81 FR 3477 - Proposed Extension of Existing Collection; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 13 (January 21, 2016)
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 13 (January 21, 2016)
| Page Range | 3477-3478 | |
| FR Document | 2016-01145 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 3477-3478] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-01145] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Office of Workers' Compensation Programs Proposed Extension of Existing 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. Currently, the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs is soliciting comments concerning the proposal to extend OMB approval of the information collection: Certification by School Official (CM-981). A copy of the proposed information collection request [[Page 3478]] 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 March 21, 2016. ADDRESSES: Ms Yoon Ferguson, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. NW., Room S-3323, Washington, DC 20210, telephone/fax (202) 354- 9647, Email [email protected]. Please use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or Email). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background In order to qualify as a dependent that is eligible for black lung benefits, a child aged 18 to 23 must be a full-time student as described in the Black Lung Benefits Act, 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq. and attending regulations 20 CFR 725.209. The CM-981 is partially completed by the appropriate district office so that the school official or registrar's office will know for which student and time period the information is being requested and is also used to verify the full-time student status. This information collection is currently approved for use through July 31, 2016. 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 approval for the extension of this currently-approved information collection in order to determine the continued eligibility of students. Type of Review: Extension. Agency: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs. Title: Certification by School Official. OMB Number: 1240-0031. Agency Number: CM-981. Affected Public: Individuals or households, Not-for-profit institutions, State, Local or Tribal Government. Total Respondents: 493. Total Annual Responses: 493. Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes. Frequency: On occasion. Estimated Total Burden Hours: 82 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 will also become a matter of public record. Dated: January 14, 2016. Yoon Ferguson, Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Labor. [FR Doc. 2016-01145 Filed 1-20-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-CK-P
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DATES: The closing date for receipt of Ave. NW., Room S–3323, Washington, Agency: Office of Workers’
applications under this announcement DC 20210, telephone/FAX (202) 354– Compensation Programs.
is February 26, 2016. Applications must 9647, Email ferguson.yoon@dol.gov. Title: Notice of Issuance of Insurance
be received no later than 4:00:00 p.m. Please use only one method of Policy.
Eastern Time. transmission for comments (mail, fax, or OMB Number: 1240–0048.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pia Email). Agency Number: CM–921.
Miller, Grants Management Specialist, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected Public: Business or other for
Office of Grants Management, at (202) I. Background: Section 423 of the profit; Federal Government and State,
693–3153. Applicants should email all Black Lung Benefits Act, as amended, Local or Tribal Government.
technical questions to miller.pia.m@ requires that a responsible coal mine Total Respondents: 51.
dol.gov and reference the Funding operator be insured and outlines the Total Annual Responses: 3,500.
Opportunity Number listed in this items each contract of insurance must Estimated Time per Response: 10
notice. contain. It also enumerates the civil minutes.
The Grant Officer for this FOA is Eric penalties to which a responsible coal Frequency: Annually.
Luetkenhaus. mine operator is subject, should these Estimated Total Burden Hours: 8
procedures not be followed. Further, 20 Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
Signed January 14, 2016 in Washington, $0.
DC. CFR par V, subpart C, 726.208–213
requires that each insurance carrier Total Burden Cost (operating/
Eric D. Luetkenhaus, maintenance): $29.
Grant Officer/Division Chief, Employment shall report to the Division of Coal Mine
Workers’ Compensation (DCMWC) each Comments submitted in response to
and Training Administration. this notice will be summarized and/or
[FR Doc. 2016–01146 Filed 1–20–16; 8:45 am]
policy and endorsement issued,
cancelled, or renewed with respect to included in the request for Office of
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responsible operators. It states that this Management and Budget approval of the
report will be made in such manner and information collection request; they will
on such a form as DCMWC may require. also become a matter of public record.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
The CM–921 is the form completed by Dated: January 14, 2016.
Office of Workers’ Compensation the insurance carrier and forwarded to Yoon Ferguson,
Programs DCMWC for review. It is also required Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’
that if a policy is issued or renewed for Compensation Programs, US Department of
Proposed Extension of Existing more than one operator, a separate Labor.
