[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 59 (Thursday, March 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17183-17184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06750]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Comment Request for Information Collection for Petition for
Classifying Labor Surplus Areas, extension without revisions
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the 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 [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)] (PRA). The PRA helps ensure that
respondents can provide requested data in the desired format with
minimal reporting burden (time and financial resources), collection
instruments are clearly understood and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the proposed
extension of the collection of data contained in the procedures to
petition for classification as a Labor Surplus Area (LSA) under
exceptional circumstances criteria (currently expires July 31, 2014).
DATES: Submit written comments to the office listed in the addresses
section below on or before May 27, 2014.
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ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Samuel Wright, Office of Workforce
Investment, Room C-4514, Employment and Training Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Telephone number: (202) 693-2870 (this is not a toll-free number).
Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may access the telephone
number above via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay
Service at 1-877-889-5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202-693-3015. Email:
[email protected]. To obtain a copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR), please contact the person listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Under Executive Orders 12073 and 10582, and 20 CFR parts 651 and
654, the Secretary of Labor is required to classify LSAs and
disseminate this information for the use of all Federal agencies. This
information is used by Federal agencies for various purposes including
procurement decisions, food stamp waiver decisions, certain small
business loan decisions, as well as other purposes determined by the
agencies. The LSA list is issued annually, effective October 1 of each
year, utilizing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Areas meeting
the criteria are classified as LSAs.
Department regulations specify that the Department can add other
areas to the annual LSA listing under the exceptional circumstance
criteria. Such additions are based on information contained in
petitions submitted by the state workforce agencies (SWAs) to ETA's
national office. These petitions contain specific economic information
about an area to provide ample justification for adding the area to the
LSA listing under the exceptional circumstances criteria. The petitions
submitted by the SWAs concern various aspects of unemployment and the
economic condition for a specific area in order to provide
justification for adding the area to the LSA list under the exceptional
circumstances criteria. Under these criteria, an area may be determined
eligible for classification as a LSA if it is experiencing a high rate
of unemployment which is not temporary or seasonal and which was not
adequately reflected in the unemployment data for the two-year
reference period. Instructions designed to assist SWAs in the
preparation of such petitions are currently contained on the ETA Web
site: http://www.doleta.gov/programs/lsa.cfm.
II. Review Focus
The Department 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.
III. Current Actions
Type of Review: Extension without revisions.
Title: Petition for Classifying Labor Surplus Areas.
OMB Number: 1205-0207.
Affected Public: State Workforce Agencies.
Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 3.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 3.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 9.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: 0.
We will summarize and/or include in the request for OMB approval of
the ICR, the comments received in response to this comment request;
they will also become a matter of public record.
Eric M. Seleznow,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2014-06750 Filed 3-26-14; 8:45 am]
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