36090 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 132 / Tuesday, July 9, 1996 / Notices

APPENDIX

[Petitions Instituted on 06/24/96]

TA–W Subject firm (petitioners) Location Date of

petition Product(s)

32,476 ..... Vanguard Products Corp. (Wkrs) .................. Berkeley Spring, WV ... 06/11/96 Golf Bags.

32,477 ..... The Dial Corp. (Wkrs) .................................... Omaha, NE ................. 06/10/96 Bar Soap.

32,478 ..... Canal Wire (Wkrs) ......................................... Canal Winchester OH 06/12/96 Compact Dishwasher Racks.

32,479 ..... Taylored Clothing Co. (UNITE) ...................... Taylor, PA ................... 06/12/96 Suits and Sport Jackets.

32,480 ..... Beaufab Mills, Inc., (Wkrs) ............................. Stroudsburg, PA .......... 06/10/96 Knit Fabric.

32,481 ..... Chase Ergonomic (Co.) ................................. Albuquerque, NM ........ 06/07/96 Back Support Belts.

32,482 ..... Team 95 (Co.) ................................................ Jamestown, TN ........... 06/10/96 Men’s Cargo Pants & Shorts.

32,483 ..... Wundies (Co.) ................................................ Wellsboro, PA ............. 06/10/96 Ladies’ and Girls’ Lingerie.

32,484 ..... Wyeth-Ayerst Labs (UFCW) .......................... Mason, MI ................... 06/10/96 Infants Formula.

32,485 ..... Paramount Headwear, Inc (Wkrs) ................. Advance, MO .............. 6/10/96 Baseball Caps.

[FR Doc. 96–17385 Filed 7–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

Trade Adjustment Assistance/NAFTA

Financial Status Report/Request for

Funds; Comment Request

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

(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 is soliciting comments

concerning the proposed extension of

the Trade Adjustment Assistance/North

American Free Trade Agreement

(NAFTA) Transitional Adjustment

Assistance program Financial Status

Report/Request for Funds. 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.

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 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.

ADDRESSES: Jess Aragon or Joseph

Nelson, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.

Washington D.C. 20210, 202–219–7979

(this is not a toll free number). FAX

number 202–219–6564.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The amendments to the Trade Act

contained in the Omnibus Trade and

Competitiveness Act (OTCA) of 1988

(P.L. 100–418) and Title 5 of the North

American Free Trade Agreement

Implementation Act (P.L. 103–182) of

1993 made some significant changes

which affect the way the Trade

Adjustment Assistance and North

American Free Trade Agreement

(NAFTA) Adjustment Assistance

programs are funded and administered.

These changes made enrollment in

training programs an entitlement for

workers adversely affected by imports

(Trade program) or by imports from

Canada or Mexico (NAFTA program).

Thus, the Trade program and NAFTA

trade program consists of entitlements

for trade readjustment allowances, job

search allowances, job relocation

allowances and training. In order for

workers to continue to receive

entitlement to trade adjustment

allowances, they must be enrolled in a

training program approved by the

Secretary of Labor (1423 of OTCA) for

the trade program and (section 250 of

the NAFTA Implementation Act) for the

NAFTA program.

Although training becomes an

entitlement under both programs, the

OTCA imposed a training cap in section

236 for the Trade program and under

subchapter D for the NAFTA program.

The statutory cap is $80 million for the

Trade program and $30 million for the

NAFTA program. The purpose of the

collection of this information on the

Form ETA–9023 is to be able to monitor

expenditures for both programs to

ensure that the statutory ceilings are not

exceeded.

Additionally, the Secretary of Labor is

responsible for ensuring that resources

are equitably distributed to the States.

This form allows the ETA the ability to

evaluate a State’s need for resources and

to redistribute resources among States as

necessary.

II. Current Actions

The ETA–9023 has been successfully

utilized by the ETA and the States with

only minor modifications since FY

1989. The Federal Register Notice

requests an extension of the ETA–9023

for both the TAA and NAFTA programs.

Overall, States have done a

commendable job in completing the

form with relatively minor problems or

questions raised by the States on the

form. The ETA–9023 has been

extremely important to the ETA over the

last several years because the entire $80

million available, under the statutory

cap for the Trade program for training

was allocated to the States. The ETA–

9023 report was critical in allowing ETA

to be able to redistribute resources

equitably among States so training

activity would not be discontinued in

some States.

Type of Review: Revision.
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Title: Trade Adjustment Assistance/

NAFTA Financial Status Report/Request

for Funds.

