Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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 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 new collection of information

supporting the request for a waiver of regulations at 20 CFR Parts 632

and 636, pursuant to the requirements of 20 CFR 632.70 (60 FR 58228-9,

November 27, 1995).

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.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the

addresses section below on or before May 13, 1996.

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: Written comments shall be mailed to the Department of Labor,

Employment and Training Administration, Room N-4641, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, Attention: Paul A. Mayrand,

Director, Office of Special Targeted Programs. Persons wishing

acknowledgment of receipt of their comments shall submit them by

certified mail, return receipt requested.

Comments received will be available for public inspection during

normal business hours at the Division of Indian and Native American

Programs, Department of Labor, Room N-4641, 200 Constitution Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20210. Persons who need assistance to review the

comments will be provided with appropriate aids such as readers or

print magnifiers. To schedule such an appointment, call (202) 219-5500

(VOICE), (202) 219-6338 (FAX) or (202) 219-2577 (TDD) (these are not

toll free numbers).

Copies of the subject Interim Final Rule are available on computer

disk or in a large type edition which may be obtained at the above

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Thomas Dowd, Chief, Division of Indian and Native American

Programs, Office of Special Targeted Programs, Employment and Training

Administration, Department of Labor, Room N-4641, 200 Constitution

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Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. Telephones: (202) 219-8502 (VOICE),

(202) 219-6338 (FAX) or (202) 326-2577 (TDD) (these are not toll free

numbers).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Employment and Training Administration requires information on

the provisions of the amended Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)

section 401 regulations at 20 CFR 632.70. These provisions allow Indian

and Native American JTPA grantees to seek the waiver of nonstatutory

provisions of the current regulations at 20 CFR Parts 632 and 636. This

general waiver request capability is already available to the Governors

at 20 CFR 627.201, and to those section 401 grantees participating in

the demonstration under Public Law 102-477 (Indian Employment, Training

and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992). The information to be

collected is in support of any such waiver request(s) submitted by

section 401 grantees pursuant to 20 CFR 632.70, and is necessary to

allow DOL officials to make intelligent and informed decisions on the

waiver requests received. Without such supplementary information, it

would be impossible for the Department to grant any waivers to existing

regulations. There are no continuing information requirements

associated with this collection. Such collection is only mandated when

a waiver request is submitted by a grantee, and serves no purpose other

than to evaluate the merits of the waiver request.

II. Current Actions

None, as there is no general waiver request capability in effect

for JTPA section 401 programs at the current time:

Type of Review: New

Agency: Employment and Training Administration

Title: Indian and Native American Employment and Training Programs,

Justification for Requested Waiver of Regulations Under 20 CFR Parts

632 and 636

Recordkeeping: Pursuant to the regulations at 29 CFR 97.42 (OMB

Circular A-102) and 29 CFR 95.53 (OMB Circular A-110), grantees

receiving waivers must retain all documentation related to said waivers

for a period of three years from the date of submission of the final

expenditure report (grant closeout).

Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal

Government

Total Respondents: 75

Frequency: On occasion

Total Responses: 75

Average Time per Response: 3 hours

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 225

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None

Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): Not applicable

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.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of March, 1996.

Paul A. Mayrand,

Director, Office of Special Targeted Programs.

[FR Doc. 95-6120 Filed 3-13-96; 8:45 am]

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