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respectively. In February, USTR
announced its intention to hold a public
hearing on March 14, 2006, for the
interagency Trade Policy Staff
Committee (TPSC) to receive written
comments and oral testimony from the
public to assist USTR in formulating
positions and proposals with respect to
all aspects of the negotiations (71 FR
6820) (Feb. 9, 2006). USTR intends to
launch the negotiations in May 2006.
The Trade Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–
210) (the Trade Act) sets forth special
procedures (Trade Promotion Authority)
for approval and implementation of
Agreements subject to meeting
conditions and requirements in Division
B of the Trade Act, ‘‘Bipartisan Trade
Promotion Authority.’’ Section 2102(a)–
(c) of the Trade Act includes negotiating
objectives and a listing of priorities for
the President to promote in order to
‘‘address and maintain United States
competitiveness in the global economy’’
in pursuing future trade agreements.
The President assigned several of the
functions in section 2102(c) to the
Secretary of Labor. (E.O. 13277). These
include the functions set forth in section
2102(c)(8), which requires that the
President ‘‘in connection with any trade
negotiations entered into under this Act,
submit to the Committee on Ways and
Means of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Finance of the
Senate a meaningful labor rights report
of the country, or countries, with
respect to which the President is
negotiating,’’ and the function in section
2102(c)(9), which requires that the
President ‘‘with respect to any trade
agreement which the President seeks to
implement under trade authorities
procedures, submit to the Congress a
report describing the extent to which
the country or countries that are parties
to the agreement have in effect laws
governing exploitative child labor.’’
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II. Information Sought
Interested parties are invited to
submit written information as specified
below to be taken into account in
drafting the required reports. Materials
submitted are expected to be confined to
the specific topics of the reports. In
particular, agencies are seeking written
submissions on the following topics:
1. Labor laws of the Republic of
Korea, including laws governing
exploitative child labor, and that
country’s implementation and
enforcement of its labor laws and
regulations;
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2. The situation in the Republic of
Korea with respect to core labor
standards;
3. Steps taken by the Republic of
Korea to comply with International
Labor Organization Convention No. 182
on the worst forms of child labor; and
4. The nature and extent, if any, of
exploitative child labor in the Republic
of Korea.
Section 2113(6) of the Trade Act
defines ‘‘core labor standards’’ as:
(A) The right of association;
(B) The right to organize and bargain
collectively;
(C) A prohibition on the use of any
form of forced or compulsory labor;
(D) A minimum age for the
employment of children; and
(E) Acceptable conditions of work
with respect to minimum wages, hours
of work, and occupational safety and
health.
III. Requirements for Submissions
This document is a request for facts or
opinions submitted in response to a
general solicitation of comments from
the public. To ensure prompt and full
consideration of submissions, it is
strongly recommended that interested
persons submit comments by electronic
mail to the following e-mail address:
FRFTAKorea@dol.gov. Persons making
submissions by e-mail are expected to
use the following subject line: ‘‘The
Republic of Korea: Labor Rights and
Child Labor Reports.’’ Documents must
be submitted in WordPerfect, MSWord,
or text (.TXT) format. Supporting
documentation submitted as
spreadsheets is acceptable in Quattro
Pro or Excel format. Persons who make
submissions by e-mail need not provide
separate cover letters; information that
might appear in a cover letter is
expected to be included in the
submission itself. Similarly, to the
extent possible, any attachments to the
submission are expected to be included
in the same file as the submission itself,
and not as separate files. Written
comments will be placed in a file open
to public inspection at the Department
of Labor, Room S–5317, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210, and in the USTR Reading
Room in Room 3 of the annex of the
Office of the USTR, 1724 F Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20508. An appointment
to review the file at the Department of
Labor may be made by contacting
Howard R. Dobson at (202) 693–4871.
An appointment to review the file at
USTR may be made by calling (202)
395–6186. The USTR Reading Room is
generally open to the public from 10
a.m.–12 noon and 1 p.m.–4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday. Appointments
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must be scheduled at least 48 hours in
advance.
Signed at Washington, DC this 23rd of
February 2006.
Martha E. Newton,
Acting Deputy Under Secretary for
International Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a preclearance 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)(2)(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
Employment Standards Administration
is soliciting comments concerning the
proposed collection: Rehabilitation
Maintenance Certificate (OWCP–17). A
copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by
contacting the office listed below in the
addresses section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before
May 1, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Ave., NW., Room S–3201, Washington,
DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–0418,
fax (202) 693–1451, e-mail
bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please use only one
method of transmission for comments
(mail, fax, or e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I.
Background: The Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs (OWCP)
administers the Longshore and Harbor
Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA)
and the Federal Employees’
Compensation Act (FECA). These Acts
provide vocational rehabilitation
services to eligible workers with
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disabilities. Section 8111(b) of the FECA
and section 908(g) of the LHWCA
provide that persons undergoing such
vocational rehabilitation may receive
maintenance allowances as additional
compensation. The OWCP–17 serves as
a bill submitted by the program
participant to OWCP, requesting
reimbursement of incidental expenses
incurred due to participation in an
approved rehabilitation effort for the
preceding four week period or fraction
thereof. This information collection is
currently approved for use through
August 31, 2006.
II. Review Focus: The Department of
Labor is particularly interested in
comments which:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
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.
