Proposed Information Collection Request; Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; Approval, Exhaust Gas Monitoring, and Safety Requirements for the Use of Diesel-Powered Equipment in Underground Coal Mines, 61314-61315 [05-21064]
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• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information 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 submissions
of responses.
Agency: Center for Faith-Based and
Community Initiatives.
Title: Workforce Investment Board
survey.
OMB Number: 1290–0NEW.
Frequency: One time.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents:
Approximately 665.
Estimated Number of Responses: 532.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 20
minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 180.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $0.
Description: DOL currently does not
have a mechanism by which to obtain
information regarding the grants,
contracts, and cooperative agreements
being awarded by local and state WIBs
using Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
funds. It is critical that DOL begin to
obtain information about these grants,
contracts, and cooperative agreements
in order to better understand how much
money is being spent and the types of
organizations receiving the funds. DOL
is especially interested in obtaining
information on awards to faith-based
organizations. DOL is interested in
obtaining information about grants,
contracts, and cooperative agreements
using WIA youth funds in particular.
The WIB survey will bridge this gap
in DOL–ETA’s knowledge of WIB
grants, contracts, and cooperative
agreements using WIA youth funds.
Through this survey, DOL plans to
contact every state and local WIB, rather
than a representative sample of WIBs.
This is because DOL wants to obtain not
only summary information about the
grants, contracts, and cooperative
agreements (e.g., average amount,
average number awarded by each WIB,
etc.), but also specific information about
each individual award in the past year.
Because we are not sampling the WIBs,
we have not needed to provide a
sampling plan.
The survey will ask each WIB a small
number of questions. These questions
will be:
• Name of the organization receiving
the grant/contract/cooperative
agreement
• City where organization is located
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• State where organization is located
• Amount of the grant/contract/
cooperative agreement
• Type of organization receiving
award (e.g., state and local government,
educational institution, faith-based
organization).
This survey will be administered to
the state and local WIBs using the
internet.
Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations;
Approval, Exhaust Gas Monitoring,
and Safety Requirements for the Use
of Diesel-Powered Equipment in
Underground Coal Mines
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(c)(A)]. This
program 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 Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) is soliciting
comments concerning the extension of
the information collection related to the
30 CFR: 7.83 and 7.97—Application
Requirements; 7.90 and 7.105—
Approval Markings; 75.363—Hazardous
Conditions; Posting Correction, and
Recording; 75.371(r), (kk), (ll), (mm),
(nn), (oo), and (pp)—Mine Ventilation
Plan, Contents; 75.1901(a)—Diesel Fuel
Requirements; 75.1904(b)(4)(i)—
Underground Diesel Fuel Tanks and
Safety Cans; 75.1911(i) and (j)—Fire
Suppression Systems for DieselPowered Equipment and Fuel
Transportation Units; 75.1912(h) and
(i)—Fire Suppression Systems for
Permanent Underground Diesel Fuel
Storage Facilities; 75.1914(f)(1), (2),
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(g)(5),(h)(1), and (2)—Maintenance of
Diesel-Powered Equipment; and
75.1915(a),(b)(5), (c)(1) and (2)—
Training and Qualification of Persons
Working on Diesel-Powered Equipment.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
December 20, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to U.S.
Department of Labor, Mine Safety and
Health Administration, John Rowlett,
Director, Management Services
Division, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room
2134, Arlington, VA 22209–3939.
Commenters are encouraged to send
their comments on a computer disk, or
via e-mail to Rowlett.John@dol.gov,
along with an original printed copy. Mr.
Rowlett can be reached at (202) 693–
9827 (voice), or (202) 693–9801
(facsimile).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact
employee listed in the ADDRESSES
the
section of this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The regulation addresses three major
areas: diesel engine design and testing
requirements; safety standards for the
maintenance and use of this equipment;
and exhaust gas sampling provisions to
protect miners’ health. It first requires
that diesel engines and their critical
components meet design specifications
and tests to demonstrate that they are
explosion-proof and will not cause a fire
in a mine where methane may
accumulate. Second, the safety
requirements for diesel equipment
include many of the proven features
required in existing standards for
electric-powered equipment, such as
cabs or canopies, methane monitors,
brakes and lights. The regulation also
sets safety requirements for fuel
handling and storage and fire
suppression. Third, sampling of diesel
exhaust emissions is required to protect
miners from overexposure to carbon
monoxide and nitrogen dioxide
contained in diesel exhaust.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, the Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed
extension of the information collection
requirement related to the approval,
exhaust gas monitoring and safety
requirements for the use of dieselpowered equipment in underground
coal mines. MSHA is particularly
interested in comments that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
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whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information 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 submissions
of responses.
