Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 25 / Wednesday, February 6, 2013 / Notices 8491 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meetings 

of the New Hampshire and District of 

Columbia Advisory Committees 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a planning meeting of the 

New Hampshire Advisory Committee to 

the Commission is rescheduled for 

Friday, February 8, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. 

(ET), at the New Hampshire State 

House, 107 North Main Street, Concord, 

NH 03301. The purpose of the planning 

meeting is to plan future activities. The 

purpose of the press conference is to rerelease committee report on Goffstown 

Prison. This meeting was initially 

scheduled for Friday, February 1, 2013; 

same time and location (FR/Vol. 78, No. 

14/Tuesday, January 22, 2013/pages 

4380–4381). 

Notice is also hereby given, pursuant 

to the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a planning meeting of the 

District of Columbia Advisory 

Committee to the Commission is 

rescheduled for Tuesday, February 19, 

2013, 12:00 p.m. (ET) at 1331 

Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 1150, 

Conference Room, Washington, DC 

20425. The purpose of the meeting is 

project planning. This meeting was 

initially scheduled for February 12, 

2013 (FR/Vol. 78, No. 18/Monday, 

January 28, 2013/Notices, page 5772). 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by Friday, March 8, 2013 

for the New Hampshire Advisory 

Committee and Tuesday, March 19, 

2013 for the District of Columbia 

Advisory Committee. Comments may be 

mailed to the Eastern Regional Office, 

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1331 

Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 1150, 

Washington, DC 20425, faxed to (202) 

376–7548, or emailed to ero@usccr.gov. 

Persons who desire additional 

information may contact the Eastern 

Regional Office at 202–376–7533. 

Persons needing accessibility services 

should contact the Eastern Regional 

Office at least five working days before 

the scheduled date of the meeting. 

Records generated from these 

meetings may be inspected and 

reproduced at the Eastern Regional 

Office, as they become available, both 

before and after the meeting. Persons 

interested in the work of these advisory 

committees are advised to go to the 

Commission’s Web site, www.usccr.gov, 

or to contact the Eastern Regional Office 

at the above phone number, email or 

street address. 

The meetings will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, on January 31, 

2013. 

David Mussatt, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2013–02553 Filed 2–5–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Trade Adjustment 

Assistance for Firms 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration (EDA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other federal agencies to take 

this opportunity to comment on the 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before April 8, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

and recommendations for the proposed 

information collection to Jennifer 

Jessup, Departmental Paperwork 

Clearance Officer, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

jjessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Miriam Kearse, Eligibility 

Examiner, Trade Adjustment Assistance 

Division, Room 71028, Economic 

Development Administration, 

Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202) 

482–3963, facsimile (202) 482–2883 (or 

via the Internet at 

miriam.j.kearse@eda.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract 

EDA administers the Trade 

Adjustment Assistance for Firms 

(TAAF) Program, which is authorized 

under chapters 3 and 5 of title II of the 

Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 

U.S.C. 2341 et seq.) (Trade Act), and the 

Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension 

Act of 2011 (Pub. L. 112–40) which 

reauthorized the program, through a 

national network of 11 non-profit and 

university-affiliated Trade Adjustment 

Assistance Centers (TAACs), each of 

which serves a different geographic 

service region. EDA certifies firms as 

eligible to participate in the TAAF 

Program and provides funding to allow 

eligible client-firms to receive 

adjustment assistance through the 

TAACs. The information collected on 

Form ED–840P and relevant supporting 

documentation is used to determine if a 

firm is eligible to participate in the 

program. In accordance with the Trade 

Act and EDA’s regulations as set out at 

13 CFR part 315, EDA must verify that 

the following have occurred: (1) A 

significant reduction in the number or 

proportion of the workers in the firm, a 

reduction in the workers’ wage or work 

hours, or an imminent threat of such 

reductions; (2) sales or production of the 

firm have decreased absolutely, as 

defined in EDA’s regulations, or sales or 

production, or both, of any article or 

service accounting for at least 25 

percent of the firm’s sales or production 

has decreased absolutely; and (3) an 

increase in imports of articles or 

services like or directly competitive 

with those produced or provided by the 

petitioning firm, which has contributed 

importantly to the decline in 

employment and sales or production of 

that firm. Additionally, the firm must 

demonstrate that its customers have 

reduced purchases from the firm in 

favor of buying items or services from 

foreign suppliers. The use of the form 

standardizes and limits the information 

collected as part of the certification 

process and eases the burden on 

applicants and reviewers alike. 

In addition, after being determined 

eligible for TAAF Program assistance 

using Form ED–840P, firms must create 

an EDA-approved adjustment proposal, 

which is each firm’s business plan to 

remain viable in the current global 

economy, in order to receive financial 

assistance under the TAAF Program. 

Each adjustment proposal must meet 

certain requirements as set out in the 

Trade Act and EDA’s regulation at 13 

CFR 315.6. This notice also includes an 

estimate for adjustment proposals. 

II. Method of Collection 

Form ED–840P may be obtained in 

Portable Document Format (PDF) from 

EDA or the TAACs upon request. 

TAACs are responsible for preparing the 

application on the firm’s behalf. 

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