[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 121 (Friday, June 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31951-31952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15872]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA), Disaster Payment 
Activities Under the ``Stafford Disaster Relief Act''

ACTION: Notice.

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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 State 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 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 (ETA) is 
soliciting comments concerning the proposed one year extension of 
previous approval by OMB of the attached ETA Form 90-2, Disaster 
Payment Activities Under the ``Stafford Disaster Relief Act.'' A copy 
of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by 
contacting the office listed below in the addressee section of this 
notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before August 20, 1996.
    The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments 
which:
    <bullet> 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;
    <bullet> 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;
    <bullet> enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    <bullet> 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.

ADDRESSES: Mary Ann Wyrsch, Director, Unemployment Insurance Service, 
Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room 
S4231, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210, telephone 
number (202) 219-7831 (this is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The monthly report on Disaster Payment Activities under the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the ``act'') 
provides vital information on the nature and scope of activities 
performed in administering provisions of sections 410 and 423 of the 
act. Its workload items and final disaster reports are also used with 
fiscal reports to estimate the cost of administering the act. 
(Previously cleared for use thru OMB by ETA under OMB No. 1205-0234.)
    The President is directed by the act to provide Disaster 
Unemployment Assistance through agreements with States, which in his 
judgement, have an adequate system for administering such assistance 
through existing State agencies. Without the data obtained from the 
report, the Employment and Training Administration would have no grasp 
on the program, as its is administered by the States.

II. Current Actions

    The data obtained from the reports are used by at least three 
organizational units within the Employment and Training Administration 
(ETA). The Unemployment Insurance Service uses the data for evaluation 
of State agency performance on making payments and providing claimant 
services and for making required reports. The Employment Services uses 
the data to project funding needs in the areas of counseling, referrals 
to suitable work opportunities and suitable training. The Office of 
Financial and Administrative Management (OFAM) uses the data in 
accounting for the financial management of the program funds and fund 
transfers. In addition, the data are also used by the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency (FEMA), to whom the President has delegated the 
responsibility by Executive Order No. 12148, for administering the act. 
As previously indicated, without the data obtained from the report, the 
Department would have no grasp on the program, as it is administered by 
the States.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: ETA Form 90-2, Disaster Payment Activities Under the 
``Stafford Disaster Relief Act.''
    OMB Number: 1205-0234.
    Affected Public: Individuals/State Government.
    Cite/Reference/Form/etc: ETA Form 90-2, Disaster Payment Activities 
Under the ``Stafford Disaster Relief Act''.
    Total Respondents: 50.
    Frequency: Six months per annum.
    Total Responses: 300.
    Average Time per Response: \1/4\ hour.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 75.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.00.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $10,300 annually.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be

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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: June 6, 1996.
Mary Ann Wyrsch,
Director, Unemployment Insurance Service, Employment and Training 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-15872 Filed 6-20-96; 8:45 am]
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