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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 140 / Tuesday, July 21, 2020 / Notices

Dated: June 30, 2020.
Laura Rogers,
Acting Director, Office on Violence Against
Women.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Consumer
Price Index Commodities and Services
Survey
Notice of availability; request
for comments.

ACTION:

The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting this Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS)-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 agency receives
on or before August 20, 2020.
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:
Anthony May by telephone at 202–693–
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or
by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Under the direction of the Secretary of
Labor, the Bureau of Labor Statistics

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(BLS) is directed by law to collect,
collate, and report full and complete
statistics on the conditions of labor and
the products and distribution of the
products of the same; the Consumer
Price Index (CPI) is one of these
statistics. The collection of data from a
wide spectrum of retail establishments
and government agencies is essential for
the timely and accurate calculation of
the Commodities and Services (C&S)
component of the CPI. The CPI is the
only index compiled by the U.S.
Government that is designed to measure
changes in the purchasing power of the
urban consumer’s dollar. The CPI is a
measure of the average change in prices
over time paid by urban consumers for
a market basket of goods and services.
The CPI is used most widely as a
measure of inflation, and serves as an
indicator of the effectiveness of
government economic policy. It is also
used as a deflator of other economic
series, that is, to adjust other series for
price changes and to translate these
series into inflation-free dollars.
Examples include retail sales, hourly
and weekly earnings, and components
of the Gross Domestic Product. A third
major use of the CPI is to adjust income
payments. Over 2 million workers are
covered by collective bargaining
contracts, which provide for increases
in wage rates based on increases in the
CPI. At least eight states have laws that
link the adjustment in state minimum
wage to the changes in the CPI. In
addition, as a result of statutory action,
the CPI affects the income of almost 132
million of Americans: 64 Million Social
Security beneficiaries, 4 million military
and Federal Civil Service retirees, and
34 million food stamp recipients have
cost-of-living adjustments tied to the
CPI. Changes in the CPI also affect the
cost of lunches for 30 million children
who eat lunch at school. Under the
National School Lunch Act and Child
Nutrition Act, national average
payments for those lunches and
breakfasts are adjusted annually by the
Secretary of Agriculture on the basis of
the change in the CPI series, ‘‘Food
away from Home.’’ Since 1985, the CPI
has been used to adjust the Federal
income tax structure to prevent
inflation-induced tax rate increases. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
February 21, 2020 (85 FR 10190).
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

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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–BLS.
Title of Collection: Consumer Price
Index Commodities and Services
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 1220–0039.
Affected Public: Private Sector:
Businesses or other for-profits,
individuals and households, state/local/
tribal governments.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 52,047.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 336,423.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
121,405 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: July 13, 2020.
Anthony May,
Management and Program Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0014]

The Hazard Communication Standard;
Extension of the Office of Management
and Budget’s Approval of Information
Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:

OSHA solicits public
comments concerning the proposal to
extend the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in the Hazard Communication
Standard.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
September 21, 2020.
ADDRESSES:
SUMMARY:

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