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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement
Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Comment Request for Information
Collection for the Workforce
Investment Act Streamlined
Performance Reporting (WISPR) Data
Collection System; Extension With
Revisions
Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Labor
(Department), 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
WISPR system. The current expiration
date is October 31, 2011. 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
November 1, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to the U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Policy
Development and Research, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Room N–
5641, Washington, DC 20210, Attention:
Karen A. Staha. Telephone number:
(202) 693–2917 (this is not a toll-free

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I. Background
In July 2004, ETA solicited comments
from the general public on the
establishment of a single, streamlined
reporting and recordkeeping system,
formally called the ETA Management
Information and Longitudinal
Evaluation (EMILE) reporting system.
The notice of 60-day public comment on
the proposed EMILE reporting system
was published in the Federal Register
on July 16, 2004 (69 FR 42777). The
proposed EMILE reporting system was
designed to streamline 12 ETA program
reporting systems into one
comprehensive reporting structure that
would allow for consistent, comparable
analysis across ETA funded
employment and training programs,
using the definitions for a set of
common performance measures initially
specified in Training and Employment
Guidance Letter (TEGL) 15–03, Common
Measures Policy, and subsequently
revised by TEGL 17–05, (note TEGLs
17–05 change 1, and 17–05 Change 2
provide additional revisions), Common
Measures Policy for the Employment
and Training Administration’s (ETA)
Performance Accountability System and
Related Performance Issues.
ETA received comments from 161
unique entities, including State
workforce agencies and boards, local
workforce investment areas, non-profit
organizations and national associations,
Native American and other Tribal
organizations, public interest and
advocacy groups, and other private
citizens and stakeholders. Due to the
large volume of comments submitted by
each entity, ETA worked during
calendar year 2005 to organize and
analyze the public comments, make
appropriate revisions to agency policy
guidance on the common measures, and
assess the feasibility of implementing
the proposed EMILE reporting
requirements in several States.
ETA reconciled the public comments
and made appropriate revisions to the
original EMILE proposal, which was renamed the WISPR System. This system
replaced the existing quarterly reporting
requirements for the following seven
ETA activities: Wagner-Peyser Act, Jobs
for Veterans’ State Grants, the
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult,
WIA Dislocated Worker, WIA Youth,
Trade Adjustment Assistance Act
programs, and National Emergency
Grants.
The WISPR system was piloted in two
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both States have successfully
implemented WISPR. At its foundation,
the WISPR system organizes customer
information, which is maintained by
States in order to run their day-to-day
operations. It includes the minimum
level of information collection necessary
to comply with Equal Opportunity
requirements, hold States and grantees
appropriately accountable for the
Federal funds they receive, and allow
the Department to fulfill its oversight
and management responsibilities.
The WISPR system features a set of
aggregate quarterly reports for capturing
services to employer and job seeker
customers, including a special aggregate
report on services to the nation’s eligible
veterans and transitioning service
members. A standardized set of
participant data that includes
information on demographics, types of
services received, and performance
outcomes based on a set of common
measures defined consistently across
programs is a key component of this
reporting system. The WISPR system
also incorporates provisions to ensure
the integrity of reported data and
resolve data collection and reliability
issues raised by the Office of the
Inspector General and the Government
Accountability Office regarding the
Department’s ability to accurately
evaluate program performance.
The implementation of WISPR was
put on hold in March 2009 as ETA
focused its available resources on
implementing the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act. The current
request for information seeks to obtain
comments regarding the extension of the
current WISPR system. To date, the
system has been fully implemented in
Pennsylvania and Texas but could
potentially be implemented in
additional States.
II. Review Focus
The Department 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,

