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should participate in a prehearing 

conference to be held on September 28, 

2015 (if deemed necessary). Oral 

testimony and written materials to be 

submitted at the public hearing are 

governed by sections 201.6(b)(2), 

201.13(f), 207.24, and 207.66 of the 

Commission’s rules. Parties must submit 

any request to present a portion of their 

hearing testimony in camera no later 

than 7 business days prior to the date of 

the hearing. 

Written submissions.—Each party to 

the reviews may submit a prehearing 

brief to the Commission. Prehearing 

briefs must conform with the provisions 

of section 207.65 of the Commission’s 

rules; the deadline for filing is 

September 17, 2015. Parties may also 

file written testimony in connection 

with their presentation at the hearing, as 

provided in section 207.24 of the 

Commission’s rules, and posthearing 

briefs, which must conform with the 

provisions of section 207.67 of the 

Commission’s rules. The deadline for 

filing posthearing briefs is October 8, 

2015. In addition, any person who has 

not entered an appearance as a party to 

the reviews may submit a written 

statement of information pertinent to 

the subject of the reviews on or before 

October 8, 2015. On October 29, 2015, 

the Commission will make available to 

parties all information on which they 

have not had an opportunity to 

comment. Parties may submit final 

comments on this information on or 

before November 2, 2015, but such final 

comments must not contain new factual 

information and must otherwise comply 

with section 207.68 of the Commission’s 

rules. 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 E-Filing, available on the 

Commission’s Web site at http://

edis.usitc.gov, elaborates upon the 

Commission’s rules with respect to 

electronic filing. 

Additional written submissions to the 

Commission, including requests 

pursuant to section 201.12 of the 

Commission’s rules, shall not be 

accepted unless good cause is shown for 

accepting such submissions, or unless 

the submission is pursuant to a specific 

request by a Commissioner or 

Commission staff. 

In accordance with sections 201.16(c) 

and 207.3 of the Commission’s rules, 

each document filed by a party to the 

reviews must be served on all other 

parties to the reviews (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. 

Authority: These reviews are being 

conducted under authority of title VII of the 

Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 

pursuant to section 207.62 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: March 17, 2015. 

Lisa R. Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06439 Filed 3–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; 

Demonstration and Evaluation of the 

Short-Time Compensation (STC) 

Program (STC) Grants Program 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation 

Office, Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL), 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 required 

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. A copy of the 

proposed Information Collection 

Request can be obtained by contacting 

the office listed below in the addressee 

section of this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addressee section below on or before 

May 22, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either one of the following methods: 

Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov; 

Mail or Courier: Christina Yancey, Chief 

Evaluation Office, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room S–2312, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Instructions: Please submit one copy of 

your comments by only one method. All 

submissions received must include the 

agency name and OMB Control Number 

identified above for this information 

collection. Because we continue to 

experience delays in receiving mail in 

the Washington, DC area, commenters 

are strongly encouraged to transmit their 

comments electronically via email or to 

submit them by mail early. Comments, 

including any personal information 

provided, become a matter of public 

record. They will also be summarized 

and/or included in the request for OMB 

approval of the information collection 

request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christina Yancey by email at 

ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job 

Creation Act of 2012 was signed into 

law on February 22, 2012. Subtitle D of 

Title II of the Act contains several 

provisions concerning the STC program, 

including Section 2166 requiring the 

Secretary of Labor to submit a final 

report to Congress on the 

implementation of the provisions of 

Subtitle D no later than four years after 

the date of enactment. 

The STC program is an option within 

the Unemployment Insurance (UI) 

system that allows employers to reduce 

the hours of workers, while permitting 

workers to receive partial UI benefits for 

the non-worked hours. The objective of 

STC is to avoid layoffs during periods 

of reduced labor demand and thereby 

allow businesses to maintain their 

operations, retain valued employees, 

and prevent company morale from 

deteriorating. The program was first 

initiated California in 1978 and a 

temporary national STC program was 

adopted in 1982 under the Tax Equity 

and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA, 

P.L. 97–248). The STC program became 

permanent in Federal law in 1992, when 

states were permitted to adopt their own 

STC programs as part of State UI laws. 

