[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 129 (Thursday, July 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35228-35235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16622]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


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

June 30, 1995.
    The Department of Labor has submitted the following public 
information collection requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) of 1980, as amended (P.L. 96-511). Copies may be 
obtained by calling the Department of Labor Acting Departmental 
Clearance Officer, Theresa M. O'Malley ((202) 219-5095). Comments and 
questions about the ICRs listed below should be directed to Ms. 
O'Malley, 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/OAW/MSHA/OSHA/PWBA/VETS), Office of Management and Budget, Room 
10325, Washington, DC 20503 ((202) 395-7316).
    Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY/
TDD) may call (202) 219-4720 between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern time, 
Monday through Friday.
    Type of Review: Extention.
    Agency: Departmental Management.
    Title: National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS).
    OMB Number: 1225-0044.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 3,850.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: .83 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 3,255.
    Description: The National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) 
provides data to public and private programs and data analysis which 
are used for planning, implementing, and evaluating farmworker 
programs. Analysis provides an understanding of the manpower resources 
available to the United States agriculture and the importance of 
immigrants in the labor market. It is the only national source of data 
on the demographic and employment characteristics of farmworkers.

    Type of Review: New.
    Agency: Departmental Management.
    Title: Generic Clearance--Supreme Court Decision Hours.
    OMB Number: 1225-0new.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Total Respondents: 6,223,637.
    Total Burden Hours: 4,820,316.
    Description: The Department of Labor is seeking to reinstate as 
burden hour adjustments those third-party disclosure paperwork burden 
hours for twenty-two information collection requests previously deleted 
as adjustments resulting from the Dole, Secretary of Labor, et al v. 
United Steelworkers of American, Opinion of the Court 494 U.S. 26, 33 
(1990) decision. These third-party burden hours are considered 

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subject to Office of Management and Budget review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 95).

    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Employer's First Report of Injury or Occupational Illness; 
Physician's Report of Impairment of Vision; Employer's Supplementary 
Report of Accident or Occupational Illness.
    OMB Number: 1215-0031.
    Agency Number: LS-202; LS-205; LS-210.
    Frequency: As needed.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit.

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                                                        Average time per
                Collection                 Respondents     respondent   
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LS-202...................................      31,000   15 minutes.     
LS-205...................................         100   45 minutes.     
LS-210...................................      42,000   15 minutes.     
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    Total Burden Hours: 8,650.
    Description: These forms are used to report injuries, periods of 
disability, and medical treatment under the Longshore and Harbor 
Workers' Compensation Act.

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Pension Welfare Benefits Administration.
    Title: Summary Plan Description Requirements under ERISA.
    OMB Number: 1210-0039.
    Frequency: 5 or 10 year cycle depending on whether a plan is 
amended in initial 5 years.
    Affected Public: Business or other-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 174,700.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 41 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 7,174,450.
    Description: As required by the Employee Retirement Income Security 
Act (ERISA), this existing regulation provides plan administrators with 
the procedures and guidelines necessary to furnish plan participants 
and beneficiaries with Summary Plan Descriptions that clearly explain 
their rights and obligations.

    Type of Review: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Agency: Pension Welfare Benefits Administration.
    Title: Summary Annual Report.
    OMB Number: 1210-0040.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 749,205.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 30 minutes; 15 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 5,878,021.
    Description: Employee benefit plans are required by law, with some 
exceptions, summary annual reports to participants and beneficiaries 
for purposes of communicating basic financial information about the 
plan's operations and performance.

    Type of Review: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Agency: Pension Welfare Benefits Administration.
    Title: DOL Regulation 2560.503-1 Claims Procedure.
    OMB Number: 1210-0053.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 23,454.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 15 minutes; 30 minutes; 10 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 7,063.
    Description: This regulation requires employee benefit plans to 
establish procedures which provide adequate written notice to any 
participant or beneficiary of an employee benefit plan whose claim has 
been denied. As opportunity for review of a denied claim must also be 
provided; the decision upon a review must also be in writing.

    Type of Review: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Agency: Pension Welfare Benefits Administration.
    Title: Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 86-128.
    OMB Number: 1210-0059.
    Frequency: Quarterly; Annually.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 163,562.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 hour 40 minutes; 10 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 64,743.
    Description: This class exemption exempts from the prohibited 
transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
(ERISA) the affecting or executing of securities transactions on behalf 
of an employee benefit plan by a person who is a fiduciary with respect 
to the plan and who is acting in such transactions as agent for the 
plan.

