Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 1248-1249 [E7-160]

Download as PDF 1248 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 6 / Wednesday, January 10, 2007 / Notices • 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 mstockstill on PROD1PC61 with NOTICES The Department of Labor seeks approval for the extension of this information collection in order to verify that farm labor contractors, agricultural employers, and agricultural associations have complied with the applicable safety standards. Type of Review: Extension. Agency: Employment Standards Administration. Title: Vehicle Mechanical Inspection Report for Transportation Subject to Department of Transportation Requirements (WH–514); Vehicle Mechanical Inspection Report for Transportation Subject to Department of Labor Safety Standards (WH–514a); Doctor’s Certificate (WH–515). OMB Number: 1215–0036. Agency Number: WH–514, WH–514a, and WH–515. Affected Public: Business or other for profit; Farms. Total Respondents: 2,400. Total Responses: 3,900. Average Time per Response: 5 minutes. Average Time per Response for Recordkeeping: 1 minute. Estimated Recordkeeping Hours: 35 hours. Estimated Total Burden Hours: 360 hours. Frequency: On Occasion. Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0. Total Burden Cost (operating/ maintenance): $215,100. 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: January 4, 2007. Ruben Wiley, Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and Planning, Employment Standards Administration. [FR Doc. E7–159 Filed 1–9–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–27–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:22 Jan 09, 2007 Jkt 211001 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 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: Claim for Reimbursement of Benefit Payments and Claims Expense Under the War Hazards Compensation Act (CA–278). 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 March 12, 2007. 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 (OWCP) is the federal agency responsible for administration of the War Hazards Compensation Act (WHCA), 42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. Under section 1704(a) of the WHCA, an insurance carrier or self-insured who has paid workers’ compensation benefits to or on account of any person for a war-risk hazard may seek reimbursement for benefits paid (plus expenses) out of the Employees Compensation Fund for the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) at 5 U.S.C. 8147. PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The information collected by Form CA–278 is used by insurance carriers and the self-insured to request reimbursement. The information collected is used by OWCP staff to process requests for reimbursement of WHCA benefit payments and claims expense that are submitted by insurance carriers and self-insureds. The information is also used by OWCP to decide whether it should opt to pay ongoing WHCA benefits directly to the injured worker. This information collection is currently approved for use through June 30, 2007. II. Review Focus The Department of Labor 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 submissions of responses. III. Current Actions The Department of Labor seeks approval to collect this information in order to carry out its responsibility to reimburse insurance carriers and selfinsureds who meet the statutory requirements of the War Hazards Compensation Act (WHCA) for reimbursement. Type of Review: Extension. Agency: Employment Standards Administration. Title: Claim for Reimbursement of Benefit Payments and Claims Expense Under the War Hazards Compensation Act. OMB Number: 1215–0202. Agency Number: CA–278. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. Total Respondents: 7. Total Responses: 140. Estimated Total Burden Hours: 70. Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0. E:\FR\FM\10JAN1.SGM 10JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 6 / Wednesday, January 10, 2007 / Notices Total Burden Cost (operating/ maintenance): $239.00. 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: January 4, 2007. Ruben Wiley, Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and Planning, Employment Standards Administration. [FR Doc. E7–160 Filed 1–9–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–CH–P NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket No. 40–8838–MLA; ASLBP No. 00– 776–04–MLA] Atomic Safety and Licensing Board; Before Administrative Judges: Alan S. Rosenthal, Chairman, Dr. Paul B. Abramson, Dr. Richard F. Cole; In the Matter of U.S. Army (Jefferson Proving Ground Site); Notice of Hearing (Application for Materials License Amendment) mstockstill on PROD1PC61 with NOTICES January 4, 2007. This proceeding involves the May 25, 2005 application submitted by the Department of the Army (Licensee) for an amendment to its NRC materials license (License No. SUB–1435). The amendment would authorize an alternate schedule for the submittal to the NRC Staff of a decommissioning plan for the Licensee’s Jefferson Proving Ground (JPG) site located in Madison, Indiana. Such a plan is required because there is currently amassed on that site a considerable quantity of depleted uranium (DU) munitions, the result of the Licensee’s conduct, between 1984 and 1994 and under the auspices of the NRC materials license, of accuracy testing of DU tank penetration rounds. On December 9, 2005, this Atomic Safety and Licensing Board was established by the Commission to preside over the proceeding. On February 2, 2006, this Atomic Safety and Licensing Board granted a petition to intervene and request for hearing filed by Save the Valley, Inc., and deferred any hearing pending the completion of the NRC Staff’s technical review. LBP–06–06, 63 NRC 167, 185– 86 (2006). On December 20, 2006, after the completion of the Staff’s technical review and issuance of the requested license amendment, this Board issued a Memorandum and Order in which we VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:22 Jan 09, 2007 Jkt 211001 determined the scope of the evidentiary hearing. LBP–06–27, 64 NRC_(slip op.) (Dec. 20, 2006). In light of the foregoing, please take notice that a hearing will be conducted in this proceeding. The hearing will be governed by the informal hearing procedures set forth in 10 CFR Part 2, Subpart L (10 CFR 2.1200–.1213). During the course of the proceeding, the Board may conduct an oral argument (id. § 2.331), may hold pre-hearing conferences (id. § 2.329), and may conduct evidentiary hearings (id. § 2.1207). The public is invited to attend any oral argument, pre-hearing conference, or evidentiary hearing unless otherwise ordered by the Commission (id. §§ 2.327(b), 2.328). Notices of these sessions will be published in the Federal Register and/ or made available to the public at the NRC Public Document Room, located at One White Flint, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, Maryland, and through the NRC Web site, https:// www.nrc.gov. Additionally, as provided in 10 CFR 2.315(a), any person not a party to the proceeding may submit a written limited appearance statement setting forth his or her position on the issues in this proceeding. These statements do not constitute evidence, but may assist the Board and/or parties in defining the issues being considered. Persons wishing to submit a written limited appearance statement should send it by mail to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff. A copy of the statement should also be served on the Chairman of this Atomic Safety and Licensing Board by mail to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 0001. Documents relating to this proceeding are available for public inspection at the NRC’s Public Document Room or electronically from the publicly available records component of NRC’s document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS may contact the NRC Public Document Room reference staff by telephone at 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737, or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov. It is so ordered. PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 1249 For the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.1 Dated: January 4, 2007 in Rockville, Maryland. Alan S. Rosenthal, Chairman, Administrative Judge. [FR Doc. E7–175 Filed 1–9–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION January 11, 2007 Public Hearing OPIC’s Sunshine Act notice of its Annual Public Hearing meeting was published in the Federal Register (Volume 71, Number 246, Page 77074) on December 22, 2006. No requests were received to provide testimony or submit written statements for the record; therefore, OPIC’s annual public hearing scheduled for 2 p.m. on January 11, 2007 has been cancelled. Contact Person for Information: Information on the hearing cancellation may be obtained from Connie M. Downs at (202) 336–8438, via facsimile at (202) 218–0136, or via e-mail at cdown@opic.gov. Dated: January 8, 2007. Connie M. Downs, OPIC Corporate Secretary. [FR Doc. 07–84 Filed 1–8–07; 3:19 pm] BILLING CODE 3210–01–M OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION January 11, 2007 Public Hearing OPIC’s Sunshine Act notice of its Public Hearing in Conjunction with each Board meeting was published in the Federal Register (Volume 71, Number 246, Page 77074) on December 22, 2006. No requests were received to provide testimony or submit written statements for the record; OPIC’s public hearing scheduled for 3 p.m., January 11, 2007 in conjunction with OPIC’s January 18, 2007 Board of Directors meeting has been cancelled. Contact Person for Information: Information on the hearing cancellation may be obtained from Connie M. Downs at (202) 336–8438, via facsimile at (202) 218–0136, or via e-mail at cdown@opic.gov. 1 Copies of this Notice of Hearing were sent this date by Internet e-mail to counsel for (1) the Department of the Army, (2) the NRC Staff, and (3) Save the Valley, Inc. E:\FR\FM\10JAN1.SGM 10JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1248-1249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-160]


