Proposed Collection; Comment Request [Notices] [11/15/2001]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request [11/15/2001]
Volume 66, Number 221, Page 57487-57488
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, 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 Standards Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the following three information collections: (1)
Comparability of Current Work to Coal Mine Employment (CM-913), Coal
Mine Employment Affidavit (CM-918), Affidavit of Deceased Miner's
Condition (CM-1093); (2) LS-265, Certification of Funeral Expenses; and
(3) WH-530, Application for Farm Labor Contractor and Farm Labor
Contractor Employee Certificate of Registration.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below within January 14, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 693-0339 (this is not a toll-free number), fax (202) 693-1451,
EMail pforkel@fenix2.dol-esa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
CM-913--Comparability of Current Work to Coal Mine Employment
CM-918--Coal Mine Employment Affidavit
CM-1093--Affidavit of Deceased Miner's Condition
I. Background
The Black Lung Benefits Act of 1977, as amended, 30 U.S.C. 901 et.
seq., provides for the payment of benefits to coal miners who have
contracted black lung disease as a result of coal mine employment, and
their dependents and survivors. Once a miner has been identified as
having performed non-coal mine work subsequent to coal mine employment,
the miner or the miner's survivor is asked to complete a CM-913 to
compare coal mine work to non-coal mine work. This employment
information, along with medical information, is used to establish
whether the miner is totally disabled due to black lung disease caused
by coal mine employment. The CM-918 is an affidavit used to gather coal
mine employment evidence only when primary evidence, such pay stubs, W-
2 forms, employer and union records, and Social Security records are
unavailable or incomplete. The CM-1093 is an affidavit form for
recording lay medical evidence, used in survivors' claims in which
evidence of the miner's medical condition is insufficient.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor 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 submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions
The Department of Labor seeks the approval of the extension of this
information collection in order to carry out its responsibility to
determine eligibility for black lung benefits.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Titles: Comparability of Current Work to Coal Mine Employment; Coal
Mine Employment Affidavit; Affidavit of Deceased Miner's Condition.
OMB Number: 1215-0056.
Agency Numbers: CM-913, CM-918, CM-1093.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: On occasion.
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Time per
Total Response Burden
Form Responses (in Hours
minutes)
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CM-913........................... 1,500 30 750
CM-918........................... 100 10 17
CM-1093.......................... 100 20 33
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Total Respondents/Responses: 1,700.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 800.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $1,700.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
LS-265--Certification of Funeral Expenses
I. Background
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs administers the
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. The Act provides
benefits to workers injured in maritime employment on the navigable
waters of the United States or in an adjoining area customarily used by
an employer in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a vessel. The
Act provides that reasonable funeral expenses not to exceed $3,000
shall be paid in all compensable death cases. The LS-265 has been
provided for use in submitting the funeral expenses for payment.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor 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 submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions
The Department of Labor seeks the approval of the extension of this
information collection in order to carry out its responsibility to
certify the amount of funeral expenses incurred in the case.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Certification of Funeral Expenses.
OMB Number: 1215-0027.
Agency Number: LS-265.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Annual Respondents/Responses: 195.
Time Per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 49.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $72.15.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: WH-530--Application for Farm Labor
Contractor and Farm Labor Contractor Employee Certificate of
Registration
I. Background
Section 101(a) of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker
Protection Act (MSPA) provides that no person shall engage in any farm
labor contracting activity unless such person has a certificate of
registration from the Secretary of Labor specifying which farm labor
contracting activities such person is authorized to perform. Further,
section 101(b) of MSPA provides that a farm labor contractor shall not
hire, employ, or use any individual to perform farm labor contracting
activities unless such individual has a certificate of registration as
a farm labor contractor.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor 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 submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions
The Department of Labor seeks the approval of the extension of this
information collection in order to carry out its responsibility to
issue, after appropriate investigation and review, a farm labor
certificate of registration, including a certificate of registration as
an employee of a farm labor contractor, to any person who has filed
with the Secretary a written application for a certificate.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Application for Farm Labor Contractor and Farm Labor
Contractor Employee Certificate of Registration.
OMB Number: 1215-0037.
Agency Number: WH-530.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; Farms.
Frequency: On occasion (initial application); biennially (renewal).
Total Annual Respondents/Responses: 9,200.
Time Per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,600.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $2,213.
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 will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: November 8, 2001.
Margaret J. Sherrill,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and Planning
Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-28605 Filed 11-14-01; 8:45 am]
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