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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,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
November 14, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Edward
M. Dullaghan, Office of Workforce
Security, Employment and Training
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room S4231, 200 Constitution
Ave. NW., Washington, DC, 20210;
telephone number (202) 693–2927 (this
is not a toll-free number); e-mail
dullaghan.edward@dol.gov; fax (202)
693–2874.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The data submitted annually on the
ETA–204 report enables the
Employment and Training
Administration to project revenues for
the Unemployment Insurance program
on a state-by-state basis and to measure
the variations in assigned contribution
rates which result from different
experience rating systems. Used in
conjunction with other data, the ETA–
204 assists in determining the effects of
certain factors (e.g., seasonality,
stabilization, expansion, or contraction
in employment, etc.) on the
unemployment experience of various
groups of employers. The data also
provide an early signal for potential
solvency problems and are useful in
analyzing factors which give rise to
these potential problems and permit an
evaluation of the effectiveness of the
various approaches available to correct
the detected problems. Further, the data
are the basis for determining the
Experience Rating Index, which allows
for the evaluation of the extent to which
benefits in states are effectively charged,
noncharged, and ineffectively charged.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, the Employment and
Training Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed
extension of the ETA–204, Experience
Rating Report which:
• Evaluates 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;
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• Evaluates 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;
• Enhances the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimizes 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.
A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained
by contacting the office listed below in
the addressee section of this notice.
III. Current Actions
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Title: Experience Rating Report.
OMB Number: 1205–0164.
Agency Number: ETA–204.
Affected Public: State Government.
Cite/Reference/Form/etc: ETA–204.
Frequency: Annually.
Total Responses: 53.
Average Time per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 13.
Total Burden Cost (Operating/
Maintaining): $325.
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 9, 2005.
Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security,
Employment and Training Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
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
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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,
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 collection: Notice of Final
Payment or Suspension of
Compensation Benefits (LS–208). A
copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by
contacting the office listed below in the
addresses section of this Notice.
Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before
November 14, 2005.
DATES:
Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Ave., NW., Room S–3201, Washington,
DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–0418,
fax (202) 693–1451, E-mail
bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please use only one
method of transmission for comments
(mail, fax, or E-mail).
ADDRESSES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs administers the Longshore
and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
(LHWCA). 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 employee in
loading, unloading, repairing, or
building a vessel. Under Section 914(g)
of the Longshore Act, the employer or
its insurance carrier must file a report of
the compensation paid to a claimant at
the time final payment is made. The Act
requires that the form must be filed
within 16 days of the final payment of
compensation with the District Director
in the compensation district in which
the injury occurred. Form LS–208
requests information regarding the
beginning and ending dates of
compensation payments, compensation
rates, reason payments were terminated
and types and amounts of compensation
payments. This information collection is
currently approved for use through
March 31, 2006.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor is
particularly interested in comments
which:
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• 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 the extension of this
information collection in order to carry
out its responsibility to notify OWCP
district offices that payment of
compensation benefits has been stopped
or suspended in a case. The report is
required by law. The report is necessary
for OWCP to determine whether benefits
have been suspended in a case and to
effectively manage the case file and
verify that the injured worker has
received all benefits to which he/she is
entitled to under the Act.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards
Administration.
Titles: Notice of Final Payment or
Suspension of Compensation Benefits.
OMB Number: 1215–0024.
Agency Numbers: LS–208.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Total Respondents: 500.
Total Annual Responses: 22,722.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,681.
Estimated Time Per Response: 15
minutes.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (Operating/
Maintenance): $16,353.00.
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.
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Dated: September 8, 2005.
Bruce Bohanon,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and
Internal Control, Division of Financial
Management, Office of Management,
Administration and Planning, Employment
Standards Administration.
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION
BOARD
Variation From Normal Procedures—
Effects of Hurricane Katrina
AGENCY:
Merit Systems Protection
Board.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of
variations from the Board’s normal case
processing procedures as a result of
Hurricane Katrina and the related relief
efforts in the gulf coast region of the
United States.
DATES: This rule is effective September
14, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bentley M. Roberts, Jr., Clerk of the
Board, Merit Systems Protection Board,
1615 M Street, NW., Washington, DC
20419; (202) 653–7200; fax: (202) 653–
7130; or e-mail: mspb@mspb.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Merit
Systems Protection Board is providing
notice of variations in its normal case
processing procedures that have been
placed into effect as a result of
Hurricane Katrina and the related relief
efforts in the gulf coast region of the
United States.
