[Federal Register: September 16, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 179)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations; Temporary Extended Unemployment
Compensation for Displaced Airline and Related Workers
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.
DATES: Submit comments on or before November 17, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Thomas Stengle, U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training Administration, Room S-4231, 200 Constitution
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20210. Phone number: (202) 693-2991. Fax: 202-
693-3229. (These are not toll free numbers.) E-mail:
stengle.thomas@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On April 16, 2003, President Bush signed into law an enhancement to
the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation (TEUC) program. This
enhancement created special rules for determining TEUC eligibility for
certain displaced airline related workers. Such workers may qualify for
an additional 26 weeks of basic TEUC benefits if the worker became
unemployed as a result of: (1) Reductions in service by an air carrier
as a result of a terrorist action or security measure; (2) a closure of
an airport in the United States as a result of a terrorist action or
security measure; or (3) a military conflict with Iraq that has been
authorized by Congress. In order to determine TEUC eligibility for
these displaced airline and related workers specific information from
employers must be collected. Emergency approval for this collection of
information was granted through November 30, 2003. However, to cover
the existing period of program implementation and to provide for
potential congressional extensions of this program, ETA is seeking a 2
year extension for this collection package.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, the Department of Labor's Employment and Training
Administration is soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension
of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation for Displaced
Airline Workers information collection request.
[sbull] 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;
[sbull] 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;
[sbull] Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
[sbull] Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who
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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.
A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the office listed above in the addressee section
of this notice.
III. Current Actions
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: TEUC--Displaced Airline and Related Workers.
OMB Number: 1205-0440.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal government.
Annualized Reporting Burden (time measured in hours):
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Number of
Respondents Estimated time Number of Total
Burden per response Reports
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Employer........................................ 40,000 .25 1 10,000
State........................................... 40,000 .50 1 20,000
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Total Burden Hours:......................... .............. .............. .............. 30,000.
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $781,700.
Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and
Budget approval of the information collection request and will become a
matter of public record.
Dated: September 8, 2003.
Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
[FR Doc. 03-23546 Filed 9-15-03; 8:45 am]
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