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it to be made available for public 

inspection and posted online, you must 

include the phrase ‘‘PERSONALLY 

IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION’’ in the 

first paragraph of your comment. You 

must also place all the personally 

identifiable information you do not 

want made available for public 

inspection or posted online in the first 

paragraph of your comment and identify 

what information you want redacted. 

If you want to submit confidential 

business information as part of your 

comment, but do not want it to be made 

available for public inspection and 

posted online, you must include the 

phrase ‘‘CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS 

INFORMATION’’ in the first paragraph 

of your comment. You must also 

prominently identify confidential 

business information to be redacted 

within the comment. If a comment has 

so much confidential business 

information that it cannot be effectively 

redacted, all or part of that comment 

may not be made available for public 

inspection or posted online. 

Personally identifiable information 

and confidential business information 

identified and located as set forth above 

will be redacted and the comment, in 

redacted form, will be made available 

for public inspection and posted on 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

The Department of Justice welcomes 

the attendance of the public at its 

advisory committee meetings and will 

make every effort to accommodate 

persons with physical disabilities or 

special needs. If you require special 

accommodations, please indicate your 

requirements on the online registration 

form. 

Dated: July 1, 2015. 

Andrew J. Bruck, 

Designated Federal Official, National 

Commission on Forensic Science. 

[FR Doc. 2015–16634 Filed 7–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Weekly 

Claims and Extended Benefits Data 

and Weekly Initial and Continued 

Weeks Claimed 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(Department), as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, provides this notice 

to the public and Federal agencies to 

provide 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)] (PRA). The PRA 

helps ensure that respondents can 

provide requested data in the desired 

format with minimal reporting burden 

(time and financial resources), 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. Currently, ETA is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

collection process for unemployment 

insurance (UI), Extended Benefits, 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(NPRM). The NPRM is titled, FederalState Unemployment Compensation 

Program; Implementing the Total 

Unemployment Rate as an Extended 

Benefits Indicator and Amending for 

Technical Corrections; Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (RIN 1205–AB62). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted in 

writing on or before September 8, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Regulatory Information 

Number (RIN) 1205–AB62, by only one 

of the following methods: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Submit comments to Adele Gagliardi, 

Administrator, Office of Policy 

Development and Research (OPDR), 

U.S. Department of Labor, Employment 

and Training Administration, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Room N– 

5641, Washington, DC 20210. Because 

of security-related concerns, there may 

be a significant delay in the receipt of 

submissions by United States Mail. You 

must take this into consideration when 

preparing to meet the deadline for 

submitting comments. The Department 

will post all comments received on 

http://www.regulations.gov without 

making any changes to the comments or 

redacting any information, including 

any personal information provided. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

the Federal e-rulemaking portal and all 

comments posted there are available 

and accessible to the public. The 

Department recommends that 

commenters not include personal 

information such as Social Security 

Numbers, personal addresses, telephone 

numbers, and email addresses that they 

do not want made public in their 

comments as such submitted 

information will be available to the 

public via the http://

www.regulations.gov Web site. 

Comments submitted through http://

www.regulations.gov will not include 

the email address of the commenter 

unless the commenter chooses to 

include that information as part of his 

or her comment. It is the responsibility 

of the commenter to safeguard personal 

information. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and the 

OMB Control Number for this PRA. 

Please submit your comments by only 

one method. 

Docket: All comments will be 

available for public inspection and 

copying during normal business hours 

by contacting OPDR at (202) 693–3700. 

You may also contact OPDR at the 

address listed above. As noted above, 

the Department also will post all 

comments it receives on http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adele Gagliardi, Administrator, OPDR, 

Employment and Training 

Administration, (202) 693–3700 (this is 

not a toll-free number) or 1–877–889– 

5627 (TTY). Individuals with hearing or 

speech impairments may access the 

telephone number above via TTY by 

calling the toll-free Federal Information 

Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department published an NPRM on 

October 27, 2014, in the Federal 

Register (79 FR 63859). The NPRM 

proposes to amend 20 CFR 615, 

Extended Benefits, by implementing the 

Total Unemployment Rate (TUR) 

indicator, an optional calculation 

methodology for triggering on Extended 

Benefits, in regulations. The NPRM also 

proposes to revise the regulatory 

requirements at § 615.15, pertaining to 

records and reports State agencies must 

submit. More specifically, paragraphs 

(a) and (b) are proposed to be revised for 

clarity by deleting unnecessary language 

regarding the Secretary’s authority to 

request Extended Benefit Program 

reports and to appoint audit officials for 

those reports. Furthermore, we propose 

to delete paragraphs (c) and (d). The 

reporting instructions for the proper and 

timely submission of data are provided 

in ET Handbook No. 401, which governs 

Unemployment Compensation required 

reporting. 

