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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review: 

Comment Request 

January 12, 2007. 

The Department of Labor (DOL) has 

submitted the following public 

information collection requests (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 

44 U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of each 

ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation, may be obtained from 

RegInfo.gov at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain or by contacting 

Darrin King on 202–693–4129 (this is 

not a toll-free number)/e-mail: 

king.darrin@dol.gov. 

Comments should be sent to Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the 

Employment Standards Administration 

(ESA), Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503, Telephone: 202–395–7316/Fax: 

202–395–6974 (these are not toll-free 

numbers), within 30 days from the date 

of this publication in the Federal 

Register. 

The OMB 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 submission of 

responses. 

Agency: Employment Standards 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of currently approved collection. 

Title: Notice of Issuance of Insurance 

Policy. 

OMB Number: 1215–0059. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Type of Response: Reporting. 

Affected Public: Private sector: 

business or other for-profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

4,000. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 4,000. 

Estimated Average Response Time: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 667. 

Total Estimated Annualized Capital/ 

Startup Costs: $0. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs 

(operating/maintaining systems or 

purchasing services): $1,880. 

Description: The Black Lung Benefits 

Act (the Act) as amended, and codified 

at 30 U.S.C. 933 requires that a 

responsible coal mine operator be 

insured and outlines the items each 

contract of insurance must contain. It 

also enumerates the civil penalties to 

which a responsible coal mine operator 

is subject, should these procedures not 

be followed. In addition, 20 CFR Part V, 

Subpart C, 726.208–.213 requires that 

each insurance carrier shall report to 

Division of Coal Mine Workers’

Compensation (DCMWC) each policy 

and endorsement issued, cancelled, or 

renewed with respect to responsible 

operators. It states that this report will 

be made in such a manner and on such 

a form as DCMWC may require. It is also 

required that if a policy is issued or 

renewed for more than one operator, a 

separate report for each operator shall 

be submitted. 

The Form CM–921 is completed by 

the insurance carrier and forwarded to 

the Department for review. DCMWC 

staff reviews the completed CM–921 to 

identify those operators who have 

secured insurance for payment of black 

lung benefits as required by Section 423 

of the Act. 

Agency: Employment Standards 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of currently approved collection. 

Title: Representative Fee Request. 

OMB Number: 1215–0078. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Type of Response: Reporting. 

Affected Public: Private Sector: 

Business and other for-profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

12,340. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 12,340. 

Estimated Average Response Time: 30 

minutes for Longshore filings and 1 

hour for Federal Employees’

Compensation Act filings. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 7,675. 

Total Annualized capital/startup 

costs: $0. 

Total Annual Costs (operating/ 

maintaining systems or purchasing 

services): $17,401. 

Description: Individuals filing for 

compensation benefits with the Office of 

Workers’ Compensation Programs 

(OWCP) may be represented by an 

attorney or other representative. The 

representative is entitled to request a fee 

for services under 20 CFR 10.700–703 

(Federal Employees’ Compensation Act/ 

FECA) and 20 CFR 702.132 (Longshore 

and Harbor Workers’ Compensation 

Act). The fee must be approved by the 

OWCP before any demand for payment 

can be made by the representative. 

Under the FECA, the representative is 

required to submit for review any fees 

resulting from representing the claimant 

in filing for benefits. The program does 

not make payment, but reviews the fee 

request to ensure that it is consistent 

with services provided, and with 

customary local charges for similar 

services. Fee requests received have 

been used to approve attorney’s fees, 

allowing the attorney to pursue payment 

of an appropriate amount from the 

claimant. If the fee requested is 

considered excessive, in view of the 

criteria outlined in the regulations, the 

fee approved would be reduced 

accordingly. 

Agency: Employment Standards 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of currently approved collection. 

Title: Pharmacy Billing Requirements. 

OMB Number: 1215–0194. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Type of Response: Reporting. 

Affected Public: Private Sector: 

Business and other for-profit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

28,150. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,463,792. 

Estimated Average Response Time: 5 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 121,495. 

Total Annualized capital/startup 

costs: $0. 

Total Annual Costs (operating/ 

maintaining systems or purchasing 

services): $0. 

Description: The Office of Workers’

Compensation Programs (OWCP) is the 

agency responsible for administration of 

the Federal Employees’ Compensation 

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

Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), 30 

U.S.C. 901 et seq., and the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000 

(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq. All 

three of these statutes require that 

OWCP pay for covered medical 

treatment provided to beneficiaries; this 

medical treatment can include 

medicinal drugs dispensed by 

pharmacies. In order to determine 


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whether amounts billed for drugs are 

appropriate, OWCP must receive 19 data 

elements, including the name of the 

patient/beneficiary, the National Drug 

Code (NDC) number of the drugs 

prescribed, the quantity provided, the 

prescription number and the date the 

prescription was filled. The regulations 

implementing these statutes require the 

collection of information needed to 

enable OWCP to determine if bills for 

drugs submitted directly by pharmacies, 

or as reimbursement requests submitted 

by claimants, should be paid. (20 CFR 

10.801, 30.701, 725.701 and 725.705). 

