[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 107 (Monday, June 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30011-30012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13904]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

May 22, 2001.
    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. To obtain documentation 
for BLS, ESA, and PWBA contact Marlene Howze ((202) 219-8904 or by 
email to [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.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration (ESA).
    Title: Employment Information Forms--WH-3 (English and Spanish 
Version).
    OMB Number: 1215-0001.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Farms; Federal government; and 
State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Number of Respondents: 39,000.
    Number of Annual Responses: 39,000.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 13,000.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: Section 11(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 
29 U.S.C. 201 et seq., provides that the Secretary of Labor (delegated 
to the Wage and House Division of the Employment Standards 
Administration) may investigate and gather data regarding the wages, 
hours or other conditions and practices of employment in any industry 
subject to the Act, and may enter and inspect such places and such 
records (and make such transcriptions thereof), question such 
employees, and investigate such facts, conditions, practices, or 
matters deemed necessary or appropriate to determine whether any person 
has violated any provision of the FLSA.
    Similar provisions are also contained in the Public Contracts Act 
(section 4 of 41 U.S.C. 38 et seq.), the Service Contract Act (section 
3(b) of 41 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), the Davis-Bacon Act pursuant to 
Reorganization Plan No. 14 of 1950, the Consumer Credit Protection Act 
(section 306 of 15 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), the Migrant and Seasonal 
Agricultural Worker Protection Act (section 512 of 29 U.S.C. 1801 et 
seq.), the Employee Polygraph Protection Act (section 5 of 29 U.S.C. 
2001 et seq.) and the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (section 106 
of 29 U.S.C. 2654), which are enforced by the Wage and Hour Division.

    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration (ESA).
    Title: Medical Travel Refund Request.
    OMB Number: 1215-0054.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; and Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Number of Respondents: 6,000.
    Number of Annual Responses: 6,000.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,000.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: After a miner files an application for black lung 
benefits, the miner is scheduled for medical determination testing. The 
Black Lung Trust Fund is required to pay for this determination testing 
and for the travel costs associated with receiving this testing. The 
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, as amended, 30 U.S.C. 901 
Section 20 CFR 725.701 and 725.406 necessitate the collection of this 
information by requiring that DOL provide such travel reimbursement. 
Pub. L. 106-113 authorizes provision of

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the miner's Social Security Number. If the claim is approved, the miner 
is entitled to medical benefits directly related to the treatment of 
the miner's black lung disease, which include reimbursement of 
reasonable travel costs for that treatment. The CM-957 form is 
specifically designed to record all such costs and to serve as the 
miner beneficiary's formal request for reimbursement.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-13904 Filed 6-1-01; 8:45 am]
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