Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 49 / Tuesday, March 13, 2012 / Notices 14831 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Emergency Review: Comment Request 

Veterans’ Retraining Assistance 

Program 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) has submitted the Employment 

and Training Administration (ETA) 

sponsored information collection 

request (ICR) proposal titled, ‘‘Veterans’ 

Retraining Assistance Program,’’ to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance 

utilizing emergency review procedures 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

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

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) and 5 CFR 

1320.13. 

DATES: OMB approval has been 

requested by March 20, 2012. Submit 

comments on or before March 16, 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 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, 

Employment and Training 

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 ETA 

seeks approval to collect individual 

applicant data for the Veterans 

Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP) 

as part of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act 

of 2011 (Pub. L. 112–56), which was 

signed into law on November 21, 2011. 

This benefit directs the Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA), in cooperation 

with the DOL, to pay for up to 12 

months of a training program in a high 

demand occupation for unemployed 

eligible veterans. The program is to 

serve up to 45,000 veterans in fiscal year 

2012, beginning July 1, 2012, and up to 

54,000 veterans from October 1, 2012, 

through March 31, 2014. 

The VRAP provides the benefit to 

veterans who fulfill the following 

eligibility criteria: As of date of 

application, is at least 35 years old and 

less than 60; discharged from active 

duty under conditions other than 

dishonorable; is unemployed as of date 

of application; is not eligible to receive 

other educational assistance from the 

VA; is not in receipt of compensation 

for a service-connected disability rated 

totally disabling by reason of 

unemployability; was not and is not 

enrolled in any Federal or State job 

training program within the previous 

180 days; and, the application must be 

submitted not later than October 1, 

2013. 

The VA is responsible for determining 

the following eligibility criteria: 

Discharged from active duty under 

conditions other than dishonorable; is 

not eligible to receive other educational 

assistance from the VA; is not in receipt 

of compensation for a service-connected 

disability rated totally disabling by 

reason of unemployability. The VA will 

be collecting information required for 

their eligibility criteria through the 

‘‘Application for VA Educational 

Benefits’’ (OMB Control Number 2900– 

0154, VA Form 22–1990). The DOL is 

required to determine whether each 

veteran applying for the program is 

between 35 and 60 years old, is 

unemployed as of the date of the 

application, has not and is not enrolled 

in a Federal or state job training 

program within 180 days of the 

application, and has applied for the 

program no later than October 1, 2013. 

The DOL does not currently have an 

approved OMB information collection 

for determining eligibility under the 

statute. The DOL is proposing to 

determine its eligibility requirements by 

collecting individual applicant data. 

The data will be linked to the VA’s 

Veterans On-line Application 

(VONAPP, VA Form 22–1990) to 

complete the application. The VA will 

transmit a report to the DOL about the 

completion status of the veterans, so 

that the DOL can make contact with the 

veteran to offer employment services. 

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 ETA seeks OMB approval under 

the PRA emergency clearance process 

for the individual applicant data 

collection, because the VRAP program 

has a required start date of July 1, 2012. 

The application system must be in place 

well before the program start date in 

order to provide program outreach to 

veterans and technical assistance to 

DOL grantees. This requires an 

expedited process for building a system 

for collecting individual data that has 

the capacity to serve up to 45,000 

veterans between July 1, 2012 and 

September 30, 2012. Failure to be able 

to collect individual data would 

jeopardize the ability for applicants to 

complete an application in time to begin 

educational services by the statutory 

start date of July 1, 2012. The 

application collects eligibility 

information required by the statute. 

Inability to collect individual applicant 

information will also jeopardize the 

ability of the DOL to offer employment 

services the statute requires. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section by March 16, 2012. In order to 

help ensure appropriate consideration, 

comments should mention OMB ICR 

Reference Number 201202–1205–005. 

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: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

Title of Collection: Veterans’ 

Retraining Assistance Program. 

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14832 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 49 / Tuesday, March 13, 2012 / Notices 

OMB ICR Reference Number: 201202– 

1205–005. 

Type of Review: New collection 

(Request for a new OMB Control 

Number). 

