[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18396-18397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06722]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Request for Electronic Service of Orders--
Waiver of Certified Mail Requirement

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of 
Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)-sponsored information collection 
request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency 
receives on or before April 29, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202-
693-8538, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Longshore and Harbor Workers' 
Compensation Act (LHWCA), at 33 U.S.C. 919(e), requires that any order 
rejecting or making an LHWCA award (the compensation order) be filed in 
the appropriate district director's office of the Office of Workers' 
Compensation Programs (OWCP), and that copies be sent by registered or 
certified mail to the claimant and the employer. The

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implementing regulations at 20 CFR 702.349(b) allow parties and their 
representatives to waive certified mail service and consent to 
electronic service instead. The information collected will be used by 
OWCP to serve compensation orders by email instead of by registered or 
certified mail. For additional substantive information about this ICR, 
see the related notice published in the Federal Register on November 5, 
2021 (86 FR 61323).
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid 
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions 
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to 
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-OWCP.
    Title of Collection: Request for Electronic Service of Orders--
Waiver of Certified Mail Requirement.
    OMB Control Number: 1240-0053.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 9,240.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 9,240.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 770 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))

    Dated: March 23, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-06722 Filed 3-29-22; 8:45 am]
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