[Federal Register: November 5, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 214)]
[Notices]
[Page 64593-64594]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment And Training Administration
Proposed Information Collection RequestSubmitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations; Disaster Unemployment Assistance Handbook
and Operating Forms
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 (ETA) is
soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension of the Disaster
Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Handbook and Program Operating forms,
including the ETA 90-2, Disaster Payment Activities under the Stafford
Disaster Relief Act. A copy of the proposed information collection
request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in
the addressee section of this notice.
DATES: Submit comments on or before January 4, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Miriam Thompson, Office of Workforce
Security, Division of Unemployment Insurance Operations, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S4231, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210, telephone: 202-693-3226 (this is not a toll-free
number) or thompson.miriam@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Public Law 100-707 (Sections 410 and 423) provides for benefit
assistance to ``any individual unemployed as a result of a major
disaster.'' The President is directed by the Act to provide DUA through
agreements with states that in his judgment have an adequate system for
administering DUA. Through agreements between the states and the
Secretary of Labor, act as agents of the Secretary for the purpose of
providing assistance to applicants in the various states who are
unemployed as a result of a major disaster. Without the data obtained
from these reports, ETA would have insufficient information about the
program as it is administered by the states.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, the Department of Labor is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension for the collection of the DUA
Handbook and Program Operating forms. Comments are requested to:
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.
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 without change of currently approved
collection.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Disaster
Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Handbook and Program Operating Forms,
Including the ETA 90-2, Disaster Payment Activities under the Stafford
Disaster Relief Act.
OMB Number: 1205-0051.
Agency Number(s): DUA Handbook and Program Operating Forms,
including the ETA 90-2.
Affected Public: Individuals, State Governments.
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Total Total Average time
Cite/Reference respondents Frequency responses per response Burden hours
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ETA 90-2........................ 50 6 300 1/6 50
Initial Application............. 11,000[reg] 1 11,000 1/6 1,833
Supplemental to Initial 3,800[reg] 1 3,800 1/6 633
Application (self-empl.).......
Weekly Claim.................... 11,000[reg] * 6 66,000 1/12 5,500
Notice of Overpayment........... 235 1 235 1/4 59
Cost/Expense Report............. 50 ** 75 1/4 19
Final Report.................... 50 1 50 1 50
Miscellaneous Recordkeeping..... 50 n/a 81,335 1/40 2,033
Totals...................... 26,235 .............. 162,795 .............. 10,177
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.00.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $ 0.00.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for the Office of Management and
Budget's approval of the information collection request; they will also
become a matter of public record.
Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
[FR Doc. E4-3030 Filed 11-4-04; 8:45 am]
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