Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 12 / Thursday, January 18, 2001 / Notices 4863

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Workforce Investment Act: Migrant and

Seasonal Farmworker Youth Program

Under WIA Section 127(b)(1)(A)(iii) and

Section 167

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Data

Collection.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

conducts a preclearance consultation

process 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

process helps to ensure that requested

data can be provided in the desired

format, reporting burdens are

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), in consultation

with the Migrant and Seasonal

Farmworker Employment and Training

Advisory Committee, is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

institution of a ‘‘reporting and

performance standards system for the

Youth Title I-D Section 167 National

Farmworker Jobs Programs of the

Workforce Investment Act (WIA)’’. A

copy of the proposed information

collection request (ICR) can be obtained

by contacting the office listed below in

the address section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addressee section below on or before

March 19, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Alicia Fernandez-Mott,

Chief, Division of Seasonal Farmworker

Programs, Employment and Training

Administration, U.S. Department of

Labor, Room N–4641, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.

Telephone: (202) 693–3729 (VOICE) or

(202) 693–3818 (FAX) (these are not

toll-free numbers) or INTERNET:

afernandez@doleta.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Copies of the information collection

request are available for inspection in

the Division of Seasonal Farmworker

Programs at the above address, and will

be mailed to persons who request copies

in writing from Alicia Fernandez-Mott

at the above address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Employment and Training

Administration of the Department of

Labor, in consultation with the Migrant

and Seasonal Farmworker Employment

and Training Advisory Committee, is

requesting approval for a new reporting

and performance standards system for

Youth Title I–D Section 167 National

Farmworker Jobs Programs of the

Workforce Investment Act (WIA), youth

grantees for three program years (July 1,

2000 to June 30, 2003). This is the first

time since the Comprehensive

Employment and Training Act (CETA),

that funds have been appropriated for

farmworker youth activities. The

Department has developed the following

recommended planning and reporting

requirements.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

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 burden estimate for 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 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.

III. Current Action

This proposed ICR will be used by

approximately 10 Workforce Investment

Act (WIA) section 167 (d) youth

grantees as the primary reporting and

performance measurement vehicle for

enrolled youths, their characteristics,

training and services provided,

outcomes, including job placement and

retention, and attainment of basic skills,

as well as detailed financial data on

program expenditures.

Type of Review: New.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: Planning, reporting, and

performance system for WIA title I–D,

Section 167(d) National Farmworker

Jobs Program youth grantees.

OMB Number: 1205–0NEW.

Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number:

Record Keeping: Grantees shall retain

supporting and other documents

necessary for the compilation and

submission of the subject reports for

three years after submission of the final

financial report for the grant in question

[29 CFR 97.42 and/or 29 CFR 95.53].

Affected Public: State agencies;

private, non-profit corporations.

Cite/Reference/Form/etc.: The

collection instrument is the Youth, Title

I–D, Section 167 National Farmworker

Jobs Programs Planning, Reporting, and

Performance System and related

instructions. OMB-approved forms are

provided for use in gathering

information at the grantee field office

level.

Total Respondents: 10.

Frequency: Annually for planning

information; quarterly for both financial

information and participation and

characteristics information.

Total Annual Responses:

Planning—30 (one narrative, one

Budget Information Summary, and one

Program Planning Summary per grantee

per year).

Participant Reporting—40 (one

Program Status Summary per quarter,

per grantee per year).

Participant Record Keeping (NFJP

SPIR)—5,000 records.

There are four statutorily-required

quarterly financial status reports per

grantee per year, by year of

appropriation. At this time, it is

anticipated that the Standard Form (SF)

269 will be used to fulfill this

requirement. Therefore, no separate

collection/burden information for this

standard form is being included here.

For participation and characteristics

information, there are four quarterly

submissions per year, regardless of the

year(s) of funding expended during the

program year. There is only one format

for the participation and characteristics

report.

Average Time per Grantee Response:

Annual Plan—5 hours (narrative

only).

Budget Information Summary (BIS)—

15 hours; [ETA 8595].

Program Planning Summary (PPS)—

15 hours; [ETA 8596].

