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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 244 / Wednesday, December 21, 2005 / Notices
Signed at Washington, DC, this December
14, 2005.
Roy Grizzard,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05–24277 Filed 12–20–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–CX–P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review:
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.
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BILLING CODE 4510–30–P
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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Title: Work Experience and Career
Exploration Programs (29 CFR Part
570.35a).
OMB Number: 1215–0121.
Form Number: None.
Frequency: Biannually.
Type of Response: Reporting;
Recordkeeping; and Third party
disclosure.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households and State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 14,014.
Annual Responses: 14,014.
Average Response Time: 2 hours for
state application; 1 hour for written
training agreement; and one-half minute
to file a record.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
14,145.
Total Annualized capital/startup
costs: $0.
Total Annual Costs (operating/
maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $0.
Description: The Fair Labor Standards
Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.,
section (3)(l) establishes a minimum age
of 16 years for most nonagricultural
employment but allows the employment
of 14- and 15 year olds in occupations
other than manufacturing and mining, if
the Secretary of Labor determines such
employment is confined to (1) periods
that will not interfere with the minor’s
schooling and (2) conditions that will
not interfere with the minor’s health
and well-being. FLSA section 11(c)
requires all employers covered by the
FLSA to make, keep and preserve
records of their employees’ wages, hours
and other conditions and practices of
employment. Regulations issued by the
Secretary of Labor prescribe the
recordkeeping and reporting
requirements for these records. Subpart
C of Regulations, 29 CFR part 570, Child
Labor Regulations, Orders and
Statements of Interpretation, sets forth
the employment standards for 14- and
15-year olds (CL Reg. 3). Regulations 29
CFR 570.35a contains the requirements
describing the criteria for use,
occupations permitted and conditions of
employment that allow employment of
14- and 15-year olds-pursuant to a
school-supervised and school
administered Work Experience and
Career Exploration Program (WECEP)—
under the conditions CL Reg. 3
otherwise prohibits. In order to utilize
the CL Reg. 3 WECEP provisions,
regulations 29 CFR 570.35(b)(2) requires
a state educational agency to file an
application for approval of a state
WECEP program as one not interfering
with schooling or with the health and
well-being of the minors involved.
Regulations 29 CFR 570.35a(b)(3)(vi)
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requires preparation of a written
training agreement for each student
participating in a WECEP and that such
agreement be signed by the teacher,
coordinator, employer and student. The
regulation also requires the student’s
parent or guardian to sign or otherwise
consent to the agreement, in order for it
to be valid. Regulations 29 CFR
570.35a(b)(4)(ii) requires state education
agencies to keep a record of the names
and addresses of each school enrolling
WECEP students and the number of
enrollees in each unit. The state or local
educational agency office must keep a
copy of the written training agreement
for each student participating in the
program and maintain these records for
3 years from the date of enrollment in
the program.
Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security
Administration
Proposed Extension of Information
Collection; Comment Request
Settlement Agreements Between a
Plan and Party in Interest
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA
95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), the
Department of Labor (the Department)
conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and continuing collections of
information. This program helps to
ensure that the data the Department
gathers can be provided in the desired
format, that the reporting burden on the
public (time and financial resources) is
minimized, that the public understands
the Department’s collection
instruments, and that the Department
can accurately assess the impact of
collection requirements on respondents.
By this notice, the Department is
soliciting comments concerning the
information collection provisions of two
similar prohibited transaction class
exemptions, PTE 94–71 and PTE 03–39.
Both of these class exemptions concern
transactions undertaken pursuant to
settlement agreements between an
employee benefit plan and a party in
interest to that plan. A copy of the ICR
may be obtained by contacting the office
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listed in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office shown in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before
February 21, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are
invited to submit written comments
regarding the information collection
request and burden estimates to: Susan
G. Lahne, Office of Policy and Research,
U.S. Department of Labor, Employee
Benefits Security Administration, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N–
5647, Washington, DC 20210.
