81 FR 17496 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 60 (March 29, 2016)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 60 (March 29, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-07033 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 17496-17498] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-07033] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Bureau of Labor Statistics 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 pre-clearance 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. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the proposed revision of a currently approved collection ``National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979.'' A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the individual listed 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 May 31, 2016. ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20212. Written comments also may be transmitted by fax to 202-691-5111 this is not a toll free number). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, 202-691-7628 (this is not a toll free number). (See ADDRESSES section.) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) is a representative national sample of persons who were born in the years 1957 to 1964 and lived in the U.S. in 1978. These respondents were ages 14 to 22 when the first round of interviews began in 1979; they were ages 51 to 58 as of December 31, 2015. The NLSY79 was conducted annually from 1979 to 1994 and has been conducted biennially since 1994. The longitudinal focus of this survey requires information to be [[Page 17497]] collected from the same individuals over many years in order to trace their education, training, work experience, fertility, income, and program participation. In addition to the main NLSY79, the biological children of female NLSY79 respondents have been surveyed since 1986. A battery of child cognitive, socio-emotional, and physiological assessments has been administered biennially since 1986 to NLSY79 mothers and their children. Starting in 1994, children who had reached age 15 by December 31 of the survey year (the Young Adults) were interviewed about their work experiences, training, schooling, health, fertility, self-esteem, and other topics. Funding for the NLSY79 Child and Young Adult surveys is provided by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development through an interagency agreement with the BLS and through a grant awarded to researchers at the Ohio State University Center for Human Resource Research (CHRR). The interagency agreement funds data collection for children and young adults up to age 22. The grant funds data collection for young adults age 23 and older. One of the goals of the Department of Labor (DOL) is to produce and disseminate timely, accurate, and relevant information about the U.S. labor force. The BLS contributes to this goal by gathering information about the labor force and labor market and disseminating it to policymakers and the public so that participants in those markets can make more informed, and thus more efficient, choices. Research based on the NLSY79 contributes to the formation of national policy in the areas of education, training, employment programs, and school-to-work transitions. In addition to the reports that the BLS produces based on data from the NLSY79, members of the academic community publish articles and reports based on NLSY79 data for the DOL and other funding agencies. To date, more than 2,578 articles examining NLSY79 data have been published in scholarly journals. The survey design provides data gathered from the same respondents over time to form the only data set that contains this type of information for this important population group. Without the collection of these data, an accurate longitudinal data set could not be provided to researchers and policymakers, thus adversely affecting the DOL's ability to perform its policy- and report-making activities. II. Current Action The BLS seeks approval to conduct round 27 of the NLSY79 and the associated surveys of biological children of female NLSY79 respondents. The Young Adult Survey will be administered to young adults age 12 and older who are the biological children of female NLSY79 respondents. These young adults will be contacted regardless of whether they reside with their mothers. Members of the Young Adult grant sample are contacted for interviews every other round once they reach age 31. The NLSY79 Young Adult Survey involves interviews with approximately 5,445 young adults ages 12 and older. During the field period, about 10 main NLSY79 interviews will be validated to ascertain whether the interview took place as the interviewer reported and whether the interview was done in a polite and professional manner. BLS has undertaken a continuing redesign effort to examine the current content of the NLSY79 and provide direction for changes that may be appropriate as the respondents age. The 2016 instrument reflects a number of changes recommended by experts in various fields of social science and by our own internal review of the survey's content. Additions to the questionnaire are accompanied by deletions of previous questions so that the overall time required to complete the survey should remain about the same or even decline slightly as compared to 2014. The round 27 questionnaire includes new questions on job tasks, as well as questions on menopause that will be asked of the female respondents. In addition, the assets module that has been asked in odd- numbered rounds since Round 19 will rotate back into the questionnaire. Questions on job tasks will be added to the employment section for Round 27. All respondents (male and female) who have held a job since their last interview will be asked these questions about their current or most recent job (job #1). The items cover job tasks in three key domains: Things (physical or repetitive tasks), data (analytic tasks; problem solving), and people (interpersonal tasks). Respondents are first asked how much of their workday involves carrying out short, repetitive tasks, doing physical tasks, and managing or supervising other workers. They are next asked how often they engage in problem solving on their job, and a separate