[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37839-37840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15869]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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 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 new collection of the ``Forms Design and Pilot Testing for the
BLS Green Practices and Processes Project.'' A copy of the proposed
information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
individual listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or before August 30, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE.,
[[Page 37840]]
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: Carol Rowan, BLS Clearance Officer, at
202-691-7628 (this is not a toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Occupational Employment Statistics Program (OES) program has
been funded to collect and produce objective and reliable information
on occupational employment and wages for green jobs at the
establishment level. This information collection will be conducted
through special topic surveys on the green economy. This work is
necessary to meet the publication objective outlined in the President's
FY2010 budget proposal.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) presented its approach to
measuring green jobs and the proposed definition of green jobs in a
March 16th, 2010, Federal Register Notice (75 FR 12571). The
measurement approach includes two types of surveys: One on jobs related
to producing green goods and services, and one on jobs related to using
environmentally friendly production processes and practices.
The latter approach will be accomplished through a special employer
survey. The proposed research is to assist BLS in developing and
testing this survey. This project includes developing survey forms and
information collection protocols to provide information on
environmentally friendly production processes implemented by businesses
across all industries; collecting information on the presence of those
activities; and collecting the number, occupation, and wages paid to
employees of the establishment performing those activities. This
research is necessary for BLS to develop, design, and test survey forms
to produce objective and reliable information on these practices.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
``Forms Design and Pilot Testing for the BLS Green Practices and
Processes Project.'' It is the goal of BLS and its OES program to
produce economic statistics on employment related to use of
environmentally friendly processes across the U.S. economy. Using its
business establishment register, the OES program intends to survey
establishments about these activities and the associated employment.
The survey will identify employers performing green activities,
determine whether they have any employees performing tasks associated
with these activities, gather information to classify those employees
according to the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system, and
collect wage rate information.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics 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: New collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Forms Design and Pilot Testing for the BLS Green Practices
and Processes Project.
OMB Number: 1220-NEW.
Affected Public: Private sector businesses or other for-profits;
not-for-profit institutions, small businesses or organizations; State
and local governments.
Total Respondents: 2,200.
Frequency: One time.
Total Responses: 2,450.
Average Time per Response: 21 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
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Average time Estimated
Form Total Frequency Total per response total burden
respondents responses (min) (hours)
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Forms Panel testing............. 1700 One time 1,700 20 567
Web Panel....................... 500 One time 500 20 167
Follow-up interviews............ .............. One time 250 30 125
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Totals...................... 2,200 .............. 2,450 .............. 858
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The respondents contacted for the follow-up interviews are a subset
of the respondents contacted during the forms panel testing. About 250
respondents will be contacted twice, once during the panel testing and
a second time for the follow-up interview. This is reflected in the
difference between the total number of respondents and the total number
of responses.
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 June 2010.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2010-15869 Filed 6-29-10; 8:45 am]
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