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the Chief Information Officer, Attn:
Departmental Information Compliance
Management Program, Room N1301,
200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; or by email:
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at
202–693–4129, TTY 202–693–8064,
(these are not toll-free numbers) or by
email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
This ICR
seeks to extend PRA authority for the
Asbestos in Shipyards Standard
information collection requirements
codified in regulations 29 CFR
1915.1001 that help to protect workers
from the adverse health effects that may
result from occupational exposure to
asbestos. The major information
collection requirements in the standard
include: implementing an exposuremonitoring program that informs
workers of their exposure-monitoring
results; ensuring notification of on-site
employers, at multi-employer worksites,
when establishing regulated areas for
work performed with asbestoscontaining materials (ACMs) and/or
presumed asbestos-containing materials
(PACMs), of the requirements for such
regulated areas, and the measures
necessary to protect workers from
overexposure; providing medical
surveillance for workers potentially
exposed to ACMs and/or PACMs,
including administering a worker
medical questionnaire, providing
information to the examining physician,
and providing the physician’s written
opinion to the worker; and maintaining
records of objective data used for
exposure determinations, worker
exposure monitoring and medical
surveillance records, training records,
the record (i.e., information, data, and
analyses) used to demonstrate that
PACMs do not contain asbestos, and
notifications made, as well as received
by building or facility owners regarding
the content of ACMs and/or PACMs.
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 sections 2(b)(9), 6, and 8(c)
authorize this information collection.
See 29 U.S.C. 651(b)(9), 655, and 657(c).
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless it is
approved by the OMB under the PRA
and displays a currently valid OMB
Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
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collection of information that does not
display a valid Control Number. See 5
CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL
obtains OMB approval for this
information collection under Control
Number 1218–0195.
OMB authorization for an ICR cannot
be for more than three (3) years without
renewal, and the current approval for
this collection is scheduled to expire on
November 30, 2015. The DOL seeks to
extend PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3) more
years, without any change to existing
requirements. The DOL notes that
existing information collection
requirements submitted to the OMB
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
May 21, 2015 (80 FR 29344).
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs at
the address shown in the ADDRESSES
section within thirty (30) days of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. In order to help ensure
appropriate consideration, comments
should mention OMB Control Number
1218–0195. The OMB 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; 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 submission of
responses.
Agency: DOL–OSHA.
Title of Collection: Asbestos in
Shipyards Standard.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0195.
Affected Public: Private Sector—
businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 317.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 3,072.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
1,189 hours.
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Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $43,003.
Dated: November 24, 2015.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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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 revision of the
‘‘The Consumer Expenditure Surveys:
The Quarterly Interview and the Diary.’’
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 February 1, 2016.
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, at
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free
number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
The Consumer Expenditure (CE)
Surveys collect data on consumer
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expenditures, demographic information,
and related data needed by the
Consumer Price Index (CPI) and other
public and private data users. The
continuing surveys provide a constant
measurement of changes in consumer
expenditure patterns for economic
analysis and to obtain data for future
CPI revisions. The CE Surveys have
been ongoing since 1979.
The data from the CE Surveys are
used (1) for CPI revisions, (2) to provide
a continuous flow of data on income
and expenditure patterns for use in
economic analysis and policy
formulation, and (3) to provide a
flexible consumer survey vehicle that is
available for use by other Federal
Government agencies. Public and
private users of price statistics,
including Congress and the economic
policymaking agencies of the Executive
branch, rely on data collected in the CPI
in their day-to-day activities. Hence,
data users and policymakers widely
accept the need to improve the process
used for revising the CPI. If the CE
Surveys were not conducted on a
continuing basis, current information
necessary for more timely, as well as
more accurate, updating of the CPI
would not be available. In addition, data
would not be available to respond to the
continuing demand from the public and
private sectors for current information
on consumer spending.
In the Quarterly Interview Survey,
each consumer unit (CU) in the sample
is interviewed every three months over
four calendar quarters. The sample for
each quarter is divided into three
panels, with CUs being interviewed
every three months in the same panel of
every quarter. The Quarterly Interview
Survey is designed to collect data on the
types of expenditures that respondents
can be expected to recall for a period of
three months or longer. In general the
expenses reported in the Interview
Survey are either relatively large, such
as property, automobiles, or major
appliances, or are expenses which occur
on a fairly regular basis, such as rent,
utility bills, or insurance premiums.
The Diary (or recordkeeping) Survey
is completed at home by the respondent
family for two consecutive one-week
periods. The primary objective of the
Diary Survey is to obtain expenditure
data on small, frequently purchased
items which normally are difficult to
recall over longer periods of time.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the
proposed revision of the Consumer
Expenditure Surveys: The Quarterly
Interview and the Diary.
