[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20565-20566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7821]


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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: Labor Standards for 
Federal Service Contracts 29 CFR, Part 4. 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 June 25, 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

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[email protected]. Please use only one method of transmission for 
comments (mail, fax, or e-mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    Section 2(a) of the Service Contract Act (41 U.S.C. 351) provides 
that every contract subject to the Act must contain a provision 
specifying the minimum monetary wages and fringe benefits to be paid to 
the various classes of service employees performing work on the 
contract. This information collection pertains to records needed to 
determine an employee's seniority for purposes of determining any 
vacation benefit, to conform wage rates where they do not appear on a 
wage determination (WD), and to update WDs because of changing terms in 
a collective bargaining agreement. This information collection is 
currently approved for use through September 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 approval for the extension of this 
information collection in order carry out the provisions of the Labor 
Standards for Federal Service Contracts.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Labor Standards for Federal Service Contracts--Regulations 
29 CFR, Part 4.
    OMB Number: 1215-0150.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government.
    Total Respondents: 50,812.
    Time per Response: 50,812.

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                                                   Number of
                  Requirement                     respondents      Average time per responses      Burden hours
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Vacation Benefit Seniority List...............          48,984  1 hour..........................          48,984
Conformance Record............................             200  \1/2\ hour......................             100
Collective Bargaining Agreement...............            1628  5 minutes.......................             136
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    Total.....................................          50,812  ................................          49,220
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    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 49,220.
    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: April 18, 2007.
Hazel Bell,
Acting 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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