    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Pension Welfare Benefits Administration.
    Title: ERISA Technical Release 91-1.
    OMB Number: 1210-0084.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business and other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 30.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 116 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 3,350.
    Description: This technical release alerts the public to amendments 
to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) 
which, among other things, requires that advance notification be 
provided to the Secretaries of Labor and Treasury, as well as other 
persons, of an intended transfer of excess pension assets from a 
defined benefit plan to a retiree health benefit account, described in 
section 401(h) of the Internal Revenue Code, which is part of such 
plan.

    Type of Review: New.
    Agency: Pension Welfare Benefits Administration.
    Title: Prohibited Transaction Exemption 85-68.
    OMB Number: 1210-0new.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 hour.
    Total Burden Hours: 1.
    Description: This class exemption exempts from the prohibited 
transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
(ERISA), certain transactions involving an employee benefit plan's 
purchase of customer notes of an employer.

    Type of Review: New.
    Agency: Pension Welfare Benefits Administration.
    Title: Prohibited Transaction Exemption 8-59.
    OMB Number: 1210-0new.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1 hour.
    Total Burden Hours: 1.
    Description: This class exemption exempts from the prohibited 
transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
(ERISA), certain transactions involving residential mortgage financing 
arrangements.

    Type of Review: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Agency: Pension Welfare Benefits Administration.
    Title: Regulation Regarding Participant Directed Individual Account 
Plans (ERISA Section 404(c)).
    OMB Number: 1210-0new.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

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    Number of Respondents: 55,747.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 7 hours; 1 hour; \1/2\ hour.
    Total Burden Hours: 303,249.
    Description: Employee benefit plans which choose to relieve 
liability for certain plan fiduciaries pursuant to the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 section 404(c) are required to 
provide participants and beneficiaries with sufficient information to 
make informed decisions with regard to investments, as described in 29 
CFR 2550.404c-1.

    Type of Review: New.
    Agency: Pension Welfare Benefits Administration.
    Title: Prohibited Class Exemption 75-1.
    OMB Number: 1210-0new.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 hour.
    Total Burden Hours: 1.
    Description: This class exemption exempts from the prohibited 
transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
(ERISA), registered broker-dealers and reporting dealers in Government 
securities who are parties in interest to engage in certain kinds of 
securities transaction with plans.

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Hazard Communication.
    OMB Number: 1218-0072.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 5.04 million.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 1* hours.
    Information Collection Requirement/Burden Hours
(a) Written Hazard Communication Program--2,117,134*

    * Estimate for hours per response addresses automated labeling.
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(b) Hazard Determination--216,168
(c) MSDSs Existing Establishments--535,290
(d) MSDSs New Establishments--511,375
(e) Obtaining and Maintaining MSDSs Existing Establishments--2,016,768
(f) Obtaining and Maintaining MSDSs New Establishments--511,375
(g) Labeling Shipped Containers--5,904,901
(h) Labeling In-Plant Containers--1,476,225
(i) Access to Trade Secrets--201,447
(j) Employee Access--151,258
(k) Federal Access--594
    Total Burden Hours: 13,645,535.
    Description: The Hazard Communication Standard and its information 
collection requirements is designed to ensure the transmittal of 
complete hazard information to employees and downstream employers. The 
standard requires employers to establish hazard communication programs, 
to transmit information on the hazard of chemicals to their employees 
by means of labels on containers, material safety data sheets (MSDS), 
and training programs. Implementation of these hazard communication 
programs will ensure all employees have the ``right-to-know'' the 
hazards and identities of the chemicals they work with, and will reduce 
the incidence of chemically-related occupational illnesses and 
injuries.
    As a result of the February 21, 1990, Supreme Court decision, Dole 
v. United Steelworkers of America 494 U.S. 26 (1990), disclosure 
requirements to employees, and nongovernmental third parties were no 
longer applicable for Office of Management and Budget review under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, as amended, and relevant hours were 
taken out of the paperwork package and inventory. As a result of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, hours for these disclosure provisions 
are being included in the paperwork package.

    Type of Review: Reinstatement.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Powered Platforms for Building Maintenance.
    OMB Number: 1218-0121.
    Frequency: Every five years.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 900.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: .98 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 882.
    Description: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
requires employers to collect information which will assure that 
employees who operate powered platforms received uniform and 
comprehensive instruction and information in the operations, safe use, 
and inspection of powered platform equipment.

