[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 116 (Monday, June 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41276-41277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15163]
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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 (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 addresses section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before August 16, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Darryl Bauman, Office of Workforce Security, Division of
Unemployment Operations, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S4231, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone: 202-693-3218
(this is not a toll-free number) or [email protected] for further
information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Public Law 100-707 (Sections 410 and 423) provide for benefit
assistance to ``any individual unemployed as a result of a major
disaster.'' State Workforce Agencies (SWA's), 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. The
forms in Chapters III through V, VII and X of the DUA Handbook are used
in connection with the provision of this benefit assistance. In the
revised DUA Handbook, as approved by OMB on 10/19/1999, we have
eliminated the use of Federally-mandated DUA initial claims, weekly
claims, determinations of entitlement and overpayment forms. We have
permitted the SWA's to adopt forms to better accommodate the types of
disasters involved and the requirements of their automated eligibility
determination and payment systems. The President is directed by the Act
to provide DUA through agreements with states, which in his judgment
have an adequate system for administering such assistance through
existing state agencies. Without the data obtained from these reports,
ETA would have no grasp on the program as it is administered by the
states.
II. Review Focus
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.
III. Current Actions
The data obtained from the Form ETA 90-2 are used by at least three
organizational units within ETA. The Office of Workforce Security uses
the data for evaluation of state agency performance on making payments
and providing claimant services and for making required reports. The
Employment Service uses the data to project funding needs in the areas
of counseling, referrals to suitable work opportunities and suitable
training. The Office of Financial and Administrative Management (OFAM)
uses the data in accounting for the financial management of the program
funds and fund transfers. In addition, the data are also used by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to whom the President has
delegated the responsibility by Executive Order No. 12148, for
administering the Act. All other forms (described above) are used by
SWA's in operating the program and are not reports per se. Use of these
forms by SWA's is essential to the operation of the DUA program.
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............. [reg] 11,000 1 11,000 \1/6\ 1,833
Supplemental to Initial [reg] 3,800 1 3,800 \1/6\ 633
Application (self-empl.).......
Weekly Claim.................... [reg] 11,000 *6 66,000 \1/12\ 5,500
Notice of Overpayment........... 235 1 235 \1/4\ 59
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Totals...................... 26,035 .............. 81,035 .............. 8,075
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.00.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.00.
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: June 7, 2002.
Grace Kilbane,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
[FR Doc. 02-15163 Filed 6-14-02; 8:45 am]
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