Telephone: (202) 693–8410; Fax: (202)
219–4745. These are not toll-free
numbers. Comments may also be
submitted electronically to
ebsa.opr@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 94–71, entitled Class
Exemption to Permit Certain
Transactions Authorized Pursuant to
Settlement Agreements Between the
U.S. Department of Labor and Plans,
which was published in final form on
October 7, 1994 (59 FR 60837), exempts
from the prohibitions of sections 406
and 407(a) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)
transactions that are specifically
authorized by a settlement agreement
resulting from an investigation of an
employee benefit plan by the
Department pursuant to the authority of
section 504(a) of ERISA. The availability
of the exemption is conditioned on
providing certain notices and
disclosures. Specifically, the person
seeking to rely on the exemption must
provide notice to the affected
participants and beneficiaries, at least
30 days prior to entering into the
settlement agreement with the
Department, in a manner approved by
the Department that is reasonably
calculated to result in actual receipt.
The notice must include an objective
description of the transaction, the
approximate date on which it will
occur, the address of the office of the
Department that negotiated the
settlement, and a statement apprising
participants and beneficiaries of their
right to provide comments to that office.
Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption 03–39, entitled Class
Exemption For Release of Claims and
Extensions of Credit in Connection With
Litigation, which was published in final
form on December 31, 2003 (68 FR
75632), exempts from the prohibitions
of sections 406 and 407(a) of ERISA
certain transactions engaged in by a
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[FR Doc No: E5-7576]
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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 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: 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 for-profit.
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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Title: Work Experience and Career Exploration Programs (29 CFR Part
570.35a).
OMB Number: 1215-0121.
Form Number: None.
Frequency: Biannually.
Type of Response: Reporting; Recordkeeping; and Third party
disclosure.
Affected Public: Individuals or households and State, Local, or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 14,014.
Annual Responses: 14,014.
Average Response Time: 2 hours for state application; 1 hour for
written training agreement; and one-half minute to file a record.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 14,145.
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $0.
Description: The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. 201 et
seq., section (3)(l) establishes a minimum age of 16 years for most
nonagricultural employment but allows the employment of 14- and 15 year
olds in occupations other than manufacturing and mining, if the
Secretary of Labor determines such employment is confined to (1)
periods that will not interfere with the minor's schooling and (2)
conditions that will not interfere with the minor's health and well-
being. FLSA section 11(c) requires all employers covered by the FLSA to
make, keep and preserve records of their employees' wages, hours and
other conditions and practices of employment. Regulations issued by the
Secretary of Labor prescribe the recordkeeping and reporting
requirements for these records. Subpart C of Regulations, 29 CFR part
570, Child Labor Regulations, Orders and Statements of Interpretation,
sets forth the employment standards for 14- and 15-year olds (CL Reg.
3). Regulations 29 CFR 570.35a contains the requirements describing the
criteria for use, occupations permitted and conditions of employment
that allow employment of 14- and 15-year olds-pursuant to a school-
supervised and school administered Work Experience and Career
Exploration Program (WECEP)--under the conditions CL Reg. 3 otherwise
prohibits. In order to utilize the CL Reg. 3 WECEP provisions,
regulations 29 CFR 570.35(b)(2) requires a state educational agency to
file an application for approval of a state WECEP program as one not
interfering with schooling or with the health and well-being of the
minors involved. Regulations 29 CFR 570.35a(b)(3)(vi) requires
preparation of a written training agreement for each student
participating in a WECEP and that such agreement be signed by the
teacher, coordinator, employer and student. The regulation also
requires the student's parent or guardian to sign or otherwise consent
to the agreement, in order for it to be valid. Regulations 29 CFR
570.35a(b)(4)(ii) requires state education agencies to keep a record of
the names and addresses of each school enrolling WECEP students and the
number of enrollees in each unit. The state or local educational agency
office must keep a copy of the written training agreement for each
student participating in the program and maintain these records for 3
years from the date of enrollment in the program.
Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E5-7576 Filed 12-20-05; 8:45 am]
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