Program Status Summary (PSS)—7

hours; [ETA 8598].

Record Keeping (SPIR)—3 hours (per

participant record).

The individual time per response

varies widely depending on the degree

of automation attained by individual

grantees. Grantees also vary according to

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the numbers of individuals served in

each program year. If the grantee has a

fully-developed and automated MIS, the

response time is limited to one-time

programming plus processing time for

each response.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours:

Total Burden Hours—15,630 hours

per year.

Planning narrative (NFJP)—10

responses times 5 hours per response

equals 50 burden hours.

BIS (NFJP)—10 responses times 15

hours per response equals 150 burden

hours.

PPS (NFJP)—10 responses times 15

hours per response equals 150 burden

hours.

PSS (NFJP)—4 responses per grantee

times 7 hours per response times 10

grantees equals 280 burden hours.

Record Keeping (NFJP SPIR)—5,000

files times 3 hours per file equals 15,000

hours.

Even though no burden estimate for

the SF–269 is included here, it should

be noted that expenditures must be

reported on by year of appropriation,

regardless of the year in which the

funds were expended. Thus, if more that

one year’s appropriation is expended in

a given quarter, two FSR’s (or more)

must be submitted for that period.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$–0–.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): 

Youth Title I–D National Farmworker

Jobs Program—15,630 hours times

$15.00 per hour equals $224,450.00.

Costs may vary widely among

grantees, from nearly no additional cost

to some higher figure, depending on the

state of automation attained by each

grantee and the wages paid to the staff

actually completing the various forms.

All costs associated with the submission

of these forms are allowable grant

expenses.

Comments submitted in response to

this request will be summarized and/or

included in the Office of Management

and Budget request for approval of the

information collection. All comments

will become a matter of public record.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of

January, 2001.

James C. DeLuca,

Acting Director, Office of National Programs.

[FR Doc. 01–1445 Filed 1–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

Proposed Extension of Information

Collection; Comment Request; ERISA

Technical Release 91–1

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 continuing collections of

information in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA

95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This 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 Pension and Welfare

Benefits Administration is soliciting

comments concerning the extension of

the information collection request (ICR)

incorporated in its Technical Release

91–1 related to the transfer of excess

assets from a defined benefit plan to a

retiree health benefits account. A copy

of the ICR may be obtained by

contacting the office listed in the

addresses section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office shown in the

addresses section below on or before

March 19, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Gerald B. Lindrew, Office of

Policy and Research, U.S. Department of

Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, 2000 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Room N–5647,

Washington, DC 20210. Telephone:

(202) 219–4782; Fax: (202) 219–4745.

These are not toll-free numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

ERISA section 101(e) sets forth certain

notice requirements which must be

satisfied before an employer may

transfer excess assets from a defined

benefit plan to a retiree health benefits

account as otherwise permissible after

satisfying the conditions set forth in

section 420 of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986, as amended (Code).

Section 101(e)(1) describes the plan

administrator’s obligation to provide

advance written notification of such

transfers to participants and

beneficiaries. Section 101(e)(2)(A)

describes the employer’s obligation to

provide advance written notification to

the Secretaries of Labor and Treasury,

the administrator, and each employee

organization representing participants

in the plan. The requirements relating to

advance notification of transfers to

retiree health benefit accounts were

added to ERISA as part of the Omnibus

Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Pub.

L. 101–508). The ICR included in ERISA

Technical Release 9–1 provides

guidance on the type of information to

be provided in the notices to both the

participants and beneficiaries and the

Secretaries.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

The Department is 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.

III. Current Action

This notice requests comments on the

extension of the ICR included in ERISA

Technical Release 91–1. The

Department is not proposing or

implementing changes to the existing

ICR at this time.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection of

information.

Agency: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, Department of Labor.

Titles: ERISA Technical Release 91–1.

OMB Number: 1210–0084.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Not-for-profit institutions.

Respondents: 66.

Frequency of Response: One time.

Responses: 231,000.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,775.

Total Burden Cost (Operating and

Maintenance): $90,000.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or