Proposed Collection; Comment Request [03/07/2003]
Volume 68, Number 45, Page 11153-11154
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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 collection: Economic Survey Schedule
(WH-1). A copy of the proposed information collection request 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 May 6, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution
[[Page 11154]]
Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693-0418,
fax (202) 693-1451, E-mail hbell@fenix2.dol-esa.gov. Please use only
one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or Email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
I. Background
Sections 5, 6(a)(3) and 8 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA),
administered by the Wage Hour Division, provide that covered, nonexempt
employees in American Samoa may be paid a minimum wage rate established
by a special industry committee. The committee is to recommend to the
Secretary of Labor the highest minimum wage rate (not to exceed the
rate required under section 6(a)(1) of the FLSA) that it will not
substantially curtail employment in the industry and will not give any
industry in American Samoa a competitive advantage over any other
industry in the United States outside of American Samoa. The Secretary
of Labor must submit to the industry committee economic data to enable
the committee to recommend the industry wage rates. The Economic Survey
Schedule (WH-1) is a voluntary use form completed by employers in
American Samoa to disclose certain economic data concerning their
establishment.
This information collection is currently approved for use through
August 31, 2003.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments
which:
[sbull] 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;
[sbull] 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;
[sbull] Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
[sbull] 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 approval for the extension of this
information collection in order to gather information necessary to
prepare the required economic report to be used by the committee to set
industry wage rates in American Samoa.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Economic Survey Schedule.
OMB Number: 1215-0028.
Agency Number: WH-1.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit and State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Total Respondents: 55.
Total Responses: 55.
Time per Response: 45 minutes.
Frequency: Biennially.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 41.
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: March 3, 2003.
Sue Blumenthal,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control,
Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration
and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-5409 Filed 3-6-03; 8:45 am]
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