The Board’s adjudicatory regulations
contain time limits for filing documents
in Federal employee appeals of agency
personnel actions and other matters
within the Board’s jurisdiction. In
addition, MSPB judges issue various
orders in the course of an adjudicatory
proceeding that set time limits for
responses by the parties. The Board’s
regulations permit five methods of filing
and serving documents—regular mail,
commercial overnight delivery,
facsimile, e-filing, and personal delivery
to the appropriate MSPB office. The
date of filing by regular mail is
determined by the postmark date. For
filing by commercial overnight delivery,
it is the date the document is delivered
to the commercial overnight delivery
service. For filing by facsimile, it is the
date recorded on the facsimile
transmission. For filing electronically, it
is the date of the electronic submission.
For filing by personal delivery, it is the
date the MSPB office receives the
document.
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At the time of Hurricane Katrina and
the related devastation, there were
approximately 1,800 cases pending in
MSPB regional and field offices and
almost 800 cases pending at the Board’s
headquarters in Washington. It is
reasonable to assume, therefore, that a
number of filings due to a MSPB office
in early September 2005 could not be
made in a timely manner. An unknown
number of filings of new cases subject
to filing deadlines falling in early
September, 2005, also may have been
affected by the events surrounding
Hurricane Katrina.
Several circumstances may have
affected filings due in early September,
2005 including the closing of Federal
agencies and the displacement of
Federal employees in the affected areas.
Accordingly, the Board has placed
into effect the following variations from
its normal case processing procedures:
1. In MSPB regional and field offices,
judges will exercise discretion in
accepting filings due in early
September, 2005, and for the foreseeable
future, that were filed (by any filing
method) after the deadline, particularly
from the gulf coast region of the United
States.
2. At Board headquarters, the Clerk of
the Board will exercise discretion in
accepting filings due in early
September, 2005, and for the foreseeable
future, that were filed after the deadline.
Normally, a show cause order is issued
when a late filing is received, but the
Clerk of the Board may accept certain
filings, particularly from the gulf coast
region of the United States, without
issuing a show cause order.
3. Where MSPB case files or evidence
were lost or destroyed as a result of
devastation by Hurricane Katrina, MSPB
judges may grant appropriate
continuances until the case files or
evidence can be reconstructed or
dismiss cases without prejudice to their
later re-filing. MSPB offices will also
assist the parties in reconstructing case
files.
The Board and its employees
throughout the country will
accommodate parties to MSPB cases
whose ability to pursue those cases was
affected by Hurricane Katrina. Where
the variations from normal case
processing procedures set forth above
do not adequately address the
circumstances in an individual case, the
individual circumstances, and
appropriate solutions, will be
considered on a case-by-case basis. The
Board and MSPB judges may waive any
Board regulation the application of
which is not required by law.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
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,
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 collection: Notice of Final Payment or
Suspension of Compensation Benefits (LS-208). A copy of the proposed
information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office
listed below in the addresses section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before November 14, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 693-0418, fax (202) 693-1451, E-mail bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or E-
mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs administers the
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA). 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 employee in loading, unloading, repairing, or
building a vessel. Under Section 914(g) of the Longshore Act, the
employer or its insurance carrier must file a report of the
compensation paid to a claimant at the time final payment is made. The
Act requires that the form must be filed within 16 days of the final
payment of compensation with the District Director in the compensation
district in which the injury occurred. Form LS-208 requests information
regarding the beginning and ending dates of compensation payments,
compensation rates, reason payments were terminated and types and
amounts of compensation payments. This information collection is
currently approved for use through March 31, 2006.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments
which:
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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 the extension of this
information collection in order to carry out its responsibility to
notify OWCP district offices that payment of compensation benefits has
been stopped or suspended in a case. The report is required by law. The
report is necessary for OWCP to determine whether benefits have been
suspended in a case and to effectively manage the case file and verify
that the injured worker has received all benefits to which he/she is
entitled to under the Act.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Titles: Notice of Final Payment or Suspension of Compensation
Benefits.
OMB Number: 1215-0024.
Agency Numbers: LS-208.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Total Respondents: 500.
Total Annual Responses: 22,722.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,681.
Estimated Time Per Response: 15 minutes.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (Operating/Maintenance): $16,353.00.
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: September 8, 2005.
Bruce Bohanon,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-18215 Filed 9-13-05; 8:45 am]
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