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Total

respondents Frequency Totalresponses

Average

time per

response

(hours)

Total

burden

hours

Grant Application Signature Sheet (ETA-5163) .......................................... 62 Annually ..... 62 1 62

Total ETA Activity ................................................................................. 62 .................... 434 4 1,776

Standard Form Activity

Financial Status Report (SF–269) ............................................................... 62 Quarterly

and Final.

310 8 2,480

Grant Planning (SF 424A and 424) ............................................................ 62 Annually ..... 62 40 2,480

Total SF Activity ................................................................................... 62 .................... 372 13.3 4,960

Total Burden: 1,776 Hours.

Total annualized capital/startup

costs: $0.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $0.

Description: The Senior Community

Service Employment Program (SCSEP)

provides part-time employment in

community service activities for lowincome seniors who are age 55 or older.

Currently, over 60,000 people are

enrolled in the program and during the

course of a year 100,000 people will be

enrolled. State governments and 10

national non-profit organizations

operate the program.

Ira L. Mills,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–15146 Filed 6–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary; Submission for

OMB Review; Comment Request

June 8, 2000.

The Department of Labor (DOL) has

submitted the following public

information collection requests (ICRs) to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval in

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13,

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). A copy of each

individual ICR, with applicable

supporting documentation, may be

obtained by calling the Department of

Labor. To obtain documentation for

BLS, ETA, PWBA, and OASAM contact

Karin Kurz ((202) 219–5096 ext. 159 or

by E-mail to Kurz-Karin@dol.gov). To

obtain documentation for ESA, MSHA,

OSHA, and VETS contact Darrin King

((202) 219–5096 ext. 151 or by E-mail to

King-Darrin@dol.gov).

Comments should be sent to Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for BLS, DM,

ESA, ETA, MSHA, OSHA, PWBA, or

VETS, Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC

20503 ((202) 395–7316), within 30 days

from the date of this publication in the

Federal Register.

The OMB 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 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.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collections.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration (ETA).

Title: Statement of Expenditures and

Adjustments of Federal Funds for

Unemployment Compensation for

Federal Employees and Exservicemembers.

OMB Number: 1205–0162.

Form Number: ETA 191.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

government.

Frequency: Quarterly.

Number of Respondents: 53.

Total Annual Responses: 212.

Estimated Time Per Response: 6

Hours.

Total Burden: 1,272 Hours.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: $0.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $0.

Description: Federal and military

agencies must reimburse the Federal

Employees Compensation Account for

the amount expended for benefits to

former Federal (civilian) employees

(UCFE) and ex-servicemembers (UCX).

The report informs ETA of the amount

to bill each such agency.

Ira L. Mills,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–15147 Filed 6–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–37,239 and NAFTA–3642]

DeZurik Corporation, McMinnville, TN;

Notice of Negative Determination

Regarding Application for

Reconsideration

By application dated April 15, 2000,

the International Association of

Machinists (IAM), Local 1941, requested

administrative reconsideration of the

Department’s negative determination

regarding worker eligibility to apply for

Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and

North American Free Trade AgreementTransitional Adjustment Assistance

(NAFTA–TAA). The denial notices

applicable to workers of the subject firm

were signed on March 30, 2000 and

published in the Federal Register on

April 21, 2000, TA–W–37,239 (65 FR

21437) and NAFTA–3642 (65 FR

21439).

Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c)

reconsideration may be granted under

the following circumstances:

(1) If it appears on the basis of facts

not previously considered that the

determination complained of was

erroneous;

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(2) If it appears that the determination

complained of was based on a mistake

in the determination of facts not

previously considered; or

(3) If in the opinion of the Certifying

Officer, a mis-interpretation of facts or

of the law justified reconsideration of

the decision.

Workers producing industrial valves

at DeZurik Corporation, McMinnville,

Tennessee, were denied eligibility to

apply for TAA based on the finding that

the contributed importantly criterion of

section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as

amended, was not met. Layoffs at the

subject firm plant were attributable to

the transfer of production to another

domestic facility. The subject firm did

not import articles like or directly

competitive with those produced at the

McMinnville plant. Customer imports of

industrial valves were minor and

accompanied by increased domestic

purchases during the time period

relevant to the investigation.

