Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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

TOM[email protected]. 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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