Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 98 / Friday, May 22, 2009 / Notices 24041 

Agency: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Department of Labor. 

Title: COBRA Notification 

Requirements—American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection of 

information. 

OMB Number: 1210–0123. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit; 

not-for-profit institutions. 

Respondents: 593,000. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Responses: 38,115,000. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: None. 

Estimated Total Burden Cost 

(Operating and Maintenance): 

$34,500,000. 

III. Desired Focus of Comments 

The Department of Labor 

(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., by permitting electronic 

submissions of responses. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the ICR for OMB approval 

of the extension of the information 

collection; they will also become a 

matter of public record. 

Dated: May 18, 2009. 

Joseph S. Piacentini, 

Director, Office of Policy and Research, 

Employee Benefits Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–11977 Filed 5–21–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request for Unemployment Insurance 

(UI) Title XII Advances and Voluntary 

Repayment Process; Comment 

Request for Extension Without Change 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

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 

July 21, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Scott 

Gibbons, U.S. Department of Labor, 

Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of Workforce 

Security, 200 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Frances Perkins Bldg., Room S– 

4231, 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 

Title XII Section 1201 of the SSA 

provides for advances to States from the 

Federal Unemployment Account. The 

law further sets out specific 

requirements to be met by a State 

requesting an advance: 

Æ The Governor must apply for the 

advance; 

Æ The application must cover a three 

month period and the Secretary of Labor 

must be furnished with estimates of the 

amounts needed in each month of the 

three month period; 

Æ The application must be made on 

such forms and shall contain such 

information and data (fiscal and 

otherwise) concerning the operation and 

administration of the State 

unemployment compensation law as the 

Secretary of Labor deems necessary or 

relevant to the performance of his or her 

duties under this title; 

Æ The amount required by any State 

for the payment of compensation in any 

month shall be determined with due 

allowance for contingencies and taking 

into account all other amounts that will 

be available in the State’s 

unemployment fund for the payment of 

compensation in such month; 

Æ The term ‘‘compensation’’ means 

cash benefits payable to individuals 

with respect to their unemployment 

exclusive of expenses of administration. 

Section 1202(a) of the SSA provides 

that the Governor of any State may at 

any time request that funds be 

transferred from the account of such 

State to the FUA in repayment of part 

or all of the balance of advances made 

to such State under section 1201. These 

applications and repayments may be 

requested by an individual designated 

for that authority in writing by the 

Governor. DOL proposes to extend this 

procedure through August 2012. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

Currently, the Employment and 

Training Administration is soliciting 

comments concerning the proposed 

extension of this collection. Comments 

are requested to: 

* Evaluate whether the proposed 

extension of the current procedure 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 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 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 


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Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA). 

Title: Unemployment Insurance (UI) 

Title XII Advances and Voluntary 

Repayment Process. 

OMB Number: 1205–0199. 

Agency Number: Not applicable. 

Affected Public: State Workforce 

Agencies. 

Total Respondents: Up to 53. 

Frequency: As needed, based on a 

State’s discretion. 

Total Responses: DOL currently 

projects that on average, 27 States could 

borrow during each calendar year from 

2010 through 2012. Although it’s 

impossible to know the exact number of 

responses, the maximum would be 4 

requests for advances and 4 requests for 

voluntary repayments per State each 

year. This will result in 648 total 

responses over the three year window or 

an average of 216 responses per year. 

Average Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 216. 

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: Friday, May 15, 2009. 

Cheryl Atkinson, 

Administrator, Office of Workforce Security. 

[FR Doc. E9–11993 Filed 5–21–09; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) has submitted the 

following information collection 

requirement to OMB for review and 

clearance under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13. This is the second notice for public 

comment; the first was published in the 

Federal Register at 74 FR 964, and three 

comments were received. NSF is 

forwarding the proposed renewal 

submission to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for clearance 

simultaneously with the publication of 

this second notice. The full submission 

of this information collection request 

may be found at: http:// 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Comments regarding (a) whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; or (d) ways 

to 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 should be 

addressed to: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for National Science 

Foundation, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 

10235, Washington, DC 20503, and to 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance 

Officer, National Science Foundation, 

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 295, 

Arlington, Virginia 22230 or send e-mail 

to chines@nsf.gov. Comments regarding 

these information collections are best 

assured of having their full effect if 

received within 30 days of this 

notification. Copies of the submission(s) 

may be obtained by calling 703–292– 

7556. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne H. Plimpton at (703) 292–7556 

or send e-mail to splimpto@nsf.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, 

Monday through Friday. 

NSF may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless the 

collection of information displays a 

currently valid OMB control number 

and the agency informs potential 

persons who are to respond to the 

collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments: On January 9, 2009, we 

published in the Federal Register (74 

FR 964) a 60-day notice of our intent to 

request renewal of this information 

collection authority from OMB. In that 

notice, we solicited public comments 

for 60 days ending March 10, 2009. 

Three comments were received from the 

public notice. The first comment came 

from B. Sachau of Floram Park, NJ, via 

e-mail on January 9, 2005. Ms. Sachau 

objected to the information collection. 

Ms. Sachau had no specific suggestions 

for altering the data collection plans 

other than to discontinue them entirely. 

Because the comment does not pertain 

to the collection of information on the 

required forms for which NSF is seeking 

OMB approval, NSF is proceeding with 

the clearance request. 

The second comment (more of a 

request) came from Jerry Stone with the 

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). He 

requested a copy of the current survey 

form and instructions, which were 

provided to him. 

The third comment came from Dr. 

Dennis Fixler, the Chief Statistician of 

BEA, who submitted a letter of support 

for the survey (included with the 

information collection request materials 

found at the Web site above). This letter 

stated that the collected survey data are 

crucial to key components of BEA’s 

economic statistics and requested some 

additional data elements be collected in 

future years. Some of these elements are 

planned to be collected on the 

redesigned survey instrument, which 

will be pilot tested with 40 institutions 

during the FY 2009 survey. The letter 

also requested that BEA be kept 

informed about modifications to the 

survey instrument. 

Title: Survey of Research and 

Development Expenditures at 

Universities and Colleges. 

OMB Control Number: 3145–0100. 

Proposed Renewal Project: Separately 

budgeted current fund expenditures on 

research and development in the 

sciences and engineering performed by 

universities and colleges and Federally 

funded research and development 

centers—A Web survey, the Survey of 

Research and Development 

Expenditures at Universities and 

Colleges, originated in fiscal year (FY) 

1954 and has been conducted annually 

since FY 1972. The survey is the 

academic research and development 

expenditure component of the NSF 

statistical program that seeks to provide 

a ‘‘central clearinghouse for the 

collection, interpretation, and analysis 

of data on the availability of, and the 

current and projected need for, 

scientific and technical resources in the 

United States, and to provide a source 

of information for policy formulation by 

other agencies of the Federal 

government,’’ as mandated in the 

National Science Foundation Act of 

1950. 

Use of the Information: The proposed 

project will continue the annual survey 

cycle for up to three years. The 

Academic R&D Survey will be a census 

of the full population—for FY 2009 an 

expected 751 institutions (713 

universities or colleges plus 38 federally 


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