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Total Burden Cost (Operating/ 

Maintenance): $1,809. 

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. 

Dated: March 30, 2009. 

Hazel Bell, 

Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review 

and Internal Control, Division of Financial 

Management, Office of Management, 

Administration and Planning, Employment 

Standards Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–7415 Filed 4–1–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–CK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment Standards Administration 

Proposed Extension of the Approval of 

Information Collection Requirements 

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 its 

proposal to extend the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval of the Information Collection: 

Authorization for Release of Medical 

Information (CM–936). A copy of the 

proposed information collection request 

can be obtained by contacting the office 

listed below in the ADDRESSES section of 

this Notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addresses section below on or before 

June 1, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Mr. Steven D. Lawrence, 

U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Ave., NW., Room S–3201, 

Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 

693–0292, fax (202) 693–1451, e-mail 

Lawrence.Steven@dol.gov. Please use 

only one method of transmission for 

comments (mail, fax, or e-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Black Lung Benefits Act, as 

amended, 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq. and 20 

CFR 725.405 require that all relevant 

medical evidence be considered before 

a decision can be made regarding a 

claimant’s eligibility for benefits. The 

CM–936 is used by black lung claimants 

who wish to submit medical evidence to 

support their claim. The form provides 

the claimant’s consent for medical 

institutions and private physicians to 

release medical information to the 

Division of Coal Mine Workers’ 

Compensation (DCMWC). The form may 

be completed by the claimant and the 

claims examiner (CE). This information 

collection is currently approved for use 

through October 31, 2009. 

II. Review Focus 

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. 

III. Current Actions 

The Department of Labor seeks the 

approval of the extension of this 

information collection in order to carry 

out its responsibility to assure payment 

of compensation benefits to injured 

workers at the proper rate. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Agency: Employment Standards 

Administration. 

Titles: Authorization for Release of 

Medical Information. 

OMB Number: 1215–0057. 

Agency Numbers: CM–936. 

Affected Public: Individual or 

households. 

Total Respondents: 900. 

Total Annual Responses: 900. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 75. 

Estimated Time per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Frequency: Once. 

Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (Operating/ 

Maintenance): $491. 

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. 

Dated: March 30, 2009. 

Hazel Bell, 

Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review 

and Internal Control, Division of Financial 

Management, Office of Management, 

Administration and Planning, Employment 

Standards Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–7416 Filed 4–1–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–CK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request: Vocational 

Rehabilitation and Employment 

(Chapter 31) Tracking Report (VETS 

201); Jobs for Veterans State Grant 

Budget Information Summary (VETS 

401); Jobs for Veterans State Grant 

Expenditure Detail Report (VETS 402A, 

Quarterly Expenditures, or VETS 402B, 

Cumulative Expenditures); Jobs for 

Veterans State Grant Staffing Directory 

(VETS 501); Transition Assistance 

Program Workshop Forecast (VETS 

601) 

AGENCY: Veterans’ Employment and 

Training Service, U.S. Department of 

Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Veterans’ Employment 

and Training Service (VETS) is 

announcing an opportunity for public 

comment on the proposed collection of 

certain information by the agency. 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

(PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are 

required to publish notice in the Federal 

Register concerning each proposed 

collection of information and to allow 

60 days for public comment in response 

to the notice. This notice solicits 

comments on five (5) separate 

collections of information: (1) VETS 201 

entitled ‘‘Vocational Rehabilitation and 

Employment (Chapter 31) Tracking 

Report’’ and identified by VETS ICR No. 

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1293–0009 and OMB Control No. 1293– 

0009; (2) VETS 401 entitled ‘‘Jobs for 

Veterans State Grant Budget Information 

Summary’’ and identified by VETS ICR 

No. 1293–0009 and OMB Control No. 

1293–0009; (3) VETS 402A/B entitled 

‘‘Jobs for Veterans State Grant 

Expenditure Detail Report’’ and 

identified by VETS ICR No. 1293–0009 

and OMB Control No. 1293–0009; (4) 

VETS 501 entitled ‘‘Jobs for Veterans 

State Grant Staffing Directory’’ and 

identified by VETS ICR No. 1293–0009 

and OMB Control No. 1293–0009; and 

(5) VETS 601 entitled ‘‘Transition 

Assistance Program (TAP) Employment 

Workshop Forecast’’ and identified by 

VETS ICR No. 1293–0009 and OMB 

Control No. 1293–0009. Before 

submitting the ICRs to OMB for review 

and approval, VETS is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collections. 

