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II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the ATUS.
This survey collects information on how
individuals in the United States use
their time. Collection is done on a
continuous basis with the sample drawn
monthly. The survey sample is drawn
from households completing their final
month of interviews for the Current
Population Survey (CPS). Households
are selected to ensure a representative
demographic sample, and one
individual from each household is
selected to take part in one Computer
Assisted Telephone Interview. In this
interview, respondents are asked to
report all of their activities for one preassigned 24-hour day, which is the day
prior to the interview. A short series of
summary questions and CPS updates
follows the core time diary collection.
After each full year of collection, annual
national estimates of time use for an
average weekday or weekend day are
available.
Beginning in January 2011, it is
proposed that questions about eldercare
be added to the ATUS to replace
questions currently asked about missed
days. The eldercare questions are
designed to collect data on who is
providing unpaid eldercare, the time
they spend providing this care, and the
types of eldercare activities they do. The
proposed addition of eldercare
questions will be a permanent change to
the ATUS. Eldercare is a topic that
aligns closely with the ATUS goal of
collecting information about time spent
in unpaid, productive activities, and it
is a topic of interest to researchers,
particularly because the U.S. population
is aging.
The proposed eldercare questions will
replace questions about missed days.
The missed-days questions ask
respondents for information about the
number of days they were away from
home in the month before the interview
and the reasons why they were away.
The data from these questions are
under-used and BLS is not aware of any
publications that have used them. It is
proposed that the missed-days questions
be permanently dropped from the
survey.
Also beginning in January 2011,
questions sponsored by the Department
of Labor’s Women’s Bureau about
workers’ access to and use of leave are
proposed to be added to the ATUS as a
Leave module. These questions will be
included for 12 months (through
December 2011). The questions will ask
employed wage and salary workers
about their access to paid and unpaid
leave, their use of leave in the previous
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work schedules instead of taking leave.
Data from the Leave module will
provide a richer description of work.
The data will provide information about
the types of leave available to workers,
the reasons for which workers are able
to take leave, their leave activity, and
information about whether workers can
adjust their schedules to balance
personal and work obligations instead of
taking leave. The module will also
provide more information about the
relationship between workers’ use of
leave and their use of time.
Because the ATUS sample is a subset
of households completing interviews for
the CPS, the same demographic
information collected from that survey
is available for ATUS respondents.
Comparisons of activity patterns across
characteristics such as sex, race, age,
disability status, and education of the
respondent, as well as the presence of
children and the number of adults living
in the respondent’s household, are
possible.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• 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.
• 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.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: American Time Use Survey.
OMB Number: 1220–0175.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Total Respondents: 13,200 per year.
Frequency: Monthly.
Total Responses: 13,200.
Average Time Per Response: 16
minutes for the main ATUS interview,
with an additional 5 minutes for the
proposed Leave module.
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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3,520
hours per year for the main ATUS and
4,620 hours per year when the Leave
module is included.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
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 also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of
June 2010.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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 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. 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. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed new collection
of the ‘‘Forms Design and Pilot Testing
for the BLS Green Practices and
Processes Project.’’ A copy of the
proposed information collection request
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
individual listed below in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before August 30, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol
Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue, NE.,
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Washington, DC 20212. Written
comments also may be transmitted by
fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll
free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, at
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free
number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Occupational Employment
Statistics Program (OES) program has
been funded to collect and produce
objective and reliable information on
occupational employment and wages for
green jobs at the establishment level.
This information collection will be
conducted through special topic surveys
on the green economy. This work is
necessary to meet the publication
objective outlined in the President’s
FY2010 budget proposal.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
presented its approach to measuring
green jobs and the proposed definition
of green jobs in a March 16th, 2010,
Federal Register Notice (75 FR 12571).
The measurement approach includes
two types of surveys: One on jobs
related to producing green goods and
services, and one on jobs related to
using environmentally friendly
production processes and practices.
The latter approach will be
accomplished through a special
employer survey. The proposed research
is to assist BLS in developing and
testing this survey. This project includes
developing survey forms and
information collection protocols to
provide information on environmentally
friendly production processes
implemented by businesses across all
industries; collecting information on the
presence of those activities; and
collecting the number, occupation, and
wages paid to employees of the
establishment performing those
activities. This research is necessary for
BLS to develop, design, and test survey
forms to produce objective and reliable
information on these practices.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the ‘‘Forms
Design and Pilot Testing for the BLS
Green Practices and Processes Project.’’
