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is entitled to reimbursement, is 

equivalent to the employer’s daily 

charge for three meals or, if the 

employer makes no charge, the amount 

permitted under 20 CFR 655.122(g). 

The maximum meals component of 

the daily travel subsistence expense is 

based upon the standard minimum 

Continental United States (CONUS) per 

diem rate as stated by the General 

Services Administration (GSA) at 41 

CFR part 301, Appendix A. The CONUS 

meal component remains $46.00 per 

day. Workers who qualify for travel 

reimbursement are entitled to 

reimbursement for meals up to the 

CONUS meal rate when they provide 

receipts. In determining the appropriate 

amount of reimbursement for meals for 

less than a full day, the employer may 

provide for meal expense 

reimbursement, with receipts, to 75 

percent of the maximum reimbursement 

for meals of $34.50, as provided for in 

the GSA per diem schedule. If a worker 

has no receipts, the employer is not 

obligated to reimburse above the 

minimum stated at 20 CFR 655.122(g) as 

specified above. 

The Department notes that the 

regulation has consistently used the 

term ‘‘subsistence’’ which includes both 

meals and lodging during travel to and 

from the worksite. An employer is 

responsible for providing, paying in 

advance, or reimbursing a worker for the 

reasonable costs of transportation and 

daily subsistence between the 

employer’s worksite and the place from 

which the worker comes to work for the 

employer, if the worker completes 50 

percent of the work contract period, and 

upon the worker completing the 

contract, return costs. In those instances 

where a worker must travel to obtain a 

visa so that the worker may enter the 

U.S. to come to work for the employer, 

the employer must pay for the 

transportation and daily subsistence 

costs of that part of the travel as well. 

The Department interprets the 

regulation to require the employer to 

assume responsibility for the reasonable 

costs associated with the worker’s 

travel, including transportation, food, 

and, in those instances where it is 

necessary, lodging. If not provided by 

the employer, the amount an employer 

must pay for transportation and, where 

required, lodging must be no less than 

(and is not required to be more than) the 

most economical and reasonable costs. 

The employer is responsible for those 

costs necessary for the worker to travel 

to the worksite if the worker completes 

50 percent of the work contract period, 

but is not responsible for unauthorized 

detours, and if the worker completes the 

contract, return transportation and 

subsistence costs, including lodging 

costs where necessary. This policy 

applies equally to instances where the 

worker is traveling within the U.S. to 

the employer’s worksite. For further 

information on when the employer is 

responsible for lodging costs, see the 

FAQ on travel costs at the OFLC Web 

site at http:// 

www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 2nd day of 

March, 2012. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5602 Filed 3–5–12; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs 

Division of Coal Mine Workers’ 

Compensation; Proposed Extension of 

Existing 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. Currently, the Office 

of Workers’ Compensation Programs is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

proposed collection: Notice of 

Termination, Suspension, Reduction or 

Increase in Benefit Payments (CM–908). 

A copy of the information collection 

request can be obtained by contacting 

the office listed below 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 

May 7, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Ave. NW., Room S–3201, Washington, 

DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–0701, 

fax (202) 693–1447, Email 

yoonferguson@dol.gov. Please use only 

one method of transmission for 

comments (mail, fax, or Email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background: The Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs 

(OWCP)administers the Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Act of 1977 as 

amended, Section 432 (30 U.S.C. 942) 

and 20 CFR 725.621 necessitate this 

information collection. Under this Act, 

Coal mine operators, their 

representatives, or their insurers who 

have been identified as responsible for 

paying Black Lung benefits to an eligible 

miner or an eligible surviving 

dependent of the miner, are called 

Responsible Operators (RO’s). RO’s that 

pay benefits are required to report any 

change in the benefit amount to the 

Department of Labor (DOL). The CM– 

908, when completed and sent to DOL, 

notifies DOL of the change in the 

beneficiary’s benefit amount and the 

reason for the change. The Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Act of 1977 as 

amended, Section 432 (30 U.S.C. 942) 

and 20 CFR 725.621 necessitate this 

information collection. This information 

collection is currently approved for use 

through June 30, 2012. 

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 approval for the 

extension of this currently-approved 

information collection in order to carry 

out its responsibility to evaluate an 

applicant ability to be a representative 

payee. If the Program were not able to 

screen representative payee applicants 

the beneficiary’s best interest would not 

be served. 

Agency: Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs. 


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Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Notice of Termination, 

Suspension, Reduction or Increase in 

Benefit Payments. 

OMB Number: 1240–0030. 

Agency Number: CM–908. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit. 

Total Respondents: 325. 

Total Annual Responses: 5,000. 

Average Time per Response: 12 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,000. 

Frequency: On occasion and annually. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): $4,800. 

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: March 2, 2012. 

Vincent Alvarez, 

Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs, US Department of 

Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5572 Filed 3–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–CK–P 

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

[MCC FR 12–02] 

Notice of Quarterly Report (October 1, 

2011–December 31, 2011) 

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge 

Corporation (MCC) is reporting for the 

quarter October 1, 2011 through 

December 31, 2011, on assistance 

provided under section 605 of the 

Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 

U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), as amended (the 

Act), and on transfers or allocations of 

funds to other federal agencies under 

section 619(b) of the Act. The following 

report will be made available to the 

public by publication in the Federal 

Register and on the Internet Web site of 

the MCC (www.mcc.gov) in accordance 

with section 612(b) of the Act. 

Dated: March 1, 2012. 

T. Charles Cooper, 

Vice President, Congressional and Public 

Affairs, Millennium Challenge Corporation. 

ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605 

Projects Obligated Objectives Cumulative expenditures Measures 

Country: Madagascar Year: 2012 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $84,367,700 

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar Total Quarterly Expenditures 1: $0 

Land Tenure Project ......... $29,470,242 Increase Land Titling and 

Security.

$29,304,770 Area secured with land certificates or titles in the 

Zones. 

Legal and regulatory reforms adopted. 

Number of land documents inventoried in the Zones 

and Antananarivo. 

Number of land documents restored in the Zones 

and Antananarivo. 

Number of land documents digitized in the Zones 

and Antananarivo. 

Average time for Land Services Offices to issue a 

duplicate copy of a title. 

Average cost to a user to obtain a duplicate copy of 

a title from the Land Services Offices. 

Number of land certificates delivered in the Zones 

during the period. 

Number of new guichets fonciers operating in the 

Zones. 

The 256 Plan Local d’Occupation Foncier—Local 

Plan of Land Occupation (PLOFs)are completed. 

Financial Sector Reform 

Project.

$23,535,781 Increase Competition in 

the Financial Sector.

$23,535,781 Volume of funds processed annually by the national 

payment system. 

Number of accountants and financial experts registered to become CPA. 

Number of Central Bank branches capable of accepting auction tenders. 

Outstanding value of savings accounts from CEM in 

the Zones. 

Number of Micro-Finance Institutions (MFIs) participating in the Refinancing and Guarantee funds. 

Maximum check clearing delay. 

Network equipment and integrator. 

Real time gross settlement system (RTGS). 

Telecommunication facilities. 

Retail payment clearing system. 

Number of CEM branches built in the Zones. 

Number of savings accounts from CEM in the 

Zones. 

Percent of Micro-Finance Institution (MFI) loans recorded in the Central Bank database. 


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