[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35714-35716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9713]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

June 14, 2006.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public 
information collection requests (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 
each ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
contacting Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) 
or e-mail: [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: Application for Farm Labor Contractor or Farm Labor 
Contractor Employee Certificate of Registration.
    OMB Number: 1215-0037.
    Form Number: WH-530.
    Frequency: On occasion and Biennially.
    Type of Response: Reporting.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; and Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 7,800.
    Annual Reponses: 7,800.
    Average Response Time: 30 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,900.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $2,130.
    Description: Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection 
Act (MSPA), 29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., section 101(a) provides that no 
person shall engage in any farm labor contracting activity unless such 
person has a certificate of registration from the Secretary of Labor 
specifying which farm labor contracting activities such person is 
authorized to perform. Contracting activities include recruiting, 
soliciting, hiring, employing, furnishing, transporting or driving any 
migrant or seasonal agricultural worker and, with respect to migrant 
agricultural workers, providing housing. MSPA section 101(b) provides 
that a farm labor contractor shall not hire, employ or use any 
individual to perform farm labor contracting activities (i.e. 
recruiting, soliciting, hiring, employing, furnishing or transporting 
any migrant or seasonal agricultural worker) unless such individual has 
a certificate of registration as a farm labor contractor, or a 
certificate of registration as an employee of a farm labor contractor 
employer, which authorizes the activity for which such individual is 
hired, employed or used. Section 102 of MSPA provides that, after 
appropriate investigation and review, the Secretary shall issue a farm 
labor contractor certificate of registration (including a certificate 
of registration as an employee of a farm labor contractor) to any 
person who has filed with the Secretary a written application. Form WH-
530 is the application form which provides the

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Department of Labor with the information necessary to issue 
certificates specifying the farm labor contracting activities 
authorized.

    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Title: Notice of Termination, Suspension, Reduction, or Increase in 
Benefit Payments.
    OMB Number: 1215-0064.
    Form Number: CM-908.
    Frequency: On occasion and Annually.
    Type of Response: Reporting.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 325.
    Annual Reponses: 7,500.
    Average Response Time: 12 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,500.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $6,300.
    Description: The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) 
administers the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 as amended, 
Section 432 (30 U.S.C. 942) and 20 CFR 725.621 necessitate this 
information collection. Under the Act, coal mine operators, their 
representatives, or their insurers who have been identified as 
responsible for paying Black Lung benefits to an eligible miner or an 
eligible surviving dependent of the miner, are called Responsible 
Operators (RO's). RO's that pay benefits are required to report any 
change in the benefit amount to the Department of Labor (DOL). The CM-
908, when completed and sent to DOL, notifies DOL of the change in the 
beneficiary's benefit amount and the reason for the change.

    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Title: Regulations Governing the Administration of the Longshore 
and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.
    OMB Number: 1215-0160.
    Frequency: On occasion and Annually.
    Type of Response: Reporting and Recordkeeping.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households and Business or other 
for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 182,068.

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                                  Estimated
                                  number of      Average      Estimated
   Collection of Information       annual       response       annual
                                  response    time (hours)  burden hours
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LS-200 (20 CFR 702.285).......        14,352          0.17         2,440
 702.162 (Liens)..............            10          0.50             5
 702.174 (Certifications).....             5          0.75             4
 702.175 (Reinstatements).....             2          0.50             1
 702.242 (Settlement                   5,040          2.00        10,080
 Applications)................
 702.321 (Section 8(f)                   485          5.00         2,425
 Payments)....................
ESA-100 (20 SFR 702.201)......        42,000          0.02           840
LS-271 (Self Insurance                    20          2.00            40
 Application).................
LS-274 (Injury Report of                 619          1.00           619
 Insurance Carrier and Self-
 Insured Employer)............
LS-201 (Injury or Death                5,040          0.25         1,260
 Notice)......................
LS-513 (Payment Report).......           619          0.50           309
LS-267 (Claimant's Statement).         1,456          0.03            48
LS-203 (Employee Comp. Claim).        11,340          0.25         2,835
LS-204 (Medical Report).......       100,800          0.50        50,400
LS-262 (Claim for Death                  280          0.25            70
 Benefits)....................
                               --------------              -------------
    Total:....................       182,068  ............        71,376
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $64,871.
    Description: The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) 
administers the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA), 
as amended (20 CFR 702.162, 702.174, 702.175, 20 CFR 702.242, 20 CFR 
702.285, 702.321, 702.201, and 702.111) as it pertains to the provision 
of benefits to workers injured in maritime employment on the navigable 
waters of the United States or in an adjoining area customarily used by 
an employer in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a vessel, as 
well as coverage extended to certain other employees. The Longshore Act 
administration requirements include: Payment of compensation liens 
incurred by Trust Funds; certification of exemption and reinstatement 
of employers who are engaged in the building, repairing, or dismantling 
of exclusively small vessels; settlement of cases under the Act; 
reporting of earnings by injured claimants receiving benefits under the 
Act; filing applications for relief under second injury provisions; 
and, maintenance of injury reports under the Act.

    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Title: Rehabilitation Maintenance Certificate.
    OMB Number: 1215-0161.
    Form Number: OWCP-17.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Type of Response: Reporting.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households and Business or other 
for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,300.
    Annual Reponses: 15,600.
    Average Response Time: 10 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,605.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: 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 
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

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reimbursement of incidental expenses incurred due to participation in 
an approved rehabilitation effort for the preceding four week period or 
fraction thereof.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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