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CFR Parts 1500–1508, the Bureau of
Land Management, Elko Field Office,
has prepared a Draft EIS on the effects
of three multiple use decisions on
sensitive avian species in Elko County,
Nevada.
DATES: This notice initiates the public
review period. Written comments on the
Draft EIS will be accepted for 45 days
following the date this Notice of
Availability is published in the Federal
Register. An Open-House Public
Meeting will be held at the Bureau of
Land Management Elko Field Office at
3900 E. Idaho Street, Elko, Nevada. The
date and time of this public meeting
will be announced through public
notices, media news releases and/or
mailing. This meeting will be scheduled
no sooner than 15 days following the
publication of this notice.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
—E-mail: lwest@nv.blm.gov
—Fax: (775) 753–0255
—Mail: Send to the attention of the
Sensitive Species EIS Project
Manager, BLM Elko Field Office, 3900
East Idaho Street, Elko, NV 89801. For
those desiring a copy of the draft, a
limited number of copies can be
obtained from this address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lorrie West, EIS Team Co-Lead, at the
Elko Field Office, 3900 E. Idaho Street,
Elko, NV 89801. Telephone: (775) 753–
0200. E-mail: lwest@nv.blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM
is preparing this EIS to comply with a
minute order issued by the Honorable
Howard D. McKibben, U.S. District
Judge, District of Nevada, on August 18,
2004 (CV–N–03–197–HDM(VPC)). The
order followed a hearing on a complaint
against three final multiple use
decisions (Western Watersheds Project
and Committee for the High Desert vs.
Clinton R. Oke, Assistant Field
Manager, Elko Field Office, et al.). The
final decisions, which were left intact
by the judge, are for the Sheep Complex
Allotment, Big Springs Allotment and
Owyhee Allotment. The Sheep Complex
Allotment and Big Springs grazing
allotments are located in the
southeastern portion of Elko County,
NV, and the Owyhee Allotment is in the
northwest portion of Elko County.
The order was to prepare the EIS with
respect to burrowing owls, raptors and
sage grouse on the Sheep Complex and
the Owyhee Allotment, and sage grouse
on the Big Springs Allotment. The
issues analyzed included the impacts of
livestock grazing proposed by the
multiple use decisions and alternatives
to the extent applicable to these
sensitive bird species and considering
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springs, seeps, riparian areas and
upland habitat.
A range of alternatives (including the
no-action alternative) was developed to
address the issues.
Comments received on the Draft EIS,
including names and street addresses of
respondents, will be available for public
review at the Elko Field Office during
regular business hours, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Monday through Friday except
holidays, and will be published as part
of the Final EIS. Individual respondents
may request confidentiality. If you wish
to withhold your name or street address
from public review or from disclosure
under the Freedom of Information Act,
you must state this prominently at the
beginning of your written comment.
Such requests will be honored to the
extent allowed by law. All submissions
from organizations and businesses, and
from individuals identifying themselves
as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
available for public inspection in their
entirety.
Dated: November 3, 2005.
Helen Hankins,
Field Office Manager.
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Dated: November 8, 2005.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY:
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Office of Disability Employment Policy
Notice of extension of approved
data collection.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, conducts a pre-clearance
consultation process 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
process helps ensure that requested data
can be provided in the desired format,
reporting burdens are minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. Currently the Office
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of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
is soliciting comments concerning an
already approved data collection for the
following Employer Assistance Referral
Network (EARN) forms: EARN Provider
Enrollment Form; EARN Employer
Enrollment Form; EARN Employer and
Provider Surveys. A copy of the
approved information collection request
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
office listed below in the address
section of this notice.
Written comments must be
submitted to the office shown in the
address section below on or before
February 21, 2006.
DATES:
Richard Horne, U.S.
Department of Labor, Office of Disability
Employment Policy, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Suite S–1303,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone:
(202) 693–7880. This is not a toll-free
number.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Horne, telephone: (202) 693–
7880, e-mail: horne.richard@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Employer Assistance Referral
Network (EARN) is a nationwide service
designed to provide employers with a
technical, educational, and
informational resource to simplify and
encourage the hiring of qualified
workers. Historically, disability
programs required employers to do
much of the work in the finding and
hiring of people with disabilities. The
Office of Disability Employment Policy
(ODEP) of the Department of Labor has
designed EARN to alleviate these
barriers and do much of the work for the
employer.