Additionally, as part of an ongoing
effort to improve data quality, maintain
or increase response rates, and reduce
data collection costs, CE is seeking
clearance to field an Incentives/Outlets
Field Test. CE plans to test the effect
different incentive delivery procedures
and incentive amounts have on survey
costs, response rates, and data quality
for the CE Interview Survey (CEQ). The
results of this FY2016 Incentives Field
test will be used to inform the Large
Scale Feasibility test (to be fielded in
2018) as well as the overall Gemini
Redesign project. Also, CE and the
Consumer Price Index (CPI) plan to test
integrating outlet questions into the
CEQ survey. Outlet data are currently
collected by the Telephone Point of
Purchase Survey (TPOPS). The results
of the integration of outlet questions
into the CEQ survey will be used to
inform future CPI initiatives.
A full list of the proposed changes to
the Quarterly Interview Survey and
Diary Survey are available upon request.
In addition to the Incentives/Outlets
test, the Consumer Expenditure program
is planning several tests over the next
several years in an effort to improve the
CE surveys in the areas of both data
quality and respondent burden.
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: The Consumer Expenditure
Surveys: The Quarterly Interview and
the Diary.
OMB Number: 1220–0050.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
TOTAL RESPONSE BURDEN FOR THE QUARTERLY INTERVIEW AND DIARY SURVEYS
Quarterly
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35,880
32,660
Incentives/
Outlets Test
66,847
58,739
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.
30,630
25,805
Total
Total burden hours including Incentives/Outlets Test ..................................................................................................................
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Number of responses ......................................................................................
Total burden hours ..........................................................................................
Diary
Signed at Washington, DC, this 25th day of
November 2015.
Kimberly 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.
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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 ``The Consumer Expenditure Surveys: The
Quarterly Interview and the Diary.'' 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 February 1, 2016.
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,
at 202-691-7628 (this is not a toll free number). (See ADDRESSES
section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Consumer Expenditure (CE) Surveys collect data on consumer
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expenditures, demographic information, and related data needed by the
Consumer Price Index (CPI) and other public and private data users. The
continuing surveys provide a constant measurement of changes in
consumer expenditure patterns for economic analysis and to obtain data
for future CPI revisions. The CE Surveys have been ongoing since 1979.
The data from the CE Surveys are used (1) for CPI revisions, (2) to
provide a continuous flow of data on income and expenditure patterns
for use in economic analysis and policy formulation, and (3) to provide
a flexible consumer survey vehicle that is available for use by other
Federal Government agencies. Public and private users of price
statistics, including Congress and the economic policymaking agencies
of the Executive branch, rely on data collected in the CPI in their
day-to-day activities. Hence, data users and policymakers widely accept
the need to improve the process used for revising the CPI. If the CE
Surveys were not conducted on a continuing basis, current information
necessary for more timely, as well as more accurate, updating of the
CPI would not be available. In addition, data would not be available to
respond to the continuing demand from the public and private sectors
for current information on consumer spending.
In the Quarterly Interview Survey, each consumer unit (CU) in the
sample is interviewed every three months over four calendar quarters.
The sample for each quarter is divided into three panels, with CUs
being interviewed every three months in the same panel of every
quarter. The Quarterly Interview Survey is designed to collect data on
the types of expenditures that respondents can be expected to recall
for a period of three months or longer. In general the expenses
reported in the Interview Survey are either relatively large, such as
property, automobiles, or major appliances, or are expenses which occur
on a fairly regular basis, such as rent, utility bills, or insurance
premiums.
The Diary (or recordkeeping) Survey is completed at home by the
respondent family for two consecutive one-week periods. The primary
objective of the Diary Survey is to obtain expenditure data on small,
frequently purchased items which normally are difficult to recall over
longer periods of time.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
proposed revision of the Consumer Expenditure Surveys: The Quarterly
Interview and the Diary.
Additionally, as part of an ongoing effort to improve data quality,
maintain or increase response rates, and reduce data collection costs,
CE is seeking clearance to field an Incentives/Outlets Field Test. CE
plans to test the effect different incentive delivery procedures and
incentive amounts have on survey costs, response rates, and data
quality for the CE Interview Survey (CEQ). The results of this FY2016
Incentives Field test will be used to inform the Large Scale
Feasibility test (to be fielded in 2018) as well as the overall Gemini
Redesign project. Also, CE and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) plan to
test integrating outlet questions into the CEQ survey. Outlet data are
currently collected by the Telephone Point of Purchase Survey (TPOPS).
The results of the integration of outlet questions into the CEQ survey
will be used to inform future CPI initiatives.
A full list of the proposed changes to the Quarterly Interview
Survey and Diary Survey are available upon request.
In addition to the Incentives/Outlets test, the Consumer
Expenditure program is planning several tests over the next several
years in an effort to improve the CE surveys in the areas of both data
quality and respondent burden.
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: The Consumer Expenditure Surveys: The Quarterly Interview
and the Diary.
OMB Number: 1220-0050.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Total Response Burden for the Quarterly Interview and Diary Surveys
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Incentives/
Quarterly Diary Total Outlets Test
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Number of responses............................. 30,630 35,880 66,847 ..............
Total burden hours.............................. 25,805 32,660 58,739 370
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Total burden hours including Incentives/Outlets Test........................................ 58,835
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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 25th day of November 2015.
Kimberly Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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