Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Rehabilitation Action Report

• Published date: 26 March 2024
• Record Number: 2024-06358
• Citation: 89 FR 21013
• Court: Labor Department
• Section: Notices

Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 59 (Tuesday, March 26, 2024)

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 26, 2024)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 21013-21014]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2024-06358]
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                DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
                Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
                Review; Comment Request; Rehabilitation Action Report
                ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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                SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of
                Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)-sponsored information collection
                request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
                and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
                (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
                DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency
                receives on or before April 25, 2024.
                ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
                information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
                this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
                information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
                Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Neary by telephone at 202-
                693-6312, or by email at [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OWCP-44 is the form used to report the
                status of a rehabilitation case, submitted by the contractor vocational
                rehabilitation counselor during an ongoing vocational rehabilitation
                effort, and to request prompt adjudicatory claims action based on
                events arising during that effort. For additional substantive
                information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the
                Federal Register on January 4, 2024 (89 FR 482).
                 Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information
                is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
                Department, including whether the information will have practical
                utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely
                manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and
                cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the
                methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality,
                utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to
                minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
                to respond, including the use of
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                automated collection techniques or other forms of information
                technology.
                 This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency
                generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and
                the public is generally not required to respond to an information
                collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid
                OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions
                of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to
                comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid
                OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
                 DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for
                three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than
                three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information
                collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive
                a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
                 Agency: DOL-OWCP.
                 Title of Collection: Rehabilitation Action Report.
                 OMB Control Number: 1240-0008.
                 Affected Public: Private Sector--Businesses or other for-profits;
                Not-for-profit institutions.
                 Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,136.
                 Total Estimated Number of Responses: 6,136.
                 Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 1,043 hours.
                 Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
                (Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
                Michelle Neary,
                Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
                [FR Doc. 2024-06358 Filed 3-25-24; 8:45 am]
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