Proposed Collection: Comment Request [Notices] [03/22/2001]
Proposed Collection: Comment Request [03/22/2001]
Volume 66, Number 56, Page 16068-16069
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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) Waiver of Child Labor Provisions for
Agricultural Employment of 10 and 11
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Year Old Minors in Hand Harvesting of Short Season Crops--29 CFR Part
575; and (2) Survivor's Form for Benefits (CM-912).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before May 21, 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:
Waiver of Child Labor Provisions for Agricultural Employment of 10
and 11 Year Old Minors in Hand Harvesting of Short Season Crops--29
CFR Part 575
I. Background
Section 13(c)(4) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C.
201 et seq., authorizes the Secretary of Labor to grant a waiver of the
child labor provisions of the FLSA for the agricultural employment of
10 and 11 year old minors in the hand harvesting of short season crops
if specific requirements are met. The Act requires that employers who
are granted such waivers keep on file a signed statement of the parent
or person standing in the place of the parent of each 10 and 11 year
old minor, consenting to their employment, along with a record of the
name and address of the school in which the minor is enrolled.
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 for this
information collection in order to determine whether the statutory
requirements and conditions for granting a requested exemption have
been meet.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Waiver of Child Labor Provisions for Agricultural Employment
of 10 and 11 Year Old Minors in Hand Harvesting of Short Season Crops--
29 CFR Part 575.
OMB Number: 1215-0120.
Affected Public: Farms; Individuals or Households.
Total Respondents: 1.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Responses: 1.
Average time per Response: 4 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
Survivor's Form for Benefits (CM-912)
I. Background
Survivors of Black Lung Act beneficiaries are entitled to be
considered for benefits under Section 412 (30 USC 922) of the Federal
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and 20 CFR 725.212-225. The CM-912
is the form used by applicants to apply for benefits.
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 of this
information collection in order to gather information to determine
eligibility for benefits of a survivor of a Black Lung Act beneficiary.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Survivor's Form for Benefits.
OMB Number: 1215-0069.
Agency Number: CM-912.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Total Respondents: 2,500.
Frequency: One time.
Total Responses: 2,500.
Average Time per Response: 8 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 333.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $740.
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: March 16, 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.
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