[Federal Register: April 1, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 63)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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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 proposed collection: Labor Standards for
Federal Service Contracts 29 CFR, Part 4. 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 June 1, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 693-0418, fax (202) 693-1451, Email bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or Email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Service Contract Act (SCA) and Regulation 29 CFR Part 4 impose
certain recordkeeping and incidental reporting requirements applicable
to employers with employees performing on service contracts within the
Federal government. The basic payroll recordkeeping requirements
contained in this regulation Sec. 4.6(g)(1)(i) through (iv) have been
previously approved under OMB-1215-0017, which constitutes the basic
recordkeeping regulations for all laws administered by the Wage and
Hour Division. This information collection contains three requirements
not cleared under the above information collection. They are: A
vacation benefit seniority list, which is used by the contractor to
determine vacation fringe benefit entitlements earned and accrued by
service contract employees who were employed by predecessor
contractors; a conformance record report, which is used by Wage and
Hour to determine the appropriateness of the conformance and compliance
with the SCA and its regulations; and a collective bargaining
agreement, submitted by the contracting agency to Wage and Hour to be
used in the issuance of wage determinations for successor contracts
subject to section 2(a) and 4(c) of the SCA. This information
collection is currently approved for use through September 30, 2004.
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 approval for the extension of this
information collection in order to carry out the provisions of the
Service Contract.
Type of Review: Extension.
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Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Labor Standards for Federal Service Contracts--Regulations
29 CFR, Part 4.
OMB Number: 1215-0150.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government.
Total Respondents: 83,854.
Time per Response: 83,854.
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Number of
Requirement respondents Average time per response Burden hours
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Vacation Benefit Seniority List.............. 82,149 1 hour........................... 82,149
Conformance Record........................... 200 \1/2\ hour....................... 100
Collective Bargaining Agreement.............. 1,505 5 minutes........................ 125
Total.................................... 83,854 /////////////.................... 82,374
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Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 82,374.
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: March 26, 2004.
Bruce Bohanon,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-7283 Filed 3-31-04; 8:45 am]
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