[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 72 (Thursday, April 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19920-19921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9178]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK990-2000-5101-NH-FL07-262F]


Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

    The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted a proposed 
information collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35). The proposed information collection is the Trans-Alaska Pipeline 
System Survey of the Employee Concerns Program. On November 17, 1999, 
BLM published a notice in the Federal Register requesting comments on 
the proposed information collection (64 FR 62684). The comment period 
closed on January 18, 2000. We received no public comments as a result 
of that notice.
    You can obtain copies of the proposed information collection and 
explanatory material by contacting BLM's Clearance Officer at the 
telephone number listed below. OMB must complete its review within 60 
days, but may complete it after 30 days. For a maximum consideration, 
your comments and suggestions on the requirements should be made within 
30 days directly to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, (1004-NEW), 725 17th Street, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20503.

Nature of Comments

    We specifically request your comments on the following:
    1. Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper functioning of BLM, including whether the information will have 
practical utility;
    2. The accuracy of BLM's estimate of the burden associated with 
collecting the information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used;
    3. The quality, utility and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and
    4. How to minimize the burden of collecting the information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, and other forms of information technology.
    Title: Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Survey of the Employee Concerns 
Program.
    OMB Approval Number: 1004-(NEW).
    Abstract: Testimony at Congressional hearings in 1992 and 1994 
indicted that Alyeska, the contractor what operates the Trans-Alaska 
Pipeline system (TAPS), maintains a repressive, retaliatory atmosphere 
to discourage workers from raising concerns about operation of the 
pipeline. Congress requested that Alyeska take steps to change the 
culture of the pipeline work environment and asked the Joint Pipeline 
Office (JPO) to monitor and report on progress. JPO will use this 
survey to gather opinions form Alyeska and other contractors' employees 
and supervisors about how well the Employee concerns Program (ECP) is 
working. JPO will use the results to measure, compare, and report on 
employee satisfaction with the ECP as a way to assess whether 
repressive culture is changing.

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    Frequency: Annually.
    Description of respondents: Employees of Alyeska Pipeline Service 
Company and contractors.
    Estimated completion time: 15 minutes for each survey.
    Annual responses: 1,100.
    Estimated burden hours: 550 per year.
    Bureau Clearance Officer: Carole Smith, 202/452-0367.

    Dated: April 7, 2000.
Carole J. Smith,
Bureau Information Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-9178 Filed 4-12-00; 8:45 am]
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