[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 61 (Monday, March 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15483-15484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7602]


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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 proposed collection: Rehabilitation Maintenance 
Certificate (OWCP-17). A copy of the proposed information collection 
request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the 
addresses section of this Notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addresses section below on or before May 30, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Ave., NW, Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 
(202) 693-0418, fax (202) 693-1451, E-mail esa.gov">[email protected]esa.gov. 
Please use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or 
E-mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) administers the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and the Federal 
Employees' Compensation Act. These Acts provide employment 
rehabilitation benefits to eligible injured workers. The OWCP-17 is a 
certificate which serves as a bill. It will be submitted, signed, and 
dated by an injured worker receiving rehabilitation services to request 
reimbursement from OWCP for expenses incurred as a result of 
participation in an approved rehabilitation effort. The form requires 
the signature of a facility official to verify that the employee is in 
attendance at the program. This information collection is currently 
approved for use through September 30, 2003.

II. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments 
which:
    [sbull] 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;
    [sbull] 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;
    [sbull] Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and

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    [sbull] 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 approval for the extension of this 
information collection in order to carry out its responsibility to 
provide vocational rehabilitation services to injured workers currently 
unemployed as a result of their injury, to enhance their employment 
potential.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Rehabilitation Maintenance Certificate.
    OMB Number: 1215-0161.
    Agency Number: OWCP-17.
    Affected Public: Individual or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Total Respondents: 1,300.
    Total Responses: 15,600.
    Time per Response: 10 minutes.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,605.
    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: March 25, 2003.
Bruce Bohanon,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of 
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and 
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-7602 Filed 3-28-03; 8:45 am]
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