26636 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 89 / Monday, May 8, 2000 / Notices

the Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for

Departmental Management, U.S.

Department of Labor, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395–7316.

The Office of Management and Budget

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

clarify 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.

Agency: Office of the Secretary, DOL.

Title: 2000 Family Medical Leave Act

(FMLA) Employer and

Employee Surveys.

OMB Number: 1225–0 New.

Frequency: One time for both surveys.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; business or other for-profit.

Employee Survey

Sampled households Total

responses

Average

time per

response

(minutes)

Estimated

total burden

(hours)

Screeners ................................................................................................................................................. 10,000 5 833

Leave Takers ........................................................................................................................................... 1,400 15 350

Leave Needer .......................................................................................................................................... 206 7 24

Employed Respondent ............................................................................................................................ 800 5 67

Total .............................................................................................................................................. 12,406 .................... 1,274

Employee Survey:

Sampled establishments Total

responses

Average

time per

response

(minutes)

Estimated

total burden

(hours)

Screeners ................................................................................................................................................. 2,400 5 200

Data Gathering by Respondent ............................................................................................................... 1,500 45 1,125

Extended Interview .................................................................................................................................. 1,500 20 500

Total .............................................................................................................................................. 5,400 .................... 1,825

Total Burden: 3,099 hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): $0.

Description: DOL will conduct two

surveys as a follow-up to the 1995

surveys done by the Commission on

Family and Medical Leave, a bipartisan

body established by the Congress. Prior

survey clearances were approved by

OMB under 1225–0062 (survey of

businesses) and 1225–0063 (survey of

employees). The new surveys will

determine the response by employees

and employers to family and medical

leave issues, in general, as well as to the

Family and Medical Leave Act. The new

surveys will be very similar to the

previous surveys to permit an analysis

of the changes (if any) since 1995.

Comments submitted in response to this

notice will become a matter of public

record.

Ira L. Mills,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–11444 Filed 5–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–23–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Office of Policy and Research;

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondents 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 Policy and Research is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

extension of the collection of the

Occupational Code Request (OCR)

information.

A copy of the proposed information

collection request (ICR) can be obtained

by contacting the office listed below in

the addressee section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addressee’s section below on or before

July 7, 2000.

ADDRESS: Jim Woods, Office of Policy

and Research, Employment and

Training Administration, Room N–5637,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC, 20210, (202) 219–7161

(This is not a toll free number), FAX

(202) 219–9186; E-Mail;

o*net@doleta.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Dictionary of Occupational Titles

(DOT) classifies nearly all jobs in the

United States economy. However, new

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jobs are constantly evolving, and old

ones are eliminated as technology and

other facts change. As the O*NET

(Occupational Information Network)

system, the automated replacement of

the DOT, is preparing for the

implementation phase, the need for

Occupational Code Requests (OCRs)

remains.

The ETA 741 Form, the Occupational

Code Request (OCR), was developed by

the Occupational Analysis (OA)

program, as a public service to the users

of the revised DOT in an effort to help

them in obtaining occupational codes,

titles and definitions for jobs that they

were unable to locate in the DOT. In

addition, data provided on the OCR may

also be useful indicators of potential

occupations that should be studied as

part of the new O*NET on-line system.

Use of the OCR is voluntary and is

provided only (1) as a uniform guideline

to the public and private sectors to

submit information, and (2) to assist

O*NET in identifying potential changes

in occupations or emerging occupations.

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 Office of Policy and Research,

while preparing for the implementation

phase of O*NET, seeks to provide both

the public and private sectors with

needed occupational codes that cannot

be located in the DOT. Therefore, the

need for continuing an existing

collection of this information is

requested.

Type of Review: Extension (without

change).

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: Occupational Code Request.

OMB Number: 1205–0137.

Affected Public: Federal Government,

State or Local Government; Individuals;

and Business or other for-profit/Not-forprofit institutions.

Total Respondents: 95.

Frequency: On occasion.

Average Time per Response: 30

minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 47

hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

None.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): $1119.10.

Comments submitted in response to

this comment request 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: May 2, 2000.

Gerard F. Fiala,

Administrator, Office of Policy and Research.

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BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. NRTL–1–99]

Curtis-Straus LLC., Recognition as an

NRTL

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA); Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

Agency’s final decision on the

application of Curtis-Straus LLC. for

recognition as a Nationally Recognized

Testing Laboratory (NRTL) under 29

CFR 1910.7.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This recognition

becomes effective on May 8, 2000, and

will be valid until May 9, 2005, unless

terminated or modified prior to that

date, in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.7.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bernard Pasquet, Office of Technical

Programs and Coordination Activities,

NRTL Program, Occupational Safety and

Health Administration, U.S. Department

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue,

NW., Room N3653, Washington, DC

20210, or phone (202) 693–2110.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Final Decision

The Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA) hereby gives

notice of its recognition of Curtis-Straus

LLC. (CSL) as a Nationally Recognized

Testing Laboratory (NRTL). This

recognition covers testing and

certification of the equipment or

materials, and covers the site, listed

below. The recognition also includes

CSL’s use of the supplemental programs

described below.

OSHA recognition of an NRTL

signifies that the organization has met

the legal requirements in section 1910.7

of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations

(29 CFR 1910.7). Recognition is an

acknowledgment that the organization

can perform independent safety testing

and certification of the specific products

covered within its scope of recognition,

and is not a delegation or grant of

government authority. As a result of

recognition, OSHA can accept products

‘‘properly certified’’ by the NRTL.

OSHA processes applications related to

an NRTL’s recognition following

requirements in Appendix A to 29 CFR

1910.7. This appendix requires that the

Agency publish this public notice of its

final decision on an application.

CSL applied for recognition as an

NRTL, pursuant to 29 CFR 1910.7, and

OSHA published the required notice in

the Federal Register (64 FR 69552,

12/13/99) to announce the application.

The notice included a preliminary

finding that CSL could meet the

requirements for recognition detailed in

29 CFR 1910.7, and invited public

comment on the application by

February 11, 2000. OSHA received five

comments in response to the notice, all

of which expressed support for

recognition of the applicant.

You may obtain or review copies of

all public documents pertaining to the

application by contacting the Docket

Office, Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, U.S. Department of

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Room N2625, Washington, DC 20210.

You should refer to Docket No. NRTL–

1–99, the permanent record of public

information on the CSL recognition.

The address of the testing facility

(site) that OSHA recognizes for CSL is:

Curtis-Straus LLC., 527 Great Road,

Littleton, Massachusetts 01460.

Background on the Applicant and the

Application

According to the application, CurtisStraus LLC. (CSL) is a limited liability

company chartered in the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts and

was established in 1996. CSL states that

it offers testing services in electrical

safety and in a number of other areas.

The applicant also states that its

founders and managers have, in the

aggregate, over thirty years of technical