DATES: Submit written or electronic 

comments on the collection of 

information by 60 days from publication 

date. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments on this 

collection of information by any of the 

following methods: 

• By mail to: Patrick Hecker, Jobs for 

Veterans’ State Grants Lead, Office of 

Grants and Transition Programs, 

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

Service, U.S. Department of Labor, 

Room S–1312, 200 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

• Electronically to: 

hecker.patrick@dol.gov 

• By fax to: (202) 693–4755 (not a toll 

free number) Attn: Patrick Hecker 

All comments should be identified 

with the OMB Control Number 1293– 

0009. Written comments should be 

limited to 10 pages or fewer. Receipt of 

comments will not be acknowledged but 

the sender may request confirmation 

that a submission has been received by 

telephoning VETS at (202) 693–4709 or 

via fax at (202) 693–4755. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Langley, Chief, Grants and 

Programs Division, Department of 

Labor/VETS, Room S–1312, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20210, by e-mail at 

langley.pamela@dol.gov or by phone at 

(202) 693–4708. Copies of the proposed 

data collection instruments can be 

obtained from the contact listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. With respect to the following 

collection of information, VETS is 

particularly interested in comments on 

these topics: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance and oversight of the 

Jobs for Veterans State Grant, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of the VETS’ 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques, 

when appropriate and other forms of 

information technology. 

II. Comments are requested on one or 

more of the following ICRs: 

(1) Title: Vocational Rehabilitation 

and Employment (Chapter 31) Tracking 

Report (VETS 201). 

ICR numbers: VETS ICR No. 1293– 

0009, OMB Control No. 1293–0009. 

ICR status: This ICR is for a revised 

information collection activity. An 

Agency may not conduct or sponsor, 

and a person is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The OMB control numbers for 

VETS information collections are 

displayed on the applicable data 

collection instrument. 

Abstract: VETS and the Department of 

Veterans Affairs Vocational 

Rehabilitation and Employment (VA 

VR&E) share a mutual responsibility for 

the successful readjustment of disabled 

veterans into the civilian workforce. 

Since August, 1995, the two Federal 

Agencies have worked together under a 

Memorandum of Understanding to 

cooperate and coordinate services 

provided to veterans and transitioning 

service members referred to or 

completing a program of vocational 

rehabilitation authorized under Title 31, 

United States Code (hereinafter referred 

to as the Chapter 31 program). 

To help Congress understand the 

status of new initiatives in the 

Department of Veterans Affairs, the 

Government Accountability Office 

(GAO) conducted a study and released 

Report Number GAO–07–0120: Disabled 

Veterans’ Employment—Additional 

Planning, Monitoring, and Data 

Collection Efforts Would Improve 

Assistance. One of the findings 

encouraged the two agencies ‘‘to collect 

and assess complete information on the 

progress of the states in implementing 

the agreement using well-designed and 

appropriate methodology * * * ’’ 

As a result of the GAO 

recommendations, a Joint Work Group 

was formed to establish and standardize 

processes to ensure disabled veterans 

participating in the Chapter 31 program 

achieve the ultimate goal of successful 

career transition and suitable long-term 

employment. The Joint Work Group 

refined processes and strengthened the 

team approach to serving these disabled 

veterans. Both Agencies jointly 

implemented the partnership nationally 

by issuing a Technical Assistance Guide 

that included a new data collection 

instrument. 

The Vocational Rehabilitation & 

Employment (Chapter 31) Tracking 

Report (VETS 201) is designed to 

respond to the GAO finding by 

compiling information on disabled 

veterans jointly served by the VA, VETS 

and Jobs for Veterans State Grant 

recipients. All partners agree to share 

information exclusively to facilitate job 

development and placement services for 

participating veterans. It replaces the 

information currently reported in the 

quarterly Manager’s Report on Services 

to Veterans. The information is 

collected only with documented 

consent from veterans in accordance 

with the Privacy Act of 1974 and other 

applicable regulations and each agency 

will provide practical and appropriate 

safeguards to protect Personally 

Identifiable Information in accordance 

with applicable regulations and laws, 

including the Americans with 

Disabilities Act of 1990, the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and 

reauthorizations, and Title VII of the 

Civil Rights Act of 1964. 