question asks how often they use advanced mathematics on their job. They are also asked about the longest document that they typically read as part of their job and how often their job involves face-to-face contact with people other than co-workers or supervisors. Questions will be added to the health section of the NLSY79 in order to date the onset of menopause among the female sample members. The questions will be asked of all women. We expect that most of the women will have reached menopause as the youngest of them will be 52 in 2016. The menopause questions collect age of last menstrual cycle, whether the woman has had a hysterectomy, whether the woman is taking hormone replacement therapy, and, if taking HRT, whether she had a period in the 12 months prior to beginning HRT. The primary change to the Child and Young Adult Surveys is that a separate child survey will no longer be conducted. This sample includes very few children age 14 and under and so we will no longer conduct a separate child survey; children age 12 and older will join the Young Adult sample. The Young Adult sample will include 1,205 respondents ages 12-22 and 4,240 respondents age 23 and older in Round 27. Most of the changes made to the Young Adult questionnaire for 2016 have been made to streamline questions and sections in order to cut down on the amount of time it takes for a respondent to complete an interview. III. Desired Focus of Comments The BLS 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. 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. Type of Review: Revision of a previously approved collection. Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Title: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979. [[Page 17498]] OMB Number: 1220-0109. Affected Public: Individuals or households. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average time Estimated Form Total Frequency Total per response total burden respondents responses (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NLSY79 Round 27 Main Survey... 7,100 Biennially...... 7,100 70 8,283 Round 27 Validation Interviews 10 Biennially...... 10 6 1 Young Adult Survey (Ages 12 to 45 Biennially...... 45 50 38 13). Young Adult Survey (Ages 14 to 400 Biennially...... 400 66 440 18). Young Adult Survey (Ages 19 to 760 Biennially...... 760 60 760 22). Young Adult Survey, Grant 2,020 Biennially...... 2,020 55 1,852 component (Age 23 to 28), interview. Young Adult Survey, Grant 2,220 Biennially...... 2,220 70 2,590 component (Age 29 and older), interview. ---------------- ----------------------------------------------- Totals \1\................ 12,545 ................ 12,555 .............. 13,964 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ The total number of 12,545 respondents across all the survey instruments is a mutually exclusive count that does not include the 10 reinterview respondents, who were previously counted among the main and young adult survey respondents. Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0. Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0. 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 also will become a matter of public record. Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of March 2016. Kimberly D. Hill, Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics. [FR Doc. 2016-07033 Filed 3-28-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-24-P
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Overview of This Information DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Collection
Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Bureau of Labor Statistics
(1) Type of Information Collection: Decree
New collection. Proposed Collection; Comment
In accordance with Departmental Request
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
National Census of Victim Service Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby ACTION: Notice.
Providers. given that a proposed Consent Decree in
Andy Johnson v. United States SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
Environmental Protection Agency, et al., part of its continuing effort to reduce
the applicable component of the paperwork and respondent burden,
Civil Action No. 15–cv–147–SWS, was
Department of Justice sponsoring the conducts a pre-clearance consultation
lodged with the United States District
collection: The form numbers for the program to provide the general public
Court for the District of Wyoming on
collection are VSP–1, VSP–2, and VSP– and Federal agencies with an
March 22, 2016.
3. The applicable component within the opportunity to comment on proposed
Department of Justice is the Bureau of This proposed Consent Decree and/or continuing collections of
Justice Statistics, in the Office of Justice concerns a complaint filed by Andy information in accordance with the
Programs. Johnson against the United States Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
Environmental Protection Agency (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This
(3) Affected public who will be asked
(‘‘EPA’’), under the Administrative program helps to ensure that requested
or required to respond, as well as a brief
Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 706, which data can be provided in the desired
abstract: Organizations that have been
seeks judicial review of an format, reporting burden (time and
identified as providing services to
administrative order that EPA issued to financial resources) is minimized,
victims of crime or abuse will be asked
Mr. Johnson on January 30, 2014, collection instruments are clearly
to respond. The Census of Victim
entitled ‘‘Findings of Violation and understood, and the impact of collection
Service Providers is the first national
Administrative Order for Compliance,’’ requirements on respondents can be
collection to gather data on the
under Section 309 of the Clean Water properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor
characteristics, functions, and resources Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319. The proposed
of entities that provide assistance to concerning the proposed revision of a
Consent Decree resolves this matter by,
victims of crime or abuse. currently approved collection ‘‘National
among other things, requiring Mr.
