[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 177 (Thursday, September 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52396-52397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18070]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

September 10, 2007.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) hereby announces the submission 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; 
including among other things a description of the likely respondents, 
proposed frequency of response, and estimated total burden may be 
obtained from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by contacting Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is 
not a toll-free number) / e-mail: [email protected].
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: Carolyn Lovett, 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 a toll-free numbers), E-mail: [email protected] within 30 days from the date of this publication 
in the Federal Register. In order to ensure the appropriate 
consideration, comments should reference the OMB Control Number (see 
below).
    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: Application for Approval of a Representative's Fee in Black 
Lung Claim Proceedings Conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor.
    OMB Control Number: 1215-0171.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 285.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 200.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Business or other for-profits.
    Description: The purpose of the CM-972 is to collect pertinent data 
to determine if the representative's services and the amounts charged 
can be paid under the Black Lung Benefits Act.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved 
collection.
    Title: EO 13201--Notice of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of 
Union Dues or Fees.
    OMB Control Number: 1215-0203.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 30.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 182.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Business or other for-profits and 
Not-for-profit institutions.
    Description: Pursuant to EO 13201, the purpose of the regulation is 
to mandate that government contractors and subcontractors post a notice 
informing their employees that they cannot be required to be members of 
a union to keep their jobs; that the law permits a union and an 
employer to enter into a union-security agreement that requires 
employees to pay dues or fees to the union; and that, even where such 
agreements exist, employees who are not union members can be required 
to pay only their share of union costs relating to activities that are 
germane to the union's representational purposes. The notice also 
provides a general description of the remedies to which employees may 
be entitled if these rights have been violated, and provides contact 
information for further information about those rights and remedies. 
The information collection encompasses two aspects of the regulations. 
The first provision is section 470.11 which provides that an employee 
of a covered contractor may file a written complaint alleging that the 
contractor has failed to post the employee notice as required by the 
Executive Order and/or has failed to include the employee notice clause 
in nonexempt subcontracts or purchase orders. The second provision is 
section 470.4(d) which provides that contractors may make a written 
request to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Labor-

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Management Programs for a waiver to the posting requirements with 
respect to any of the contractor's facilities that are in all respects 
separate and distinct from activities of the contractor related to the 
performance of a contract.

Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-18070 Filed 9-12-07; 8:45 am]
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