Information Collection Requirements

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Information Collection Requirements

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor.

SUMMARY: The Director, Office of Information Resources Management

Policy, invites comments on the following proposed expedited review

information collection request as required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1980, as amended.

DATES: This expedited review is being requested in accordance with the

Act, since allowing for the normal review period would adversely affect

the public interest. Approval by the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) has been requested by April 26, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Attention: Dan Chenok, Desk Officer, 725 17th St., NW., Room

10235, New Executive Office Building, Wash., DC 20503. Requests for

copies of the proposed information collection request should be

addressed to Kenneth A. Mills, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Ave., NW., Room N-1301, Wash., DC 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenneth A. Mills, (202) 219-5095. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY/TDY) may call (202) 219-

4720 between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through

Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3517 of the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1980 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 3517) requires that the Director of OMB

provide interested persons an early opportunity to comment on

information collection requests. OMB may amend or waive the requirement

for public consultation to the extent that public participation in the

approval process would defeat the purpose of the information

collection, violate State or Federal law, or substantially interfere

with the agency's ability to perform its statutory obligations.

The Director, Office of Information Resources Management Policy,

publishes this notice simultaneously with the submission of this

request to OMB. This notice contains the following information:

Type of Review: Expedited.

Title: NAFTA Petition Form (ETA Form 9042)

Frequency of Response: As needed.

Affected Public: Individuals or households; farms; businesses or other

for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 1,200.

Estimated Time Per Response: 20 minutes.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 400.

Respondents Obligation to Reply: Voluntary.

Title: NAFTA Confidential Data Request Form (ETA Form 9043)

Frequency of Response: As needed.

Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 1,200.

Estimated Time Per Response: 7\1/2\ hours.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,000 hours.

Respondents Obligation To Reply: Mandatory.

Title: NAFTA Customer Survey Data Request Form (ETA Form 9044).

Frequency of Response: As needed.

Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 1,260.

Estimated Time Per Response: One hour and 30 minutes.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,890.

Respondents Obligation To Reply: Mandatory.

Description: The North American Free Trade Agreement-Transitional

Adjustment Assistance program (NAFTA-TAA) provides support and

assistance to workers whose employment is adversely affected as a

result of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act.

Section 250 of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation

Act amended Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 to provide

assistance for workers in primary firms that are directly affected by

imports from or shifts in production to Mexico or Canada. Through

administrative action, the Secretary of Labor applies existing

authority under Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act to

provide assistance to workers in secondary firms that supply or

assemble products produced by primary firms. The governor of each State

accepts petitions from workers of primary firms that are directly

affected and from workers in secondary firms. A petition may be filed

by a group of workers or by their authorized representative, a company

official or a family farmer. Within ten days of receipt of petition,

the Governor makes a preliminary finding as to whether the petition

meets certain criteria of the NAFTA-TAA program. The Governor forwards

the petition to the Secretary of Labor. The Department of Labor

collects data from firms to determine workers' eligibility for

adjustment assistance services. The Petition, Confidential Data

Request, and Customer Survey Data Request forms that have been used

since January 1, 1994 are currently being revised to extend the

expiration date and to include textual changes.

The Petition form is being revised to inform workers that

assistance is available for workers in secondary firms and to provide

space for workers in secondarily-affected firms to address activities

that have occurred at their firm. The revised petition form also

clarifies who needs to sign the petition form and provides a box to

specify the date of the worker's separation from employment.

The Confidential Data Request and the Customer Survey Request forms

are being revised to provide assurances of confidentiality to

respondents and to clarify and simplify several questions addressed to

company officials.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 18th day of April 1995.

Theresa M. O'Malley,

Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 95-9940 Filed 4-19-95; 8:45 am]

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