2634 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 10 / Thursday, January 15, 2009 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Announcement of Public Briefings on 

Using Redesigned Labor Certification 

Forms and Stakeholder Meeting 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Foreign Labor 

Certification (OFLC) in the Department 

of Labor’s Employment & Training 

Administration (ETA) has been reengineering several of its program forms 

to improve the information it collects 

from the public. These changes are 

intended to improve the application to 

and day-to-day operation of OFLC 

programs. The system re-engineering 

will impact the program for the 

Temporary Employment of 

Nonimmigrants in Professional, 

Specialty Occupations, and as Fashion 

Models (H–1B, H–1B1, and E–3). The 

Form ETA 9035, the Labor Condition 

Application (OMB control number 

1205–0310) used for the H–1B, H–1B1, 

and E–3 programs, was redesigned and 

submitted for public comment, 73 FR 

36357, Jun. 26, 2008, and for review by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 73 FR 66259, Nov. 7, 2008. In 

addition, the Permanent Labor 

Certification Program (PERM), OFLC 

will be implementing changes to the 

electronic filing process and is 

implementing a revised application 

form. The redesigned Form ETA 9089 

(OMB control number 1205–451) has 

been approved by OMB subject to 

review of the final electronic version. 

ETA is issuing this notice to 

announce that OFLC will offer two 

public briefings to educate stakeholders, 

program users, and other interested 

members of the public on using the reengineered 9035 and 9089 application 

forms, and the online portal system by 

which most users file program 

applications. 

ETA will also hold a stakeholder 

meeting in San Diego, California on 

February 3, 2009. 

As currently planned, the two 

briefings will take place in February, 

2009 in San Diego and Baltimore, 

Maryland. This notice provides the 

public with locations, dates, and 

registration information regarding the 

briefings. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William L. Carlson, Ph.D., 

Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor 

Certification, Employment and Training 

Administration, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Room C–4312, 

Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 

(202) 693–3010 (this is not a toll-free 

number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following registration information 

should be used by any member of the 

public planning to attend any of the 

briefing sessions. 

San Diego: February 4, 2009. 

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

PERM Update (changes to electronic 

filing and new application form) and H– 

1B LCA Form 9035. 

Location: Manchester Grand Hyatt, 

One Market Place, San Diego, California 

92101 

Washington, DC: February 9, 2009. 

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

PERM Update (changes to electronic 

filing and new application form) and H– 

1B LCA Form 9035. 

Location: Baltimore Marriott Inner 

Harbor at Camden Yards, 110 South 

Eutaw Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. 

Registration: To register for one of the 

briefings listed above, please use the 

following information. To complete the 

registration process on-line, please visit 

http://www.dtiassociates.com/ 

oflcbriefings. For questions regarding 

the registration process, please call (703) 

299–1623 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Due to space considerations, 

attendance will be limited to those who 

register on-line. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 9th day of 

January 2009. 

Brent R. Orrell, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–678 Filed 1–14–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–64,218] 

Trilogy Finishing, Inc., Detroit, MI; 

Notice of Revised Determination on 

Reopening 

On January 5, 2009, the Department, 

on its own motion, reopened its 

investigation for workers and former 

workers of the subject firm. Trilogy 

Finishing, Inc. in Detroit, Michigan is 

comprised of the Office and Buffing 

Plant and the Plating Plant. 

The initial investigation resulted in a 

negative determination issued on 

December 15, 2008, based on the finding 

that there were no increased imports of 

articles like or directly competitive with 

buffed, polished and/or nickel-plated 

metal parts produced by Trilogy 

Finishing, Inc., nor did the firm shift 

that production to a foreign country. 

Since the workers were denied 

eligibility to apply for trade adjustment 

assistance (TAA) they were also denied 

eligibility to apply for alternative trade 

adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older 

workers. The notice will be published 

soon in the Federal Register. 

After the decision was issued, the 

Department received a response to the 

survey conducted for the primary 

customers of Trilogy Finishing, Inc., 

Detroit, Michigan, regarding their 

purchases of buffed, polished and/or 

nickel-chrome plated metal parts 

(including like or directly competitive 

articles) in 2006, 2007, and January 

through September of 2007 and 2008. 

This late survey response showed that 

the customer increased import 

purchases while reducing purchases 

from the subject firm. 

There were declines in employment 

and production at Trilogy Finishing, 

Inc., Detroit, Michigan, during the 

relevant period. 

Based on these findings, it is 

determined in this case that the 

requirements of (a)(2)(A) of Section 222 

have been met. 

In order for the Department to issue 

a certification of eligibility to apply for 

alternative trade adjustment assistance 

ATAA, the group eligibility 

requirements of Section 246 of the 

Trade Act must be met. The Department 

has determined in this case that the 

requirements of Section 246 have been 

met. 

A significant number of workers at the 

firm are age 50 or over and possess 

skills that are not easily transferable. 

Conclusion 

After careful consideration of the new 

facts obtained on reopening, it is 

concluded that increased imports of 

articles like or directly competitive with 

buffed, polished and/or nickel-chrome 

plated metal parts produced by Trilogy 

Finishing, Inc., Detroit, Michigan, 

contributed importantly to the total or 

partial separation of workers and to the 

decline in sales or production at that 

firm or subdivision. 

In accordance with the provisions of 

the Trade Act of 1974, I make the 

following revised determination: 

‘‘All workers of Trilogy Finishing, Inc., 

Detroit, Michigan, who became totally or 

partially separated from employment on or 

after October 3, 2007 through two years from 

the date of certification, are eligible to apply 

for adjustment assistance under Section 223 

of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also eligible 

to apply for alternative trade adjustment 

assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act 

of 1974, as amended.’’ 