The information is collected by the 

Jobs for Veterans State grant recipient 

and submitted to the state Director for 

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

(DVET) once per Federal fiscal quarter. 

(2) Title: Jobs for Veterans State Grant 

Budget Information Summary (VETS 

401). 

ICR numbers: VETS ICR No. 1293– 

0009, OMB Control No. 1293–0009. 

ICR status: This ICR is for a revised 

information collection activity. An 

Agency may not conduct or sponsor, 

and a person is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The OMB control numbers for 

VETS information collections are 

displayed on the applicable data 

collection instrument. 

Abstract: This form is used by Jobs for 

Veterans State Grant applicants to 

forecast annual grant spending by 

subprogram and by Federal fiscal year 

quarter. The one-page form illustrates a 

grantee’s annual planned costs across 

the programs funded under the Jobs for 

Veterans State Grants. The current 

OMB-approved Standard Form (SF) 

424A form has insufficient columns and 

rows to accommodate all the categories 

funded by the Jobs for Veterans State 

Grant. Therefore, VETS currently 

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requires States to submit two separate 

SF 424A forms annually. One form is 

used to forecast the costs and quarterly 

cash needs for Disabled Veterans’ 

Outreach Program (DVOP) activities and 

DVOP special initiatives and a second 

form is used to forecast the costs and 

quarterly cash needs for Local Veterans’ 

Employment Representative (LVER) 

activities, LVER special initiatives, 

Transition Assistance Program 

activities, and Incentive Awards. The 

proposed single form accommodates 

forecasted costs for all programs by 

Object Class Category and cash needs 

for each program by quarter. 

The proposed data collection 

instrument is designed to streamline the 

collection of data needed and to reduce 

the current reporting burden on 

grantees. The information is required to 

be submitted once per Federal fiscal 

year as a condition of receiving Jobs for 

Veterans State Grant funds. Grant 

recipients are required to submit a 

revised form to request a modification to 

their existing grant if the modification 

affects funding of any program covered 

by the Jobs for Veterans State Grant. 

(3) Title: Jobs for Veterans State Grant 

Expenditure Detail Report (VETS 402A 

or B). 

ICR numbers: VETS ICR No. 1293– 

0009, OMB Control No. 1293–0009. 

ICR status: This ICR is for a revised 

information collection activity. An 

Agency may not conduct or sponsor, 

and a person is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The OMB control numbers for 

VETS information collections are 

displayed on the applicable data 

collection instrument. 

Abstract: 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) 

requires the Assistant Secretary of Labor 

for Veterans’ Employment and Training 

(ASVET) to make funds available to 

each State to staff and support multiple 

programs under the Jobs for Veterans 

State Grant: DVOP, LVER, TAP, and 

Performance Incentive Awards. The 

ASVET is also legislatively required to 

monitor and supervise the distribution 

and use of these funds on a continuing 

basis. 

The Expenditure Detail Report (EDR) 

(VETS 402A or B) is used by Jobs for 

Veterans State Grant recipients to detail 

total expenditures by funding source to 

supplement the quarterly Federal 

Financial Report (FFR) which is used to 

report total grant spending and draw 

down of funds. To accommodate 

differences in States’ accounting 

systems, two separate versions of the 

self-calculating EDR allow States to 

report either quarterly (VETS 402A) or 

cumulative expenditures (VETS 402B) 

each quarter. The EDR (VETS 402A or 

B) effectively cross-walks to both the 

FFR and the Jobs for Veterans State 

Grant Budget Information Summary 

(VETS 401) that details projected 

funding needs for each separate program 

awarded to States through the Jobs for 

Veterans State Grant. 

