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BILLING CODE 4410-18-P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Office of Disability Employment Policy [OMB Number 1230-0NEW] Notice of Proposed Data Collection SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation process 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 process helps ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burdens are minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently the Office of Disability Employment Policy
(ODEP)is soliciting comments concerning a proposed data collection for the following Employer Assistance Referral Network
(EARN)survey: Survey of Employer Perspectives on the Employment of People with Disabilities. A copy of the proposed information collection request
(ICR)can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the address section of this notice. DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office shown in the address section below on or before May 4, 2007. ADDRESSES: Richard Horne, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Suite S-1303, Washington, DC 20210. Telephone:
(202)693-7880. This is not a toll-free number. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Horne, telephone:
(202)693-7880, e-mail: *horne.richard@dol.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background The Employer Assistance Referral Network
(EARN)is a nationwide service designed to provide employers with a technical, educational, and informational resource to simplify and encourage the hiring of qualified workers. Historically, disability programs required employers to do much of the work in the finding and hiring of people with disabilities. The Office of Disability Employment Policy
(ODEP)of the Department of Labor has designed EARN to alleviate these barriers and do much of the work for the employer. EARN is a service from the Office of Disability Employment Policy
(ODEP)of the Department of Labor. This referral service links employers with providers who refer appropriate candidates with disabilities. The service is provided by means of a nationwide toll-free Call Center. EARN is a service of the Office of Disability Employment Policy which was established pursuant to section 1(a)(1) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 (Pub. L. 106-554) H.R. 5656, see Title I, “Departmental Management”) 29 U.S.C. 551 *et seq.* ; 5 U.S.C. 301. This service, and the data collection component is authorized pursuant to Pub. L. 106-554 which direct the Office of Disability Policy to provide initiatives such as EARN to “further the objective of eliminating employment barriers to the training and employment of people with disabilities”. II. Desired Focus of Comments The Department is particularly interested in comments which: • Evaluate whether the 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 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 Action This proposed collection ICR covers: The Survey of Employer Perspectives on the Employment of People With Disabilities. The survey will build on the findings of previous employer surveys, with an emphasis on current attitudes and practices of employers in 12 industry sectors, including some high growth industries as projected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). ODEP is also interested in understanding employers' perspectives about disability employment by company size and the particular type of the employer (e.g. Executive, Human Resources, Equal Employment Opportunity, front line supervisor or manager). The survey will be conducted by telephone by a survey firm utilizing computer assisted telephone interviewing
(CATI)capability. The survey will also solicit free-text comments from employers regarding the employment of people with disabilities. *Agency:* Office of Disability Employment Policy. *Titles:* Survey of Employer Perspectives in the Employment of People With Disabilities. *OMB Number:* [1230-0NEW]. *Frequency:* On occasion. *Type of Response:* Reporting. *Affected Public:* Businesses or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Farms; Federal Government; and State, Local, or Tribal Government. *Number of Respondents:* 3,600. Survey Estimated number of annual responses Average response time (hours) Estimated burden hours Survey of Employer Perspectives on the Employment of People With Disabilities 3,600 .25 900 Total 3,600 *Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):* $54,270. *Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining):* $575,254. *Description:* The survey is designed to collect data on employers' perspectives on the employment of people with disabilities. ODEP plans to use the data to formulate targeted strategies and policies for increasing the employment of persons with disabilities. Various industry sectors provide opportunities to increase the employment of persons with disabilities. ODEP would like to be able to make comparisons among the industry sectors, including high growth industries. This survey entails conducting a 20-minute telephone survey of a representative sample of senior executives representing 12 industries by company size [small (5-249 employees), medium (250-499 employees), and large companies (500 or more employees)]. Westat will conduct interviews with 3,600 respondents. The survey will utilize a stratified random sample design. Larger companies will be over sampled, but all companies will be selected with equal probability within each stratum. The domains of the population of interest for the survey are based on company size classes within the major industry sectors. The size classes are small, medium, and large. The size classes will be based on the number of employees of the company. A uniform set of size class boundaries can be used for all industry sectors, e.g., small (5-249 employees), medium (250-499 employees), and large companies (500 or more employees). However, size distribution of the companies may vary considerably across the major industry sectors. Consequently, optimal size strata boundaries can differ across the industries substantially. There