III. Current Actions: The Department
of Labor seeks approval for the
extension of this information collection
in order to carry out its responsibility to
provide vocational rehabilitation
services to injured workers currently
unemployed as a result of their injury,
to enhance their employment potential.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards
Administration.
Title: Rehabilitation Maintenance
Certificate.
OMB Number: 1215–0161.
Agency Number: OWCP–17.
Affected Public: Individual or
households; business or other for-profit.
Total Respondents: 1,300.
Total Responses: 15,600.
Time per Response: 10 minutes.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,605.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
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.
1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350,
Arlington, Virginia 22209. For further
information contact Barbara Barron at
202–693–9447.
Dated: February 23, 2006.
Sue Blumenthal,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review
and Internal Control, Division of Financial
Management, Office of Management,
Administration and Planning, Employment
Standards Administration.
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Dated at Arlington, Virginia this 22nd day
of February 2006.
Robert F. Stone,
Acting Director, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances.
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Docket No.: M–2005–004–C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 7760.
Petitioner: Lone Mountain Processing,
Inc.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR
75.901(a).
Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s
proposal is to use a 480-volt, threephase, 300KW/375kVA diesel-powered
generator (DPG) set to supply power to
a three-phase wye connected 300 KVA
autotransformer and three-phase, 480volt and 995-volt power circuits. This is
considered an acceptable alternative
method for the Clover Fork Mine No. 1.
The petition for modification is granted
for the use of the 300 Kilowatt (kW)/375
Kilovolt Amperes (KVA), 480-volt,
diesel-powered generator (DPG) set to
supply power to three-phase 480- and
995-volt power circuits to move mobile
equipment around the mine at the
Clover Fork Mine No. 1 with conditions.
Docket No.: M–2005–034–C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 32379.
Petitioner: Hopkins County Coal, LLC.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1103–
4(a).
Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s
proposal is to install a low-level carbon
monoxide detection system as an early
warning fire detection system in all belt
entries where a monitoring system
identifies a sensor location in lieu of
identifying each belt flight. This is
considered an acceptable alternative
method for the Elk Creek Mine. The
petition for modification is granted for
the use of a carbon monoxide
monitoring system that identifies the
location of sensors in lieu of identifying
belt flights at the Elk Creek Mine with
conditions.
Docket No.: M–2005–041–C.
FR Notice: 70 FR 35710.
Petitioner: McElroy Coal Company.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.507.
Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s
proposal is to use non-permissible
submersible pumps installed in bleeder
and return entries and sealed areas of
the McElroy Mine. This is considered an
acceptable alternative method for the
McElroy Mine. The petition for
modification is granted for the use of
low- and medium-voltage, three phase,
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Summary of Decisions Granting in
Whole or in Part Petitions for
Modification
Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice of affirmative decisions
issued by the Administrators for Coal
Mine Safety and Health and Metal and
Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health on
petitions for modification of the
application of mandatory safety
standards.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Under section 101 of the
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of
1977, the Secretary of Labor (Secretary)
may allow the modification of the
application of a mandatory safety
standard to a mine if the Secretary
determines either that an alternate
method exists at a specific mine that
will guarantee no less protection for the
miners affected than that provided by
the standard, or that the application of
the standard at a specific mine will
result in a diminution of safety to the
affected miners.
Final decisions on these petitions are
based on the petitioner’s statements,
comments and information submitted
by interested persons, and a field
investigation of the conditions at the
mine. As designee of the Secretary, we
have granted or partially granted the
requests for modification listed below.
In some instances, the decisions are
conditioned upon compliance with
stipulations stated in the decision. The
term FR Notice appears in the list of
affirmative decisions below. The term
refers to the Federal Register volume
and page where we published a notice
of the filing of the petition for
modification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Petitions and copies of the final
decisions are available for examination
by the public in the Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances, MSHA,
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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10555-10556]
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[FR Doc No: E6-2858]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
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 preclearance
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)(2)(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 Employment Standards Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed collection: Rehabilitation Maintenance
Certificate (OWCP-17). A copy of the proposed information collection
request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the
addresses section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before May 1, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 693-0418, fax (202) 693-1451, e-mail bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or e-
mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background: The Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs (OWCP) administers the Longshore and Harbor
Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) and the Federal Employees'
Compensation Act (FECA). These Acts provide vocational rehabilitation
services to eligible workers with
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disabilities. Section 8111(b) of the FECA and section 908(g) of the
LHWCA provide that persons undergoing such vocational rehabilitation
may receive maintenance allowances as additional compensation. The
OWCP-17 serves as a bill submitted by the program participant to OWCP,
requesting reimbursement of incidental expenses incurred due to
participation in an approved rehabilitation effort for the preceding
four week period or fraction thereof. This information collection is
currently approved for use through August 31, 2006.
II. Review Focus: The Department of Labor is particularly
interested in comments which:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including 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.
III. Current Actions: The Department of Labor seeks approval for
the extension of this information collection in order to carry out its
responsibility to provide vocational rehabilitation services to injured
workers currently unemployed as a result of their injury, to enhance
their employment potential.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Rehabilitation Maintenance Certificate.
OMB Number: 1215-0161.
Agency Number: OWCP-17.
Affected Public: Individual or households; business or other for-
profit.
Total Respondents: 1,300.
Total Responses: 15,600.
Time per Response: 10 minutes.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,605.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
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: February 23, 2006.
Sue Blumenthal,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control,
Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration
and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
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