VETS collects and compiles the EDR 

(VETS 402A or B) information to 

effectively monitor the use of Jobs for 

Veterans State Grant funds for each 

separate program purpose in accordance 

with the regulations at Title 29, Part 

97.41 a.3. The proposed EDR requires 

States to report total expenditures for 

each funding source as well as the 

amounts expended for Personal Services 

and Personnel Benefits for each 

program. As a condition of receiving 

Jobs for Veterans State Grant funds, 

grantees are required to submit the EDR 

(VETS 402A or B) once per Federal 

fiscal quarter, including a fifth quarter if 

funds are obligated or expended in the 

quarter following the end of the fiscal 

year (when authorized in the annual 

appropriation). 

(4) Title: Jobs for Veterans State Grant 

Staffing Directory (VETS 501). 

ICR numbers: VETS ICR No. 1293– 

0009, OMB Control No. 1293–0009. 

ICR status: This ICR is for a revised 

information collection activity. An 

Agency may not conduct or sponsor, 

and a person is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The OMB control numbers for 

VETS information collections are 

displayed on the applicable data 

collection instrument. 

Abstract: Jobs for Veterans State Grant 

applicants and grantees use the Jobs for 

Veterans State Grant Staffing Directory 

(VETS 501) to satisfy two grant 

requirements. First, grant applicants 

satisfy an assurance required by the 

Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, and 

implemented at 34 CFR part 85, 

§§ 85.605 and 85.610 by listing the 

locations where grant-funded staff will 

be assigned. Second, grantees fulfill a 

requirement set forth in 38 U.S.C. 

Chapter 41 as amended by Section 601 

(c) of Public Law 109–461 by providing 

the name, assignment as a DVOP 

specialist or LVER, assignment as halftime or full-time, and date appointed to 

current position for all staff funded in 

whole or in part by the Jobs for Veterans 

State Grant. As amended, the statute 

requires each DVOP specialist and 

LVER to complete specialized training 

provided by the National Veterans’ 

Training Institute (NVTI) within three 

years of assignment if appointed on or 

after January 1, 2006. 

The proposed data collection 

instrument is designed to streamline the 

requirement for staffing information and 

to minimize the reporting burden on 

grantees. The information is required to 

be submitted once per Federal fiscal 

year as a condition of receiving Jobs for 

Veterans State Grant funds. Grantees 

will identify changes to staff 

assignments, if applicable, for each of 

the four Federal fiscal quarters and 

when requesting a modification to their 

existing grant if the modification affects 

staffing assignments. 

(5) Title: Jobs for Veterans State Grant 

TAP Employment Workshop Forecast 

(VETS 601). 

ICR numbers: VETS ICR No. 1293– 

0009, OMB Control No. 1293–0009. 

ICR status: This ICR is for a revised 

information collection activity. An 

Agency may not conduct or sponsor, 

and a person is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The OMB control numbers for 

VETS information collections are 

displayed on the applicable data 

collection instrument. 

Abstract: This form is used by Jobs for 

Veterans State Grant applicants to 

project the location and number of TAP 

Employment Workshops to be 

facilitated by grant-funded staff at 

military installations located in the 

State. Grant applicants that request 

funding to facilitate these workshops are 

required to forecast the total number of 

workshops and total number of 

workshop hours planned at each 

location by Federal fiscal quarter. 

As a condition of receiving TAP funds 

in addition to the allocated Jobs for 

Veterans State Grant funds, grantees are 

required to submit the TAP 

Employment Workshop Forecast (VETS 

601) once per Federal fiscal year. Grant 

recipients will also be required to 

submit a revised form when requesting 

a modification to their existing grant if 

the modification affects TAP funding. 

Affected Public: Jobs for Veterans 

State Grant Applicants/Recipients (53); 

DVOP specialists and LVER staff 

(2,000). 

Estimated Annual Burden: 

(a) VETS 201 (Proposed): 16,000 

Hours. 

(b) VETS 401 (Proposed): 79.5 Hours. 

(c) VETS 402A/B (Proposed): 1,168 

Hours. 

(d) VETS 501 (Proposed): 106 Hours. 

(e) VETS 601 (Proposed): 38 Hours. 

Estimated Average Burden Per 

Respondent: 

(a) VETS 201 (Proposed): 2 Hours, 

Range 1–3 Hours. 

