Notice2025-04933
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Carrier's Report of Issuance of Policy
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Published
March 24, 2025
Issuing agencies
Labor DepartmentWorkers' Compensation Programs Office
Abstract
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance request for comment to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This request 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 OWCP is soliciting comments on the information collection for the Carrier's Report of Issuance of Policy, LS-570.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 55 (Monday, March 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13502-13503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04933]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
[OMB Control Nuo. 1240-0004]
Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Carrier's Report of
Issuance of Policy
AGENCY: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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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
request for comment to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed collections of information
in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This request
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 OWCP is soliciting comments on the information
collection for the Carrier's Report of Issuance of Policy, LS-570.
DATES: All comments must be received on or before May 23, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comment as follows. Please note that late,
untimely filed comments will not be considered.
Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments in the following
way:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments for [OWCP-2025-XXXX].
Comments submitted electronically, including attachments, to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> will be posted to the docket, with no changes.
Because your comment will be made public, you are responsible for
ensuring that your comment does not include any confidential
information that you or a third party may not wish to be posted, such
as your or anyone else's Social Security number or confidential
business information.
<bullet> If your comment includes confidential information that you
do not wish to be made available to the public, submit the comment as a
written/paper submission.
Written/Paper Submissions: Submit written/paper submissions in the
following way:
<bullet> Mail/Hand Delivery: Mail or visit DOL-OWCP, Division of
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation, 200 Constitution Ave. NW,
Room S-3323, Washington, DC 20210.
<bullet> OWCP/LHWC will post your comment as well as any
attachments, except for information submitted and marked as
confidential, in the docket at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anjanette Suggs, Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs at (202) 354-9660 (phone) or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6714120000144906090d0609021313022703080b49000811"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="91e2e4f6f6e2bff0fffbf0fff4e5e5f4d1f5fefdbff6fee7">[email protected]</span></a> (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation (LHWC)
administers the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. 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.
Authorized insurance carriers are required to report the issuance
of policies and endorsements under the Longshore and Harbor Workers'
Compensation Act and its extensions, the Defense Base Act, Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act and Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentalities
Act, to the Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation
Programs (OWCP). 20 CFR 703.116. Carriers use the form LS-570 for this
purpose. Filing the form LS-570 with OWCP's Division of Federal
Employees', Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation binds the
carrier to full liability for the named employer's obligations under
the Act or its extensions. Legal authority for this information
collection is found at 33 U.S.C. 932(a) and 33 U.S.C. 939.
Regulatory authority is found at 20 CFR 703.116 and 20 CFR 703.118.
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 under the PRA 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 Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and
1320.6.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
OWCP/DLHWC is soliciting comments concerning the proposed
information collection related to the Request for Employment
Information. OWCP/DLHWC is particularly interested in comments that:
<bullet> Evaluate whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information has practical utility;
<bullet> Evaluate the accuracy of OWCP/C's estimate of the burden
related to the information collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used in the estimate;
<bullet> Suggest methods to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and
<bullet> Minimize the burden of the information collection 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
submission of responses.
Documents related to this information collection request are
available at <a href="https://regulations.gov">https://regulations.gov</a> and at DOL-OWCP located at 200
Constitution Ave. NW, Room S-3323, Washington, DC 20210. Questions
about the information collection requirements may be directed to the
person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice.
III. Current Actions
This information collection request concerns the Carrier's Report
of Issuance of Policy (LS-570). OWCP has updated the data with respect
to the number of respondents, responses, burden hours, and burden costs
supporting this information collection request from the previous
information collection request.
Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved
collection.
Agency: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
OMB Number: 1240-0004.
Affected Public: Private Sector.
Number of Respondents: 400.
Number of Responses: 1,500.
Annual Burden Hours: 25.
Annual Respondent or Recordkeeping Cost: $24.98.
OWCP Form: DLHWC Form, Report of Issuance of Policy.
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Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized in
the request for Office of Management and Budget approval of the
proposed information collection request; they will become a matter of
public record and will be available at <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov">https://www.reginfo.gov</a>.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A))
Anjanette Suggs,
Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-04933 Filed 3-21-25; 8:45 am]
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