[Federal Register: September 13, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 177)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request
September 10, 2007.
The Department of Labor (DOL) hereby announces the submission 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;
including among other things a description of the likely respondents,
proposed frequency of response, and estimated total burden may be
obtained from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain
or by contacting Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) / e-mail: king.darrin@dol.gov.
Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn: Carolyn Lovett, 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 a toll-free numbers), E-mail:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within 30 days from the date of this publication
in the Federal Register. In order to ensure the appropriate
consideration, comments should reference the OMB Control Number (see
below).
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: Application for Approval of a Representative's Fee in Black
Lung Claim Proceedings Conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor.
OMB Control Number: 1215-0171.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 285.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 200.
Affected Public: Private Sector: Business or other for-profits.
Description: The purpose of the CM-972 is to collect pertinent data
to determine if the representative's services and the amounts charged
can be paid under the Black Lung Benefits Act.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved
collection.
Title: EO 13201--Notice of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of
Union Dues or Fees.
OMB Control Number: 1215-0203.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 30.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 182.
Affected Public: Private Sector: Business or other for-profits and
Not-for-profit institutions.
Description: Pursuant to EO 13201, the purpose of the regulation is
to mandate that government contractors and subcontractors post a notice
informing their employees that they cannot be required to be members of
a union to keep their jobs; that the law permits a union and an
employer to enter into a union-security agreement that requires
employees to pay dues or fees to the union; and that, even where such
agreements exist, employees who are not union members can be required
to pay only their share of union costs relating to activities that are
germane to the union's representational purposes. The notice also
provides a general description of the remedies to which employees may
be entitled if these rights have been violated, and provides contact
information for further information about those rights and remedies.
The information collection encompasses two aspects of the regulations.
The first provision is section 470.11 which provides that an employee
of a covered contractor may file a written complaint alleging that the
contractor has failed to post the employee notice as required by the
Executive Order and/or has failed to include the employee notice clause
in nonexempt subcontracts or purchase orders. The second provision is
section 470.4(d) which provides that contractors may make a written
request to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Labor-
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Management Programs for a waiver to the posting requirements with
respect to any of the contractor's facilities that are in all respects
separate and distinct from activities of the contractor related to the
performance of a contract.
Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-18070 Filed 9-12-07; 8:45 am]
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