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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Individuals filing with the OWCP and 

Division of Coal Mine Workers’ 

Compensation (DCMWC) for benefits 

under the Black Lung Benefits Act may 

elect to be represented or assisted by an 

attorney or other representative. For 

those cases that are approved, 30 U.S.C. 

901 of the Black Lung Benefits Act and 

20 CFR 725.365–6 of the Black Lung 

Regulations established standards for 

the information and documentation that 

must be submitted to the program for 

review so that the representative may be 

paid for services rendered to the 

claimant. Upon receipt of that evidence, 

the adjudicating official is required by 

regulation to evaluate the application 

and, based on the supporting 

information in the claim file, approve a 

fee for services rendered. To assist the 

representatives participating in the 

Black Lung Benefits Program a form, 

CM–972, was devised to provide a 

standardized format for submitting 

information required by regulation. 

Form CM–972 is sent to and 

completed by the authorized 

representative of a black lung claimant 

whose claim has been approved for 

benefits. The completed form is then 

returned to and evaluated by the district 

director, administrative law judge, or 

appropriate appellate tribunal before 

whom the claimed services were 

performed, and a fee amount is 

determined. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

currently approved by the OMB under 

the PRA and displays a currently valid 

OMB Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information if the 

collection of information does not 

display a currently valid OMB control 

number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 

1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval 

for this information collection under 

OMB Control Number 1240–0011. The 

current OMB approval is scheduled to 

expire on December 31, 2010; however, 

it should be noted that information 

collections submitted to the OMB 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. For 

additional information, see the related 

notice published in the Federal Register 

on August 20, 2010 (75 FR 51487). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section within 30 days of publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. In 

order to ensure the appropriate 

consideration, comments should 

reference OMB Control Number 1240– 

0011. The OMB 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 

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: Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs (OWCP). 

Title of Collection: Application for 

Approval of a Representative’s Fee in 

Black Lung Claim Proceedings 

Conducted by the U.S. Department of 

Labor. 

OMB Control Number: 1240–0011. 

Affected Public: Private sector, 

Business or other for-profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 285. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 285. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 200. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden: 

$0. 

Dated: December 16, 2010. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32088 Filed 12–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–CK–P 

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 revision of the 

‘‘National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 

1997.’’ A copy of the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) can 

be obtained by contacting the individual 

listed 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 22, 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, 

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

number). (See ADDRESSES section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The National Longitudinal Survey of 

Youth 1997 (NLSY97) is a nationally 

representative sample of persons who 

were born in the years 1980 to 1984. 

These respondents were ages 12–17 

when the first round of annual 

interviews began in 1997; the fifteenth 

round of annual interviews will be 

conducted from September 2011 to May 

2012. The Bureau of Labor Statistics 

(BLS) contracts with the National 

Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the 

University of Chicago to conduct the 

NLSY97. The primary objective of the 

survey is to study the transition from 

schooling to the establishment of careers 

and families. The longitudinal focus of 

this survey requires information to be 

collected from the same individuals 

over many years in order to trace their 

education, training, work experience, 

fertility, income, and program 

participation. 

One of the goals of the Department of 

Labor (DOL) is to produce and 

disseminate timely, accurate, and 


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relevant information about the U.S. 

labor force. The BLS contributes to this 

goal by gathering information about the 

labor force and labor market and 

disseminating it to policymakers and 

the public so that participants in those 

markets can make more informed, and 

thus more efficient, choices. Research 

based on the NLSY97 contributes to the 

formation of national policy in the areas 

of education, training, work experience, 

fertility, income, and program 

participation. In addition to the reports 

that the BLS produces based on data 

from the NLSY97, members of the 

academic community publish articles 

and reports based on NLSY97 data for 

the DOL and other funding agencies. To 

date, approximately 160 articles 

examining NLSY97 data have been 

published in scholarly journals. The 

survey design provides data gathered 

from the same respondents over time to 

form the only dataset that contains this 

type of information for this important 

population group. Without the 

collection of these data, an accurate 

longitudinal dataset could not be 

provided to researchers and 

policymakers, thus adversely affecting 

the DOL’s ability to perform its policyand report-making activities. 

