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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:
I. Background
The Occupational Employment
Statistics (OES) survey is a Federal/State
establishment survey of wage and salary
workers designed to produce data on
current occupational employment and
wages. OES survey data assist in the
development of employment and
training programs established by the
1998 Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
and the Perkins Vocational Education
Act of 1998.
The OES program operates a periodic
mail survey of a sample of non-farm
establishments conducted by all fifty
States, the District of Columbia, Guam,
Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Over three-year periods, data on
occupational employment and wages
are collected by industry at the fourand five-digit North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) levels.
The Department of Labor uses OES data
in the administration of the Foreign
Labor Certification process under the
Immigration Act of 1990.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the
Occupational Employment Statistics
(OES) program. Occupational
employment data obtained by the OES
survey are used to develop information
regarding current and projected
employment needs and job
opportunities. These data assist in the
development of State vocational
education plans. OES wage data provide
a significant source of information to
support a number of different Federal,
State, and local efforts.
As part of an ongoing effort to reduce
respondent burden, OES has several
electronic submission options which are
available to respondents. Respondents
have the ability to submit data by email,
or fillable online forms. In many cases,
a respondent can submit existing
payroll records and would not need to
submit a survey form.
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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.
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• 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: Report on Occupational
Employment and Wages.
OMB Number: 1220–0042.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions,
Federal Government, State, Local, or
Tribal Government.
Total Respondents: 310,068.
Frequency: Semi-annually.
Total Responses: 310,068.
Average Time per Response: 45
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
232,550.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$00.00.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $00.00.
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 14th day of
May 2013.
Kimberley D. Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2013–11889 Filed 5–17–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection, Comment
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
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
SUMMARY:
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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 revision of the
‘‘Survey of Occupational Injuries and
Illnesses.’’ 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 July 19, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora
Kincaid, 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:
Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free
number). (See Addresses section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 24(a) of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970 requires
the Secretary of Labor to develop and
maintain an effective program of
collection, compilation, and analysis of
statistics on occupational injuries and
illnesses. The Commissioner of Labor
Statistics has been delegated the
responsibility for ‘‘Furthering the
purpose of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act by developing and
maintaining an effective program of
collection, compilation, analysis and
publication of occupational safety and
health statistics.’’ The BLS fulfills this
responsibility, in part, by conducting
the Survey of Occupational Injuries and
Illnesses in conjunction with
participating State statistical agencies.
The BLS Survey of Occupational
Injuries and Illnesses provides the
Nation’s primary indicator of the
progress towards achieving the goal of
safer and healthier workplaces. The
survey produces the overall rate of
occurrence of work injuries and
illnesses by industry which can be
compared to prior years to produce
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measures of the rate of change. These
data are used to assess the Nation’s
progress in improving the safety and
health of America’s work places; to
prioritize scarce Federal and State
resources; to guide the development of
injury and illness prevention strategies;
and to support Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) and
State safety and health standards and
research. Data are essential for
evaluating the effectiveness of Federal
and State programs for improving work
place safety and health. For these
reasons, it is necessary to provide
estimates separately for participating
States.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the Survey
of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
The survey measures the overall rate of
occurrence of work injuries and
illnesses by industry for private
industry, State governments, and local
governments. 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
which produced the injury/illness).
Beginning with the 2011 survey year,
BLS began testing the collection of case
and demographic data for injury and
illness cases that require only days of
job transfer or restriction. Since the BLS
previously collected case and
demographic data only for cases with
days away from work, data were not
obtained about this growing class of
injury and illness cases. BLS is
analyzing the results of this test to
determine the value of the resulting
information and is looking at how best
to implement the collection of these
data as well as days away from work
cases in future survey years. The BLS
regards the collection of these cases
with only job transfer or restriction as
significant in its coverage of the
American workforce.
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: Survey of Occupational Injuries
and Illnesses.
OMB Number: 1220–0045.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits; Not-for-profit institutions;
Farms; State, Local or Tribal
Governments.
Form
Total
respondents
Frequency
Total
responses
Average time
per response
(hours)
BLS 9300 ................................
Pre-notification Package .........
Undercount test ......................
240,000 ..................................
182,000 out of 240,000 .........