EARN is a service from the Office of
Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) of
the Department of Labor. This referral
service links employers with providers
who refer appropriate candidates with
disabilities. The service is provided by
means of a nationwide toll-free Call
Center.
EARN is a service of the Office of
Disability Employment Policy which
was established pursuant to section
1(a)(1) of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2001 (Pub. L. 106–
554) H.R. 5656, see Title I,
(‘‘Departmental Management’’) 29
U.S.C. 551 et seq.; 5 U.S.C. 301; and
Executive Order 13187, ‘‘The
President’s Disability Employment
Partnership Board (PDEPB)’’ (January
10, 2001).
This service, and the data collection
component is authorized pursuant to
Public Law 106–554 which direct the
Office of Disability Policy to provide
initiatives such as EARN to ‘‘further the
objective of eliminating employment
barriers to the training and employment
of people with disabilities’’.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
The Department is particularly
interested in comments which:
• Evaluate whether the 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
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
III. Current Action
This extended ICR covers four forms:
EARN Provider Enrollment Form, EARN
Employer Enrollment Form, EARN
Employer Survey and EARN Provider
Survey. The enrollment forms
(Employer Enrollment and Provider
Enrollment) will be used to enroll
provider and employers who wish to
participate and use this service. The
surveys (Employer Survey and Provider
Survey) will collect quantitative data on
participants’ levels of satisfaction with
individual service elements and their
satisfaction with the service as a whole.
The surveys will also solicit free-text
comments from participants regarding
the service.
Agency: Office of Disability
Employment Policy.
Titles: EARN Provider Enrollment
Form, EARN Employer Enrollment
Form, EARN Employer Survey, EARN
Provider Survey.
OMB Number: 1230–0003.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions;
Farms; Government; and State, local, or
tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 13,500.
Estimated
number of
annual
responses
Form
Average response time
(hours)
Estimated burden hours
Provider Enrollment Form ................................................................................................
Employer Enrollment Form ...............................................................................................
Employer Survey ..............................................................................................................
Provider Survey ................................................................................................................
6,000
7,500
300
300
0.33
0.33
0.33
0.33
1,980
2,475
99
99
Total ......................................................................................................................................
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• 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.
14,100
........................
4,653
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $0.
Description: These surveys are
designed to collect data from service
providers and employers. For each
provider, we will collect Point of
Contact (POC) information and
information about the types of clients
the provider serves. We also request
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information about the size of the
provider organization, whether a fee is
charged for placement services, and
employer references. For each employer,
we will collect information about the
number of employees, geographic
location, industry, specific jobs offered,
and Point of Contact (POC) information.
The Employer Survey and Provider
Survey will collect quantitative data on
participants’ levels of satisfaction with
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individual service elements and their
satisfaction with the service as a whole.
The surveys will also solicit free-text
comments from participants regarding
the service. We will present survey data
in the aggregate for all Employers and
Providers. We will combine survey data
with system-generated data reports
containing demographic data for the
sample groups as well as performance
data for the Call Center.
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Signed at Washington, DC, this December
14, 2005.
Roy Grizzard,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05–24277 Filed 12–20–05; 8:45 am]
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Comment Request
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December 13, 2005.
The Department of Labor (DOL) has
submitted the following public
information collection request (ICR) 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 this
ICR, with applicable supporting
documentation, may be obtained by
calling the Department of Labor. To
obtain documentation contact Ira Mills
on 202–693–4122 (this is not a toll-free
number) or E-mail: Mills.Ira@dol.gov.
Comments should be sent to Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ETA, 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 and Training
Administration (ETA).
Type of Review: Revision of currently
approved collection.
Title: Workforce Investment Act
(WIA) Information and Reporting
System.
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OMB Number: 1205–0420.
Frequency: Quarterly and Annually.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Type of Response: Recordkeeping;
Reporting.
Number of Respondents: 53.
Annual Responses: 265.
Average Response time: 1,040 hours
per State.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 709,145.
Total Annualized Capital/Startup
Costs: $1,791.
Total Annual Costs (operating/
maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $23,047.
Description: Respondents are State
governments. Selected standardized
information pertaining to participants in
WIA Title IB programs will be collected
and reported for the purposes of general
program oversight, evaluation and
performance assessment.
Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer/Team
Leader.
[FR Doc. E5–7575 Filed 12–20–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review:
Comment Request
December 13, 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 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;
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• 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: Notice of Final Payment or
Suspension of Compensation Benefits.
OMB Number: 1215–0024.
