Proposed Collection; Comment Request [Notices] [06/17/2002]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request [06/17/2002]
Volume 67, Number 116, Page 41277
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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, Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs (OWCP), Longshore and Harbor Workers'
Compensation Program, is soliciting comments concerning the proposed
collection ``Request for Examination and/or Treatment (LS-1)''. A copy
of the proposed information collection request 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
addressee section below on or before August 16, 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, fax (202) 693-1451, EMail pforkel@fenix2.dol-esa.gov.
Please use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or
EMail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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 by an
employee in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a vessel. Under
Section 7 of the Act, the employer/insurance carrier is responsible for
furnishing medical care for the injured employee. The LS-1 serves two
purposes: (1) It authorizes medical care, (2) and provides a vehicle
for the treating physician to report the findings, treatment given, and
anticipated physical condition of the employee. This information
collection is currently approved by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for use through November 2002.
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 validity of the methodology
and assumptions used;
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
III. Current Actions
The Department of Labor seeks an extension of approval to collect
this information in order to carry out its responsibility to verify
that proper medical treatment has been authorized and to determine the
severity of a claimant's injuries for purposes of compensation
benefits. There is no change to these forms since the last OMB
approval.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Request for Examination and/or Treatment.
OMB Number: 1215-0066.
Agency Number: LS-1.
Affected Public: Individual or households; Businesses or other for-
profit.
Total Respondents 16,500.
Total Responses: 109,725.
Burden Hours per Response: 1.08.
Total Burden Hours: 118,500.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operation/maintenance): $40,598.
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: June 11, 2002.
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. 02-15162 Filed 6-14-02; 8:45 am]
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