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reports provide DEA with information
regarding possible diversion to illicit
drug manufacture.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: DEA estimates that there are
300 responses to this collection and that
responses occur on an as needed basis.
Responses take 15 minutes.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: DEA estimates that this
collection takes 75 annual burden
hours.
If additional information is required
contact: Jerri Murray, Department
Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning
Staff, Justice Management Division,
Department of Justice, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE., Suite 3W–
1407B, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: February 12, 2014.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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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
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 extension of
the ‘‘Consumer Price Index
Commodities 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
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ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before April 21, 2014.
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
Under the direction of the Secretary of
Labor, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) is directed by law to collect,
collate, and report full and complete
statistics on the conditions of labor and
the products and distribution of the
products of the same; the Consumer
Price Index (CPI) is one of these
statistics. The collection of data from a
wide spectrum of retail establishments
and government agencies is essential for
the timely and accurate calculation of
the Commodities and Services (C&S)
component of the CPI.
The CPI is the only index compiled by
the U.S. Government that is designed to
measure changes in the purchasing
power of the urban consumer’s dollar.
The CPI is a measure of the average
change in prices over time paid by
urban consumers for a market basket of
goods and services. The CPI is used
most widely as a measure of inflation,
and serves as an indicator of the
effectiveness of government economic
policy. It is also used as a deflator of
other economic series, that is, to adjust
other series for price changes and to
translate these series into inflation-free
dollars. Examples include retail sales,
hourly and weekly earnings, and
components of the Gross Domestic
Product.
A third major use of the CPI is to
adjust income payments. Almost 2
million workers are covered by
collective bargaining contracts, which
provide for increases in wage rates
based on increases in the CPI. At least
nine states have laws that link the
adjustment in state minimum wage to
the changes in the CPI. In addition, as
a result of statutory action, the CPI
affects the income of millions of
Americans. Over 57 million Social
Security beneficiaries, and millions of
military and Federal Civil Service
retirees, have cost-of-living adjustments
tied to the CPI. Also, eligibility criteria
for millions of food stamps recipients
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and millions of children who eat lunch
at school are affected by changes in the
CPI. Under the National School Lunch
Act and Child Nutrition Act, national
average payments for those lunches and
breakfasts are adjusted annually by the
Secretary of Agriculture on the basis of
the change in the CPI series, ‘‘Food
away from Home.’’ Since 1985, the CPI
has been used to adjust the Federal
income tax structure to prevent
inflation-induced tax rate increases.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the
Consumer Price Index Commodities and
Services Survey. The continuation of
the collection of prices for the CPI is
essential since the CPI is the nation’s
chief source of information on retail
price changes. If the information on C&S
prices were not collected, Federal fiscal
and monetary policies would be
hampered due to the lack of information
on price changes in a major sector of the
U.S. economy, and estimates of the real
value of the Gross National Product
could not be made. The consequences to
both the Federal and private sectors
would be far reaching and would have
serious repercussions on Federal
government policy and institutions.
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: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Consumer Price Index
Commodities and Services Survey.
OMB Number: 1220–0039.
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Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not for profit institutions; and
State, Local or Tribal Government.
Total
respondents
Frequency
Total
responses
Average time
per response
Estimated total
burden
PRICING ..............................................................................
OUTLET ROTATION: ..........................................................
35,921
12,932
8.7773
1
315,289
12,932
0.33
1.0
104,045
12,932
TOTAL ..........................................................................
48,853
n/a
328,221
n/a
116,977
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.0.
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 12th day of
February 2014.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2014–03488 Filed 2–14–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2010–0048]
Standard on Powered Platforms for
Building Maintenance; Extension of
the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) Approval of
Information Collection (Paperwork)
Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
OSHA solicits public
comments concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in its Standard on Powered
Platforms for Building Maintenance (29
CFR 1910.66).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by April
21, 2014.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit
comments and attachments
electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the
instructions online for submitting
comments.
Facsimile: If your comments,
including attachments, are not longer
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than 10 pages you may fax them to the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.
Mail, hand delivery, express mail,
messenger, or courier service: When
using this method, you must submit a
copy of your comments and attachments
to the OSHA Docket Office, OSHA
Docket No. OSHA–2010–0048, U.S.
Department of Labor, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration,
Room N–2625, 200 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries
(hand, express mail, messenger, and
courier service) are accepted during the
Department of Labor’s and Docket
Office’s normal business hours, 8:15
a.m. to 4:45 p.m., E.T.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and the OSHA
docket number for the Information
Collection Request (ICR) (OSHA–2010–
0048). All comments, including any
personal information you provide, are
placed in the public docket without
change, and may be made available
online at https://www.regulations.gov.
