2088 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 9 / Friday, January 13, 2012 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Notice of 

Final Payment or Suspension of 

Compensation Benefits 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting the Office of 

Workers’ Compensation Programs 

(OWCP) sponsored information 

collection request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Notice 

of Final Payment or Suspension of 

Compensation Benefits,’’ as proposed to 

be revised, to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval for use in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

February 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation; 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site, http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, on the day 

following publication of this notice or 

by contacting Michel Smyth by 

telephone at (202) 693–4129 (this is not 

a toll-free number) or sending an email 

to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Submit comments about this request 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk 

Officer for the Department of Labor, 

Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs (OWCP), Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 

(202) 395–6929/Fax: (202) 395–6881 

(these are not toll-free numbers), email: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michel Smyth by telephone at (202) 

693–4129 (this is not a toll-free number) 

or by email at 

DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Notice of Final Payment or Suspension 

of Compensation Benefits, Form LS– 

208, is used by insurance carriers and 

self-insured employers to report the 

payment of benefits under the 

Longshore and Harbors Workers 

Compensation Act. While not affecting 

the public burden estimates, the OWCP 

intends to make this collection available 

on the Internet as fillable/printable and 

not fileable. The OWCP is also making 

certain cosmetic changes to Form LS– 

208, such as replacing a no longer used 

logo with the DOL seal. These cosmetic 

changes are not expected to affect the 

public burden; however, they do make 

it that this submission must be 

characterized as a revision under the 

PRA. 

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 

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 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 1240–0041. The current 

OMB approval is scheduled to expire on 

January 31, 2012; however, it should be 

noted that information collections 

submitted to the OMB receive a monthto-month extension while they undergo 

review. For additional information, see 

the related notice published in the 

Federal Register on November 1, 2011 

(76 FR 67481). 

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 help ensure appropriate 

consideration, comments should 

reference OMB Control Number 1240– 

0041. 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: Notice of Final 

Payment or Suspension of 

Compensation Benefits. 

OMB Control Number: 1240–0041. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

Businesses or other for-profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 600. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 21,000. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 5,250. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $16,590. 

Dated: January 9, 2012. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–584 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–CF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Information Collection Request for the 

ETA 9128, Reemployment and 

Eligibility Assessments Workloads 

Report, and the ETA 9129, 

Reemployment and Eligibility 

Assessments Outcomes Report: 

Extension Without Change, Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Department of Labor. 

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 collection 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. 

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 or by 

accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/ 

OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addressee section below on or before 

March 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Diane 

Wood, U.S. Department of Labor, 

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES