[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30340-30342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14435]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
May 29, 1997.
The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public
information collection requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). A copy of
each individual ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be
obtained by calling the Department of Labor, Departmental Clearance
Officer, Theresa M. O'Malley ((202) 219-5096 ext. 143) or via E-Mail to
TOMalley@dol.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for
the deaf (TTY/TDD) may call (202) 219-4720 between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00
p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for BLS, DM, ESA, ETA, MSHA, OSHA,
PWBA, or VETS, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington,
DC 20503 ((202) 395-7316), within 30 days from the date of this
publication in the Federal Register.
The OMB 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
submission of responses.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: National Compensation Survey.
OMB Number: 1220-0000 (new collection).
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
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Average
Total Total time per
Form respondents Frequency responses response Total burden hours (est.)
(minutes)
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Government Establishment Form.......... 4,677 Annual or Quarterly....................... 6,393 9 1,029.
Government Generic Level Form #1....... 4,677 Annual or Quarterly....................... 6,393 9 1,029.
Government Generic Level Form #2....... 4,677 Annual or Quarterly....................... 6,393 9 1,029.
Government Wage Form................... 4,677 Annual or Quarterly....................... 6,393 9 1,029.
Government Work Schedule Form.......... 4,677 Annual or Quarterly....................... 6,393 9 1,029.
Government Benefits Collection Form 1,715 Annual or Quarterly....................... 4,193 49 2,287
(FYS 98 and 99 only). (3,430-avg. per year used).
Private Establishment Form............. 21,823 Annual or Quarterly....................... 32,497 9 4,801
Private Generic Level, Form #1......... 21,823 Annual or Quarterly....................... 32,497 9 4,801.
Private Establishment Generic Level 21,823 Annual or Quarterly....................... 32,497 9 4,801.
Form #2.
Private Establishment Wage Form........ 21,823 Annual or Quarterly....................... 32,497 9 4,801.
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Private Establishment Work Schedule 21,823 Annual or Quarterly....................... 32,497 9 4,801.
Form.
Private Establishment Benefits 8,005 Annual or Quarterly....................... 19,567 49 10,673
Collection Form (FYS 98 and 99 only). (16,009 Avg. Per year used).
Government Benefit Tests Form (FY 97 133 Annual.................................... 133 262 194
only). (583 Avg. Per year used).
Private Establishment Benefit Tests 623 Annual.................................... 623 262 906
Form (FY 97 only). (2,718 Avg. Per year used).
Employment Cost Index Collection Form 158 Annual.................................... 158 220 518
(FYS 97 and 98 only). (777 Avg. Per year used)
Employment Cost Index Update Form...... 5,614 Quarterly................................. 22,456 30 11,228
Employment Cost Index Quality Assurance 8 Annual.................................... 8 15 2
Form (FYS 97 and 98 only). (3 Avg. Per year used)
Collection done solely on computer..... 16,545 Annual.................................... 16,545 25 7,261
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Total.............................. 32,578 .......................................... 82,293 ......... 62,221
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Note: All figures are based on a three-year average. The total respondents and total responses column do not equal the totals, because most respondents
are asked to give data that will be used on several forms.
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services): 0.
Description: This collection is the implementation of the new
National Compensation Survey (NCS), formally called COMP2000 program.
NCS, when fully implemented, will integrate three separate BLS
compensation programs--the Occupational Compensation Survey Program
(OCSP), the Employment Cost Index (ECI), and the Employee Benefits
Survey (EBS). Data are collected from both the private non-farm economy
and State and local governments. Data produced from this survey are
critical in determining pay increases for Federal workers; in
determining monetary policy, and for use by compensation administrators
and researchers in the private sector.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Wage Statement (English and Spanish).
OMB Number: 1215-0148 (extension).
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 1,500,000.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: \1/2\ minute.
Total Burden Hours: 650,000.
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services): 0.
Description: The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker
Protection Act requires employers of agricultural workers to maintain
specific weekly payroll information and to provide a written statement
of this information to each migrant or seasonal worker. Forms WH-501R
and WH-501R(S) are optional forms which employers may use to record
this required information and provide to their workers.
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Title: Reporting of Fatality or Multiple Hospitalization Incidents
(29 CFR 1904.8).
OMB Number: 1218-0007 (extension).
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; Farms; State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 6,349
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 15 minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 1,587
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services): 0.
Description: All workplace fatalities and incidents involving the
in-patient hospitalization of three or more employees must be reported
to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to allow the
Agency to schedule an inspection/investigation of the occurrence. Such
reporting is required by law.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Veterans Supplement to the CPS.
OMB Number: 1220-0102 (reinstatement with change).
Frequency: Biennially.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 12,000.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1 minute.
Total Burden Hours: 200.
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services): 0.
Description: The supplement data will provide estimates of disabled
and Vietnam-theater veterans in the labor force, recently separated
veterans, the number of veterans who feel their disability affects
labor force participation, and information about veterans who use
programs that are available to them. Data are necessary to evaluate
veterans' programs and to meet a legislative mandate for a labor market
study.
Agency: Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.
Title: Prohibited Transaction Exemption (Exemption Application No.
D-09988) Class Exemption for Collective Investment Fund Conversion
Transactions.
OMB Number: 1210-0000 (new collection).
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions.
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Number of Respondents: 75, category 1=33, category 2=42.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: category 1=9 hours, category 2=35
hours.
Total Burden Hours: 1,767.
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $119,250.
Description: This class exemption permits an employee benefit plan
(the Client Plan) to purchase shares of a registered investment company
(the Fund), the investment adviser for which is a bank (the Bank) or
plan adviser (the Plan Adviser) registered under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940 (the Advisers Act), that also serves as a
fiduciary of a Client Plan, in exchange for plan assets transferred in-
kind to the Fund from a collective investment fund (CIF) maintained by
the Bank or Plan Adviser, in connection with a complete withdrawal of a
Client Plan's assets from the CIF.
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Title: Ethylene Oxide 1910.1047.
OMB Number: 1218-0108 (extension).
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government;
State, and Local or Tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 52,546.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 58 minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 50,300.
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $1,500,593.
Description: The Ethylene Oxide Standard and its information
collection requirements are designed to provide protection for
employees from adverse health effects associated with occupational
exposure to ethylene oxide (EtO).
The Standard requires employers to monitor employee exposure to EtO
and provide notification to employees of their exposure to ethylene
oxide. If monitoring indicates exposure above the 8-hour time weight
average of one part EtO per million parts of air, or in excess of five
parts of EtO per million part of air as averaged over sampling period
of 15 minutes, then the employer is required to make available medical
exams to employees who are, or may be exposed to EtO at or above the
action level (.5 parts per million calculated as an eight time-weight
average), without regard to the use of respirators, for at least 30
days a year. Exposure monitoring and medical records are to be retained
for prescribed amounts of time, and under certain circumstances such
records may be transferred to the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health. Employers are also required to communicate the
hazards associated with exposure to EtO through signs, labels, material
safety data sheets and training.
Theresa M. O'Malley,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-14435 Filed 6-2-97; 8:45 am]
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