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The firm plans to repackage and offer

as pure standards controlled substances

in small milligram quantities for drug

testing and analysis.

No comments or objections have been

received. DEA has considered the

factors in Title 21, United States Code,

Section 823(a) and determined that the

registration of Sigma Chemical

Company to import the listed controlled

substances is consistent with the public

interest and with United States

obligations under international treaties,

conventions, or protocols in effect on

May 1, 1971, at this time. Therefore,

pursuant to Section 1008(a) of the

Controlled Substances Import and

Export Act and in accordance with Title

21, Code of Federal Regulations, Section

1311.42, the above firm is granted

registration as an importer of the basic

classes of controlled substances listed

above.

Dated: July 17, 1998.

John H. King,

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of

Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration

Importer of Controlled Substances;

Notice of Registration

By Notice dated May 5, 1998, and

published in the Federal Register on

May 19, 1998, (63 FR 27591), Stepan

Company, Natural Products Department,

100 W. Hunter Avenue, Maywood, New

Jersey 07607, made application by

renewal to the Drug Enforcement

Administration (DEA) to be registered as

an importer of coca leaves (9040), a

basic class of controlled substance listed

in Schedule II.

The firm plans to import coca leaves

to manufacture bulk controlled

substances.

No comments or objections have been

received. DEA has considered the

factors in Title 21, United States Code,

Section 823(a) and determined that the

registration of Stepan Company to

import coca leaves is consistent with the

public interest and with United States

obligations under international treaties,

conventions, or protocols in effect on

May 1, 1971, at this time. Therefore

pursuant to Section 1008(a) of the

Controlled Substances Import and

Export Act and in accordance with Title

21, Code of Federal Regulations, Section

1301.34, the above firm is granted

registration as an importer of the basic

class of controlled substance listed

above.

Dated: July 17, 1998.

John H. King,

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of

Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Submitted for Public Comment;

Employment Services Reporting

System

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration, DOL.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden

conducts a pre-clearance 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

(PRA95) (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 (ETA) is

soliciting comments concerning the

proposed ten month extension of the

Employment Service Program Reporting

System from the current end date of

August 31, 1999 to a new end date of

June 30, 2000.

A copy of the previously approved

information collection request (ICR) 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

October 5, 1998.

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

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submissions

of responses.

ADDRESSES: John R. Beverly, III, United

States Employment Service, U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Avenue NW., Room N4470,

Washington, DC 20210, Tel. 202–219–

5257, Fax 202–219–6643, E-mail

jbeverly@doleta.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

Information on basic labor exchange

services is necessary to assure that the

States are complying with legal

requirements of the Wagner-Peyser Act

as amended by the Job Training

Partnership Act (JTPA). Program data

items are required from States reporting

to the Department of Labor as part of

other information in order to determine

if the States are complying with the

basic labor exchange requirements.

Information regarding employment

and training services provided to

veterans by State public employment

services agencies must be collected by

the Department of Labor to satisfy

legislative requirements, as follows: (a)

to report annually to Congress on

specific services (38 U.S.C. 2007(c) and

2012(c)); (b) to establish administrative

controls (38 U.S.C. 2007 (b)); and (c) for

administrative purposes. These data are

reported on the VETS 200 A and B, the

VETS 300, and Manager’s reports.

II. Current Action

The Department is requesting an

extension of the Employment Service

Program Reporting System without

changes to data elements, definitions,

reporting instructions and/or reporting

requirements from the current end date

of August 31, 1999 to a new end date

of June 30, 2000.

In response to the requirements of the

Government Performance and Results

Act (GPRA) of 1993, the national call for

government programs to be more

accountable and results oriented, the

Department of Labor (DOL),

Employment and Training
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Administration (ETA), United States

Employment Services (USES) has taken

the first step to establish performance

measures for the public labor exchange

programs and labor exchange function

for the Workforce Development and

One-Stop Career Center service delivery

systems.

The United States Employment

Service (USES) worked cooperatively

with States and other stakeholders to

develop program specific performance

measures. Performance measures were

proposed and comments from

stakeholders were requested in the

Federal Register (63 FR 32564–32578).

The proposed measures are a starting

point for development of

comprehensive measures for the labor

exchange function of the emerging

Workforce Development system. It is the

Department’s intent to use the

comments received to develop

performance measures for

implementation on July 1, 2000.

The effort to finalize the performance

measures, to identify the data elements

needed to produce the performance

measures and to define specific changes

to the ETA reporting requirements will

take several months to accomplish the

transition to a new reporting system.

States will also need time to make the

necessary procedural, reporting, and

computer software changes that will be

necessary. This may be complicated by

State efforts to respond to necessary

computer program changes for Year

2000 compliance.

In consideration of these issues, the

Department is requesting an extension

of the Employment Service Program

Reporting System without changes from

the current end date of August 31, 1999

to a new end date of June 30, 2000.

This is a request for OMB approval

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) to extend

collection of the Employment Service

Program Reporting System data

previously approved and assigned OMB

Control No. 1205–0240 and the data

reporting for the ETA 9002 A, B, C,

including the data reporting for the

VETS 200 A and B, VETS 300, the

manager’s report on services to veterans

and recordkeeping.

Type of Review: Extension without

change.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: Employment Service Program

Reporting System.

OMB Number: 1205–0240.

Total Respondents: 54 States and

territories.

Estimated Burden Hours: 7213.

Reports Respondents Frequency Total responses

Average

time per response

(hours)

Burden

(hours)

USES Rpt .................................................. 54 Quarterly ................................................... 216 2.75 594

VETS Rpt .................................................. 54 Quarterly ................................................... 216 .25 54

USES Rec. ................................................ 54 Quarterly ................................................... 216 12.00 648

VETS 200A ................................................ 54 Quarterly ................................................... 216 .85 184

VETS 200B ................................................ 54 Quarterly ................................................... 216 .85 184

VETS 300 .................................................. 54 Quarterly ................................................... 216 1.00 216

Mgt. Rpt ..................................................... 1600 Quarterly ................................................... 6400 .83 5333

Totals .................................................. .................... ................................................................... 7534 .................... 7213

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): 0.

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: July 16, 1998.

John R. Beverly, III,

Director, United States Employment Service,

U.S. Department of Labor.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–98–31]

Electrical Standards for Construction;

Information Collection Requirements

ACTION: Notice; Opportunity for public

comment.

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

(PRA–95) (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 impact of collection

requirements on respondents can be

properly assessed. Currently, the

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

extension of the information collection

requirements contained in the Electrical

Standards for Construction (29 CFR part

1926, Subpart K). The Agency 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 submissions

of responses.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before October 5, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be

submitted to the Docket Office, Docket

No. ICR–98–31, Occupational Safety

and Health Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–2625,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20210. Telephone (202)

219–7894. Written comments limited to

10 pages or less in length may also be