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not a toll-free number)/e-mail:
king.darrin@dol.gov.
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: Brian A. Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk
Officer for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS), Office of Management and
Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, Telephone: 202–395–7316/Fax:
202–395–6974 (these are not toll-free
numbers), E-mail:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within
30 days from the date of this publication
in the Federal Register. In order to
ensure the appropriate consideration,
comments should reference the OMB
Control Number (see below).
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: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Title of Collection: Census of Fatal
Occupational Injuries.
OMB Control Number: 1220–0133.
Agency Form Number: BLS CFOI–1.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions;
Federal Government; State, Local, or
Tribal Government; and individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,949.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,763.
Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden:
$0.
Description: The Census of Fatal
Occupational Injuries is authorized by
section 24(a) of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 91–596)
and provides policymakers and the
public with comprehensive, verifiable,
and timely measures of fatal work
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injuries. Data are complied from various
Federal, State, and local sources and
include information on how the
incident occurred as well as various
characteristics of the employers and the
deceased worker. This information is
used for surveillance of fatal work
injuries and for developing prevention
strategies. For additional information,
see related notice published on October
4, 2007 at 72 FR 192.
Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Solicitor; Agency
Information Collection Activities:
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request; Equal Access to Justice Act
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance 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. 3505(c)(2)(A)]. The
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 the
collection requirements on respondents
can be properly assessed. Currently the
Office of the Solicitor is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed
extension of the information collection
request (ICR) for applications to obtain
awards in administrative proceedings
subject to the Equal Access to Justice
Act.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted by February 25, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments are to be
submitted to Department of Labor/Office
of the Solicitor Attn: Raymond E.
Mitten, Jr., 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Room N–2428, Washington DC
20210. Written comments limited to 10
pages or fewer may be transmitted by
facsimile to (202) 693–5538.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Raymond E. Mitten, Jr., Counsel
for Administrative Law, Division of
Management and Administrative Legal
Services, Office of the Solicitor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
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DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–5523.
Copies of the referenced information
collection request are available in room
N–1301, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210. A copy of the ICR, with
applicable supporting documentation,
may be obtained by calling the
Department of Labor. To obtain
documentation, contact Darrin King at
(202) 693–4129 or E-mail:
king.darrin@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Equal Access to Justice Act
provides for the award of fees and
expenses to certain parties involved in
administrative proceedings with the
United States. The statute requires, at 5
U.S.C. sec. 504(a)(2), that a party
seeking an award of fees and other
expenses in a covered administrative
proceeding must submit to the agency
‘‘an application which shows that the
party is the prevailing party and is
eligible to receive an award’’ under the
Act. The Department of Labor’s
regulations implementing the Equal
Access to Justice Act contain a subpart
which specifies the contents of
applications for an award, 29 CFR part
16, Subpart B.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
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 submission of
responses.
III. Current Action
This notice requests an extension of
the current Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval of the
paperwork requirements for the
contents of applications for an award
under the Equal Access to Justice Act.
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Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection of
information.
Agency: Office of the Solicitor.
Title: Equal Access to Justice Act.
OMB Number: 1225–0013.
Affected Public: Individuals or
household; Business or other for-profit;
Not-for-profit institutions; Federal
Government; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: Varies by
year; usually less than 10.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Responses: See Number of
Respondents.
Average Time per Response: 5 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 50
hours.
Total annualized capital/startup
costs: $0.
Total Annualized costs (operation
and maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and may
be included in the request for OMB
approval of the final information
collection request. The comments will
become a matter of public record.
Signed this 19th day of December, 2007.
William W. Thompson, II,
Associate Solicitor for Management and
Administrative Legal Services.
[FR Doc. E7–25120 Filed 12–26–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Procedural Guidelines for the
Development and Maintenance of the
List of Goods From Countries
Produced by Child Labor or Forced
Labor; Request for Information
Bureau of International Labor
Affairs, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of procedural guidelines
for the development and maintenance of
a list of goods from countries produced
by child labor or forced labor in
violation of international standards;
Request for information.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice sets forth final
procedural guidelines (‘‘Guidelines’’) for
the development and maintenance of a
list of goods from countries that the
Bureau of International Labor Affairs
(‘‘ILAB’’) has reason to believe are
produced by child labor or forced labor
in violation of international standards
(‘‘List’’). The Guidelines establish the
process for public submission of
information, and the evaluation and
reporting process to be used by the U.S.
Department of Labor’s (‘‘DOL’’) Office of
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Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human
Trafficking (‘‘Office’’) in maintaining
and updating the List. DOL is required
to develop and make available to the
public the List pursuant to the
Trafficking Victims Protection
Reauthorization Act of 2005. This notice
also requests information on the use of
child labor and/or forced labor in the
production of goods internationally, as
well as information on government,
industry, or third-party actions and
initiatives to address these problems.
This information will be used by DOL
as appropriate in developing the initial
List.
DATES: This document is effective
immediately upon publication of this
notice. Information submitted in
response to this notice must be received
by the Office no later than March 26,
2008. Information received after that
date may not be taken into
consideration in developing DOL’s
initial List, but such information will be
considered by the Office as the List is
maintained and updated in the future.
TO SUBMIT INFORMATION, OR FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION, CONTACT: Director, Office
of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and
Human Trafficking, Bureau of
International Labor Affairs, U.S.
