Proposed Collection; Comment Request
[06/06/2006]
Volume 71, Number 108, Page 32597-32598
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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: Labor Organization and
Auxiliary Reports (LM-1, LM-2, LM-3, LM-4, LM-10, LM-15, LM-15A, LM-16,
LM-20, LM-21, LM-30, and S-1). A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the addressee section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before August 7, 2006.
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
Congress enacted the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
of 1959, as amended (LMRDA), to provide for the disclosure of
information on the financial transactions and administrative practices
of labor organizations. The statute also provides, under certain
circumstances, for reporting by labor organization officers and
employees, employers, labor relations consultants, and surety
companies. Section 208 of the LMRDA authorizes the Secretary to issue
rules and regulations prescribing the form of the required reports. The
reporting provisions were devised to implement a basic tenet of the
LMRDA: The guarantee of democratic procedures and safeguards within
labor organizations that are designed to protect the basic rights of
union members. Section 205 of the LMRDA provides that the reports are
public information.
The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) administers the
reporting provisions of the LMRDA to the statute (29 U.S.C. 431 et
seq.) and the implementing and interpreting regulations (29 CFR Chapter
IV). This information collection is currently approved for use through
November 30, 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 (DOL) seeks extension of the current
approval to collect this information. An extension is necessary because
the LMRDA explicitly requires the reporting and establishes the
frequency of the required filings. The information collected by OLMS is
used by union members to help self-govern their unions, by the general
public, and as research material for both outside researchers and
within the Department of Labor. The information is also used to assist
DOL and other government agencies in detecting improper practices on
the part of labor organizations, their officers and/or representatives,
and others and is used by Congress in oversight and legislative
functions. In addition to making Forms LM-2, LM-3, LM-4, LM-10, LM-20,
LM-21, and LM-30 (from fiscal year 2000 to the present) available to
the public online free of charge through its Internet Public Disclosure
Room, (http://unionreports.dol.gov/olmsWeb/docs/lmrda.htm), OLMS
receives and fulfills approximately 210 disclosure report requests per
month.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Labor Organization and Auxiliary Reports.
OMB Number: 1215-0188.
Agency Number: LM-1, LM-2, LM-3, LM-4, LM-10, LM-15, LM-15A, LM-16,
LM-20, LM-21, LM-30 and S-1.
Affected Public: Individual or households; business or other for-
profit; not-for-profit institutions.
Total Respondents: 27,849.
Total Responses: 27,849.
Time per Response (Reporting): 1,175,450.
Time per Response (Recordkeeping): 2,197,804.
Frequency: Semi-annually and Annually.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3,373,254.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden Hours
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Hours per Hours per
Forms Responses respondent for Reporting respondent for Recordkeeping Total hours
reporting burden hours recordkeeping burden hours
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LM-1.................................................... 255 0.83 212 0.08 20 232
LM-2.................................................... 3,827 146.00 558,742 390.00 1,492,530 2,051,272
LM-3.................................................... 10,812 52.00 562,224 64.00 691,968 1,254,192
LM-4.................................................... 6,355 8.00 50,840 2.00 12,710 63,550
LM-10................................................... 1,766 0.50 883 0.08 141 1,024
LM-15................................................... 354 1.50 531 0.33 117 648
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LM-15A.................................................. 68 0.33 22 0.03 2 24
LM-16................................................... 95 0.33 31 0.02 2 33
LM-20................................................... 90 0.33 30 0.03 3 33
LM-21................................................... 11 0.50 6 0.08 1 7
LM-30................................................... 3,494 0.50 1,747 0.08 280 2,027
S-1..................................................... 179 0.50 90 0.08 14 104
SARF*................................................... 543 0.17 92 0.03 16 108
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Total............................................... 27,849 .............. 1,175,450 .............. 2,197,804 3,373,254
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Note: Some numbers may not add due to rounding.
* Simplified Annual Report Format.
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: June 1, 2006.
Ruben L. Wiley,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-8739 Filed 6-5-06; 8:45 am]
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