71130 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 230 / Monday, December 1, 2014 / Notices 

Mines. MSHA has updated the data in 

respect to the number of respondents, 

responses, burden hours, and burden 

costs supporting this information 

collection extension request. 

Type of Review: Extension, without 

change, of a currently approved 

collection. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

OMB Number: 1219–0004. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 494. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Number of Responses: 1,965. 

Annual Burden Hours: 7,924 hours. 

Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper 

Cost: $6,795. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

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: November 25, 2014. 

Sheila McConnell, 

Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28171 Filed 11–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs 

Proposed Renewal of Existing 

Collection; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Division of Longshore and 

Harbor Workers’ Compensation, Office 

of Workers’ Compensation Programs, 

Labor. 

ACTION: 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 Office 

of Workers’ Compensation (OWCP) is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

proposed collection: Notice of 

Controversion of Right to Compensation 

(LS–207). A copy of the proposed 

information collection request can be 

obtained by contacting the office listed 

below in the address section of this 

Notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addresses section below on or before 

January 30, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Ave. NW., Room S–3323, Washington, 

DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–0701, 

fax (202) 693–1449, Email 

ferguson.yoon@dol.gov. Please use only 

one method of transmission for 

comments (mail, fax, or Email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs (OWCP) administers the 

Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 

Compensation Act (LHWCA). The Act 

provides benefits to workers’ injured in 

maritime employment on the navigable 

waters of the United States or in an 

adjoining area customarily used by an 

employer in loading, unloading, 

repairing, or building a vessel. In 

addition, several acts extend the 

Longshore Act’s coverage to certain 

other employees. Pursuant to section 

914(d) of the Longshore Act, and 

20CFR702.251, if an employer 

controverts the right to compensation, 

he/she shall file with the district 

director in the affected compensation 

district on or before the fourteenth day 

after he/she has knowledge of the 

alleged injury or death, a notice, in 

accordance with a form prescribed by 

the Secretary, stating that the right to 

compensation is controverted. Form LS– 

207 has been designated for this 

purpose. Form LS–207 is used by 

insurance carriers and self-insured 

employers to controvert claims under 

the Longshore Act and extensions. The 

information is used by OWCP district 

offices to determine the basis for not 

paying benefits in a case. This 

information collection is currently 

approved for use through February 28, 

2015. 

II. Review Focus 

The Department of Labor 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 submissions 

of responses. 

III. Current Actions 

The Department of Labor seeks the 

extension of approval of this 

information collection in order to carry 

out its responsibility to meet the 

statutory requirements to provide 

compensation or death benefits under 

the Act to workers covered by the Act. 

Agency: Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Notice of Controversion of Right 

to Compensation. 

OMB Number: 1240–0042. 

Agency Number: LS–207. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Total Respondents: 600. 

Total Annual Responses: 18,000. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,500. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $9,360. 

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: November 25, 2014. 

Yoon Ferguson, 

Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of 

Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28199 Filed 11–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–CF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs 

Proposed Renewal of Existing 

Collection; Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 


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