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Subject firm

95,400A ............

Gibson County Coal, LLC, Gibson North Mine, Alliance Resource
Partners, L.P., etc.
Integrity Bio-Fuels, LLC ...................................................................
EGS Financial Care, Inc., Alorica, Inc. ...........................................
Ubiquiti Inc., Research and Development Group, EdgeLink LLC ..
Wildcat Hills, Peabody Energy, Custom Staffing Solutions, GMS
Mine Repair, etc.
Bank Of America, N.A., Global Technology and Operations, Trust
Banking, Pontoon Solutions, etc.

95,415
95,444
95,508
95,522

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95,699 ...............

Determinations Terminating
Investigations of Petitions for Trade
Adjustment Assistance
After notice of the petitions was
published in the Federal Register and

Location

Subject firm

95,505 ...............
95,794 ...............

LinkOne Solutions, LLC ..................................................................
Saint-Gobain Ceramics and Plastics, Inc., Corhart Refractories,
SEFPRO division.
Larco, Inc .........................................................................................
Bank of New York Mellon, Project Management Office, CSD Division.

95,907 ...............
96,005 ...............

The following determinations
terminating investigations were issued
because the worker group on whose

95,258 ...............

Lufkin Industries, LLC .....................................................................

95,904 ...............

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company, Express Employment Professionals, Hometown Employment.

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Stanfield, OR.
Buckhannon, WV.
Crossett, AR.
Oriskany, NY.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities;
Comment Request
Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance 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. This

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Paragould, AR.

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investigation for which a determination
has not yet been issued.
Location

SUMMARY:

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Lufkin, TX.

workers is covered by an earlier petition
that is the subject of an ongoing
Subject firm

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The following determinations
terminating investigations were issued
because the petitioner has requested
that the petition be withdrawn.

Location

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Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th day of
July 2020.
Hope D. Kinglock,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.

Riverside, RI.

behalf the petition was filed is covered
under an existing certification.
Subject firm

I hereby certify that the
aforementioned determinations were
issued during the period of June 1, 2020
through June 30, 2020. These
determinations are available on the
Department’s website https://
www.doleta.gov/tradeact/petitioners/
taa_search_form.cfm under the
searchable listing determinations or by
calling the Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance toll free at 888–365–6822.

Morristown, IN.
Jackson, MI.
Portland, OR.
Equality, IL.

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The following determinations
terminating investigations were issued
because the petitioning group of

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Princeton, IN.

on the Department’s website, as
required by Section 221 of the Act (19
U.S.C. 2271), the Department initiated
investigations of these petitions.

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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. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed revision of the
‘‘National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
1997.’’ A copy of the proposed
information collection request (ICR) can
be obtained by contacting the individual
listed below in the Addresses section of
this notice.
Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
Addresses section of this notice on or
before September 29, 2020.

DATES:

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Send comments to Carol
Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington,
DC 20212. Written comments also may
be transmitted by email to BLS_PRA_
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer,
202–691–7268 (this is not a toll free
number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:

I. Background
The National Longitudinal Survey of
Youth 1997 (NLSY97) is a nationally
representative sample of persons who
were born in the years 1980 to 1984.
These respondents were ages 12–17
when the first round of annual
interviews began in 1997; starting with
round sixteen, the NLSY97 is conducted
on a biennial basis. Interim
supplemental interviews will occur
from February 2021 to April 2021. The
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
contracts with a vendor to conduct the
NLSY97. The primary objective of the
interim supplement is to collect
information about labor market and
health disruptions due to the novel
coronavirus pandemic and its effects on
the establishment and development of
careers and families. The longitudinal
focus of this survey requires information
to be collected from the same
individuals over many years in order to
trace their education, training, work
experience, fertility, income, and
program participation.
One of the goals of the Department of
Labor (DOL) is to produce and
disseminate timely, accurate, and
relevant information about the U.S.
labor force. The BLS contributes to this
goal by gathering information about the
labor force and labor market and
disseminating it to policymakers and
the public so that participants in those
markets can make more informed, and
thus more efficient, choices. Research
based on the NLSY97 contributes to the
formation of national policy in the areas
of education, training, work experience,
fertility, income, and program
participation. In addition to the reports
that the BLS produces based on data
from the NLSY97, members of the

academic community publish articles
and reports based on NLSY97 data for
the DOL and other funding agencies. To
date, approximately 750 articles
examining NLSY97 data have been
published in scholarly journals. The
survey design provides data gathered
from the same respondents over time to
form the only dataset that contains this
type of information for this important
population group. Without the
collection of these data, an accurate
longitudinal dataset could not be
provided to researchers and
policymakers, thus adversely affecting
the DOL’s ability to perform its policyand report-making activities.
II. Current Action
The BLS seeks Office of Management
and Budget approval to conduct interim
supplement interviews between rounds
19 and 20 of the NLSY97. Respondents
of the NLSY97 will undergo an
interview of approximately 12 minutes
on average, during which they will
answer questions about labor market
experiences, health, and income.
The interim supplemental survey will
be a conducted by internet and by
telephone. We anticipate that
approximately one-third of interviews
will be self-administered by internet,
with the remaining interviews being
interviewer-administered by telephone.
The BLS plans to record randomly
selected segments of the interviews
collected by telephone. Recording
interviews helps the BLS and its
contractors to ensure that the interviews
actually took place and interviewers are
reading the questions exactly as worded
and entering the responses properly.
Recording also helps to identify parts of
the interview that might be causing
problems or misunderstanding for
interviewers or respondents. Each
respondent will be informed that the
interview may be recorded for quality
control, testing, and training purposes.
If the respondent objects to the
recording of the interview, the
interviewer will confirm to the
respondent that the interview will not
be recorded and then proceed with the
interview.
The interim supplemental survey will
consist of approximately 35 questions.
Similar questions have appeared in
previous rounds of the NLSY97, the
Total
respondents

Form

Main NLSY97: September 2017–May 2018 ..................
Validation interview: October 2017–June 2018 .............