    Type of Review: Reinstatement.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Accident Prevention Tags.
    OMB Number: 1218-0132.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 2,092,500.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 20 seconds.
    Total Burden Hours: 30,225.
    Description: These requirements regulate the design and use of 
accident prevention tags. Accident prevention tags are used to 
temporarily identify hazardous or potentially hazardous workplace 
conditions that are out-of-the-ordinary, unexpected or not readily 
apparent. The affected public includes all sections of ``general 
industry.''

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Occupational Exposure to Asbestos--Construction.
    OMB Number: 1218-0134.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 13,428,966.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 3.6 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 8,643,317.
    Description: The asbestos standard and its information collection 
requirements is to provide protection for employees from the adverse 
health effects associated with occupational exposure to asbestos. The 
standard requires that employers must establish and maintain a training 
and compliance program, including exposure monitoring and medical 
surveillance records. In addition, building owners and employers must 
inform employees about the existence of asbestos containing material 
and potential asbestos containing material in the facility. Required 
information is used by employees, physicians, employers and the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to ensure 
employees are being protected from exposure to asbestos. Also, the 
standard required that OSHA have access to various records to ensure 
that employers are complying with the disclosure provisions of the 
asbestos standard.

    Type of Review: Reinstatement.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Control of Hazardous Energy Sources (Lockout/Tagout).
    OMB Number: 1218-0150.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 631,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: .52 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 555,293.
    Description: This standard covers with the control of hazardous 
energy (lockout/tagout) during the servicing or maintenance of machines 
or equipment as a complete concept.

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 

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    Title: Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens (General 
Industry and Shipyards).
    OMB Number: 1218-0180.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 511,755.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 hour.
    Total Burden Hours: 5,100,194.
    Description: The bloodborne standard and its information collection 
requirements is to provide protection for employees from the adverse 
health effects associated with occupational exposure to bloodborne 
pathogens. The standard requires that employers must establish and 
maintain a training and compliance program, including exposure 
monitoring and medical surveillance records. These records are used by 
employees, physicians, employers and the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration (OSHA) to determine the effectiveness of the employers' 
compliance efforts. Also, the standard required that OSHA have access 
to various records to ensure that employers are complying with the 
disclosure provisions of the bloodborne standard.

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Occupational Exposure to Cadmium--General Industry.
    OMB Number: 1218-0185.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 54,544.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: .28 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 155,948.
    Description: The cadmium standard and its information collection 
requirements is to provide protection for employees from the adverse 
health effects associated with occupational exposure to cadmium. The 
standard requires that employers must establish and maintain a training 
and compliance program, including exposure monitoring and medical 
surveillance records. These records are used by employees, physicians, 
employers and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 
to determine the effectiveness of the employers' compliance efforts. 
Also, the standard requires that OSHA have access to various records to 
ensure that employers are complying with the disclosure provisions of 
the cadmium standard.

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Lead in Construction.
    OMB Number: 1218-0189.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 147,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: .36 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,268,625.
    Description: The lead in construction standard and its information 
collection requirements is to provide protection for employees from the 
adverse health effects associated with occupational exposure to lead. 
The standard requires that employers must establish and maintain a 
training and compliance program, including exposure monitoring and 
medical surveillance records. These records are used by employees, 
physicians, employers and the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration (OSHA) to determine the effectiveness of the employers' 
compliance efforts. Also, the standard requires that OSHA have access 
to various records to ensure that employers are complying with the 
disclosure provisions of the lead standard.

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Occupational Exposure to Asbestos (Shipyards).
    OMB Number: 1218-0195.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 52.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: .54 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,439.
    Description: The asbestos standard and its information collection 
requirements is to provide protection for employees from the adverse 
health effects associated with occupational exposure to asbestos. The 
standard requires that employers must establish and maintain a training 
and compliance program, including exposure monitoring and medical 
surveillance records. These records are used by employees, physicians, 
employers and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 
to determine the effectiveness of the employers' compliance efforts. 
Also, the standard requires that OSHA have access to various records to 
ensure that employers are complying with the disclosure provisions of 
the asbestos standard.

