[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 20134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5858]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

April 14, 2006.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public 
information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of 
this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
contacting Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) 
or email: [email protected].
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Employment Standards 
Administration (ESA), Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, 202-395-7316 (this is not a toll-free number), 
within 30 days from the date of this publication in the Federal 
Register.
    The OMB 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 submission of responses.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Title: Request for Earnings Information.
    OMB Number: 1215-0112.
    Form Number: LS-426.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Type of Response: Reporting.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 1,600.
    Annual Reponses: 1,600.
    Average Response Time: 15 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 400.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $672.
    Description: The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) 
administers the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) 
(33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), and its extensions the Nonappropriated Fund 
Instrumentalities Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and the 
Defense Base Act. These Acts provide compensation benefits to injured 
workers. The Secretary of Labor is authorized, under the Act, to make 
rules and regulations to administer the Act and its extensions. 
Pursuant to the LHWCA, injured employees shall receive compensation in 
an amount equal to 66\2/3\ per centum of their average weekly wage. 
Form LS-426, Request for Earnings Information is used by district 
offices to collect wage information from injured workers to assure 
payment of compensation benefits to injured workers at the proper rate. 
This information is needed for determination of compensation benefits 
in accordance with section 10 of the LHWCA.

Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-5858 Filed 4-18-06; 8:45 am]
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