21784 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 84 / Tuesday, May 1, 2001 / Notices

Type of Review: New Collection.

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics

(BLS).

Title: Survey of Respirator Use and

Practices.

OMB Number: 1220–0NEW.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; farms; and not-for-profit

institutions.

Frequency: One-time.

Number of Respondents: 40,000.

Number of Annual Responses: 40,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 30

minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 20,000.

Total Annualized Capital/Startup

Costs: 50.

Total Annual Costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $0.

Description: The National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health

(NIOSH) and the Bureau of Labor

Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department of

Labor (DOL) have agreed to conduct a

survey of United States employers

regarding the use of the respiratory

protective devices. NIOSH needs more

in-depth usage data to evaluate

standards (29 CFR 1910.134, Respiratory

Protection) and to pinpoint areas where

education and training efforts are

needed. NIOSH will use the information

obtained by BLS from the survey to

identify industrial sector and

establishment size: (1) The distribution

of respirator use, (2) the types of

respirators used, (3) the hazards that

respirators are used against, (4) the

training of respirator users, (5) the

extent medical examinations are used to

qualify workers for respirator use for all

respirator users, (6) the extent fit testing

is used to qualify workers for respirator

use, (7) the conductor of fit testing by

users, (8) the distribution of fit test

methods, (9) the training level of

respirator program administrators, (10)

the characteristics of respirator

programs; and (11) the usefulness of an

NIOSH certification label.

The findings of the survey will permit

direction and evaluation of efforts to

protect workers. It will give researchers

information to develop educational

interventions for specific populations to

improve respirator use in the workplace.

Ira L. Mills,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–10829 Filed 4–30–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–24–M

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

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. The Bureau of Labor

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments

concerning the proposed revision of the

‘‘Employment, Wages, and

Contributions Report’’ (ES–202

Program). A copy of the proposed

information collection request (ICR) can

be obtained by contacting the individual

listed below 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 July 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Amy A.

Hobby, 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:

Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer,

telephone number 202–691–7628. (See

ADDRESSES section.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The ES–202 Program, a Federal/State

cooperative effort, produces monthly

employment and quarterly wage

information. It is a by-product of

quarterly reports submitted to State

Employment Security Agencies (SESAs)

by employers subject to State

Unemployment Insurance (UI) laws.

The collection of these data is

authorized by 29 U.S.C. 1, 2. The ES–

202 data, which are compiled for each

calendar quarter, provide a

comprehensive business name and

address file with employment and wage

information for employers subject to

State UI laws. Similar data for Federal

Government employers covered by the

Unemployment Compensation for

Federal Employees program also are

included. These data are submitted to

the BLS by all 50 States, the District of

Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin

Islands. The BLS summarizes these data

to produce totals for all counties,

Metropolitan Statistical Areas, the

States, and the nation. The ES–202

Program provides a virtual census of

nonagricultural employees and their

wages, with about 55 percent of the

workers in agriculture covered as well.

The ES–202 Program is a

comprehensive and accurate source of

data on the number of establishments,

monthly employment, and quarterly

wages, by industry, at the four-digit

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)

level, and at the national, State,

Metropolitan Statistical Area, and

county levels. The North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS),

which will replace the SIC coding

system, is scheduled to be implemented

in the ES–202 Program with data for the

first quarter of 2001. The ES–202 series

has broad economic significance in

measuring labor trends and major

industry developments, and in time

series analyses of establishments,

employment, and wages by size of

establishment.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is

particularly interested in comments

that:

• 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

Office of Management and Budget

clearance is being sought for the

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 84 / Tuesday, May 1, 2001 / Notices 21785

Employment, Wages, and Contributions

Report (ES–202 Program).

