[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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