[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 39463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13876]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

July 12, 2007.
    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 
from RegInfo.gov at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by 
contacting Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free 
number)/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, Telephone: 202-395-7316/Fax: 202-395-6974 (these 
are not toll-free numbers), 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 without change of currently approved 
collection.
    Title: Request for State or Federal Workers' Compensation 
Information.
    OMB Number: 1215-0060.
    Form Number: CM-905.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Type of Response: Reporting.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,400.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,400
    Estimated Average Response Time: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 350.
    Total Estimated Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Estimated Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or 
purchasing services): $616.
    Description: The Form CM-905 is submitted to Federal or state 
agencies for completion when it is indicated that the beneficiary has 
filed a claim for workers' compensation benefits due to pneumoconiosis, 
or is receiving benefits that may need to be offset. The information is 
used by DOL claims examiners in determining the amounts of black lung 
benefits paid to beneficiaries. Benefit amounts are reduced, dollar for 
dollar, for other black lung related workers' compensation awards the 
beneficiary may be receiving from state or Federal programs.

    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved 
collection.
    Title: Labor Standards for Federal Service Contracts--Regulations 
29 CFR, Part 4.
    OMB Number: 1215-0150.
    Form Numbers: N/A.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Type of Response: Reporting and Recordkeeping.
    Affected Public: Business and other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 50,812.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 50,812.
    Estimated Average Response Time: 1 hour to prepare a vacations 
benefit seniority list; 30 minutes to prepare a conformance record; and 
5 minutes to transmit collective bargaining agreements.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 49,220.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: 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.

Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-13876 Filed 7-17-07; 8:45 am]
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