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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 for this

information collection in order to carry

out its responsibility under the law to

resolve overpayments under the Acts.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Overpayment Recovery

Questionnaire.

OMB Number: 1215–0144.

Agency Number: OWCP–20.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Annual Respondents/

Responses: 4,500.

Time Per Response: 45–75 minutes,

average 1 hour.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,500.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $1,665.

Claim for Continuance of Compensation

(CA–12)

I. Background

Under 5 U.S.C. 8133, Federal

Employees’ Compensation Act, and 20

CFR 10.410, eligible dependents of

deceased Federal employees receive

compensation benefits on account of the

employee’s death. The OWCP monitors

death benefits for criteria which qualify

the beneficiary as the employee’s

dependent under law. The CA–12 is

designated for this purpose.

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

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Claim for Continuance of

Compensation.

OMB Number: 1215–0154.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Frequency: Annually.

Total Annual Respondents/

Responses: 5,900.

Time Per Response: 5 minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 492.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $2,006.

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: December 7, 2001.

Margaret J. Sherrill,

Chief, Branch of Management Review and

Internal Control, Division of Financial

Management, Office of Management,

Administration and Planning, Employment

Standards Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–31211 Filed 12–18–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

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 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 the

following information collection:

OFCCP Reporting and Recordkeeping

Requirements: Supply and Service.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addressee section below by December

19, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments to

Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U. S. Department

of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., NW.,

Room S–3201, Washington, DC 20210,

telephone (202) 693–0339 fax (202) 693–

1451, EMail pforkel@fenix2.dol-esa.gov.

For questions concerning this

information collection request, please

contact Mr. James Melvin, U. S.

Department of Labor, Office of Federal

Contract Compliance Programs,

telephone (202) 693–0102.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Office of Federal Contract

Compliance is responsible for the

administration of equal opportunity

programs prohibiting employment

discrimination and requiring affirmative

action and applies to Federal

contractors and subcontractors. OFCCP

administers three programs: Executive

Order 11246, as amended; Section 503

of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as

amended; and the affirmative action

provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans’

Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as

amended, (VEVRAA), 38 USC 4212.

This information collection contains all

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements which are derived from

the implementing regulations found at

Title 41 of the Code of Federal

Regulations, chapter 60.

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,

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1Based on its assessment of the paperwork

requirements contained in these standards, the

Agency estimates that the total burden hours

increased compared to its previous burden-hour

estimate. Under this notice, OSHA is not proposing

to revise these paperwork requirements in any

substantive manner, only to increase the burden

hours imposed by the existing paperwork

requirements.

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 (DOL) is

seeking an extension of this information

collection in order to substantiate

compliance with nondiscrimination and

affirmative action requirements

monitored by OFCCP.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: OFCCP Recordkeeping and

Reporting Requirements: Supply and

Service.

OMB Number: 1215–0072.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; State,

Local or Tribal Government.

Total Annual Respondents/

Responses: 95,311.

Requirements Average hours

per response Frequency Number of responses

Recordkeeping:

Initial Development of AAP ........................................................... 112.65 Once ............................................. 953

Update of AAP .............................................................................. 51.14 Annually ........................................ 95,054

Maintenance of AAP ..................................................................... 51.14 Annually ........................................ 94,358

Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures .............. 2.18 Annually ........................................ 5,750

Reporting:

Standard Form 100 ....................................................................... 3.8 Annually ........................................ 36,741

Scheduling Letter .......................................................................... 4.5 On occasion .................................. 2,595

Compliance Check Letter .............................................................. .4 On occasion .................................. 2,000

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

9,967,675.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $23,096.

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: December 7, 2001.

Margaret J. Sherrill,

Chief, Branch of Management Review and

Internal Control, Division of Financial

Management, Office of Management,

Administration and Planning, Employment

Standards Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–31212 Filed 12–18–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0130(2002)]

Electrical Standards for Construction

(29 CFR part 1926, subpart K);

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: Request for comment.

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comment

concerning its proposal to increase the

existing burden-hour estimates for, and

to extend OMB approval of, the

information-collection requirements of

the Electrical Standards for

Construction (29 CFR part 1926, subpart

K).1 These standards specify: Written

descriptions of, and testing records for,

the assured-equipment groundingconductor program; warning labels and

marks to alert employees to hazardous

electrical conditions; and tags to warn

against energizing circuits and

equipment on which employees are

working. Accordingly, these standards

prevent deaths and severe injuries

among construction employees caused

by high-voltage electrical hazards.

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before February 19, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR–

1218–0130(2002), 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–3621,

200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)

693–2444. A copy of the Agency’s

Information-Collection Request (ICR)

supporting the need for the information

collections specified by the Electrical

Standards for Construction is available

for inspection and copying in the

Docket Office, or by requesting a copy

from Theda Kenney at (202)693–2044 or

Todd Owen at (202)693–2444. For

electronic copies of the ICR, contact

OSHA on the Internet at http://

www.osha.gov, then 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)(A)). This

program ensures that information is in

the desired format, reporting burden

(time and costs) is minimal, collection

instruments are understandable, and

OSHA’s estimate of the informationcollection burden is correct.

The Electrical Standards for

Construction contain a number of

paperwork requirements. The following

sections describe these requirements in

detail.

Section 1926.404(b)(1)(iii) (‘‘Wiring

design and protection’’). This paragraph

requires construction employers who

elect not to use ground-fault-circuit

interrupters at a job site to establish and

implement an assured-equipment

grounding-conductor (AEGC) program.

This program must cover cord sets,

receptacles (that are not part of the

building or structure), and equipment

connected by cord and plug that

employees use, or is available for their

use, at construction sites. An employer

must ensure that the AEGC program has

a written description of the program,