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collection instrument with instructions 

or additional information, please 

contact: Renee Reid, by email at 

Renee.Reid@atf.gov, or by telephone at 

202–648–9255. 

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 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/or 

—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. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be submitted within 

30 days of the publication of this notice 

on the following website 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function and entering either the title of 

the information collection. This 

information collection request may be 

viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to view Department of 

Justice, information collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 

years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 

without renewal. The DOJ notes that 

information collection requirements 

submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

New Collection. 

2. Title of the Form/Collection: 

Semiannual Suitability Request. 

3. Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Justice sponsoring the 

collection: Form number: ATF Form 

3252.8. Component: Bureau of Alcohol, 

Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. Abstract: Individuals 

currently serving as a confidential 

informant (CI) for ATF must provide 

their personally identifiable 

information. ATF will utilize the 

information to verify the identity of the 

individual. 

5. Obligation to Respond: The 

obligation to respond is mandatory. 

6. Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 800 respondents. 

7. Estimated Time per Respondent: 

120 minutes (2 hours). 

8. Frequency: Twice annually. 

9. Total Estimated Annual Time 

Burden: 3,200 hours. 

10. Total Estimated Annual Other 

Costs Burden: $0. 

If additional information is required, 

contact: Darwin Arceo, Department 

Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning 

Staff, Justice Management Division, 

United States Department of Justice, 

Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street 

NE, 4W–218, Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: August 23, 2023. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18560 Filed 8–28–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1140–0028] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed eCollection 

eComments Requested; Inventories: 

Licensed Explosives Importers, 

Manufacturers, Dealers and Permittees 

AGENCY: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

Firearms and Explosives, Department of 

Justice. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Alcohol, 

Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 

(ATF), Department of Justice (DOJ), will 

be submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on June 12, 2023, allowing a 

60-day comment period. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 30 days until 

September 28, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have comments especially on the 

estimated public burden or associated 

response time, suggestions, or need a 

copy of the proposed information 

collection instrument with instructions 

or additional information, please 

contact: Michael O’Lena, by email at 

eipb-informationcollection@atf.gov, or 

by telephone at 202–648–7120. 

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 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/or 

—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. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be submitted within 

30 days of the publication of this notice 

on the following website 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function and entering either the title of 

the information collection or the OMB 

Control Number 1140–0028. This 

information collection request may be 

viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to view Department of 

Justice, information collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 

years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 

without renewal. The DOJ notes that 

information collection requirements 

submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs 


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receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of a previously approved 

collection. 

2. Title of the Form/Collection: 

Inventories: Licensed Explosives 

Importers, Manufacturers, Dealers and 

Permittees. 

3. Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Justice sponsoring the 

collection: Form number: None. 

Component: Bureau of Alcohol, 

Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Affected Public: Private 

Sector—businesses or other for-profit 

institutions. Abstract: These records 

show the explosive material inventories 

of those persons engaged in various 

activities within the explosives industry 

and are used by the government as 

initial figures from which an audit trail 

can be developed during a compliance 

inspection or criminal investigation. 

5. Obligation to Respond: Mandatory 

per Title 27 CFR 555.121, 27 CFR 

555.122, 27 CFR 555.123, 27 CFR 

555.124, 27 CFR 555.125, and 27 CFR 

555.127. 

6. Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 9,219 of respondents. 

7. Estimated Time per Respondent: 2 

hours. 

8. Frequency: Once annually. 

9. Total Estimated Annual Time 

Burden: 18,438 hours. 

10. Total Estimated Annual Other 

Costs Burden: $0. 

If additional information is required, 

contact: Darwin Arceo, Department 

Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning 

Staff, Justice Management Division, 

United States Department of Justice, 

Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street 

NE, 4W–218 Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: August 23, 2023. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18564 Filed 8–28–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Labor Surplus Area Classification 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to announce the annual Labor Surplus 

Area (LSA) list for fiscal year (FY) 2024. 

