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The amended notice applicable to

NAFTA–02144 is hereby issued as

follows:

All Workers of Powers Holdings,

Incorporated, Curtis Industries Division,

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who became totally

or partially separated from employment on or

after January 15, 1997 through April 8, 2000,

are eligible to apply for NAFTA–TAA under

Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 28th day

of April, 1998.

Grant D. Beale,

Acting Director, Office Trade of Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 98–12024 Filed 5–5–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

Proposed collection; Comment

Request

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 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

Employment Standards Administration

is soliciting comments concerning eight

information collections: (1) Regulations,

29 CFR Part 547, Requirements of a

Bona Fide Thrift or Savings Plan; (2)

Regulations, 29 CFR Part 549,

Requirements of a Bona Fide ProfitSharing Plan or Trust; (3) Regulations,

29 CFR Part 4, Labor Standards For

Federal Service Contracts; (4) OFCCP

Complaint Form (CC–4); (5) Employers

First Report of Injury or Occupational

Illness (LS–202), Employer’s

Supplementary Report of Accident or

Occupational Illness (LS–210), and

Physician’s Report on Impairment of

Vision (LS–205); (6) Medical Refund

Travel Request (CM–957); (7) Request

for State or Federal Worker’s

Compensation Information (CM–905);

and (8) Application for Approval of a

Representative’s Fee in a Black Lung

Claim Proceeding Conducted by the

U.S. Department of Labor (CM–972).

Copies of the proposed information

collection requests 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

July 8, 1998. 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.

ADDRESSEES: Contact Ms. Patricia Forkel

at the U.S. Department of Labor, 200

Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room S–

3201, Washington, D.C. 20210,

telephone (202) 219–7601. The Fax

number is (202) 219–6592. (These are

not toll-free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulations, 29 CFR Part 547,

Requirements of a Bona Fide Thrift or

Savings Plan

I. Background

Section 7(e)(3)(b) of the Fair Labor

Standards Act permits the exclusion

from an employee’s regular rate of pay

for payments on behalf of an employee

to a bona fide thrift or savings plan.

Regulations require that information

necessary to support a thrift or savings

plan’s qualifications as a bona fide plan,

as defined in the Fair Labor Standards

Act, be maintained by employers.

Regulations, 29 CFR Part 547 set forth

the requirements for a bona fide thrift or

savings plan.

II. Current Actions

The Department of Labor is seeking

extension of approval of this

recordkeeping requirement in order to

enable investigators to determine

whether or not a given thrift or savings

plan is in compliance with section

7(e)(3)(b) of the Fair Labor Standards

Act. A prudent employer establishing a

thrift or savings plan would set forth the

plan in writing, describing eligibility

requirements, a definite formula for

saving, and the amount of the

employer’s contributions, even if not

required to do so by the regulations.

Therefore, this requirement imposes no

additional recordkeeping burden on

employers. The annual recordkeeping

burden for this information collection is

estimated at one hour as a

‘‘placeholder’’ only.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Regulations, 29 CFR Part 547,

Requirements of a Bona Fide Thrift or

Savings Plan.

OMB Number: 1215–0119.

Agency Numbers: None.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Businesses or other forprofit; State, local or Tribal Government;

Not-for-profit institutions.

Total Respondents: 2.072 million.

Frequency: Recordkeeping only.

Total Responses: 2.072 million.

Average Time Per Response:

Recordkeeping only.

Total Burden Hours (recordkeeping):

1.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): 0.

Regulations, 29 CFR Part 549,

Requirements of a Bona Fide ProfitSharing Plan or Trust

I. Background

Section 7(e)(3)(b) of the Fair Labor

Standards Act permits the exclusion

from an employee’s regular rate of pay

for payments on behalf of an employee

to a bona fide profit-sharing plan or

trust. Regulations require that

information necessary to support a

profit-sharing plan or trust’s

qualifications as a bona fide plan or

trust, as defined in the Fair Labor

Standards Act, be maintained by

employers. Regulations, 29 CFR Part 549

set forth the requirements for a bona

fide profit-sharing plan or trust.

