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Total
respondents
Respondents
Frequency of
collection
Average time
per response
(minutes)
Burden (hours)
Burden cost
Staff .................................................................................
270
Once ...........
13 minutes per
customer,
with an average of 252
customers
per respondent.
14,733
272,567
Total for intake .........................................................
Site Visits:
Study Participants ...........................................................
Staff .................................................................................
68,270
.....................
........................
29,467
379,383
240
1,080
Once ...........
Twice ...........
60 minutes .....
60 minutes .....
240
2,160
1,740
39,960
Total for site visits ...................................................
1,320
.....................
........................
2,400
$41,700
Total for Intake and Site Visits .........................
69,590
.....................
........................
31,867
$421,083
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Note: Due to rounding, the numbers for the totals may differ from the sum of the component numbers.
The total burden cost for the
enrollment forms represents 13 minutes,
on average, for participant respondents
to complete the study enrollment forms
multiplied by the number of
respondents (68,000) and by an
estimated average hourly wage of $7.25
per hour, which is the current Federal
minimum wage. Thus, the total
participant burden for the completion of
the enrollment forms is $106,817 (=
68,000 × 13/60 × 7.25). The projected
burden for enrollment forms represents
13 minutes, on average, for each staff
person to process documents for each
study participant, including reviewing
the participant’s information,
completing the counselor-only section,
and data-entering the necessary
information. (Each of an estimated 270
staff members will complete the forms
for an average of 252 participants.) The
total staff burden cost is $272,567,
which is 13 minutes per participant
multiplied by the number of
respondents (68,000) and an average
hourly wage of $18.50 per hour for staff
(The hourly wage of $18.50 per hour for
staff is the average wage in the range of
wages found in ‘‘Managing Customers’
Training Choices: Findings from the
Individual Training Account
Experiment,’’ a report prepared for the
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment
and Training Administration (December
2006), McConnell, Sheena, Elizabeth
Stuart, Kenneth Fortson and others.).
The total burden cost for the enrollment
forms is $379,383, which is the sum of
the burden costs for participants and
staff.
The burden cost for site visits is 2,400
hours. The site visits will involve
interviews with an average of four study
participants during each of two visits to
each of 30 sites. Hence, about 240 (= 4
× 2 × 30) participants will be involved
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in the interviews. Each interview will
last about one hour. Hence, assuming a
wage of $7.25 per hour, the total burden
on participants for the site visits is
estimated to be 240 hours with a total
cost of $1,740 (= 7.25 × 240). About 36
staff persons will be interviewed at each
of 30 sites. Hence, in total about 1,080
staff (= 36 × 30) will be interviewed.
These staff will be interviewed for about
one hour during each visit, for each of
two visits. Hence, the total burden on
staff for the site visits is estimated to
2,160 hours (= 1,080 × 2), representing
a burden cost of $39,960 assuming an
hourly wage for staff of $18.50 per hour.
The total burden cost for the site visits
is $41,700, which is the sum of the
burden costs for participants and staff.
The total burden is estimated to be
31,867 hours ($421,083 in burden cost),
which is the sum of the burdens (and
burden costs) for the enrollment forms
and site visits.
Comments submitted in response to
this request will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval; they will also become a matter
of public record.
Signed: at Washington, DC, this 29th day
of October, 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and
Training Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection, Comment
Request
ACTION:
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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 ‘‘Quarterly Census of Employment
and Wages Green Goods and Services
Survey.’’ 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 January 10, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol
Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue, NE.,
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). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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I. Background
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
is seeking clearance for the collection of
data on employment related to the
production of green goods and services.
The new Green Goods and Services
(GGS) survey will collect data on
employment, fiscal year, and the share
of revenue or employment associated
with production of green goods or
services at the establishment.
Additionally, BLS will expand the
existing Occupational Employment
Statistics (OES) survey to collect data on
occupational employment and wages in
establishments included in the GGS
survey. The expansion of the existing
OES survey will be handled through a
separate nonsubstantive change request.
As the chief source of government
data on employment, BLS will produce
data on green goods and services
businesses’ employment as tasked by
the 2010 Congressional Appropriation.
This initiative will produce regular
tabulations of aggregate employment for
businesses whose primary activities fall
into green goods and services as defined
by BLS. This series will be key to
analyzing workforce trends in this area.
In addition, data will be published on
occupational employment and wages
related to these establishments through
the OES expansion.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the
Quarterly Census of Employment and
Wages Green Goods and Services
Survey.
From the GGS survey, BLS intends to
publish a quarterly count of
employment associated with the output
of green goods and services at U.S.
business establishments to meet the
requirement outlined in the 2010
Congressional Appropriation. BLS plans
to publish detailed industry data for the
U.S. and limited data for States.
This survey will use the business
register, Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages (QCEW),
maintained by BLS as its sampling
frame. The register contains
employment information on
establishments in the U.S. subject to
unemployment insurance taxes. This
register covers 98 percent of U.S. jobs,
available at the county, Metropolitan
Statistical Area (MSA), State, and
national levels by industry. The
sampling frame for the GGS survey will
be restricted to those establishments
classified in NAICS codes that are
determined to be in scope in the BLS
definition of green goods and services.