Form Number: LS–208.
Frequency: On occasion.
Type of Response: Reporting.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 500.
Annual Responses: 22,722.
Average Response Time: 15 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
5,681.
Total Annualized capital/startup
costs: $0.
Total Annual Costs (operating/
maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $16,140.00.
Description: The Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs administers the
Longshore and Harbor Workers’
Compensation 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 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.
Agency: Employment Standards
Administration.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved collection.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Disability Employment Policy
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
ACTION: Notice of extension of approved data collection.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
consultation process 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 process helps
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format,
reporting burdens are minimized, collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents
can be properly assessed. Currently the Office
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of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) is soliciting comments
concerning an already approved data collection for the following
Employer Assistance Referral Network (EARN) forms: EARN Provider
Enrollment Form; EARN Employer Enrollment Form; EARN Employer and
Provider Surveys. A copy of the approved information collection request
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the
address section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office shown in the
address section below on or before February 21, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Richard Horne, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of
Disability Employment Policy, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Suite S-
1303, Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 693-7880. This is not a
toll-free number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Horne, telephone: (202) 693-
7880, e-mail: horne.richard@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Employer Assistance Referral Network (EARN) is a nationwide
service designed to provide employers with a technical, educational,
and informational resource to simplify and encourage the hiring of
qualified workers. Historically, disability programs required employers
to do much of the work in the finding and hiring of people with
disabilities. The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) of the
Department of Labor has designed EARN to alleviate these barriers and
do much of the work for the employer.
EARN is a service from the Office of Disability Employment Policy
(ODEP) of the Department of Labor. This referral service links
employers with providers who refer appropriate candidates with
disabilities. The service is provided by means of a nationwide toll-
free Call Center.
EARN is a service of the Office of Disability Employment Policy
which was established pursuant to section 1(a)(1) of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2001 (Pub. L. 106-554) H.R. 5656, see Title I,
(``Departmental Management'') 29 U.S.C. 551 et seq.; 5 U.S.C. 301; and
Executive Order 13187, ``The President's Disability Employment
Partnership Board (PDEPB)'' (January 10, 2001).
This service, and the data collection component is authorized
pursuant to Public Law 106-554 which direct the Office of Disability
Policy to provide initiatives such as EARN to ``further the objective
of eliminating employment barriers to the training and employment of
people with disabilities''.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
The Department is particularly interested in comments which:
Evaluate whether the 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 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 Action
This extended ICR covers four forms: EARN Provider Enrollment Form,
EARN Employer Enrollment Form, EARN Employer Survey and EARN Provider
Survey. The enrollment forms (Employer Enrollment and Provider
Enrollment) will be used to enroll provider and employers who wish to
participate and use this service. The surveys (Employer Survey and
Provider Survey) will collect quantitative data on participants' levels
of satisfaction with individual service elements and their satisfaction
with the service as a whole. The surveys will also solicit free-text
comments from participants regarding the service.
Agency: Office of Disability Employment Policy.
Titles: EARN Provider Enrollment Form, EARN Employer Enrollment
Form, EARN Employer Survey, EARN Provider Survey.
OMB Number: 1230-0003.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; Farms; Government; and State, local, or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 13,500.
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Estimated
number of Average Estimated
Form annual response time burden hours
responses (hours)
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EARN Provider Enrollment Form................................... 6,000 0.33 1,980
EARN Employer Enrollment Form................................... 7,500 0.33 2,475
EARN Employer Survey............................................ 300 0.33 99
EARN Provider Survey............................................ 300 0.33 99
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Total....................................................... 14,100 .............. 4,653
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.
Description: These surveys are designed to collect data from
service providers and employers. For each provider, we will collect
Point of Contact (POC) information and information about the types of
clients the provider serves. We also request information about the size
of the provider organization, whether a fee is charged for placement
services, and employer references. For each employer, we will collect
information about the number of employees, geographic location,
industry, specific jobs offered, and Point of Contact (POC)
information. The Employer Survey and Provider Survey will collect
quantitative data on participants' levels of satisfaction with
individual service elements and their satisfaction with the service as
a whole. The surveys will also solicit free-text comments from
participants regarding the service. We will present survey data in the
aggregate for all Employers and Providers. We will combine survey data
with system-generated data reports containing demographic data for the
sample groups as well as performance data for the Call Center.
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Signed at Washington, DC, this December 14, 2005.
Roy Grizzard,
Assistant Secretary.
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