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###### Department of Labor

###### Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

# 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). 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 Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation is soliciting comments concerning the proposed collection: Carrier's Report of Issuance of Policy (LS-570). 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 February 26, 2019.                    

# ADDRESSES:

                        You may submit comments by mail, delivery service, or by hand to Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Room S-3323, Washington, DC 20210; by fax (202) 354-9647; or email to                         *ferguson.yoon@dol.gov.*                         Please use only one method of transmission for comments (mail/delivery, fax, or email). Please note that comments submitted after the comment period will not be considered.                    

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

## I. Background

Authorized insurance carriers are required to report the issuance of policies and endorsements under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and its extensions, the Defense Base Act, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act, to the Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP). 20 CFR 703.116. Carriers use the form LS-570 for this purpose. Filing the form LS-570 with OWCP's Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation binds the carrier to full liability for the named employer's obligations under the Act or its extensions. 20 CFR 703.118. This information collection is currently approved for use through May 31, 2019.

## 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 of the extension of this currently approved information collection. The information is necessary (i) to ensure compliance by employers, (ii) to bind the carrier to the liabilities of the employer under 20 CFR 703.118 and (iii) so that the districts can identify the correct carrier for claims to ensure prompt payment of compensation to injured workers.

*Type of Review:*                     Extension.                          ( print page 67362)    

*Agency:*                     Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation.                

*Title:*                     Carrier's Report of Issuance of Policy.                

*OMB Number:*                     1240-0004.                

*Agency Number:*                     LS-570.                

*Affected Public:*                     Private Sector Business or other for-profits.                

*Total Respondents:*                     400.                

*Total Responses:*                     1,500.                

*Time per Response:*                     1 minute.                

*Estimated Total Burden Hours:*                     25.                

*Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup):*                     $0.                

*Total Burden Cost (Operating/Maintenance):*                     $13.                

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: December 21, 2018.

Yoon Ferguson,

Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2018-28248 Filed 12-27-18; 8:45 am]

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