BLS undertook extensive research to
develop data collection forms and
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methodology and to understand the
collection environment related to green
goods and services. This research was
outlined in a prior Federal Register
Notice (75 FR 3926). The research was
completed in September 2010; the forms
put forth for clearance in this package
were field-tested and incorporate the
research and lessons learned from field
testing of earlier versions of the survey
form. The survey will collect data on
employment, fiscal year, and revenue or
employment share related to green
goods and services at each
establishment surveyed. The share of
revenue will be used to estimate
employment when employment share is
not reported. BLS determined from prior
research and from the recent forms
development research that businesses
have difficulty providing employment
associated with the production of green
goods and services while revenue is
readily available and less burdensome
for the respondent to report.
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: Green Goods and Services
Survey.
OMB Number: 1220–NEW.
Affected Public: Private sector
businesses or other for-profits, not-forprofit institutions, farms; Federal
Government; State and local
governments.
Total Respondents: 120,000.
Frequency: Annual.
Total Responses: 120,000.
Average Time per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
30,000.
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
482,400.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): 482,400.
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 5th day of
November 2010.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security
Administration
Proposed Revision of Information
Collection: Comment Request National
Medical Support Notice—Part B
Employee Benefits Security
Administration.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor (the
Department), 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 continuing
collections of information in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (PRA 95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
This program helps to ensure that the
data the Department collects can be
provided in the desired format, that the
reporting burden on the public (time
and financial resources) is minimized,
that the public understands the
Department’s collection instruments,
and that the Department can accurately
assess the impact of its collection
requirements on respondents.
Currently, the Employee Benefits
Security Administration (EBSA) is
soliciting comments concerning a
revision to the information collections
contained in the National Medical
Support Notice—Part B. A copy of
EBSA’s information collection request
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
individual listed below in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Comments must be submitted to
the office shown in the ADDRESSES
section on or before January 10, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments
regarding the ICR and burden estimates
to G. Christopher Cosby, Office of Policy
SUMMARY:
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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 ``Quarterly Census of Employment and
Wages Green Goods and Services Survey.'' 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 January 10, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., 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). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is seeking clearance for the
collection of data on employment related to the production of green
goods and services. The new Green Goods and Services (GGS) survey will
collect data on employment, fiscal year, and the share of revenue or
employment associated with production of green goods or services at the
establishment. Additionally, BLS will expand the existing Occupational
Employment Statistics (OES) survey to collect data on occupational
employment and wages in establishments included in the GGS survey. The
expansion of the existing OES survey will be handled through a separate
nonsubstantive change request.
As the chief source of government data on employment, BLS will
produce data on green goods and services businesses' employment as
tasked by the 2010 Congressional Appropriation. This initiative will
produce regular tabulations of aggregate employment for businesses
whose primary activities fall into green goods and services as defined
by BLS. This series will be key to analyzing workforce trends in this
area. In addition, data will be published on occupational employment
and wages related to these establishments through the OES expansion.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Green Goods and Services
Survey.
From the GGS survey, BLS intends to publish a quarterly count of
employment associated with the output of green goods and services at
U.S. business establishments to meet the requirement outlined in the
2010 Congressional Appropriation. BLS plans to publish detailed
industry data for the U.S. and limited data for States.
This survey will use the business register, Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages (QCEW), maintained by BLS as its sampling frame.
The register contains employment information on establishments in the
U.S. subject to unemployment insurance taxes. This register covers 98
percent of U.S. jobs, available at the county, Metropolitan Statistical
Area (MSA), State, and national levels by industry. The sampling frame
for the GGS survey will be restricted to those establishments
classified in NAICS codes that are determined to be in scope in the BLS
definition of green goods and services.
BLS undertook extensive research to develop data collection forms
and methodology and to understand the collection environment related to
green goods and services. This research was outlined in a prior Federal
Register Notice (75 FR 3926). The research was completed in September
2010; the forms put forth for clearance in this package were field-
tested and incorporate the research and lessons learned from field
testing of earlier versions of the survey form. The survey will collect
data on employment, fiscal year, and revenue or employment share
related to green goods and services at each establishment surveyed. The
share of revenue will be used to estimate employment when employment
share is not reported. BLS determined from prior research and from the
recent forms development research that businesses have difficulty
providing employment associated with the production of green goods and
services while revenue is readily available and less burdensome for the
respondent to report.
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: Green Goods and Services Survey.
OMB Number: 1220-NEW.
Affected Public: Private sector businesses or other for-profits,
not-for-profit institutions, farms; Federal Government; State and local
governments.
Total Respondents: 120,000.
Frequency: Annual.
Total Responses: 120,000.
Average Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 30,000.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 482,400.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): 482,400.
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 5th day of November 2010.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2010-28364 Filed 11-9-10; 8:45 am]
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