[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10555-10556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2858]


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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 1, 2006.

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 [email protected]. 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 (LHWCA) and the Federal Employees' 
Compensation Act (FECA). These Acts provide vocational rehabilitation 
services to eligible workers with

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disabilities. Section 8111(b) of the FECA and section 908(g) of the 
LHWCA provide that persons undergoing such vocational rehabilitation 
may receive maintenance allowances as additional compensation. The 
OWCP-17 serves as a bill submitted by the program participant to OWCP, 
requesting reimbursement of incidental expenses incurred due to 
participation in an approved rehabilitation effort for the preceding 
four week period or fraction thereof. This information collection is 
currently approved for use through August 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 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.
    Total Respondents: 1,300.
    Total Responses: 15,600.
    Time per Response: 10 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    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: February 23, 2006.
Sue Blumenthal,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, 
Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration 
and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
 [FR Doc. E6-2858 Filed 2-28-06; 8:45 am]
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