Proposed Collection; Comment Request [Notices] [11/01/2001]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request [11/01/2001]
Volume 66, Number 212, Page 55205-55206
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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 following medical reports: CM-907, Report of
Ventilatory Study; CM-2907, Report of Ventilatory Study; CM-933,
Roentgenographic Interpretation; CM-933b, Roentgenographic Quality
Rereading; CM-988, Medical History and Examination for Coal Mine
Worker's Pneumoconiosis; and CM-1159, Report of Arterial Blood Gas
Study.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before December 31, 2001.
ADDRESSEE: Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 693-0339 (this is not a toll-free number), fax (202) 693-1451,
email: pforkel@fenix2.dol-esa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Black Lung Benefits Act of 1977, as amended, 30 U.S.C. 901 et.
seq., provides for the payment of benefits to coal miners who have
contracted black
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lung disease as a result of coal mine employment, and their dependents
and survivors. When a miner applies for benefits, the Division of Coal
Mine Workers' Compensation (DCMWC) is required to schedule a series of
diagnostic tests to help establish eligibility for black lung benefits.
Each of the diagnostic tests has its own form setting forth the medical
results. The forms are: CM-907, Report of Ventilatory Study; CM-2907,
Report of Ventilatory Study; CM-933, Roentgenographic Interpretation
Form; CM-933b, Roentgenographic Quality Rereading; CM-988, Medical
History and Examination for Coal Mine Worker's Pneumoconiosis; and CM-
1159, Report of Arterial Blood Gas Study.
II. Review Focus
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.
III. Current Actions
The Department of Labor seeks the approval of the extension of this
information collection in order to carry out its responsibility to
determine eligibility for black lung benefits. The CM-2907 is a new
form designed to apply to all claims filed after January 20, 2001.
Type of Review: Revision.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Titles: Report of Ventilatory Study (CM-907); Report of Ventilatory
Study (CM-2907); Roentgenographic Interpretation (CM-933);
Roentgenographic Quality Reading (CM-933b); Medical History and
Examination for Coal Mine Workers' Pneumoconiosis (CM-988); Report of
Arterial Blood Gas Study (CM-1159).
OMB Number: 1215-0090.
Agency Numbers: CM-907, CM-2907, CM-933, CM-933b, CM-988, CM-1159.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Respondents: 26,000.
Total Annual responses: 26,000.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,334.
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Average minutes
Form Respondents Responses per response Burden hours
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CM-907.............................. 100 100 20 33
CM-2907............................. 4,900 4,900 20 1,634
CM-933.............................. 6,000 6,000 5 500
CM-933b............................. 5,000 5,000 5 417
CM-988.............................. 5,000 5,000 30 2,500
CM-1159............................. 5,000 5,000 15 1,250
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/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 19, 2001.
Margaret J. Sherrill,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
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