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travelers will be randomly subject to

INTEX. Based on initial pilot tests

conducted to date, U.S. citizens and

certain alien travelers with diplomatic

status will be detained no more than 3

to 5 minutes on average. The INTEX

process for all other alien travelers will

take an average of 30 minutes.

Depending on the traffic volume of the

POE, between one and five compliance

inspections will be conducted per day at

each POE. Conducting between one and

five INTEX exams at pilot land border

and air POEs will yield data concerning

about 1,800 inspections over a 30-day

period. This amount of data will enable

the Inspections program to quantify

program effectiveness in detecting

inadmissible aliens through the primary

inspections process.

Dated: June 25, 1998.

Doris Meissner,

Commissioner, Immigration and

Naturalization Service.

[FR Doc. 98–17456 Filed 6–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–10–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of International Labor Affairs

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Senior Technical

Assistance Register (STAR)

AGENCY: Bureau of International Labor

Affairs (ILAB), 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 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 Bureau

of International Labor Affairs is

soliciting comments concerning the

proposed extension of the Senior

Technical Assistance Register (STAR).

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.

DATES: Written comment must be

submitted by August 31, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be

submitted to Bureau of International

Labor Affairs, Department of Labor,

Room S–5006, 200 Constitution Ave.

NW, Washington, DC 20210, telephone

(202) 219–7633. Written comments

limited to 10 pages or fewer may also be

transmitted by facsimile to (202) 219–

5613.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Jack Luther, Office of Foreign

Relations, Bureau of International Labor

Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor, Room

S–5006, 200 Constitution Ave., NW,

Washington, DC 20210. Telephone:

(202) 219–7633 ext. 149. Copies of the

referenced information collection

request are available for inspection and

will be mailed to persons who request

copies by telephoning Jack Luther at

(202) 219–7633 ext. 149.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Senior Technical Assistance

Register (STAR) is a program of the

Bureau of International Labor Affairs of

the United States Department of Labor

which identifies persons interested in

providing advisory services to

developing countries in which the

Department of Labor is providing

development assistance. The Register

identifies specialists in the fields of

labor and social affairs who would be

willing to volunteer their services to the

Department for short term overseas

technical assistance assignments in their

particular areas of expertise.

II. Current Actions

This notice requests an extension of

the current Office of Management and

Budget approval of the Senior Technical

Assistance Register. Extension is

necessary to continue to identify

persons who would be interested in this

program.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Bureau of International Labor

Affairs.

Title: Senior Technical Assistance

Register (STAR).

OMB Number: 1225–0064.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Total Respondents: 10.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 10.

Average Time per Response: 23

minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 230.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: 0.

Total initial annual costs: (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): 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: June 25, 1998.

Sudha Haley,

Area Advisor, Near East, North Africa and

South Asia.

[FR Doc. 98–17348 Filed 6–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–28–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

June 25, 1998.

The Department of Labor (DOL) has

submitted the following public

information collection requests (ICRs) to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval in

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13,

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). A copy of each

individual ICR, with applicable

supporting documentation, may be

obtained by calling the Department of

Labor, Departmental Clearance Officer,

Todd R. Owen ((202) 219–5096 ext. 143)

or by E-Mail to Owen-Todd@dol.gov.

Comments should be sent to Office of

The Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for BLS, DM,

ESA, ETA, MSHA, OSHA, PWBA, or

VETS, Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC

20503 ((202) 395–7316), within 30 days

from the date of this publication in the

Federal Register.

The OMB is particularly interested in

comments which:
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• 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: Pension Welfare Benefits

Administration.

Title: Notice of Participants and

Beneficiaries and the Federal

Government of Electing One Percent

Increased Cost Exemption.

OMB Number: 1210–0105 (extension).

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 479.

Total Responses: 94,854.

Estimated Time per Respondent: 2

minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 3,162 hours.

Total annualized capital/startup

costs: 0.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): 270,000.

