38302 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 119 / Tuesday, June 20, 2000 / Notices

disposed of at the scheduled meeting,

may be carried over to the agenda of the

following meeting.

Issued: June 14, 2000.

By order of the Commission:

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–15696 Filed 6–16–00; 2:59 pm]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

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 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

Employment Standards Administration

is soliciting comments concerning the

proposed extension collection of the

following information collection: Health

Insurance Claim Form (OWCP–1500).

Copies of the proposed information

collection requests 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

ADDRESSES section below on or before

August 21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Ave., NW., Room S–3201, Washington,

DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–0339

(this is not a toll-free number), fax (202)

693–1451.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Health Insurance Claim Form (OWCP–

1500)

I. Background

The Office of Workers’ Compensation

Programs (OWCP) administers the

Federal Employees’ Compensation Act

(FECA) (5 U.S.C. 8101, et seq.) and the

Federal Black Lung Benefits Act

(FBLBA) (30 U.S.C. 9101 et seq.). These

Acts provide for payment of medical

expenses necessitated by a work-related

injury or disease to eligible injured

workers. The OWCP–1500 is a form

used by bill payment staff to adjudicate

requests for reimbursement of medical

services provided by medical

professionals other than hospitals,

pharmacies, and certain other providers.

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

extension of approval to collect this

information in order to carry out its

responsibility to provide payment for

certain covered medical services to

injured employees who are covered

under the FECA and the FBLBA.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Health Insurance Claim Form.

OMB Number: 1215–0055.

Agency Number: OWCP–1500.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, Businesses or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions;

Federal Government, State, Local or

Tribal Government.

Total Respondents: 1,267,049.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 1,902,146.

Average Time per Response: 7

minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

188,994.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $47,242.

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: June 14, 2000.

Margaret J. Sherrill,

Chief, Branch of Management Review and

Internal Control, Division of Financial

Management, Office of Management,

Administration and Planning, Employment

Standards Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–15473 Filed 6–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 24510–48–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. S–012–B]

The Control of Hazardous Energy

(Lockout/Tagout): Notice of the

Availability of a Lookback Review

Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility

Act and Executive Order 12866

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and

Health Administration has completed a

lookback review of its Lockout/Tagout

Standard, 29 CFR 1910.147, pursuant to

Sec. 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility

Act and Sec. 5 of Executive Order

12866. That review indicates that the

standard protects 3.3 million workers at

1 million facilities; that it has reduced

fatalities from unexpected activation of

machinery at facilities in the automobile

and steel making industries by 20% to

55% in the years since promulgation;

that there is still a substantial amount of

noncompliance; that the standard does

not impose a significant impact on small

business; and that public commenters

agree that the standard should remain in

effect. Based on this review, OSHA

concludes that the Lockout/Tagout

Standard should be continued without

change and that OSHA should continue

to improve its compliance assistance in

this area.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph Pipkin, Director, Electrical and

Mechanical Engineering Standards,

Rm.N–3609, OSHA, U.S. Department of

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20210, telephone

(202) 693–2042, Fax (202) 693–1663.

Direct technical inquiries about the

Lockout/Tagout Standard to: Walter

Siegfried, General Industry Compliance

Assistance, Rm. N–3107, telephone