[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 181 (Thursday, September 18, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 49031-49032] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-24767] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION Privacy Act of 1974 and Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 AGENCY: Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission. ACTION: Amendment of system of records to include new routine uses. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11)), the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is issuing notice of our intent to amend the system of payroll records (FMSHRC-01) to include new routine uses. We invite public comment on this publication. In addition, we are updating our identification of the system location to reflect the Commission's present payroll servicing agent. DATES: The changes will become effective as proposed, on October 1, 1997 as required by law. Comments will be received for 30 days from the date of this notice, and, if changes are necessary based on the Commission's review of comments received, the Commission will publish a new final notice. ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may comment on this publication by writing to Richard L. Baker, Executive Director, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20006. All comments received will be available for public inspection at that address. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard L. Baker, Executive Director, (202) 653-5625. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Discussion of Proposed Changes to Routine Use of Systems of Records Pursuant to the Pub. L. 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC) will disclose data from its payroll records to the Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services for use in its Federal Parent Locator System (FPLS) and Federal Tax Offset System, DHHS/OCSE No. 09-90-0074. Information on this system was last published at 61 FR 38754, July 25, 1996. FPLS is a computerized network through which States may request location information from Federal and State agencies to find non- custodial parents and/or their employers for purposes of establishing paternity and securing support. Effective October 1, 1997, the FPLS will be enlarged to include the National Directory of New Hires, a database containing information on employees commencing employment, quarterly wage data on private and public sector employees, and information on unemployment compensation benefits. Effective October 1, 1998, the FPLS will be expanded to include a Federal Case Registry. The Federal Case Registry will contain abstracts on all participants involved in child support enforcement cases. When the Federal Case Registry is instituted, its files will be matched on an ongoing basis against the files in the National Directory of New Hires to determine if an employee is a participant in a child support case anywhere in the country. If the FPLS identifies a person as being a participant in a State child support case, that State will be notified of the participant's current employer. State requests to the FPLS for location information will also continue to be processed after October 1, 1998. The data to be disclosed by the National Finance Center of the United States Department of Agriculture, on behalf of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission to the FPLS include wages earned and income taxes to be paid both state and federal, and the following data elements relating to the employee--employees name and social security number, date and state of hire, date of birth, address; and the following data elements relating to the Commission: Federal EIN (employer identification number), employer name and address. In addition, names and social security numbers submitted by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission to the FPLS will be disclosed by the Office of Child Support Enforcement to the Social Security Administration for verification to ensure that the social security number provided is correct. The data disclosed by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission to the FPLS will also be disclosed by the Office of Child Support Enforcement to the Secretary of the Treasury for use in verifying claims for the advance payment of the earned income tax credit or to verify a claim of employment on a tax return. II. Compatibility of Proposed Routine Uses We are proposing these routine uses in accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3)). The Privacy Act permits the disclosure of information about individuals without their consent for a routine use where the information will be used for a purpose which is compatible with the purpose for which the information was originally collected. The Office of Management and Budget has indicated that a ``compatible'' use is a use which is necessary and proper. See OMB Guidelines, 51 FR 18982, 18985 (1986). Since the proposed uses of the data are required by Pub. L. 104-193, they are clearly necessary and proper uses, and therefore ``compatible'' uses which meet Privacy Act requirements. Finally, we are changing the system location of the Commission's payroll records to reflect the agency's present contractor--United States Department of Agriculture, National Finance Center. III. Effect of the Proposed Changes on Individuals We will disclose information under the proposed routine uses only as required by Pub. L. 104-193 and as permitted by the Privacy Act. Accordingly, the payroll records system (FMSHRC-01) notice originally published at 49 FR 30668 (July 31, 1984) is further amended as set forth below. * * * * * System location: United States Department of Agriculture, National Finance Center, copies held by FMSHRC. USDA holds records for the Commission under inter-agency agreement. * * * * * Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories of users and the purposes of such uses: (1). To the Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services Federal Parent Locator System (FPLS) and Federal Tax Offset System for use in locating individuals and identifying their income sources to establish paternity, establish and modify orders of support and for enforcement action. (2). To the Office of Child Support Enforcement for release to the Social Security Administration for verifying [[Page 49032]] social security numbers in connection with the operation of the FPLS by the Office of Child Support Enforcement; (3). To Office of Child Support Enforcement for release to the Department of Treasury for purposes of administering the Earned Income Tax Credit Program (Section 32, Internal Revenue Code of 1986) and verifying a claim with respect to employment in a tax return; * * * * * Dated: September 12, 1997. Richard L. Baker, Executive Director, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission. [FR Doc. 97-24767 Filed 9-17-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6735-01-P