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the INA contains an exception to this
general prohibition where the use of
foreign crewmembers is permitted by an
applicable collective bargaining
agreement or otherwise is a prevailing
practice at the U.S. port. 8 U.S.C.
1288(c)(1). Under the prevailing practice
exception, before any employer may use
foreign crewmembers to perform
longshore activities in U.S. ports, it
must submit an attestation to the
Secretary of Labor containing the
elements required by the INA. 8 U.S.C.
1288(c)(1)(B). The INA further requires
that the Secretary of Labor make
available for public examination in
Washington, DC a list of employers that
have filed attestations and for each of
these employers, a copy of the
employer’s attestation, and
accompanying documentation received
by the Secretary. 8 U.S.C. 1288(c)(4).
Similarly, the INA permits foreign
crewmembers to perform longshore
work in the State of Alaska if the
employer complies with certain
attestation requirements. 8 U.S.C.
1288(d).
The information is being collected to
ensure compliance with the INA’s
requirements that employers must make
certain attestations as a condition
precedent to the employer’s use of
foreign crewmembers to perform
longshore activities in the U.S. The
attestations required by section 258 are
collected by the Secretary of Labor
through his or her designee, the
Employment & Training Administration,
on Form ETA 9033, Attestation by
Employers Using Alien Crewmembers
for Longshore Activities in U.S. Ports
and Form ETA 9033A, Attestation by
Employers Using Alien Crewmembers
for Longshore Activities in the State of
Alaska under OMB Control Number
1205–0309. The Department is not
proposing any changes to the collection
and is requesting a three year extension.
II. Review Focus
DOL 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
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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:
Type of Review: Extension Title: Form
ETA 9033, Attestation by Employers
Using Alien Crewmembers for
Longshore Activities in U.S. Ports and
Form ETA 9033A, Attestation by
Employers Using Alien Crewmembers
for Longshore Activities in the State of
Alaska.
OMB Number: 1205–0309.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Form(s): ETA–9033 and ETA–9033A.
Total Annual Respondents: 7.
Annual Frequency: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 7.
Average Time per Response: 3 hours
15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 23.
Total Annual Burden Cost for
Respondents: $0.
Comments submitted in response to
this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval of the ICR;
they will also become a matter of public
record.
Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training, Labor.
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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
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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 August 29, 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
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
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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 making the
below changes.
Three major changes will be
implemented in the Diary Survey (CED).
First, in an effort to alleviate burden and
slow or reverse the decline in response
rates, CE has developed an alternative
version of the paper diary form. The
new version consolidates the four main
diary categories onto two, facing, diary
pages so that all expenses for a single
day can be entered without flipping
pages. An effort was also made to
reduce the amount of instructions and
examples so that respondents are not
confused or intimidated.
Second, the earliest placement date
and last placement date restrictions for
the Diary will be removed allowing
Field Representatives to place the diary
on any day within the collection month.
Data analysis shows that the monthly
expenditures cycles that the earliest and
last placement dates were put in place
to capture are not statistically
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significant and were most likely the
result of normal random fluctuations in
the data that are expected in the
survey’s data rather than actual
expenditure cycles.
Third, in order to simplify procedures
and reduce costs, all Diaries will be
double placed. With this new
procedure, Field Representatives (FRs)
will have the entire month to place the
diaries instead of 7 days. This should
drastically reduce the number of diaries
CE loses to the non-interview Type A—
Placed Too Late outcome code. As a
result, the second Field Representative
interview to pick up the Week 1 Diary
and place the Week 2 Diary will be
eliminated. Data analysis shows that
double placements do not appear to
have any negative effects on the Diary
Survey. Approximately 27% of eligible
cases and 33% of completed diaries are
currently double placed.
Additionally, CE will delete several
tax questions that were deleted from
CEQ in 2015 as data received from the
IRS have enabled CE to calculate this
data rather than collect it.