For further information on submitting
comments see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading in the section of
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov
or the OSHA Docket Office at the
address above. All documents in the
docket (including this Federal Register
notice) are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index; however,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download from the Web site. All
submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You may also contact Theda Kenney at
the address below to obtain a copy of
the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Theda Kenney or Todd Owen,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room
N–3609, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)
693–2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent (i.e., employer) burden,
conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and continuing information collection
requirements in accord with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA–95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This
program ensures that information is in
the desired format, reporting burden
(time and costs) is minimal, collection
instruments are clearly understood, and
OSHA’s estimate of the information
collection burden is accurate. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et
seq.) authorizes information collection
by employers as necessary or
appropriate for enforcement of the OSH
Act or for developing information
regarding the causes and prevention of
occupational injuries, illnesses, and
accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act
also requires that OSHA obtain such
information with minimum burden
upon employers, especially those
operating small businesses, and to
reduce to the maximum extent feasible
unnecessary duplication of efforts in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
Paragraph (e)(9) of the Powered
Platform for Building Maintenance
Standard requires that employers
develop and implement a written
emergency action plan for each type of
powered platform operation. The plan
must explain the emergency procedures
that workers are to follow if they
encounter a disruption of the power
supply, equipment failure, or other
emergency. Prior to operating a powered
platform, employers must notify
workers how they can learn about alarm
systems and emergency escape routes,
and emergency procedures that pertain
to the building at which they will be
working. Employers are to review with
each worker those parts of the
emergency action plan that the worker
must know to ensure their protection
during an emergency; these reviews
must occur when the worker receives an
initial assignment involving a powered
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[FR Doc No: 2014-03488]
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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 extension of the ``Consumer Price Index Commodities 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 April 21, 2014.
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
Under the direction of the Secretary of Labor, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is directed by law to collect, collate, and report
full and complete statistics on the conditions of labor and the
products and distribution of the products of the same; the Consumer
Price Index (CPI) is one of these statistics. The collection of data
from a wide spectrum of retail establishments and government agencies
is essential for the timely and accurate calculation of the Commodities
and Services (C&S) component of the CPI.
The CPI is the only index compiled by the U.S. Government that is
designed to measure changes in the purchasing power of the urban
consumer's dollar. The CPI is a measure of the average change in prices
over time paid by urban consumers for a market basket of goods and
services. The CPI is used most widely as a measure of inflation, and
serves as an indicator of the effectiveness of government economic
policy. It is also used as a deflator of other economic series, that
is, to adjust other series for price changes and to translate these
series into inflation-free dollars. Examples include retail sales,
hourly and weekly earnings, and components of the Gross Domestic
Product.
A third major use of the CPI is to adjust income payments. Almost 2
million workers are covered by collective bargaining contracts, which
provide for increases in wage rates based on increases in the CPI. At
least nine states have laws that link the adjustment in state minimum
wage to the changes in the CPI. In addition, as a result of statutory
action, the CPI affects the income of millions of Americans. Over 57
million Social Security beneficiaries, and millions of military and
Federal Civil Service retirees, have cost-of-living adjustments tied to
the CPI. Also, eligibility criteria for millions of food stamps
recipients and millions of children who eat lunch at school are
affected by changes in the CPI. Under the National School Lunch Act and
Child Nutrition Act, national average payments for those lunches and
breakfasts are adjusted annually by the Secretary of Agriculture on the
basis of the change in the CPI series, ``Food away from Home.'' Since
1985, the CPI has been used to adjust the Federal income tax structure
to prevent inflation-induced tax rate increases.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
Consumer Price Index Commodities and Services Survey. The continuation
of the collection of prices for the CPI is essential since the CPI is
the nation's chief source of information on retail price changes. If
the information on C&S prices were not collected, Federal fiscal and
monetary policies would be hampered due to the lack of information on
price changes in a major sector of the U.S. economy, and estimates of
the real value of the Gross National Product could not be made. The
consequences to both the Federal and private sectors would be far
reaching and would have serious repercussions on Federal government
policy and institutions.
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: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Consumer Price Index Commodities and Services Survey.
OMB Number: 1220-0039.
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Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not for profit
institutions; and State, Local or Tribal Government.
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Total Total Average time Estimated
respondents Frequency responses per response total burden
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PRICING......................... 35,921 8.7773 315,289 0.33 104,045
OUTLET ROTATION:................ 12,932 1 12,932 1.0 12,932
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TOTAL....................... 48,853 n/a 328,221 n/a 116,977
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.0.
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 12th day of February 2014.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2014-03488 Filed 2-14-14; 8:45 am]
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