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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.
[FR Doc. 05–18215 Filed 9–13–05; 8:45 am]
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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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Dated: September 9, 2005.
Bentley M. Roberts, Jr.,
Clerk of the Board.
[FR Doc. 05–18256 Filed 9–13–05; 8:45 am]
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice (05–134)]
Notice of Information Collection
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of information collection.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: All comments should be
submitted within 60 calendar days from
the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: All comments should be
addressed to Mr. Walter Kit, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Mail Suite
6M70, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Washington, DC 20546–
0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Mr. Walter Kit, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, NASA
Headquarters, 300 E Street SW., Mail
Suite 6M70, Washington, DC 20546,
(202) 358–1350, walter.kit-1@nasa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The information will be used by the
Headquarters Office of Security and
Program Protection (OSPP) to help
fulfill its responsibilities for facilitating
business visits and assignments that
support U.S. national interests and
NASA’s international program interests
and operational requirements, and by
the Office of External Relations for
export control oversight. This
information is collected and stored in
the NASA Foreign National
Management System (NFNMS) and will
be used by OSPP to determine
acceptability for a foreign national, or
U.S. citizen representing a foreign
entity, to access NASA installations or
facilities for business or high level
protocol visit purposes.
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II. Method of Collection
Respondents provide unformatted
information for specific data fields. Data
are provided orally, via a hard copy, or
e-mailed to a NASA representative who
transfers the information into a database
(attached is a printout of the NASA
Foreign Nationals Management System
data entry form). To ensure data
security, access to the electronic data
entry form is limited to approved NASA
employees or contractors. Direct data
entry by respondents is not permitted.
III. Data
Title: NASA Foreign National Access
Information.
OMB Number: 2700—XXXX.
Type of Review: New collection.
Affected Public: Foreign nationals and
NASA contractors.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
9,900 annually.
Estimated Time Per Response: 0.5
hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 4,950.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $9,715/
year.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of NASA, including
whether the information collected has
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
NASA’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including automated
collection techniques or the use of other
forms of information technology
Dated: September 7, 2005.
Patricia L. Dunnington,
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05–18276 Filed 9–13–05; 8:45 am]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of
information collection and solicitation
of public comment.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: The NRC has recently
submitted to OMB for review the
following proposal for the collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby
informs potential respondents that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
that a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
1. Type of submission, new, revision,
or extension: Extension.
2. The title of the information
collection: 10 CFR Part 9, Public
Records.
3. The form number if applicable:
NRC–509 and NRC–509A.
4. How often the collection is
required: On occasion.
5. Who will be required or asked to
report: Individuals requesting access to
records under the Freedom of
Information or Privacy Acts, or to
records that are already publicly
available in the NRC’s Public Document
Room. Submitters of information
containing trade secrets or confidential
commercial or financial information
who have been notified that the NRC
has made an initial determination that
the information should be disclosed.
6. An estimate of the number of
annual responses: 7,987.
7. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 7,987.
8. An estimate of the total number of
hours needed annually to complete the
requirement or request: 2,120 (.3 hours
per response).
9. An indication of whether Section
3507(d), Public Law 104–13 applies:
N/A.
10. Abstract: 10 CFR part 9 establishes
information collection requirements for
individuals making requests for records
under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) or Privacy Act (PA). It also
contains requests to waive or reduce
fees for searching for and reproducing
records in response to FOIA requests;
and requests for expedited processing of
requests. The information required from
the public is necessary to identify the
records they are requesting; to justify
requests for waivers or reductions in
searching or copying fees; or to justify
expedited processing. Section 9.28(b)
provides that if the submitter of
information designated to be trade
secrets or confidential commercial or
financial information objects to the
disclosure, he must provide a written
statement within 30 days that specifies
all grounds why the information is a
trade secret or commercial or financial
information that is privileged or
confidential.
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Variation From Normal Procedures--Effects of Hurricane Katrina
AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection Board.
ACTION: Notice.
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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.
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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Dated: September 9, 2005.
Bentley M. Roberts, Jr.,
Clerk of the Board.
[FR Doc. 05-18256 Filed 9-13-05; 8:45 am]
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