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of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless the OMB 

approves it 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 that does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

DOL seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 

years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 

without renewal. The DOL notes that 

information collection requirements 

submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. 

Agency: DOL–OSHA. 

Title of Collection: Permit-Required 

Confined Spaces. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0203. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

Businesses or other for-profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 221,852. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 14,404,596. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

2,110,225 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $665,700. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)) 

Nicole Bouchet, 

Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; 

Registration for EFAST–2 Credentials 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting this Employee 

Benefits Security Administration 

(EBSA)-sponsored 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 

(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are 

invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that the agency 

receives on or before October 31, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Howell by telephone at 202– 

693–6782, or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Employee Retirement Income Security 

Act of 1974 (ERISA) section 104 

requires administrators of employee 

benefits plans (pension and welfare 

plans) and employers sponsoring certain 

fringe benefit plans and other plans of 

deferred compensation to file returns/ 

reports annually with the Secretary of 

Labor concerning the financial 

condition and operation of plans. 

Reporting requirements are satisfied by 

filing the Form 5500 in accordance with 

its instructions and the related 

regulations. Form 5500 filings are 

processed under the ERISA Filing 

Acceptance System 2 (EFAST–2), which 

is designed to simplify and expedite the 

receipt and processing of the Form 5500 

by relying on internet-based forms and 

electronic filing technologies. 

In order to file electronically, 

employee benefit plan Filing authors, 

Schedule authors, Filing signers, Form 

5500 transmitters, and entities 

developing software to complete and/or 

transmit the Form 5500 are required to 

register for EFAST–2 credentials 

through the EFAST2 website. The 

information requested for registration 

includes: Applicant type (Filing Author, 

Filing Signer, Schedule Author, 

Transmitter, or software developer); 

mailing address; fax number (optional); 

email address; company name, contact 

person; and daytime telephone number. 

Registrants must also provide an answer 

to a challenge question (‘‘What is your 

date of birth?’’ or ‘‘Where is your place 

of birth?’’), which enables users to 

retrieve forgotten credentials. In 

addition, registrants must accept a 

Privacy Agreement; PIN Agreement; 

and, under penalty of perjury, a 

Signature Agreement. For additional 

substantive information about this ICR, 

see the related notice published in the 

Federal Register on February 5, 2024 

(89 FR 7732). 

Comments are invited on: (1) whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimates of the burden and 

cost of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information collection; and 

(4) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

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 the OMB 

approves it 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 that does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

DOL seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 

years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 

without renewal. The DOL notes that 

information collection requirements 

submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. 

Agency: DOL–EBSA. 

Title of Collection: Registration for 

EFAST–2 Credentials. 

OMB Control Number: 1210–0117. 

Affected Public: Private sector, 

Business or other for profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 91,723. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 91,723. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

30,574 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)) 

Michael Howell, 

Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22430 Filed 9–30–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Older 

Workers Study Impact Evaluation, New 

Collection 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation 

Office, Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

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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 collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95). 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 

is properly assessed. Currently, the 

Department of Labor is soliciting 

comments concerning the collection of 

data about the Senior Community 

Service Employment Program (SCSEP). 

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. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addressee section below on or before 

December 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either one of the following methods: 

Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov; 

Mail or Courier: Marie-Ellen Ehounou, 

Chief Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Room S–2312, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20210. Instructions: Please submit 

one copy of your comments by only one 

method. All submissions received must 

include the agency name and OMB 

Control Number identified above for 

this information collection. Comments, 

including any personal information 

provided, become a matter of public 

record. They will also be summarized 

and/or included in the request for OMB 

approval of the information collection 

request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marie-Ellen Ehounou by email at 

ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov or by 

phone at (202) 693–5506. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background: The Chief Evaluation 

Office (CEO) of the U.S. Department of 

Labor (DOL) intends to design and 

conduct an impact study of the Senior 

Community Service Employment 

Program Sector-based Training Grants 

Demonstration for Low-income Older 

Workers. This impact study is part of 

the larger Older Workers Study, which 

includes the following components: 

(1) A review of existing knowledge 

and data to inform evaluation activities, 

(2) An implementation evaluation 

design, 

(3) An early implementation study 

and in-depth implementation study of 

programs receiving the 2020 SCSEP 

grants, 

(4) An impact evaluation that 

identifies an intervention for a pilot and 

rigorously evaluates the impact of the 

intervention on older workers’ 

employment outcomes (primarily 

placement outcomes), and 

(5) An evaluability assessment and 

potential future research options that 

would address important gaps in the 

evidence base related to employment 

services for older workers. 

DOL’s CEO contracted with Urban 

Institute and its partner Capital 

Research Corporation to conduct the 

Older Workers Study. 

This Federal Register Notice provides 

the opportunity to comment on the 

proposed data collection instrument 

that will be used in the evaluation: the 

participant Baseline Information Form 

and informed consent for the Impact 

Study. 

DOL will submit additional requests 

for future data collection for the overall 

study. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments: 

Currently, DOL is soliciting comments 

concerning the above data collection for 

the Older Workers Impact Study. DOL is 

particularly interested in comments that 

do the following: 

• 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. 

• 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 technologyfor example, permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

III. Current Actions: At this time, DOL 

is requesting clearance for a Baseline 

Information Form and informed consent 

form for participants in the Older 

Workers Impact Study. 

Type of Review: New information 

collection request. 

OMB Control Number: 1290–0NEW. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this request 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. 

ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS

Type of instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondents 

Total number 

of responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Estimated 

burden 

hours 

Average 

hourly 

wage 

($) 1

Annual 

burden 

costs 

Informed Consent and Baseline Information From ... 1,600 1 1,600 .25 400 1 7.25 $2,900 

Total ................................................................... 1,600 1 1,600 .25 400 1 7.25 2,900 

1 Hourly wage for participants is the minimum wage. 

Alix Gould-Werth, 

Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of 

Labor. 

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