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Supporting
Statement
Request
for Arbitration Panel for Airline System Boards of Adjustment
National
Mediation Board (NMB)
A.
JUSTIFICATION:
Section
183 of the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S. C. provides that the parties
to the labor-management disputes in the airline industry must have a
procedure for the resolution of disputes involving the
interpretation or application of provisions of the collective
bargaining agreement. The Railway Labor Act mentions system board
of adjustment or arbitration boards as the mechanism for resolution
and is silent as to how the neutral arbitrator is to be selected if
the parties are unable to agree on an individual. The NMB provides
panels of arbitrators to help the parties in the selection of an
arbitrator.
This
collection is necessary to assist the parties in the selection of a
neutral, when they are unable to agree on an individual. The
parties invoke the process through the submission of the Request for
Arbitration Panel for Airline System Boards of Adjustment form. The
brief information is necessary for the NMB to perform this important
function.
There
is no improved technological method for obtaining this information.
The burden on the parties is minimal in completing the Request for
Arbitration Panel for Airline System Boards of Adjustment.
There is no duplication in
obtaining this information.
The
labor organizations and carriers which are the typical requesters,
are national in scope and do not qualify as small business or other
small entities.
The
collection of this information is vital for the NMB to comply with
the Railway Labor Act which requires that the parties have a
procedure for the resolution of disputes involving interpretation or
application of provisions of the collective bargaining agreement.
This collection is required in order to comply with the law. The
NMB has no ability to control the frequency, technical, or legal
obstacles, which would reduce the burden.
The
information requested by the NMB is consistent with the general
information collection guidelines of C.F.R. 1320.8 (b) (3). The
burden on the parties is minimal in completing the Request for
Arbitration Panel for Airline System Boards of Adjustment. We do
not require submission of more than one copy of any document, nor do
we require submission of any confidential information.
A
notice regarding the Request for Arbitration Panel for Airline
Systems Boards of Adjustment was published in the Federal Register
on April 28, 2006, page 25248 for public comment. The NMB did not
receive any comments on this published notice. There have been no
recent consultations regarding the form. (See attached copy of
notice.)
No payments or gifts have been
provided by the NMB to any respondents of the form.
The
information collected is not confidential as it can be requested
under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The parties are aware,
therefore, that this information is not confidential.
There are no questions of a
sensitive nature on the form.
The
total time
burden on respondents
is 20 hours annually – this is the time required to collect
information. After consulting with a small sample of people
involved with the collection of this information, the time to
complete this information collection is estimated to average 15
minutes per response, including gathering the data needed and
completion and review of the information.
1.Number of
respondents per year 80
2.Estimated
time per respondent 15 minutes
3.Total
Burden hours per year 20
(80 x .25)
The
total collection
and mail cost burden on respondents
is estimated at $331.20
annually ($300.00 time cost burden + $31.20 mail cost burden.)
The respondents will not
incur any capital costs or start up costs for this collection.
Cost burden on respondents –
detail:
(1) The total time burden
annual cost is $300.00
We are estimating that a
mid-level clerical person, with an average salary of $15.00 per hour
will be completing the Request for Arbitration Panel for Airline
System Boards of Adjustment form. The total burden is estimated at
20 hours, therefore the total time burden cost is estimated at
$300.00 per year.
Time Burden Basis: total
hourly burden per year = 20
$15.00 per hour – based on mid level clerical salary
$15.00 x 20 hours per year = $300.00
(2)
The total annual mailing cost to respondents is $33.60
Number
of requests mailed per year 80
Total
estimated cost $33.60
(80 x .42 stamp)
The
total annualized
Federal cost
is
$954.86
– this involves printing, mailing the forms upon request of
the parties and processing the Request for Arbitration Panel for
Airline Systems Boards of Adjustment, (see a., b., and c. below).
a. Printing
cost $ .75
(estimated
cost per copy is .25 x 3 = $.75)
b. Mailing
costs $ 10.11
Mailing costs basis:
Forms are requested approximately 3 times per year, (most requestors
obtain the form from the internet, few actually request that we
provide the form to them) - it takes 5 minutes to print out the form
and prepare it for mail.
Postage cost = $1.26
3 (times per year) x .42 (cost of postage)
Staff cost = $8.85
$.59 per minute (GS 12 $73,720 = $35.32 per hr.
60)
$.59 x 5 minutes per mailing = $2.95
$2.95 x 3 times per year = $8.85
Total Mailing Costs = $10.11
c. Processing
Costs = $944.00
Processing costs basis:
Requests for Arbitration Panels for Airline System Boards of
Adjustment are submitted approximately 80 times per year and it takes
20 minutes to process each application
Staff cost = $944.00
$ .59 per minute (GS 12 $73,720 = $35.32 per hr.
60)
$ .59 x 20 minutes per request = $11.80
$11.80 x 80 times per year = $944.00
Item
13 Program Change & 14 Adjustments – this collection was
not previously included in the Paperwork Reduction Act process.
The
information collected by the request will not be published.
The NMB will display the OMB
expiration date on the form.
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(c) – the form does not reduce the burden on small entities;
however, the collection is not used by small entities. The burden is
minimized and voluntary.
19 (f) – the form does
not indicate the retention period for record keeping requirements.
19
(i) - the form is not part of a statistical survey.
B.
COLLECTIONS OF INFORMATION EMPLOYING STATISTICAL METHODS
Not
applicable to this collection.
| File Type | application/msword |
| File Title | Supporting Statement |
| Author | Grace Ann Leach |
| Last Modified By | dv212 |
| File Modified | 2009-02-19 |
| File Created | 2006-05-02 |