The ET Handbook is a more effective 

way to communicate reporting 

requirements, because codifying the 

reporting requirements in paragraphs (c) 

and (d) of the regulation prevents the 

Department from adapting reporting 

instructions to changing conditions or 

needs. The ET Handbook requires the 

weekly submission of Forms ETA–538 

and ETA–539. These forms have been 


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computerized and contain information 

on initial Unemployment Insurance 

claims and continued weeks claimed. 

These figures are important economic 

indicators. Form ETA–538 provides 

information allowing release of advance 

unemployment claims information to 

the public five days after the close of the 

reference period. Form ETA–539 

contains more detailed weekly claims 

information and the State’s 13-week IUR 

that is used to determine eligibility for 

the Extended Benefits program. The 

reporting requirements in paragraphs (c) 

and (d) of the old regulation are 

included in the ET Handbook and 

elimination of the requirements in 

regulation allow for ease in making 

future modifications by simply updating 

the ET Handbook. 

Furthermore, paragraph (d) existed 

during the implementation phase of the 

insured unemployment rate (IUR) 

indicator and required States to submit 

the method used to identify and select 

the weeks used for EB trigger purposes 

to ensure that States were consistent 

and comparable in their methods. With 

30 years of experience, as well as 

numerous data validation and data 

quality programs in effect, it is 

unnecessary to compel State 

administrators to provide this 

information. Current reporting 

guidelines contained in the ET 

Handbook are clear enough that States 

continue to have clear standards about 

which claims are used for constructing 

totals used to compute trigger values, 

thus permitting the deletion of this 

paragraph. The NPRM does not change 

the existing reporting requirements for 

Forms ETA–538 or ETA–539. 

The preamble to the NPRM stated that 

the Department had determined the 

proposed rule did not contain new 

information collections. However, to 

ensure transparency and full 

opportunities for public participation 

under all appropriate authorities, the 

Department has decided to submit an 

Information Collection Request (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to revise the PRA approval for 

the information collections to reflect 

this rulemaking. See 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(B); 5 CFR 1320.11. As part of 

that process, we seek public comments 

on the removal of specific information 

collection requirements in the NPRM 

and on the general Extended Benefit 

reporting requirements in Handbook 

401 and Forms ETA 538 and 539 in light 

of specific areas of interest to minimize 

so-called ‘‘paperwork’’ burdens on the 

public. 

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 that does not 

display a valid Control Number. See 5 

CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. We obtain 

OMB approval for this information 

collection under Control Number 1205– 

0028. This notice is to provide the 

public an opportunity to comment on 

the proposed changes to the information 

collections in the rule, in preparation 

for an ICR to revise the current PRA 

approval to reflect the changes in the 

rule. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the address shown in 

the ADDRESSES section within sixty (60) 

days of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. In order to help ensure 

appropriate consideration, comments 

should mention OMB Control Number 

1205–0028. We are 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. 

This information collection is 

summarized as follows: 

Agency: DOL–ETA. 

Action: ICR Revision. 

Title of Collection: Weekly Claims and 

Extended Benefits Data and Weekly 

Initial and Continued Weeks Claimed. 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0028. 

Affected Public: State, Local, and 

Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 53. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 5,512. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

3,675 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

Portia Wu, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training. 

[FR Doc. 2015–16590 Filed 7–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Comment Request for Information 

Collection for ETA 9128, 

Reemployment Services and Eligibility 

Assessments Workload Report, ETA 

9129, Reemployment Services and 

Eligibility Assessments Outcomes 

Report, Extension With Revision, ETA 

9128 X, Reemployment Services and 

Eligibility Assessments Workload 

Report for Unemployment 

Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers 

(UCX), and ETA 9129 X, Reemployment 

Services and Eligibility Assessments 

Outcomes Report for Unemployment 

Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Labor. 

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 an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collection of information in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)] (PRA). The PRA helps to 

ensure that respondents can provide 

requested data in the desired format 

with minimal reporting burden (time 

and financial resources), collection 

instruments are clearly understood, and 

the impact of collection requirements on 

respondents can be properly assessed. 

Currently, ETA is soliciting comments 

concerning the collection of data about 

the ETA 9128, and the ETA 9129 and 

the new ETA 9128 X and ETA 9129 X. 

The current expiration date for the ETA 

9128 and ETA 9129 reports is January 

31, 2016. Beginning in 2016, states will 

be required to target for the 

Reemployment Services and Eligibility 

Assessment (RESEA) program one-third 

of those regular claimants most likely to 

exhaust their benefits and all claimants 

receiving UCX. For this reason the 

Department is proposing that states send 

an ETA 9128 report for one-third of 

those regular claimants most likely to 

exhaust their benefits and a separate 


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