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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.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration (ESA).

Title: Vehicle Mechanical Inspection

Report for Transportation Subject to

DOT Requirements; Subject to DOL

Safety Standards.

OMB Number: 1215–0036.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; and farms.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Annual Respondents: 1,200.

Annual Responses: 3,600.

Estimated Time Per Record Keeping: 5

minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 300.

Total Annualized Capital/Startup

Costs: $0.

Total Annual Costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $166.

Description: Section 401 of the

Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural

Worker Protection Act (MSPA) requires

that Farm Labor Contractors (FLCs),

Agricultural Employers (AGERs) or

Agricultural Associations (AGASs)

which use, or cause to be used, any

vehicle to transport a migrant or

seasonal agricultural worker ensure that

such vehicle conforms to vehicle safety

standards prescribed by the Secretary of

Labor under MSPA and with other

applicable Federal and State safety

standards.

Sections 500.100–102 and 500.104 of

Regulations, 29 CFR Part 500, Migrant

and Seasonal Agricultural Worker

Protection Act (MSPA), set forth the

vehicle safety standards which must be

met to be able to transport migrant and

seasonal agricultural workers.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration (ESA).

Title: Maintenance of Receipt for

Benefits Paid by a Coal Mine Operator.

OMB Number: 1215–0124.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; and State, Local, or Tribal

Government.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Annual Respondents: 150.

Annual Responses: 150.

Estimated Time Per Record-keeping: 1

hour.

Total Burden Hours: 1.

Total Annualized Capital/Startup

Costs: $0.

Total Annual Costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $0.

Description: 30 U.S.C. 933(a) requires

coal mine operators to secure the

payment of benefits for which they may

become liable by:

a. Qualifying as a self insurer in

accordance with regulations prescribed

by the Secretary; or

b. Insuring the payment of such

benefits with any stock or mutual

company or association, or with any

other person or fund, including any

state fund, while such company,

association, person or fund is

authorized under the laws of any state

to insure workers’ compensation.

20 CFR 725.531 requires self insured

operators or insurance carriers to retain

receipts for black lung benefit payments

made for five years after the date on

which the receipt was executed. 30 USC

933(d) includes a civil penalty of not

more than $1,000, which may be

assessed to coal mine operators by the

Secretary for each day during which the

operator fails to secure the payment of

benefits.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration (ESA).

Title: Claim for Reimbursement:

Assisted Reemployment.

OMB Number: 1215–0178.

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

Federal Government; and State, Local,

or Tribal Government.

Frequency: Quarterly.

Annual Respondents: 20.

Annual Responses: 80.

Estimated Time per Record keeper: 30

minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 40.

Total Annualized Capital/Startup

Costs: $0.

Total Annual Costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $30.

Description: To aid in the

employment of Federal employees with

disabilities related to an injury on the

job, employers submit the form CA–

2231 to claim reimbursement for wages

paid under the assisted re-employment

project. The collection of this

information is authorized under section

8104(a) of the Federal Employees

Compensation Act (FECA) as well as

Public Laws 103–333 and 106–113.

Ira L. Mills,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

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BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

April 10, 2001.

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. To obtain documentation for

BLS, ESA, and PWBA contact Marlene

Howze ((202) 693–4120 or by email to

Howze-Marlene@dol.gov). To obtain

documentation for ETA, MSHA, OSHA,

and VETS contact Darrin King ((202)

693–4129 or by E-Mail to KingDarrin@dol.gov).

Comments should be sent to Office of

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:

• 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.

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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.

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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