Proposed Collection; Comment Request [08/29/2002]
Volume 67, Number 168, Page 55432-55433
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Employment Standards Administration, Labor.
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,
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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 new collection ``Alternate Employment
Information Request.'' A copy of the proposed information collection
request 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 October 28, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 693-0339, fax (202) 693-1451, e-mail pforkel@fenix2.dol-esa.gov.
Please use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or
e-mail).
I. Background
The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act
of 2000, as amended (EEOICPA or Act), 42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq,
established a program to provide compensation to covered employees, and
where applicable, survivors of such employees, suffering from illnesses
incurred in the performance of duty for the Department of Energy (DOE)
and certain of its contractors, subcontractors and vendors. Employees
and/or survivors claiming benefits must establish a verified employment
history that includes at least one period of covered employment. As
part of an employment verification process, DOE reviews the claimed
period of employment to affirm its accuracy. If DOE is unable to verify
the alleged employment history, the Office of Workers' Compensation
Programs must obtain factual evidence necessary to establish covered
employment from private entities who are not current contractors or
subcontractors of DOE.
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 this information
collection in order to carry out its responsibility to establish
eligibility for benefits to those persons seeking compensation under
EEOICPA. There is no standardized form or format associated with the
information request, and each private entity may determine the most
convenient methodology to respond. The OWCP will accept responses via
e-mail, telephone, FAX or mail.
Type of Review: New.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Alternate Employment Information Request.
OMB Number: 1215-0NEW.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; Not for-profit
institutions.
Total Respondents: 100.
Total Responses: 2,000.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,000.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $480.
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: August 22, 2002.
Margaret J. Sherrill,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-22019 Filed 8-28-02; 8:45 am]
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