[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 116 (Monday, June 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 41277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15162]


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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, Office of Workers' 
Compensation Programs (OWCP), Longshore and Harbor Workers' 
Compensation Program, is soliciting comments concerning the proposed 
collection ``Request for Examination and/or Treatment (LS-1)''. A copy 
of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by 
contacting the office listed below in the addressee section of this 
Notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before August 16, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U. S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 
(202) 693-0339, fax (202) 693-1451, EMail esa.gov">[email protected]esa.gov. 
Please use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or 
EMail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs administers the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. The Act provides 
benefits to workers injured in maritime employment on the navigable 
waters of the United States or in an adjoining area customarily by an 
employee in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a vessel. Under 
Section 7 of the Act, the employer/insurance carrier is responsible for 
furnishing medical care for the injured employee. The LS-1 serves two 
purposes: (1) It authorizes medical care, (2) and provides a vehicle 
for the treating physician to report the findings, treatment given, and 
anticipated physical condition of the employee. This information 
collection is currently approved by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for use through November 2002.

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 validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used;
     enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and

III. Current Actions

    The Department of Labor seeks an extension of approval to collect 
this information in order to carry out its responsibility to verify 
that proper medical treatment has been authorized and to determine the 
severity of a claimant's injuries for purposes of compensation 
benefits. There is no change to these forms since the last OMB 
approval.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Request for Examination and/or Treatment.
    OMB Number: 1215-0066.
    Agency Number: LS-1.
    Affected Public: Individual or households; Businesses or other for-
profit.
    Total Respondents 16,500.
    Total Responses: 109,725.
    Burden Hours per Response: 1.08.
    Total Burden Hours: 118,500.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operation/maintenance): $40,598.
    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: June 11, 2002.
Margaret J. Sherrill,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of 
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and Planning 
Employment Standards Administration.
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