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Type of Review: Extension, without
change, of a currently approved
collection.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
OMB Number: 1219–0120.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 12,493.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Responses: 179,186.
Annual Burden Hours: 13,295 hours.
Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper
Cost: $27,861.
Description. Noise is a harmful
physical agent and one of the most
pervasive health hazards in mining.
Repeated exposure to high levels of
sound over time causes occupational
noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), a
serious, often profound physical
impairment in mining, with far-reaching
psychological and social effects. NIHL
can be distinguished from aging and
other factors that can contribute to
hearing loss and it can be prevented.
According to the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), NIHL is among the ‘‘top ten’’
leading occupational illnesses and
injuries.
For many years, NIHL was regarded as
an inevitable consequence of working in
a mine. Mining, an intensely
mechanized industry, relies on drills,
crushers, compressors, conveyors,
trucks, loaders, and other heavy-duty
equipment for the excavation, haulage,
and processing of material. This
equipment creates high sound levels,
exposing machine operators as well as
miners working nearby. MSHA,
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, the military, and other
organizations around the world have
established and enforced standards to
reduce the loss of hearing. Quieter
equipment, isolation of workers from
noise sources, and limiting the time
workers are exposed to noise are among
the many well-accepted methods that
will prevent the costly incidence of
NIHL.
Records of miner exposures to noise
are necessary so that mine operators and
MSHA can evaluate the need for and
effectiveness of engineering controls,
administrative controls, and personal
protective equipment to protect miners
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from harmful levels of noise that can
result in hearing loss. However, the
Agency believes that extensive records
for this purpose are not needed. These
requirements are a performanceoriented approach to monitoring.
Records of miner hearing examinations
enable mine operators and MSHA to
ensure that the controls are effective in
preventing NIHL for individual miners.
Records of training are needed to
confirm that miners receive the
information they need to become active
participants in hearing conservation
efforts.
Type of Review: Extension, without
change, of a currently approved
collection.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
OMB Number: 1219–0131.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 11,657.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Responses: 1,157,241.
Annual Burden Hours: 155,240 hours.
Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper
Cost: $356,004.
Description. Training informs miners
of safety and health hazards inherent in
the workplace and enables them to
identify and avoid such hazards.
Training becomes even more important
in light of certain conditions that can
exist when production demands
increase, such as: an influx of new and
less experienced miners and mine
operators; longer work hours to meet
production demands; and increased
demand for contractors who may be less
familiar with the dangers on mine
property.
MSHA’s health and safety training
requirements ensure that all miners
receive the required training, which
would result in a decrease in accidents,
injuries, and fatalities. The information
obtained from mine operators is used by
MSHA during inspections to determine
compliance with the requirements
concerning the training and retraining of
miners engaged in shell dredging, or
employed at sand, gravel, surface stone,
surface clay, colloidal phosphate, and
surface limestone mines.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
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: May 5, 2015.
Sheila McConnell,
Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs
Division of Federal Employees’
Compensation Proposed Extension of
Existing Collection; Comment Request
ACTION:
Notice.
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 Office
of Workers’ Compensation Programs is
soliciting comments concerning its
proposal to extend OMB approval of the
information collection: Statement of
Recovery (SOR) Forms (CA–1108 and
CA–1122). 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
July 10, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Ave. NW., Room S–3201, Washington,
DC 20210, telephone/fax (202) 354–
9647, Email ferguson.yoon@dol.gov.
Please use only one method of
transmission for comments (mail, fax, or
Email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: A Federal employee
who sustains a work-related injury is
entitled to receive compensation under
the Federal Employees’ Compensation
Act (FECA). If that injury is caused
under circumstances that create a legal
liability in a third party to pay damages,
the FECA authorizes the Secretary of
Labor to require the employee to assign
his or her right of action to the United
States or to prosecute the action in his
or her own name. See 5 U.S.C. 8131.
When the employee receives a
payment for his or her damages,
whether from a final court judgment on
or a settlement of the action, section
SUMMARY:
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8132 of the FECA (5 U.S.C. 8132)
provides that the employee ‘‘shall
refund to the United States that amount
of compensation paid by the United
States. . . .’’ To enforce the United
States’ statutory right of reimbursement,
the Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs (OWCP) has promulgated
regulations. The regulations require a
FECA beneficiary to report these types
of payments (20 CFR 10.710) and submit
the detailed information necessary to
calculate the amount of the refund and
surplus, if any, according to the formula
in the statute (20 CFR 10.707(e)).
The information collected by Form
CA–1108 and Form CA–1122 from the
FECA beneficiary includes this
information and is necessary to
calculate the amount of the refund and
surplus owed to the United States from
the FECA beneficiary’s settlement or
judgment, as required in the statute and
the regulations. This information
collection is currently approved for use
through August 31, 2015.
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,
Time to
complete
(minutes)
Form
Frequency of
response
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
III. Current Actions: The Department
of Labor seeks the approval for the
extension of this currently approved
information collection in order to
exercise its responsibility to enforce the
United States’ right to this refund. The
information collected with Form CA–
1108 and Form CA–1122 is used by SOL
personnel to determine the amount to be
reimbursed to the United States out of
the proceeds of an action asserted by an
injured Federal employee against a
liable third party for a compensable
injury.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs.