II. Current Action 

The BLS seeks approval to conduct 

round 15 of annual interviews of the 

NLSY97. Respondents to the NLSY97 

will undergo an interview of 

approximately 65 minutes during which 

they will answer questions about 

schooling and labor market experiences, 

family relationships, and community 

background. 

During the fielding period for the 

main round 15 interviews, about 2 

percent of respondents will be asked to 

participate in a brief validation 

interview a few weeks after the initial 

interview. The purpose of the validation 

interview is to verify that the initial 

interview took place as the interviewer 

reported and to assess the data quality 

of selected questionnaire items. 

The BLS plans to record randomly 

selected segments of the main 

interviews during round 15. Recording 

interviews helps the BLS and NORC to 

ensure that the interviews actually took 

place and that interviewers are reading 

the questions exactly as worded and 

entering the responses properly. 

Recording also helps to identify parts of 

the interview that might be causing 

problems or misunderstanding for 

interviewers or respondents. Each 

respondent will be informed that the 

interview may be recorded for quality 

control, testing, and training purposes. 

If the respondent objects to the 

recording of the interview, the 

interviewer will confirm to the 

respondent that the interview will not 

be recorded and then proceed with the 

interview. 

During round 15, the BLS proposes to 

administer a noninterview respondent 

questionnaire to sample members who 

have missed at least five consecutive 

rounds and who do not complete the 

round 15 interview on first approach. 

Responses to this questionnaire will 

enable the BLS and NORC to learn more 

about long-term nonrespondents and 

therefore understand attrition patterns 

and any nonresponse bias. Other 

changes in round 15 include collecting 

permission forms from respondents to 

obtain their college transcripts. 

Permission forms were sought in round 

14 from respondents who had received 

a high school diploma or GED credential 

or completed coursework in a 

postsecondary degree program. During 

round 15, BLS and NORC plan to seek 

permission forms from individuals who 

have not yet provided one, primarily 

those who did not complete the round 

14 interview or who completed it by 

phone rather than in person. 

The round 15 questionnaire includes 

questions on work schedules for 

respondents and their spouses or 

partners. The round 15 questionnaire 

also includes questions about the lowest 

wage at which a respondent would 

accept a job offer (known to labor 

economists as the reservation wage) and 

about the hours of desired work for such 

an offer. Questions will be asked about 

respondents’ handedness, or left/right 

dominance, which is of interest to 

psychologists and neurologists, who 

have documented handedness as 

predictive of later neurological 

conditions. In addition, handedness has 

been studied as a predictor of workplace 

injuries. 

As in prior rounds of the NLSY97, 

round 15 will include a pretest 

conducted several months before the 

main fielding to test survey procedures 

and questions and resolve problems 

before the main fielding begins. The 

Round 15 pretest will include a trial 

collection of birth certificates on a small 

number of survey respondents. Birth 

certificates are the optimal source of 

information about birth weight, a 

measure of considerable research 

interest given its relationship with child 

development, lifetime obesity, and other 

outcomes. This trial collection of birth 

certificates will provide insight into 

respondent reactions and concerns 

regarding the release of administrative 

records and the logistical issues 

surrounding the handling, acquiring, 

and coding of such documents. The 

round 15 pretest also will include a trial 

Internet collection of selected 

information used to locate respondents 

for interviews. The purpose of the trial 

is to determine whether Internet 

collection yields information of higher 

quality when compared to the current 

method of collecting the information as 

part of the interview. The Internet trial 

also will be used to assess respondent 

acceptance of Internet collection 

generally and whether such collection 

can reduce respondent burden without 

reducing the quality of the survey 

information. 

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: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Title: National Longitudinal Survey of 

Youth 1997. 

OMB Number: 1220–0157. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Form Total 

respondents Frequency Total responses 

Average time per 

response Estimated total burden 

NLSY97 Pretest: July–August 2011 .. 150 Annually ............... 150 65 minutes .................. 163 hours. 


