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Department to determine whether the
conditions of the exemption have been
met. The class exemption also requires
that those records be made available to
certain persons on request. Without this
recordkeeping requirement, the
Department would be unable to
effectively enforce the terms of the
exemption and ensure user compliance.
Agency: Employee Benefits Security
Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of currently approved collection.
Title: Notice Requirements of the
Health Care Continuation Coverage
Provisions.
OMB Number: 1210–0123.
Type of Response: Third party
disclosure.
Affected Public: Private Sector:
Business or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
593,000.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 15,237,957.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 0.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital/
startup costs: $0.
Estimated Total Annual Costs
(operating/maintaining systems or
purchasing services): $18,387,739.
Description: The Consolidated
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1984 (COBRA) provides that under
certain circumstances participants and
beneficiaries of group health plans that
satisfy the definition of ‘‘qualified
beneficiaries’’ under COBRA may elect
to continue group health coverage
temporarily following events known as
‘‘qualifying events’’ that would
otherwise result in loss of coverage.
COBRA provides that the Secretary of
Labor (the Secretary) has the authority
under section 608 of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(ERISA) to carry out the provisions of
Part 6 of title I of ERISA. The
Conference Report that accompanied
COBRA authorized the Secretary to
issue regulations implementing the
notice and disclosure requirements of
COBRA.
The Department has implemented the
Notice Requirements of Section 606 of
ERISA (regulations) because the
provision of timely and adequate
notifications regarding COBRA rights
and responsibilities is critical to a
qualified beneficiary’s ability to obtain
health continuation coverage. In
addition, in the Department’s view,
regulatory guidance was necessary to
establish clearer standards for
administering and processing COBRA
notices.
The provision of timely and adequate
notifications is critical for the effective
exercise of COBRA rights. As such, plan
administrators, group health plan
insurers, and other service providers to
the healthcare industry have indicated
to the Department that additional
guidance on notification and disclosure
under COBRA would be welcome.
Failure on the part of a plan
administrator to meet notice
requirements might result in a qualified
beneficiary’s losing out on continuation
coverage, assessment of fines on a plan
administrator, or other adverse
consequences.
Under the regulatory guidelines, plan
administrators are required to distribute
notices as follows: A general notice to
be distributed to all participants in
group health plans subject to COBRA;
an employer notice that must be
completed by the employer upon the
occurrence of a qualifying event; a
notice and election form to be sent to a
participant upon the occurrence of a
qualifying event that might cause the
participant to lose group health
coverage; an employee notice that may
be completed by a qualified beneficiary
upon the occurrence of certain
qualifying events such as divorce or
disability; and, two other notices, one of
early termination and the other a notice
of unavailability.
Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review:
Comment Request
June 22, 2007.
The Department of Labor (DOL) has
submitted the following public
information collection request (ICR) to
the Office of Management and Budget
36043
(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 Ira Mills on 202–693–4122 (this
is not a toll-free number) or E-Mail:
Mills.Ira@dol.gov, or by accessing
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Comments should be sent to
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for U.S.
Department of Labor/Bureau of Labor
Statistic (BLS), 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: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Survey of Occupational Injuries
and Illnesses.
OMB Number: 1220–0045.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; Farms;
and State, Local or Tribal Government.
Type of Response: Recordkeeping and
Reporting.
Number of Respondents:
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Total respondents
Frequency
Total responses
Average time per response
BLS 9300 ..............................................
Pre-notification Package .......................
230,000
175,000 out of
230,000
Annually ...................
Annually ...................
230,000
175,000 out of
230,000
.4 hour ........................
1.35 hours ..................
91,666 hours
235,833 hours
TOTALS .........................................
230,000
..................................
230,000
....................................
327,499 hours
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Total Annualized Capital/Startup
Costs: 0.
Total Annual Costs: 0 (operating/
maintaining systems or purchasing
services).
Description: The goal of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act, as
stated in Section 2(b), is to assure, as far
as possible, every working man and
woman in the Nation safe and healthful
working conditions. The BLS Survey of
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
provides the Nation’s primary indicator
of the progress towards achieving this
goal. The survey measures the overall
rate of occurrence of work injuries and
illnesses by industry. The industry
classifications for which data are
produced reflect the incorporation of
the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) codes
beginning with reference year 2003.
Until now, the Survey of Occupational
Injuries and Illnesses has been restricted
to producing national estimates for the
private sector only. Consequently, there
have been no national estimates of
workplace injuries and illnesses
sustained by State and Local
government workers, including those in
such relatively high hazard and high
profile occupations as police,
firefighters, paramedics and other
public health workers. To address this
data gap, beginning with survey year
2008, the BLS will collect data from
State and Local government agencies in
all States to support both State and
national estimates. The BLS will collect
this data within the current budget. The
BLS regards the collection of these data
as a significant expansion in its overall
coverage of the American workplace.
BLS will send a letter explaining that
the survey is voluntary for State and
Local government agencies in States that
do not require this collection of data.
The number of extra sample units
needed for State and Local government
data is approximately 7,000. A NonSubstantive change request will be
made for this increase for survey year
2008.
For the more serious injuries and
illnesses, those with days away from
work, the survey provides detailed
information on the injured/ill worker
(age, sex, race, industry, occupation,
and length of service), the time in shift,
and the circumstances of the injuries
and illnesses classified by standardized
codes (nature of the injury/illness, part
of body affected, primary and secondary
sources of the injury/illness, and the
event or exposure that produced the
injury/illness). Race data categories
reflect the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) recommended categories
for non-self-reported classification.
