Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Review by the

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Background: The Department of Labor, in carrying out its

responsibilities under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter

35), considers comments on the reporting/recordkeeping requirements

that will affect the public.

List of Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Review: As

necessary, the Department of Labor will publish a list of the Agency

recordkeeping/reporting requirements under review by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) since the last list was published. The list

will have all entries grouped into new collections, revisions,

extensions, or reinstatements. The Departmental Clearance Officer will,

upon request, be able to advise members of the public of the nature of

the particular submission they are interested in.

Each entry may contain the following information:

The Agency of the Department issuing this recordkeeping/reporting

requirement.

The title of the recordkeeping/reporting requirement.

The OMB and/or Agency identification numbers, if applicable.

How often the recordkeeping/reporting requirement is needed,

Whether small businesses or organizations are affected.

An estimate of the total number of hours needed to comply with the

recordkeeping/reporting requirements and the average hours per

respondent.

The number of forms in the request for approval, if applicable.

An abstract describing the need for and uses of the information

collection.

Comments and Questions: Copies of the recordkeeping/reporting

requirements may be obtained by calling the Departmental Clearance

Officer, Kenneth A. Mills ({202} 219-5095). Comments and questions

about the items on this list should be directed to Mr. Mills, Office of

Information Resources Management Policy, U.S. Department of Labor, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW., room N-1301, Washington, DC 20210. Comments

should also be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for (BLS/DM/ESA/ETA/OAW/MSHA/OSHA/PWBA/

VETS), Office of Management and Budget, room 10102, Washington, DC

20503 ({202} 395-7316).

Any member of the public who wants to comment on recordkeeping/

reporting requirements which have been submitted to OMB should advise

Mr. Mills of this intent at the earliest possible date.

Extension

Employment Standards Administration

OFCCP Recordkeeping/Reporting: Construction

1215-0163

Monthly and Annually

Businesses or other for-profit; Non-profit institutions; Small

businesses or organizations

34,943 respondents; 1.0369 responses per respondent; 11.68 hours per

response; 423,173 total reporting hours

100,000 recordkeepers; 48 hours per recordkeeper; 4,800,000 total

recordkeeping hours

5,223,173 total hours.

Recordkeeping and reporting obligations incurred by Federal and

federally assisted construction contractors under E.O. 11246, section

503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and 38 U.s.c. 4212 are necessary

to substantiate compliance with nondiscrimination and affirmative

action requirement monitored by the Office of Federal Contract

Compliance Programs (OFCCP).

Extension

Employment Standards Administration

Notice of Termination, Suspension, Reduction or Increase in Benefit

Payments

1215-0064; CM-908

On occasion

Businesses or other for-profit; Small businesses or organizations

9,000 responses; 12 minutes per response; 1,800 total hours Coal mine

operators who pay monthly benefits must notify the Division of Coal

Mine Workers' Compensation (DCMWC) of any change in benefits and the

reason for that change. The DCMWC uses this notification to monitor

payments to beneficiaries.

Extension

Employment and Training Administration

Overpayment Detection/Recovery Activities

1205-0173; ETA 227

Quarterly

State or local governments

53 respondents; 10 hours per response; 2,120 total hours; 1 form.

The Secretary of Labor has interpreted applicable sections of

Federal laws to require States to have reasonable provisions in their

State unemployment insurance laws that concern the prevention,

detection and recovery of benefit overpayments caused by willful

misrepresentation of errors by claimants or others. This report

provides an accounting of the types and amounts of such overpayment and

serves as a useful management tool for monitoring overall unemployment

insurance program integrity.

Extension

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Electrical Standards for Construction

1218-0130

On occasion

Businesses or other for-profit; Small businesses or organizations 3,630

respondents; .12 hours per response; 423 total hours.

This collection of information requires employers to maintain a

written description of an assured equipment grounding conductor

program.

Signed at Washington, DC this 4th day of October, 1994.

Kenneth A. Mills,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 94-25191 Filed 10-11-94; 8:45 am]

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