23282 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 75 / Wednesday, April 18, 2012 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Bureau of 

Labor Statistics Occupational Safety 

and Health Statistics Cooperative 

Agreement Application Package 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) sponsored information 

collection request (ICR) revision titled, 

‘‘Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Statistics Cooperative Agreement 

Application Package,’’ 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 

May 18, 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 DOL–BLS, 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: 

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 BLS 

signs cooperative agreements with 

States, and political subdivisions 

thereof, to assist them in developing and 

administering programs that deal with 

occupational safety and health statistics 

and to arrange through these agreements 

for research to further the objectives of 

the Occupational Safety and Health Act. 

The Cooperative Agreement is the 

vehicle through which State grant 

agencies are awarded funds. The 

Cooperative Agreement package 

includes application instructions and 

materials, as well as financial reporting, 

closeout and other administrative 

requirements. The information 

collection is being revised to include a 

Transmittal and Certification Form, 

Financial Reconciliation Worksheet, 

and Property Listing. 

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 1220–0149. The current 

OMB approval is scheduled to expire on 

July 31, 2012; however, it should be 

noted that existing information 

collection requirements submitted to the 

OMB receive a month-to-month 

extension while they undergo review. 

New requirements only take effect upon 

OMB approval. For additional 

information, see the related notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 16, 2011 (76 FR 71076). 

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 1220– 

0149. 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: DOL–BLS. 

Title of Collection: Bureau of Labor 

Statistics Occupational Safety and 

Health Statistics Cooperative Agreement 

Application Package. 

OMB Control Number: 1220–0149. 

Affected Public: State, Local, and 

Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 54. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 406. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 367. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

Dated: April 12, 2012. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9333 Filed 4–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

All Items Consumer Price Index for All 

Urban Consumers; United States City 

Average 

Pursuant to Section 112 of the 1976 

amendments to the Federal Election 

Campaign Act (Pub L. 94–283, 2 U.S.C. 

441a (c)(2)(B)(i) and (ii)), the Secretary 

of Labor has certified to the Chairman 

of the Federal Election Commission and 

publishes this notice in the Federal 

Register that the United States City 

Average All Items Consumer Price Index 

for All Urban Consumers (1967 = 100) 

increased 356.2 percent from its 1974 

annual average of 147.7 to its 2011 

annual average of 673.818 and that it 

increased 27.0 percent from its 2001 

annual average of 530.4 to its 2011 

annual average of 673.818. Using 1974 

as a base (1974 = 100), I certify that the 

United States City Average All Items 

Consumer Price Index for All Urban 

Consumers thus increased 356.2 percent 

from its 1974 annual average of 100 to 

its 2011 annual average of 456.207. 

Using 2001 as a base (2001 = 100), I 

certify that the United States City 

Average All Items Consumer Price Index 

for All Urban Consumers increased 27.0 

percent from its 2001 annual average of 

100 to its 2011 annual average of 

127.040. Using 2006 as a base (2006 = 

100), the CPI increased 11.6 percent 

from its 2006 annual average of 100 to 

its 2011 annual average of 111.578. 

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