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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 10 / Thursday, January 15, 2009 / Notices 2635 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 6th day of 

January 2009. 

Linda G. Poole, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E9–646 Filed 1–14–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[SGA/DFA–PY–08–09] 

Solicitation for Grant Applications 

(SGA) 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice: Reopening of period to 

submit applications for SGA/DFA–PY– 

08–09. 

SUMMARY: The Employment and 

Training Administration published a 

document in the Federal Register on 

November 17, 2008, announcing the 

availability of funds and issuing a 

solicitation for grant applications (SGA) 

for Local Young Offender Planning 

Grants, State/Local Juvenile Offender 

Implementation Grants and an 

Intermediary Juvenile Reentry Grant 73 

FR 67884 (Nov. 17, 2008). This notice 

reopens the period during which 

applications for such funds may be 

submitted. 

DATES: Key Dates: The new closing date 

for receipt of applications under this 

announcement is January 29, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: B. 

Jai Johnson, Grant Specialist, Division of 

Federal Assistance, at (202) 693–3296. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Date Extension: In the Federal 

Register of November 17, we established 

a December 18, 2008 closing date for 

applications under this SGA. It 

subsequently came to our attention that 

we mistakenly referred to a different 

due date for electronically submitted 

applications under the heading, ‘‘Part 

IV—Application and Submission 

Information, Section C, Submission 

Date, Times, and Addresses’’ on page 

67888. We attempted to correct this 

mistake by publishing a separate notice 

in the December 1, 2008, Federal 

Register to clarify that the December 18 

due date applied to all applications, 

including those submitted electronically 

(73 FR 72853). 

However, we remain concerned that 

the December 1 notice may not have 

resolved confusion over the applicable 

deadline. Therefore we are reopening 

for two weeks the period during which 

we will accept applications until 

January 29, 2009. 

Submission instructions: Applications 

must be submitted in accordance with 

instructions contained in Part IV of the 

SGA by the date specified above. All 

other terms, conditions, criteria and 

provisions of the SGA remain in effect 

(including the correction regarding the 

goal of the intermediary reentry grant in 

Part I as provided in the December 1 

Federal Register Notice). 

Other Information: Applicants that 

have applied before for this solicitation 

are not required to resubmit their 

application. However, such applicants 

have the option to withdraw their 

proposal and re-submit if they so 

choose. If you choose to re-submit, you 

must notify the Grant Officer by E-mail 

(Magruder.Chari@dol.gov) stating that 

you wish to withdraw the initial 

proposal and resubmit. Once withdrawn 

the initial proposal will not be 

considered and failure to resubmit or a 

late resubmittal will disqualify the 

applicant from consideration. 

For tracking purposes, resubmitted or 

new first time proposals must use the 

following on the cover sheet: ‘‘SGA– 

DFA–PY 08–09A.’’ 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th of 

January 2009. 

Chari Magruder, 

Grant Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–650 Filed 1–14–09; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY 

COORDINATION OFFICE 

Nanoscale Science, Engineering and 

Technology Subcommittee, National 

Science and Technology Council, 

Committee on Technology; Human and 

Environmental Exposure Assessment 

Workshop: Public Meeting 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Nanotechnology 

Coordination Office (NNCO), on behalf 

of the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, 

and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee 

of the Committee on Technology, 

National Science and Technology 

Council (NSTC), will hold a workshop 

on February 24–25, 2009 to provide an 

open forum to discuss the state-of-theart of the science related to 

environmental, health, and safety 

aspects of engineered nanoscale 

materials in the area of human and 

environmental exposure assessment. 

Human and Environmental Exposure 

Assessment is one of the five 

environmental, health, and safety 

research categories identified in the 

NSET Subcommittee document Strategy 

for Nanotechnology-Related 

Environmental, Health, and Safety 

Research (http://www.nano.gov/ 

NNI_EHS_Research_Strategy.pdf), 

which was released February 14, 2008. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 from 8 

a.m. until 5:30 p.m. and on Wednesday, 

February 25, 2009 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

at the Consumer Protection Safety 

Commission conference facility, 4330 

East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814 (Metro stop: Bethesda on the Red 

Line). For directions, please see http:// 

www.cpsc.gov/about/direct.html. 

Registration: Due to space limitations 

and security requirements, preregistration for the workshop is 

required. People interested in attending 

the workshop should register online at 

http://www.nano.gov/html/meetings/ 

exposure/registration.html. Written 

notices of participation by e-mail should 

be sent to exposure@nnco.nano.gov. 

Written notices may be mailed to the 

Exposure Assessment Workshop, c/o 

NNCO, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Stafford II, 

Suite 405, Arlington, VA 22230. 

Registration is on a first-come, firstserve basis. Registration will close on 

February 21, 2009 at 5 p.m. EST. 

Information about the meeting, 

including the agenda, is posted at 

http://www.nano.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: For 

information regarding this Notice, 

please contact Liesl Heeter, National 

Nanotechnology Coordination Office. 

Telephone: (703) 292–4533. E-mail: 

exposure@nnco.nano.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Human 

and environmental exposure assessment 

research is used to guide efforts to 

improve environmental, health, and 

safety (EHS) protection with regard to 

nanoscale engineered materials and to 

monitor trends and progress. The 

purpose of this workshop is to hold an 

open forum to discuss the progress 

achieved in the area of human and 

environmental exposure assessment 

research and to discuss the path forward 

for addressing the research needs in this 

area. Specifically, the Nanotechnology 

Environmental Health Implications 

(NEHI) Working Group of the NSET 

Subcommittee has identified five 

priority research needs within the 

human and environmental exposure 

category: Characterizing exposure 

among workers; identifying population 

groups and environments exposed to 

engineered nanoscale materials; 

characterizing exposure to the general 

population from industrial processes 


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