Employment and Training Administration – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance 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 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format; the 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, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning the collection of data for State Integrated Workforce Plan Requirements for Workforce Investment Act/ Wagner-Peyser Act and Department of Labor Workforce Programs, and for Unified Plan Requirements. The State Integrated Workforce Plan Requirements substantially revise and replace the former WIA/Wagner- Peyser ``stand-alone'' planning guidance, formerly entitled ``Planning Guidance and Instructions for Submission of the Strategic State Plan for title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) and the Wagner-Peyser Act.'' The new requirements also include data collection for the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker (MSFW) Annual Outreach Plan (AOP), Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), and Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) State Plans. SCSEP plans may now be optionally included in the State Integrated Workforce Plan submission. While these new requirements provide an option for states to integrate DOL-funded programs into a single plan, it does not replace Unified Plan guidance that exists under this same control number 1205-0398. A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained at https://www.doleta.gov/usworkforce/wia-planning or by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section of this notice.

The Employment and Training Administration is issuing this notice to announce the receipt of a ``Certification of Non-Relocation and Market and Capacity Information Report'' (Form 4279-2) for the following: Applicant/Location: AR Mike Enterprise, Inc., Cameron, Arizona. Principal Product/Purpose: The loan, guarantee, or grant application is to finance the establishment of a new venture involving a Chevron gas station, Burger King Restaurant, McAlister's Deli and a convenience store, which will be located in Cameron, Arizona. The NAICS industry codes for this enterprise are: 447110 (gasoline stations with convenience stores) and 722211 (limited-service restaurants).

The Department of Labor (the Department or DOL) proposes to amend the effective date of Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non- agricultural Employment H-2B Program; Final Rule, 76 FR 3452, January 19, 2011, (the Wage Rule). The Wage Rule revised the methodology by which the Department calculates the prevailing wages to be paid to H-2B workers and United States (U.S.) workers recruited in connection with a temporary labor certification for use in petitioning the Department of Homeland Security to employ a nonimmigrant worker in H-2B status. The effective date of the Wage Rule was set at January 1, 2012.

UIPL 16-11 informs states of the methodology used to calculate the ``on'' or ``off'' total unemployment rate (TUR) indicators to determine when extended benefit (EB) periods begin and end in a state. UIPL 16-11 is published below to inform the public and is available at: https://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=3027.

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) published in the Federal Register on May 9, 2011, an announcement from the Department of Labor, in collaboration with the Department of Education, regarding which states are eligible to apply for WIA (Pub. L. 105-220, 29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) incentive awards under WIA section 503. The May 9, 2011, announcement did not include the appendix referencing which states passed the WIA portion and Adult Education and Family Literacy Act of the incentives review, respectively; the notice has been updated to include this appendix. Please note that no information has changed on the notice, nor has the number of states eligible for incentive funding.

The Employment and Training Administration is issuing this notice to announce the receipt of a ``Certification of Non-Relocation and Market and Capacity Information Report'' (Form 4279-2) for the following: Applicant/Location: Buc-ee's, Ltd., New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas. Principal Product/Purpose: The loan, guarantee, or grant application is to provide funds for the purchase of real estate and construction of a new location of Buc-ee's (gas station and convenience store), which will be located in New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas. The NAICS industry code for this enterprise is: 447110 (gasoline stations with convenience stores).