Agency Information Collection Activities, Trade Adjustment Assistance Administrative Collection of States; Comment Request, 10100-10101 [2024-02892]

Download as PDF 10100 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 30 / Tuesday, February 13, 2024 / Notices proposed information collection instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact Dave Neely, Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 145 N St NE, Washington, DC 20530, telephone: (202) 514–8553 email: david.neely2@usdoj.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of the following four points: —Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 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; —Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of the Abstract: Under the Violent Crime and Control Act of 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice would request grant application information from state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies to properly award grant funds to advance public safety through community policing. Overview of This Information Collection 1. Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection. 2. Title of the Form/Collection: COPS Application Package. Number of respondents Activity 5,000 If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo, Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W–218, Washington, DC. the information collection request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Trade Adjustment Assistance Administrative Collection of States (TAAACS).’’ This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). [FR Doc. 2024–02846 Filed 2–12–24; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration Agency Information Collection Activities, Trade Adjustment Assistance Administrative Collection of States; Comment Request ACTION: Notice. The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed extension for the authority to conduct SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:57 Feb 12, 2024 1/annually ......................................... Consideration will be given to all written comments received by April 15, 2024. DATES: 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 free by contacting Timothy Theberge by telephone at 202– 693–3401 (this is not a toll-free number). Submit written comments about, or requests for a copy of this ICR by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N– 5428, Washington, DC 20210; by email: taa.reports@dol.gov; or by fax 202–693– 3584. ADDRESSES: BILLING CODE 4410–AT–P Jkt 262001 PO 00000 3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department sponsoring the collection: Application Attachment to SF–424, COPS. DOJ. 4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as the obligation to respond: Affected Public: Law Enforcement Agencies. The obligation to respond is required to obtain or retain a benefit. 5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The estimated total number of respondents is 5,000. The time per response is 11 hours to review and complete the application. 6. An estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated with the collection: An estimated 55,000 total annual burden hours are associated with this collection. 7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the collection, if applicable: $0. Total annual responses Frequency COPS Application Package .............. Dated: February 7, 2024. Darwin Arceo, Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 information to be collected can be enhanced; 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. Frm 00080 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 5,000 Total annual burden (hours) Time per response 11 55,000 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy Theberge by telephone at 202– 693–3401 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at theberge.timothy@dol.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOL, as part of continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information before submitting them to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for final approval. This program helps to ensure 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 can be properly assessed. The Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance (OTAA) is seeking to extend without change the Trade Adjustment Assistance Administrative Collection of States (TAAACS) to continue to collect discrete data on how State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) organize the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers (TAA) Program across eight (8) distinct categories. This data allows OTAA to analyze which practices are best supporting TAA participants, identify E:\FR\FM\13FEN1.SGM 13FEN1 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 30 / Tuesday, February 13, 2024 / Notices areas where more technical assistance is needed, and determine opportunities for greater program integration. Section 239(c) of Title II, Chapter 2 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.), authorizes this information collection. 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 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 that does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments to the contact shown in the ADDRESSES section. Comments must be written to receive consideration, and they will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval of the final ICR. In order to help ensure appropriate consideration, comments should mention OMB Control No. 1205–0540. Submitted comments will also be a matter of public record for this ICR and posted on the internet, without redaction. DOL encourages commenters not to include personally identifiable information, confidential business data, or other sensitive statements/ information in any comments. DOL 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: DOL–ETA. Type of Review: Extention Without Changes. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:57 Feb 12, 2024 Jkt 262001 Title of Collection: Trade Adjustment Assistance Administrative Collection of States (TAAACS). Form: TAA State Survey. OMB Control Number: 1205–0540. Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments. Estimated Number of Respondents: 52. Frequency: Annual. Total Estimated Annual Responses: 52. Estimated Average Time per Response: 5 hours. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 260 hours. Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0. Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). Brent Parton, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor. [FR Doc. 2024–02892 Filed 2–12–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration Labor Certification Process for the Temporary Employment of H–2A and H–2B Foreign Workers in the United States: Annual Update to Allowable Monetary Charges for Agricultural Workers’ Meals and for Travel Subsistence Reimbursement, Including Lodging Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor (DOL) is issuing this notice to announce the annual updates to allowable monetary charges employers of H–2A workers, in occupations other than herding or production of livestock on the range, may charge workers when the employer provides three meals per day. This notice also announces the maximum travel subsistence meal reimbursement a worker with receipts may claim under the H–2A and H–2B programs. Finally, this notice includes a reminder regarding employers’ obligations with respect to overnight lodging costs as part of required subsistence. DATES: These allowable charges become effective February 13, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Pasternak, Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 10101 Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N–5311, Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–8200 (this is not a toll-free number). Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may access the telephone numbers above via TTY/TDD by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1 (877) 889–5627. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security will not approve an employer’s petition for the admission of H–2A or H–2B nonimmigrant temporary workers in the U.S. unless the petitioner has received an H–2A or H–2B labor certification from DOL. The labor certification provides that: (1) there are not sufficient U.S. workers who are able, willing, and qualified and who will be available at the time and place needed to perform the labor or services involved in the petition; and (2) the employment of the foreign worker(s) in such labor or services will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of workers in the U.S. similarly employed. See 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) and (b), 1184(c)(1), and 1188(a); 8 CFR 214.2(h)(5) and (6); 20 CFR 655.1(a) and 655.100. Allowable Meal Charge H–2A agricultural employers who are employing workers in occupations other than herding or production of livestock on the range must offer and provide workers three meals per day or free and convenient cooking facilities.1 See 20 CFR 655.122(g). Where the employer provides the meals, the job offer must state the charge, if any, to the worker for such meals. See id. The amount of meal charges is governed by 20 CFR 655.173. By regulation, DOL has established the methodology for determining the maximum amount that H–2A agricultural employers may charge workers for providing them with three meals per day. See 20 CFR 655.173(a). This methodology allows for annual adjustments of the previous year’s maximum allowable charge based on the updated Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for Food (CPI–U for Food), not seasonally adjusted. See id. The maximum amount employers may charge workers for providing meals is adjusted annually by the 12-month percentage change in the CPI–U for Food for the prior year (i.e., between December of the year just concluded and December of the prior year). See id. 1 H–2A employers must provide workers engaged in herding or the production of livestock on the range meals or food to prepare meals without charge or deposit charge. See 20 CFR 655.210(e). E:\FR\FM\13FEN1.SGM 13FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10100-10101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02892]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities, Trade Adjustment 
Assistance Administrative Collection of States; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training 
Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed 
extension for the authority to conduct the information collection 
request (ICR) titled, ``Trade Adjustment Assistance Administrative 
Collection of States (TAAACS).'' This comment request is part of 
continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).

