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Lawrence.Steven@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)
administers the Longshore and Harbor
Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA).
LHWCA 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 employer in loading, unloading,
repairing, or building a vessel. In
addition, several Acts extend the
Longshore Act’s coverage to certain
other employees. The following
regulations have been developed to
implement the Act’s provisions and to
provide clarification in those areas
where it was deemed necessary (20 CFR
702.162, 702.174, 702.175, 20 CFR
702.242, 20 CFR 702.285, 702.321,
702.201, and 702.111). In some cases,
prior regulations have been updated and
changed either to reflect the intent of
the amended Act or to correct
recognized deficiencies.
This information collection is
currently approved for use through
August 31, 2009.
II. Review Focus: The DOL 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 DOL seeks
the approval for the extension of this
currently approved information
collection.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards
Administration.
Title: Regulations Governing the
Administration of the Longshore and
Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.
OMB Number: 1215–0160.
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Agency Number: (ESA–100, LS–200,
LS–201, LS–203, LS–204, LS–262, LS–
267, LS–271, LS–274, LS–513).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households, Businesses or other forprofit.
Total Respondents: 181,956.
Total Responses: 181,956.
Time Per Response: 37 minutes.
Frequency: On Occasion and
Annually.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
66,536.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $68,585.
Burden summary
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Proposed Extension of the Approval of
Information Collection Requirements
ACTION:
Hours
LS–200 (20 CFR 702.285) ...
20 CFR 702.162 (Liens) .......
20 CFR 702.174 (Certifications) ..............................
20 CFR 702.175 (Reinstatements) ...............................
20 CFR 702.242 (Settlement
Applications .......................
20 CFR 702.321 (Section
8(f) Payments) ..................
ESA–100 (20 CFR 702.201)
LS–271 (Self Insurance Application) ............................
LS–274 (Injury Report of Insurance Carrier and SelfInsured Employer) .............
LS–201 (Injury or Death Notice) ...................................
LS–513 (Payment Report) ....
LS–267 (Claimant’s Statement) .................................
LS–203 (Employee Comp.
Claim) ................................
LS–204 (Medical Report) .....
LS–262 (Claim for Death
Benefits) ............................
Total Burden Hours .......
2,440
5
4
1
10,080
2,425
840
40
563
1,150
282
48
2,588
46,000
70
66,536
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: February 12, 2009.
Hazel Bell,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review
and Internal Control, Division of Financial
Management, Office of Management,
Administration and Planning, Employment
Standards Administration.
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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 its
proposal to extend the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of the Information Collection:
Notice of Termination, Suspension,
Reduction or Increase in Benefit
Payments (CM–908). 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
April 20, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Mr. Steven D. Lawrence,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S–3201,
Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202)
693–0292, fax (202) 693–1451, E-mail
Lawrence.Steven@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)
administers the Federal Mine Safety and
Health Act of 1977 as amended, Section
432 (30 U.S.C. 942) and 20 CFR 725.621
necessitate this information collection.
Under this Act, Coal mine operators,
their representatives, or their insurers
who have been identified as responsible
for paying Black Lung benefits to an
eligible miner or an eligible surviving
dependent of the miner, are called
Responsible Operators (RO’s). RO’s that
pay benefits are required to report any
change in the benefit amount to the
Department of Labor (DOL). The CM–
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908, when completed and sent to DOL,
notifies DOL of the change in the
beneficiary’s benefit amount and the
reason for the change. The Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977 as
amended, Section 432 (30 U.S.C. 942)
and 20 CFR 725.621 necessitate this
information collection. This information
collection is currently approved for use
through August 31, 2009.
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 the approval of the
extension of this information collection
in order to carry out its responsibility to
assure payment of compensation
benefits to injured workers at the proper
rate.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards
Administration.
Titles: Notice of Termination,
Suspension, Reduction or Increase in
Benefit Payments (CM–908).
OMB Number: 1215–0064.
Agency Numbers: CM–908.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Total Respondents: 325.
Total Annual Responses: 7,000.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,400.
Estimated Time per Response: 20
minutes.
Frequency: On occasion and annually.
Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (Operating/
Maintenance): $6,300.
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.
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Dated: February 12, 2009.
Hazel Bell,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review
and Internal Control, Division of Financial
Management, Office of Management,
Administration and Planning, Employment
Standards Administration.
