[Federal Register: July 18, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 137)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
July 12, 2007.
The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public
information collection requests (ICR) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of
each ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained
from RegInfo.gov at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by
contacting Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free
number)/email: king.darrin@dol.gov.
Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Employment Standards
Administration (ESA), Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 202-395-7316/Fax: 202-395-6974 (these
are not toll-free numbers), within 30 days from the date of this
publication in the Federal Register.
The OMB 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 submission of responses.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved
collection.
Title: Request for State or Federal Workers' Compensation
Information.
OMB Number: 1215-0060.
Form Number: CM-905.
Frequency: On occasion.
Type of Response: Reporting.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,400.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,400
Estimated Average Response Time: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 350.
Total Estimated Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
Total Estimated Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or
purchasing services): $616.
Description: The Form CM-905 is submitted to Federal or state
agencies for completion when it is indicated that the beneficiary has
filed a claim for workers' compensation benefits due to pneumoconiosis,
or is receiving benefits that may need to be offset. The information is
used by DOL claims examiners in determining the amounts of black lung
benefits paid to beneficiaries. Benefit amounts are reduced, dollar for
dollar, for other black lung related workers' compensation awards the
beneficiary may be receiving from state or Federal programs.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved
collection.
Title: Labor Standards for Federal Service Contracts--Regulations
29 CFR, Part 4.
OMB Number: 1215-0150.
Form Numbers: N/A.
Frequency: Annually.
Type of Response: Reporting and Recordkeeping.
Affected Public: Business and other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 50,812.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 50,812.
Estimated Average Response Time: 1 hour to prepare a vacations
benefit seniority list; 30 minutes to prepare a conformance record; and
5 minutes to transmit collective bargaining agreements.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 49,220.
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $0.
Description: Section 2(a) of the Service Contract Act (41 U.S.C.
351) provides that every contract subject to the Act must contain a
provision specifying the minimum monetary wages and fringe benefits to
be paid to the various classes of service employees performing work on
the contract. This information collection pertains to records needed to
determine an employee's seniority for purposes of determining any
vacation benefit, to conform wage rates where they do not appear on a
wage determination (WD), and to update WDs because of changing terms in
a collective bargaining agreement.
Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
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