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Form Total 

respondents Frequency Total responses 

Average time per 

response Estimated total burden 

Collection of birth certificates in the 

NLSY97 Pretest: July–August 2011.

135 Once .................... 135 1.5 minutes ................. 3.4 hours. 

Main NLSY97: September 2011–May 

2012.

7,400 Annually ............... 7,400 65 minutes .................. 8,017 hours. 

Round 15 Validation Interview ........... 147 Annually ............... 147 4 minutes .................... 10 hours. 

Noninterview Respondent Questionnaire.130 Annually ............... 130 10 minutes .................. 22 hours. 

College Transcript Release Form ...... 2,500 Once .................... 2,500 1.5 minutes ................. 62.5 hours. 

TOTALS ...................................... 7,680 .............................. 10,462 ..................................... 8,278 hours. 

The difference between the total number of respondents and the total number of responses reflects the fact that about 2,500 are expected to 

complete the main interview and the college transcript permission form. In addition, about 147 respondents will be interviewed twice, once in the 

main survey and a second time in the 4-minute validation interview. Finally, the 135 pretest respondents expected to provide birth certificates or 

permission forms are included among the 150 respondents expected to complete the Round 15 pretest. 

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 16th day of 

December 2010. 

Kimberley D. Hill, 

Chief, Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32155 Filed 12–21–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Generic Clearance 

for the Collection of Qualitative 

Feedback on Agency Service Delivery 

AGENCY: Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of a Federal 

Government-wide effort to streamline 

the process to seek feedback from the 

public on service delivery, OMB is 

coordinating the development of the 

following proposed Generic Information 

Collection Request (Generic ICR): 

‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery’’ for approval under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). This notice 

announces that agencies intend to 

submit this collection to OMB for 

approval and solicits comments on 

specific aspects for the proposed 

information collection, 

A copy of the draft supporting 

statement is available at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, (see Docket ID 

OMB–2010–0021). Following review 

and disposition of public comments on 

this joint 60-day notice, each Agency 

will submit its own Generic ICR to OMB 

for review and will issue its own 30-day 

notice to solicit additional public 

comments. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by February 22, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of 

the following methods: 

• Web site: www.regulations.gov. 

Direct comments to Docket ID OMB– 

2010–0021. 

• E-mail: ServiceDeliveryComments

@omb.eop.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 395–7245. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through relevant Web sites. For 

this reason, please do not include in 

your comments information of a 

confidential nature, such as sensitive 

personal information or proprietary 

information. If you send an e-mail 

comment, your e-mail address will be 

automatically captured and included as 

part of the comment that is placed in the 

public docket and made available on the 

Internet. Please note that responses to 

this public comment request containing 

any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comments that 

may be made available to the public 

notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

ServiceDelivery

Comments@omb.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

Abstract: The proposed information 

collection activity provides a means to 

garner qualitative customer and 

stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with the 

Administration’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. The 

following agencies are planning to 

submit this collection to OMB for 

approval: Department of Agriculture, 

Department of Commerce, Department 

of Defense, Department of Education, 

Department of Energy, Department of 

Health and Human Services, 

Department of Homeland Security 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, Department of the 

Interior, Department of Justice, 

Department of Labor Department of 

State, Department of Transportation, 

Department of the Treasury Department 

of Veterans Affairs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

Social Security Administration, 

Administrative Conference of the 

United States, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, Corporation for National 

and Community Service, Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission, 

Export-Import Bank of the United 

States, Federal Communications 

Commission, Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Federal Trade 

Commission, Institute of Museum and 

Library Services, Merit Systems 

Protection Board, National Credit Union 

Administration, National Endowment 

for the Arts, National Endowment for 

the Humanities, Office of the 

Comptroller of the Currency, Overseas 

Private Investment Corporation, Peace 

Corps, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation, Railroad Retirement Board, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

Surface Transportation Board, 

Tennessee Valley Authority, U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, and 

U.S. Access Board. 

By qualitative feedback we mean 

information that provides useful 


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