A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by
contacting the employee listed in the
For Further Information Contact section
of this notice, or viewed on the Internet
by accessing the MSHA home page
(https://www.msha.gov) and then
choosing ‘‘Rules and Regs’’ and
‘‘FedReg. Docs’’.
III. Current Actions
Provisions under part 7 provide that
manufacturers submit applications to
demonstrate compliance with the test
and specification requirements. In part
75, they establish mandatory safety
standards for diesel-powered equipment
for use in underground coal mines,
minimum ventilating air quantities, the
incorporation of the air quantities into
the mine ventilation plan, requirements
for routine sampling of toxic exhaust
gases, and the use of low sulfur diesel
fuel. It also provides that diesel
equipment maintenance be performed
by adequately trained persons. In
addition, the regulation includes
standards for storage, transportation and
dispensing of diesel fuel, and the
installation and maintenance of fire
suppression systems on diesel
equipment and in permanent
underground fuel storage facilities.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
Title: Approval, Exhaust Gas
Monitoring, and Safety Requirements
for the Use of Diesel-Powered
Equipment in Underground Coal Mines.
OMB Number: 1219–0119.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Total Respondents: 181.
Total Responses: 147,567.
Total Burden Hours: 137,675.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $349,888.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
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included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated at Arlington, Virginia, this 14th day
of October, 2005.
David L. Meyer,
Director, Office of Administration and
Management.
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Sunshine Act Meetings of the Board of
Directors and Four of the Board’s
Committees
The Legal Services
Corporation Board of Directors and four
of its Committees will meet October 28
and 29, 2005 in the order set forth in the
following schedule unless the meetings
are concurrent.
TIMES AND DATES:
Meeting Schedule
Friday, October 28, 2005
1. Provision for the Delivery of Legal
Services Committee (‘‘Provisions
Committee’’), 1:15 p.m.
2. Performance Reviews Committee,
1:15 p.m.
3. Operations and Regulations
Committee (Immediately following
meeting of the Provisions Committee)
4. Finance Committee (Immediately
following meeting of the Operations &
Regulations Committee)
Note: If the Finance Committee does not
conclude its business on Friday, October 28,
it will reconvene at 9 a.m. on Saturday,
October 29, 2005. Should this occur, the
Board of Directors meeting will commence
immediately following conclusion of the
Finance Committee meeting.
Saturday, October 29, 2005
In the event the Finance Committee
does not conclude its business on
Friday, October 28, 2005, the meeting
schedule on Saturday, October 29, 2005
will be as follows.
1. Finance Committee, 9 a.m.
2. Board of Directors (Immediately
following conclusion of the Finance
Committee meeting.)
Should the Finance Committee
conclude its business on Friday,
October 28, 2005, the schedule for
Saturday, October 29, 2005, will be as
follows.
1. Board of Directors, 9 a.m.
LOCATION: The Grove Hotel, 245 South
Capitol Boulevard, Boise, Idaho.
STATUS OF MEETINGS: Open, except as
noted below.
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• Status: October 28, 2005 Annual
Performance Reviews Committee
Meeting—Closed. The Performance
Reviews Committee meeting may be
closed to the public pursuant to a vote
of the Board of Directors authorizing the
Committee to meet in executive session
to consider and act on internal
procedures for evaluation of the
Corporation’s President and Inspector
General. The closing will be authorized
by the relevant provision of the
Government in the Sunshine Act [5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(2)] and the Legal Services
Corporation’s corresponding regulation,
45 CFR 1622.5(a). A copy of the General
Counsel’s Certification that the closing
is authorized by law will be available
upon request.
• Status: October 29, 2005 Board of
Directors Meeting—Open, except that a
portion of the meeting of the Board of
Directors may be closed pursuant to a
vote of the Board of Directors to hold an
executive session. At the closed session,
the Board will consider and may act on
the General Counsel’s report on
litigation to which the Corporation is or
may become a party and discuss
internal procedures with the Inspector
General (‘‘IG’’).1 The closing is
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(10) and
LSC’s implementing regulation 45 CFR
1622.5(h). A copy of the General
Counsel’s Certification that the closing
is authorized by law will be available
upon request.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
Friday, October 28, 2005
Performance Reviews Committee
Closed Session
1. Approval of agenda.
2. Consider and act on internal
procedures for annual performance
review of LSC President.
3. Consider and act on internal
procedures for annual performance
review of LSC Inspector General.
4. Consider and act on other business.
5. Consider and act on adjournment of
meeting.
