[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 212 (Thursday, November 1, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55205-55206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27449]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance 
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to 
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, 
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, 
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of 
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. 
Currently, the Employment Standards Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the following medical reports: CM-907, Report of 
Ventilatory Study; CM-2907, Report of Ventilatory Study; CM-933, 
Roentgenographic Interpretation; CM-933b, Roentgenographic Quality 
Rereading; CM-988, Medical History and Examination for Coal Mine 
Worker's Pneumoconiosis; and CM-1159, Report of Arterial Blood Gas 
Study.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before December 31, 2001.

ADDRESSEE: Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 
(202) 693-0339 (this is not a toll-free number), fax (202) 693-1451, 
email: esa.gov">[email protected]esa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Black Lung Benefits Act of 1977, as amended, 30 U.S.C. 901 et. 
seq., provides for the payment of benefits to coal miners who have 
contracted black

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lung disease as a result of coal mine employment, and their dependents 
and survivors. When a miner applies for benefits, the Division of Coal 
Mine Workers' Compensation (DCMWC) is required to schedule a series of 
diagnostic tests to help establish eligibility for black lung benefits. 
Each of the diagnostic tests has its own form setting forth the medical 
results. The forms are: CM-907, Report of Ventilatory Study; CM-2907, 
Report of Ventilatory Study; CM-933, Roentgenographic Interpretation 
Form; CM-933b, Roentgenographic Quality Rereading; CM-988, Medical 
History and Examination for Coal Mine Worker's Pneumoconiosis; and CM-
1159, Report of Arterial Blood Gas Study.

II. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor 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 
submissions of responses.

III. Current Actions

    The Department of Labor seeks the approval of the extension of this 
information collection in order to carry out its responsibility to 
determine eligibility for black lung benefits. The CM-2907 is a new 
form designed to apply to all claims filed after January 20, 2001.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Titles: Report of Ventilatory Study (CM-907); Report of Ventilatory 
Study (CM-2907); Roentgenographic Interpretation (CM-933); 
Roentgenographic Quality Reading (CM-933b); Medical History and 
Examination for Coal Mine Workers' Pneumoconiosis (CM-988); Report of 
Arterial Blood Gas Study (CM-1159).
    OMB Number: 1215-0090.
    Agency Numbers: CM-907, CM-2907, CM-933, CM-933b, CM-988, CM-1159.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Respondents: 26,000.
    Total Annual responses: 26,000.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,334.

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                                                                             Average minutes
                Form                     Respondents         Responses         per response       Burden hours
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CM-907..............................                100                100                 20                 33
CM-2907.............................              4,900              4,900                 20              1,634
CM-933..............................              6,000              6,000                  5                500
CM-933b.............................              5,000              5,000                  5                417
CM-988..............................              5,000              5,000                 30              2,500
CM-1159.............................              5,000              5,000                 15              1,250
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    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: October 19, 2001.
Margaret J. Sherrill,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of 
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and 
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-27449 Filed 10-31-01; 8:45 am]
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