12080 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 39 / Tuesday, February 28, 2012 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Cotton 

Dust Standard 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting the Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration 

sponsored information collection 

request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Cotton Dust 

Standard,’’ to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval for continued use in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 29, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation; 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site, http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, on the day 

following publication of this notice or 

by contacting Michel Smyth by 

telephone at 202–693–4129 (this is not 

a toll-free number) or sending an email 

to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Submit comments about this request 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk 

Officer for the Department of Labor, 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration, Office of Management 

and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, 

DC 20503, Telephone: 202–395–6929/ 

Fax: 202–395–6881 (these are not tollfree numbers), email: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693– 

4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or 

by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the cotton dust standard and 

its information collection requirements 

is to provide protection for employees 

from the adverse health effects 

associated with occupational exposure 

to cotton dust. Employers must monitor 

employee exposure, reduce employee 

exposure to within permissible 

exposure limits, provide employees 

with medical examinations and training, 

and establish and maintain employee 

exposure monitoring and medical 

records. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information if the 

collection of information does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The 

DOL obtains OMB approval for this 

information collection under OMB 

Control Number 1218–0061. The current 

OMB approval is scheduled to expire on 

February 29, 2012; however, it should 

be noted that existing information 

collection requirements submitted to the 

OMB receive a month-to-month 

extension while they undergo review. 

For additional information, see the 

related notice published in the Federal 

Register on October 5, 2011 (76 FR 

61752). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section within 30 days of publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. In 

order to help ensure appropriate 

consideration, comments should 

reference OMB Control Number 1218– 

0061. The OMB 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 submission of 

responses. 

Agency: Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration. 

Title of Collection: Cotton Dust 

Standard. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0061. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

Businesses or Other For-Profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 281. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 53,622. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 20,558. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $2,449,194. 

Dated: February 22, 2012. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4585 Filed 2–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–81,047] 

Era Systems, LLC, Formerly Era 

Systems Corporation, a Subsidiary of 

Systems Research and Applications 

Corporation, Syracuse, NY; Notice of 

Affirmative Determination Regarding 

Application for Reconsideration 

By application dated February 2, 

2012, a worker requested administrative 

reconsideration of the negative 

determination regarding workers’ 

eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment 

Assistance (TAA) applicable to workers 

and former workers of Era Systems, 

LLC, formerly Era Systems Corporation, 

a subsidiary of Systems Research and 

Applications Corporation, Syracuse, 

New York (hereafter referred to as ‘‘Era 

Systems, LLC’’ or ‘‘the subject firm’’). 

The determination was issued on 

January 13, 2012 and the Department’s 

Notice of determination will soon be 

published in the Federal Register. 

The initial investigation resulted in a 

negative determination based on the 

findings that imports of services like or 

directly competitive with the services 

supplied by the firm have not increased; 

there has not been a shift to a foreign 

country of services like or directly 

competitive with the research and 

development services supplied by the 

firm; and there has not been an 

acquisition from a foreign country of 

services like or directly competitive 

with the research and development 

services supplied by the firm. The 

investigation also revealed that Era 

Systems, LLC is not a Supplier or 

Downstream Producer to a firm that 

employed a group of workers who 

received a certification of eligibility 

under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 

U.S.C. 2272(a). 

In the request for reconsideration, the 

petitioner supplied new information 

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from a foreign country by the subject 

firm in the supply of services. 

The Department of Labor 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 to apply for 

TAA. 

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 16th day of 

February, 2012. 

Del Min Amy Chen, 

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4581 Filed 2–27–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–74,892] 

Stanley Black and Decker, CDIY 

Division, Warranty Evaluation Center 

(WEC), Including On-Site Leased 

Workers From Manpower, McAllen, TX; 

Amended Certification Regarding 

Eligibility to Apply for Worker 

Adjustment Assistance 

In accordance with Section 223 of the 

Trade Act of 1974, as amended (‘‘Act’’), 

19 U.S.C. 2273, the Department of Labor 

issued a Certification of Eligibility to 

Apply for Worker Adjustment 

Assistance on January 18, 2011, 

applicable to workers of Stanley Black 

and Decker, CDIY Division, including 

on-site leased workers from Manpower, 

McAllen, Texas. The notice was 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 2, 2011 (76 FR 5836). 

At the request of the State agency, the 

Department reviewed the certification 

for workers of the subject firm. The 

workers in the CDIY Division are 

engaged in activities related to the 

receiving and inspecting reconditioning 

products sent from customers to the 

Warranty Evaluation Center. 

New findings show that the correct 

name of the subject firm in its entirety 

should read Stanley Black and Decker, 

CDIY Division, Warranty Evaluation 

Center. 

Accordingly, the Department is 

amending this certification to include 

the Warranty Evaluation Center (WEC), 

CDIY Division of Stanley Black and 

Decker, McAllen, Texas. 

The intent of the Department’s 

certification is to include all workers of 

the subject firm who were adversely 

affected by a shift in services to China, 

Taiwan and Poland. 

The amended notice applicable to 

TA–W–74,892 is hereby issued as 

follows: 

All workers of Stanley Black and Decker, 

CDIT Division, Warranty Evaluation Center 

(WEC), including on-site leased workers from 

Manpower, McAllen, Texas, who became 

totally or partially separated from 

employment on or after November 8, 2009, 

through January 18, 2013, and all workers in 

the group threatened with total or partial 

separation from employment on date of 

certification through two years from the date 

of certification, are eligible to apply for 

adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of 

Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 13th day of 

February, 2012. 

Elliott S. Kushner, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4580 Filed 2–27–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–80,264] 

Keithley Instruments Including On-Site 

Leased Workers from StaffMatrix and 

ADECCO, Solon, OH; 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 July 8, 2011, applicable to 

workers of Keithley Instruments, Solon, 

Ohio. The workers are engaged in 

activities related to the production of 

electronic test and measurement 

equipment. The notice was published in 

the Federal Register on July 29, 2011 

(76 FR 45623). 

At the request of the State agency, the 

Department reviewed the certification 

for workers of the subject firm. New 

information shows that workers leased 

from Adecco were employed on-site at 

the Solon, Ohio location of Keithley 

Instruments. The Department has 

determined that these workers were 

sufficiently under the control of 

Keithley Instruments to be considered 

leased workers. 

The intent of the Department’s 

certification is to include all workers of 

the subject firm adversely affected by an 

actual/likely increase in imports of 

electronic test and measurement 

equipment following a shift to another 

country. 

Based on these findings, the 

Department is amending this 

certification to include workers leased 

from Adecco working on-site at the 

Solon, Ohio location of the subject firm. 

The amended notice applicable to 

TA–W–80,264 is hereby issued as 

follows: 

All workers of Keithley Instruments, 

including on-site leased workers from 

StaffMatrix and Adecco, Solon, Ohio, who 

became totally or partially separated from 

employment on or after June 30, 2010, 

through July 8, 2013, are eligible to apply for 

adjustment assistance under Section 223 of 

the Trade Act of 1974, and are also eligible 

to apply for alternative trade adjustment 

assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act 

of 1974. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of 

February 2012. 

Michael W. Jaffe, 

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4579 Filed 2–27–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–80,307] 

Comscope, Inc., Catawba Facility, A 

Subsidiary of the Carlyle Group 

Including On-Site Leased Workers 

From Staffmasters, Including On-Site 

Workers from Cable Transport, Inc. 

Catawba, NC; 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 October 13, 2011, 

applicable to workers of CommScope, 

Inc., Catawba Facility, a subsidiary of 

the Carlyle Group, including on-site 

leased workers from Staffmasters, 


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