Title: Statement of Recovery Forms.
OMB Number: 1240–0001.
Agency Number: CA–1108 and CA–
1122.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Individuals or households.
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses
Hours burden
CA–1108 Business Respondent ..........................................
CA–1122 Individual Respondent .........................................
30
15
1
1
832
10
832
10
416
3
Totals ............................................................................
NA
NA
842
842
419
Total Respondents: 842.
Total Annual Responses: 842.
Average Time per Response: 15–30
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 419.
Frequency: As needed.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $219.
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: May 5, 2015.
Yoon Ferguson,
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of
Labor.
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Public Comment on the Draft Federal
federal actions related to enhancing the
Urban Design Element of the
overall character of the District of
Comprehensive Plan for the National
Columbia and the National Capital
Capital: Federal Elements
Region. All interested parties are invited
to submit written comment. The draft
AGENCY: National Capital Planning
Federal Urban Design Element will be
Commission.
available online at https://www.ncpc.gov/
ACTION: Notice of 60-day public
urbandesign not later than May 8, 2015.
comment period.
Printed copies are available upon
request from the contact person noted
SUMMARY: The National Capital Planning below.
Commission (NCPC), the Planning
Commission for the Federal Government DATES: Dates and Time: The public
comment period closes on July 10, 2015.
within the National Capital Region,
A public meeting to discuss the draft
intends to release for public comment a
draft new Federal Urban Design Element revisions to the new Federal Urban
Design Element will be held on Monday
of the Comprehensive Plan for the
National Capital: Federal Elements. The June 1, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Mail written comments or
Comprehensive Plan for the National
hand deliver comments on the draft
Capital: Federal Elements addresses
revisions to Comprehensive Plan Public
matters relating to Federal Properties
Comment, National Capital Planning
and Federal Interests in the National
Capital Region, and provides a decision- Commission, 401 9th Street NW., Suite
making framework for actions the NCPC 500, Washington, DC 20004. The public
meeting will be held at AIA|DC 421 7th
takes on specific plans and proposals
Street NW., Washington, DC 20004.
submitted by Federal government
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
agencies for the NCPC review required
Dereth Bush at (202) 482–7233 or
by law. The new Federal Urban Design
urbandesign@ncpc.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Division of Federal Employees' Compensation Proposed Extension of
Existing 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 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 Office of Workers' Compensation Programs is soliciting
comments concerning its proposal to extend OMB approval of the
information collection: Statement of Recovery (SOR) Forms (CA-1108 and
CA-1122). 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 July 10, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave. NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone/fax
(202) 354-9647, Email ferguson.yoon@dol.gov. Please use only one method
of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or Email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: A Federal employee who sustains a work-related
injury is entitled to receive compensation under the Federal Employees'
Compensation Act (FECA). If that injury is caused under circumstances
that create a legal liability in a third party to pay damages, the FECA
authorizes the Secretary of Labor to require the employee to assign his
or her right of action to the United States or to prosecute the action
in his or her own name. See 5 U.S.C. 8131.
When the employee receives a payment for his or her damages,
whether from a final court judgment on or a settlement of the action,
section
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8132 of the FECA (5 U.S.C. 8132) provides that the employee ``shall
refund to the United States that amount of compensation paid by the
United States. . . .'' To enforce the United States' statutory right of
reimbursement, the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) has
promulgated regulations. The regulations require a FECA beneficiary to
report these types of payments (20 CFR 10.710) and submit the detailed
information necessary to calculate the amount of the refund and
surplus, if any, according to the formula in the statute (20 CFR
10.707(e)).
The information collected by Form CA-1108 and Form CA-1122 from the
FECA beneficiary includes this information and is necessary to
calculate the amount of the refund and surplus owed to the United
States from the FECA beneficiary's settlement or judgment, as required
in the statute and the regulations. This information collection is
currently approved for use through August 31, 2015.
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
for the extension of this currently approved information collection in
order to exercise its responsibility to enforce the United States'
right to this refund. The information collected with Form CA-1108 and
Form CA-1122 is used by SOL personnel to determine the amount to be
reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of an action
asserted by an injured Federal employee against a liable third party
for a compensable injury.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
Title: Statement of Recovery Forms.
OMB Number: 1240-0001.
Agency Number: CA-1108 and CA-1122.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Individuals or
households.
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Time to
Form complete Frequency of Number of Number of Hours burden
(minutes) response respondents responses
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CA-1108 Business Respondent.... 30 1 832 832 416
CA-1122 Individual Respondent.. 15 1 10 10 3
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Totals..................... NA NA 842 842 419
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Total Respondents: 842.
Total Annual Responses: 842.
Average Time per Response: 15-30 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 419.
Frequency: As needed.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $219.
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: May 5, 2015.
Yoon Ferguson,
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs,
U.S. Department of Labor.
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