[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 51 (Thursday, March 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 18673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05360]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Annual Refiling Survey

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 15, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202-
693-0213, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Annual Refiling Survey (ARS) is used in 
conjunction with the Unemployment Insurance tax reporting system in 
each State. The primary purpose of the ARS is to verify or to correct 
the North American Industry Classification System code assigned to 
establishments as well as to obtain accurate mailing and physical 
location addresses of establishments. As a result, changes in the 
industrial and geographical compositions of the economy are captured in 
a timely manner and reflected in the BLS statistical programs. Federal, 
State, and local government officials as well as private researchers 
depend on accurate geographical and industrial coding based on the 2017 
North American Industry Classification System Manual. BLS routinely 
shares NAICS codes with the Census Bureau to improve consistency, 
reduce costs and burden, and improve the accuracy of their products. 
For additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
notice published in the Federal Register on December 14, 2023 (88 FRN 
86681).
    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.
    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: Annual Refiling Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 1220-0032.
    Affected Public: Private Sector; Not-for-profit institutions Farms, 
Businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 773,650.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 773,650.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 74,023 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. 2024-05360 Filed 3-13-24; 8:45 am]
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