DATES: The annual LSA list is effective 

October 1, 2023, for all states, the 

District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Samuel Wright or Donald Haughton, 

Office of Workforce Investment, 

Employment and Training 

Administration, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Room C–4514, 

Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: 

Samuel Wright (202) 693–2870 (this is 

not a toll-free number), or Donald 

Haughton (202) 693–2784 (this is not a 

toll-free number), or email 

wright.samuel.e@dol.gov, or 

haughton.donald.w@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Labor’s regulations 

implementing Executive Orders 12073 

and 10582 are set forth at 20 CFR part 

654, subpart A. These regulations 

require the Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA) to classify 

jurisdictions as LSAs pursuant to the 

criteria specified in the regulations, and 

to publish annually a list of LSAs. 

Pursuant to those regulations, ETA is 

hereby publishing the annual LSA list. 

In addition, the regulations provide 

exceptional circumstance criteria for 

classifying LSAs when catastrophic 

events, such as natural disasters, plant 

closings, and contract cancellations are 

expected to have a long-term impact on 

labor market area conditions, 

discounting temporary or seasonal 

factors. 

Eligible Labor Surplus Areas 

A LSA is a civil jurisdiction that has 

a civilian average annual 

unemployment rate during the previous 

two calendar years of 20 percent or 

more above the average annual civilian 

unemployment rate for all states during 

the same 24-month reference period. 

ETA uses only official unemployment 

estimates provided by the Bureau of 

Labor Statistics in making these 

classifications. The average 

unemployment rate for all states 

includes data for the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico. The LSA classification 

criteria stipulate a civil jurisdiction 

must have a ‘‘floor unemployment rate’’ 

of 6 percent or higher to be classified an 

LSA. Any civil jurisdiction that has a 

‘‘ceiling unemployment rate’’ of 10 

percent or higher is classified an LSA. 

Civil jurisdictions are defined as 

follows: 

1. A city of at least 25,000 population 

on the basis of the most recently 

available estimates from the Bureau of 

the Census; or 

2. A town or township in the States 

of Michigan, New Jersey, New York, or 

Pennsylvania of 25,000 or more 

population and which possess powers 

and functions similar to those of cities; 

or 

3. All counties, except for those 

counties which contain any type of civil 

jurisdictions defined in ‘‘1’’ or ‘‘2’’ 

above; or 

4. A ‘‘balance of county’’ consisting of 

a county less any component cities and 

townships identified in ‘‘1’’ or ‘‘2’’ 

above; or 

5. A county equivalent which is a 

town in the States of Connecticut, 

Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, or a 

municipio in the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico. 

Procedures for Classifying Labor 

Surplus Areas 

The Department of Labor (DOL) issues 

the LSA list on a fiscal year basis. The 

list becomes effective each October 1, 

and remains in effect through the 

following September 30. The reference 

period used in preparing the current list 

was January 2021 through December 

2022. The national average 

unemployment rate (including Puerto 

Rico) during this period is rounded to 

4.51 percent. Twenty percent higher 

than the national unemployment rate 

during this period is rounded to 5.41 

percent. Since this is below the floor 

rate, the qualifying rate is 6 percent. 

To ensure that all areas classified as 

labor surplus meet the requirements, 

when a city is part of a county and 

meets the unemployment qualifier as a 

LSA, that city is identified in the LSA 

list, the balance of county, not the entire 

county, will be identified as a LSA if the 

balance of county also meets the LSA 

unemployment criteria. The data on the 

current and previous years’ LSAs are 

available at www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/ 

lsa. 

Petition for Exceptional Circumstance 

Consideration 

The classification procedures also 

provide criteria for the designation of 

LSAs under exceptional circumstances 

criteria. These procedures permit the 

regular classification criteria to be 

waived when an area experiences a 

significant increase in unemployment 

which is not temporary or seasonal and 

which was not reflected in the data for 

the 2-year reference period. Under the 

program’s exceptional circumstance 

procedures, LSA classifications can be 

made for civil jurisdictions, 

Metropolitan Statistical Areas or 

Combined Statistical Areas, as defined 


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