[Federal Register: February 10, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 26)]
[Notices]
[Page 6659-6660]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration


Proposed Extension of the Approval of Information Collection
Requirements

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 its proposal to extend the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval of the Information 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 April 13, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Mr. Steven D. Lawrence, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 693-0292, fax (202) 693-1451, E-mail Lawrence.Steven@dol.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 Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) and the
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA). These acts
provide vocational rehabilitation services to eligible workers with
disabilities. Section 8111(b) of the FECA and Sec.  908(g) of the LHWCA
provides that person(s) undergoing such vocational rehabilitation shall
receive maintenance allowances as additional compensation. Form OWCP-17
is used to collect information necessary to decide the amount of any
maintenance allowance to be paid. This information collection is
currently approved for use through August 31, 2009.
    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 approval of
the extension of this information collection in order to carry out its
responsibility to assure payment of compensation benefits to injured
workers at the proper rate.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Titles: Rehabilitation Maintenance Certificate.
    OMB Number: 1215-0161.
    Agency Numbers: OWCP-17.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Respondents: 1,300.
    Total Annual Responses: 15,600.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,590.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $7,020.
    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.


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    Dated: February 4, 2009.
Hazel Bell,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control,
Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration
and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-2701 Filed 2-9-09; 8:45 am]

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