Proposed collection; comment request
[09/22/2003]
Volume 68, Number 183, Page 55066
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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: Representative Fee
Request. 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 November 21, 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: bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or e-
mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background: Individuals filing for
compensation benefits with the office of Workers' Compensation Programs
(OWCP) may be represented by an attorney or other representative. The
representative is entitled to request a fee for services under the
Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) and under the Longshore and
Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA). The fee must be approved by
the OWCP before any demand for payment can be made by the
representative. This information collection request sets forth the
criteria for the information, which must be presented by the respondent
in order to have the fee approved by the OWCP. The information
collection does not have a particular form or format; the respondent
must present the information in any format which is convenient and
which meets all the required information criteria. This information
collection is currently approved for use through March 31, 2004.
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 the extension
of approval to collect this information in order to carry out its
responsibility to approve representative fees under the two Acts.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration
Title: Representative Fee Requests.
OMB Number: 1215-0078.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; individuals or
households.
Total Respondents: 12,700.
Total Responses: 12,700.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 7,850.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $17,215.
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: September 16, 2003.. aves\notices.xml
Bruce Bohannon,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-24079 Filed 9-18-03; 12:01 pm
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