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Total Annualized capital/startup
costs: $0.
Total Annual Costs (operating/
maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $0.
Description: The Producer Price
Index, one of the Nation’s leading
economic indicators, is used as a
measure of price movements, as an
indicator of inflationary trends, for
inventory valuation, and as a measure of
purchasing power of the dollar at the
primary market level. It is also used for
market and economic research and as a
basis for escalation in long-term
contracts and purchase agreements.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages (QCEW).
OMB Number: 1220–0012.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Type of Response: Reporting.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 53.
Annual Responses: 212.
Average Response Time: 5,180.
Annual Burden Hours: 1,098,240.
Total Annualized capital/startup
costs: $0.
Total Annual Costs (operating/
maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $0.
Description: QCEW data, which are
provided to BLS by State Workforce
Agencies, are used by BLS as a sampling
frame for its establishment surveys; for
publishing of accurate current estimates
of employment for the U.S., States, and
metropolitan areas; and publishing
quarterly census totals of local
establishment counts, employment and
wages. The Bureau of Economic
Analysis uses the data to produce
accurate personal income data in a
timely matter for the U.S., States, and
local areas. Finally, the data is critical
to the Employment Training
Administration to administer
employment insurance programs.
Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05–6918 Filed 4–6–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review:
Comment Request
March 24, 2005.
The Department of Labor (DOL) has
submitted the following public
information collection requests (ICRs) to
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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
ICR, with applicable supporting
documentation, may be obtained by
contacting Darrin King on 202–693–
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or
e-mail: king.darrin@dol.gov.
Comments should be sent to Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the
Employment Standards Administration
(ESA), Office of Management and
Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, 202–395–7316 (this is not a tollfree number), 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 Standards
Administration.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Title: Pre-Hearing Statement.
OMB Number: 1215–0085.
Form Number: LS–18.
Frequency: On occasion.
Type of Response: Reporting.
Affected Public: Business and other
for-profit and Individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents: 5,400.
Annual Reponses: 5,400.
Average Response Time: 10 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 918.
Total Annualized capital/startup
costs: $0.
Total Annual Costs (operating/
maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $2,221.
Description: The Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs administers the
Longshore and Harbor Workers’
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Compensation Act (the Act). The Act
provides benefits to workers injured in
maritime employment on the navigable
waters of the United States or in an
adjoining area customarily used by an
employer in loading, unloading,
repairing, or building a vessel. Title 20,
CFR 702.317 provides for the referral of
claims under the Longshore Act for
formal hearings. The LS–18 is used to
refer cases to the Office of the
Administrative Law Judges for formal
hearings under the Act.
Agency: Employment Standards
Administration.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Title: Claim for Continuance of
Compensation.
OMB Number: 1215–0154.
Form Number: CA–12.
Frequency: Annually.
Type of Response: Reporting.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents: 5,450.
Annual Reponses: 5,450.
Average Response Time: 5 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 454.
Total Annualized capital/startup
costs: $0.
Total Annual Costs (operating/
maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $2,017.
Description: The Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs (OWCP)
administers the Federal Employees’
Compensation Act (FECA), 5 U.S.C.
8133. FECA provides that eligible
dependents of deceased employees
receive compensation benefits on
account of the employee’s death. The
OWCP monitors death benefits for
current marital status, potential for dual
benefits, and other criteria for qualifying
as a dependent under the law. The CA–
12 is sent annually to beneficiaries in
death cases to ensure that their status
has not changed and that they remain
entitled to benefits.
Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05–6921 Filed 4–6–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review:
Comment Request
March 30, 2005.
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
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request
March 24, 2005.
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 ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by
contacting Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number)
or e-mail: king.darrin@dol.gov.
Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Employment Standards
Administration (ESA), Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, 202-395-7316 (this is not a toll-free number),
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 Standards Administration.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
Title: Pre-Hearing Statement.
OMB Number: 1215-0085.
Form Number: LS-18.
Frequency: On occasion.
Type of Response: Reporting.
Affected Public: Business and other for-profit and Individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents: 5,400.
Annual Reponses: 5,400.
Average Response Time: 10 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 918.
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $2,221.
Description: The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
administers the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (the
Act). The Act provides benefits to workers injured in maritime
employment on the navigable waters of the United States or in an
adjoining area customarily used by an employer in loading, unloading,
repairing, or building a vessel. Title 20, CFR 702.317 provides for the
referral of claims under the Longshore Act for formal hearings. The LS-
18 is used to refer cases to the Office of the Administrative Law
Judges for formal hearings under the Act.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
Title: Claim for Continuance of Compensation.
OMB Number: 1215-0154.
Form Number: CA-12.
Frequency: Annually.
Type of Response: Reporting.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 5,450.
Annual Reponses: 5,450.
Average Response Time: 5 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 454.
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $2,017.
Description: The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)
administers the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA), 5 U.S.C.
8133. FECA provides that eligible dependents of deceased employees
receive compensation benefits on account of the employee's death. The
OWCP monitors death benefits for current marital status, potential for
dual benefits, and other criteria for qualifying as a dependent under
the law. The CA-12 is sent annually to beneficiaries in death cases to
ensure that their status has not changed and that they remain entitled
to benefits.
Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-6921 Filed 4-6-05; 8:45 am]
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