[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 163 (Monday, August 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45093-45095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22599]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

August 17, 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 
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 the 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), by September 23, 1998. 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,

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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 and Training Administration.
    Title: Benefits, Timeliness and Quality (BTQ) Review System.
    OMB Number: 1205-0359 (extension).
    Frequency: Monthly, Quarterly.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 53.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 726.15.
    Total Burden Hours: 38,486.
    Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): 0.
    Description: Unemployment Insurance (UI) and State Employment 
Security Agencies (SESAs) use the BTQ Review System to assess and 
evaluate timeliness and quality of UI benefit operations. The results 
help to determine operating areas that need Corrective Action Plans 
(CAPS) to meet achievement standards in State's annual program and 
Budget Plan (PBP).

    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Internal Fraud Activities.
    OMB Number: 1205-0187 (extension).
    Form Number: ETA 9000.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Affected Public: State or Local Government.
    Number of Respondents: 53.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 3 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 159.
    Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): 0.
    Description: Form ETA 9000 is the State Employment Security 
Agencies, ETA's sole data collection instrument for identifying 
continuing activity involving internal fraud and assessing fraud 
prevention effectiveness. Resulting analysis will be communicated to 
SESAs to enhance management efforts in controlling false representation 
and fraud. Negative trends could result in ETA requesting OIG audits.

    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Benefit Appeals Report.
    OMB Number: 1205-0172 (extension).
    Form Number: ETA 5130.
    Affected Public: States.

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                                                                                                       Average  
                                                                                                       time per 
                    Version                                    Frequency                Respondents   respondent
                                                                                                       (hours)  
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Regular.......................................  Monthly...............................           53          2.5
Extended Benefits.............................  Six Times.............................            2          2.5
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    Total Burden Hours: 1,620.
    Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): 0.
    Description: Data from this report is used to monitor the benefit 
appeals process and to develop plans for remedial action. The report is 
also needed for budgeting and for workload data.

    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: 29 CFR Part 4, Labor Standards for Federal Service 
Contracts.
    OMB Number: 1215-0150 (extension).
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal government.
    Number of Respondents: 61,789.

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                                                    Number of                                           Burden  
                   Requirement                     respondents       Average time per response          hours   
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Vacation Benefit Seniority List..................       59,055  1 hour.............................       59,055
Conformance Record...............................          204  .5 hour............................          102
Collective Bargaining Agreements.................        2,530  5 minutes..........................          211
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    Total Burden Hours: 59,368.
    Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): 0.
    Description: The Service Contract Act (SCA) imposes certain 
recordkeeping and incidental reporting requirements applicable to 
employers performing on service contracts with the Federal government. 
The basic payroll recordkeeping requirements contained in this 
regulation (sections 4.6(g)(1)(I) through (I)(iv)) have been previously 
approved under OMB number 1215-0017, which constitutes the basic 
recordkeeping regulations for all laws administered by the Wage and 
Hour Division, and the remaining SCA requirements under 1215-0150. This 
information collection contains three additional requirements not 
cleared under either of the above information collections. They are: a 
vacation benefit seniority list, which is used by the contractor to 
determine vacation fringe benefits entitlements earned and accrued by 
service employees who were employed by predecessor contractors; a 
conformance record report, which is used by Wage and Hour to determine 
the appropriateness of the conformance and compliance with the SCA and 
its regulations; and a collective bargaining agreement, submitted by 
the contracting agency to Wage and Hour to be used in the issuance of 
wage determinations for successor contracts subject to section 2(a) and 
4 of SCA.

    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health.
    Title: Cotton Dust 29 CFR 1910.1043.
    OMB Number: 1218-0061 (extension).
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit: Federal Government; 
State, local or tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 597
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: Ranges from 5 minutes to maintain a

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record to 1.5 hours for an employee to have a medical exam
    Total Burden Hours: 138,134
    Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual cost (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $12,111,320
    Description: The Cotton Dust standard and its information 
collection requirements provide protection for employees from the 
adverse health effects associated with occupational exposure to Cotton 
Dust. The standard requires that employers establish a compliance 
program, including exposure monitoring and medical records. These 
records are used by employees, physicians, employers and OSHA to 
determine the effectivess of the employers' compliance efforts. Also 
the standard requires that OSHA have access to various records to 
ensure that employers are complying with the disclosure provisions.

    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Acrylonitrile (29 CFR 1910.1045).
    OMB Number: 1218-0126 (extension).
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government; 
local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 26.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: Ranges from 5 minutes to maintain a 
record to 1.5 hours for an employee to have a medical exam.
    Total Burden Hours: 6,867.
    Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $311,360.
    Description: The Acrylonitrile (AN) standard and its information 
collection requirements provide protection for employees from the 
adverse health effects associated with occupational exposure to 
Acrylonitrile. The Standard requires employers to monitor employee 
exposure, establish and maintain a compliance program, provide medical 
surveillance, to train employees about the hazards of AN, and to 
establish and maintain accurate records of employee exposure to AN. 
These records are used by employees, physicians, employers and the OSHA 
to determine the effectiveness of the employers' compliance efforts. 
Also the standard requires that OSHA have access to various records to 
ensure that employers are complying with the disclosure provisions of 
the AN standard.

    Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Escape and Evacuation Plans.
    OMB Number: 1219-0046 (extension).
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 270.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 24 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 6,480.
    Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $2,430.
    Description: Requires operators of underground coal mines to keep 
records of the results of mandatory weekly examinations of emergency 
escapeways. The records are used to determine that the integrity of the 
escapeway is being maintained.
Todd R. Owen,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-22599 Filed 8-21-98; 8:45 am]
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