[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 17880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05242]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; BLS Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Cooperative 
Agreement Application Package

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (BLS)-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 12, 2024.

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) 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; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) 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: Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202-
693-0213, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLS signs cooperative agreements with 
States, and political subdivisions thereof, to assist them in 
developing and administering programs that deal with occupational 
safety and health statistics and to arrange through these agreements 
for research to further the objectives of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act. For additional substantive information about this ICR, see 
the related notice published in the Federal Register on December 8, 
2023 (88 FRN 85657).
    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.
    Agency: DOL-BLS.
    Title of Collection: BLS Occupational Safety and Health Statistics 
Cooperative Agreement Application Package.
    OMB Control Number: 1220-0149.
    Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 55.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 493.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 462 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

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

Nicole Bouchet,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2024-05242 Filed 3-11-24; 8:45 am]
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