[Federal Register: March 9, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 46)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations; Administrative Procedures
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, DOL.
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 (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 can be obtained by contacting
the office listed below in the addressee section of this notice.
DATES: Submit comments on or before May 10, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Robert Johnston, Room C-4512, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20210, telephone: (202) 693-3005 (this is not a toll-free number);
Internet address: johnston.robert@dol.gov, fax: (202) 693-2874.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration
regulations, 20 CFR part 601, Administrative Procedures, contains
collection of information requirements at Sec. Sec. 601.2 and 601.3.
Section 601.2 requires states to submit copies of their unemployment
compensation laws for approval by the Secretary of Labor so that the
Secretary may determine the status of state laws and plans of
operation. Section 601.3 requires states to ``submit all relevant state
materials such as statutes, executive and administrative orders, legal
opinions, rules, regulations, interpretations, court decisions, etc.''
These materials are used by the Secretary to determine whether the
state law contains provisions required by section 3304(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Grants of funds are made to states for
the administration of their employment security laws if their
unemployment compensation laws and their plans of operation for public
employment offices meet required conditions of Federal laws. The
information transmitted by Form MA 8-7 is used by the Secretary to make
findings (as specified in the above cited Federal laws) required for
certification to the Secretary of the Treasury for payment to states or
for certification of the state law for purposes of additional tax
credit. If this information is not available, the Secretary cannot make
such certifications. To facilitate transmittal of required material,
the Department prescribes the use of Form MA 8-7, Transmittal for
Unemployment Insurance Materials. This simple check off form is used by
the states to identify material being transmitted to the National
Office and allows the material to be routed to appropriate staff for
prompt action.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed extension of the MA 8-7, Transmittal
for Unemployment Insurance Materials.
The Department of Labor 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;
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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
States cannot be certified if this information is not collected and
Form MA 8-7 greatly facilitates the collection and transmittal process.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Transmittal for Unemployment Insurance Materials.
OMB Number: 1205-0222.
Agency Number: MA 8-7.
Affected Public: State Governments.
Cite/Reference/Form/etc: MA 8-7.
Total Respondents: 53.
Frequency: As needed.
Total Responses: 3,120.
Average Time per Response: 1 minute.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 52 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): None.
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; they will also
become a matter of public record.
Dated: March 1, 2004.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. 04-5242 Filed 3-8-04; 8:45 am]
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