Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 198 / Thursday, October 12, 2000 / Notices 60689

[FR Doc. 00–26160 Filed 10–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration Office of Workforce

Security; Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden

conducts a preclearance 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 [44

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program

helps to ensure that requested data can

be provided in the desired 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 is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

extension collection of the MA 8–7,

Transmittal for Unemployment

Insurance Materials. A copy of the

proposed information collection request

can be obtained by contacting the office

listed below in the addressee section of

this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addressee section below on or before

December 11, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Darlyne Bryant, Room C–

4518, U.S. Department of Labor, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20210; telephone: (202) 219–5200,

extension 366 (this is not a toll-free

number); e-mail: dbryant@doleta.gov;

facsimile (202) 208–5844.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Department of Labor, Employment

and Training Administration

regulations, 20 CFR 601, Administrative

Procedures, contains collection of

information requirements at Sections

601.2 and 601.3. Section 601.2 requires

States to submit copies of their

unemployment compensation laws for

approval by the Secretary of Labor so

that the Secretary may determine the

status of State laws and plans of

operation. Section 601.3 requires States

to ‘‘submit all relevant State materials

such as statutes, executive and

administrative orders, legal opinions,

rules, regulations, interpretations, court

decisions, etc.’’ These materials are used

by the Secretary to determine whether

the State law contains provisions

required by Section 3304(a) of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Grants

of funds are made to States for the

administration of their employment

security laws if their unemployment

compensation laws and their plans of

operation for public employment offices

meet required conditions of Federal

laws. The information transmitted by

Form MA 8–7 is used by the Secretary

to make findings (as specified in the

above cited Federal laws) required for

certification to the Secretary of the

Treasury for payment to States or for

certification of the State law for

purposes of additional tax credit. If this

information is not available, the

Secretary cannot make such

certifications. To facilitate transmittal of

required material, the Department

prescribes the use of Form MA 8–7,

Transmittal for Unemployment

Insurance Materials. This simple

checkoff form is used by the States to

identify material being transmitted to

the National Office and allows the

material to be routed to appropriate staff

for prompt action.

II. Review Focus

The Department of Labor 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

technologies collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submissions

of responses.

III. Current Actions

States could not be certified if this

information were not collected and

Form MA 8–7 greatly facilitates its

receipt.

Type of Review: Extension without

change.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: Transmittal for Unemployment

Insurance Materials.

OMB Number: 1205–0222.

Agency Number: MA 8–7.

Affected Public: State Governments.

Total Respondents: 53.

Frequency: As needed.

Total Responses: 3,120.

Average Time per Response: 1

minute.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 53

hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

None.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): $1,060.

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: October 5, 2000.

Grace A Kilbane,

Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.

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BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Investigations Regarding Certifications

of Eligibility To Apply for Worker

Adjustment Assistance

Petitions have been filed with the

Secretary of Labor under Section 221(a)

of the Trade Act of 1974 (‘‘the Act’’) and

are identified in the Appendix to this

notice. Upon receipt of these petitions,

the Director of the Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance, Employment

and Training Administration, has

instituted investigations pursuant to

Section 221 (a) of the Act.

The purpose of each of the

investigations is to determine whether

the workers are eligible to apply for

adjustment assistance under Title II,

Chapter 2, of the Act. The investigations

will further relate, as appropriate, to the

determination of the date on which total

or partial separations began or

threatened to begin and the subdivision

of the firm involved.

The petitioners or any other persons

showing a substantial interest in the

subject matter of the investigations may

request a public hearing, provided such

request is filed in writing with the

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment

Assistance, at the address shown below,

not later that October 23, 2000.