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numbers), E-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Comments and questions about the ICR 

listed below should be received on or 

before February 24, 2010. 

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 

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. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Title of Collection: Quarterly Census 

of Employment and Wages Green Goods 

and Services Sector Pre-testing. 

OMB Control Number: 1220–NEW. 

Affected Public: Private sector 

businesses or other for-profits; not-forprofit institutions; farms; small 

businesses or organizations. 

Form Total 

respondents Frequency Total responses 

Average time 

per response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

burden 

(hours) 

Forms panel testing ........................................................... 2,500 One time .......... 2,500 30 1,250 

Follow-up interviews .......................................................... 750 One time .......... 750 30 375 

Totals .......................................................................... 2,500 .......................... 3,250 ........................ 1,625 

The difference between the total number of respondents and the total number of responses reflects the fact that the respondents contacted for 

the follow-up interviews are a subset of the respondents contacted during the forms panel testing. About 750 of the respondents will be contacted twice, once during the panel testing and a second time for the follow-up interview. 

Total Burden Cost: (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost: (operating/ 

maintenance): $0. 

Description: As the chief source of 

government data on employment, the 

2010 Congressional appropriation tasks 

the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 

Quarterly Census of Employment and 

Wages (QCEW) program with producing 

employment data on industry sectors 

that produce green goods and services. 

This initiative will produce regular 

tabulations of aggregate employment 

and wages for businesses whose primary 

activities fall in the green goods and 

services sector as defined by BLS. These 

series will be key to analyzing 

workforce trends in this sector. 

The purpose of this request for 

clearance is for the QCEW program to 

initiate a research project to understand 

the collection environment and learn 

what information establishments have 

available that would help BLS collect 

employment data on industry sectors 

that produce green goods and services. 

This information will be used to 

improve the eventual data collection 

instrument, increase response rates, and 

ensure high quality data are collected. 

The primary purpose of this research 

is neither to finalize a definition of 

green goods and services sector nor to 

determine what defines the green sector. 

Rather, the focus is on learning what 

collectable information firms have 

available about their products, services, 

and other items that might be used to 

collect data on this sector. The BLS 

definition of the green goods and 

services sector industry will be 

addressed separately. 

Why are we requesting Emergency 

Processing? Emergency clearance is 

being sought for the Quarterly Census of 

Employment and Wages Green Goods 

and Services Sector Industry Pre-testing. 

The purpose of this request for 

clearance by the BLS QCEW program is 

to initiate a research project to 

understand the collection environment 

and learn what information 

establishments have available that 

would help BLS collect employment 

data on industry sectors that produce 

green goods and services. This 

information will be used to develop the 

eventual data collection instrument and 

ensure high quality data are collected. 

Data collection is scheduled to begin in 

November 2010. In order for BLS to 

understand how to collect and produce 

high quality green goods and services 

business employment by this date, BLS 

must begin the forms panel testing as 

soon as possible. Therefore, BLS is 

requesting an emergency clearance to 

allow for the necessary research to be 

undertaken and completed within this 

timeframe. A second opportunity to 

comment on the proposed collection of 

data on green goods and services sector 

business employment will be afforded 

when the package is submitted to OMB 

under the standard clearance process in 

accordance with the PRA95 (44 U.S.C. 

3506). 

Darrin A. King, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1301 Filed 1–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request for the ETA 218, Benefit 

Rights and Experience Report; 

Comment Request on Extension 

Without Change 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

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 collection 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. 

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request (ICR) can be obtained 

by contacting the office listed below in 

the addresses section of this notice or by 

accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/ 

OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addresses section below on or before 

March 26, 2010. 


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ADDRESSES: Send comments to Scott 

Gibbons, U.S. Department of Labor, 

Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of 

Unemployment Insurance, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Frances 

Perkins Bldg., Room S–4531, 

Washington, DC 20210, telephone 

number (202) 693–3008 (this is not a 

toll-free number) or by e-mail: 

gibbons.scott@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Attachment to the labor force, usually 

measured as amount of past wages 

earned, is used to determine eligibility 

for state unemployment compensation 

programs. The data in the ETA 218, 

Benefit Rights and Experience Report, 

includes numbers of individuals who 

were and were not monetarily eligible, 

those eligible for the maximum benefits, 

those eligible based on classification by 

potential duration categories, and those 

exhausting their full entitlement as 

classified by actual duration categories. 

These data are used by the National 

Office in solvency studies, cost 

estimating and modeling, and 

assessment of state benefit formulas. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

Currently, the Department of Labor is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

proposed extension for the collection of 

the ETA 218, Benefit Rights and 

Experience report. Comments are 

requested 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 submissions 

of responses. 

III. Current Actions 

The continued collection of the 

information contained on the ETA 218 

report is necessary to enable the Office 

of Unemployment Insurance to continue 

evaluating state benefit formulas and the 

establishment of new benefit years. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA). 

Title: Benefit Rights and Experience. 

OMB Number: 1205–0177. 

Agency Number: ETA 218. 

Affected Public: State and Local 

Governments. 

Total Respondents: 53. 

Frequency: Quarterly. 

Total Responses: 580. 

Average Time per Response: 0.5 

hours. 

Cite/Reference Total 

respondents Frequency 

Total 

responses Average time per response Burden 

ETA 218 Regular .............. 53 Quarterly ........................... 212 .5 hour ............................... 106 hrs. 

ETA 218 Extended Benefits.39 Quarterly ........................... 156 .5 hour ............................... 78 hrs. 

ETA 218 Emergency Unemployment Compensation.53 Quarterly ........................... 212 .5 hour ............................... 106 hrs. 

Totals ......................... ........................ ........................................... 580 ........................................... 290 hrs. 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 290 

hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $0. 

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. 

Dated: January 19, 2010. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1248 Filed 1–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of Determinations Regarding 

Eligibility To Apply for Worker 

Adjustment Assistance 

In accordance with Section 223 of the 

Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 

U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor 

herein presents summaries of 

determinations regarding eligibility to 

apply for trade adjustment assistance for 

workers by (TA–W) number issued 

during the period of November 30 

through December 11, 2009. 

In order for an affirmative 

determination to be made for workers of 

a primary firm and a certification issued 

regarding eligibility to apply for worker 

adjustment assistance, each of the group 

eligibility requirements of Section 

222(a) of the Act must be met. 

I. Under Section 222(a)(2)(A), the 

following must be satisfied: 

(1) A significant number or proportion 

of the workers in such workers’ firm 

have become totally or partially 

separated, or are threatened to become 

totally or partially separated; 

(2) The sales or production, or both, 

of such firm have decreased absolutely; 

and 

(3) One of the following must be 

satisfied: 

(A) Imports of articles or services like 

or directly competitive with articles 

produced or services supplied by such 

firm have increased; 

(B) Imports of articles like or directly 

competitive with articles into which one 

or more component parts produced by 

such firm are directly incorporated, 

have increased; 

(C) Imports of articles directly 

incorporating one or more component 

parts produced outside the United 

States that are like or directly 

competitive with imports of articles 

incorporating one or more component 


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