64326 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 213 / Thursday, November 4, 2004 / Notices 

Information collection requirement Annual

responses 

Estimated 

average

response 

time

(hours) 

Annual

burden 

hours 

29 CFR 1904.39—Report fatalities/catastrophes .................................................................................... 2,000 0.250 500 

Learning Basics of Recordkeeping System—turnover of personnel ...................................................... 296,800 1.000 296,800 

29 CFR 1904.38—Request for variance ................................................................................................. 0 0.000 0 

Total .................................................................................................................................................. 8,797,560 .................... 3,306,650 

* Estimate based on 35% of cases recorded on OSHA Form 300. 

Total Annualized capital/startup 

costs: $0. 

Total Annual Costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing 

services): $0. 

Description: The OSHA Act and 29 

CFR part 1904 require certain employers 

to maintain records of job related 

injuries and illnesses. The injury and 

illness records are intended to have 

multiple purposes. One purpose is to 

provide data needed by OSHA to carry 

out enforcement and intervention 

activities to provide workers a safe and 

healthy work environment. The data are 

also needed by the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics to report on the number and 

rate of occupational injuries and 

illnesses in the country. The data also provides information to 

employers and employees of the kinds 

of injuries and illnesses occurring in the 

workplace and their related hazards. 

Increased employer awareness should 

result in the identification and 

voluntary correction of hazardous 

workplace conditions. Likewise, 

employees who are provided 

information on injuries and illnesses 

will be more likely to follow safe work 

practices and report workplace hazards. 

This would generally raise the overall 

level of safety and health in the 

workplace.

Darrin A. King, 

Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–24658 Filed 11–3–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review: 

Comment Request 

October 26, 2004. 

The Department of Labor (DOL) has 

submitted the following public 

information collection request (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 

44 U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of this 

ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation, may be obtained by 

contacting Darrin King on (202) 693–

4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or 

e-mail: king.darrin@dol.gov. Comments should be sent to Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration (EBSA), Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395–7316 

(this is not a toll-free number), within 

30 days from the date of this publication 

in the Federal Register. The OMB 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 submission of 

responses. 

Agency: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension of 

currently approved collection. Title: Calculation and Disclosure of 

Documentation of Eligibility for 

Exemption. OMB Number: 1210–0106. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Type of Response: Recordkeeping and 

Third party disclosure. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Individuals or households; and 

Not-for-profit institutions. Number of Respondents: 10. 

Number of Annual Responses: 200. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 3 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 10 hours. 

Total Annualized capital/startup 

costs: $0. 

Total Annual Costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing 

services): $100. 

Description: Under 29 CFR 

2590.712(f)(2), a group health plan 

wishing to elect the one percent 

exemption must calculate their 

increased costs according to certain 

rules, maintain group health plan claims 

and administrative expense records in 

such a way that they can be used to 

demonstrate the applicability of the one 

percent cost increase exemption as 

defined in the interim final rules, and 

that a summary of that information can 

be provided at the request of 

participants and beneficiaries, or their 

representative at no charge. 

Group health plans use this 

information to obtain the benefits of the 

exemption from the requirement that 

they provide for parity between mental 

health benefits and medical/surgical 

benefits. Participants and beneficiaries 

use the information to be informed of 

the benefits available to them under 

their group health plans, and to verify 

or dispute the applicability of the 

exemption which may serve to limit 

benefits which would otherwise be 

available to them.

Ira L. Mills, 

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–24659 Filed 11–3–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–23–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

October 26, 2004. 

The Department of Labor (DOL) and 

the Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation have submitted the 

following public information collection 

requests (ICRs) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).