Provisions Committee
Open Session
1. Approval of agenda.
2. Approval of the Committee’s
meeting minutes of July 28, 2005.
3. Presentation on Draft Revision of
LSC Performance Criteria.
1 Any portion of the closed session consisting
solely of staff briefings does not fall within the
Sunshine Act’s definition of the term ‘‘meeting’’
and, therefore, the requirements of the Sunshine
Act do not apply to such portion of the closed
session. 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(a)(2) and (b). See also 45
CFR 1622.2 and 1622.3.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Proposed Information Collection Request; Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations; Approval, Exhaust Gas Monitoring, and
Safety Requirements for the Use of Diesel-Powered Equipment in
Underground Coal Mines
ACTION: Notice.
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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
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(c)(A)]. This program 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 Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is
soliciting comments concerning the extension of the information
collection related to the 30 CFR: 7.83 and 7.97--Application
Requirements; 7.90 and 7.105--Approval Markings; 75.363--Hazardous
Conditions; Posting Correction, and Recording; 75.371(r), (kk), (ll),
(mm), (nn), (oo), and (pp)--Mine Ventilation Plan, Contents;
75.1901(a)--Diesel Fuel Requirements; 75.1904(b)(4)(i)--Underground
Diesel Fuel Tanks and Safety Cans; 75.1911(i) and (j)--Fire Suppression
Systems for Diesel-Powered Equipment and Fuel Transportation Units;
75.1912(h) and (i)--Fire Suppression Systems for Permanent Underground
Diesel Fuel Storage Facilities; 75.1914(f)(1), (2), (g)(5),(h)(1), and
(2)--Maintenance of Diesel-Powered Equipment; and 75.1915(a),(b)(5),
(c)(1) and (2)--Training and Qualification of Persons Working on
Diesel-Powered Equipment.
DATES: Submit comments on or before December 20, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and
Health Administration, John Rowlett, Director, Management Services
Division, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2134, Arlington, VA 22209-3939.
Commenters are encouraged to send their comments on a computer disk, or
via e-mail to Rowlett.John@dol.gov, along with an original printed
copy. Mr. Rowlett can be reached at (202) 693-9827 (voice), or (202)
693-9801 (facsimile).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact the employee listed in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The regulation addresses three major areas: diesel engine design
and testing requirements; safety standards for the maintenance and use
of this equipment; and exhaust gas sampling provisions to protect
miners' health. It first requires that diesel engines and their
critical components meet design specifications and tests to demonstrate
that they are explosion-proof and will not cause a fire in a mine where
methane may accumulate. Second, the safety requirements for diesel
equipment include many of the proven features required in existing
standards for electric-powered equipment, such as cabs or canopies,
methane monitors, brakes and lights. The regulation also sets safety
requirements for fuel handling and storage and fire suppression. Third,
sampling of diesel exhaust emissions is required to protect miners from
overexposure to carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide contained in
diesel exhaust.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is
soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension of the
information collection requirement related to the approval, exhaust gas
monitoring and safety requirements for the use of diesel-powered
equipment in underground coal mines. MSHA is particularly interested in
comments that:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including
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whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information 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 submissions of responses.
A copy of the proposed information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the employee listed in the For Further
Information Contact section of this notice, or viewed on the Internet
by accessing the MSHA home page (https://www.msha.gov) and then choosing
``Rules and Regs'' and ``FedReg. Docs''.
III. Current Actions
Provisions under part 7 provide that manufacturers submit
applications to demonstrate compliance with the test and specification
requirements. In part 75, they establish mandatory safety standards for
diesel-powered equipment for use in underground coal mines, minimum
ventilating air quantities, the incorporation of the air quantities
into the mine ventilation plan, requirements for routine sampling of
toxic exhaust gases, and the use of low sulfur diesel fuel. It also
provides that diesel equipment maintenance be performed by adequately
trained persons. In addition, the regulation includes standards for
storage, transportation and dispensing of diesel fuel, and the
installation and maintenance of fire suppression systems on diesel
equipment and in permanent underground fuel storage facilities.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Title: Approval, Exhaust Gas Monitoring, and Safety Requirements
for the Use of Diesel-Powered Equipment in Underground Coal Mines.
OMB Number: 1219-0119.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Total Respondents: 181.
Total Responses: 147,567.
Total Burden Hours: 137,675.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $349,888.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated at Arlington, Virginia, this 14th day of October, 2005.
David L. Meyer,
Director, Office of Administration and Management.
[FR Doc. 05-21064 Filed 10-20-05; 8:45 am]
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