Collection; Comment Request report for each operator shall be [FR Doc. 2016–01144 Filed 1–20–16; 8:45 am]
submitted. This information collection BILLING CODE 4510–CK–P
ACTION: Notice. is currently approved for use through
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as July 31, 2016.
II. Review Focus: The Department of DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, Labor is particularly interested in
comments which: Office of Workers’ Compensation
conducts a pre-clearance consultation Programs
program to provide the general public * Evaluate whether the proposed
and Federal agencies with an collection of information is necessary
Proposed Extension of Existing
opportunity to comment on proposed for the proper performance of the
Collection; Comment Request
and/or continuing collections of functions of the agency, including
information in accordance with the whether the information will have ACTION: Notice
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 practical utility;
(PRA95). This program helps to ensure * evaluate the accuracy of the SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as
that requested data can be provided in agency’s estimate of the burden of the part of its continuing effort to reduce
the desired format, reporting burden proposed collection of information, paperwork and respondent burden,
(time and financial resources) is including the validity of the conducts a pre-clearance consultation
minimized, collection instruments are methodology and assumptions used; program to provide the general public
clearly understood, and the impact of * enhance the quality, utility and and Federal agencies with an
collection requirements on respondents clarity of the information to be opportunity to comment on proposed
can be properly assessed. Currently, the collected; and and/or continuing collections of
Office of Workers’ Compensation * minimize the burden of the information in accordance with the
Programs is soliciting comments collection of information on those who Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
concerning the proposal to extend OMB are to respond, including through the (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This
approval of the information collection: use of appropriate automated, program helps to ensure that requested
Notice of Issuance of Insurance Policy electronic, mechanical, or other data can be provided in the desired
(CM–921). A copy of the proposed technological collection techniques or format, reporting burden (time and
information collection request can be other forms of information technology, financial resources) is minimized,
obtained by contacting the office listed e.g., permitting electronic submissions collection instruments are clearly
of responses. understood, and the impact of collection
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below in the addresses section of this
Notice. III. Current Actions: The Department requirements on respondents can be
of Labor seeks the approval for the properly assessed. Currently, the Office
DATES: Written comments must be extension of this currently-approved of Workers’ Compensation Programs is
submitted to the office listed in the information collection in order to soliciting comments concerning the
addresses section below on or before identify operators who have secured proposal to extend OMB approval of the
March 21, 2016. insurance for payment of black lung information collection: Certification by
ADDRESSES: Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. benefits as required by the Act. School Official (CM–981). A copy of the
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Type of Review: Extension. proposed information collection request
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can be obtained by contacting the office Type of Review: Extension. I. General Information
listed below in the ADDRESSES section of Agency: Office of Workers’ The Pro Bono Innovation Fund was
this Notice. Compensation Programs. created after the LSC Board of Directors
DATES: Written comments must be Title: Certification by School Official. formed a Pro Bono Task Force in 2011
submitted to the office listed in the OMB Number: 1240–0031. to identify ways to better engage pro
ADDRESSES section below on or before Agency Number: CM–981. bono lawyers and other volunteers to
March 21, 2016. Affected Public: Individuals or serve low-income people. One
ADDRESSES: Ms Yoon Ferguson, U.S. households, Not-for-profit institutions, recommendation of the Pro Bono Task
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution State, Local or Tribal Government. Force was to create a competitive
Ave. NW., Room S–3323, Washington, Total Respondents: 493. Innovation Fund grant program. On
DC 20210, telephone/fax (202) 354– Total Annual Responses: 493. January 17, 2014, the President signed
9647, Email ferguson.yoon@dol.gov. Estimated Time per Response: 10 Public Law 113–76, the Consolidated
Please use only one method of minutes. Appropriations Act of 2014, which
transmission for comments (mail, fax, or Frequency: On occasion. included $2.5 million in LSC’s
Email). Estimated Total Burden Hours: 82 appropriation for the Pro Bono
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): Innovation Fund. In its first year of
$0. grant making, LSC funded eleven
I. Background Total Burden Cost (operating/ projects seeking to address the critical
In order to qualify as a dependent that maintenance): $0. legal needs of underserved populations
is eligible for black lung benefits, a child Comments submitted in response to with more pro bono volunteers,
aged 18 to 23 must be a full-time this notice will be summarized and/or significant collaboration, and
student as described in the Black Lung included in the request for Office of technology enhancements. The
Benefits Act, 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq. and Management and Budget approval of the Consolidated and Further Continuing
attending regulations 20 CFR 725.209. information collection request; they will Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law
The CM–981 is partially completed by also become a matter of public record. 113–235 (December 16, 2014) increased
the appropriate district office so that the LSC’s appropriation for the Pro Bono
Dated: January 14, 2016.
