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Respondents Total 

respondents 

Frequency of 

collection 

Average time 

per response 

(minutes) 

Burden (hours) Burden cost 

Staff ................................................................................. 270 Once ........... 13 minutes per 

customer, 

with an average of 252 

customers 

per respondent.

14,733 272,567 

Total for intake ......................................................... 68,270 ..................... ........................ 29,467 379,383 

Site Visits: 

Study Participants ........................................................... 240 Once ........... 60 minutes ..... 240 1,740 

Staff ................................................................................. 1,080 Twice ........... 60 minutes ..... 2,160 39,960 

Total for site visits ................................................... 1,320 ..................... ........................ 2,400 $41,700 

Total for Intake and Site Visits ......................... 69,590 ..................... ........................ 31,867 $421,083 

Note: Due to rounding, the numbers for the totals may differ from the sum of the component numbers. 

The total burden cost for the 

enrollment forms represents 13 minutes, 

on average, for participant respondents 

to complete the study enrollment forms 

multiplied by the number of 

respondents (68,000) and by an 

estimated average hourly wage of $7.25 

per hour, which is the current Federal 

minimum wage. Thus, the total 

participant burden for the completion of 

the enrollment forms is $106,817 (= 

68,000 × 13/60 × 7.25). The projected 

burden for enrollment forms represents 

13 minutes, on average, for each staff 

person to process documents for each 

study participant, including reviewing 

the participant’s information, 

completing the counselor-only section, 

and data-entering the necessary 

information. (Each of an estimated 270 

staff members will complete the forms 

for an average of 252 participants.) The 

total staff burden cost is $272,567, 

which is 13 minutes per participant 

multiplied by the number of 

respondents (68,000) and an average 

hourly wage of $18.50 per hour for staff 

(The hourly wage of $18.50 per hour for 

staff is the average wage in the range of 

wages found in ‘‘Managing Customers’ 

Training Choices: Findings from the 

Individual Training Account 

Experiment,’’ a report prepared for the 

U.S. Department of Labor, Employment 

and Training Administration (December 

2006), McConnell, Sheena, Elizabeth 

Stuart, Kenneth Fortson and others.). 

The total burden cost for the enrollment 

forms is $379,383, which is the sum of 

the burden costs for participants and 

staff. 

The burden cost for site visits is 2,400 

hours. The site visits will involve 

interviews with an average of four study 

participants during each of two visits to 

each of 30 sites. Hence, about 240 (= 4 

× 2 × 30) participants will be involved 

in the interviews. Each interview will 

last about one hour. Hence, assuming a 

wage of $7.25 per hour, the total burden 

on participants for the site visits is 

estimated to be 240 hours with a total 

cost of $1,740 (= 7.25 × 240). About 36 

staff persons will be interviewed at each 

of 30 sites. Hence, in total about 1,080 

staff (= 36 × 30) will be interviewed. 

These staff will be interviewed for about 

one hour during each visit, for each of 

two visits. Hence, the total burden on 

staff for the site visits is estimated to 

2,160 hours (= 1,080 × 2), representing 

a burden cost of $39,960 assuming an 

hourly wage for staff of $18.50 per hour. 

The total burden cost for the site visits 

is $41,700, which is the sum of the 

burden costs for participants and staff. 

The total burden is estimated to be 

31,867 hours ($421,083 in burden cost), 

which is the sum of the burdens (and 

burden costs) for the enrollment forms 

and site visits. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this request will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval; they will also become a matter 

of public record. 

Signed: at Washington, DC, this 29th day 

of October, 2010. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28322 Filed 11–9–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Proposed Collection, Comment 

Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 new collection 

of the ‘‘Quarterly Census of Employment 

and Wages Green Goods and Services 

Survey.’’ 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 January 10, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol 

Rowan, 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: 

Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, at 

202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free 

number). (See ADDRESSES section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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I. Background 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 

is seeking clearance for the collection of 

data on employment related to the 

production of green goods and services. 

