Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 151 /Thursday, August 6, 1998 / Notices 42067

Administration (ETA), United States

Employment Services (USES) has taken

the first step to establish performance

measures for the public labor exchange

programs and labor exchange function

for the Workforce Development and

One-Stop Career Center service delivery

systems.

The United States Employment

Service (USES) worked cooperatively

with States and other stakeholders to

develop program specific performance

measures. Performance measures were

proposed and comments from

stakeholders were requested in the

Federal Register (63 FR 32564–32578).

The proposed measures are a starting

point for development of

comprehensive measures for the labor

exchange function of the emerging

Workforce Development system. It is the

Department’s intent to use the

comments received to develop

performance measures for

implementation on July 1, 2000.

The effort to finalize the performance

measures, to identify the data elements

needed to produce the performance

measures and to define specific changes

to the ETA reporting requirements will

take several months to accomplish the

transition to a new reporting system.

States will also need time to make the

necessary procedural, reporting, and

computer software changes that will be

necessary. This may be complicated by

State efforts to respond to necessary

computer program changes for Year

2000 compliance.

In consideration of these issues, the

Department is requesting an extension

of the Employment Service Program

Reporting System without changes from

the current end date of August 31, 1999

to a new end date of June 30, 2000.

This is a request for OMB approval

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) to extend

collection of the Employment Service

Program Reporting System data

previously approved and assigned OMB

Control No. 1205–0240 and the data

reporting for the ETA 9002 A, B, C,

including the data reporting for the

VETS 200 A and B, VETS 300, the

manager’s report on services to veterans

and recordkeeping.

Type of Review: Extension without

change.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: Employment Service Program

Reporting System.

OMB Number: 1205–0240.

Total Respondents: 54 States and

territories.

Estimated Burden Hours: 7213.

Reports Respondents Frequency Total responses

Average

time per response

(hours)

Burden

(hours)

USES Rpt .................................................. 54 Quarterly ................................................... 216 2.75 594

VETS Rpt .................................................. 54 Quarterly ................................................... 216 .25 54

USES Rec. ................................................ 54 Quarterly ................................................... 216 12.00 648

VETS 200A ................................................ 54 Quarterly ................................................... 216 .85 184

VETS 200B ................................................ 54 Quarterly ................................................... 216 .85 184

VETS 300 .................................................. 54 Quarterly ................................................... 216 1.00 216

Mgt. Rpt ..................................................... 1600 Quarterly ................................................... 6400 .83 5333

Totals .................................................. .................... ................................................................... 7534 .................... 7213

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): 0.

Comments submitted in response to

this comment 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.

Dated: July 16, 1998.

John R. Beverly, III,

Director, United States Employment Service,

U.S. Department of Labor.

[FR Doc. 98–20960 Filed 8–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–98–31]

Electrical Standards for Construction;

Information Collection Requirements

ACTION: Notice; Opportunity for public

comment.

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

(PRA–95) (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 impact of collection

requirements on respondents can be

properly assessed. Currently, the

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

extension of the information collection

requirements contained in the Electrical

Standards for Construction (29 CFR part

1926, Subpart K). The Agency 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 comments must be

submitted on or before October 5, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be

submitted to the Docket Office, Docket

No. ICR–98–31, Occupational Safety

and Health Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–2625,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20210. Telephone (202)

219–7894. Written comments limited to

10 pages or less in length may also be
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transmitted by facsimile to (202) 219–

5046.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Theda Kenney, Directorate of Safety

Standards Programs, Occupational

Safety and Health Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–3605,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202)

219–8061. A copy of the referenced

information collection request is

available for inspection and copying in

the Docket Office and will be mailed to

persons who request copies by

telephoning Theda Kenney at (202) 219–

8061, extension 100, or Barbara Bielaski

at (202) 219–8076, extension 142. For

electronic copies of the Information

Collection Request on the Electrical

Standards for Construction (29 CFR part

1926, Subpart K), contact OSHA’s

WebPage on the Internet at http://

www.osha.gov and click on

‘‘Regulations and Compliance.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Occupational Safety and Health

Act of 1970 (the Act) authorizes the

promulgation of such health and safety

standards as are necessary or

appropriate to provide safe or healthful

employment and places of employment.

