Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 89 / Wednesday, May 7, 2008 / Notices 25771 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

National Institute of Corrections 

Advisory Board Meeting 

Time and Date: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on 

Monday, June 9, 2008. 8 a.m. to 11:30 

p.m. on Tuesday, June 10, 2008. 

Place: National Institute of 

Corrections, 500 First Street NW., 7th fl, 

Washington, DC 20534, Phone (202) 

307–3106. 

Status: Open. 

Matters To Be Considered: NIC 

executive Director’s report; FY 09 

Program Plan; Chairman McFarland will 

discuss the hearings of the PREA 

Review Panel; Review PREA 

Commission draft standards with 

Richard Hoffman, executive Director, 

PREA Commission; Reports from Office 

of Justice Programs, U.S. Parole 

Commission, American Correctional 

Association and Federal Judicial center. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Thomas Beauclair, Deputy Director, 

202–307–3106, ext. 44254. 

Morris L. Thigpen, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–9986 Filed 5–6–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review: 

Comment Request 

May 1, 2008. 

The Department of Labor (DOL) 

hereby announces the submission of the 

following public information collection 

requests (ICR) 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 ICR, with applicable 

supporting documentation; including 

among other things a description of the 

likely respondents, proposed frequency 

of response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov 

Website at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain or by contacting 

Darrin King on 202–693–4129 (this is 

not a toll-free number) / e-mail: 

king.darrin@dol.gov. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Bureau 

of Labor Statistics (BLS), Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 

202–395–7316 / Fax: 202–395–6974 

(these are not a toll-free numbers), Email: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov 

within 30 days from the date of this 

publication in the Federal Register. In 

order to ensure the appropriate 

consideration, comments should 

reference the OMB Control Number (see 

below). 

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 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. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a previously approved 

collection. 

Title: Report on Current Employment 

Statistics. 

OMB Control Number: 1220–0011. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; not-for-profit institutions; State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments; and 

Federal Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

264,700. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 529,940. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden: 

$0. 

Description: The Current Employment 

Statistics program provides current 

monthly statistics on employment, 

hours, and earnings, by industry. The 

statistics are fundamental inputs in 

economic decision processes at all 

levels of government, private enterprise, 

and organized labor. For additional 

information, see related notice 

published at 73 FR 7608 on February 8, 

2008. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a previously approved 

collection. 

Title: Quarterly Census of 

Employment and Wages (QCEW). 

OMB Control Number: 1220–0012. 

Affected Public: State, Local, and 

Tribal Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

53. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,042,080. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden: 

$0. 

Description: QCEW data, which are 

provided to BLS by State Workforce 

Agencies, are used by BLS as a sampling 

frame for its establishment surveys; for 

publishing of accurate current estimates 

of employment for the U.S., States, and 

metropolitan areas; and publishing 

quarterly census totals of local 

establishment counts, employment, and 

wages. The Bureau of Economic 

Analysis uses the data to produce 

accurate personal income data for the 

U.S., States, and local areas. Finally, the 

data is critical to the Employment 

Training Administration to administer 

unemployment insurance programs. For 

additional information, see related 

notice published at 73 FR 6215 on 

February 2, 2008. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a previously approved 

collection. 

Title: Consumer Price Index 

Commodities and Services Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 1220–0039. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; not-for-profit institutions; and 

State, Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

53,600. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 123,850. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden: 

$0. 

Description: The Consumer Price 

Index (CPI) is a measure of the average 

change over time in the prices paid by 

consumers for a market basket of 

consumer goods and services. Each 

month, BLS data collectors called 

economic assistants, visit or call 

thousands of retail stores, service 

establishments, rental units, and 

doctors’ offices, all over the United 

States to obtain information on the 

prices of the thousands of items used to 

track and measure price changes in the 

CPI. The collection of price data is 

essential for the timely and accurate 

calculation of the commodities and 

services component of the CPI. The CPI 

is then widely used as a measure of 

inflation, indicator of the effectiveness 

of government economic policy, deflator 

for other economic series, and as a 

means of adjusting dollar values. For 

additional information, see related 


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25772 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 89 / Wednesday, May 7, 2008 / Notices 

notice published at 73 FR 3755 on 

January 22, 2008. 

Darrin A. King, 

Acting Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–10038 Filed 5–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–62,718] 

Fraser Timber Limited, Ashland, ME, 

Notice of Affirmative Determination 

Regarding Application for 

Reconsideration 

By application dated April 10, 2008, 

a company official requested 

administrative reconsideration of the 

negative determination regarding 

workers’ eligibility to apply for Trade 

Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and 

Alternative Trade Adjustment 

Assistance (ATAA) applicable to 

workers and former workers of the 

subject firm. The determination was 

issued on March 14, 2008. The Notice 

of determination was published in the 

Federal Register on March 26, 2008 (73 

FR 16064). 

