Proposed Collection; Comment Request [10/25/2002]
Volume 67, Number 207, Page 65605-65606
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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 two proposed information collections of the Office
of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP), Division of Longshore and
Harbor Workers' Compensation (DLSHWC): ``Payment of Compensation
Without Award'' (LS-206); and ``Notice of Controversion of Right to
Compensation'' (LS-207). Copies of the proposed information collection
requests can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the
addresses section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before December 24, 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, e-mail pforkel@fenix2.dol-esa.gov.
Please use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or
e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs administers the
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA). 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 employee in loading, unloading, repairing, or
building a vessel. Under Sections 14(b) and (c) of the Act, a self-
insured employer or insurance carrier is required to pay compensation
within 14 days after the employer has knowledge of the injury or death
of the employee. Upon making the first payment, the employer or carrier
shall immediately notify the Longshore district director of the
payment. Form LS-206 has been designated as the proper form on which
report of first payment is to be made.
Pursuant to section 14(d) of the Act, if an employer controverts
the right to compensation, he/she shall file with the Longshore deputy
commissioner in the affected compensation district on or before the
fourteenth day after he/she has knowledge of an alleged injury or
death, a notice, in accordance with a form prescribed by the Secretary
of Labor, stating that the right to compensation is controverted. The
LS-207 is used for this purpose. These
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information collections are currently approved for use through February
28, 2003.
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 meet the
statutory requirements to provide compensation or death benefits under
the Act to workers covered under the Act. There is no change in the
substance or method of collection since the last OMB approval.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Payment of Compensation Without Award.
OMB Number: 1215-0022.
Agency Number: LS-206.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Total Respondents: 900.
Total Responses: 26,100.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,525.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $10,440.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Notice of Controversion of Right to Compensation.
OMB Number: 1215-0023.
Agency Number: LS-207.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Total Respondents: 900.
Total Responses: 18,900.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,725.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $7,985.25.
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: October 21, 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. 02-27209 Filed 10-24-02; 8:45 am]
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