[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 16841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7046]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Proposed Extension of Existing 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 Office of Workers' Compensation Programs is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed collection: Rehabilitation Action
Report (OWCP-44). 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 May 24, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Mr. Vincent Alvarez, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 693-0372, fax (202) 693-1447, E-mail [email protected].
Please use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or
E-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
I. Background: The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)
administers the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA) and the
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA). These acts
provide vocational rehabilitation services to eligible workers with
disabilities. Section 8104(a) of the FECA and Sec. 939(c) of the LHWCA
provide that eligible injured workers are to be furnished vocational
rehabilitation services, and Sec. 8111(b) of the FECA and Sec. 908(g)
of the LHWCA provide that persons undergoing such vocational
rehabilitation receive maintenance allowances as additional
compensation. Form OWCP-44 is used to collect information necessary to
decide if maintenance allowances should continue to be paid. Form OWCP-
44 is submitted to OWCP by contractors hired to provide vocational
rehabilitation services. Form OWCP-44 gives prompt notification of key
events that may require OWCP action in the vocational rehabilitation
process. This information collection is currently approved for use
through July 31, 2011.
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 ascertain the status of a rehabilitation case and to expedite
adjudicatory claims action based on events arising from a
rehabilitation effort.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
Title: Rehabilitation Action Report
OMB Number: 1240-0008.
Agency Number: OWCP-44.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; State, Local, or
Tribal Government.
Total Respondents: 6,050.
Total Annual Responses: 6,050.
Average Time per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,010.
Frequency: Annually.
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 21, 2011.
Vincent Alvarez,
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, US
Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2011-7046 Filed 3-24-11; 8:45 am]
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