(5) An estimate of the total number of Johnson to perform mitigation for areas Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979.’’ A
respondents and the amount of time impacted by fill material. copy of the proposed information
estimated for an average respondent to collection request (ICR) can be obtained
The Department of Justice will accept by contacting the individual listed in
respond: An estimated 31,000 victim
written comments relating to this the Addresses section of this notice.
service providers will be asked to
proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) DATES: Written comments must be
respond to the survey. About 15% of
days from the date of publication of this submitted to the office listed in the
entities will no longer be in business or
Notice. Please address comments to Addresses section below on or before
no longer serving victims and these
Alan D. Greenberg, Senior Attorney, May 31, 2016.
respondents will be ineligible to
United States Department of Justice, ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora
complete the survey instrument. For
Environment and Natural Resources Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
these entities the burden will be less
Division, Environmental Defense Division of Management Systems,
than 5 minutes. For the remaining
Section, 999 18th Street, Suite 370, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
26,350 victim service providers, it will
Denver, CO 80202 and refer to Andy 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE.,
take the average interviewed respondent
Johnson v. United States Environmental Washington, DC 20212. Written
an estimated 20 minutes to respond.
Protection Agency, et al., DJ #90–5–1–4– comments also may be transmitted by
(6) An estimate of the total public 20568. fax to 202–691–5111 this is not a toll
burden (in hours) associated with the free number).
The proposed Consent Decree may be
collection: There are an estimated 9,171 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
examined at the Clerk’s Office, United
total burden hours associated with this Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
States District Court for the District of
collection. 202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free
Wyoming, 2120 Capitol Avenue, Room
If additional information is required 2131, Cheyenne, WY 82001. In addition, number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
contact: Jerri Murray, Department the proposed Consent Decree may be SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Clearance Officer, United States examined electronically at http:// I. Background
Department of Justice, Justice www.justice.gov/enrd/Consent_
Management Division, Policy and The National Longitudinal Survey of
Decrees.html.
Planning Staff, Two Constitution Youth 1979 (NLSY79) is a
Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405B, Cherie L. Rogers, representative national sample of
Washington, DC 20530. Assistant Section Chief, Environmental persons who were born in the years
Defense Section, Environment and Natural 1957 to 1964 and lived in the U.S. in
Dated: March 24, 2016.
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Resources Division. 1978. These respondents were ages 14 to
Jerri Murray, [FR Doc. 2016–07009 Filed 3–28–16; 8:45 am] 22 when the first round of interviews
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. BILLING CODE 4410–15–P
began in 1979; they were ages 51 to 58
Department of Justice. as of December 31, 2015. The NLSY79
[FR Doc. 2016–07050 Filed 3–28–16; 8:45 am] was conducted annually from 1979 to
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since 1994. The longitudinal focus of
this survey requires information to be
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OMB Number: 1220–0109. Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Average time Estimated total
Total Total
Form Frequency per response burden
respondents responses (minutes) (hours)
NLSY79 Round 27 Main Survey .......................... 7,100 Biennially ...................... 7,100 70 8,283
Round 27 Validation Interviews ............................ 10 Biennially ...................... 10 6 1
Young Adult Survey (Ages 12 to 13) ................... 45 Biennially ...................... 45 50 38
Young Adult Survey (Ages 14 to 18) ................... 400 Biennially ...................... 400 66 440
Young Adult Survey (Ages 19 to 22) ................... 760 Biennially ...................... 760 60 760
Young Adult Survey, Grant component (Age 23 2,020 Biennially ...................... 2,020 55 1,852
to 28), interview.
