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• Increasing the group premium or 

contribution amounts based on genetic 

information; 

• Requesting or requiring an 

individual or family member to undergo 

a genetic test; and 

• Requesting, requiring or purchasing 

genetic information prior to or in 

connection with enrollment, or at any 

time for underwriting purposes. 

GINA and the interim final 

regulations (29 CFR 2590.702A(c)(5)) 

provide a research exception to the 

limitations on requesting or requiring 

genetic testing that allow a group health 

plan or group health insurance issuer to 

request, but not require, a participant or 

beneficiary to undergo a genetic test if 

all of the following conditions of the 

research exception are satisfied: 

• The request must be made pursuant 

to research that complies with 45 CFR 

Part 46 (or equivalent Federal 

regulations) and any applicable State or 

local law or regulations for the 

protection of human subjects in 

research. To comply with the informed 

consent requirements of 45 CFR 

46.116(a)(8), a participant must receive 

a disclosure that participation in the 

research is voluntary, refusal to 

participate cannot involve any penalty 

or loss of benefits to which the 

participant is otherwise entitled, and 

the participant may discontinue 

participation at any time without 

penalty or loss of benefits to which the 

participant is entitled (the Participant 

Disclosure). The interim final 

regulations provide that when the 

Participant Disclosure is received by 

participants seeking their informed 

consent, no additional disclosures are 

required for purposes of the GINA 

research exception. 

• The plan or issuer must make the 

request in writing and must clearly 

indicate to each participant or 

beneficiary (or in the case of a minor 

child, to the legal guardian of such 

beneficiary) to whom the request is 

made that compliance with the request 

is voluntary and noncompliance will 

have no effect on eligibility for benefits 

or premium or contribution amounts. 

• None of the genetic information 

collected or acquired as a result of the 

research may be used for underwriting 

purposes. 

• The plan or issuer must complete a 

copy of the ‘‘Notice of Research 

Exception under the Genetic 

Information Nondiscrimination Act’’ 

(the Notice) and provide it to the 

address specified in its instructions. The 

Notice and instructions are available on 

the Department of Labor’s Web site 

(http://www.dol.gov/ebsa). 

The Participant Disclosure and the 

Notice are the information collection 

requests (ICRs) contained in the interim 

final rules. The Department previously 

requested review of this information 

collection and obtained approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under OMB control number 

1210–0136. The ICR is scheduled to 

expire on August 31, 2012. 

II. Focus of Comments 

The Department is particularly 

interested in comments that: 

• Evaluate whether the collections of 

information are 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 collections 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., by permitting electronic 

submissions of responses. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the ICRs for OMB approval 

of the extension of the information 

collection; they will also become a 

matter of public record. 

Dated: March 30, 2012. 

Joseph S. Piacentini, 

Director, Office of Policy and Research, 

Employee Benefits Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8206 Filed 4–4–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs 

Proposed Extension of Existing 

Collection; Comment Request; 

Correction 

ACTION: Notice; Correction. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, 

Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs is submitting a correction to 

the notice published in the Federal 

Register of February 9, 2012 (77 FR 

6824). The document contained 

incorrect information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yoon Ferguson, 202–693–0701. 

Corrections 

1. In the Federal Register of February 

9, 2012, in FR Doc. 2012–2997, on page 

6824, in the first column, correct the 

‘‘Dates’’ caption to read: 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section below on or before 

June 4, 2012. 

2. In the Federal Register of February 

9, 2012, in FR Doc. 2012–2997, on page 

6824, in the second column, correct the 

’’Supplementary Information’’ caption 

to read: 

I. Background: The Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs (OWCP) 

administers the Federal Employees’ 

Compensation Act (FECA) and the 

Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 

Compensation Act (LHWCA). These acts 

provide vocational rehabilitation 

services to eligible workers with 

disabilities. 5 U.S.C. 8111(b) of the 

FECA provides that OWCP may pay an 

individual undergoing vocational 

rehabilitation a maintenance allowance, 

not to exceed $200 a month. 33 U.S.C. 

908(g) of the LHWCA provides that 

person(s) undergoing such vocational 

rehabilitation shall receive maintenance 

allowances as additional compensation, 

not to exceed $25 a week. Form OWCP– 

17 is used to collect information 

necessary to decide the amount of any 

maintenance allowance to be paid. 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 

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of compensation benefits to injured 

workers at the proper rate. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Agency: Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs. 

Title: Rehabilitation Maintenance 

Certificate. 

OMB Number: 1240–0012. 

Agency Number: OWCP–17. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Total Respondents: 603. 

Total Annual Responses: 5,022. 

Average Time per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 837. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): $2,411. 

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: April 2, 2012. 