................................................
Annually ...
Annually ...
..................
240,000 ..................................
182,000 out of 240,000 .........
................................................
.375
1.352
..........................
Totals ...............................
240,000 ..................................
Annually ...
240,000 ..................................
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.
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Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of
May 2013.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2013–11834 Filed 5–17–13; 8:45 am]
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Mine Safety and Health Administration
Petitions for Modification of
Application of Existing Mandatory
Safety Standards
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
Section 101(c) of the Federal
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and
30 CFR Part 44 govern the application,
processing, and disposition of petitions
for modification. This notice is a
summary of petitions for modification
submitted to the Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) by the parties
listed below to modify the application
of existing mandatory safety standards
codified in Title 30 of the Code of
Federal Regulations.
SUMMARY:
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90,000
246,166
1,950
338,116
All comments on the petitions
must be received by the Office of
Standards, Regulations and Variances
on or before June 19, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
comments, identified by ‘‘docket
number’’ on the subject line, by any of
the following methods:
1. Electronic Mail: zzMSHAcomments@dol.gov. Include the docket
number of the petition in the subject
line of the message.
2. Facsimile: 202–693–9441.
3. Regular Mail or Hand Delivery:
MSHA, Office of Standards, Regulations
and Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard,
Room 2350, Arlington, Virginia 22209–
3939, Attention: George F. Triebsch,
Director, Office of Standards,
Regulations and Variances. Persons
delivering documents are required to
check in at the receptionist’s desk on
the 21st floor. Individuals may inspect
copies of the petitions and comments
DATES:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Estimated total
burden
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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 revision of the ``Survey of Occupational Injuries and
Illnesses.'' 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 July 19, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora Kincaid, 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: Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
202-691-7628 (this is not a toll free number). (See Addresses section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 24(a) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
requires the Secretary of Labor to develop and maintain an effective
program of collection, compilation, and analysis of statistics on
occupational injuries and illnesses. The Commissioner of Labor
Statistics has been delegated the responsibility for ``Furthering the
purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Act by developing and
maintaining an effective program of collection, compilation, analysis
and publication of occupational safety and health statistics.'' The BLS
fulfills this responsibility, in part, by conducting the Survey of
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in conjunction with participating
State statistical agencies. The BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and
Illnesses provides the Nation's primary indicator of the progress
towards achieving the goal of safer and healthier workplaces. The
survey produces the overall rate of occurrence of work injuries and
illnesses by industry which can be compared to prior years to produce
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measures of the rate of change. These data are used to assess the
Nation's progress in improving the safety and health of America's work
places; to prioritize scarce Federal and State resources; to guide the
development of injury and illness prevention strategies; and to support
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and State safety
and health standards and research. Data are essential for evaluating
the effectiveness of Federal and State programs for improving work
place safety and health. For these reasons, it is necessary to provide
estimates separately for participating States.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. The survey measures the
overall rate of occurrence of work injuries and illnesses by industry
for private industry, State governments, and local governments. 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 which produced the injury/illness).
Beginning with the 2011 survey year, BLS began testing the
collection of case and demographic data for injury and illness cases
that require only days of job transfer or restriction. Since the BLS
previously collected case and demographic data only for cases with days
away from work, data were not obtained about this growing class of
injury and illness cases. BLS is analyzing the results of this test to
determine the value of the resulting information and is looking at how
best to implement the collection of these data as well as days away
from work cases in future survey years. The BLS regards the collection
of these cases with only job transfer or restriction as significant in
its coverage of the American workforce.
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: Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
OMB Number: 1220-0045.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; Not-for-profit
institutions; Farms; State, Local or Tribal Governments.
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Average time
Form Total Frequency Total responses per response Estimated
respondents (hours) total burden
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BLS 9300..................... 240,000......... Annually...... 240,000........ .375 90,000
Pre-notification Package..... 182,000 out of Annually...... 182,000 out of 1.352 246,166
240,000. 240,000.
Undercount test.............. ................ .............. ............... .............. 1,950
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Totals................... 240,000......... Annually...... 240,000........ 338,116
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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 8th day of May 2013.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2013-11834 Filed 5-17-13; 8:45 am]
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