It is the goal of BLS and its OES
program to produce economic statistics
on employment related to use of
environmentally friendly processes
across the U.S. economy. Using its
business establishment register, the OES
program intends to survey
establishments about these activities
and the associated employment. The
survey will identify employers
performing green activities, determine
whether they have any employees
performing tasks associated with these
activities, gather information to classify
those employees according to the
Standard Occupational Classification
(SOC) system, and collect wage rate
information.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• 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.
• 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.
Type of Review: New collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Forms Design and Pilot Testing
for the BLS Green Practices and
Processes Project.
OMB Number: 1220–NEW.
Affected Public: Private sector
businesses or other for-profits; not-forprofit institutions, small businesses or
organizations; State and local
governments.
Total Respondents: 2,200.
Frequency: One time.
Total Responses: 2,450.
Average Time per Response: 21
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
Estimated
total
burden
(hours)
Forms Panel testing .............................................................
Web Panel ...........................................................................
Follow-up interviews ............................................................
1700
500
........................
One time
One time
One time
1,700
500
250
20
20
30
567
167
125
Totals ............................................................................
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Total
respondents
2,200
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2,450
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858
The respondents contacted for the
follow-up interviews are a subset of the
respondents contacted during the forms
panel testing. About 250 respondents
will be contacted twice, once during the
panel testing and a second time for the
follow-up interview. This is reflected in
the difference between the total number
of respondents and the total number of
responses.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
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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 also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of
June 2010.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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[Docket No. NRC–2010–0153]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of
information collection and solicitation
of public comment.
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[FR Doc No: 2010-15869]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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 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. 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. The
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the
proposed new collection of the ``Forms Design and Pilot Testing for the
BLS Green Practices and Processes Project.'' A copy of the proposed
information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
individual listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or before August 30, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE.,
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Washington, DC 20212. Written comments also may be transmitted by fax
to 202-691-5111 (this is not a toll free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, at
202-691-7628 (this is not a toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Occupational Employment Statistics Program (OES) program has
been funded to collect and produce objective and reliable information
on occupational employment and wages for green jobs at the
establishment level. This information collection will be conducted
through special topic surveys on the green economy. This work is
necessary to meet the publication objective outlined in the President's
FY2010 budget proposal.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) presented its approach to
measuring green jobs and the proposed definition of green jobs in a
March 16th, 2010, Federal Register Notice (75 FR 12571). The
measurement approach includes two types of surveys: One on jobs related
to producing green goods and services, and one on jobs related to using
environmentally friendly production processes and practices.
The latter approach will be accomplished through a special employer
survey. The proposed research is to assist BLS in developing and
testing this survey. This project includes developing survey forms and
information collection protocols to provide information on
environmentally friendly production processes implemented by businesses
across all industries; collecting information on the presence of those
activities; and collecting the number, occupation, and wages paid to
employees of the establishment performing those activities. This
research is necessary for BLS to develop, design, and test survey forms
to produce objective and reliable information on these practices.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
``Forms Design and Pilot Testing for the BLS Green Practices and
Processes Project.'' It is the goal of BLS and its OES program to
produce economic statistics on employment related to use of
environmentally friendly processes across the U.S. economy. Using its
business establishment register, the OES program intends to survey
establishments about these activities and the associated employment.
The survey will identify employers performing green activities,
determine whether they have any employees performing tasks associated
with these activities, gather information to classify those employees
according to the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system, and
collect wage rate information.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in
comments that:
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.
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.
Type of Review: New collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Forms Design and Pilot Testing for the BLS Green Practices
and Processes Project.
OMB Number: 1220-NEW.
Affected Public: Private sector businesses or other for-profits;
not-for-profit institutions, small businesses or organizations; State
and local governments.
Total Respondents: 2,200.
Frequency: One time.
Total Responses: 2,450.
Average Time per Response: 21 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
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Average time Estimated
Form Total Frequency Total per response total burden
respondents responses (min) (hours)
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Forms Panel testing............. 1700 One time 1,700 20 567
Web Panel....................... 500 One time 500 20 167
Follow-up interviews............ .............. One time 250 30 125
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Totals...................... 2,200 .............. 2,450 .............. 858
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The respondents contacted for the follow-up interviews are a subset
of the respondents contacted during the forms panel testing. About 250
respondents will be contacted twice, once during the panel testing and
a second time for the follow-up interview. This is reflected in the
difference between the total number of respondents and the total number
of responses.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
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 also will become a
matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of June 2010.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2010-15869 Filed 6-29-10; 8:45 am]
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