Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

August 31, 1998.

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, Todd R. Owen ((202) 219-5096 ext. 143) or by E-Mail to Owen-

T[email protected].

Comments should be sent to the 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: Employment and Training Administration.

Title: Alien Claims Activity Report.

OMB Number: 1205-0268 (extension).

Agency Number: ETA-9016.

Frequency: Quarterly.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 53.

Total Responses: 212.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1 hour.

Total Burden Hours: 212.

Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.

Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing

services): 0.

Description: The ETA 9016 allows assessment of cost efficiency of

the Immigration and Naturalization Service verification system (SAVE)

and allows the determination of the impact of the Immigration Reform

and Control Act of the Unemployment Insurance system nationally.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Training Plan Regulations (48.3 and 48.23).

OMB Number: 1219-0009 (extension).

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 1,300.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 8 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 10,400 hours.

Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.

Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $2,600.

Description: Requires underground mine operators to have an MSHA

approved plan containing programs for training new miners, newly

employed experienced miners, new task training, annual refresher

training and hazard training for miners.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Mine Ventilation System Plan (57.8520).

OMB Number: 1219-0016 (extension).

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 240.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 24 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 5,760 hours.

Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.

Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing

services): 0.

Description: Operators of underground metal and nonmetal mines are

required to prepare written plans of the ventilation system of their

mines and to update the plans annually. The information is used to

insure that each operator routinely plans, reviews, and updates the

mine's ventilation system; to insure the availability of accurate and

current ventilation information; and to provide MSHA with an

opportunity to alert the mine operator to potential hazards.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Operations Under Water (30 CFR 75.1716, 75.1716-1 and

75.1716-3).

OMB Number: 1219-0020 (extension).

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 14.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 5 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 70 hours.

Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.

Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing

services): 0.

Description: Requires coal mine operators to provide MSHA

notification and to obtain a permit to mine under a body of water if,

in the judgment of the Secretary of Labor, it is sufficiently large

enough to constitute a hazard to miners.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Records of Results of Examinations of Self-Rescuers (30 CFR

75.1714-3(e)).

OMB Number: 1219-0044 (extension).

Frequency: Quarterly.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 1,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 30 minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 2,000 hours.

Total annualized capital/startup costs: -0-

Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $86,000.

Description: Requires underground coal mine operators to keep

records of the corrective actions taken as a result of required

examinations of self-rescue devices. The information is used to insure

that the examinations are conducted and that the devices are in

operable and usable condition in case of an emergency.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Representative of Miners (30 CFR 40.2 and 40.5(a)).

OMB Number: 1219-0042 (extension).

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; small business or

organizations.

Number of Respondents: 350.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1 hour.

Total Burden Hours: 175.

Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.

Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing

services): 0.

Description: The Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977

requires the

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Secretary of Labor to exercise many of her duties under the Act in

cooperation with miners' representatives. The Act also establishes

miners' rights which must be exercised through a representative. Title

30, CFR Part 40 contains procedures which a person or organization must

follow in order to be identified by the Secretary as representative of

miners.

Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Underground Construction Air Quality Record (Sec. 1926.800).

OMB Number: 1218-0067 (revision).

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 320.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: Ranges from 30 seconds to record

monitoring results, up to 1 hour to inspect and certify hoisting

assemblies.

Total Burden Hours: 8,357 hours.

Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.

Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $115,200.

Description: The underground construction standard (Sec. 1926.800)

requires employers to certify hoist inspections; post various warning

signs; and prepare and retain aboveground, at the job site, a written

record of all air quality tests measured at underground work locations.

A written record of specific information must be prepared and retained

until completion of the project.

Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Acrylonitrile 29 CFR 1910.1045.

OMB Number: 1218-0126 (extension).

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government;

State, local or tribal governments.

Number of Respondents: 26.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: Ranges from 5 minutes to maintain a

record to 1.5 hours for an employee to have a medical exam.

Total Burden Hours: 6,867.

Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.

Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $311,360.

Description: The Acrylonitrile standard and its information

collection requirements provide protection for employees from the

adverse health effects associated with occupational exposure to

Acrylonitrile. The Standard requires that employers must establish and

maintain a training and compliance program, including exposure

monitoring and medical surveillance records. These records are used by

employees, physicians, employers and the OSHA to determine the

effectiveness of the employers compliance efforts. Also the standard

requires that OSHA have access to various records to ensure that

employers are complying with the disclosure provisions of the

Acrylonitrile Standard.

Agency: Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.

Title: Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 76-1.

OMB Number: 1210-0058 (extension).

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Individuals or

households.

Number of Respondents: 1,546.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 15 minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 727.

Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.

Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing

services): 0.

Description: Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 76-1 permits

parties in interest, under specified conditions, to: (A) Make

delinquent employer contributions, (B) receive loans, and (C) obtain

office space, administrative services and goods from plans. In the

absence of this exemption, certain aspects of these transactions might

be prohibited by section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security

Act (ERISA).

Agency: Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.

Title: Class Exemption Relating to Certain Foreign Exchange

Transactions Pursuant to Standing Instructions.

OMB Number: 1210-0 New.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, individuals or

households.

Number of Respondents: 35.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 120 hours per year.

Total Burden Hours: 4,200.

Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.

Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing

services): 0.

Description: The proposed exemption would permit certain foreign

exchange transactions between employee benefit plans and certain banks,

broker-dealers, and domestic affiliates thereof, which are parties in

interest with respect to such plans, pursuant to standing instructions.

Agency: Bureau of International Labor Affairs.

Title: Senior Technical Assistance Register.

OMB Number: 1225-0064 (extension).

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Individuals or households.

Number of Respondents: 10.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 23 minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 4 hours.

Total annualized capital/startup costs: 0.

Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing

services): 0.

Description: Information collected in relation to the Senior

Technical Assistance Register project will be used to identify persons

interested and able to render advisory services to developing countries

in which the Department of Labor is providing development.

Todd R. Owen,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

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