The new Green Goods and Services 

(GGS) survey will collect data on 

employment, fiscal year, and the share 

of revenue or employment associated 

with production of green goods or 

services at the establishment. 

Additionally, BLS will expand the 

existing Occupational Employment 

Statistics (OES) survey to collect data on 

occupational employment and wages in 

establishments included in the GGS 

survey. The expansion of the existing 

OES survey will be handled through a 

separate nonsubstantive change request. 

As the chief source of government 

data on employment, BLS will produce 

data on green goods and services 

businesses’ employment as tasked by 

the 2010 Congressional Appropriation. 

This initiative will produce regular 

tabulations of aggregate employment for 

businesses whose primary activities fall 

into green goods and services as defined 

by BLS. This series will be key to 

analyzing workforce trends in this area. 

In addition, data will be published on 

occupational employment and wages 

related to these establishments through 

the OES expansion. 

II. Current Action 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance is being sought for the 

Quarterly Census of Employment and 

Wages Green Goods and Services 

Survey. 

From the GGS survey, BLS intends to 

publish a quarterly count of 

employment associated with the output 

of green goods and services at U.S. 

business establishments to meet the 

requirement outlined in the 2010 

Congressional Appropriation. BLS plans 

to publish detailed industry data for the 

U.S. and limited data for States. 

This survey will use the business 

register, Quarterly Census of 

Employment and Wages (QCEW), 

maintained by BLS as its sampling 

frame. The register contains 

employment information on 

establishments in the U.S. subject to 

unemployment insurance taxes. This 

register covers 98 percent of U.S. jobs, 

available at the county, Metropolitan 

Statistical Area (MSA), State, and 

national levels by industry. The 

sampling frame for the GGS survey will 

be restricted to those establishments 

classified in NAICS codes that are 

determined to be in scope in the BLS 

definition of green goods and services. 

BLS undertook extensive research to 

develop data collection forms and 

methodology and to understand the 

collection environment related to green 

goods and services. This research was 

outlined in a prior Federal Register 

Notice (75 FR 3926). The research was 

completed in September 2010; the forms 

put forth for clearance in this package 

were field-tested and incorporate the 

research and lessons learned from field 

testing of earlier versions of the survey 

form. The survey will collect data on 

employment, fiscal year, and revenue or 

employment share related to green 

goods and services at each 

establishment surveyed. The share of 

revenue will be used to estimate 

employment when employment share is 

not reported. BLS determined from prior 

research and from the recent forms 

development research that businesses 

have difficulty providing employment 

associated with the production of green 

goods and services while revenue is 

readily available and less burdensome 

for the respondent to report. 

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: New Collection. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Title: Green Goods and Services 

Survey. 

OMB Number: 1220–NEW. 

Affected Public: Private sector 

businesses or other for-profits, not-forprofit institutions, farms; Federal 

Government; State and local 

governments. 

Total Respondents: 120,000. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Total Responses: 120,000. 

Average Time per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

30,000. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

482,400. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): 482,400. 

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 5th day of 

November 2010. 

Kimberley Hill, 

Chief, Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28364 Filed 11–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

Proposed Revision of Information 

Collection: Comment Request National 

Medical Support Notice—Part B 

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (the 

Department), 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 continuing 

collections of information in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (PRA 95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). 

This program helps to ensure that the 

data the Department collects can be 

provided in the desired format, that the 

reporting burden on the public (time 

and financial resources) is minimized, 

that the public understands the 

Department’s collection instruments, 

and that the Department can accurately 

assess the impact of its collection 

requirements on respondents. 

Currently, the Employee Benefits 

Security Administration (EBSA) is 

soliciting comments concerning a 

revision to the information collections 

contained in the National Medical 

Support Notice—Part B. A copy of 

EBSA’s information collection request 

(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the 

individual listed below in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted to 

the office shown in the ADDRESSES

section on or before January 10, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments 

regarding the ICR and burden estimates 

to G. Christopher Cosby, Office of Policy 


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