Several changes will also be
implemented in CEQ in order to keep
the CEQ questionnaire current. These
changes include changes to question
wording, deletions, additions, and
section restructurings. Questions were
added for solar panels, internet away
from home charges, and alternative fuels
such as electrical vehicle charging;
health insurance questions were
revamped to make them clearer and to
align with the structure of the National
Health Interview Survey (NHIS);
questions were combined and reworded
such as streaming videos to be
combined with rental of movies and
combining book purchases with book
club subscriptions; questions were
deleted on purchases occurring in the
current month and on purchases of
apps, games, and ringtones; questions
on refinancing of a property and on
construction and repair of property were
streamlined.
The Bureau of the Census conducts
the CE Surveys for the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) in support of the
Consumer Price Index (CPI) program.
The continuing CE Surveys provide a
constant measurement of changes in
consumer expenditure patterns for
economic analysis, and obtain data for
future CPI revisions. The CPI program
anticipates the need for CE surveys to
collect outlet information to serve as
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outlet frames for most commodities and
services (C&S) items as issues with
TPOPS collection have resulted in
prohibitively high costs. To support this
objective, CE will test the addition of
outlet questions in several sections of
the CEQ survey instrument. In all
sections except vehicles, CE will add
these questions to the fourth interview
only; because vehicle purchases are not
reported often, questions on the
purchase location for vehicles will be
asked in all four interviews. Finally, the
Incentives/Outlets Test study questions
will be deleted.
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.
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.
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TOTAL RESPONSE BURDEN FOR THE QUARTERLY INTERVIEW AND DIARY SURVEYS
Quarterly
Number of responses ......................................................................................
Total burden hours ..........................................................................................
Total burden hours including Incentives/Outlets Test ..............................
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 24th day of
June 2016.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2016–15512 Filed 6–29–16; 8:45 am]
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Diary
Total
29,200
28,974
........................
27,780
28,780
........................
56,980
57,754
........................
this notice may be sent by any of the
methods listed below.
• Federal E-Rulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments for docket number MSHA–
2016–0019.
• Regular Mail: Send comments to
USDOL–MSHA, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th
Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington,
VA 22202–5452.
• Hand Delivery: USDOL—Mine
Safety and Health Administration, 201
12th Street South, Suite 4E401,
Arlington, VA 22202–5452. Sign in at
the receptionist’s desk on the 4th floor
via the East elevator.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
[OMB Control No. 1219–0014]
Proposed Extension of Information
Collection; Hazardous Conditions
Complaints
Sheila McConnell, Director, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
MSHA, at MSHA.information
.collections@dol.gov (email); 202–693–
9440 (voice); or 202–693–9441
(facsimile).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
I. Background
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
collections of information in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). This
program helps to assure 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 Mine
Safety and Health Administration
(MSHA) is soliciting comments on the
information collection for Hazardous
Conditions Complaints.
DATES: All comments must be received
on or before August 29, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the
information collection requirements of
Under Section 103(g) of the Federal
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, as
amended (Mine Act), a representative of
miners, or any individual miner where
there is no representative of miners,
may submit a written or oral notification
of an alleged violation of the Mine Act
or a mandatory standard or that an
imminent danger exists. The notifier has
the right to obtain an immediate
inspection by MSHA. A copy of the
notice must be provided to the operator,
with individual miner names redacted.
MSHA regulations at 30 CFR part 43
implement Section 103(g) of the Mine
Act. These regulations provide the
procedures for submitting notification of
the alleged violation and the actions
that MSHA must take after receiving the
notice. Although the regulations contain
a review procedure (required by section
103(g)(2) of the Mine Act) whereby a
miner or a representative of miners may
in writing request a review if no citation
or order is issued as a result of the
original notice, the option is so rarely
used that it was not considered in the
burden estimates.
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Incentives/
outlets test
in 2017
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57,774
II. Desired Focus of Comments
MSHA is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed information
collection related to Hazardous
Conditions Complaints. MSHA is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information has practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of MSHA’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
• Suggest methods to 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.