are a total of 36 (three size classes within 12 sectors) domains of interest. The research team will describe the concerns employers have about the employment of persons with disabilities, and how ODEP's policies can help employers address those concerns. The survey will also provide information on steps employers have taken to recruit and hire persons with disabilities, as well as retain and promote those employees. The survey will inform disability employment policy and practice by comparing perspectives of senior executives in firms of varying size and industry sectors, including some of the fastest growing industries in the United States. In addition, the results will also inform the development of ODEP's programs and policies. John R. Davey, Director. [FR Doc. E7-3648 Filed 3-2-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-CX-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:* Mid America Brick and Structural Clay Products Company/Mexico, Missouri. *Principal Product:* The loan, guarantee, or grant application is for a new business venture to purchase and install brick manufacturing equipment, and to rehabilitate and relocate purchased equipment on-site. The NAICS industry codes for this enterprise are: 327121 Brick and Structural Clay Tile Manufacturing; and, 327123 Other Structural Clay Product Manufacturing. DATES: All interested parties may submit comments in writing no later than March 19, 2007. 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 S-4231, Washington, DC 20210; or e-mail *Dais.Anthony@dol.gov* ; 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 28th day of February, 2007. Gay M. Gilbert, Administrator, Office of Workforce Investment, Employment and Training Administration. [FR Doc. E7-3761 Filed 3-2-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-FN-P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Notice of Public Meeting for Fuel Cycle Facilities AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Meeting notice and request for speakers. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Smith, Project Manager, Technical Support Section, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20005-0001. Telephone:
(301)415-6459; fax number:
(301)415-5370; e-mail: *jas4@nrc.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC)is hosting a seminar, The Fuel Cycle Information Exchange 2007 (FCIX 2007), on June 12 and 13, 2007. This will be the second annual hosting of this seminar to provide an opportunity for licensees, NRC staff, and other stakeholders to exchange information and discuss issues of interest pertaining to the regulation of NRC-regulated fuel cycle facilities. The seminar will be held in Rockville, Maryland, at the Universities of Maryland at the Shady Grove Campus Auditorium and will be open to the public. We are expecting that NRC staff, licensees and certificate holders, and other interested parties and stakeholders will be making presentations on varying subjects of interest, with opportunity for followup discussion on each subject. II. Requests for Speakers and Topics of Discussion Speakers from the Nuclear Energy Institute and the NRC have volunteered to address various topics; however, at this early date, the NRC is seeking additional speakers to discuss topics of a broad nature, relative to the nuclear fuel cycle. If you would like an opportunity to discuss an issue, or to offer an additional topic of discussion, please contact the staff member listed below. The nature of the topics will not be limited; however; we do ask that you not use this as a commercial venue to promote your company's products or services. Additionally, we ask that you provide the staff contact with a Microsoft Powerpoint version of your presentation at least 45 days prior to the seminar. III. Dates and Location *Dates:* June 12, 2007, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; June 13, 2007, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.: Universities of Maryland at the Shady Grove Campus Auditorium, 9630 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD 20850. IV. Contact James Smith, Project Manager, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Special Projects Branch, Mail Stop: T8F42, 301-415-6459, Fax: 301-415-5370, e-mail: *jas4@nrc.gov. * V. Further Information The document related to this action is available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at *http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.* From this site, you can access the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC's public documents. The ADAMS ascension number for the document related to this notice is provided in the following table. If you do not have access to ADAMS or if there are problems in accessing the document located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room
(PDR)Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to *pdr@nrc.gov.* Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 16th day of February 2007. For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Wilkins Smith, Acting Chief, Technical Support Branch, Special Projects, and Technical Support Directorate, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety, and Safeguards. [FR Doc. E7-3826 Filed 3-2-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment; Notice of Meeting The ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment
