20542 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 89 / Tuesday, May 7, 1996 / Notices

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval in

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (P.L. 104–13, 44

U.S.C. Chapter 35). A copy of this

individual ICR, with applicable

supporting documentation, may be

obtained by calling the Department of

Labor Acting Departmental Clearance

Officer, Theresa M. O’Malley ({202}

219–5095). Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TTY/TDD) may call {202} 219–4720

between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern

time, Monday through Friday.

Comments should be sent to Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the

Employment Standards Administration,

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.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Application for Authority to

Employ Full-Time Students at

Subminimum Wages in Retail or Service

Establishments or Agriculture.

OMB Number: 1215–0032.

Agency Number: WH–200–MIS.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Not-for-Profit institutions; Farms.

Number of Respondents: 5,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 10–

30 minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 1,100.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: $0.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $1,750.

Description: This collection of

information is used to determine

whether a retail or service or

agricultural employer should be

authorized to pay subminimum wages

to full-time students pursuant to the

provisions of section 14(b) of the Fair

Labor Standards Act.

Theresa M. O’Malley,

Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–11346 Filed 5–6–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

Employment and Training

Administration

Proposed Information Collection

Request Submitted for Public

Comment and Recommendations;

Extension of the Unemployment

Insurance (UI) Revenue Quality Control

Program (RQC); Notice

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

conducts a preclearance 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. Currently, the

Employment and Training

Administration is soliciting comments

concerning the proposed revision and

extension of the UI RQC Program. A

copy of the proposed information

collection request can be obtained by

contacting the employee listed below in

the contact section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before July 8, 1996.

Written comments should:

—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 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.

ADDRESSES: Eve MacDonald,

Unemployment Insurance Service,

Employment and Training

Administration, Department of Labor,

Room C 4514, 200 Constitution Ave,

N.W., Washington, D.C., 20210; 202

219–5309 (this is not a toll-free

number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Since 1987, all State Employment

Security Agencies (SESAs) except the

Virgin Islands have been required by

regulation at 20 CFR 602 to operate a

Quality Control program to assess their

Unemployment Insurance tax and

benefit programs. Revenue Quality

Control (RQC) developed new measures

for tax performance to replace those

previously gathered under the Quality

Appraisal (QA) system. RQC is designed

to assess the major internal UI tax

functions by utilizing three

methodologies: (1) Computed Measures

are indicators of timeliness and

completeness based on data

automatically generated via the existing

ET 581 automated report. (2) Program

Reviews assess accuracy through a twofold examination: (a) ‘‘Systems

Reviews’’ examine tax systems for the

existence of internal controls; (b) small

‘‘Acceptance Samples’’ of those systems’

transactions are then examined to verify

the effectiveness of those controls. (3)

Through the use of non-evaluative

surveys, RQC documents the methods

and procedures the SESA uses to

manage its tax operation. Best practices

are identified and this information is

shared with other SESAs.

The last tax function to be covered by

RQC, Cashiering, has recently been

developed and transmitted to all States.

As with the other sections of RQC, the

Cashiering section will include a

Systems Review. Since the quality of

payment applications will be evident

through the Acceptance Samples of

other sections of RQC, there will be no

Acceptance Sample specific to

Cashiering. Instead, a measure is in

place to identify timeliness of deposit of

employer payments into the clearing

account. Deposit activities dictate that

the measurement be conducted

manually; therefore, an Estimation

Sample (ES) review, similar in form to
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the Quality Appraisal review for deposit

promptness, has been developed.

II. Current Actions

This is a request for OMB approval

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 USC 3506 (c)(2)(A)) of an

extension to an existing collection of

information previously approved and

assigned OMB control No. 1205–0332. A

revision is also proposed to substitute

the RQC design for measuring

cashiering timeliness for the Quality

Appraisal design. The proposed revision

should have little or no impact on total

burden hours because it replaces the

sample used in the Quality Appraisal

cashiering review and no longer

includes an additional Acceptance

Sample of 60 to test for accuracy in

posting.

The overall approach used in RQC

sampling is similar in function to the

QA sampling approach for Cashiering.

There are, however, some differences in

estimation sampling that enhance the

RQC review approach:

• Deposit timeliness will be measured

during the second quarter report period

instead of the third quarter report period

measured by QA. More payments are

typically received for the second

quarter, providing a more accurate

reading of the SESAs’ effectiveness;

• States have the flexibility to choose

the period during which the ES will be

selected (the QA time period was the

same for all States). This should allow

States to draw the sample from the most

representative flow of remittances;

• A standard sample size has been

established, to give all States’ estimates

similar precision;

• A less cumbersome, more direct

method of calculating timeliness has

been developed for the ES than the one

used in the QA;

• The ES includes a review of the

Cashiering activities performed by

agents of the SESAs previously

excluded from QA; and

• The new timeliness measure now

reflects timeliness of electronically

transferred payments.

