Proposed Collection; Comment Request
[10/05/2005]
Volume 70, Number 192, Page 58241
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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: Request to be Selected as
Payee (CM-910). 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 December 5, 2005.
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, Email bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or Email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
I. Background
The Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, as amended, 30
U.S.C. 901, provides for the payment of benefits to a coal miner who is
totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis and to certain survivors of the
miner. If a beneficiary is incapable of handling their affairs, the
person or institution responsible for their care is required to apply
to receive the benefit payments on the beneficiary's behalf. The CM-910
is the form completed by the representative payee applicants. The payee
applicant completes the form and mails it for evaluation to the
district office that has jurisdiction over the beneficiary's claim
file. Regulations 20 CFR 725.504-513 require the collection of this
information. This information collection is currently approved for use
through March 31, 2006.
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 evaluate
an applicant's ability to be a representative payee. If the Program
were not able to screen representative payee applicants the
beneficiary's best interest would not be served.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Request to be Selected as Payee.
OMB Number: 1215-0166.
Agency Number: CM-910.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for
profit; not-for-profit institutions.
Average Time Per Response: 20 minutes.
Total Respondents: 2,200.
Total Annual Responses: 2,200.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 773.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $880.00.
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 29, 2005.
Bruce Bohanon,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and
Planning,Employment Standards Administration.
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