[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 41 (Thursday, February 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7820-7822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4614]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations
1. Rehabilitation Plan and Award (OWCP-16)
2. Rehabilitation Action Report (OWCP-44)
3. Report of Changes That May Affect Your Black Lung Benefits (CM-
929)
4. Report of Construction Contractor's Wage Rates (WD-10)
5. 20 CFR Part 825--The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
6. Notice of Recurrance of Disability and Claim for Continuation of
Pay/Compensation (CA-2a)
ACTION: Notice.
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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 collection of: (1)
Rehabilitation Plan and Award; (2) Rehabilitation Action Report; (3)
Report of Changes that May Affect Your Black Lung Benefits; (4) Report
of Construction Contractor's Wage Rates; (5) 20 CFR Part 825--The
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; (6) Notice of Recurrance of
Disability and Claim for Continuance of Pay/Compensation.
Copies 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 May 6, 1996. The
Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments which:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology
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e.g., permitting electronic submissions of responses.
ADDRESSEE: Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U.S. Department of labor, 200
Constitution Ave., N.W., Room S-3201, Washington, D.C. 20210, telephone
(202) 219-7601 (this is not a toll-free number), fax 202-219-6592.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Rehabilitation Plan and Award
I. Background: The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)
administers the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LSHWCA)
and the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA). Both of these Acts
provide for rehabilitation services to eligible injured workers. This
form (OWCP-16) is used to document the plan for rehabilitation services
submitted to OWCP by the injured worker and the rehabilitation
counselor, and is used by OWCP to award payment from funds provided for
rehabilitation. The form summarizes the nature and costs of the
rehabilitation program for a prompt decision on funding by OWCP. The
signatures of the parties on the form document their collective
approval of the plan.
II. Current Actions: The Department of Labor seeks the extension of
approval to collect this information in order to carry out its
responsibility to provide and fund rehabilitation for injured workers.
Rehabilitation Action Report
I. Background: The Office of Workers' Compensation administers the
Federal Employees' Compensation Act. This Act provides rehabilitation
services to eligible injured workers. The cost of these services are
paid from the Employees' Compensation Fund. The Rehabilitation Action
Report is submitted to OWCP by the rehabilitation counselor and gives
prompt notification of key events requiring action in the vocational
rehabilitation process.
II. Current Actions: The Department of Labor seeks the extension of
approval to collect this information in order to carry out its
responsibility to provide and fund rehabilitation for injured workers.
Report of Changes That May Affect Your Black Lung Benefits
I. Background: The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation, provides for the payments
of benefits to coal miners who are totally disabled due to
pneumonconiosis and to certain survivors of miners who die due to
pneumoconiosis. Once a miner or survivor is found eligible for
benefits, the primary beneficiary is requested to report certain
changes that may affect benefits. Responses to the form (CM-929) are
reviewed to verify information in the claim file and to identify
changes such as income, marital and dependency status.
II. Current Actions: The Department of Labor seeks the extension of
approval to collect this information in order to carry out its
responsibility to verify and update on a regular basis factors that
affect a beneficiary's entitlement to benefits.
Report of Construction Contractor's Wage Rates
I. Background: The Wage and Hour Division administers the Davis-
Bacon Act. The Act provides, in part, that ``. . . every contract in
excess of $2,000 . . . which requires or involves the employment of
mechanics and/or laborers shall contain a provision stating the minimum
wages to be paid various classes of laborers and mechanics which shall
be based upon the wages that will be determined by the Secretary of
Labor to be prevailing for the corresponding classes of laborers and
mechanics employed on projects of a character similar to the contract
work in the city, town, village or other civil subdivision of the State
in which the work is performed . . .''
II. Current Actions: The Department of Labor seeks the extension of
this information collection in order to carry out its responsibility
under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts to determine locally prevailing
wage rates.
20 CFR Part 825--The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
I. Background: The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA)
requires private sector employers of 50 or more employees, and public
agencies, to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave to
eligible employees for certain family and medical reasons. The Act
imposes certain recordkeeping and reporting requirements in order for
the Department of Labor to determine employer compliance with FMLA.
II. Current Actions: The Department of Labor seeks the extension of
approval to collect this information in order to ensure that both
employers and employees are aware of, and can exercise their rights and
meet their respective obligations under FMLA, and to carry out its
statutory responsibility to investigate and ensure employer compliance.
Notice of Recurrance of Disability and Claim for Continuation of Pay/
Compensation
I. Background: The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
administers the Federal Employee's Compensation Act. This statute
provides for continuation of pay or compensation for work related
injury or disease resulting from Federal employment. This form requests
information from claimants with previously accepted injuries who claim
a recurrence of disability, and from their supervisors. The form
requests information relating to the specific circumstances leading up
to the recurrance and employment and earnings information.
II. Current Actions: The Department of Labor seeks the extension of
approval to collect this information in order to determine if benefits
are payable for a recurrence of an injury.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Rehabilitation Plan and Award.
OMB Number: 1215-0067.
Agency Number: OWCP-16.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Individuals or
households.
Total Respondents: 7,000.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Responses: 7,000.
Average Time per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3,500.
Estimated Total Burden Cost: $0.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Rehabilitation Action Award.
OMB Number: 1215-0182.
Agency Number: OWCP-44.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; Individuals or
households.
Total Respondents: 7,000.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Responses: 7,000.
Average Time per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3,500.
Estimated Total Burden Cost: 0.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Report of Changes That May Affect Your Black Lung Benefits.
OMB Number: 1215-0084.
Agency Number: CM-929.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Total Respondents: 35,000.
Frequency: Biennially.
Total Responses: 35,000.
Average Time per Response: 5 to 8 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3,092.
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Estimated Total Burden Cost: 0.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Report of Construction Contractor's Wage Rates.
OMB Number: 1215-0046.
Agency Number: WD-10.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
Total Respondents: 37,500.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Responses: 75,000.
Average Time per Response: 20 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 25,000.
Estimated Total Burden Cost: 0.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: 29 CFR Part 285--The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
OMB Number: 1215-0181.
Agency Number: WH-380 and WH-381.
Recordkeeping: 3 years.
Affected Public: Individuals or households, Businesses or other
For-Profit, Not-for-profit institutions, Farms, State, local or Tribal
Government.
Total Respondents: 3.9 million.
Frequency: Recordkeeping; Reporting On occasion.
Total Responses: 9.1425 million.
Average Time per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 645,625.
Estimated Total Burden Cost: $0.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Notice of Recurrance of Disability and Claim for
Continuation of Pay/Compensation.
OMB Number: 1215-0167.
Agency Number: CA-2a.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Total Respondents: 550.
Frequency: Once per recurrance of injury.
Total Responses: 550.
Average Time per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 275.
Estimated Total Burden Cost: $176.
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.
Dated: February 23, 1996.
Cecily A. Rayburn,
Chief, Division of Financial Management, Office of Management,
Administration and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-4614 Filed 2-28-96; 8:45 am]
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