II. Current Actions

The Department of Labor is seeking

extension of approval of this

recordkeeping requirement in order to

enable investigators to determine

whether or not a given profit-sharing

plan or trust is in compliance with

section 7(e)(3)(b) of the Fair Labor

Standards Act. A prudent employer

establishing a profit-sharing plan or

trust would set forth the plan in writing,
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outlining a definite program for

distributing to the employees a share of

the company’s profits, as well as

describing eligibility requirements for

participation, even if not required to do

so by the regulations. Therefore, this

requirement imposes no additional

recordkeeping burden on employers.

The annual recordkeeping burden for

this information collection is estimated

at one hour as a ‘‘placeholder’’ only.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Regulations, 29 CFR Part 549,

Requirements of a Bona Fide Profitsharing Plan or Trust.

OMB Number: 1215–0122.

Agency Number: None.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; State,

Local, or Tribal Government.

Total Respondents: 888,000.

Frequency: Recordkeeping only.

Total Responses: 888,000.

Average Time per Response:

Recordkeeping only.

Total Burden Hours (recordkeeping):

1.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): 0.

Regulations, 29 CFR Part 4, Labor

Standards for Federal Service Contracts

I. Background

The Service Contract Act (SCA)

imposes certain recordkeeping and

incidental reporting requirements

applicable to employers performing on

service contracts with the Federal

government. The basic payroll

recordkeeping requirements contained

in this regulation (sections 4.6(g)(1)(i)

through (iv)) have been previously

approved under OMB number 1215–

0017, which constitutes the basic

recordkeeping regulations for all laws

administered by the Wage and Hour

Division, and the remaining SCA

requirements under 1215–0150. This

information collection contains three

additional requirements not cleared

under either of the above information

collections. They are: a vacation benefit

seniority list, which is used by the

contractor to determine vacation fringe

benefits entitlements earned and

accrued by service employees who were

employed by predecessor contractors; a

conformance record report, which is

used by Wage and Hour to determine

the appropriateness of the conformance

and compliance with the SCA and its

regulations; and a collective bargaining

agreement, submitted by the contracting

agency to Wage and Hour to be used in

the issuance of wage determinations for

successor contracts subject to section

2(a) and 4(c) of SCA.

II. Current Actions

The Department of Labor seeks

extension of approval of this

information collection in order to carry

out the provisions of the Service

Contract Act.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Regulations, 29 CFR Part 4,

Labor Standards For Federal Service

Contracts.

OMB Number: 1215–0150.

Agency Number: None.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit; Federal government.

Total Respondents: 61,789.

Frequency: On occasion.

Requirement Respondents Average time per

response Burden hours

Vacation Benefit Seniority List ............................................................................................. 59,055 1 hour .................... 59,055

Conformance Record ........................................................................................................... 204 1⁄2 hour ................... 102

Collective Bargaining Agreements ....................................................................................... 2,530 5 minutes ............... 211

Total Burden Hours: 59,368.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.

Total Burden Cost: (operating/

maintenance): 0.

OFCCP Complaint Form (CC–4)

I. Background

The Office of Federal Contract

Compliance Programs (OFCCP)

administers three equal employment

opportunity programs: Executive Order

11246, as amended; Section 503 of the

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended;

and 38 U.S.C. 4212, the Vietnam Era

Veteran’s’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

These programs require affirmative

action by Federal contractors and

subcontractors and prohibit

discrimination on the basis of race,

color, sex, religion, national origin,

disability, or veteran status. All three

programs give individuals the right to

file complaints. The CC–4 Complaint

Form is used to file complaints under

all three programs. The form is used as

the first step in the initiation of a

complaint investigation.

II. Current Actions

The Department of Labor seeks an

extension of approval of this

information collection in order to

collect information necessary to

investigate complaints of

discrimination.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: OFCCP Complaint Form.

OMB Number: 1215–0131.

Agency Number: CC–4.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Total Respondents: 1,150.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 1,150.

Average Time per Response: 1.28

hours.

Total Burden Hours: 1,472.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $402.50.

