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submissions by uploading document 

files electronically. If you wish to mail 

additional materials in reference to an 

electronic or facsimile submission, you 

must submit them to the OSHA Docket 

Office (see the section of this notice 

titled ADDRESSES). The additional 

materials must clearly identify your 

electronic comments by your name, 

date, and the docket number so the 

Agency can attach them to your 

comments. 

Because of security procedures, the 

use of regular mail may cause a 

significant delay in the receipt of 

comments. For information about 

security procedures concerning the 

delivery of materials by hand, express 

delivery, messenger, or courier service, 

please contact the OSHA Docket Office 

at (202) 693–2350 (TTY (877) 889– 

5627). 

Comments and submissions are 

posted without change at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA 

cautions commenters about submitting 

personal information such as social 

security numbers and date of birth. 

Although all submissions are listed in 

the http://www.regulations.gov index, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publicly available to 

read or download through this Web site. 

All submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

Information on using the http:// 

www.regulations.gov Web site to submit 

comments and access the docket is 

available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’ 

link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office 

for information about materials not 

available through the Web site, and for 

assistance in using the Internet to locate 

docket submissions. 

V. Authority and Signature 

David Michaels, PhD, MPH, Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health, directed the 

preparation of this notice. The authority 

for this notice is the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506 

et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order 

No. 4–2010 (75 FR 55355). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on January 10, 

2011. 

David Michaels, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2011–601 Filed 1–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Extension of Existing 

Information Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Veterans’ Employment and 

Training Service. 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information 

Collection for Review; Federal 

Contractor Veterans’ Employment 

Reports VETS–100 and VETS–100A; 

OMB Control No. 1293–0005. 

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 

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

Service (VETS) is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed extension of 

the currently approved information 

collection request for the ‘‘Federal 

Contractor Veterans’ Employment 

Report VETS–100’’ and the ‘‘Federal 

Contractor Veterans’ Employment 

Report VETS–100A.’’ A copy of the 

proposed information collection request 

can be obtained by contacting the office 

listed below in the ADDRESSES section 

of this Notice. There have been no 

changes to the current VETS–100 and 

the VETS–100A Reports. Each report 

has the same number of reporting 

elements. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section below on or before 

March 14, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be 

submitted to Robert Wilson, Director for 

the Division of Investigation and 

Compliance, VETS, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room S–1316, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Electronic transmission is the preferred 

method for submitting comments. Email may be sent to FCP-PRA-04- 

VETS@dol.gov. Include ‘‘VETS–100A’’in 

the subject line of the message. Written 

comments of 10 pages or fewer also may 

be transmitted by facsimile to (202) 

693–4755 (this is not a toll free number). 

Receipt of submissions, whether by U.S. 

Mail, e-mail or FAX transmittal, will not 

be acknowledged; however, the sender 

may request confirmation that a 

submission has been received, by 

telephoning VETS at (202) 693–4719 

(VOICE) (this is not a toll-free number) 

or (202) 693–4753 (TTY/TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Vietnam Era Veterans’ 

Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 

(‘‘VEVRAA’’), 38 U.S.C. 4212(d), requires 

Federal contractors and subcontractors 

subject to the Act’s affirmative action 

provisions in 38 U.S.C. 4212(a) to track 

and report annually to the Secretary of 

Labor the number of employees in their 

workforces, by job category and hiring 

location, who belong to the specified 

categories of covered veterans. VETS 

maintains two sets of regulations to 

implement the reporting requirements 

under VEVRAA, and uses two different 

forms for providing the required 

information on the employment of 

covered veterans. 

The regulations set forth in 41 CFR 

part 61–250 require contractors that 

have a Government contract of $25,000 

or more entered into before December 1, 

2003, to use the Federal Contractor 

Veterans’ Employment Report VETS– 

100 (‘‘VETS–100 Report’’) form for 

reporting information on the number of 

covered veterans in their workforces. 