The ES–202 program is the only

Federal statistical program that provides

information on establishments, wages,

tax contributions and the number of

employees subject to State

Unemployment Insurance laws and the

Unemployment Compensation for

Federal Employees program. The

consequences of not collecting ES–202

data would be grave to the Federal

statistical community. BLS would not

have a sampling frame for its

establishment surveys; the Bureau of

Economic Analysis would not be able to

publish as accurate personal income

data in a timely manner for the U.S.,

States, and local areas; and the

Employment Training Administration

would not have the information it needs

to administer the Unemployment

Insurance Program.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Title: Employment, Wages, and

Contributions (ES–202) Program.

OMB Number: 1220–0012.

Affected Public: State, local, or tribal

government.

Total Respondents: 53.

Frequency: Quarterly.

Total Responses: 212.

Average Time Per Response: 4,503

hours.

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

954,720 hours.

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 25th day of

April, 2001.

W. Stuart Rust, Jr.,

Chief, Division of Management Systems,

Bureau of Labor Statistics.

[FR Doc. 01–10827 Filed 4–30–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS

ADMINISTRATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: National Archives and Records

Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: NARA is giving public notice

that the agency proposes to request

extension of a currently approved

information collection used in issuing a

building pass to National Archives and

Records Administration (NARA)

volunteers and employees of NARA

contractors so that they can enter NARA

facilities to perform their duties. NARA

uses the information to ensure that only

authorized persons have access. The

public is invited to comment on the

proposed information collection

pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before July 2, 2001 to be

assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent

to: Paperwork Reduction Act Comments

(NHP), Room 4400, National Archives

and Records Administration, 8601

Adelphi Rd, College Park, MD 20740–

6001; or faxed to 301–713–6913; or

electronically mailed to

tamee.fechhelm@nara.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the proposed information

collection and supporting statement

should be directed to Tamee Fechhelm

at telephone number 301–713–6730, or

fax number 301–713–6913.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. 104–13), NARA invites the

general public and other Federal

agencies to comment on proposed

information collections. The comments

and suggestions should address one or

more of the following points: (a)

Whether the proposed information

collection is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of NARA;

(b) the accuracy of NARA’s estimate of

the burden of the proposed information

collection; (c) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents, including the use of

information technology. The comments

that are submitted will be summarized

and included in the NARA request for

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) approval. All comments will

become a matter of public record. In this

notice, NARA is soliciting comments

concerning the following information

collection:

Title: Request for and Record of Pass.

OMB number: 3095–0026.

Agency form number: NA Form 6006.

Type of review: Regular.

Affected public: Individuals or

households, business or other for-profit

organizations and institutions, and

Federal government.

Estimated number of respondents:

1,266.

Estimated time per response: 3

minutes.

Frequency of response: On occasion

(when respondent wishes to enter

NARA facilities). Respondents who are

contractors are given a building pass

which expires at the end of each fiscal

year; those who are volunteers are given

a pass valid for 5 years.

Estimated total annual burden hours:

63 hours.

Abstract: The collection of

information is necessary as a security

measure to protect employees,

information, and property in National

Archives and Records Administration

(NARA) facilities and to facilitate the

issuance of passes. Use of the form is

authorized by 44 U.S.C. 2104. At the

NARA College Park facility, individuals

receive an access card with the pass that

is electronically coded to permit access

to secure zones ranging from a general

nominal level to stricter access levels for

classified records zones. The access card

system is part of the security

management system which meets the

accreditation standards of the

Government intelligence agencies for

storage of classified information, and

serves to comply with E.O. 12958.

Dated: April 25, 2001.

L. Reynolds Cahoon,

Assistant Archivist for Human Resources and

Information Services.

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BILLING CODE 7515–01–U

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS

ADMINISTRATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: National Archives and Records

Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: NARA is giving public notice

that the agency proposes to request

extension of a currently approved

information collection using an

application that is submitted to a

Presidential library to request the use of

space in the library for a privately

sponsored activity. The public is invited

to comment on the proposed

information collection pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before July 2, 2001 to be

assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent

to: Paperwork Reduction Act Comments

(NHP), Room 4400, National Archives