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Current Population Survey, or the
Census Household Pulse survey. The
content covers household composition,
current employment for the respondent
and spouse/partner, changes in
employment/earnings during the past 12
months due to the coronavirus
pandemic, time spent teaching children
under age 18, health, health insurance,
having contracted the coronavirus,
medical care deferred due to the
coronavirus pandemic, mental health,
income, and earnings.
During the fielding period for the
interim supplemental interviews, no
more than 2 percent of respondents will
be asked to participate in a brief
validation interview a few weeks after
the initial interview. The purpose of the
validation interview is to verify that the
initial interview took place as the
interviewer reported and to assess the
data quality of selected questionnaire
items.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• 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.
• 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.
Title of Collection: National
Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997.
OMB Number: 1220–0157.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
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responses

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respondents

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Totals * .....................................................................

5,220

Frequency

Total
responses

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5,325

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time per
response
(minutes)
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total burden
(hours)
1047.5

* The difference between the total number of respondents and the total number of responses reflects the fact that about 5,220 are expected to
complete the main interview. In addition, about 105 respondents may be interviewed twice, once in the interim supplemental survey and a second time in the 2-minute validation interview.

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 also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of
July 2020.
Mark Staniorski,
Chief, Division of Management Systems.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities;
Comment Request
Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
provides 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. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the new information
collection of the ‘‘U.S. Business
Response Survey and Job Openings and
Labor Turnover Survey Supplement.’’ A
copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by
contacting the individual listed below
in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before September 29, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol
Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington,
DC 20212. Written comments also may
be transmitted by email to BLS_PRA_
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer,
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202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free
number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On July 9, 2020, the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) granted
approval under the emergency approval
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) to begin collecting the U.S.
Business Response Survey (BRS) and
Job Openings and Labor Turnover
Survey (JOLTS) Supplement. The BRS
and JOLTS Supplement capture
information about changes to businesses
since the onset of the novel coronavirus
pandemic. The same questionnaire will
be conducted as a large, one-time survey
as well as a one-time supplemental
survey to March 2020 JOLTS sample
members. The large sample will allow
the BLS to quickly collect and
disseminate information related to how
businesses have changed since the onset
of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The
supplemental survey to March 2020
JOLTS sample members will allow for
specific business changes related to the
coronavirus pandemic to be directly
linked to JOLTS data.
The BRS and JOLTS Supplement
seeks to identify changes to business
operations, employment and workforce
flexibilities, and benefits that occurred
from the onset of the coronavirus
pandemic to when the survey is fielded.
This collection will provide critical
information that will complement the
standard economic data BLS and the
federal statistical system will publish
for the same time period and provide
policy makers and data users additional
information that could help to inform
decisions.
II. Method of Collection
The BRS will use the BLS business
register, based on the Quarterly Census
of Employment and Wages, maintained
by BLS as its sampling frame. The
register contains employment
information on establishments in the
U.S. subject to unemployment insurance
taxes. This register covers 98 percent of
U.S. jobs, available at the county,
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BRS will go to a nationally
representative sample of the U.S.
economy and be large enough to allow
for state and industry estimates.
The supplemental JOLTS collection
will offer valuable context to the
responses about employment and hiring
decisions made at the industry and
state-level. The sample will allow an
analysis of the BRS collected
information with the longitudinal
JOLTS establishment staffing patterns
prior to and after completing the BRS.
This is a unique analysis from the
primary sample, and adds a valuable
dimension to understanding business
responses to the coronavirus pandemic.
These data will be used separately from
the BRS sample.
The collection is being conducted
entirely on-line, using the existing data
collection instrument of the Annual
Refiling Survey as a platform for
conducting the BRS. The use of existing
information technology will minimize
government costs and respondent
burden.
Collection of the BRS and JOLTS
Supplement will enable the BLS to
facilitate a collection of information on
how the coronavirus pandemic has
changed American businesses and the
U.S. economy. BLS expects to publish
survey results nationally, by state, by
sector, and where possible by state and
sector.
The BRS, in combination with data
collected by current BLS surveys, could
help in understanding how businesses
responded during the pandemic.
Specifically, other BLS statistics could
provide indications of changes in
employment, wages, job openings and
terminations, employer-provided
benefits, and safety and health, but will
not be able to determine if any changes
in levels were related to the coronavirus
pandemic. Only by asking employers
directly what they experienced, and
how they responded to the pandemic,
can data users be able to draw
meaningful conclusions.
The additional collection of the
JOLTS Supplement will benefit the
JOLTS program by offering valuable
context to the responses about
employment and hiring decisions made
at the industry and state-level. These

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