[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 223 (Monday, November 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 67164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19566]


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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: Claim for Reimbursement-
Assisted Reemployment (CA-2231). 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 January 19, 2007.

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 Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) 5 U.S.C. 
8101 and Section 8104a of the FECA provides vocational rehabilitation 
services to eligible injured workers to facilitate their return to 
work. The costs of providing these vocational rehabilitation services 
are from the Employees' Compensation Fund. Annual appropriations 
language currently in Public Law 109-289 provides OWCP with the legal 
authority to use the amounts from the Fund to reimburse private sector 
employers for a portion of the salary of reemployed disabled Federal 
workers they have hired through OWCP's assisted reemployment program. 
The information collected on Form CA-2231 provides OWCP with the 
necessary remittance information for the employer, documents the hours 
of work, certifies the payment of wages to the claimant for which 
reimbursement is sought, and summarizes the nature and costs of the 
wage reimbursement program for a prompt decision by OWCP. This 
information collection is currently approved for use through June 30, 
2007.
    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 to ensure timely and accurate 
payments to eligible employers for reimbursement claims.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Claim for Reimbursement-Assisted Reemployment.
    OMB Number: 1215-0178
    Agency Number: CA-2231
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Total Respondents: 20.
    Total Annual Responses: 80.
    Average Time per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 40.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $34.00.
    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: November 15, 2006.
Hazel Bell,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, 
Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration 
and Planning Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-19566 Filed 11-17-06; 8:45 am]
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