95-20779. Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; Application for BLS Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Cooperative Agreement

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43613-43614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20779]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics


Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations; Application for BLS Occupational Safety 
and Health Statistics Cooperative Agreement

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. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be 
provided in the desired format, reporting burden is minimized, 
reporting forms are clearly understood, and the impact of collection 
requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the 
proposed extension of the ``Application for BLS Occupational Safety and 
Health Statistics Cooperative Agreement.'' A copy of the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the 
individual listed below in the address section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before October 23, 
1995.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Karin G. Kurz, BLS Clearance Officer, 
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 3255, 
2 Massachusetts Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20212. For further 
information contact Ms. Kurz on 202-606-7628 (this is not a toll free 
number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Secretary of Labor has delegated to BLS the authority to 
collect, compile and analyze statistical data on work-related injuries 
and illnesses. The Cooperative Agreement is designed to allow BLS to 
ensure conformance with program objectives. BLS has full authority over 
the financial operations of the statistical program. BLS requires 
financial reporting that will produce the information needed to monitor 
the financial activities of BLS Occupational Safety and Health 
Statistics grantees.

II. Current Actions

    Continued collection of grantee financial information is necessary 
to maintain an effective program of collection, compilation, and 
analysis of occupational safety and health statistics, as authorized by 
the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 91-596). The 
burden estimates are based on actual experience of grantees completing 
the forms.
    Public comments on the accuracy of the burden estimates as well as 
suggestions for reducing the burden are encouraged. BLS plans to 
implement a system of electronic filing for these forms for 1997, which 
should reduce the burden of collection. Signatures certifying the 
authenticity of the information will continue to be required.
    Type of review: Extension.
    Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Title: Application for BLS Occupational Safety and Health 
Statistics Cooperative Agreement.
    OMB Number: 1220-0149.
    Frequency: Annually and Quarterly.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 57.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 6 Hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 342 Hours.
    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 ICR; they also will become a matter of public record.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of August, 1995.
Peter T. Spolarich,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 95-20779 Filed 8-21-95; 8:45 am]
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