The NAFTA–TAA petition for the

same worker group was denied based on

the Department’s finding that criteria (3)

and (4) of the worker group eligibility

requirements contained in paragraph

(a)(1) of section 250 of the Trade Act of

1974, as amended, were not met. There

were no company imports from Mexico

or Canada of articles like or directly

competitive with those produced at the

workers’ firm. Customer imports of

industrial valves from Mexico or Canada

did not contribute importantly to

worker separations at the workers’ firm.

There was no shift in production of

industrial valves from the McMinnville

plant to Mexico or Canada. Layoffs at

the subject firm were attributable to a

shift in production to another domestic

facility.

The IAM provided documentation on

company imports of cylinders, knife

gate valve bodies ready for assembly,

and multiple parts, that were formerly

produced by workers at the subject firm.

Additionally, the IAM provided a listing

of machines that will be sent to the

company’s plant in Canada.

For both the TAA and NAFTA–TAA

petition investigations, the Department

is required to determine import impact

of the articles produced at the workers’

firm. In this case, during the time period

relevant to the investigation, the

primary output at the plant was

industrial valves. Although the

company acknowledges imports of

cylinders and other components, those

articles cannot be considered like or

directly competitive with the finished

product, industrial valves. Machinery

sent to Canada is not a basis for worker

group certification. A small percentage

of production at the McMinnville plant

will be shifted to Canada but that has

not as yet occurred.

Conclusion

After review of the application and

investigative findings, I conclude that

there has been no error or

misinterpretation of the law or of the

facts which would justify

reconsideration of the Department of

Labor’s prior decision. Accordingly, the

application is denied.

Signed at Washington, DC this 5th day of

June, 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–15143 Filed 6–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–37,637]

Fort James Operating Company,

Wauna Mill, Clatskanie, OR; Notice of

Termination of Investigation

Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade

Act of 1974, an investigation was

initiated on May 1, 2000, in response to

a worker petition which was filed by the

company on behalf of workers at the

Wauna Mill, Fort James Operating

Company, Clatskanie, Oregon.

The petitioner has requested that the

petition be withdrawn. Consequently

further investigation in this care would

serve no purpose, and the investigation

has been terminated.

Signed in Washington, DC, this 25th day of

May, 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–15145 Filed 6–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–37, 542, 542A, 542B, 542C]

GPM, Bartlesville, OK and Operating at

Various Locations in the States;

Amended Negative Determination

Regarding Eligibility To Apply for

Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with section 223 of the

Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273) the

Department of Labor issued a Negative

Determination Regarding Eligibility to

Apply for Worker adjustment Assistance

on April 24, 2000, applicable to workers

of GPM, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The

notice was published in the Federal

Register on May 11, 2000 (65 FR 30442).

At the request of the petitioner, the

Department reviewed the negative

determination for workers of the subject

firm. The workers of the subject firm are

engaged in employment related to

gathering, transporting and marketing

natural gas. Review of the investigation

shows that the Department’s negative

determination inadvertently excluded

the workers of the subject firm’s other

Oklahoma locations, in addition to the

Texas and New Mexico locations of

GPM.

It was the Department’s intent to issue

the negative determination for all

workers of the subject firm cited in the

petition form. The negative

determination is being amended to

expand the denial to workers of GPM at

various locations in Oklahoma (except

Bartlesville), Texas and New Mexico.

The amended notice applicable to

TA–W–37,542 is hereby issued as

follows:

All workers of GPM, Bartlesville,

Oklahoma (TA–W–37,542), and operating at

various locations in the States of Oklahoma,

except Bartlesville (TA–W–37,542A), Texas

(TA–W–37,542B), and New Mexico (TA–W–

37,542C) are denied eligibility to apply for

adjustment assistance under Section 223 of

the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 31st day of

May, 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–15144 Filed 6–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[Docket No. TA–W–35,319]

Simpson Pasadena Paper Company,

Pasadena, Texas; Notice of Revised

Determination on Remand

The United States Court of

International Trade (USCIT) in the

matter of Former Employees of Simpson

Pasadena Paper Company v. Alexis

Herman, United States Secretary of

Labor, USCIT, No. 99–04–00249,

remanded for additional customer

survey, the Department’s negative

determination regarding eligibility to

apply for adjustment assistance under

the Trade Act of 1974.

On remand, the Department

conducted a survey of additional

declining customers of Simpson