    Type of Review:  New.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Permit Required Confined Spaces.
    OMB Number: 1218-0 new.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government; 
State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 238,853.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 10.6 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,153,184.
    Description: Regulatory provision 29 CFR 1910.146 prescribes 
standards for protecting employees from the hazards associated with 
entry into permit required confined spaces. The standard requires the 
creation of a written permit entry plan and the use of written permits 
to enter permit spaces. Employees risk exposure to hazards such as 
toxic and explosive atmospheres, oxygen deficient atmospheres, electric 
and mechanical energy, inwardly sloping walls and immersion in flowing 
material.

    Type of Review: New.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: OSHA Log Collection System.
    OMB Number: 1218-0 new.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 100,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 30 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 35,000.

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                                                                 No. of       No. of     Average of             
                                                              respondents  respondents   completion     Total   
             No. of respondents OSHA collection                 BLS/OSHA    OSHA only       time        burden  
                                                                overlap     collection   (minutes)      hours   
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100,000.....................................................      *30,000       70,000           30      35,000 
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* These respondents will complete a carbon pack form that can be separated with only copy to be returned to OSHA
  in a self-addressed stamped envelope and another copy to be returned to BLS in the BLS Annual Survey of       
  Occupational Injuries and Illnesses collection package. BLS/OSHA overlap burden is included in 1220-0029.     

 
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    Description: To meet many of OSHA's program needs, OSHA is proposed 
to develop a system to collect occupational injury and illness data 
from establishments in portions of the private sector. OSHA will 
collect data from 100,000 employers with 50 or more employees in 
selected high hazard industries. These data will allow OSHA to 
calculate occupational injury and illness rates and to focus its 
efforts on individual workplaces with ongoing serious safety and health 
problems. Successful implementation of the data collection initiative 
is critical to OSHA's reinvention efforts and the data requirements 
tied to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA).

    Type of Review: New.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Powered Industrial Truck Operator Training (1910.178).
    OMB Number: 1218-0 new.
    Frequency: Once initially; refresher training when necessary.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 150,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 15 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 1 hour (NPRM); proposed 2,017,654.
    Description: OSHA has proposed to review 29 CFR 1910.178(5)(i) 
which will require that employers certify that each operator has 
received training, has been evaluated and as required by this 
paragraph, and has demonstrated competency in performance of the 
operator's duties.

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Claims and Payments Activities.
    OMB Number: 1205-0010.
    Agency Number: ETA 5159.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.

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                        Form                         Respondents        Frequency              respondent       
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Regular............................................         53    Monthly.............  2 hours.                
Extended Benefits..................................         33    Six Times...........  1 hour 45 minutes.      
Short Time Compensation............................         11    Six Times...........  1 hour.                 
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    Total Burden Hours: 1,359.
    Description: Data measures workload and provides quantitative 
measurement for budget estimates, administrative planning and program 
evaluation. This is a major vehicle for accounting to the public.

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Labor Standards for Registration of Apprenticeship Programs 
(29 CFR Part 29).
    OMB Number: 1205-0223.
    Agency Number: ETA 671.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Federal Government; State, Local 
or Tribal Government.

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                 Section                   Respondents   per respondent 
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29.3.....................................     105,000   15 minutes.     
29.6.....................................      99,000   50 minutes.     
29.5.....................................       5,700   50 minutes.     
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    Total Burden Hours: 45,903.
    Description: Title 29 CFR Part 29 sets forth labor standards to 
safeguard the welfare of apprentices and to extend the application of 
such standards by prescribing policies and procedures concerning 
registration of apprenticeship programs.

    Type of Review: Extension
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Equal Employment Opportunity in Apprenticeship and Training 
(29 CFR part 30).
    OMB Number: 1205-0224.
    Agency Number: ETA 9039.
    Frequency: One-time.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Federal Government; State, Local 
or Tribal Government.

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                                                         Estimated time 
                 Section                   Respondents   per respondent 
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30.3.....................................       4,950   30 minutes.     
30.4.....................................         550   1 hour.         
30.5.....................................       5,000   30 minutes.     
30.6.....................................          50   5 hours.        
30.8.....................................      44,000   1 minute.       
30.8.....................................      22,000   5 minutes.      
30.11....................................          30   30 minutes.     
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    Total Burden Hours: 45,903.
    Description: Title 29 CFR Part 30 sets forth policies and 
procedures to promote equality of opportunity in apprenticeship 
programs registered with the Department of Labor and recognized state 
apprenticeship agencies.

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Standard Job Corps Center Request for Proposal and related 
Contractor Information Gathering.
    OMB Number: 1205-0219.
      