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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: Claim for Reimbursement of 
Benefit Payments and Claims Expense Under the War Hazards Compensation 
Act (CA-278). 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 March 12, 2007.

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 (OWCP) is the federal 
agency responsible for administration of the War Hazards Compensation 
Act (WHCA), 42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. Under section 1704(a) of the WHCA, 
an insurance carrier or self-insured who has paid workers' compensation 
benefits to or on account of any person for a war-risk hazard may seek 
reimbursement for benefits paid (plus expenses) out of the Employees 
Compensation Fund for the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) at 
5 U.S.C. 8147.
    The information collected by Form CA-278 is used by insurance 
carriers and the self-insured to request reimbursement. The information 
collected is used by OWCP staff to process requests for reimbursement 
of WHCA benefit payments and claims expense that are submitted by 
insurance carriers and self-insureds. The information is also used by 
OWCP to decide whether it should opt to pay ongoing WHCA benefits 
directly to the injured worker. This information collection is 
currently approved for use through June 30, 2007.

II. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor 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 submissions of responses.

III. Current Actions

    The Department of Labor seeks approval to collect this information 
in order to carry out its responsibility to reimburse insurance 
carriers and self-insureds who meet the statutory requirements of the 
War Hazards Compensation Act (WHCA) for reimbursement.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Claim for Reimbursement of Benefit Payments and Claims 
Expense Under the War Hazards Compensation Act.
    OMB Number: 1215-0202.
    Agency Number: CA-278.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Total Respondents: 7.
    Total Responses: 140.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 70.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.

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    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $239.00.
    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: January 4, 2007.
Ruben Wiley,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of 
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and 
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-160 Filed 1-9-07; 8:45 am]
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