32648 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 116 / Friday, June 15, 2001 / Notices

Signed at Washington, DC this 7 day of

June 2001.

Carl J. Poleskey,

Chief, Branch of Construction Wage

Determinations.

[FR Doc. 01–14891 Filed 6–14–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–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 reinstatement

of the ‘‘National Longitudinal Survey of

Youth 1979.’’ 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 below on or before

August 14, 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 National Longitudinal Survey of

Youth 1979 (NLSY79) is a

representative national sample of

persons who were born in the years

1957 to 1964 and lived in the U.S. in

1978. These respondents were ages 14–

22 when the first round of interviews

began in 1979; they will be ages 37 to

45 when the planned twentieth round of

interviews is conducted from January to

September 2002. The NLSY79 was

conducted annually from 1979 to 1994

and has been conducted biennially

since 1994. The longitudinal focus of

this survey requires information to be

collected from the same individuals

over many years in order to trace their

education, training, work experience,

fertility, income, and program

participation.

In addition to the main NLSY79, the

biological children of female NLSY79

respondents have been surveyed since

1986, when the National Institute of

Child Health and Human Development

began providing funding to the Bureau

of Labor Statistics (BLS) to gather a large

amount of information about the lives of

these children. A battery of child

cognitive, socio-emotional, and

physiological assessments has been

administered biennially since 1986 to

NLSY79 mothers and their children.

Starting in 1994, children who had

reached age 15 by December 31 of the

survey year (the Young Adults) were

interviewed about their work

experiences, training, schooling, health,

fertility, and self-esteem, as well as

sensitive topics addressed in a

supplemental, self-administered

questionnaire.

The BLS contracts with the Center for

Human Resource Research (CHRR) of

the Ohio State University to implement

the NLSY79, Child, and Young Adult

surveys. Interviewing of respondents is

conducted by the National Opinion

Research Center (NORC) of the

University of Chicago. Among the

objectives of Department of Labor (DOL)

are to promote the development of the

U.S. labor force and the efficiency of the

U.S. labor market. The BLS contributes

to these objectives by gathering

information about the labor force and

labor market and disseminating it to

policy makers and the public so that

participants in those markets can make

more informed, and, thus, more efficient

choices. Research based on the NLSY79

contributes to the formation of national

policy in the areas of education,

training, employment programs, and

school-to-work transitions. In addition

to the reports that the BLS produces

based on data from the NLSY79,

members of the academic community

publish articles and reports based on

NLSY79 data for the DOL and other

funding agencies. The survey design

provides data gathered from the same

respondents over time to form the only

data set that contains this type of

intergenerational information for these

important population groups. Without

the collection of these data, an accurate

longitudinal data set could not be

provided to researchers and policy

makers, and the DOL would not have

the data for use in could not performing

its policy and report-making activities.

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 Actions

The Bureau of Labor Statistics seeks

approval to conduct the round 20

interviews of the NLSY79 and the

associated surveys of biological children

of female NLSY79 respondents. The

main NLSY79 interview has an average

response time of approximately 60

minutes per respondent. The time

estimate for the NLSY79 Child Survey

involves three components:

• The Mother Supplement is

administered to female NLSY79

respondents who live with biological

children under age 15. This

questionnaire will be administered to

about 2,300 women, who will be asked

a series of questions about each child

under age 15. On average, these women

each have about 1.4 children under age

15, for a total number of approximately

3,260 children.

• The Child Supplement, which

involves aptitude testing of about 3,260

children under age 15.

• The Child Self-Administered

Questionnaire is administered to

children ages 10 to 14.

In addition to the main NLSY79 and

Child Survey, the Young Adult Survey

will be administered to approximately

2,520 youths ages 15 to 20 who are the

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biological children of female NLSY79

respondents. These youths will be

contacted for an interview regardless of

whether they reside with their mothers.

During the field period, about 400

main NLSY79 interviews are validated

to ascertain whether the interview took

place as the interviewer reported and

whether the interview was done in a

polite and professional manner.

