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application form have been made in an 

effort to streamline the application 

process and eliminate requests for 

information that is either irrelevant or 

already being collected by other means. 

Others: None. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: It is estimated that 275 

respondents will complete the claim 

process in approximately 4 hours. 275 

‘‘Claim for Death Benefit’’ forms. This 

form is completed and submitted by the 

decedent’s employing agency. It is 

estimated that it takes the employer 4 

hours to complete the form and 

assemble supporting documentation. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

Collection is 1,100 hours. Total Annual 

Reporting Burden: 275 × 240 minutes 

per application = 66,000 minutes / by 60 

minutes per hour = 1,100 hours. 

If additional information is required, 

please contact, Lynn Bryant, Clearance 

Officer, United States Department of 

Justice, Justice Management Division, 

Policy and Planning Staff, Patrick Henry 

Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: February 26, 2007. 

Lynn Bryant, 

Department Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. E7–3632 Filed 3–1–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Office of Justice Programs 

[OMB Number 1121–0025] 

Bureau of Justice Assistance: Agency 

Information Collection Activities: 

Proposed Collection; Comments 

Requested 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information 

Collection Under Review Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Bureau of Justice Assistance 

Application Form: Report of Public 

Safety Officers’ Death. The Department 

of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, 

Bureau of Justice Assistance, has 

submitted the following information 

collection request for review and 

clearance in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 

proposed information collection is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. Comments 

are encouraged and will be accepted for 

‘‘sixty days’’ until May 1, 2007. If you 

have additional comments, suggestions, 

or need a copy of the proposed 

information collection instrument with 

instructions or additional information, 

please contact M. Pressley 1–866–859–

2687, Bureau of Justice Assistance, 

Office of Justice Programs, U.S. 

Department of Justice, 810 7th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20531. 

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 

—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. 

Overview of this information 

collection: 

(1) Type of information collection: 

Extension of currently approved 

collection. 

(2) The title of the form/collection: 

Report of Public Safety Officers’ Death 

(3) The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

None. Bureau of Justice Assistance, 

Office of Justice Programs, United States 

Department of Justice. OJP Form 1240/ 

20. Form number? 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: 

Primary: Dependents of public safety 

officers who were killed or permanently 

and totally disabled in the line of duty. 

Abstract: BJA’s Public Safety Officers 

Benefits (PSOB) division will use the 

PSOEA Application information to 

confirm the eligibility of applicants to 

receive PSOEA benefits. Eligibility is 

dependent on several factors, including 

the applicant having received or being 

eligible to receive a portion of the PSOB 

Death Benefit, or having a family 

member who received the PSOB 

Disability Benefit. Also considered are 

the applicant’s age and the schools 

being attended. In addition, information 

to help BJA identify an individual is 

collected, such as Social Security 

number and contact numbers and e-mail 

addresses. The changes to the 

application form have been made in an 

effort to streamline the application 

process and eliminate requests for 

information that is either irrelevant or 

already being collected by other means. 

Others: None. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: It is estimated that 275 

respondents will complete the claim 

process in approximately 4 hours. 275 

‘‘Claim for Death Benefit’’ forms. This 

form is completed and submitted by the 

decedent’s employing agency. It is 

estimated that it takes the employer 4 

hours to complete the form and 

assemble supporting documentation. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

Collection is 1,100 hours. Total Annual 

Reporting Burden: 275 × 240 minutes 

per application = 66,000 minutes / by 60 

minutes per hour = 1,100 hours. 

If additional information is required, 

please contact, Lynn Bryant, Clearance 

Officer, United States Department of 

Justice, Justice Management Division, 

Policy and Planning Staff, Patrick Henry 

Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: February 26, 2007. 

Lynn Bryant, 

Department Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. E7–3633 Filed 3–1–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request Submitted for Public 

Comment and Recommendations; 

YouthBuild Reporting System 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance 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 


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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. Currently, the 

Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA) is soliciting 

comments concerning the YouthBuild 

program. A copy of the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) can 

be obtained by contacting the office 

listed below in the addressee section of 

this notice or at this Web site: http:// 

www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/ 

OMBControlNumber.cfm. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addressee section below on or before 

May 1, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Gregg Weltz, Office of 

Workforce Investment, Division of 

Youth Services, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room N4459, 200 Constitution 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Phone (202) 693–3527 (This is not a tollfree number), fax (202) 693–3861, or email weltz.greg@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In applying for YouthBuild grants, 

grantees agree to submit participant data 

and quarterly aggregate reports for 

individuals who receive services 

through the YouthBuild program. The 

reports will include aggregate data on 

demographic characteristics, types of 

services received, placements, 

outcomes, and follow-up status. 

