9108 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 39 / Monday, March 2, 2009 / Notices 

to the Drug Enforcement 

Administration, Office of Diversion 

Control, Federal Register Representative 

(ODL), 8701 Morrissette Drive, 

Springfield, Virginia 22152; and must be 

filed no later than April 1, 2009. 

This procedure is to be conducted 

simultaneously with, and independent 

of, the procedures described in 21 CFR 

§ 1301.34(b), (c), (d), (e), and (f). As 

noted in a previous notice published in 

the Federal Register on September 23, 

1975, (40 FR 43745–46), all applicants 

for registration to import the basic class 

of any controlled substance in schedule 

I or II are, and will continue to be, 

required to demonstrate to the Deputy 

Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement 

Administration, that the requirements 

for such registration pursuant to 21 

U.S.C. 958(a); 21 U.S.C. 823(a); and 21 

CFR 1301.34(b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) are 

satisfied. 

Dated: February 23, 2009. 

Joseph T. Rannazzisi, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–4271 Filed 2–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Emergency 

Review: Comment Request 

February 24, 2009. 

The Department of Labor has 

submitted the following information 

collection request (ICR), utilizing 

emergency review procedures, to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

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

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

1320.13. OMB approval has been 

requested by March 10, 2009. A copy of 

this ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation; including among other 

things a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov 

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

public/do/PRAMain or by contacting 

Darrin King on 202–693–4129 (this is 

not a toll-free number)/e-mail: 

DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. Interested 

parties are encouraged to send 

comments to the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk 

Officer for the Department of Labor— 

ETA, Office of Management and Budget, 

Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, 

Telephone: 202–395–7316/Fax: 202– 

395–6974 (these are not toll-free 

numbers), E-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Comments and questions about the ICR 

listed below should be received 5 days 

prior to the requested OMB approval 

date. 

The OMB 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 

clarify 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. 

Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

Title of Collection: Recovery Act— 

Applications for Unemployment 

Insurance Modernization Incentive 

Payments. 

OMB Control Number: Pending. 

Frequency of Collection: One time 

collection. 

Affected Public: State Workforce 

Agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 53. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 424. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden 

(other than hourly costs): $0. 

Description: Section 2003(f) of the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides for 

unemployment insurance (UI) 

‘‘modernization incentive payments’’ to 

be made from the Unemployment Trust 

Fund (UTF) to the states. The total 

amount available for all states is $7 

billion dollars. To obtain its share, the 

state must make an application to the 

Department of Labor demonstrating that 

its UI law contains certain benefit 

eligibility provisions. The last date on 

which an incentive distribution may be 

made is September 30, 2011. When 

applying for a share of the UI 

modernization incentive payments, a 

state must document that the provisions 

of its law meet the requirements for 

obtaining an incentive payment. The 

state is also required to describe how it 

intends to use any incentive payment to 

improve or strengthen its UI program. 

Why are we requesting Emergency 

Processing? If DOL were to comply with 

standard PRA clearance procedures, it 

would not be able to comply with the 

ARRA-mandated payment schedule 

because procedures for these payments 

must be in place immediately. The 

statute provides that states need the 

means to access the funds as soon as 

possible. Otherwise, harm to the 

nation’s economic recovery could 

ensue. Finally, in preparing the 

guidelines, the Department has taken all 

necessary steps to consult with state 

workforce agencies in order to minimize 

the burden of collecting the information 

while adhering to ARRA payment and 

monitoring provisions. 

Darrin A. King, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–4279 Filed 2–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review: 

Comment Request 

February 23, 2009 

The Department of Labor (DOL) 

hereby announces the submission of the 

following public information collection 

request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35). 

A copy of this ICR, with applicable 

supporting documentation; including 

among other things a description of the 

likely respondents, proposed frequency 

of response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov 

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

public/do/PRAMain or by contacting 

Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on 202–693– 

4223 (this is not a toll-free number)/ 

e-mail: DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the 

Department of Labor—ETA, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 

202–395–7316/Fax: 202–395–6974 

(these are not toll-free numbers), e-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within 

30 days from the date of this publication 

in the Federal Register. In order to 

ensure the appropriate consideration, 


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