[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62301-62302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23802]


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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 for the following medical 
reports: CM-933, Roentgenographic Interpretation; CM-933b, 
Roentgenographic Quality Rereading; CM-988, Medical History and 
Examination for Coal Mine Workers' Pneumoconiosis; CM-1159, Report of 
Arterial Blood Gas Study; and CM-2907, Report of Ventilatory Study. 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 December 27, 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 Black Lung Act Benefits Act of 1977 as amended, 20 U.S.C. 901 
et. seq. and 20 CFR 718.102 set forth criteria for the administration 
and interpretation of x-rays. When a miner applies for benefits, the 
Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation (DCMWC) is required to 
schedule a series of four diagnostic tests to help establish 
eligibility for black lung benefits. Each of the diagnostic tests has 
its own form that sets forth the medical results. The forms are: CM-
933, Roentgenographic Interpretation; CM-933b, Roentgenographic Quality 
Rereading; CM-988, Medical History and Examination for Coal Mine 
Workers' Pneumoconiosis; CM-1159, Report of Arterial Blood Gas Study; 
and CM-2907, Report of Ventilatory Study. This information collection 
is currently approved for use through April 30, 2005.

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 this information in 
order to carry out its responsibility to determine eligibility for 
black lung benefits.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: CM-933, Roentgenographic Interpretation; CM-933b, 
Roentgenographic Quality Rereading; CM-988, Medical History and 
Examination for Coal Mine Workers' Pneumoconiosis; CM-1159, Report of 
Arterial Blood Gas Study; and CM-2907, Report of Ventilatory Study.
    OMB Number: 1215-0090.
    Agency Number: CM-933, CM-933b, CM-988, CM-1159 and CM-2907.

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    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institution.
    Total Respondents: 17,500.
    Total Annual responses: 17,500.

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                                                     Number of        Annual       Per response    Total burden
                      Form                          respondents      responses     (in minutes)        hours
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CM-933..........................................           3,500           3,500               5             292
CM-933b.........................................           3,500           3,500               3             175
CM-988..........................................           3,500           3,500              30           1,750
CM-1159.........................................           3,500           3,500              15             875
CM-2907.........................................           3,500           3,500              20           1,167
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    Totals......................................          17,500          17,500  ..............           4,259
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    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,259.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    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, 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. 04-23802 Filed 10-22-04; 8:45 am]
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