Specifically, they summarize data on 

participants who received education, 

occupational skill training, leadership 

development services, and other 

services essential to preparing at-risk 

youth for high-wage, high-demand 

occupations through the YouthBuild 

program. 

This is a request for approval to 

implement the reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements of the 

YouthBuild program through an ETAprovided, Web-based Management 

Information System (MIS). Three 

outcome measures will be used to 

measure success in the YouthBuild 

grants: Placement in employment or 

education, attainment of a degree or 

certificate, and literacy and numeracy 

gains. These conform to the common 

performance measures implemented 

across Federal employment and job 

training programs as of July 1, 2005. By 

standardizing the reporting and 

performance requirements of different 

programs, the common measures 

streamline reporting and give Federal 

policymakers and ETA the ability to 

compare across programs the core goals 

of the youth workforce system: How 

many youth found jobs or continued on 

to post-secondary education; how many 

youth earned a high school diploma or 

GED or other industry recognized 

credential; and how much progress did 

they make in terms of their basic skill 

levels in literacy and numeracy. 

Although the common measures are an 

integral part of ETA’s performance 

accountability system, these measures 

provide only part of the information 

necessary to effectively oversee the 

workforce investment system. ETA will 

also collect additional data from 

YouthBuild grantees on program 

activities, participants, and outcomes 

that are necessary for program 

management and to convey full and 

accurate information on the 

performance of the YouthBuild 

program. 

This request establishes a reporting 

and record-keeping system for a level of 

information collection that is necessary 

to comply with Equal Opportunity 

requirements, hold YouthBuild grantees 

appropriately accountable for the 

Federal funds they receive, including 

common performance measures, and 

allow the Department to fulfill its 

oversight and management 

responsibilities. 

II. Review Focus 

The Department of Labor is 

particularly interested in comments 

that: 

• 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 

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 submissions 

of responses. 

III. Current Actions 

Type of Review: New. 

Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

Title: YouthBuild Reporting System. 

OMB Number: 1205–0NEW. 

Agency Number(s): ETA–9136. 

Affected Public: YouthBuild Grantees. 

Total Respondents: 85. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

16,280. 

Form/activity Total 

respondents Frequency Total annual esponse 

Average time 

per response 

(hours) 

Total 

annual burden 

hours 

Participant Data Collection ............................................. 85 Continual ............. 3,000 1.8 5,400 

Quarterly narrative progress report ................................ 85 Quarterly ............. 340 16 5,440 

Quarterly performance report ......................................... 85 Quarterly ............. 340 16 5,440 

Totals ....................................................................... 85 ............................. 3,680 ........................ 16,280 


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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): 0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this comment request will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval of the information 

collection request; they will also 

become a matter of public record. 

Dated: February 26, 2007. 

Emily Stover DeRocco, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–3622 Filed 3–1–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Derecognition of California Department 

of Industrial Relations and California 

Apprenticeship Council 

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 50, 40 U.S.C. 3141 et 

seq., 29 CFR parts 29 and 30, and 29 CFR 

5.5(a)(4). 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On January 31, 2007, the U.S. 

Department of Labor (DOL) 

Administrative Review Board (ARB), 

acting under authority delegated by the 

Secretary of Labor, issued a Final 

Decision and Order that withdrew 

recognition, for Federal purposes, from 

the California Department of Industrial 

Relations (CDIR) and the California 

Apprenticeship Council (CAC), which 

constitute California’s State Apprentice 

Council (SAC). Therefore, under the 

implementing regulations (29 CFR part 

29) for the National Apprenticeship Act 

(29 U.S.C. 50), the SAC no longer has 

the authority to register or oversee 

apprenticeship programs for ‘‘Federal 

purposes.’’ Accordingly, apprenticeship 

programs registered in California must 

register with DOL’s Office of 

Apprenticeship (OA), if they wish to 

pay apprentice wages at the rates 

authorized under the regulations 

implementing the Davis-Bacon and 

related acts. This notice sets out the 

process for accomplishing the transition 

from SAC registration to OA 

registration, for Federal purposes. 