The regulations set forth in 41 CFR 

part 61–300 implement amendments to 

the reporting requirements under 

VEVRAA that were made by the Jobs for 

Veterans Act (JVA) (Pub. L. 107–288) 

enacted in 2002. The JVA amended 

VEVRAA by: (1) Increased from $25,000 

to $100,000, the dollar amount of the 

contract that subjects a Federal 

contractor to the requirement to report 

on veterans’ employment; and 

(2) changed the categories of covered 

veterans under VEVRAA, and thus the 

categories of veterans that contractors 

are required to track and report on 

annually. 

The regulations in 41 CFR part 61– 

300 require contractors with a 

Government contract entered into or 

modified on or after December 1, 2003, 

in the amount of $100,000 or more to 

use the Federal Contractor Veterans’ 

Employment Report VETS–100A for 

reporting information on their 

employment of covered veterans under 

VEVRAA. 

Both the VETS–100 and VETS–100A 

Reports are currently approved under 

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II. Desired Focus of Comments 

Currently VETS is soliciting 

comments concerning a request to 

extend the currently approved 

information collection request. 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 

approval of the extension of the 

currently approved information 

collection request in order to carry out 

its responsibilities to administer and 

enforce compliance with the contractor 

reporting requirements under VEVRAA, 

as amended by the JVA. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of currently approved collection. 

Agency: Veterans’ Employment and 

Training Service. 

Title: Federal Contractor Veterans’ 

Reports VETS–100 and VETS–100A. 

OMB Number: 1293–0005. 

Affected Public: Government 

contractors and subcontractors with a 

contract of $25,000 or more entered into 

before December 1, 2003, and 

Government contractors and 

subcontractors with a contract of 

$100,000 or more entered into or 

modified on or after December 1, 2003, 

that are required to comply with the 

affirmative action provisions of the 

Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment 

Assistance Act. 

Total Respondents: 20,700. 

Total Annual responses: 387,900. 

Average Time per Response: 

Electronic Submission—30 minutes; 

Paper Submission—one hour. 

Total Burden Hours: 202,100. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $0—The information 

contractors report about their veterans’ 

employment is collected and 

maintained in the normal course of 

business. There are no requirements for 

contractors to have any kind of 

equipment to be able comply with this 

collection of information. 

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. 

John M. McWilliam, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations 

and Management, Veterans’ Employment and 

Training. 

[FR Doc. 2011–638 Filed 1–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–79–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs 

Proposed Extension of Existing 

Collection; Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 the 

proposed collection: Rehabilitation Plan 

and Award (OWCP–16). 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 

March 14, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Mr. Vincent Alvarez, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Ave., NW., Room S–3201, Washington, 

DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–0372, 

fax (202) 693–1378, E-mail 

Alvarez.Vincent@dol.gov. Please use 

only one method of transmission for 

comments (mail, fax, or E-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs (OWCP) is the agency 

responsible for administration of the 

Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 

Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. 

901 et seq., and the Federal Employees’ 

Compensation Act (FECA), 5 U.S.C. 

8101 et seq. Both of these Acts authorize 

OWCP to pay for approved vocational 

rehabilitation services to eligible 

workers with work-related disabilities. 

In order to decide whether to approve 

a rehabilitation plan, OWCP must 

receive a copy of the plan, supporting 

vocational testing materials and the 

estimated cost to implement the plan, 

broken down to show the fees, supplies, 

tuition and worker maintenance 

payments that are contemplated. OWCP 

also must receive the signatures of the 

worker and the rehabilitation counselor 

to show that the worker agrees to follow 

the proposed plan, and that the 

proposed plan is appropriate. Form 

OWCP–16 is the standard format for the 

collection of this information. The 

regulations implementing these statutes 

allow for the collection of information 

needed for OWCP to determine if a 

rehabilitation plan should be approved 

and payment of any related expenses 

should be authorized. This information 

collection is currently approved for use 

through May 31, 2011. 

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. 


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