Under Section 303(a)(5) of the Social 

Security Act and Section 3304(a)(4) of 

the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, the 

Unemployment Trust Fund can pay for 

STC. Each state has an account within 

the Fund from which its pays UI 

benefits. 

The Employment and Training 

Administration’s Office of 

Unemployment Insurance has oversight 

responsibility for the STC program. The 

Chief Evaluation Office of the 

Department of Labor (DOL) is 

conducting a rigorous demonstration 

and impact evaluation of the STC 

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programs in two states, Iowa and 

Oregon, to better understand the reasons 

for low take-up of STC and to evaluate 

the effectiveness of strategies to increase 

employer use. DOL is requesting 

clearance for two aspects of information 

collection: (1) To conduct in-depth 

interviews with state agency officials 

and employers, and (2) to survey 

employers on STC program awareness 

and participation. These data 

collections are essential elements of the 

implementation study and the rigorous 

impact evaluation of the demonstration 

of the STC program. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

Currently, the Department of Labor is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

above data collection for the 

demonstration and evaluation of the 

short-term compensation program. 

Comments are requested to: 

* 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 

information collection on those who are 

to respond, including 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 

At this time, the Department of Labor 

is requesting clearance for data 

collection for the demonstration and 

evaluation of the short-term 

compensation program via collection of 

post-implementation data elements and 

fieldwork efforts. 

Type of review: New information 

collection request. 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0NEW. 

Affected Public: Private Sector 

Employers eligible for enrollment 

within the Short-Time Compensation 

Program; and Public Sector State 

Agency Personnel engaged in the ShortTime Compensation Program. 

ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS

Form/activity 

Estimated 

total 

respondents 

Frequency Total 

responses 

Average time 

per response 

(hours) 

Estimated 

total burden 

hours 

State Agency Personnel interviews ..................................... 30 Once .............. 30 .67 20 

Employer interviews ............................................................ 28 Once .............. 28 .83 23.3 

Employer Short-form survey ................................................ 2,000 Once .............. 2,000 .034 67.7 

Employer Long-form survey ................................................ 800 Once .............. 800 .2 160 

Totals ............................................................................ 2,858 ........................ 2,858 ........................ 271 

Comments submitted in response to 

this request will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval; they 

will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Mary Beth Maxwell, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Policy, U.S. Department of Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06494 Filed 3–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2015–0005] 

Federal Advisory Council on 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(FACOSH) 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Request for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary of 

Labor for Occupational Safety and 

Health invites interested individuals to 

submit nominations for membership on 

FACOSH. 

DATES: You must submit (postmarked, 

sent, transmitted, or received) your 

nominations by May 15, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit 

nominations and supporting materials 

using one of the following methods: 

Electronically: You may submit 

nominations, including attachments, 

electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov, the federal 

eRulemaking portal. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting nominations; 

Facsimile: If your nominations and 

supporting materials and attachments 

do not exceed 10 pages, you may FAX 

them to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 

693–1648; 

Mail, express delivery, hand delivery, 

messenger or courier service: You may 

send nominations and supporting 

materials to the OSHA Docket Office, 

Docket No. OSHA–2015–0005, Room N– 

2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–2350 

(TTY number (877) 889–5627). 

Deliveries by hand, express mail, 

messenger, and courier service are 

accepted during the Department of 

Labor’s and OSHA Docket Office’s 

normal business hours, 8:15 a.m.–4:45 

p.m., ET. 

Instructions: Your submissions and 

supporting materials must include the 

agency name and docket number for this 

Federal Register notice. Due to securityrelated procedures, submissions by 

regular mail may experience significant 

delays. Please contact the OSHA Docket 

Office for information about special 

security procedures for submitting 

materials by mail, express delivery, 

hand delivery, and messenger or courier 

service. For additional information on 

submitting nominations and supporting 

materials, see the Supplementary 

Information section of this notice. 

OSHA will post all submissions, 

including any personal information you 

provide, without change on http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA 

cautions you about submitting personal 

information such as Social Security 

numbers and birthdates. 

To read or download submissions in 

response to this Federal Register notice, 

go to Docket No. OSHA–2015–0005, at 

http://www.regulations.gov. All 

documents in the docket are listed in 

the index of that Web site; however, 

some documents (e.g., copyrighted 

materials) are not publicly available to 

read or download there. All 

submissions, including copyrighted 

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