(PRA)will hold a meeting on March 22, 2007, Room T-2B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The entire meeting will be open to public attendance. The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows: *Thursday, March 22, 2007—8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of business.* The Subcommittee will review the staff's plans for evaluating the agency's human reliability analysis models in an effort to propose either a single model for the agency to use or guidance on which model(s) should be used in specific circumstances. The Subcommittee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and industry regarding this matter. The Subcommittee will gather information, analyze relevant issues and facts, and formulate proposed positions and actions, as appropriate, for deliberation by the full Committee. Members of the public desiring to provide oral statements and/or written comments should notify the Designated Federal Official, Dr. Hossein P. Nourbakhsh, (Telephone: 301-415-5622) five days prior to the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Electronic recordings will be permitted. Further information regarding this meeting can be obtained by contacting the Designated Federal Official between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (ET). Persons planning to attend this meeting are urged to contact the above named individual at least two working days prior to the meeting to be advised of any potential changes to the agenda. Dated: February 23, 2007. Cayetano Santos, Acting Branch Chief, ACRS. [FR Doc. E7-3824 Filed 3-2-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS); Meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment; Notice of Meeting The ACRS Subcommittee on Reliability and Probabilistic Risk Assessment
(PRA)will hold a meeting on March 23, 2007, Room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The entire meeting will be open to public attendance. The agenda for the subject meeting shall be as follows: *Friday, March 23, 2007—8:30 a.m. until the conclusion of business* The Subcommittee will review the Risk Management Technical Specification Initiative 4b and the Risk Informed Completion Times. The Subcommittee will hear presentations by and hold discussions with representatives of the NRC staff and industry regarding this matter. The Subcommittee will gather information, analyze relevant issues and facts, and formulate proposed positions and actions, as appropriate, for deliberation by the full Committee. Members of the public desiring to provide oral statements and/or written comments should notify the Designated Federal Official, Ms. Maitri Banerjee (Telephone: 301-415-6973) five days prior to the meeting, if possible, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Electronic recordings will be permitted. Further information regarding this meeting can be obtained by contacting the Designated Federal Official between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. (ET). Persons planning to attend this meeting are urged to contact the above named individual at least two working days prior to the meeting to be advised of any potential changes to the agenda. Dated: February 26, 2007. Cayetano Santos, Acting Branch Chief, ACRS. [FR Doc. E7-3825 Filed 3-2-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590-01-P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meeting Notice AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETINGS: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. DATE: Week of February 26, 2007. PLACE: Commissioners' Conference Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. STATUS: Public and Closed. ADDITIONAL MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Week of February 26, 2007—Tentative Monday, February 26, 2007 1:05 p.m. Affirmation Session (Public Meeting) (Tentative) a. AmerGen Energy Company, LLC (License Renewal for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station) Docket No. 50-0219, Remaining Legal challenges to LBP-06-07 (Tentative) b. Nuclear Management Co., LLC (Palisades Nuclear Plant, license renewal application); response to “Notice” relating to San Louis Obispo Mothers for Peace (Tentative) c. System Energy Resources, Inc. (Early Site Permit for Grand Gulf ESP Site); response to NEPA/terrorism issue (Tentative) d. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (Diablo Canyon ISFSI), Docket No. 72-26-ISFSI (Tentative) *The schedule for Commission meetings is subject to change on short notice. To verify the status of meetings call (recording)—(301) 415-1292. Contact person for more information: Michelle Schroll,
(301)415-1662. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: By a vote of 5-0 on February 23, 2007, the Commission determined pursuant to U.S.C. 552b(e) and § 9.107(a) of the Commission's rules that “Affirmation of a. AmerGen Energy Company, LLC (License Renewal for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station) Docket No. 50-0219, Remaining Legal challenges to LBP-06-07 (Tentative); b. Nuclear Management Co., LLC (Palisades Nuclear Plant, license renewal application); response to “Notice” relating to San Louis Obispo Mothers for Peace (Tentative); c. System Energy Resources, Inc. (Early Site Permit for Grand Gulf ESP Site); response to NEPA/terrorism issue (Tentative); d. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (Diablo Canyon ISFSI), Docket No. 72-26-ISFSI (Tentative)” be held February 26, 2007, and on less than one week's notice to the public. Affirmation of “Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Early Site Permit for Clinton ESP)” tentatively scheduled on February 26, 2007, has been postponed and will be rescheduled. The NRC Commission Meeting Schedule can be found on the Internet at: *www.nrc.gov/what-we-do/policy-making/schedule.html.* The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in these public meetings, or need this meeting notice or the transcript or other information from the public meetings in another format ( *e.g.,* braille, large print), please notify the NRC's Disability Program Coordinator, Deborah Chan, at 301-415-7041, TDD: 301-415-2100, or by e-mail at *DLC@nrc.gov.* Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. This notice is distributed by mail to several hundred subscribers; if you no longer wish to receive it, or would like to be added to the distribution, please contact the Office of the Secretary, Washington, DC 20555 (301-415-1969). In addition, distribution of this meeting notice over the Internet system is available. If you are interested in receiving this Commission meeting schedule electronically, please send an electronic message to *dkw@nrc.gov.* Dated: February 23, 2007. Michelle Schroll, Office of the Secretary, [FR Doc. 07-998 Filed 2-28-07; 5:10 pm]
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