[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 82 (Friday, April 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 18624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10376]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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 the 
Certificate of Medical Necessity (CM-893).
    A copy of the proposed information collection request can be 
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section 
of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addresses section below on or before July 1, 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, e.g., permitting 
electronic submissions of responses.

ADDRESSES: 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:

I. Background

    30 U.S.C. 932 includes section 7 of Public Law 803, as amended, and 
stipulates that medical treatment including services and apparatus, as 
required, will be furnished to an eligible coal miner for such period 
as the nature of the illness or process of recovery may require. The 
implementing regulations stipulate that: there must be prior approval 
before ordering an apparatus where the purchase price exceeds $100.00; 
there must be ongoing supervision of the miner's medical care, 
including the necessity, character and sufficiency of care to be 
furnished; OWCP has the authority to request medical reports and the 
right to refuse payment for failing to submit any report required. The 
Certificate of Medical Necessity (CM-893) is the form devised for this 
purpose.

II. Current Actions

    The Department of Labor seeks the extension of approval to collect 
this information in order to carry out its responsibility to determine 
eligibility for black lung medical benefits under the above provisions.

    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Certificate of Medical Necessity.
    OMB Number: 1215-0113.
    Agency Number: CM-893.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; Not-for-Profit 
Institutions.
    Total Respondents: 7,000.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Responses: 7,000.
    Average Time per Response: 40 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,799.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
    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: April 21, 1996.
Cecily A. Rayburn,
Director, Division of Financial Management,
[FR Doc. 96-10376 Filed 4-25-96; 8:45 am]
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