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         ETA Form #              Affected public     Respondents         Frequency              respondent      
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6-37, 6-38, 6-39...........  JC Centers............          109  Quarterly.............  15 minutes.           
6-127......................  JC Centers............          109  Monthly...............  2 hours.              
6-125......................  JC Centers............          109  Annually..............  15 minutes.           
6-128......................  JC Centers............          109  Annually..............  2 minutes.            
2181, 2181A................  JC Centers............          252  Annually..............  2 hours.              
2110.......................  JC Centers............          109  Monthly...............  2.5 hours.            
6-124......................  JC Centers............          109  Annually..............  1 hour.               
6-142B.....................  JC Centers............          109  Monthly...............  3 hrs 33 min.         
3-28.......................  JC Centers............           79  373...................  1 minute.             
6-131A.....................  Corpsmembers..........        1,500  One-time..............  3 minutes.            
6-131B.....................  Corpsmembers..........        3,000  One-time..............  9 minutes.            
6-131C.....................  Corpsmembers..........        1,500  One-time..............  1 minute.             

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6-101......................  Corpsmembers..........          506  As needed.............  3 minutes.            
6-104......................  Corpsmembers..........       10,100  As needed.............  1 minute.             
6-105......................  Corpsmembers..........       60,300  Annually..............  3 minutes.            
6-108......................  Corpsmembers..........        1,508  Weekly................  3 minutes.            
6-61.......................  Corpsmembers..........       60,300  One-time..............  9 minutes.            
6-102......................  Corpsmembers..........        3,515  As needed.............  9 minutes.            
6-103......................  Corpsmembers..........          252  As needed.............  3 minutes.            
6-40.......................  Corpsmembers..........       60,300  One-time..............  2 minutes.            
6-99.......................  Corpsmembers..........       60,300  One-time..............  9 minutes.            
6-112......................  Corpsmembers..........       60,300  One-time..............  1 minute.             
6-135......................  Corpsmembers..........       60,300  One-time..............  1 minute.             
6-136......................  Corpsmembers..........       60,300  One-time..............  9 minutes.            
Center Operating Plan......  JC Centers............           79  Annually..............  28 hours.             
Maintenance Plan...........  JC Centers............           79  Annually..............  5 hours.              
C/M Welfare Plan...........  JC Centers............          109  Annually..............  2 hours.              
JC Student Receipt Form....  JC Centers............       75,000  Quarterly.............  3 minutes.            
Annual VST (if applicable).  JC Centers............          109  Annually..............  4 hours.              
Energy Conservation........  JC Centers............          109  Annually..............  5 hours.              
Outreach Screening (if       JC Centers............          109  Annually..............  2 hours.              
 applicable).                                                                                                   
Annual Staff Training......  JC Centers............          109  Annually..............  1 hour.               
Procurement Activity.......  JC Contractors........            8  As needed.............  2,200 hours.          
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    Total Burden Hours: 118,506.
    Description: This information collection is the standard request 
for proposal (RFP) for the operation of a Job
Corps Center completed by prospective contracts for competitive 
procurement and Federal paperwork requirements for contract operators 
of such centers.

    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Alien Claimant Activity Report.
    OMB Number: 1205-0268.
    Agency Number: ETA 9016.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 53.
    Estimated Time per
    Respondent: 1 hour.
    Total Burden Hours: 212.
    Description: This report allows assessment of cost efficiency of 
the INS' Verification System (commonly known as SAVE) and allows the 
determination of the impact of the Immigration Reform and Control Act 
on the Unemployment Insurance System nationally.

    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Indian and Native 
American Reporting Revisions for Program Year 1995.
    OMB Number: 1205-0308.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or 
Tribal Government.

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                                                   Average time per     
              Form               Respondents          respondent        
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Master Agreement...............         200   3 minutes.                
Narrative......................         200   22 hours.                 
ETA 8600.......................         200   17 hours 25 minutes.      
ETA 8601.......................         200   16 hours 4 minutes.       
ETA 8600 (summer)..............         130   15 hours.                 
ETA 8601 (summer)..............         130   15 hours 50 minutes.      
ETA 8602.......................         200   7 hours 45 minutes.       
ETA 8603.......................         200   9 hours 12 minutes.       
ETA 8604.......................         200   19 hours 48 minutes.      
Reading Level Test.............          10   3 hours 19 minutes.       
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    Total Burden Hours: 38,032.
    Description: These forms are used to manage the national programs 
authorized under Section 401 of the Job Training Partnership Act. These 
documents are the principal sources of program plans and performance 
data. They form the basis for the award of funds, Federal oversight and 
reports to Congress.

