[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 132 (Friday, July 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37412-37414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18429]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

July 7, 1998.
    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

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obtained by calling the Department of Labor, Departmental Clearance 
Officer, Todd R. Owen ((202) 219-5096 ext. 143) or by E-Mail to Owen-
T[email protected].
    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: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: 29 CFR Part 575--Waiver of Child Labor Provisions for 
Agricultural Employment of 10 and 11 Year Old Minors in Hand Harvesting 
of Short Season Crops.
    OMB Number: 1215-0120 (Extension).
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Farms; Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 1.
    Total Responses: 1.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 4 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 4 hours.
    Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): 0.
    Description: Agricultural employers must supply certain information 
to the Department of Labor when applying for a waiver of the child 
labor provisions to employ 10 and 11 year old minors in hand harvesting 
of short season crops. Employers granted waivers are required to 
maintain certain records.

    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Application for Federal Certification of Age.
    OMB Number: 1215-0083 (Extension).
    Agency Number: WH-14.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; State, Local, or 
Tribal Government; individuals or households; not-for-profit 
institution; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 50.
    Total Responses: 50.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 10 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 9 hours.
    Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Totla annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $17.50.
    Description: The Fair Labor Standards Act provides, in part, that 
an employer may protect against unwitting employment of ``oppressive 
child labor'' by having on file a certificate issued pursuant to 
Department of Labor regulations certifying that the named person meets 
the FLSA minimum age requirements for employment. The Application for 
Federal Certificate of Age (WH-14) is the form used by the employer to 
obtain the certificate.

    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Operator Controversion (CM-970), Operator Response (CM-
970a).
    OMB Number: 1215-0058 (Extension).
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Afjfected Public: Business or other for-profit; State, Local, or 
Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 4,000.
    Total Responses: 8,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 15 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,000.
    Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $2,800.
    Description: The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs 
administers the Black Lung Benefits Act. Under 30 U.S.C. 901 et. seq., 
20 CFR 725.412, and 20 CFR 725.413, a coal mine operator who has been 
identified as potentially liable for payment of black lung benefits 
must be notified of this initial finding. The CM-970, Operator 
Controversion, gives the operator the opportunity to controvert the 
liability, the applicant's eligibility, and other issues. The 
regulations require the coal mine operator to be identified and 
notified of potential liability as early in the adjudication process as 
possible. The CM-970a gives the coal mine operator the opportunity to 
agree or disagree with the identification.

    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Forms for Agricultural Recruitment System of Services to 
Migratory Workers and their Employers Application for Alien Employment 
Certification.
    OMB Number: 1205-0134 (Extension).
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 52.
    Total Responses: 11,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 hour for ETA Form 790; 30 minutes 
for ETA Forms 795, 785, and 785A.
    Total Burden Hours: 6,500.
    Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): 0.
    Description: State Employment Security Agencies use forms in 
servicing agricultural employers to insure their labor needs for 
domestic migratory agricultural workers are met; in servicing domestic 
agricultural workers to assist them in locating jobs expeditiously and 
orderly; and to insure exposure of employment opportunities to domestic 
agricultural workers before certification for employment of foreign 
workers.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Handbook Program 
Operating Forms.
    OMB Number: 1205-0051 (Reinstatement with change)
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.

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                                                                                                       Average  
                                                                                                       time per 
                     Form No.                      Respondents               Frequency                 response 
                                                                                                      (minutes) 
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ETA 90-2.........................................           50  6 reports..........................           15
Initial Application..............................       11,000  Once...............................           20

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Supplemental Form................................        3,800  Once...............................           15
Weekly Form......................................       11,000  6 times............................           50
Notice of Overpayment............................          235  Once...............................           30
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    Total Burden Hours: 10,308 hours.
    Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): 0.
    Description: Unemployment compensation claims, financial management 
and data on disaster unemployment assistance (DUA) activity are needed 
for timely program evaluation necessary for competent administration of 
Section 410 and 423 of the Act.
    Workload items are also used with fiscal reports to estimate the 
cost of administering the Act.
Todd R. Owen,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-18429 Filed 7-9-98; 8:45 am]
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