Proposed Collection; Comment Request [Notices] [12/11/2000]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request [12/11/2000]
Volume 65, Number 238, Page 77392-77393
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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 proposed extension collection of the following
information collections: (1) Certification by School Official (CM-981);
and (2) Records to be Kept by Employers (Fair Labor Standards Act).
Copies of the proposed information collection requests can be obtained
by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section of this
Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before February 9, 2001.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Certification by School Official
(CM-981)
I. Background
In order to be a dependent who is eligible for black lung benefits,
a child aged 18 to 23 must be a full-time student as described in the
Black Lung Benefits Act, 30 U.S.C. 902(g), and 20 CFR 725.209 or 20 CFR
410.370. The form is partially completed by the school registrar and is
used to verify full-time status of the student.
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 extension of approval to collect
this information in order to determine continued eligibility of the
student.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Certification by School Official (CM-981).
OMB Number: 1215-0061.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or
Tribal Government.
Frequency: Annually.
No. of Respondents: 1,000.
No. of Responses: 1,000.
Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 167.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
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Records To Be Kept by Employers (Fair Labor Standards Act)
I. Background
The Fair Labor Standards Act sets minimum wage, overtime pay, child
labor and recordkeeping standards for employees engaged in interstate
commerce or in the production of good for interstate commerce and to
employees in certain enterprises. The Fair Labor Standards Act requires
that all employers covered by the Act make, keep, and preserve records
of employees and of wages, hours, an other conditions and practices of
employment.
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 extension of approval to collect
this information in order to carry out its responsibility to enforce
the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Records to be Kept by Employers (Fair Labor Standards Act).
OMB Number: 1215-0017.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Individuals or
households; Farms; Not-for-profit institutions; Federal government;
State, local or Tribal government.
Total Recordkeepers: 3.7 million.
Frequency: Weekly.
Average Time per Recordkeeper: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 926,156.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
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: December 5, 2000.
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. 00-31453 Filed 12-8-00; 8:45 am]
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