    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Standardized Program Information Reporting for JTPA Title II 
and III.
    OMB Number: 1205-0321.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 330.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 23 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 439,365.
    Description: Selected standardized information pertaining to 
participants in the Job Training Partnership Act Titles II and III 
programs will be collected and reported for purpose of general program 
oversight/evaluation and performance assessment from State governments.

    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Mine Ventilation System Plan.
    OMB Number: 1219-0016.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 400.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 24 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 9,600.
    Description: Operators of underground metal and nonmetal mines 

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    are required to prepare written plans of the ventilation system of 
their mines and to update the plans annually. The information is used 
to ensure that each operator routinely plans, reviews, and updates the 
mine's ventilation system; to ensure the availability of accurate and 
current ventilation information; and to provide the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration with an opportunity to alert the mine operator to 
potential hazards.

    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Slope and Shaft Sinking Plans.
    OMB Number: 1219-0019.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 25.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 40 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,000.
    Description: Requires coal mine operators to submit to the Mine 
Safety and Health Administration for approval a plan that will provide 
for the safety and workmen in each slope or shaft that is commenced or 
extended.

    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Representative of Miners.
    OMB Number: 1219-0042.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 207.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 hour.
    Total Burden Hours: 207.
    Description: The Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 
requires the Secretary of Labor to exercise many of the duties under 
the Act in cooperation with miners' representatives. The Act also 
establishes miners' rights which must be exercised through a 
representative. Title 30 CFR 40 contains procedures which a person or 
organization must follow in order to be identified by the Secretary as 
a representative of miners.

    Type of Review: Reinstatement.
    Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Records of Results of Examinations of Self-Rescuers.
    OMB Number: 1219-0044.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 483.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 hour 4 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 512.
    Description: Requires underground coal mine operators to keep 
records of the corrective actions taken as a result of required 
examinations of self-rescue devices. The information is used to ensure 
that the devices are in operable and usable condition in case of an 
emergency.

    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Respirator Program Records.
    OMB Number: 1219-0048.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 11,800.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 17 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 3,386.
    Description: Respirator programs are required to be established 
when engineering controls fail to reduce airborne contaminants to 
permissible levels. Mine operators are also required to conduct fit 
testing of respirator devices and to keep records of the results. Fit-
testing records are used to ensure that a respirator worn by an 
individual is in fact the one for which the individual received a tight 
fit. Emergency-use respirators are required to be inspected monthly to 
assure that they are in satisfactory working condition.

    Type of Review: Reinstatement.
    Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Permissible Equipment Testing.
    OMB Number: 1219-0066.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

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                                                                                             Average            
                                                                               Respondent    time per           
                                 Reg section                                  applications   response    Total  
                                                                                             (hours)            
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30 CFR 15...................................................................            2           5         10
30 CFR 18...................................................................          449          40     17,960
                                                                                      *41          20        820
30 CFR 19...................................................................            3          18         54
30 CFR 20...................................................................            4          10         40
30 CFR 21...................................................................            0           0          0
30 CFR 22...................................................................            4          14         56
30 CFR 23...................................................................            5          17         85
30 CFR 25...................................................................            0           0          0
30 CFR 26...................................................................            0           0          0
30 CFR 27...................................................................            1          20         20
30 CFR 28...................................................................            2          19         38
30 CFR 29...................................................................            0           0          0
30 CFR 32...................................................................           *3          34        102
30 CFR 33...................................................................            7           8         56
30 CFR 35...................................................................            6          43        258
Snaps and Saras.............................................................        1,028           2     2,056 
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* Simplified.                                                                                                   

    Total Burden Hours: 20,785.
    Description: Contains procedures by which manufacturers of mining 
equipment and components, material, instruments, and explosives may 
apply for, and have their products approved as permissible for use in 
mines.

    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Rock Burst Control Plan.
    OMB Number: 1219-0097.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 12 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 24.

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    Description: Requires metal and nonmetal mine operators to develop 
a rock burst control plan within 90 days after a rock burst has been 
experienced. Plans are required to be made available to the Mine Safety 
and Health Administration inspectors and are used by the mine operator 
for work assignments to assure miner safety and to schedule correction 
work..
Patrick Skees,
Acting Director IRM Policy.
[FR Doc. 95-16622 Filed 7-5-95; 8:45 am]
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