The information collection request
will be available on https://
www.regulations.gov. MSHA cautions
the commenter against providing any
information in the submission that
should not be publicly disclosed. Full
comments, including personal
information provided, will be made
available on www.regulations.gov and
www.reginfo.gov.
The public may also examine publicly
available documents at USDOL—Mine
Safety and Health Administration, 201
12th South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, VA
22202–5452. Sign in at the receptionist’s
desk on the 4th floor via the East
elevator.
Questions about the information
collection requirements may be directed
to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice.
III. Current Actions
This request for collection of
information contains provisions for
Hazardous Conditions Complaints.
MSHA has updated the data with
respect to the number of respondents,
responses, burden hours, and 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 ``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 August 29, 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
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
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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 making the below changes.
Three major changes will be implemented in the Diary Survey (CED).
First, in an effort to alleviate burden and slow or reverse the decline
in response rates, CE has developed an alternative version of the paper
diary form. The new version consolidates the four main diary categories
onto two, facing, diary pages so that all expenses for a single day can
be entered without flipping pages. An effort was also made to reduce
the amount of instructions and examples so that respondents are not
confused or intimidated.
Second, the earliest placement date and last placement date
restrictions for the Diary will be removed allowing Field
Representatives to place the diary on any day within the collection
month. Data analysis shows that the monthly expenditures cycles that
the earliest and last placement dates were put in place to capture are
not statistically significant and were most likely the result of normal
random fluctuations in the data that are expected in the survey's data
rather than actual expenditure cycles.
Third, in order to simplify procedures and reduce costs, all
Diaries will be double placed. With this new procedure, Field
Representatives (FRs) will have the entire month to place the diaries
instead of 7 days. This should drastically reduce the number of diaries
CE loses to the non-interview Type A--Placed Too Late outcome code. As
a result, the second Field Representative interview to pick up the Week
1 Diary and place the Week 2 Diary will be eliminated. Data analysis
shows that double placements do not appear to have any negative effects
on the Diary Survey. Approximately 27% of eligible cases and 33% of
completed diaries are currently double placed.
Additionally, CE will delete several tax questions that were
deleted from CEQ in 2015 as data received from the IRS have enabled CE
to calculate this data rather than collect it.
Several changes will also be implemented in CEQ in order to keep
the CEQ questionnaire current. These changes include changes to
question wording, deletions, additions, and section restructurings.
Questions were added for solar panels, internet away from home charges,
and alternative fuels such as electrical vehicle charging; health
insurance questions were revamped to make them clearer and to align
with the structure of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS);
questions were combined and reworded such as streaming videos to be
combined with rental of movies and combining book purchases with book
club subscriptions; questions were deleted on purchases occurring in
the current month and on purchases of apps, games, and ringtones;
questions on refinancing of a property and on construction and repair
of property were streamlined.
The Bureau of the Census conducts the CE Surveys for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) in support of the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
program. The continuing CE Surveys provide a constant measurement of
changes in consumer expenditure patterns for economic analysis, and
obtain data for future CPI revisions. The CPI program anticipates the
need for CE surveys to collect outlet information to serve as outlet
frames for most commodities and services (C&S) items as issues with
TPOPS collection have resulted in prohibitively high costs. To support
this objective, CE will test the addition of outlet questions in
several sections of the CEQ survey instrument. In all sections except
vehicles, CE will add these questions to the fourth interview only;
because vehicle purchases are not reported often, questions on the
purchase location for vehicles will be asked in all four interviews.
Finally, the Incentives/Outlets Test study questions will be deleted.
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.
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.
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Total Response Burden for the Quarterly Interview and Diary Surveys
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Incentives/
Quarterly Diary Total outlets test
in 2017
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Number of responses............................. 29,200 27,780 56,980
Total burden hours.............................. 28,974 28,780 57,754 20
Total burden hours including Incentives/ .............. .............. .............. 57,774
Outlets Test...............................
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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 24th day of June 2016.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2016-15512 Filed 6-29-16; 8:45 am]
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