Federal Register, Volume 60 Issue 129 (Thursday, July 6, 1995)

[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*

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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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Estimated time per
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.

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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Estimated time per
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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