OMB Number: 1205–0275.

Agency Number: ETA–9023.

Affected Public: State Government,

State Employment Security Agencies.

Cite/Reference/Form/etc: See below.

Cite/reference Total respondents Frequency Total responses

Average time

per responses

(hours)

Burden

TAA Rptg .............................................................................. 50 5 250 2 500

NAFTA Rptg ......................................................................... 50 5 250 2 500

Totals ............................................................................. ........................ ........................ 500 ........................ 1,000

The total cost is $26.00×100

hours=$26,000.

Comments submitted in response to

this comment request 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: July 2, 1996.

Jack H. Rapport,

Deputy Comptroller, Employment and

Training Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–17375 Filed 7–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

[NAFTA–001033]

Western Energy Company, Colstrip,

MT; Notice of Termination of

Investigation

Pursuant to Title V of the North

American Free Trade Agreement

Implementation Act (P.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 USC 2273), an investigation was

initiated on May 16, 1996 in response to

a petition filed on behalf of workers at

Western Energy Company in Colstrip,

Montana.

The petitioning worker group is

already covered under an amended

active certification (NAFTA–00946A).

Consequently, further investigation in

this case would serve no purpose, and

the investigation has been terminated.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 27th day

of June 1996.

Linda G. Poole,

Acting Program Manager, Policy and

Reemployment Services, Office of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 96–17388 Filed 7–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

[TA–W–31,962]

Blue Chip Products, Incorporated,

Morrisville, PA; Notice of Termination

of Investigation

Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade

Act of 1974, an investigation was

initiated on March 4, 1996 in response

to a worker petition which was filed on

March 4, 1996 on behalf of workers at

Blue Chip Products, Incorporated,

Morrisville, Pennsylvania.

The petitioning group of workers is

subject to a previous investigation for

which a negative determination has

been issued (NAFTA–00837). In the

North American Free Trade AgreementTrade Adjustment Assistance

investigation it was determined that

based on the facts in the case, there was

no evidence of adverse import impact

from countries other than Canada or

Mexico. At that time, the case was

reviewed and it was determined that a

certification with respect to that petition

couldn’t be issued in accordance with

the requirements of Section 222 of the

Trade Act. Consequently, further

investigation in this case would serve

no purpose, and the investigation has

been terminated.

Signed in Washington, D.C., this 26th day

of June 1996.

Russell T. Kile,

Acting Program Manager, Policy and

Reemployment Services, Office of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 96–17377 Filed 7–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 96–066]

Government-Owned Inventions,

Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of

Inventions for Licensing.

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below

are assigned to the National Aeronautics

and Space Administration, have been

filed in the United States Patent and

Trademark Office, and are available for

licensing.

Copies of patent applications cited are

available from the Office of Patent

Counsel, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mail

Code SPJ, Pasadena, CA 91109. Claims

are deleted from the patent applications

to avoid premature disclosure.

DATES: July 9, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas H. Jones, Patent Counsel, Mail

Code SPJ, NASA Management OfficeJPL, Pasadena, CA 91109; telephone

(818) 354–5179, fax (818) 354–6051.

NASA Case No. NPO–19,143–2: LongWavelength PtSI Infrared Detectors and

Method of Fabrication Thereof;

NASA Case No. NPO–18,414–3:

Synchronous Parallel System for

Emulation and Discrete Event

Simulation;

NASA Case No. NPO–18,518–1:

Solid-State Image Sensor with FocalPlane Digital Photon-Counting PixelArray;

NASA Case No. NPO–18,983–2:

Scalable Wrap-Around Shuffle

Exchange Network with Deflection

Routing;

NASA Case No. NPO–18,836–2:

Method of Producing Buried Porous

Silicon-Germanium Layers in

Monocrystalline Silicon Lattices;

NASA Case No. NPO–19,098–1:

Resonant Attachment Method for Low

Level Trace Oxygen Contaminant

Detection;

NASA Case No. NPO–19,428–1:

Varying Potential Silicon Carbide Gas

Sensor;

NASA Case No. NPO–19,423–1:

Parallel Promimity Detection for

Computer Simulation;

NASA Case No. NPO–19,002–1:

Analysis of Supercritical-Extracted

Chelated Metal Ions from Mixed

Organic-Inorganic Samples;

NASA Case No. NPO–18,756–1: Point

Relay Scanner Utilizing Ellipsoidal

Mirrors;

NASA Case No. NPO–19,108–2:

Digital Camera with Apparatus for

Authentication of Images Produced from

an Image File;