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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 submissions

of responses.

III. Current Action

The IPP continues to modernize data

collection and processing to permit

more timely release of its indexes, and

to reduce reporter burden. The IPP is

testing initiation techniques to reduce

burden such as less frequent sampling

of more stable item areas, use of broader

item areas in certain cases, and

retention of items initiated in previous

samples that reporters still trade. In

order to reduce the time required for

processing new items, direct entry of

initiation data from the field was

recently implemented. The IPP is testing

the application of new technology to

repricing and the use of fax telephone

lines to permit direct collection and

entry into the BLS reporters’ repricing

database. The IPP also is considering

use of the Internet for monthly

repricing.

Type of Review: Revision.

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Title: International Price Program/U.S.

Export Price Indexes.

OMB Number: 1220–0025.

Affected Public: Business or other for

profit.

Total Respondents: (FY 2000) 4,935.

Frequency: Quarterly/Monthly.

Total Responses: (FY 2001) 40,240.

Average Time Per Response: 34.86.

minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: (FY

2001) 23,379 hours.

Form Total respondents Frequency Total responses

Average

time per response

(hours)

Estimated

total burden

(hours)

Initiation visit (includes form 4008) .............................................. 2,700 Annually ................. 1,700 1.00 1,700

Form 3007D ................................................................................. 3,235 Montly, Quarterly ... 38,540 .5625 21,679

Totals .................................................................................... 4,935 ................................ 40,240 .................... 23,379

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 also

will become a matter of public record.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of

April 2000.

W. Stuart Rust, Jr.,

Chief, Division of Management Systems,

Bureau of Labor Statistics.

[FR Doc. 00–9978 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics

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 pre-clearance consultation

programs to provide the general public

and Federal agencies 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.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is

soliciting comments concerning the

proposed revision of the Survey of

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. A

copy of the proposed information

collection request (ICR) can be obtained

by contacting the individual listed in

the Addresses section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

Addresses section of this notice on or

before June 20, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Sytrina

D. Toon, BLS Clearance Officer,

Division of Management Systems,

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 3255,

2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE.,

Washington, DC 20212, telephone

number 202–691–7628 (this is not a toll

free number).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sytrina D. Toon, BLS Clearance Officer,

telephone number 202–691–7628. (See

Addresses section.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

Section 24(a) of the Occupational

Safety and Health Act of 1970 requires

the Secretary of Labor to develop and

maintain an effective program of

collection, compilation, and analysis of

statistics on occupational injuries and

illnesses. The Commissioner of Labor

Statistics has been delegated the

responsibility for ‘‘Furthering the

purpose of the Occupational Safety and

Health Act by developing and

maintaining an effective program of

collection, compilation, analysis and

publication of occupational safety and

health statistics.’’ The Bureau of Labor

Statistics (BLS) fulfills this

responsibility, in part, by conducting

the Survey of Occupational Injuries and

Illnesses in conjunction with

participating State agencies. The BLS

Survey of Occupational Injuries and

Illnesses provides the nations’s primary

indicator of the progress towards

achieving the goal of safer and healthier

workplaces. The survey produces the

overall rate of occurrence of work

injuries and illnesses by industry,

which can be compared to prior years to

produce measures of the rate of change.

These data are used to improve safety

and health programs and measure the

change in work-related injuries and

illnesses.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

The Bureau of Labor Statistics 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 submissions

of responses.

III. Current Action

OMB clearance is being sought for the

upcoming Survey of Occupational

Injuries and Illnesses. Approximately

230,000 establishments will be surveyed

annually. The clearance will include

survey prenotification materials for

employers who normally are exempt

from the requirement to record injuries

and illnesses.

Type of Review: Revision.

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Title: Survey of Occupational Injuries

and Illnesses.

OMB Number: 1220–0045.

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

State, Local or Tribal Government.

Frequency: Annually.

Form Total respondents Total responses

Estimated

time per response

(hours)

Estimated

total burden

(hours)

BLS 9300 ................................................................................ 230,000 230,000 .71 163,125

Prenotification Package .......................................................... 150,000 out of 230,000 150,000 out of 230,000 .11 16,666

Totals ............................................................................... 230,000 230,000 .78 179,791

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 also

will become a matter of public record.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of

April 2000.

W. Stuart Rust, Jr.,

Chief, Division of Management Systems,

Bureau of Labor Statistics.

[FR Doc. 00–9979 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–24–M

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Notice of Availability of Calendar Year

2001 Competitive Grant Funds

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: Solicitation for Proposals for the

Provision of Civil Legal Services.

SUMMARY: The Legal Services

Corporation (LSC or Corporation) is the

national organization charged with

administering federal funds provided

for civil legal services to the poor.

The Corporation hereby announces

the availability of competitive grant

funds and is soliciting grant proposals

from interested parties who are

qualified to provide effective, efficient

and high quality civil legal services to

eligible clients in the states and

territories, by service area(s) identified

below. The exact amount of

congressionally appropriated funds and

the date, terms and conditions of their

availability for calendar year 2001 have

not been determined.

DATES: See Supplementary Information

section for grants competition dates.

ADDRESSES: Legal Services

Corporation—Competitive Grants, 750

First Street NE, 10th Floor, Washington,

DC 20002–4250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Office of Program Performance,

Competitive Grants—Service Desk at

(202) 336–8900, by FAX at (202) 336–

7272, by e-mail at competition@lsc.gov,

or visit the LSC web site at

www.ain.lsc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Request

for Proposals (RFP) will be available

April 24, 2000. The due dates for the

Notice of Intent to Compete and Grant

Proposals follow.

Applicants competing for service

areas in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas,

Connecticut, Delaware, District of

Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam,

Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,

Louisiana, Maine, Maryland,

Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi,

Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire,

New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,

North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio,

Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode

Island, South Carolina, South Dakota,

Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont,

Virgin Islands, Washington, Wisconsin,

or Wyoming must submit the notice of

intent to compete by June 2, 2000, 5:00

p.m. EDT. Grant proposals for service

areas in these states must be submitted

by June 19, 2000, 5:00 p.m. EDT.

Applicants competing for service

areas in California, Colorado, Indiana,

Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri,

Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Virginia, or

West Virginia must submit the notice of

intent to compete by June 30, 2000, 5:00

p.m. EDT. Grant proposals for service

areas in these states must be submitted

by July 17, 2000, 5:00 p.m. EDT.

LSC is seeking proposals from: (1)

Non-profit organizations that have as a

purpose the furnishing of legal

assistance to eligible clients; (2) private

attorneys; (3) groups of private attorneys

or law firms; (4) State or local

governments; and (5) substate regional

planning and coordination agencies

which are composed of substate areas

and whose governing boards are

controlled by locally elected officials.

The RFP, containing the grant

application, guidelines, proposal

content requirements and specific

selection criteria, is available from the

LSC web site at www.ain.lsc.gov. LSC

will not FAX the solicitation package to

interested parties.

Below are the service areas for which

LSC is requesting grant proposals.

Service area descriptions are available

from Appendix A of the RFP. The RFP

will be available April 24, 2000, at

www.ain.lsc.gov.

State Service area

Alabama ...................... MAL

Arizona ........................ MAZ

Arkansas ..................... MAR