Proposed Collection; Comment Request [03/31/2003]
Volume 68, Number 61, Page 15483-15484
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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: Rehabilitation Maintenance
Certificate (OWCP-17). 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 30, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution 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
E-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) administers the
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and the Federal
Employees' Compensation Act. These Acts provide employment
rehabilitation benefits to eligible injured workers. The OWCP-17 is a
certificate which serves as a bill. It will be submitted, signed, and
dated by an injured worker receiving rehabilitation services to request
reimbursement from OWCP for expenses incurred as a result of
participation in an approved rehabilitation effort. The form requires
the signature of a facility official to verify that the employee is in
attendance at the program. This information collection is currently
approved for use through September 30, 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
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[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 carry out its responsibility to
provide vocational rehabilitation services to injured workers currently
unemployed as a result of their injury, to enhance their employment
potential.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Rehabilitation Maintenance Certificate.
OMB Number: 1215-0161.
Agency Number: OWCP-17.
Affected Public: Individual or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
Total Respondents: 1,300.
Total Responses: 15,600.
Time per Response: 10 minutes.
Frequency: Monthly.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,605.
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 25, 2003.
Bruce Bohanon,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-7602 Filed 3-28-03; 8:45 am
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