Employer’s First Report of Injury or

Occupational Illness (LS–202),

Employer’s Supplementary Report of

Accident or Occupational Illness (LS–

210), Physician’s Report on Impairment

of Vision (LS–205)

I. Background

The Longshore and Harbor Workers’

Compensation Act provides benefits to

workers injured in maritime

employment on the navigable waters of

the United States or in an adjoining area

customarily used by an employee in

loading, unloading, repairing or

building a vessel. The LS–202,

Employer’s First Report of Injury or

Occupational Illness, is used by

employers to report injuries that have

occurred under the Longshore Act and

its related statutes. The LS–210,

Employer’s Supplementary Report of

Accident or Occupational Illness, is

used to report additional periods of lost

time from work. The LS–205,

Physician’s Report on Impairment of

Vision, is a medical report based on a

comprehensive examination of visual

impairment.
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II. Current Actions

The Department of Labor seeks an

extension of this information collection

in order to ensure that employers are

complying with the reporting

requirements of the Act and to ensure

that injured claimants receive all

compensation benefits to which they are

entitled.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Employer’s First Report of

Injury or Occupational Illness (LS–202);

Employer’s Supplementary Report of

Accident or Occupational Illness (LS–

210); Physician’s Report on Impairment

of Vision (LS–205).

OMB Number: 1215–0031.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Not-for-profit institutions.

Total Respondents: 29,990.

Frequency: On occasion.

Form Respondents Average time per

response Burden hours

LS–202 ................................................................................................................................. 27,000 .25 hour ................. 6,750

LS–205 ................................................................................................................................. 90 .75 hour ................. 68

LS–210 ................................................................................................................................. 2,900 .25 hour ................. 725

Total Burden Hours: 7,543.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $11,846.05.

Medical Refund Travel Request (CM–

957)

I. Background

When a coal miner files an

application for black lung benefits

under the Black Lung Benefits Act, the

miner is scheduled for medical

determination testing. The Black Lung

Trust fund is required to pay for this

determination testing and associated

travel costs. The CM–957 is used by the

miner to record travel expenses incurred

while traveling to and from the testing

facility.

II. Current Actions

The Department of Labor seeks an

extension of this information collection

in order to identify and reimburse

miners for out-of-pocket medical travel

expenses associated with black lung

related medical testing.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Medical Travel Refund Request.

OMB Number: 1215–0054.

Agency Number: CM–957.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Businesses or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions.

Total Respondents: 8,700.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 8,700.

Average Time per Response: 10

minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 1,450.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $3,045.

Request for State or Federal Workers’

Compensation Information (CM–905)

I. Background

The Federal Mine Safety and Health

Act of 1977, as amended, 30 U.S.C.

922(b) and 20 CFR 725.535, direct that

DOL Black Lung benefit payments to a

beneficiary for any month be reduced by

any other payments of state or federal

benefits for workers compensation due

to black lung disease. This form collects

information regarding the status of any

state or Federal workers’ compensation

claim, including dates of payments,

weekly or lump sum amounts paid, and

other fees or expenses paid out of this

award, such as attorney fees and related

expenses associated with black lung

disease.

II. Current Actions

The Department of Labor seeks an

extension of this information collection

in order that state or Federal workers’

compensation programs may notify

DCMWC that a claimant is receiving

benefits that must be offset, of any rate

changes, or of cessation of

compensation benefits.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Request for State or Federal

Workers’ Compensation Information.

OMB Number: 1215–0060.

Agency Number: CM–905.

Affected Public: Federal Government;

State, Local or Tribal Government.

Total Respondents: 3,986.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 3,986.

Average Time per Response: 15

minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 996.

Total Burden Cost: (capital/startup):

0.

Total Burden Cost: (operating/

maintenance: $12,197.16.

Application for Approval of a

Representative’s Fee in a Black Lung

Claim Proceeding Conducted by the U.

S. Department of Labor (CM–972)

I. Background

Individuals filing for benefits under

the Black Lung Benefits Act may elect

to be represented or assisted by an

attorney or other representative. The fee

charged by the representative must be

approved for payment by the Division of

Coal Mine Worker’s Compensation.

