[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54519-54520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26344]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration


Proposed Information Collection Requests Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations

ACTION: Notice; 1. Housing Occupancy Certificate (Migrant and Seasonal 
Agricultural Worker Protection Act); and 2. Comparability of Current 
Work to Coal Mine Employment, Coal Mine Employment Affidavit, Affidavit 
of Deceased Miner's Condition.

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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 the proposed extension of the Housing Occupancy 
Certificate; and of the Comparability of Current Work to Coal Mine 
Employment, the Coal Mine Employment Affidavit, and the Affidavit of 
Deceased Miner's Condition.
    A copy of the proposed information collection requests can be 
obtained by contacting the employee listed below in the addressee 
section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before December 27, 
1995. Written comments should address whether the proposed information 

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collection is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency; the accuracy of the burden (time and financial resources) 
estimates; ways to minimize burden including the use of automated 
collection techniques or the use of other forms of information 
technology; and, other relevant aspects of the information collection 
request.

ADDRESSES: Patricia A. Forkel, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 
(202) 219-7601 (this is not a toll free number), fax number (202) 219-
6592.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Housing Occupancy Certificate (Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural 
Worker Protection Act)

    I. Background: Section 203(b)(1) of the Migrant and Seasonal 
Agricultural Worker Protection Act requires any person owning or 
controlling any facility or real property to be occupied by migrant 
agricultural workers to obtain a certificate of occupancy. Form WH-520 
is the form used when DOL's Wage and Hour Division inspects and 
approves such housing.
    II. Current Actions: Continuation of this information collection is 
necessary to attest that the facility or real property meets applicable 
safety and health standards.

B. Comparability of Current Work to Coal Mine Employment, Coal Mine 
Employment Affidavit, Affidavit of Deceased Miner's Condition

    I. Background: Comparability of Current Work to Coal Mine 
Employment is completed by beneficiaries and claimants and compares 
non-coal mine work to coal mine work, and is used, together with 
medical information, by the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs 
(OWCP), Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation (DCMWC), to 
establish whether the miner is totally disabled due to black lung 
disease caused by coal mine employment, a criterion to entitlement to 
black lung benefits. The Coal Mine Employment affidavit is completed by 
persons with knowledge of the miner's coal mine work when primary 
evidence is unavailable or incomplete, and is used by DCMWC as proof of 
coal mine work to establish entitlement to black lung benefits. The 
Affidavit of Deceased Miner's condition is completed by persons with 
knowledge of the deceased miner's medical condition when evidence of 
the medical condition is insufficient, and is used by DCMWC to 
establish entitlement to black lung benefits.
    II. Current Actions: Continuation of this information collection is 
necessary to ensure the proper establishment of entitlement benefits to 
black lung claimants and their surviving beneficiaries.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Housing Occupancy Certificate.
    OMB Number: 1215-0158.
    Agency Number: WH-520.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Recordkeeping: Three years.
    Affected Public: Farms; Individuals or households; Business or 
other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 25.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 3 minutes.
    Estimated Cost: 0.
    Total Burden Hours: 2.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Comparability of Current Work to Coal Mine Employment; Coal 
Mine Employment Affidavit; Affidavit of Deceased Miner's Condition.

    OMB Number: 1215-0056.
    Agency Number: CM-913; CM-918; CM-1093.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Recordkeeping: None.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.

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                                               CM-913                      CM-918                  CM-1093      
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Number of Respondents..............  3,600.....................  100.......................  100.               
Estimated Time Per Respondent......  30 min....................  10 min....................  20 min.            
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    Total Estimated Cost: $1,792.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,850.
    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.
Cecily A. Rayburn,
Director, Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, 
Administration and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 95-26344 Filed 10-23-95; 8:45 am]
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