Vincent Alvarez, 

Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of 

Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8223 Filed 4–4–12; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

Records Schedules; Availability and 

Request for Comments 

AGENCY: National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed records schedules; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) 

publishes notice at least once monthly 

of certain Federal agency requests for 

records disposition authority (records 

schedules). Once approved by NARA, 

records schedules provide mandatory 

instructions on what happens to records 

when no longer needed for current 

Government business. They authorize 

the preservation of records of 

continuing value in the National 

Archives of the United States and the 

destruction, after a specified period, of 

records lacking administrative, legal, 

research, or other value. Notice is 

published for records schedules in 

which agencies propose to destroy 

records not previously authorized for 

disposal or reduce the retention period 

of records already authorized for 

disposal. NARA invites public 

comments on such records schedules, as 

required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a). 

DATES: Requests for copies must be 

received in writing on or before May 7, 

2012. Once the appraisal of the records 

is completed, NARA will send a copy of 

the schedule. NARA staff usually 

prepare appraisal memorandums that 

contain additional information 

concerning the records covered by a 

proposed schedule. These, too, may be 

requested and will be provided once the 

appraisal is completed. Requesters will 

be given 30 days to submit comments. 

ADDRESSES: You may request a copy of 

any records schedule identified in this 

notice by contacting Records 

Management Services (ACNR) using one 

of the following means: 

Mail: NARA (ACNR), 8601 Adelphi 

Road, College Park, MD 20740–6001. 

Email: request.schedule@nara.gov. 

Fax: 301–837–3698. 

Requesters must cite the control 

number, which appears in parentheses 

after the name of the agency which 

submitted the schedule, and must 

provide a mailing address. Those who 

desire appraisal reports should so 

indicate in their request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Margaret Hawkins, Director, National 

Records Management Program (ACNR), 

National Archives and Records 

Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, 

College Park, MD 20740–6001. 

Telephone: 301–837–1799. Email: 

request.schedule@nara.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year 

Federal agencies create billions of 

records on paper, film, magnetic tape, 

and other media. To control this 

accumulation, agency records managers 

prepare schedules proposing retention 

periods for records and submit these 

schedules for NARA’s approval, using 

the Standard Form (SF) 115, Request for 

Records Disposition Authority. These 

schedules provide for the timely transfer 

into the National Archives of 

historically valuable records and 

authorize the disposal of all other 

records after the agency no longer needs 

them to conduct its business. Some 

schedules are comprehensive and cover 

all the records of an agency or one of its 

major subdivisions. Most schedules, 

however, cover records of only one 

office or program or a few series of 

records. Many of these update 

previously approved schedules, and 

some include records proposed as 

permanent. 

The schedules listed in this notice are 

media neutral unless specified 

otherwise. An item in a schedule is 

media neutral when the disposition 

instructions may be applied to records 

regardless of the medium in which the 

records are created and maintained. 

Items included in schedules submitted 

to NARA on or after December 17, 2007, 

are media neutral unless the item is 

limited to a specific medium. (See 36 

CFR 1225.12(e).) 

No Federal records are authorized for 

destruction without the approval of the 

Archivist of the United States. This 

approval is granted only after a 

thorough consideration of their 

administrative use by the agency of 

origin, the rights of the Government and 

of private persons directly affected by 

the Government’s activities, and 

whether or not they have historical or 

other value. 

Besides identifying the Federal 

agencies and any subdivisions 

requesting disposition authority, this 

public notice lists the organizational 

unit(s) accumulating the records or 

indicates agency-wide applicability in 

the case of schedules that cover records 

that may be accumulated throughout an 

agency. This notice provides the control 

number assigned to each schedule, the 

total number of schedule items, and the 

number of temporary items (the records 

proposed for destruction). It also 

includes a brief description of the 

temporary records. The records 

schedule itself contains a full 

description of the records at the file unit 

level as well as their disposition. If 

NARA staff has prepared an appraisal 

memorandum for the schedule, it too 

includes information about the records. 

Further information about the 

disposition process is available on 

request. 

Schedules Pending 

1. Department of Agriculture, Rural 

Development (N1–572–10–1, 2 items, 2 

temporary items). Agency Web site 

records, including site management and 

non-unique Web content records. 

2. Department of Defense, Defense 

Contract Management Agency (N1–558– 

10–10, 11 items, 11 temporary items). 

Contract management records, including 

pre-award surveys, contract files, cost 

control reviews, discrepancy reports, 

bills of lading, and electronic databases. 

3. Department of Homeland Security, 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services (N1–566–12–1, 2 items, 2 

temporary items). Master files of an 

electronic information system used to 

track genealogical requests for searches 

and copies of documents. 

4. Department of Homeland Security, 

Transportation Security Administration 

(N1–560–11–7, 3 items, 3 temporary 

items). Records relating to the sensitive 

security information program, including 

procedures, guidance, correspondence, 

tracking and management reports, 


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