(b) VETS 401 (Proposed): 1.5 Hours, 

Range 1–2 Hours. 

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(c) VETS 402A or B (Proposed): 2 

Hours, Range 1–3 Hours. 

(d) VETS 501 (Proposed): 2 Hours, 

Range 1–3 Hours. 

(e) VETS 601 (Proposed): 1 Hour, 

Range 0.5–1.5 Hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annually 

and/or Quarterly. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

(a) VETS 201 (Proposed): 2,000. 

(b) VETS 401 (Proposed): 53. 

(c) VETS 402A or B (Proposed): 53. 

(d) VETS 501 (Proposed): 53. 

(e) VETS 601 (Proposed): 40. 

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 agency’s request for 

OMB approval of the information 

collection request. Comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Dated in Washington, DC, this 27th day of 

March, 2009. 

John M. McWilliam, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–7341 Filed 4–1–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–79–P 

NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Mediation Board 

(NMB). 

SUMMARY: The Director, Office of 

Administration, invites comments on 

the proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments within 30 days from 

the date of this publication. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) provide interested Federal 

agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The Director, 

Office of Administration, publishes that 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection 

contains the following: (1) Type of 

review requested, e.g. new, revision 

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2) 

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4) 

Description of the need for, and 

proposed use of, the information; (5) 

Respondents and frequency of 

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or 

Record keeping burden. OMB invites 

public comment. 

Currently, the National Mediation 

Board is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed extension of 

the Application for Investigation of 

Representation Dispute and is interested 

in public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

agency; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the agency enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the agency minimize the burden 

of this collection on the respondents, 

including through the use of 

information technology. 

Dated: March 30, 2009. 

June D.W. King, 

Director, Office of Administration, National 

Mediation Board. 

Application for Investigation of 

Representation Dispute 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Application for Investigation of 

Representation Dispute, 

OMB Number: 3140–0001. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Carrier and Union 

Officials, and employees of railroads 

and airlines. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 68 annually. 

Burden Hours: 17.00. 

Abstract: When a dispute arises 

among a carrier’s employees as to who 

will be their bargaining representative, 

the National Mediation Board (NMB) is 

required by Section 2, Ninth, to 

investigate the dispute, to determine 

who is the authorized representative, if 

any, and to certify such representative. 

The NMB’s duties do not arise until its 

services have been invoked by a party 

to the dispute. The Railway Labor Act 

is silent as to how the invocation of a 

representation dispute is to be 

accomplished and the NMB has not 

promulgated regulations requiring any 

specific vehicle. Nonetheless, 29 CFR 

1203.2, provides that applications for 

the services of the NMB under Section 

2, Ninth, to investigate representation 

disputes may be made on printed forms 

secured from the NMB’s Office of Legal 

Affairs or on the Internet at http:// 

www.nmb.gov/representation/ 

rapply.html. The application requires 

the following information: The name of 

the carrier involved; the name or 

description of the craft or class 

involved; the name of the petitioning 

organization or individual; the name of 

the organization currently representing 

the employees, if any; the names of any 

other organizations or representatives 

involved in the dispute; and the 

estimated number of employees in the 

craft or class involved. This basic 

information is essential in providing the 

NMB with the details of the dispute so 

that it can determine what resources 

will be required to conduct an 

investigation. 

The extension of this form is 

necessary considering the information is 

used by the Board in determining such 

matters as how many staff will be 

required to conduct an investigation and 

what other resources must be mobilized 

to complete our statutory 

responsibilities. Without this 

information, the Board would have to 

delay the commencement of the 

investigation, which is contrary to the 

intent of the Railway Labor Act. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://www.nmb.gov or 

should be addressed to Denise Murdock, 

NMB, 1301 K Street NW, Suite 250 E, 

Washington, DC 20005 or addressed to 

the e-mail address murdock@nmb.gov or 

faxed to 202–692–5081. Please specify 

the complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be directed to June D.W. King at 

202–692–5010 or via internet address 

king@nmb.gov. Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD/TDY) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

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Commission dated December 29, 1972, 

published in the Federal Register, 37 FR 

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