school official or registrar’s office will Innovation Fund to $4 million and LSC
Yoon Ferguson, funded an additional fifteen projects in
know for which student and time period Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’
the information is being requested and FY15. On December 18, 2015, the
Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016,
is also used to verify the full-time Labor.
student status. This information Public Law 114–113 provided $4
[FR Doc. 2016–01145 Filed 1–20–16; 8:45 am] million for the Pro Bono Innovation
collection is currently approved for use BILLING CODE 4510–CK–P
through July 31, 2016. Fund.
In 2016, the Pro Bono Innovation
II. Review Focus Fund will continue to advance LSC’s
The Department of Labor is goal of increasing the quantity and
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION quality of legal services provided to
particularly interested in comments
which: eligible people. Applicants to the Pro
Request for Letters of Intent To Apply
• Evaluate whether the proposed Bono Innovation Fund should identify
for 2016 Pro Bono Innovation Fund
collection of information is necessary the most pressing unmet client needs
Grants
for the proper performance of the and how pro bono volunteers will be
functions of the agency, including AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation. used to address those needs. Projects
whether the information will have ACTION: Notice. funded by the Pro Bono Innovation
practical utility; Fund will serve as demonstration efforts
• evaluate the accuracy of the SUMMARY: The Legal Services to strengthen pro bono service delivery
agency’s estimate of the burden of the Corporation (LSC) issues this Notice and improve low income persons’
proposed collection of information, describing the conditions under which access to high quality legal assistance
including the validity of the Letters of Intent to Apply for 2016 through coordinated legal delivery
methodology and assumptions used; funding will be received for the Pro systems.
• enhance the quality, utility and Bono Innovation Fund. On December II. Funding Opportunity Information
clarity of the information to be 18, 2015, Congress provided $4 million
collected; and for the Pro Bono Innovation Fund A. Pro Bono Innovation Fund Purpose
• minimize the burden of the through the Consolidated and Key Goals
collection of information on those who Appropriations Act for 2016. The purpose of the Pro Bono
are to respond, including through the DATES: Letters of Intent must be Innovation Fund is to develop and
use of appropriate automated, submitted by 5:00 p.m. EST on March enhance pro bono programs that serve
electronic, mechanical, or other 28, 2016. larger numbers of low-income clients
technological collection techniques or ADDRESSES: Letters of Intent must be and that improve the quality and
other forms of information technology, submitted electronically at http:// effectiveness of the services clients
e.g., permitting electronic submissions receive by using pro bono volunteers.
asabaliauskas on DSK9F6TC42PROD with NOTICES
lscgrants.lsc.gov.
of responses. Projects should be innovative (new,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: replicable models and approaches to pro
III. Current Actions Mytrang Nguyen, Program Counsel, bono delivery) or replicate prior
The Department of Labor seeks the Office of Program Performance, Legal successful models.
approval for the extension of this Services Corporation, 3333 K Street The Pro Bono Innovation Fund is
currently-approved information NW., Washington, DC, 20007; (202) designed to address issues identified in
collection in order to determine the 295–1564 or nguyenm@lsc.gov. the 2012 report of LSC’s Pro Bono Task
continued eligibility of students. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Force. The report provides a summary
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