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OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG
CONTROL POLICY
Paperwork Reduction Act; Notice of
Intent To Collect; Comment Request;
Summary of Comments
AGENCY: Office of National Drug Control
Policy (ONDCP).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: ONDCP invites comments on
a collection of information.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
directly to the Desk Officer for the
ONDCP, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB by fax at (202)
395–6566, or by electronic mail at
oira_docket@omb.eop.gov.
During the
first comment period, ONDCP received
the following from the Marijuana Policy
Project (MPP) concerning the National
Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
(hereafter NYADMC or ‘‘Campaign’’).
1. Data on which NYADMC is
evaluated is unreliable; and researchers
find self-report measures largely
suspect.
2. Return to the Westat Analysis
Methodology.
3. ONDCP should employ automated
collection techniques to broaden the
range of comments and reaction to
proposed advertising campaigns; and
consider the use of informal
methodologies for measuring the
success of the campaign.
4. The ONDCP NYADMC’s nearexclusive focus on marijuana is
premised on a fallacious conclusion of
cause-and-effect (The ‘‘Gateway
Theory’’).
ONDCP responds in turn to each of
the four comments.
1. The collection of information is not
designed to measure the effectiveness of
the overall Campaign. The collection of
information is intended only as part of
the advertisement development process.
This process is conducted by industryleading third-party vendors. Moreover,
the Institutional Review Board reviewed
the process to ensure it satisfies
scientific, ethical, and Federal
regulatory requirements.
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2. ONDCP will continue to measure
the overall effectiveness of the
Campaign using an independent
contractor. Westat is eligible to submit
a proposal on the award of the
impending solicitation. However,
ONDCP may not solicit a proposal
solely from Westat.
3. ONDCP agrees that automated
collection techniques can cultivate new
ideas, gauge reactions and quickly spot
potential problems. Consequently, the
Campaign’s current Web sites prompt
reactions to Campaign advertising, and
encourage suggestions for improvement.
Similarly, the data collection
instruments under consideration here
solicit open-ended feedback to
advertising executions from members of
the target audience.
4. The Campaign dispels the mistaken
belief that teen substance abuse has no
negative consequences, and conveys the
fact that marijuana is a serious drug.
Marijuana continues to be the illicit
substance most widely abused by our
nation’s youth, and such abuse has
adverse health, safety, social, academic,
economic and behavioral consequences.
Based on the comments received,
ONDCP intends to proceed with its
collection of information as initially
proposed.
Signed on February 11, 2009.
Daniel R. Petersen,
Assistant General Counsel.
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DATE: Weeks of February 16, 23, March
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PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference
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STATUS: Public and Closed.
Week of February 16, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
1:25 p.m.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Proposed Extension of the Approval of Information Collection
Requirements
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 its proposal to extend the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval of the Information Collection: Notice of
Termination, Suspension, Reduction or Increase in Benefit Payments (CM-
908). 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 April 20, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Mr. Steven D. Lawrence, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 693-0292, fax (202) 693-1451, E-mail Lawrence.Steven@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)
administers the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 as amended,
Section 432 (30 U.S.C. 942) and 20 CFR 725.621 necessitate this
information collection. Under this Act, Coal mine operators, their
representatives, or their insurers who have been identified as
responsible for paying Black Lung benefits to an eligible miner or an
eligible surviving dependent of the miner, are called Responsible
Operators (RO's). RO's that pay benefits are required to report any
change in the benefit amount to the Department of Labor (DOL). The CM-
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908, when completed and sent to DOL, notifies DOL of the change in the
beneficiary's benefit amount and the reason for the change. The Federal
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 as amended, Section 432 (30 U.S.C.
942) and 20 CFR 725.621 necessitate this information collection. This
information collection is currently approved for use through August 31,
2009.
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 the approval of
the extension of this information collection in order to carry out its
responsibility to assure payment of compensation benefits to injured
workers at the proper rate.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Titles: Notice of Termination, Suspension, Reduction or Increase in
Benefit Payments (CM-908).
OMB Number: 1215-0064.
Agency Numbers: CM-908.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Total Respondents: 325.
Total Annual Responses: 7,000.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,400.
Estimated Time per Response: 20 minutes.
Frequency: On occasion and annually.
Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (Operating/Maintenance): $6,300.
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: February 12, 2009.
Hazel Bell,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control,
Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration
and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.1
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