Type of Review: Reinstatement, with

change, of a previously approved

collection for which approval has

expired.

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Title: National Longitudinal Survey of

Youth 1979.

OMB Number: 1220–0109.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Form Total

respondents Frequency Totalresponses

Average time

per response

(in minutes)

Estimated total

burden hours

NLSY79 Round 20 Main Survey ..................................... 8,200 Biennially ............ 8,200 60 8,200

Main NLSY79 Validation Reinterview ............................. 400 Biennially ............ 400 6 40

Mother Supplement ......................................................... 2,300 Biennially ............ 3,260 21 1,141

Child Supplement ............................................................ 3,260 Biennially ............ 3,260 31 1,684

Child Self-Administered Questionnaire ........................... 1,710 Biennially ............ 1,710 12 342

Young Adult Survey ........................................................ 2,520 Biennially ............ 2,520 45 1,890

Totals ....................................................................... ........................ ............................ 19,350 ........................ 13,297

Note: The number of respondents for the Mother Supplement (2,300) is less than the number of responses (3,260) because mothers are

asked to provide separate responses for each of the biological children with whom they reside.

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 30th day of

May 2001.

W. Stuart Rust, Jr.,

Chief, Division of Management Systems,

Bureau of Labor Statistics.

[FR Doc. 01–15161 Filed 6–14–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY

CORPORATION

Proposed Submission of Information

Collection for OMB Review; Comment

Request; Disclosure to Participants

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

ACTION: Notice of intention to request

extension of OMB approval.

SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation (‘‘PBGC’’) intends to

request that the Office of Management

and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) extend approval,

under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of

the collection of information under its

regulation on Disclosure to Participants,

29 CFR part 4011 (OMB control number

1212–0050; expires September 30,

2001). This notice informs the public of

the PBGC’s intent and solicits public

comment on the collection of

information.

DATES: Comments should be submitted

by August 14, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

the Office of the General Counsel, suite

340, Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation, 1200 K Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20005–4026, or

delivered to that address between 9 a.m.

and 4 p.m. on business days. Written

comments will be available for public

inspection at the PBGC’s

Communications and Public Affairs

Department, suite 240 at the same

address, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on

business days.

Copies of the collection of

information may be obtained without

charge by writing to the PBGC’s

Communications and Public Affairs

Department at the address given above

or calling 202–326–4040. (For TTY and

TDD, call 800–877–8339 and request

connection to 202–326–4040). The

regulation on Disclosure to Participants

can be accessed on the PBGC’s Web site

at http://www.pbgc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Harold J. Ashner, Assistant General

Counsel, or Catherine B. Klion,

Attorney, Office of the General Counsel,

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,

1200 K Street, NW., Washington, DC

20005–4026, 202–326–4024. (For TTY

and TDD, call 800–877–8339 and

request connection to 202–326–4024).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

4011 of the Employee Retirement

Income Security Act of 1974 requires

plan administrators of certain

underfunded single-employer pension

plans to provide an annual notice to

plan participants and beneficiaries of

the plan’s funding status and the limits

on the PBGC’s guarantee.

The PBGC’s regulation implementing

this provision (29 CFR part 4011)

prescribes which plans are subject to the

notice requirement, who is entitled to

receive the notice, and the time, form,

and manner of issuance of the notice.

The notice provides recipients with

meaningful, understandable, and timely

information that will help them become

better informed about their plans and

assist them in their financial planning.

The collection of information under

the regulation has been approved by

OMB under control number 1212–0050

through September 30, 2001. The PBGC

intends to request that OMB extend its

approval for another three years. 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 PBGC estimates that an average of

3,331 plans per year will respond to this

collection of information. The PBGC

further estimates that the average annual

burden of this collection of information

is 2.13 hours and $107 per plan, with an

average total annual burden of 7,102

hours and $355,200.

The PBGC is soliciting public

comments to—

• evaluate whether the 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

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