DATES: Consideration will be given to all written comments received by 
April 15, 2024.

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 free by 
contacting Timothy Theberge by telephone at 202-693-3401 (this is not a 
toll-free number).
    Submit written comments about, or requests for a copy of this ICR 
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and 
Training Administration, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW, Room N-5428, Washington, DC 20210; by email: 
[email protected]; or by fax 202-693-3584.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy Theberge by telephone at 202-
693-3401 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOL, as part of continuing efforts to reduce 
paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation 
program to provide the general public and Federal agencies an 
opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of 
information before submitting them to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for final approval. This program helps to ensure 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 can be properly 
assessed.
    The Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance (OTAA) is seeking to 
extend without change the Trade Adjustment Assistance Administrative 
Collection of States (TAAACS) to continue to collect discrete data on 
how State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) organize the Trade Adjustment 
Assistance for Workers (TAA) Program across eight (8) distinct 
categories. This data allows OTAA to analyze which practices are best 
supporting TAA participants, identify

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areas where more technical assistance is needed, and determine 
opportunities for greater program integration. Section 239(c) of Title 
II, Chapter 2 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2271 et 
seq.), authorizes this information collection.
    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 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 that 
does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 
1320.6.
    Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments to the 
contact shown in the ADDRESSES section. Comments must be written to 
receive consideration, and they will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval of the final ICR. In order to help ensure 
appropriate consideration, comments should mention OMB Control No. 
1205-0540.
    Submitted comments will also be a matter of public record for this 
ICR and posted on the internet, without redaction. DOL encourages 
commenters not to include personally identifiable information, 
confidential business data, or other sensitive statements/information 
in any comments.
    DOL 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: DOL-ETA.
    Type of Review: Extention Without Changes.
    Title of Collection: Trade Adjustment Assistance Administrative 
Collection of States (TAAACS).
    Form: TAA State Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0540.
    Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 52.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Total Estimated Annual Responses: 52.
    Estimated Average Time per Response: 5 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 260 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).

Brent Parton,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, 
Labor.
[FR Doc. 2024-02892 Filed 2-12-24; 8:45 am]
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