Proposed Collection; Comment Request [Notices] [04/21/1997]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request [04/21/1997]
Volume 62, Number 76, Page 19356-19357[DOCID:fr21ap97-110]
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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 two information collections: (1) The proposed
extension collection of Form WH-1, Economic Survey Schedule and (2)
Form CM-908, Notice of Termination, suspension, Reduction, or Increase
in Benefit Payments. Copies of the proposed information collection
requests 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 June 18, 1997. The Department of
Labor is particularly interested in comments which:
<bullet> 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;
<bullet> 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;
<bullet> Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
<bullet> 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.
addresses: Contact Mr. Rich Elman concerning Form WH-1 at the U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Room S-3201,
Washington, D.C. 20210, telephone (202) 219-6375. For Form CM-908,
contact Ms. Margaret Sherrill at the above address, (202) 219-7601.
(These are not toll-free numbers.) The Fax number is (202) 219-6592.
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supplementary information:
I. Background
Sections 5, 6(a)(3) and 8 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA),
29 U.S.C. 201 et seq., provide that covered, non-exempt employees in
American Samoa may be paid, in lieu of the federal statutory minimum
wage specified in section 6(a), at a minimum wage rates 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 FSLA) that it determines,
having due regard to economic and competitive conditions, will not
substantially curtail employment in the industry and will not give any
industry in American Samoa a competitive advantage over any industry in
the United States outside of American Samoa. The committee must
consider competitive consideration as affected by transportation,
living and production costs, the wages established by collective
bargaining agreements in various industries, and wages paid by
employers who voluntarily maintain minimum wage standards. Form WH-1 is
a voluntary use form competed by businesses in American Samoa to
disclose certain economic data concerning their particular
establishment. The completed forms are collected and examined by
employees of the Wage and House Division (WHD) who are sent to American
Samoa to complete the survey.
II. Current Actions
The Department of Labor (DOL) seeks extension of approval to
collect this information in order to carry out its responsibility to
gather information to provide the industry committee with the data
necessary to recommend wage rates for the various industries in
American Samoa. This information is essential to enable the
Administrator, WHD to prepare the economic report, for the committee,
that provides the economic data to set the wage rates.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Economic Survey Schedule.
OMB Number: 1215-0028.
Agency Numbers: WH-1.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Total Respondents: 50.
Frequency: Biennially.
Total Responses: 50.
Average Time Per Response for Reporting: 45 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 38.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): 0.
I. Background
The Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, as amended (30
U.S.C. 942) and 20 CFR 725.621 requires that Coal Mine operators or
their representatives (called responsible operators (RO)), to pay Black
Lung benefits to a miner or the miner's surviving family. ROs who pay
benefits are required to report any change in the benefit amount to the
Department of Labor (DOL). The CM-908 notifies DOL of the change in the
beneficiary's benefit amount and the reason for the change.
II. Current Actions
DOL seeks extension of approval to collect this information in
order to insure the Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation (DCMWC)
regulations are followed and that Black Lung beneficiaries receive
accurate and timely benefit payments from the RMOs.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Notice of Termination, Suspension, Reduction, or Increase in
Benefit Payments.
OMB Number: 1215-0064.
Agency Numbers: CM-908.
Affected Public: Business or For Profit.
Total Respondents: 325.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Responses: 9,000.
Average Time Per Response for Reporting: 12 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,800.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $3,060.00.
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: April 15, 1997.
Margaret J. Sherrill,
Management Analysis Officer, Division of Financial Management, Office
of Management, Administration and Planning, Employment Standards
Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-10203 Filed 4-18-97; 8:45 am]
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