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Federal Register
/Vol. 65, No. 73/Friday, April 14, 2000/Notices
agency; the accuracy of the agency’s burden estimates; ways to enhance thequality, utility and clarity of theinformation collections; and ways tominimize the information collection burdens on respondents, such as use of automated means of collections of theinformation, to the following addresses.Please refer to OMB control number1029–0061 for Part 795, and 1029–0110for the technical training effectivenessevaluation forms.
ADDRESSES
:
Office of Information andRegulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention:Department of Interior Desk Officer, 72517th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.Also, please send a copy of yourcomments to John A. Trelease, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation andEnforcement, 1951 Constitution Ave,NW, Room 210—SIB, Washington, DC20240, or electronically tojtreleas@osmre.gov.
Dated: April 11, 2000.
Richard G. Bryson,
Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
[FR Doc. 00–9362 Filed 4–13–00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–05–M
DEPARTMENT OF LABOREmployment Standards AdministrationProposed Collection; CommentRequest
ACTION
:
Notice.
SUMMARY
:
The Department of Labor, aspart of its continuing effort to reducepaperwork and respondent burden,conducts a preclearance consultationprogram to provide the general publicand Federal agencies with anopportunity to comment on proposedand/or continuing collections of information in accordance with thePaperwork Reduction Act of 1995(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. Thisprogram helps to ensure that requesteddata can be provided in the desiredformat, reporting burden (time andfinancial resources) is minimized,collection instruments are clearlyunderstood, and the impact of collectionrequirements on respondents can beproperly assessed. Currently, theEmployment Standards Administrationis soliciting comments concerning theproposed extension collection of thefollowing: (1) Notice of Termination,Suspension, Reduction or Increase inPayment Benefits (CM–908); and (2)Economic Survey Schedule (WH–1).Copies of the proposed informationcollection requests can be obtained bycontacting the office listed below in theaddressee section of this Notice.
DATES
:
Written comments must besubmitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES
section below on or before June 13, 2000.
ADDRESSES
:
Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U. S.Department of Labor, 200 ConstitutionAve., NW., Room S–3201, Washington,DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–0339(this is not a toll-free number), fax (202)693–1451.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Notice of Termination, Suspension,Reduction, or Increase in BenefitPayments
I. Background 
The Office of Workers’ CompensationPrograms (OWCP) administers theFederal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977. Under the Act, responsible coalmine operators or their representativesmust provide benefit payments toeligible coal miners and dependents of coal miners who have contractedpneumoconiosis. Responsible operatorswho pay benefits are required to reportany changes in the benefit amount, andthe reasons for the change, to theDepartment of Labor.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor isparticularly interested in commentswhich:
•
Evaluate whether the proposedcollection of information is necessaryfor the proper performance of thefunctions of the agency, includingwhether the information will havepractical utility;
•
Evaluate the accuracy of theagency’s estimate of the burden of theproposed collection of information,including the validity of themethodology and assumptions used;
•
Enhance the quality, utility andclarity of the information to becollected; and
•
Minimize the burden of thecollection of information on those whoare to respond, including through theuse of appropriate automated,electronic, mechanical, or othertechnological collection techniques orother forms of information technology,
e.g.,
permitting electronic submissionsof responses.
III. Current Actions
The Department of Labor seeks theextension of approval to collect thisinformation in order to carry out itsresponsibility to ensure that Division of Coal Mine Workers’ Compensationregulations are followed and that thenew benefit amount is accurate andtimely.
Type of Review:
Extension.
Agency:
Employment StandardsAdministration.
Title:
Notice of Termination,Suspension, Reduction or Increase inBenefit Payments.
OMB Number:
1215–0064.
Agency Number:
CM–908.
Affected Public:
Businesses or otherfor-profit.
Total Respondents:
325.
Frequency:
On occasion.
Total Responses:
9,000.
Average Time per Response:
12minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
1,800.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/ maintenance):
$3.
Economic Survey Schedule
I. Background 
Sections 5, 6(a)(3) and 8 of the FairLabor Standards Act (FLSA),administered by the Wage and HourDivision, provide that covered,nonexempt employees in AmericanSamoa may be paid a minimum wagerate established by a special industrycommittee. The committee is torecommend to the Secretary of Labor thehighest minimum wage rate (not toexceed the rate required under section6(a)(1) of the FLSA) that it determines,having due regard to economic andcompetitive conditions, will notsubstantially curtail employment in theindustry and will not give any industryin American Samoa a competitiveadvantage over any other industry in theUnited States outside of AmericanSamoa. The Secretary of Labor mustsubmit to the industry committeeeconomic data to enable the committeeto recommend the industry wage rates.The Economic Survey Schedule (WH–1)is a voluntary use form completed byemployers in American Samoa todisclose certain economic dataconcerning their establishment.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor isparticularly interested in commentswhich:
•
Evaluate whether the proposedcollection of information is necessaryfor the proper performance of thefunctions of the agency, includingwhether the information will havepractical utility;
•
Evaluate the accuracy of theagency’s estimate of the burden of theproposed collection of information,including the validity of themethodology and assumptions used;
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