Young Adult Survey, Grant component (Age 29 2,220 Biennially ...................... 2,220 70 2,590
and older), interview.
Totals 1 ........................................................... 12,545 ....................................... 12,555 ........................ 13,964
1 Thetotal number of 12,545 respondents across all the survey instruments is a mutually exclusive count that does not include th e 10 reinter-
view respondents, who were previously counted among the main and young adult survey respondents.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): requirements on respondents can be responding appropriately to mine
$0. properly assessed. Currently, the Mine emergencies. MSHA uses the plans to
Total Burden Cost (operating/ Safety and Health Administration ensure that the operator’s program will
maintenance): $0. (MSHA) is soliciting comments on the provide the required training and drills
Comments submitted in response to information collection for Emergency to all miners. MSHA requires the
this notice will be summarized and/or Mine Evacuation. operator to certify the training and drill
included in the request for Office of DATES: All comments must be received for each miner at the completion of each
Management and Budget approval of the on or before May 31, 2016. quarterly drill, annual expectations
information collection request; they also ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the training, or other training, and that a
will become a matter of public record. information collection requirements of copy be provided to the miner upon
Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of this notice may be sent by any of the request. These certifications are used by
March 2016. methods listed below. MSHA, operators, and miners as
Kimberly D. Hill, • Federal E-Rulemaking Portal: evidence that the required training has
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the been completed. MSHA requires that
Bureau of Labor Statistics. on-line instructions for submitting escapeway maps show the SCSR storage
[FR Doc. 2016–07033 Filed 3–28–16; 8:45 am]
comments for docket number MSHA– locations. Accurate and up-to-date maps
2016–0003. are essential to the engineering plans
BILLING CODE 4510–24–P
• Regular Mail: Send comments to and safe operation of mines and to the
USDOL–MSHA, Office of Standards, health and safety of the miners. MSHA
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th and other emergency evacuation
Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, personnel will use the notations on the
Mine Safety and Health Administration VA 22202–5452.
maps should a rescue or recovery
• Hand Delivery: USDOL-Mine Safety
[OMB Control No. 1219–0141] and Health Administration, 201 12th operation be necessary. Miners use the
Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, escapeway maps in training and during
Proposed Extension of Information VA 22202–5452. Sign in at the mine evacuations. Escapeway maps are
Collection; Emergency Mine receptionist’s desk on the 4th floor via required to be posted or readily
Evacuation the East elevator. accessible for all miners in each
working section, areas where
AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sheila McConnell, Acting Director, mechanized mining equipment is being
Administration, Labor.
installed or removed, at surface
ACTION: Request for public comments. Office of Standards, Regulations, and
Variances, MSHA, at locations where miners congregate and
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as MSHA.information.collections@dol.gov in each refuge alternative. MSHA
part of its continuing effort to reduce (email); 202–693–9440 (voice); or 202– requires that persons that test Self-
paperwork and respondent burden, 693–9441 (facsimile). Contained, Self-Rescuers (SCSRs) certify
that the tests were done and record all
conducts a pre-clearance consultation SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
program to provide the general public corrective actions. MSHA inspectors use
and Federal agencies with an I. Background these records to determine compliance
opportunity to comment on proposed The Mine Safety and Health with the standards. It includes
collections of information in accordance Administration (MSHA) requires each requirements for compiling,
maintaining, and reporting an inventory
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with the Paperwork Reduction Act of operator of an underground coal mine to
1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). This submit a Mine Emergency Evacuation of all SCSRs at the mine, and for
program helps to assure that requested and Firefighting Program of Instruction reporting defects, performance
data can be provided in the desired to the District Manager for approval. problems, or malfunctions with SCSRs.
format, reporting burden (time and Upon approval by the MSHA District This will assure that MSHA can
financial resources) is minimized, Manager, the operator uses the approved investigate SCSR problems, if necessary,
collection instruments are clearly program of instruction to implement notify other users of these problems
understood, and the impact of collection programs for training miners in before accidents occur and require
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