.
Title of Collection: Protections for Transit Workers under Section
5333(b) Urban Program.
OMB Control Number: 1245-0006.
Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,671.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 1,671.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 13,368.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval of the information collection request; they will also
become a matter of public record.
Dated: January 16, 2020.
Andrew R. Davis,
Chief of the Division of Interpretations and Standards, Office of
Labor-Management Standards, U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2020-01006 Filed 1-22-20; 8:45 am]
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