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((202) 395–7316), on or before June 6,

2001.

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.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Agency: Occupational Safety and

Health Administration (OSHA).

Title: Application for Training Grant.

OMB Number: 1218–0020.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions and State, Local, or Tribal

Government.

Frequency: Annually.

Number of Respondents: 200.

Number of Annual Responses: 200.

Estimated time Per Response: 55

hours.

Total Burden Hours: 11,050.

Total Annualized Capital/Startup

Costs: $0.

Total Annual Costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $0.

Description: The application for

Training Grant is submitted by nonprofit organizations interested in

obtaining OSHA training grants. It is

used by OSHA staff to select

organizations to receive funds.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Agency: Occupational Safety and

Health Administration (OSHA).

Title: Grantee Quarterly Progress

Report.

OMB Number: 1218–0100.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions and State, Local, or Tribal

Government.

Frequency: Quarterly.

Number of Respondents: 61.

Number of Annual Responses: 244.

Estimated Time Per Response: 12

hours.

Total Burden Hours: 2,928.

Total Annualized Capital/Startup

Costs: $0.

Total Annual Costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $0.

Description: The Grantee Quarterly

Progress Report (OSHA–171) is used to

collect information concerning activities

conducted under OSHA training grant

programs. The information is used to

monitor the use of Federal grant funds.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Agency: Occupational Safety and

Health Administration (OSHA).

Title: Procedures for the Handling of

Discrimination Complaints under

Federal Employee Protection Statutes.

OMB Number: 1218–0236.

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

Federal Government; and State, Local,

or Tribal Government.

Frequency: Once per complaint.

Number of Respondents: 200.

Number of Annual Responses: 200.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.

Total Burden Hours: 200.

Total Annualized Capital/Startup

Costs: $0.

Total Annual Costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $0.

Description: 29 CFR Part 24 requires

employees who believe they have been

discriminated against by employers, in

violation of whistleblower provisions in

certain laws for reporting unlawful

practices that adversely affect the

environment, to place their allegations

in writing so they may where

appropriate be investigated by the

Department of Labor.

Ira L. Mills,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–11407 Filed 5–4–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–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

Annual Refiling Survey (ARS). 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 below on or before

July 6, 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 Standard Industrial Classification

(SIC) system was replaced by the North

American Industry Classification

System (NAICS) in 1997 as the standard

for industrial classification. As a result

of this change, the Bureau of Labor

Statistics (BLS) has been converting SIC

codes to NAICS codes in the ARS. The

conversion is planned to be completed

with Fiscal Year 2001 ARS processing,

at which time industrial classifications

in the ARS will be based on the 2002

NAICS.

ARS forms used in the conversion

were designed to gather respondent

information necessary for converting

SIC codes to NAICS codes. The BLS

currently is requesting Office of

Management and Budget clearance of

revised ARS survey forms that will be

used to verify and update existing 2002

NAICS codes. They also will be used to

update employers’ business names and

addresses and other geographical

information. The revised ARS forms

have been redesigned to be easier to

read and understand.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is

particularly interested in comments

that:

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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 BLS uses the Annual Refiling

Survey (ARS) forms to gather industrial

and geographical data on business

establishments. The revised ARS forms

are designed to verify and update

NAICS codes, geographical information,

and multiple worksite information.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Title: Annual Refiling Survey.

OMB Number: 1220–0032.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Not-for-profit institutions; Farms;

Federal government; State, local, or

tribal government.

Total Respondents: 2,272,998.

Frequency: Annually.

Total Responses: 2,272,998.

Form Total

respondents Frequency Totalresponses

Average time

per response

Estimated total

burden

(hours)

3023–NVS ........................................................................... 2,092,708 Once ................. 2,092,708 .083 173,695

3023–NVM .......................................................................... 37,334 Once ................. 37,334 .25 9,334

3023–NCA ........................................................................... 142,956 Once ................. 142,956 .167 23,874

Totals ........................................................................ 2,272,998 ...................... 2,272,998 206,903

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 1st day of

May 2001.

W. Stuart Rust, Jr.,

Chief, Division of Management Systems,

Bureau of Labor Statistics.

[FR Doc. 01–11409 Filed 5–4–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0121(2001)]

Powered Platforms for Building

Maintenance (29 CFR 1910.66);

Extension of the Office of Management

and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of

Information-Collection (Paperwork)

Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of an opportunity for

public comment.

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public

comment concerning its request to

decrease and extend the informationcollection requirements specified in the

standard on Powered Platforms for

Building Maintenance (29 CFR 1910.66).

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before July 6, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR–

1218–0121(2001), OSHA, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–2625,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)

693–2350. Commenters may transmit

written comments of 10 pages or less by

facsimile to: (202) 693–1648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Theda Kenney, Directorate of Safety

Standards Programs, OSHA, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–3609,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)

693–2222. A copy of the Agency’s

Information-Collection Request (ICR)

supporting the need for the information

collections specified by the standard on

Powered Platforms for Building

Maintenance is available for inspection

and copying in the Docket Office, or by

requesting a copy from Theda Kenney at

(202) 693–2222 or Todd Owen at (202)

693–2444. For electronic copies of the

ICR, contact OSHA on the Internet at

http://www.osha.gov/comp-links.html,

and select ‘‘Information Collection

Requests.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Department of Labor, as part of its

continuing effort to reduce paperwork

and respondent (i.e., employer) burden,

conducts a preclearance consultation

program to provide the public with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and continuing information-collection

requirements in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA–95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This

program ensures that information is in

the desired format, reporting burden

(time and costs) is minimal, collection

instruments are clearly understood, and

OSHA’s estimate of the informationcollection burden is correct.

Paragraph (e)(9) of the § 1910.66

(hereafter, the ‘‘Standard’’) requires that

employers develop and implement a

written emergency-action plan for each

type of powered-platform operation.

The plan must explain the emergency

procedures that employees are to follow

if they encounter a disruption of the

power supply, equipment failure, and

other emergency. Prior to operating a

powered platform, employers must

notify employees how they can inform

themselves about alarm systems and

emergency-escape routes, and

emergency procedures that pertain to

the building on which they will be

working. Employers are to review with

each employee those parts of the

emergency-action plan that the

employee must know to ensure their

protection during an emergency; these

reviews must occur when the employee

receives an initial assignment involving

a powered-platform operation and after

the employer revises the emergencyaction plan.

According to paragraph (f)(5)(i)(C),

employers must affix a load-rating plate

to a conspicuous location and on each

suspended unit that states the unit’s