The initial investigation resulted in a 

negative determination based on the 

finding that imports of lumber and 

woodchips did not contribute 

importantly to worker separations at the 

subject firm and no shift of production 

to a foreign source occurred. 

In the request for reconsideration, the 

petitioner provided additional 

information regarding aggregate imports 

of lumber and the impact of Canadian 

imports on lumber industry in the 

United States. 

The Department has carefully 

reviewed the request for reconsideration 

and the existing record and has 

determined that the Department will 

conduct further investigation to 

determine if the workers meet the 

eligibility requirements of the Trade Act 

of 1974. 

Conclusion 

After careful review of the 

application, I conclude that the claim is 

of sufficient weight to justify 

reconsideration of the U.S. Department 

of Labor’s prior decision. The 

application is, therefore, granted. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of 

April 2008. 

Elliott S. Kushner, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E8–10031 Filed 5–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–62,947] 

Norcal Pottery Products, Macrame 

Department, Richmond Distribution 

Center, Richmond, California; Notice of 

Affirmative Determination Regarding 

Application for Reconsideration 

By applications dated April 15, 2008, 

petitioners requested administrative 

reconsideration of the Department of 

Labor’s Notice of Negative 

Determination Regarding Eligibility to 

Apply for Worker Adjustment 

Assistance, applicable to workers and 

former workers of the subject firm. The 

denial notice was signed on March 21, 

2008 and published in the Federal 

Register on April 24, 2008 (73 FR 

22169). 

The initial investigation resulted in a 

negative determination based on the 

finding that criteria I.A and II.A have 

not been met. The investigation revealed 

that the subject firm did not separate or 

threaten to separate a significant 

number or proportion of workers as 

required by Section 222 of the Trade Act 

of 1974. 

In the request for reconsideration, the 

petitioner provided additional 

information regarding employment and 

layoffs at the subject firm. 

The Department has carefully 

reviewed the request for reconsideration 

and the existing record and has 

determined that the Department will 

conduct further investigation. 

Conclusion 

After careful review of the 

application, I conclude that the claim is 

of sufficient weight to justify 

reconsideration of the Department of 

Labor’s prior decision. The application 

is, therefore, granted. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 30th day of 

April, 2008. 

Elliott S. Kushner, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E8–10035 Filed 5–6–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–62,920] 

Lanxess Sybron Chemicals, Inc., a 

Subsidiary of Lanxess Corporation, 

Including On-Site Contract Workers 

from Aerotek, Birmingham, NJ; 

Amended Certification Regarding 

Eligibility To Apply for Worker 

Adjustment Assistance and Alternative 

Trade Adjustment Assistance 

In accordance with Section 223 of the 

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

Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 

U.S.C. 2813), as amended, the 

Department of Labor issued a 

Certification of Eligibility to Apply for 

Worker Adjustment Assistance and 

Alternative Trade Adjustment 

Assistance on March 18, 2008, 

applicable to workers of Lanxess Sybron 

Chemicals, Inc., a subsidiary of Lanxess 

Corporation, Birmingham, New Jersey. 

The notice was published in the Federal 

Register on April 24, 2008 (73 FR 

22169). 

At the request of the State agency, the 

Department reviewed the certification 

for workers of the subject firm. The 

workers are engaged in the production 

of ion exchange resins for a variety of 

industrial applications. 

New information shows that 

employees of AeroTek were working onsite at the Birmingham, New Jersey 

location of Lanxess Sybron Chemicals, 

Inc., a subsidiary of Lanxess 

Corporation. The Department has 

determined that the AeroTek workers 

were sufficiently under the control of 

the subject firm to be considered 

contract/leased workers. 

Based on these findings, the 

Department is amending this 

certification to include temporary 

workers of AeroTek working on-site at 

the Birmingham, New Jersey location of 

the subject firm. 

The intent of the Department’s 

certification is to include all workers 

employed at Lanxess Sybron Chemicals, 

Inc., a subsidiary of Lanxess 

Corporation, Birmingham, New Jersey 

who were adversely affected by 

increased imports. 

The amended notice applicable to 

TA–W–62,920 is hereby issued as 

follows: 

’’All workers of Lanxess Sybron Chemicals, 

Incorporated, a subsidiary of Lanxess 

Corporation, including on-site contract 

workers from AeroTek, Birmingham, New 

Jersey, who became totally or partially 

separated from employment on or after 

February 27, 2007, through March 18, 2010, 


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