[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30340-30342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14435]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

May 29, 1997.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public 
information collection requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). A copy of 
each individual ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be 
obtained by calling the Department of Labor, Departmental Clearance 
Officer, Theresa M. O'Malley ((202) 219-5096 ext. 143) or via E-Mail to 
TOM[email protected]. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for 
the deaf (TTY/TDD) may call (202) 219-4720 between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 
p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for BLS, DM, ESA, ETA, MSHA, OSHA, 
PWBA, or VETS, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, 
DC 20503 ((202) 395-7316), within 30 days from the date of this 
publication in the Federal Register.
    The OMB 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 
submission of responses.
    Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Title: National Compensation Survey.
    OMB Number: 1220-0000 (new collection).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.

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                                                                                                                Average                                 
                                             Total                                                    Total     time per                                
                  Form                    respondents                   Frequency                   responses   response     Total burden hours (est.)  
                                                                                                               (minutes)                                
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Government Establishment Form..........         4,677  Annual or Quarterly.......................       6,393          9  1,029.                        
Government Generic Level Form #1.......         4,677  Annual or Quarterly.......................       6,393          9  1,029.                        
Government Generic Level Form #2.......         4,677  Annual or Quarterly.......................       6,393          9  1,029.                        
Government Wage Form...................         4,677  Annual or Quarterly.......................       6,393          9  1,029.                        
Government Work Schedule Form..........         4,677  Annual or Quarterly.......................       6,393          9  1,029.                        
Government Benefits Collection Form             1,715  Annual or Quarterly.......................       4,193         49  2,287                         
 (FYS 98 and 99 only).                                                                                                    (3,430-avg. per year used).   
Private Establishment Form.............        21,823  Annual or Quarterly.......................      32,497          9  4,801                         
Private Generic Level, Form #1.........        21,823  Annual or Quarterly.......................      32,497          9  4,801.                        
Private Establishment Generic Level            21,823  Annual or Quarterly.......................      32,497          9  4,801.                        
 Form #2.                                                                                                                                               
Private Establishment Wage Form........        21,823  Annual or Quarterly.......................      32,497          9  4,801.                        

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Private Establishment Work Schedule            21,823  Annual or Quarterly.......................      32,497          9  4,801.                        
 Form.                                                                                                                                                  
Private Establishment Benefits                  8,005  Annual or Quarterly.......................      19,567         49  10,673                        
 Collection Form (FYS 98 and 99 only).                                                                                    (16,009 Avg. Per year used).  
Government Benefit Tests Form (FY 97              133  Annual....................................         133        262  194                           
 only).                                                                                                                   (583 Avg. Per year used).     
Private Establishment Benefit Tests               623  Annual....................................         623        262  906                           
 Form (FY 97 only).                                                                                                       (2,718 Avg. Per year used).   
Employment Cost Index Collection Form             158  Annual....................................         158        220  518                           
 (FYS 97 and 98 only).                                                                                                    (777 Avg. Per year used)      
Employment Cost Index Update Form......         5,614  Quarterly.................................      22,456         30  11,228                        
Employment Cost Index Quality Assurance             8  Annual....................................           8         15  2                             
 Form (FYS 97 and 98 only).                                                                                               (3 Avg. Per year used)        
Collection done solely on computer.....        16,545  Annual....................................      16,545         25  7,261                         
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    Total..............................        32,578  ..........................................      82,293  .........  62,221                        
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Note: All figures are based on a three-year average. The total respondents and total responses column do not equal the totals, because most respondents 
  are asked to give data that will be used on several forms.                                                                                            

    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
    services): 0.
    Description: This collection is the implementation of the new 
National Compensation Survey (NCS), formally called COMP2000 program. 
NCS, when fully implemented, will integrate three separate BLS 
compensation programs--the Occupational Compensation Survey Program 
(OCSP), the Employment Cost Index (ECI), and the Employee Benefits 
Survey (EBS). Data are collected from both the private non-farm economy 
and State and local governments. Data produced from this survey are 
critical in determining pay increases for Federal workers; in 
determining monetary policy, and for use by compensation administrators 
and researchers in the private sector.

    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Wage Statement (English and Spanish).
    OMB Number: 1215-0148 (extension).
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 1,500,000.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: \1/2\ minute.
    Total Burden Hours: 650,000.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): 0.
    Description: The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker 
Protection Act requires employers of agricultural workers to maintain 
specific weekly payroll information and to provide a written statement 
of this information to each migrant or seasonal worker. Forms WH-501R 
and WH-501R(S) are optional forms which employers may use to record 
this required information and provide to their workers.

    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Reporting of Fatality or Multiple Hospitalization Incidents 
(29 CFR 1904.8).
    OMB Number: 1218-0007 (extension).
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Farms; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 6,349
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 15 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,587
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): 0.
    Description: All workplace fatalities and incidents involving the 
in-patient hospitalization of three or more employees must be reported 
to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to allow the 
Agency to schedule an inspection/investigation of the occurrence. Such 
reporting is required by law.

    Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Title: Veterans Supplement to the CPS.
    OMB Number: 1220-0102 (reinstatement with change).
    Frequency: Biennially.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 12,000.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1 minute.
    Total Burden Hours: 200.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): 0.
    Description: The supplement data will provide estimates of disabled 
and Vietnam-theater veterans in the labor force, recently separated 
veterans, the number of veterans who feel their disability affects 
labor force participation, and information about veterans who use 
programs that are available to them. Data are necessary to evaluate 
veterans' programs and to meet a legislative mandate for a labor market 
study.

    Agency: Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.
    Title: Prohibited Transaction Exemption (Exemption Application No. 
D-09988) Class Exemption for Collective Investment Fund Conversion 
Transactions.
    OMB Number: 1210-0000 (new collection).
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions.

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    Number of Respondents: 75, category 1=33, category 2=42.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: category 1=9 hours, category 2=35 
hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,767.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $119,250.
    Description: This class exemption permits an employee benefit plan 
(the Client Plan) to purchase shares of a registered investment company 
(the Fund), the investment adviser for which is a bank (the Bank) or 
plan adviser (the Plan Adviser) registered under the Investment 
Advisers Act of 1940 (the Advisers Act), that also serves as a 
fiduciary of a Client Plan, in exchange for plan assets transferred in-
kind to the Fund from a collective investment fund (CIF) maintained by 
the Bank or Plan Adviser, in connection with a complete withdrawal of a 
Client Plan's assets from the CIF.

    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Ethylene Oxide 1910.1047.
    OMB Number: 1218-0108 (extension).
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government; 
State, and Local or Tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 52,546.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 58 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 50,300.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $1,500,593.
    Description: The Ethylene Oxide Standard and its information 
collection requirements are designed to provide protection for 
employees from adverse health effects associated with occupational 
exposure to ethylene oxide (EtO).
    The Standard requires employers to monitor employee exposure to EtO 
and provide notification to employees of their exposure to ethylene 
oxide. If monitoring indicates exposure above the 8-hour time weight 
average of one part EtO per million parts of air, or in excess of five 
parts of EtO per million part of air as averaged over sampling period 
of 15 minutes, then the employer is required to make available medical 
exams to employees who are, or may be exposed to EtO at or above the 
action level (.5 parts per million calculated as an eight time-weight 
average), without regard to the use of respirators, for at least 30 
days a year. Exposure monitoring and medical records are to be retained 
for prescribed amounts of time, and under certain circumstances such 
records may be transferred to the National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health. Employers are also required to communicate the 
hazards associated with exposure to EtO through signs, labels, material 
safety data sheets and training.
Theresa M. O'Malley,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-14435 Filed 6-2-97; 8:45 am]
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