[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 200 (Friday, October 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55644-55646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27834]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance
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) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. 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 Employment Standards Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed extension of three information
collections. Two of the information collections are conducted by the
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Division of Coal Mine
Workers' Compensation, and the third is conducted by the Wage and Hour
Division. They are: (1) Comparability of Current Work to Coal Mine
Employment (CM-913), Coal Mine Employment Affidavit (CM-918), Affidavit
of Deceased Miner's Condition (CM-1093); (2) Report of Ventilatory
Study (CM-907), Roentgenographic Interpretation Form (CM-933 and 933b),
Medical History and Examination for Coal Mine Workers' Compensation
(CM-988), Report of Arterial Blood Gas Study (CM-1159); and (3) Report
of Construction Contractor's Wage Rates (WD-10). A copy of the proposed
information collection requests can be obtained by contacting the
office listed below in the addressee section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before December 18, 1998. 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.
ADDRESSEES: Contact Ms. Patricia Forkel at the U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room S-3201, Washington, D.C.
20210, telephone (202) 693-0339. The Fax number is (202) 219-6592.
(These are not toll-free numbers.)
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comparability of Current Work to Coal Mine Employment (CM-913),
Coal Mine Employment Affidavit (CM-918), Affidavit of Deceased
Miner's Condition (CM-1093)
I. Background
Once a coal miner has been identified as having performed non-coal
mine work subsequent to coal mine employment, the miner or the miner's
survivor completes a CM-913, a form which compares coal mine with non-
coal mine work, and is used to establish whether the miner is totally
disabled due to black lung disease. The CM-918 is an affidavit which is
used to gather coal mine employment evidence when primary evidence is
unavailable or incomplete. The CM-1093 is an affidavit for recording
lay medical evidence when evidence of the miner's medical condition is
insufficient.
II. Current Actions
The Department of Labor (DOL) seeks approval of the extension of
this information collection in order to carry out its responsibility to
determine eligibility for black lung benefits.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title(s): Comparability of Current Work to Coal Mine Employment,
Coal Mine Employment Affidavit, Affidavit of Deceased Miner's
Condition.
OMB Number: 1215-0056.
Agency Numbers: CM-913, CM-918, CM-1093.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Total Respondents: 3,336.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Responses: 3,336.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,618.
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Average
Form Respondents Responses minutes per Burden hours
response
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CM-913.......................................... 3,136 3,136 30 1,568
CM-918.......................................... 100 100 10 17
CM-1093......................................... 100 100 20 33
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating and maintenance): $0.
Report of Ventilatory Study (CM-907), Roentgenographic
Interpretation Forms (CM-933 and 933b), Report of Physical
Examination (CM-988), Report of Arterial Blood Gas Study (CM-1159)
I. Background
These forms are reports of diagnostic medical testing and are used
to establish the total disability of a coal miner due to black lung
disease.
II. Current Actions
The Department of Labor (DOL) seeks approval of the extension of
this information collection in order to carry out its responsibility to
determine eligibility for black lung benefits.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title(s): Report of Ventilatory Study, Roentgenographic
Interpretation Forms, Report of Physical Examination, Report of
Arterial Blood Gas Study.
OMB Number: 1215-0090.
Agency Numbers: CM-907, CM-933, CM-933b, CM-988, CM-1159.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Total Respondents: 37,800.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Responses: 37,800.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 9,338.
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Average
Form Respondents Responses minutes per Burden hours
response
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CM-907.......................................... 7,425 7,425 20 2,475
CM-933.......................................... 14,850 14,850 5 1,238
CM-933b......................................... 675 675 5 56
CM-988.......................................... 7,425 7,425 30 3,713
CM-1159......................................... 7,425 7,425 15 1,856
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating and maintenance): $0.
Report of Construction Contractor's Wage Rates (WD-10)
I. Background
The Davis-Bacon Act provides that every government contract in
excess of $2,000 which involves the employment of mechanics and/or
laborers contain a provision stating the minimum wages to be paid,
which are based upon the prevailing wage rate in the area for
corresponding classes of mechanics and laborers employed on similar
projects. Further, Section 1.3 of Regulations, 29 CFR Part I provides
that the Wage and Hour Administrator will conduct a continuing program
for the obtaining and compiling of wage rate information for the
purpose of making wage determinations.
II. Current Actions
The Wage and Hour Division seeks the revision of the currently
approved information collection WD-10. The form has been revised in
order to make it more user friendly and easier for respondents to
provide requested information. It has also been made machine readable.
Electronic imaging of the forms will expedite data transfer from hard
copy to the supporting data base. The form redesign is necessary for
character recognition software to work effectively. The revised form
provides contractors with space to list the subcontractors which they
engaged on the project; the current form asked the contractors to list
their subcontractors on a separate sheet of paper. There are four
different versions of the WD-10 based on the four different types of
construction recognized by the Wage and Hour Division.
Type of Review: Revision.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Report of Construction Contractor's Wage Rates.
OMB Number: 1215-0046.
Agency Numbers: WD-10.
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Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Total Respondents: 37,500.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Responses: 75,000.
Average Minutes per Response: 20.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 25,000.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating and maintenance): $0.
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: October 9, 1998.
Cecily A. Rayburn,
Director, Division of Financial Management, Office of Management,
Administration and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-27834 Filed 10-15-98; 8:45 am]
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