DATES: After March 2, 2007, (30 days 

after the date of the ARB’s order 

withdrawing recognition of California’s 

registration agency), the Department 

shall cease to recognize, for Federal 

purposes, each apprenticeship program 

registered with the State of California, 

unless the program sponsor requests 

registration with OA by March 2, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Anthony Swoope, Administrator, Office 

of Apprenticeship, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room N–5311, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Telephone: (202) 693–2796, (this is not 

a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In May 

2002, the Office of Apprenticeship (OA) 

initiated derecognition proceedings 

against the California Department of 

Industrial Relations (CDIR) and 

California Apprenticeship Council 

(CAC) (referred to collectively as the 

California State Apprentice Council 

(SAC)), on the grounds that California 

Labor Code section 3075(b) did not 

conform to OA’s regulations at 29 CFR 

part 29, because the State law 

established a ‘‘needs test’’ which 

limited, rather than promoted, 

apprenticeship opportunity. The SAC 

appealed, so the matter was assigned to 

an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for 

preliminary findings and the 

preparation of a recommended decision. 

In April 2005, the ALJ agreed with OA 

that the ‘‘needs test’’ did not conform to 

29 CFR part 29, recommending 

derecognition on that ground. The 

Department’s Administrative Review 

Board (ARB), exercising authority 

delegated by the Secretary, reviewed the 

ALJ’s recommended findings and 

decision. On January 31, 2007, the ARB 

issued a Final Decision and Order (DOL, 

Office of Apprenticeship (OA) v. 

California Department of Industrial 

Relations (CDIR) and the California 

Apprenticeship Council (CAC), ARB 

Case No. 05–093) that adopted the ALJ’s 

findings, thereby completing the 

agency’s derecognition process. 

DOL hereby gives public notice, as 

required by 29 CFR 29.13(d), that the 

Department has withdrawn recognition, 

for Federal purposes, from both CDIR 

and CAC. The CDIR and the CAC no 

longer have the authority to register or 

oversee apprenticeship programs for 

‘‘Federal purposes.’’ See 29 CFR 29.2(k). 

Apprenticeship programs registered in 

California must register with OA, if they 

wish to pay apprentice wages at the 

rates authorized under the regulations 

implementing the Davis-Bacon and 

related acts. See 29 CFR 5.5(a)(4). 

As required by 29 CFR 29.13(d), OA 

hereby provides notice that, after March 

2, 2007 (30 days after the date of the 

ARB’s order withdrawing recognition of 

California’s registration agency), the 

Department shall cease to recognize, for 

Federal purposes, each apprenticeship 

program registered with the State of 

California, unless within that time, the 

program sponsor requests registration 

with OA. 

OA may grant the request for 

registration contingent upon its finding 

that the State apprenticeship program is 

operating in accordance with the 

requirements of 29 CFR part 29, 

pertaining to the registration of 

programs and apprentices and of 29 CFR 

part 30, pertaining to equal employment 

opportunity. OA shall make a finding on 

this issue within 30 days of receipt of 

the request. If the finding is in the 

negative, the State sponsor shall be 

notified in writing that the contingent 

OA registration has been revoked. If the 

finding is in the affirmative, the State 

sponsor shall be notified in writing that 

the contingent OA registration is made 

permanent. 

As required by 29 CFR 29.13(e), if the 

sponsor fails to request OA registration, 

or upon a finding of noncompliance 

pursuant to a contingent OA 

registration, OA shall provide written 

notice to such State sponsor, advising 

the recipient that any actions or benefits 

applicable to recognition for Federal 

purposes are no longer available to 

participants in its apprenticeship 

program. 

As required by 29 CFR 29.13(f), the 

notice issued under § 29.13(e) shall also 

direct the State sponsor to notify, within 

15 days, all its registered apprentices of 

the withdrawal of recognition for 

Federal purposes; the effective date 

thereof; and that such withdrawal 

removes the apprentice from coverage 

under any Federal provision applicable 

to his/her individual registration under 

a program recognized or registered by 

the OA for Federal purposes. 

Signed at Washington, DC this 26th day of 

February 2007. 

Emily Stover DeRocco, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training. 

[FR Doc. E7–3616 Filed 3–1–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety And Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0011] 

Federal Advisory Council on 

Occupational Safety and Health 

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 parties to 

submit nominations for membership on 


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