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[FR Doc No: 94-2420]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

 

Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Review by the 
Office of Management and Budget

    Background: The Department of Labor, in carrying out its 
responsibilities under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35), considers comments on the reporting/recordkeeping requirements 
that will affect the public.
    Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Review: As necessary, 
the Department of Labor will publish Agency recordkeeping/ reporting 
requirements under review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
since the last publication. These entries may include new collections, 
revisions, extensions, or reinstatements, if applicable. The 
Departmental Clearance Officer will, upon request, be able to advise 
members of the public of the nature of the particular submission they 
are interested in.
    Each entry may contain the following information:

The Agency of the Department issuing this recordkeeping/ reporting 
requirement.
The title of the recordkeeping/reporting requirement.
The OMB and/or Agency identification numbers, if applicable.
How often the recordkeeping/reporting requirement is needed.
Whether small businesses or organizations are affected.
An estimate of the total number of hours needed to comply with the 
recordkeeping/reporting requirements and the average hours per 
respondent.
The number of forms in the request for approval, if applicable.
An abstract describing the need for and uses of the information 
collection.

    Comments and Questions: Copies of the recordkeeping/reporting 
requirements included in each notice may be obtained by calling the 
Departmental Clearance Officer, Kenneth A. Mills ((202) 219-5095). 
Comments and questions about the items included in each notice should 
be directed to Mr. Mills, Office of Information Resources Management 
Policy, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., room N-
1301, Washington, DC 20210. Comments should also be sent to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for (BLS/
DM/ESA/ ETA/OLMS/MSHA/OSHA/PWBA/VETS), Office of Management and Budget, 
room 3001, Washington, DC 20503 ((202) 395-6880).
    Any member of the public who wants to comment on recordkeeping/ 
reporting requirements which have been submitted to OMB should advise 
Mr. Mills of this intent at the earliest possible date.

New

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pricing Collective Bargaining Settlements--Private Sector
Other--upon reaching a new collective bargaining agreement, which is 
about once every 3 years on average
Businesses or other for-profit
396 respondents; 35.1 min. per response; 232 total hours; 2 forms The 
Bureau of Labor Statistics will use the information collected in 
Pricing Collective Bargaining Settlements to compile quarterly measures 
of collective bargaining settlements. As a primary Federal economic 
indicator, the measure is used by Federal policymakers to help set 
economic policy. In addition, company officials and labor groups 
request the data for collective bargaining negotiations and researchers 
use the data for compensation and unionization analyses.

Revision

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
Annual Report/Form 5500 Series
1210-0016; Form 5500
Businesses or other for-profit; Non-profit institutions; Small 
businesses or organizations
832,000 respondents; 1.2 hours per response; 998,400 total hours
Section 104(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) 
requires plan administrators to file an annual report containing the 
information described in section 103 of ERISA. The Form 5500 Series 
provides a standard format for fulfilling that requirement.

Extension

Employment Standards Administration
Agreement and Undertaking
1215-0034; OWCP-1
On occasion
Businesses or other for-profit
300 respondents; .25 hours per response; 75 total hours; 1 form
The Office of Workers Compensation Programs (OWCP) OWCP-1 is a joint 
use form (Longshore and Black Lung programs) completed by employers to 
provide the Secretary of Labor with authorization to sell securities, 
or to bring suit under indemnity bonds deposited by the self-insured 
employers in the event there is a default in the payment of benefits.

Extension

Employment and Training Administration
Preliminary Estimates of Average Employer Tax Rates
1205-0228; ETA 205
Annually
State or local governments
53 respondents; 16 minutes per response; 14 total hours; 1 form The 
average rate collected from States is used to compare average tax rates 
among the States by the Employment and Training Administration and 
State agencies, and along with the current tax rate schedule, is used 
to certify that a State is complying with the law.

Revision

Employment and Training Administration
Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Title III Biennial State Plan
1205-0273
Biennially
State or local governments
53 respondents; 20 hours per response; 1,060 total hours.
The State plan will provide the Department of Labor with a general 
description of each State's plans for the operation of the Title III 
program and its utilization of JTPA funds for this purpose.

Revision

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Forms 1220-0032

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                                                                                                       Average  
                                                           Respondents                                 time per 
          Form No.                  Affected public                              Frequency             response 
                                                                                                       (hours)  
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BLS 3023VS..................  Service Industries.........    1,630,815  Every 3 years..............         .083
BLS 3023VM..................  Service Industries.........      106,146  Every 3 years..............          .25
BLS 3023CA..................  All Industries.............       45,359  Every 3 years..............         .167
BLS 3023V...................  Service Industries.........      121,940  Every 3 years..............         .083
      Total hrs.............  ...........................  ...........  ...........................      179,591
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    Accurate industrial coding based on the 1987 Standard Industrial 
Classification Manual is needed by many Federal, State, and local 
government officials and private researchers. This extension will 
permit the use of previously approved forms to gather this information.

Extension

Mine Safety and Health Administration
Gamma Radiation Exposure Records
1219-0039
Quarterly
Operators of metal and nonmetal underground mines
5 respondents; 4 hours per response; 80 total burden hours
Requires operators of metal and nonmetal underground mines, where 
radioactive ores are mined, to keep records of the results of annual 
gamma radiation surveys and individual miner's cumulative gamma 
radiation exposure.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 27th day of January, 1994.
Kenneth A. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-2420 Filed 2-2-94; 8:45 am]
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