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electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
III. Current Actions
Type of Review: Extension with
changes.
Title: Workforce Investment Act
Streamlined Performance Reporting
(WISPR) data collection system.
OMB Number: 1205–0469.
Affected Public: State, local and
Tribal government entities and private
non-profit organizations.
Form(s): ETA–9131, ETA–9132, ETA
9133, WISRD Record Layout, WISPR
Data Preparation and Reporting
Handbook 2011.
Total Annual Respondents: 254.
Annual Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Annual Responses: 864 (4
responses for each of the 54 States/
territories on a quarterly basis)
Average Time per Response: 1,120
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 968,438.
Total Annual Burden Cost for
Respondents: $0.
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: August 29, 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training.
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Westpoint Home, Inc., Manufacturing
Division, Including On-Site Leased
Workers from Manpower, Greenville,
AL; Westpoint Home, Inc., Distribution
Center, Including On-Site Leased
Workers from Manpower, Greenville,
AL; Amended Certification Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (‘‘Act’’),
19 U.S.C. 2273, the Department of Labor
issued a Certification of Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on April 12, 2011, applicable
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Manufacturing Division, Greenville,
Alabama and WestPoint Home, Inc.,
Distribution Center, Greenville,
Alabama. The workers at the
Manufacturing Division and the
Distribution Center are engaged in
employment related to the production of
bedding products. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on
May 2, 2011 (76 FR 24536).
At the request of a petitioner, the
Department reviewed the certification
for workers of the subject firm. The
company reports that workers leased
from Manpower were employed on-site
at the Manufacturing Division and the
Distribution Center of WestPoint Home,
Inc., Greenville, Alabama. The
Department has determined that these
workers were sufficiently under the
control of WestPoint Home, Inc. to be
considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the
Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased
from Manpower working on-site at the
Manufacturing Division and the
Distribution Center, Greenville,
Alabama location of WestPoint Home,
Inc.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–75,125 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of WestPoint Home, Inc.,
Manufacturing Division, including on-site
leased workers from Manpower, Greenville,
Alabama (TA–W–75,125) and WestPoint
Home, Inc., Distribution Center, including
on-site leased workers from Manpower,
Greenville, Alabama (TA–W–75,125A), who
became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 19, 2010
through April 12, 2013, and all workers in
the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date
of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of
Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Signed at Washington, DC this 19th day of
August, 2011.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–71,572, TA–W–71,572A; TA–W–
71,572B; TA–W–71,572C]

Amended Revised Determination on
Reconsideration
TA–W–71,572, Severstal Wheeling, Inc., a
Subsidiary of Severstal North America,

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Inc., Currently Known as RG Steel
Wheeling, LLC, Martins Ferry, Ohio;
TA–W–71,572A, Severstal Wheeling, Inc., a
Subsidiary of Severstal North America,
Inc., Currently Known as RG Steel
Wheeling, LLC, Yorkville, Ohio;
TA–W–71,572B, Severstal Wheeling, Inc., a
Subsidiary of Severstal North America,
Inc., Currently Known as RG Steel
Wheeling, LLC, ≤Mingo Junction, Ohio;
TA–W–71,572C, Severstal Wheeling, Inc., a
Subsidiary of Severstal North America, Inc.
Currently Known as RG Steel Wheeling,
LLC, Steubenville, Ohio

In accordance with Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (‘‘Act’’),
19 U.S.C. 2273, the Department of Labor
issued a Notice of Revised
Determination on Reconsideration on
May 6, 2011, applicable to workers of
Severstal Wheeling, Inc., a subsidiary of
Severstal North America, Inc., Martins
Ferry, Ohio; Severstal Wheeling, Inc., a
subsidiary of Severstal North America,
Inc., Yorkville, Ohio (TA–W–71,572A);
Severstal Wheeling, Inc., a subsidiary of
Severstal North America, Inc., Mingo
Junction, Ohio (TA–W–71,572B); and
Severstal Wheeling, Inc., a subsidiary of
Severstal North America, Inc.,
Steubenville, Ohio (TA–W–71,572C).
The workers produce a variety of steel
coils. The Revised Determination was
published in the Federal Register on
May 20, 2011 (76 FR 29276–29277). The
Revised Determination was amended on
June 6, 2011 to include workers whose
wages reported under a separate
unemployment insurance (UI) tax
account under the name RG Steel
Wheeling, LLC. The Revised
Determination was published in the
Federal Register on June 15, 2011 (76
FR 35030–35031).
At the request of the State agency, the
Department reviewed the certification
for workers of the subject firm. New
information shows that on July 12, 2007,
a certification of eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance was issued for all
workers of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel,
Mingo Junction, Ohio, separated from
employment on or after May 31, 2006
through July 12, 2009. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on
July 26, 2007 (72 FR 41087).
In order to avoid an overlay in worker
group coverage, the Department is
amending the June 17, 2008 impact date
established for the Mingo Junction, Ohio
location, TA–W–71,572B, to read July
13, 2009.
Accordingly, the Department is
amending this certification to properly
reflect this matter.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–71,572, TA–W–71,572A, TA–W–
71,572B, and TA–W–71,572C are hereby
issued as follows:

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