34874 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 129 / Wednesday, July 3, 1996 / Notices

Total Burden Hours: 2,229,062.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: 0.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services: 0.

Description: 29 CFR 1910.120

regulates the safety and health of

employees engaged in hazardous waste

site operations and emergency response

to the release of hazardous substances

from their containers. It was mandated

by Congress under section 126 of the

Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act of 1986. Worker

populations covered by the rule include

workers at Superfund clean-sites and

similar operations, workers at EPA

permitted disposal sites, and emergency

response workers at those sites,

firefighters, emergency medical service

personnel, police, and others involved

in hazardous substance emergency

response.

Theresa M. O’Malley,

Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–16909 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–23–M

Submission for OMB Emergency

Review; Comment Request

June 24, 1996.

The Department of Labor has

submitted the following (see below)

information request (ICR), utilizing

emergency review procedures, to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and clearance in

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 Pub. L. 104–13,

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). OMB approval

has been requested by July 12, 1996. A

copy of this ICR, with applicable

supporting documentation, may be

obtained by calling the Department of

Labor Acting Departmental Clearance

Officer, Theresa M. O’Malley ((202)

219–5095).

Comments and questions about the

ICR listed below should be forwarded to

the Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503 ((202) 395–

7316).

The Office of Management and Budget

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;

• evalaute 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.

Title: Manual for Developing Local

Area Unemployment Statistics.

OMB Number: 1220–0017.

Affected Public: State government.

Number of Respondents. 52.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1.73

hours.

Total Burden Hours: 130,755 Hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $0.

Description: The Department of Labor,

through the Bureau of Labor Statistics,

is responsible for the development and

publication of local area labor force

statistics. Data are gathered by State

Employment Security Agencies and

transmitted to the Bureau of Labor

Statistics. This program includes the

issuance of monthly estimates of the

labor force, employment,

unemployment, and the unemployment

rate for each State and labor market area

in the Nation.

The labor force estimates developed

and issued in this program are used for

economic analysis and as a tool in the

implementation of Federal economic

policy in such areas as employment and

economic development under the Job

Training and Partnership Act, the Public

Works and Economic Development Act,

among other.

The estimates are also used in

economic analysis by public agencies

and private industry, and for State and

area allocations and eligibility

determinations according to legal and

administrative requirements.

Implementation of policy and legislative

prerogatives could not be accomplished

as now written without collection of

these data.

Theresa M. O’Malley,

Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–16910 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–24–M

Employment and Training

Administration

Notice of Determinations Regarding

Eligibility To Apply for Worker

Adjustment Assistance and NAFTA

Transitional Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the

Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the

Department of Labor herein presents

summaries of determinations regarding

eligibility to apply for trade adjustment

assistance for workers (TA–W) issued

during the period of June, 1996.

In order for an affirmative

determination to be made and a

certification of eligibility to apply for

worker adjustment assistance to be

issued, each of the group eligibility

requirements of Section 222 of the Act

must be met.

(1) That a significant number or

proportion of the workers in the

workers’ firm, or an appropriate

subdivision thereof, have become totally

or partially separated,

(2) That sales or production, or both,

of the firm or subdivision have

decreased absolutely, and

(3) That increases of imports of

articles like or directly competitive with

articles produced by the firm or

appropriate subdivision have

contributed importantly to the

separations, or threat thereof, and to the

absolute decline in sales or production.

Negative Determinations for Worker

Adjustment Assistance

In each of the following cases the

investigation revealed that criterion (3)

has not been met. A survey of customers

indicated that increased imports did not

contribute importantly to worker

separations at the firm.

TA–W–32,350; Clear Pine Moulding,

Prineville, OR

TA–W–32,205; Progressive Knitting Mills

of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

TA–W–32,157; Fasco Industries, Inc.,

Motors Div., Tipton, MO

In the following cases, the

investigation revealed that the criteria

for eligibility have not been met for the

reasons specified:

TA–W–32,193; GPM—Phillips

Petroleum Co., Houston, TX

TA–W–32,206; General Cable Corp.,

Newport, AR

TA–W–32,306; Braun Medical, Inc.,

Cardiovascular Div., Plymouth, MN

TA–W–32,216; Barrett Refining Corp.,

Thomas, OK

Increased imports did not contribute

importantly to worker separations at the

firm.

TA–W–32,208; El Paso Natural Gas Co.,

El Paso, TX