There is no standardized paper form 

for submission of the billing information 

collected in this ICR. Over the past 

several years, the majority of pharmacy 

bills submitted to OWCP have been 

submitted electronically using one of 

the industry-wide standard formats for 

the electronic transmission of billing 

data through nationwide data 

clearinghouses devised by the National 

Council for Prescription Drug Programs 

(NCPDP). However, since some 

pharmacy bills are still submitted using 

a paper-based bill format, OWCP will 

continue to accept any of the many 

paper-based bill formats still used by 

some providers so long as they contain 

the data elements needed for processing 

the bill. None of the paper-based or 

electronic billing formats have been 

designed by or provided by OWCP; they 

are billing formats commonly accepted 

by other Federal programs and in the 

private health insurance industry for 

drugs. Nonetheless, the three programs 

(FECA, BLBA and EEOICPA) provide 

instructions for the submission of 

necessary pharmacy bill data elements 

in provider manuals distributed or made 

available to all pharmacies enrolled in 

the programs. 

The required data elements are used 

by OWCP and contractor bill processing 

staff to process paper and electronic 

bills for drugs dispensed by pharmacies. 

To enable OWCP and its contractor staff 

to consider the appropriateness of the 

requested payment in a timely fashion, 

it is essential that bill submissions 

include the data elements needed to 

evaluate the bill, such as the NDC 

number and the pharmacy’s provider 

identification number. To do this, 

OWCP evaluates the same data elements 

that are commonly evaluated by other 

Federal agencies and private health 

insurance carriers. If all the billing data 

elements required by OWCP are not 

collected, the contractor staff cannot 

process the bill. 

Darrin A. King, 

Acting Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–678 Filed 1–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–CF–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Endowment for the Arts; 

Submission for OMB Review: 

Comment Request 

January 18, 2007. 

The National Endowment for the Arts 

(NEA) has submitted the following 

public information collection request 

(ICR) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 [Pub. L. 104–13, 

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35]. Copies of this 

ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation, may be obtained by 

contacting Tom Bradshaw via telephone 

at 202–682–5527 (this is not a toll-free 

number) or e-mail at 

bradshwt@arts.endow.gov. Individuals 

who use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TTY/TDD) may call 202–

682–5496 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. 

Eastern time, Monday through Friday. 

Comments should be sent to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the 

National Endowment for the Arts, Office 

of Management and Budget, Room 

10235, Washington, DC 20503 202–395–

7316, within 30 days from the date of 

this publication in the Federal Register. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) 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. 

Agency: National Endowment for the 

Arts. 

Title: 2008 Survey of Public 

Participation in the Arts. 

OMB Number: New. 

Frequency: One Time. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

20,000. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 10 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 3,333. 

Total Annualized Capital/Startup 

Costs: 0. 

Total Annual Costs (Operating/ 

Maintaining Systems or Purchasing 

Services): 0. 

Description: The National Endowment 

for the Arts proposes to conduct a 

national Survey of Public Participation 

in the Arts (SPPA) as a supplement to 

the Census Bureau’s Current Population 

Survey in May 2008. The survey will 

provide information on the extent to 

which the adult population participates 

in the arts. Responses will be analyzed 

to determine arts participation patterns 

and differences by population subgroup 

and geography and changes from prior 

SPPA’s conducted in 1982, 1985, 1992, 

1997, and 2002. The survey results and 

subsequent analyses will be used by arts 

administrators, researchers, and 

policymakers at the national, State, and 

local levels. 

ADDRESSES: Tom Bradshaw, National 

Endowment for the Arts, 1100 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 616, 

Washington, DC 20506–0001, telephone 

202–682–5527 (this is not a toll-free 

number), fax 202/682–5677. 

Murray Welsh, 

Director, Administrative Services, National 

Endowment for the Arts. 

[FR Doc. E7–724 Filed 1–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7537–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 50–298] 

Nebraska Public Power District; Notice 

of Consideration of Issuance of 

Amendment to Facility Operating 

License, Proposed No Significant 

Hazards Consideration Determination, 

and Opportunity for a Hearing 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (the Commission) is 

considering issuance of an amendment 

to Facility Operating License No. DPR–

46, issued to Nebraska Public Power 

District (the licensee), for operation of 

the Cooper Nuclear Station located in 

Nemaha County, Nebraska. 


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