Requested Duration of Authorization: 

Six (6) months from date of approval. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 100,000. 

Frequency of Collection: Once. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 100,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: Five (5) 

minutes. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 8,333. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

Dated: March 7, 2012. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5965 Filed 3–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–80,485] 

RR Donnelley, Inc., Including On-Site 

Leased Workers From Manpower and 

Kelly Services, Bloomsburg, PA; 

Notice of Affirmative Determination 

Regarding Application for 

Reconsideration 

By application dated February 25, 

2012, the petitioners requested 

administrative reconsideration of the 

negative determination regarding 

workers’ eligibility to apply for Trade 

Adjustment Assistance (TAA) 

applicable to workers and former 

workers of RR Donnelley, Inc., 

including on-site leased workers from 

Manpower and Kelly Services, 

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania (subject 

firm). The Department’s Notice of 

determination was issued on February 

3, 2012 and published in the Federal 

Register on February 21, 2012 (77 FR 

9973). 

The workers engage in activities 

related to the production of hard and 

soft cover books. The initial 

determination was based on the findings 

that worker separations were not 

attributable to increased imports by the 

subject firm or its declining customers 

of articles like or directly competitive 

with hard and soft cover books or a shift 

to/acquisition from a foreign country by 

the workers’ firm in the production of 

articles like or directly competitive with 

hard and soft cover books. 

In the request for reconsideration, the 

petitioners supplied new information 

regarding the subject firm’s operations 

overseas and possible import 

competition. 

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 1st day of 

March, 2012. 

Del Min Amy Chen, 

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5925 Filed 3–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–81,114] 

Plumchoice, Inc., Including On-Site 

Leased Workers From Balance 

Staffing, Insight Global Staffing, and 

Technisource, Scarborough, ME; 

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 February 3, 2012, 

applicable to workers of PlumChoice, 

Inc., including on-site leased workers 

from Balance Staffing, Insight Global 

Staffing, and Technisource, 

Scarborough, Maine. The workers are 

engaged in activities related to sales and 

technical support services. The notice 

was published in the Federal Register 

on February 21, 2012 (76 FR 9971). 

At the request of the Maine State 

agency, the Department reviewed the 

certification for workers of the subject 

firm. New information from the 

company shows that workers leased 

from Technisource were employed onsite at the Scarborough, Maine location 

of PlumChoice, Inc. The Department has 

determined that these workers were 

sufficiently under the control of 

PlumChoice, Inc. to be considered 

leased workers. 

The intent of the Department’s 

certification is to include all workers of 

the subject firm who were adversely 

affected by increased customer imports 

of sales and technical support services. 

Based on these findings, the 

Department is amending this 

certification to include workers leased 

from Technisource working on-site at 

the Scarborough, Maine location of the 

subject firm. 

The amended notice applicable to 

TA–W–81,114 is hereby issued as 

follows: 

‘‘All workers from PlumChoice, Inc., 

including on-site leased workers from 

Balance Staffing, Insight Global Staffing, and 

Technisource, Scarborough, Maine, who 

became totally or partially separated from 

employment on or after February 13, 2010, 

through February 3, 2014, 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 1074, as 

amended.’’ 

Signed at Washington, DC this 28th day of 

February 2012. 

Del Min Amy Chen, 

Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5923 Filed 3–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of Determinations Regarding 

Eligibility To Apply for Worker 

Adjustment Assistance 

In accordance with Section 223 of the 

Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 

U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor 

herein presents summaries of 

determinations regarding eligibility to 

apply for trade adjustment assistance for 

workers by (TA–W) number issued 

during the period of February 20, 2012 

through February 24, 2012. 

In order for an affirmative 

determination to be made for workers of 

a primary firm and a certification issued 

regarding eligibility to apply for worker 

adjustment assistance, each of the group 

eligibility requirements of Section 

222(a) of the Act must be met. 

I. Under Section 222(a)(2)(A), the 

following must be satisfied: 

(1) A significant number or proportion 

of the workers in such workers’ firm 

have become totally or partially 

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