[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71130-71131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28201]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Proposed Renewal of Existing Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce
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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 (OWCP) is soliciting comments concerning the
proposed collection: Notice of Final Payment or Suspension of
Compensation Benefits (LS-208). A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the address section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before January 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave. NW., Room S-3323, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 693-0701, fax (202) 693-1449, Email [email protected]. Please
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or Email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) administers the
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA). The Act
provides benefits to workers' injured in maritime employment on the
navigable waters of the United States or in an adjoining area
customarily used by an employer in loading, unloading, repairing, or
building a vessel. In addition, several acts extend the Longshore Act's
coverage to certain other employees.
Under Section 914(g) of the Longshore Act, the employer or its
insurance carrier must file a report of the compensation paid to a
claimant at the time final payment is made. The Act requires that the
form must be filed within sixteen days of the final payment of
compensation with the District Director in the compensation district in
which the injury occurred. The form requests information regarding the
beginning and ending dates of compensation payments, compensation
rates, reason payments were terminated and types and amount of
compensation payments. Filing of the report is mandatory, and failure
to do so is subject to a civil penalty. This information collection is
currently approved for use through February 28, 2015.
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 extension of approval of this
information collection in order to carry out its responsibility to meet
the statutory requirements to provide compensation or death benefits
under the Act to workers covered by the Act.
Agency: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
Type of Review: Extension.
Title: Notice of Final Payment or Suspension of Compensation
Benefits.
OMB Number: 1240-0041.
Agency Number: LS-208.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Total Respondents: 600.
Total Annual Responses: 21,000.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,250.
Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $10,920.
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: November 25, 2014.
Yoon Ferguson,
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs,
U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2014-28201 Filed 11-28-14; 8:45 am]
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