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Optional information on the general job
category is used to improve coding for
non-descriptive job titles, such as
‘‘Customer Service Representative.’’ A
check-off for before/during/after work
shift was included to identify the events
that occurred before or after the work
shift.
In the two decades prior to the OSHA
recordkeeping changes in 2002,
incidence rates for cases with days away
from work decreased significantly while
incidence rates for cases with only
restricted work activity increased
significantly. Since the BLS presently
collects case and demographic data only
for cases with days away from work,
data are not obtained about a growing
class of injury and illness cases.
Beginning with the 2008 survey year,
BLS will test collection of case and
demographic data for injury and illness
cases that require only days of job
transfer or restriction. If the test(s) prove
successful, BLS will implement this for
as many States as the budget allows
beginning with survey year 2009. BLS
regards the collection of these cases
with only job transfer or restriction as
significant in its coverage of the
American workforce.
Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer/Team
Leader.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review:
Comment Request
June 27, 2007.
The Department of Labor (DOL) has
submitted the following public
information collection requests (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 each
ICR, with applicable supporting
documentation, may be obtained from
RegInfo.gov at https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain or by contacting
Darrin King on 202–693–4129 (this is
not a toll-free number)/e-mail:
king.darrin@dol.gov.
Comments should be sent to Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Mine
Safety and Health Administration
(MSHA), Office of Management and
Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, Telephone: 202–395–7316/Fax:
202–395–6974 (these are not toll-free
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numbers), 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: Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of currently approved collection.
Title: Operations Under Water.
OMB Number: 1219–0020.
Type of Response: Reporting.
Affected Public: Private Sector:
Business or other for-profit (Mines).
Number of Respondents: 30.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 30.
Average Response Time: 5 hours.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 150.
Total Annualized Capital/Startup
Costs: $450.
Total Annual Costs (operating/
maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $0.
Description: The information
collection requirements contained in 30
CFR 75.1702 and 75.1702–1 help to
ensure that miners are protected from
the unnecessary hazards associated with
the open flame of a cigarette lighter or
match.
Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E7–12729 Filed 6–29–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request
June 22, 2007.
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 Ira Mills on 202-693-4122 (this is not a toll-free number) or
E-Mail: Mills.Ira@dol.gov, or by accessing https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Comments should be sent to Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for U.S. Department of
Labor/Bureau of Labor Statistic (BLS), 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: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Title: Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
OMB Number: 1220-0045.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; Farms; and State, Local or Tribal Government.
Type of Response: Recordkeeping and Reporting.
Number of Respondents:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Total Average time Estimated total
Form respondents Frequency responses per response burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BLS 9300..................... 230,000 Annually....... 230,000 .4 hour........ 91,666 hours
Pre-notification Package..... 175,000 out of Annually....... 175,000 out of 1.35 hours..... 235,833 hours
230,000 230,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTALS................... 230,000 ............... 230,000 ............... 327,499 hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: 0.
Total Annual Costs: 0 (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services).
Description: The goal of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, as
stated in Section 2(b), is to assure, as far as possible, every working
man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions. The
BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses provides the Nation's
primary indicator of the progress towards achieving this goal. The
survey measures the overall rate of occurrence of work injuries and
illnesses by industry. The industry classifications for which data are
produced reflect the incorporation of the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) codes beginning with reference year 2003.
Until now, the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses has been
restricted to producing national estimates for the private sector only.
Consequently, there have been no national estimates of workplace
injuries and illnesses sustained by State and Local government workers,
including those in such relatively high hazard and high profile
occupations as police, firefighters, paramedics and other public health
workers. To address this data gap, beginning with survey year 2008, the
BLS will collect data from State and Local government agencies in all
States to support both State and national estimates. The BLS will
collect this data within the current budget. The BLS regards the
collection of these data as a significant expansion in its overall
coverage of the American workplace. BLS will send a letter explaining
that the survey is voluntary for State and Local government agencies in
States that do not require this collection of data. The number of extra
sample units needed for State and Local government data is
approximately 7,000. A Non-Substantive change request will be made for
this increase for survey year 2008.
For the more serious injuries and illnesses, those with days away
from work, the survey provides detailed information on the injured/ill
worker (age, sex, race, industry, occupation, and length of service),
the time in shift, and the circumstances of the injuries and illnesses
classified by standardized codes (nature of the injury/illness, part of
body affected, primary and secondary sources of the injury/illness, and
the event or exposure that produced the injury/illness). Race data
categories reflect the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
recommended categories for non-self-reported classification. Optional
information on the general job category is used to improve coding for
non-descriptive job titles, such as ``Customer Service
Representative.'' A check-off for before/during/after work shift was
included to identify the events that occurred before or after the work
shift.
In the two decades prior to the OSHA recordkeeping changes in 2002,
incidence rates for cases with days away from work decreased
significantly while incidence rates for cases with only restricted work
activity increased significantly. Since the BLS presently collects case
and demographic data only for cases with days away from work, data are
not obtained about a growing class of injury and illness cases.
Beginning with the 2008 survey year, BLS will test collection of case
and demographic data for injury and illness cases that require only
days of job transfer or restriction. If the test(s) prove successful,
BLS will implement this for as many States as the budget allows
beginning with survey year 2009. BLS regards the collection of these
cases with only job transfer or restriction as significant in its
coverage of the American workforce.
Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer/Team Leader.
[FR Doc. E7-12710 Filed 6-29-07; 8:45 am]
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