37732 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 144 / Wednesday, July 29, 2009 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review: 

Comment Request 

July 23, 2009. 

The Department of Labor (DOL) 

hereby announces the submission of the 

following public information collection 

requests (ICR) 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 ICR, with applicable 

supporting documentation; including, 

among other things, a description of the 

likely respondents, proposed frequency 

of response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain or by contacting 

Darrin King on 202–693–4129 (this is 

not a toll-free number)/e-mail: 

DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the 

Department of Labor—Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration 

(OSHA), Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503, Telephone: 202–395–7316/Fax: 

202–395–5806 (these are not toll-free 

numbers), E-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within 

30 days from the date of this publication 

in the Federal Register. In order to 

ensure the appropriate consideration, 

comments should reference the OMB 

Control Number (see below). 

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: Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a previously approved 

collection. 

Title of Collection: Lead in General 

Industry (29 CFR 1910.1025) 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0092. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

61,405. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,225,255. 

Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden 

(excludes hourly wage costs): 

$143,566,299. 

Description: The purpose of the Lead 

in General Industry standard and its 

information collection requirements is 

to provide protection for employees 

from the adverse effects associated with 

occupational exposure to the carcinogen 

lead. Employers must monitor exposure 

to lead, provide medical surveillance, 

train employers about the hazards of 

lead, and establish and maintain 

accurate records of employee exposure 

to lead. These records will be used by 

employers, employees, physicians, and 

the Government to ensure that 

employees are not being harmed by 

exposure to lead. For additional 

information, see the related 60-day 

preclearance notice published in the 

Federal Register at 74 FR 23209 on May 

18, 2009. PRA documentation prepared 

in association with the preclearance 

notice is available on http:// 

www.regulations.gov under docket 

number OSHA–2009–0009. 

Agency: Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a previously approved 

collection. 

Title of Collection: Lead in 

Construction Standard (29 CFR 1926.62) 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0189. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

136,484. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,363,803. 

Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden 

(excludes hourly wage costs): 

$63,254,826. 

Description: The Lead in Construction 

Standard standard requires employers to 

train employees about the hazards of 

lead, monitor employee exposure, 

provide medical surveillance, and 

maintain accurate records of employee 

exposure to lead. These records will be 

used by employers, employees, 

physicians and the Government to 

ensure that employees are not harmed 

by exposure to lead in the workplace. 

For additional information, see the 

related 60-day preclearance notice 

published in the Federal Register at 74 

FR 23210 on May 18, 2009. PRA 

documentation prepared in association 

with the preclearance notice is available 

on http://www.regulations.gov under 

docket number OSHA–2009–0008. 

Darrin A. King, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–18069 Filed 7–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review: 

Comment Request 

July 23, 2009. 

The Department of Labor (DOL) 

hereby announces the submission of the 

following public information collection 

request (ICR) 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 this ICR, with applicable 

supporting documentation; including 

among other things a description of the 

likely respondents, proposed frequency 

of response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain or by contacting 

Darrin King on 202–693–4129 (this is 

not a toll-free number)/e-mail: 

DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the 

Department of Labor—ETA, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 

202–395–7316/Fax: 202–395–5806 

(these are not toll-free numbers), E-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within 

30 days from the date of this publication 

in the Federal Register. In order to 

ensure the appropriate consideration, 

comments should reference the OMB 

Control Number (see below). 

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; 

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• 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 and Training 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title of Collection: Standard Job Corps 

Request for Proposal and Related 

Contractor Information Gathering. 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0219. 

Agency Form Number: ETA–3–28; 

ETA–6–61; ETA–6–131, A, B, and C; 

ETA–640; ETA–2110; and ETA–2181. 

Affected Public: Private Sector. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 122. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 62,525. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden 

(does not include hour costs): $0. 

Description: The collections of 

information included under OMB 

Control number 1205–0219 are 

necessary for the operation and 

management of Job Corps Centers. For 

additional information, see related 

notice published at Volume 74 FR 5680 

on January 30, 2009. 

Darrin A. King, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–18011 Filed 7–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment Standards Administration 

Proposed Extension of the Approval of 

Information Collection Requirements 

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 

Employment Standards Administration 

is soliciting comments concerning its 

proposal to extend the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval of the Information 

Collection: Pharmacy Billing 

Requirements. A copy of the proposed 

information collection request can be 

obtained by contacting the office 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 

September 28, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Mr. Steven D. Lawrence, 

U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Ave., NW., Room S–3201, 

Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 

693–0292, fax (202) 693–1451, E-mail 

Lawrence.Steven@dol.gov. Please use 

only one method of transmission for 

comments (mail, fax, or E-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs (OWCP) is the agency 

responsible for administration of the 

Federal Employees’ Compensation Act 

(FECA), 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq., the Black 

Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), 30 U.S.C. 901 

et seq., and the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA), 42 

U.S.C. 7384 et seq. All three of these 

statutes require that OWCP pay for 

covered medical treatment provided to 

beneficiaries; this medical treatment can 

include medicinal drugs dispensed by 

pharmacies. In order to determine 

whether amounts billed for drugs are 

appropriate, OWCP must receive 19 data 

elements, including the name of the 

patient/beneficiary, the National Drug 

Code (NDC) number of the drugs 

prescribed, the quantity provided, the 

prescription number and the date the 

prescription was filled. The regulations 

implementing these statutes require the 

collection of information needed to 

enable OWCP to determine if bills for 

drugs submitted directly by pharmacies, 

or as reimbursement requests submitted 

by claimants, should be paid. There is 

no standardized paper form for 

submission of the billing information 

collected in this Information Collection 

Request (ICR). Over the past several 

years, the majority of pharmacy bills 

submitted to OWCP have been 

submitted electronically using one of 

the industry-wide standard formats for 

the electronic transmission of billing 

data through nationwide data 

clearinghouses devised by the National 

Council for Prescription Drug Programs 

(NCPDP). However, since some 

pharmacy bills are still submitted using 

a paper-based bill format, OWCP will 

continue to accept any of the many 

paper-based bill formats still used by 

some providers so long as they contain 

the data elements needed for processing 

the bill. None of the paper-based or 

electronic billing formats have been 

designed by or provided by OWCP; they 

are billing formats commonly accepted 

by other Federal programs and in the 

private health insurance industry for 

drugs. Nonetheless, the three programs 

(FECA, BLBA and EEOICPA) provide 

instructions for the submission of 

necessary pharmacy bill data elements 

in provider manuals distributed or made 

available to all pharmacies enrolled in 

the programs. This information 

collection is currently approved for use 

through March 31, 2010. 

II. Review Focus 

The Department of Labor 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 Department of Labor seeks 

approval for the extension of this 

information collection in order to carry 

out its responsibility to provide 

payment for pharmaceuticals covered 

under the Acts. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Agency: Employment Standards 

Administration. 

Title: Pharmacy Billing Requirements. 

OMB Number: 1215–0194. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Total Respondents: 28,150. 

Total Annual Responses: 1,463,800. 

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