Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 85 / Wednesday, May 2, 2001 / Notices 22009

The intent of the certification is to

provide coverage to all workers of the

subject firm impacted by increased

imports of socks. Therefore, the

Department is amending the

certification to include all workers of

the firm engaged in employment related

to the production of socks, not just those

in the Finishing Department.

The amended notice applicable to

TA–W–38, 272 is hereby issued as

follows:

All workers of Renfro Corporation, Pulaski,

Virginia, engaged in employment related to

the production of socks, who became totally

or partially separated from employment on or

after October 13, 1999, through November 3,

2002, are eligible to apply for adjustment

assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act

of 1974.

Signed in Washington, DC this 17th day of

April 2001.

Linda G. Poole,

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–10946 Filed 5–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Proposed Information Collection

Request Submitted for Public

Comment and Recommendations;

Petition for NAFTA-Transitional

Adjustment Assistance

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 (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 the impact of collection

requirements on respondents can be

properly assessed. Currently, the

Employment and Training

Administration is soliciting comments

concerning the proposed renewal of the

information collection of the Petition

For NAFTA Transitional Adjustment

Assistance, ETA 9042.

A copy of the proposed information

collection request can be obtained by

contacting the employee listed below in

the contact section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before July 2, 2001.

Written comments should 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 a proposed

collection of information including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of a 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.

ADDRESSES: Edward A. Tomchick,

Division of Trade Adjustment Assistant,

Employment and Training

Administration, Department of Labor,

Room C–5311, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,

202–693–3560 (this is not a toll-free

nbumber).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The North American Free Trade

Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation

Act amended Chapter 2 of Title II of the

Trade Act of 1974 to add a Subchapter

D—NAFTA Transitional Adjustment

Assistance Program. This program

provides needed adjustment assistance

to workers adversely affected because of

imports from Canada or Mexico or shifts

of production from the United States to

those countries.

Section 250 of the Act authorizes the

Governor of each State to accept

petitions for certification of eligibility to

apply for adjustment assistance. Once a

petition for NAFTA adjustment

assistance is filed with the Governor in

the State where the firm is located, the

law gives the Governor ten days to make

a preliminary finding of whether the

petition meets the group eligibility

requirements under Subchapter D, and

transmits the finding to the Secretary of

Labor. The NAFTA Confidential Data

Request Form ETA–9043 establishes the

format which has been used by the

Governor for making a preliminary

finding.

II. Current Actions

This is a request for OMB approval

under [the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)] for a

collection of information assigned OMB

Control No. 1205–0339.

Type of Review: Extension without

change.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration, Labor.

Title: NAFTA-Confidential Data

Request.

OMB Number: 1205–0339.

Agency Number: ETA–9043.

Affected Public: Business and State.

Total Respondents: Estimated 1,000.

Total Respondents: Estimated 1,000.

Frequency: On occasion.

Average Time per Response:

Respondents = 15 minutes.

State Review = 5 minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

Respondents = 250 hours.

State review = 80 hours.

Total = 330.

Estimated Respondent cost:

Respondents = $6,250.

State review = $1,406.

Total = $7,656.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice 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.

Edward A. Tomchick,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–11011 Filed 5–1–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[NAFTA–4478]

Brenner Tank, Inc., Mauston, WI

Notice of Termination of Investigation

Pursuant to Title V of the North

American Free Trade Agreement

Implementation Act (Pub. L. 103–182)

concerning transitional adjustment

assistance, hereinafter called (NAFTA–

TAA), and in accordance with Section

250(a), Subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title II,

of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended

(19 U.S.C. 2273), an investigation was

initiated on January 24, 2001, in

response to a petition filed by a

company official on behalf of workers at

Brenner Tank, Inc., Mauston,

Wisconsin.

The petitioner has requested that the

petition be withdrawn. Consequently,

further investigation in this case would

serve no purpose, and the investigation

has been terminated.