[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 63 (Thursday, April 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17241-17242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7283]


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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: Labor Standards for 
Federal Service Contracts 29 CFR, Part 4. 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 June 1, 2004.

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, Email [email protected]. Please 
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or Email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Service Contract Act (SCA) and Regulation 29 CFR Part 4 impose 
certain recordkeeping and incidental reporting requirements applicable 
to employers with employees performing on service contracts within the 
Federal government. The basic payroll recordkeeping requirements 
contained in this regulation Sec.  4.6(g)(1)(i) through (iv) have been 
previously approved under OMB-1215-0017, which constitutes the basic 
recordkeeping regulations for all laws administered by the Wage and 
Hour Division. This information collection contains three requirements 
not cleared under the above information collection. They are: A 
vacation benefit seniority list, which is used by the contractor to 
determine vacation fringe benefit entitlements earned and accrued by 
service contract employees who were employed by predecessor 
contractors; a conformance record report, which is used by Wage and 
Hour to determine the appropriateness of the conformance and compliance 
with the SCA and its regulations; and a collective bargaining 
agreement, submitted by the contracting agency to Wage and Hour to be 
used in the issuance of wage determinations for successor contracts 
subject to section 2(a) and 4(c) of the SCA. This information 
collection is currently approved for use through September 30, 2004.

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 approval for the extension of this 
information collection in order to carry out the provisions of the 
Service Contract.
    Type of Review: Extension.

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    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Labor Standards for Federal Service Contracts--Regulations 
29 CFR, Part 4.
    OMB Number: 1215-0150.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government.
    Total Respondents: 83,854.
    Time per Response: 83,854.

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                                                  Number of
                 Requirement                     respondents       Average time per response       Burden hours
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Vacation Benefit Seniority List..............          82,149  1 hour...........................          82,149
Conformance Record...........................             200  \1/2\ hour.......................             100
Collective Bargaining Agreement..............           1,505  5 minutes........................             125
    Total....................................          83,854  /////////////....................          82,374
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    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 82,374.
    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 26, 2004.
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. 04-7283 Filed 3-31-04; 8:45 am]
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