Department of Labor at (202) 693–4843
(this is not a toll-free number).
Information may be submitted by the
following methods:
• Facsimile (fax): ILAB/Office of
Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human
Trafficking at 202–693–4830.
• Mail, Express Delivery, Hand
Delivery, and Messenger Service: Charita
Castro or Rachel Rigby at U.S.
Department of Labor, ILAB/Office of
Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human
Trafficking, 200 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Room S–5317, Washington, DC 20210.
• E-mail: ilab-tvpra@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
105(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005
(‘‘TVPRA of 2005’’), Public Law 109–
164 (2006), directed the Secretary of
Labor, acting through the Bureau of
International Labor Affairs, to ‘‘carry out
additional activities to monitor and
combat forced labor and child labor in
foreign countries.’’ Section 105(b)(2) of
the TVPRA, 22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2), listed
these activities as:
(A) Monitor the use of forced labor
and child labor in violation of
international standards;
(B) Provide information regarding
trafficking in persons for the purpose of
forced labor to the Office to Monitor and
Combat Trafficking of the Department of
State for inclusion in [the] trafficking in
persons report required by section
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110(b) of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C.
7107(b));
(C) Develop and make available to the
public a list of goods from countries that
the Bureau of International Labor Affairs
has reason to believe are produced by
forced labor or child labor in violation
of international standards;
(D) Work with persons who are
involved in the production of goods on
the list described in subparagraph (C) to
create a standard set of practices that
will reduce the likelihood that such
persons will produce goods using the
labor described in such subparagraph;
and
(E) Consult with other departments
and agencies of the United States
Government to reduce forced and child
labor internationally and ensure that
products made by forced labor and child
labor in violation of international
standards are not imported into the
United States.
The Office carries out the DOL
mandates in the TVPRA. These
Guidelines provide the framework for
ILAB’s implementation of the TVPRA
mandate, and establish procedures for
the submission and review of
information and the process for
developing and maintaining the List. In
addition to the Office’s efforts under the
TVPRA, the Office conducts and
publishes research on child labor and
forced labor worldwide. The Office
consults such sources as DOL’s Findings
on the Worst Forms of Child Labor; the
Department of State’s annual Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices and
Trafficking in Persons Reports; reports
by governmental, non-governmental,
and international organizations; and
reports by academic and research
institutions and other sources.
In addition to reviewing information
submitted by the public in response to
this Notice, the Office will also conduct
a public hearing to gather information to
assist in the development of the List.
The Office will evaluate all information
received according to the processes
outlined in these Guidelines. Goods that
meet the criteria outlined in these
Guidelines will be placed on an initial
List, published in the Federal Register
and on the DOL Web site. DOL intends
to maintain and update the List over
time, through its own research,
interagency consultations, and
additional public submissions of
information. Procedures for the ongoing
maintenance of the List, and key terms
used in these Guidelines, are described
in detail below.
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[FR Doc No: E7-25120]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Solicitor; Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Equal Access to
Justice Act
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 pre-clearance
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. 3505(c)(2)(A)]. The 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 the
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently the Office of the Solicitor is soliciting comments concerning
the proposed extension of the information collection request (ICR) for
applications to obtain awards in administrative proceedings subject to
the Equal Access to Justice Act.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted by February 25, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments are to be submitted to Department of Labor/Office
of the Solicitor Attn: Raymond E. Mitten, Jr., 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Room N-2428, Washington DC 20210. Written comments limited to 10
pages or fewer may be transmitted by facsimile to (202) 693-5538.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Raymond E. Mitten, Jr.,
Counsel for Administrative Law, Division of Management and
Administrative Legal Services, Office of the Solicitor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693-5523.
Copies of the referenced information collection request are available
in room N-1301, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. A copy of the ICR, with applicable supporting
documentation, may be obtained by calling the Department of Labor. To
obtain documentation, contact Darrin King at (202) 693-4129 or E-mail:
king.darrin@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Equal Access to Justice Act provides for the award of fees and
expenses to certain parties involved in administrative proceedings with
the United States. The statute requires, at 5 U.S.C. sec. 504(a)(2),
that a party seeking an award of fees and other expenses in a covered
administrative proceeding must submit to the agency ``an application
which shows that the party is the prevailing party and is eligible to
receive an award'' under the Act. The Department of Labor's regulations
implementing the Equal Access to Justice Act contain a subpart which
specifies the contents of applications for an award, 29 CFR part 16,
Subpart B.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
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 submission of responses.
III. Current Action
This notice requests an extension of the current Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the paperwork requirements for
the contents of applications for an award under the Equal Access to
Justice Act.
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Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection of
information.
Agency: Office of the Solicitor.
Title: Equal Access to Justice Act.
OMB Number: 1225-0013.
Affected Public: Individuals or household; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Federal Government; State, Local
or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: Varies by year; usually less than 10.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Responses: See Number of Respondents.
Average Time per Response: 5 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 50 hours.
Total annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
Total Annualized costs (operation and maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and may be included in the request for OMB approval of the final
information collection request. The comments will become a matter of
public record.
Signed this 19th day of December, 2007.
William W. Thompson, II,
Associate Solicitor for Management and Administrative Legal Services.
[FR Doc. E7-25120 Filed 12-26-07; 8:45 am]
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