The statute specifically authorizes

information collection by employers as

necessary or appropriate for the

enforcement of the Act or for developing

information regarding the causes and

prevention of occupational injuries,

illnesses, and accidents.

The written description of the

Assured Equipment Grounding

Conductor Program (AEGP) required by

§ 1926.404(b)(1)(iii) allows employers,

employees, and OSHA compliance

officers to determine how the

requirements of the standard are being

met, including the method of recording

tests. For example, the employer’s

written program might specify the use of

yellow tape to color code every tool and

cord set. By referring to the written

program, OSHA compliance officers and

other persons can easily determine if the

employer is complying with the

program.

The posting of warning signs enables

employees to avoid accidental contact of

electrical equipment used on

construction sites. Contact with

unguarded live electrical parts,

especially at high voltage, can be

hazardous to employees.

The tagging of controls, equipment

and circuits is intended to prevent the

inadvertent reactivation of the controls,

equipment and circuits while they are

being serviced.

II. Current Actions

This notice requests public comment

on OSHA’s burden hour estimates prior

to OSHA seeking Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) approval of the

information collection requirements

contained in the Electrical Standards for

Construction (29 CFR part 1926, Subpart

K).

Type of Review: Extension of a

Currently Approved Collection.

Agency: U.S. Department of Labor,

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration.

Title: Electrical Standards for

Construction (29 CFR part 1926, Subpart

K).

OMB Number: 1218–0130.

Agency Number: Docket Number ICR–

98–31.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 278,500.

Frequency: Initially, On Occasion.

Average Time per Response: Varies

from .02 to .17 hour.

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

53,001.

Total Annualized Capital/Startup

Costs: $0.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

approval of the information collection

request. The comments will become a

matter of public record.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of

July 1998.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 98–20959 Filed 8–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

[Application No. D–10349, et al.]

Proposed Exemptions; Harris Trust &

Savings Bank

AGENCY: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Exemptions.

SUMMARY: This document contains

notices of pendency before the

Department of Labor (the Department) of

proposed exemptions from certain of the

prohibited transaction restrictions of the

Employee Retirement Income Security

Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code).

Written Comments and Hearing

Requests

All interested persons are invited to

submit written comments or request for

a hearing on the pending exemptions,

unless otherwise stated in the Notice of

Proposed Exemption, within 45 days

from the date of publication of this

Federal Register Notice. Comments and

requests for a hearing should state: (1)

the name, address, and telephone

number of the person making the

comment or request, and (2) the nature

of the person’s interest in the exemption

and the manner in which the person

would be adversely affected by the

exemption. A request for a hearing must

also state the issues to be addressed and

include a general description of the

evidence to be presented at the hearing.

ADDRESSES: All written comments and

request for a hearing (at least three

copies) should be sent to the Pension

and Welfare Benefits Administration,

Office of Exemption Determinations,

Room N–5649, U.S. Department of

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20210. Attention:

Application No. lll, stated in each

Notice of Proposed Exemption. The

applications for exemption and the

comments received will be available for

public inspection in the Public

Documents Room of Pension and

Welfare Benefits Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–5507,

200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20210.

Notice to Interested Persons

Notice of the proposed exemptions

will be provided to all interested

persons in the manner agreed upon by

the applicant and the Department

within 15 days of the date of publication

in the Federal Register. Such notice

shall include a copy of the notice of

proposed exemption as published in the

Federal Register and shall inform

interested persons of their right to

comment and to request a hearing

(where appropriate).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed exemptions were requested in

applications filed pursuant to section

408(a) of the Act and/or section

4975(c)(2) of the Code, and in

accordance with procedures set forth in

29 CFR Part 2570, Subpart B (55 FR

32836, 32847, August 10, 1990).

Effective December 31, 1978, section

102 of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of

1978 (43 FR 47713, October 17, 1978)

transferred the authority of the Secretary

of the Treasury to issue exemptions of

the type requested to the Secretary of

Labor. Therefore, these notices of