Description: The Mental Health Parity

Act of 1996 requires parity between the

dollar limits imposed on mental health

benefits and those imposed on medical/

surgical benefits offered by group health

plans and group health insurance

coverage offered by issuers. Plans may

be exempted from this requirement if

parity would result in an increase in

cost of at least one percent and

participants and beneficiaries and the

federal government are notified. This

information collection request covers

notifying participants and beneficiaries

and to the federal government when a

plan elects the increased cost

exemption.

Title: Calculation and Disclosure of

Documentation of Eligibility for

Exemption.

OMB Number: 1210–0106 (extension).

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 1,364.

Total Responses: 3,527.

Estimated Time per Respondent: 2

minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 118 hours.

Total annualized capital/startup

costs: $2,420,000.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $10,000.

Description: The Mental Health Parity

Act of 1996 requires parity between the

dollar limits imposed on mental health

benefits and those imposed on medical/

surgical benefits offered by group health

plans and group health insurance

coverage offered by issuers. Plans may

be exempted from this requirement if

parity would result in an increase in

cost of at least one percent and

participants and beneficiaries and the

federal government are notified. Upon

receipt of the notice, participants and

beneficiaries may request and receive at

no charge a summary of the information

on which the exemptions were based.

This information collection request

covers the calculation and disclosure of

information on which the exemption

was based.

Agency: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration.

Title: Notice of Group Health Plan’s

Use of Transition Period, and Posting

Thereof.

OMB Number: 1210–0107 (extension).

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 286.

Total Responses: 286.

Estimated Time per Respondent: 2

minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 10 hours.

Total annualized capital/startup

costs: 0.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $1,200.

Description: The Mental Health Parity

Act of 1996 requires parity between the

dollar limits imposed on mental health

benefits and those imposed on medical/

surgical benefits offered by group health

plans and group health insurance

coverage offered by issuers. Plans may

be exempted from this requirement if

parity would result in an increase in

cost of at least one percent and

participants and beneficiaries and the

federal government are notified. Plans

electing increased cost exemption

during all or part of the first quarter of

1998 under the rule’s transition

provisions must notify the federal

government and post a copy of the

notice in the workplace. This

information collection request covers

notice and posting concerning the use of

the transition period.

Todd R. Owen,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–17347 Filed 6–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–29–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Participation by OSHA Personnel in

State Plan Enforcement Litigation

On January 21, 1998, the Office of the

Solicitor of the Department of Labor

issued a memorandum to the Assistant

Secretary for the Occupational Safety

and Health Administration (OSHA)

concerning participation by OSHA

Personnel in State Plan Enforcement

Litigation. A copy of that memorandum

is annexed hereto as an Appendix.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Miriam McD. Miller, Co-Counsel for

Administrative Law, telephone number

(202) 219–8188, ext. 135.

Signed at Washington, DC this 23rd day of

June 1998.

Ronald G. Whiting,

Deputy Solicitor of Labor for Regional

Operations.

MEMORANDUM FOR CHARLES JEFFRESS

Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety

and Health

From: Marvin Krislov, Deputy Solicitor for

National Operations

Ronald Whiting, Deputy Solicitor Regional

Operations

Subject: Participation by OSHA Personnel in

State Plan Enforcement Litigation

This is in response to requests by OSHA

for advice as to the application of the

Department of Labor regulations at 29 CFR

sec. 2.20 et seq., to participation by

employees of the Occupational Safety and

Health Administration in occupational safety

and health enforcement cases brought by

states which administer occupational safety

and health state plans approved by OSHA

under section 18 of the Occupational Safety

and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. 667.

Regulations at 29 CFR § 2.20 (frequently

referred to as the ‘‘subpoena regulation’’)

provide that the appropriate Deputy Solicitor

of Labor shall instruct Departmental

employees how to respond to a request for

information or testimony in connection with

any litigation in which the U.S. Department

of Labor is not a party. The public policies

underlying the subpoena regulation include

the following: (1.) conservation of

governmental resources; (2.) minimizing

governmental involvement in controversial

matters unrelated to official business; (3.)

centralization of the dissemination of

information; (4.) avoiding the expenditure of

government time and money in aid of private

purposes. It may be of interest to you that

OSHA receives by far a greater number of