[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 58241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19954]


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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: Request to be Selected as 
Payee (CM-910). 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 5, 2005.

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 Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, as amended, 30 
U.S.C. 901, provides for the payment of benefits to a coal miner who is 
totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis and to certain survivors of the 
miner. If a beneficiary is incapable of handling their affairs, the 
person or institution responsible for their care is required to apply 
to receive the benefit payments on the beneficiary's behalf. The CM-910 
is the form completed by the representative payee applicants. The payee 
applicant completes the form and mails it for evaluation to the 
district office that has jurisdiction over the beneficiary's claim 
file. Regulations 20 CFR 725.504-513 require the collection of this 
information. This information collection is currently approved for use 
through March 31, 2006.

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 extension of approval to collect 
this information in order to carry out its responsibility to evaluate 
an applicant's ability to be a representative payee. If the Program 
were not able to screen representative payee applicants the 
beneficiary's best interest would not be served.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Request to be Selected as Payee.
    OMB Number: 1215-0166.
    Agency Number: CM-910.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for 
profit; not-for-profit institutions.
    Average Time Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Total Respondents: 2,200.
    Total Annual Responses: 2,200.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 773.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $880.00.
    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: September 29, 2005.
Bruce Bohanon,
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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