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BILLING CODE 4510-30-M DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration Request for Certification of Compliance—Rural Industrialization Loan and Grant Program AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration is issuing this notice to announce the receipt of a “Certification of Non-Relocation and Market and Capacity Information Report” (Form 4279-2) for the following: *Applicant/Location:* Davis Family, LLC., Le Sueur, Minnesota. *Principal Product:* The loan, guarantee, or grant applicant plans to build an extension to an existing plant to manufacture quartz slabs for countertops, flooring and walls.

The NAICS industry for this enterprise is 327991 (cut stone and stone product manufacturing. DATES: All interested parties may submit comments in writing no later than December 1, 2005. Copies of adverse comments received will be forwarded to the applicant noted above. ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this notice to Anthony D. Dais, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-4514, Washington, DC 20210; or transmit via fax 202-693-3015 (this is not a toll-free number).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony D. Dais, at telephone number

(202)693-2784 (this is not a toll-free number). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 188 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1972, as established under 29 CFR part 75, authorizes the United States Department of Agriculture

(USDA)to make or guarantee loans or grants to finance industrial and business activities in rural areas. The Secretary of Labor must review the application for financial assistance for the purpose of certifying to the Secretary of Agriculture that the assistance is not calculated, or likely, to result in:

(a)A transfer of any employment or business activity from one area to another by the loan applicant's business operation; or,

(b)An increase in the production of goods, materials, services, or facilities in an area where there is not sufficient demand to employ the efficient capacity of existing competitive enterprises unless the financial assistance will not have an adverse impact on existing competitive enterprises in the area. The Employment and Training Administration

(ETA)within the Department of Labor is responsible for the review and certification process. Comments should address the two bases for certification and, if possible, provide data to assist in the analysis of these issues. Signed: at Washington, DC this 9th day of November, 2005. Emily Stover DeRocco, Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training. [FR Doc. E5-6362 Filed 11-16-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-30-P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration Request for Certification of Compliance—Rural Industrialization Loan and Grant Program AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration is issuing this notice to announce the receipt of a “Certification of Non-Relocation and Market and Capacity Information Report” (Form 4279-2) for the following: *Applicant/Location:* Savitaben, Inc., Gainsville, Georgia. *Principal Product:* The loan, guarantee, or grant applicant plans to construct a five-story, 122-room Holiday Inn. The NAICS industry for this enterprise is 72111 Hotels (except casino hotels). DATES: All interested parties may submit comments in writing no later than December 1, 2005. Copies of adverse comments received will be forwarded to the applicant noted above. ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this notice to Anthony D. Dais, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-4514, Washington, DC 20210; or transmit via fax 202-693-3015 (this is not a toll-free number). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony D. Dais, at telephone number

(202)693-2784 (this is not a toll-free number). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 188 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1972, as established under 29 CFR Part 75, authorizes the United States Department of Agriculture

(a)A transfer of any employment or business activity from one area to another by the loan applicant's business operation; or,

(ETA)within the Department of Labor is responsible for the review and certification process. Comments should address the two bases for certification and, if possible, provide data to assist in the analysis of these issues. Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th day of November, 2005. Emily Stover DeRocco, Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training. [FR Doc. E5-6363 Filed 11-16-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-30-P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment Standards Administration Proposed Collection; Comment Request ACTION: Notice. 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 Standards Administration is soliciting comments concerning the proposed collection: The Remedial Education Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. A copy of the proposed information collection request 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 January 17, 2006. ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone

(202)693-0418, fax

(202)693-1451, *E-mail bell.hazel@dol.gov* . Please use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or E-mail). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. 201 *et seq.* , sets minimum wage, overtime pay, youth employment and certain recordkeeping standards. These requirements generally apply to employees engaged in interstate commerce or in the production of goods for interstate commerce, as well as to employees in certain enterprises (including employees of a public agency); however, the Act provides exemptions from some of its standards for employees in certain types of employment. The FLSA generally requires employers to pay overtime hours ( *i.e.,* time in excess of forty hours in a workweek) worked by employees covered by the Act at time and one-half the employee's regular rate of pay. FLSA section 7(q) provides a partial overtime exemption that allows an employer to employ any employee who lacks a high school diploma or whose reading level or basic skills is at or below the eighth grade level for up to ten overtime hours per week without paying the usually required half-time premium, if the employee is receiving remedial education during such overtime hours. The employer-provided remedial education must be designed to provide up to eighth grade level basic skills or to fulfill the requirements for a high school diploma or General Educational Development

(GED)certificate and may not include job-specific training. The employer must also compensate for time spent in such remedial education at no less than the employee's regular rate of pay. Regulations, 29 CFR Part 516, Records to be Kept by Employers, contain the basic recordkeeping requirements for employers of employees subject to FLSA protections. In addition to the basic recordkeeping requirements, Regulations 29 CFR 516.34 requires employers using this partial overtime exemption to indicate the hours an employee engages in exempt remedial education each workday and total hours each workweek. The employer may either state the hours separately or make a notation on the payroll. The subject information collection relates only to the section 516.34 requirements. This information collection is currently approved for use through July 31, 2006. 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 Department of Labor seeks the approval of the extension of this information collection in order to review and determine employer compliance with the applicable section of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). These recordkeeping requirements for employers utilizing the partial overtime exemption for remedial education are necessary to ensure employees are paid in compliance with the remedial education provisions of the FLSA. *Type of Review:* Extension. *Agency:* Employment Standards Administration. *Titles:* The Remedial Education Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. *OMB Number:* 1215-0175 *Affected Public:* Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government. *Type of Response:* Recordkeeping. *Total Respondents:* 15,000. *Total Annual responses:* 30,000. *Estimated Total Burden Hours:* 5,000. *Estimated Time Per Response:* 1 minute per week for 10 weeks (10 minutes per year). *Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):* $0. *Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance):* $0. Comments submitted in response to this notice 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: November 10, 2005. Bruce Bohanon, Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and Planning Employment Standards Administration. [FR Doc. E5-6360 Filed 11-16-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-P LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Development of Strategic Directions 2006-2010 AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. ACTION: Development of Strategic Directions—Request for Comments. SUMMARY: LSC is in the process of developing Strategic Directions for the years 2006-2010. Toward that end, the Legal Services Corporation is soliciting comments on a Draft Strategic Directions 2006-2010 document. DATES: Written comments must be received on or before December 19, 2005. ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted by mail, fax or email to Charles Jeffress at the addresses listed below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Jeffress, Chief Administrative Officer, Legal Services Corporation, 3333 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20007; 202-295-1630 (phone); 202-337-6386 (fax); *cjeffress@lsc.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2000, the Legal Services Corporation

(LSC)Board of Directors adopted Strategic Directions 2000-2005. LSC is now in the process of developing Strategic Directions for the years 2006-2010. This notice is being published in the **Federal Register** requesting public comment for the Board's consideration prior to final adoption. The draft LSC Strategic Directions 2006-2010 document is available at the LSC Electronic Public Reading Room on the LSC Web site at: *http://www.lsc.gov/FOIA/foia_epr.htm.* Comments should be submitted as set forth above. Victor M. Fortuno, Vice President and General Counsel. [FR Doc. 05-22803 Filed 11-16-05; 8:45 am]

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