[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 63 (Monday, April 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14046-14047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05624]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Workers' Compensation Programs


Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request: Request To Be Selected as Payee (CM-910)

ACTION: Notice.

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AGENCY: Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation, Office of Workers' 
Compensation Programs, DOL.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance 
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). 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 Office of Workers' Compensation Programs is 
soliciting comments concerning the proposed collection: Request to be 
Selected as Payee (CM-910). 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 April 2, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by mail, delivery service or by hand 
to Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. 
NW, Room S-3323, Washington, DC 20210; by fax to (202) 354-9647; or by 
Email to [email protected]. Please use only one method of 
transmission for comments (mail/delivery, fax, or Email). Please note 
that comments submitted after the comment period will not be 
considered.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    I. Background: The Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), 30 U.S.C. 901 et 
seq., provides for the payment of benefits to coal miners who are 
totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis and to certain survivors of the 
miner. If a beneficiary is incapable of handling his or her affairs, 
the person or institution responsible for their care is required to 
apply to receive the benefit payments on the beneficiary's behalf. The 
CM-910 is the form completed by representative payee applicants. The 
payee applicant completes the form and either mails it or files it 
electronically through a web portal for evaluation by the district 
office that has jurisdiction over the beneficiary's claim file. 
Regulations 20 CFR 725.505-513 require the collection of this 
information. This information collection is currently approved for use 
through June 30, 2018.
    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 currently-approved information collection in 
order to carry out its responsibility to evaluate an applicant's 
ability to be a representative payee. If the Program were not able to 
screen representative payee applicants, the beneficiaries' best 
interests would not be served.
    Agency: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.

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    Type of Review: Extension.
    Title: Request to be Selected as Payee.
    OMB Number: 1240-0010.
    Agency Number: CM-910.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for 
profit; Not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Respondents: 250.
    Total Annual Responses: 250.
    Average Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 63 hours.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $132.50.
    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: March 13, 2018.
Yoon Ferguson,
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, 
U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2018-05624 Filed 3-30-18; 8:45 am]
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