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration, Department of Labor.

Title: Unemployment Insurance

Revenue Quality Control Program.

OMB Number: 1205–0332.

Affected Public: State governments

(State Employment Security Agencies).

Total Respondents: Fifty two State

governments.

Frequency: Annually.

Total Responses: Fifty two.

Average Time Per Response: 1750

hours.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 91,000

hours for 52 States.

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 will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: May 1, 1996.

Mary Ann Wyrsch,

Director, Unemployment Insurance Service.

[FR Doc. 96–11345 Filed 5–6–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–P

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Petitions for Modification

The following parties have filed

petitions to modify the application of

mandatory safety standards under

section 101(c) of the Federal Mine

Safety and Health Act of 1977.

1. West End Coal Company, Deep Mine

[Docket No. M–96–24–C]

West End Coal Company, Deep Mine,

525 Pine Street, Lykens, Pennsylvania

17048 has filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.1202–1(a)

(temporary notations, revisions, and

supplements) to its Last Chance Slope

(I.D. No. 36–07859) located in

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The

petitioner proposes to revise and

supplement mine maps annually

instead of every 6 months, as required,

and to update maps daily by hand

notations. The petitioner asserts that the

proposed alternative method would

provide at least the same measure of

protection as would the mandatory

standard.

2. West End Coal Company, Deep Mine

[Docket No. M–96–25–C]

West End Coal Company, Deep Mine,

525 Pine Street, Lykens, Pennsylvania

17048 has filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.1200(d) & (i)

(mine map) to its Last Chance Slope

(I.D. No. 36–07859) located in

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The

petitioner proposes to use cross-sections

instead of contour lines through the

intake slope, at locations of rock tunnel

connections between veins, and at

1,000-foot intervals of advance from the

intake slope and to limit the required

mapping of the mine workings above

and below to those present within 100

feet of the veins being mined except

when veins are interconnected to other

veins beyond the 100-foot limit through

rock tunnel. The petitioner asserts that

the proposed alternative method would

provide at least the same measure of

protection as would the mandatory

standard.

3. West End Coal Company, Deep Mine

[Docket No. M–96–26–C]

West End Coal Company, Deep Mine,

525 Pine Street, Lykens, Pennsylvania

17048 has filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.364(b)(1), (4),

and (5) (weekly examination) to its Last

Chance Slope (I.D. No. 36–07859)

located in Schuylkill County,

Pennsylvania. Due to hazardous

conditions and roof falls, certain areas

of the intake haulage slope and primary

escapeway cannot be traveled safely.

The petitioner proposes to examine

these areas from the gunboat/slope car

with an alternative air quality

evaluation at the section’s intake level,

and to travel and thoroughly examine

these areas for hazardous conditions

once a month. The petitioner asserts

that the proposed alternative method

would provide at least the same

measure of protection as would the

mandatory standard.

4. West End Coal Company, Deep Mine

[Docket No. M–96–27–C]

West End Coal Company, Deep Mine,

525 Pine Street, Lykens, Pennsylvania

17048 has filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.360 (preshift

examination) to its Last Chance Slope

(I.D. No. 36–07859) located in

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The

petitioner proposes to visually examine

each seal for physical damage from the

slope gunboat during the preshift

examination after an air quality reading

is taken in by the intake portal and to

test for the quantity and quality of air at

the intake air split locations off the

slope in the gangway portion of the

working section. The petitioner

proposes to physically examine the

entire length of the slope once a month.

The petitioner asserts that the proposed

alternative method would provide at

least the same measure of protection as

would the mandatory standard.

5. West End Coal Company, Deep Mine

[Docket No. M–96–28–C]

West End Coal Company, Deep Mine,

525 Pine Street, Lykens, Pennsylvania

17048 has filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.335

(construction of seals) to its Last Chance

Slope (I.D. No. 36–07859) located in

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The

petitioner requests a modification of the

standard to permit alternative methods

of construction using wooden materials

of moderate size and weight due to the

difficulty in accessing previously driven

headings and breasts containing

inaccessible abandoned workings; to

accept a design criteria in the 10 psi

range; and to permit the water trap to be