Regulation 20 CFR 725.365–6

establishes certain information and

documentation criteria which must be

submitted in order for the Program to

evaluate the fee request. This form

provides a standardized format for

submission of the information required

by the regulation.

II. Current Actions

The Department of Labor seeks an

extension of this information collection

in order to carry out its responsibility to

evaluate and approve a fee for services

rendered.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Application for Approval of a

Representative’s Fee in Black Lung

Claim Proceeding Conducted by the U.

S. Department of Labor.

OMB Number: 1215–0171.

Agency Number: CM–972.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit.

Total Respondents: 1,000.

Frequency: As needed.

Total Responses: 1,000.

Average Time per Response: 42

minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 700.

Total Burden Cost: (capital/startup):

0.

Total Burden Cost: (operating/

maintenance: 0.

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.
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Dated: April 30, 1998.

Cecily A. Rayburn,

Director, Division of Financial Management,

Office of Management, Administration and

Planning, Employment Standards

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Veterans’ Employment and Training

Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Eligibility Data

Form: Uniformed Services

Employment and Reemployment

Rights Act (USERRA)

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 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

Veterans’ Employment and Training

Service is soliciting comments

concerning the proposed extension of

the information collection request for

the Eligibility Data Form, USERRA 38

U.S.C., Chapter 43. 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.

DATES: Written comment must be

submitted by June 5, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be

submitted to Hary Puente-Duany,

Director, Office of Agency Management

and Budget, Veterans’ Employment and

Training Service, U.S. Department of

Labor, Room S–1310A, 200 Constitution

Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20210,

telephone: (202) 219–6350. Written

comments limited to 10 pages or fewer

may also be transmitted by facsimile to

(202) 219–7341.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Wilson, Chief, Compliance

Programs, Veterans’ Employment and

Training Service, U.S. Department of

Labor, Room S–1316, 200 Constitution

Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20210,

telephone (202) 219–8611. Copies of the

referenced information collection

request are available for inspection and

copying in the Docket Office and will be

mailed to persons who request copies of

telephoning Robert Wilson at (202) 219–

8611.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The purposes of the Uniformed

Services Employment and

Reemployment Rights Act and this

information collection requirement

include: protect and facilitate the

employment and prompt reemployment

of members of the uniformed services

(to include National Guard and

Reserves); to minimize disruption to the

lives of persons who perform service in

the uniformed services and their

civilian employers; and to encourage

individuals to participate in non-career

uniformed service. Also, to prohibit

discrimination in employment and acts

of reprisal against persons because of

their obligation in the uniformed

services, prior services, filing a USERRA

claim, seeking assistance concerning an

alleged violation, testifying in a

proceeding, or otherwise participating

in an investigation.

II. Current Actions

This notice request an extension of

the current Office of Management and

Budget approval of the paperwork

requirements in the Uniformed Services

Employment and Reemployment Rights

Act. Extension is necessary to fulfill the

statutory requirements for this program.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Veterans’ Employment and

Training Service.

Title: Uniformed Services

Employment and Reemployment Rights

Act.

OMB Number: 1293–0002.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Total Respondents: 4,215.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 4,215.

Average Time per Response: 0.30

hour.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 632.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: 0.

Total initial annual costs: 0.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of the

information collection request. The

comments will become a matter of

public record.

Dated: April 30, 1998.

Hary Puente-Duany,

Director, Office of Agency Management and

Budget.

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 98–061]

NASA Advisory Council (NAC), Space

Science Advisory Committee (SScAC),

Solar System Exploration

Subcommittee; Meeting

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub.

L. 92–463, as amended, the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration

announces a meeting of the NASA

Advisory Council, Space Science

Advisory Committee, Solar System

Exploration Subcommittee.

DATES: Thursday, June 18, 1998, 8:30

a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and Friday June 19,

1998, 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration, MIC 5A, Room

5H46 300 E Street, Washington, DC

20546.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carl Pilcher, Code S, National

Aeronautics and Space Administration,

Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358–2470.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will be open to the public up

to the capacity of the room. The agenda

for the meeting is as follows:

—Convene goals of meeting

—Personnel, budget, and programs

—Mission and technology programs

—Outer Solar System/Solar Probe