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Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved information
collection requirements.
Title: 4,4′-Methylenedianiline
Standard in General Industry (29 CFR
1910.1050).
OMB Number: 1218–0184.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 13.
Frequency of Recordkeeping: On
occasion; quarterly; semi-annually;
annually.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from five minutes (.08 hours) to provide
information to the physician to two
hours to perform periodic monitoring.
Total Annual Hours Requested: 293.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $19,037.
IV. Authority and Signature
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, directed the
preparation of this notice. The authority
for this notice is the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506)
and Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 5–
2002 (67 FR 65008).
Signed at Washington, DC, on August 24,
2006.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
Maritime Advisory Committee for
Occupational Safety and Health; Notice
of Meeting
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Maritime Advisory Committee
for Occupational Safety and Health
(MACOSH); Notice of meeting.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Maritime Advisory
Committee for Occupational Safety and
Health (MACOSH) was established to
advise the Assistant Secretary of Labor
for OSHA on issued relating to
occupational safety and health in the
maritime industries. The purpose of this
Federal Register notice is to announce
to MACOSH meeting scheduled for
September 2006.
DATES: The Committee will meet on
September 26, 2006 from 9 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., and September 27, 2006 from 8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet at
the U.S. Department of Labor, 200
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Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210. On Tuesday September 26,
the Committee will meet in conference
room C–5521 room #4; on Wednesday
September 27, the Committee will meet
in conference room N–3437 rooms A, B,
and C. Mail comments, views, or
statements in response to this notice to
Jim Maddux, Director, Office of
Maritime, OSHA, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N–3609, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210;
phone (202) 693–2086; FAX: (202) 693–
1663.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general information about MACOSH,
and this meeting contact: Jim Maddux,
Director, Office of Maritime, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N–3609,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; phone (202)
693–2086. Individuals with disabilities
wishing to attend the meeting should
contact Vanessa L. Welch at (202) 693–
2086 no later than September 19, 2006
to obtain appropriate accommodations.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All
MACOSH meetings, including work
group meetings, are open to the public.
All interested persons are invited to
attend the MACOSH meetings at the
times and places listed above. Since the
Committee has just been re-established,
and his nine new members, the agenda
will include discussions of OSHA’s
programs and activities such as:
Standards and guidance; enforcement;
cooperative programs; and science,
technology and medicine. The agenda
will also include discussions on forming
MACOSH work groups; identification of
maritime safety and health issues;
radiation screening of cargo containers
and general administrative procedures.
Public Participation: Written data,
views or comments for consideration by
MACOSH on the various agenda items
listed above should be submitted to
vanessa L. Welch at the address listed
above. Submissions received by
September 12, 2006, will be provided to
Committee members and will be
included in the record of the meeting.
Requests to make oral presentations to
the Committee may be granted as time
permits. anyone wishing to make an oral
presentation to the committee on any of
the agenda items listed above should
notify Vanessa L. Welch by September
12, 2006. The request should state the
amount of time desired, the capacity in
which the person will appear,, and a
brief outline of the content of the
presentation.
Authority: Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety
and Health, directed the preparation of this
notice under the authority granted by 6(b)(1)
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and 7(b) of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655, 656), the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App. 2), and 29 CFR part 1912.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of
August, 2006.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13
(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), and as part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, the
National Science Foundation invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on this information collection.
DATES: Written comments should be
received by October 30, 2006 to be
assured of consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Written comments
regarding the information collection and
requests for copies of the proposed
information collection request should be
addressed to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports
Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation, 201 Wilson Blvd., Rm 295,
Arlington, VA 22230, or by e-mail to
splimpto@nsf.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Suzanne Plimpton, the NSF Reports
Clearance Officer, phone (703) 292–
7556, or send e-mail to
splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use
a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
1–800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and
8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through
Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance of the
Science Resources Statistics Survey
Improvement Projects.
OMB Approval Number: 3145–0174.
Expiration Date of Approval:
December 31, 2009.
Abstract: Generic Clearance of the
Science Resources Statistics Survey
Improvement Projects. The National
Science Foundation’s Division of
Science Resources Statistics (NSF/SRS)
needs to collect timely data on constant
changes in the science and technology
sector and to provide the most complete
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and accurate information possible to
policymakers in Congress and
throughout government and academia,
NSF/SRS conducts many surveys to
obtain the data for these purposes. The
Generic Clearance will be used to
ensure that the highest quality data is
obtained from these surveys. State-ofthe-art methodology will be used to
develop, evaluate, and test
questionnaires and survey concepts as
well as to improve survey methodology.
This may include field or pilot tests of
questions for future large-scale surveys,
as needed.
Expected Respondents: The
respondents will be from industry,
academia, nonprofit organizations,
members of the public, and state, local,
and federal governments. Respondents
will be either individuals or
institutions, depending upon the survey
under investigation. Qualitative
procedures will generally be conducted
in person or over the phone, but
quantitative procedures may be
conducted using mail, web, e-mail, or
phone modes, depending on the topic
under investigation. Up to 19,150
respondents will be contacted across the
survey improvement projects. No
respondent will be contacted more than
twice in one year under this generic
clearance. Every effort will be made to
use technology to limit the burden on
respondents from small entities.
Both qualitative and quantitative
methods will be used to improve NSF’s
current data collection instruments and
processes and to reduce respondent
burden, as well as to develop new
surveys. Qualitative methods include,
but are not limited to, expert review;
exploratory, cognitive, and usability
interviews; focus groups; and
respondent debriefings. Cognitive and
usability interviews may include the use
of scenarios, paraphrasing, card sorts,
vignette classifications, and rating tasks.
Quantitative methods include, but are
not limited to, telephone surveys,
behavior coding, split panel tests, and
field tests.
Information being collected is not
considered sensitive. In general,
assurances of data confidentiality will
not be provided to respondents in the
pretests. Instead, respondents have the
option of requesting that any and all
data they provide be kept confidential.
Use of the Information: The purpose
of these studies is to use the latest and
most appropriate methodology to
improve NSF surveys. The data will be
used internally to improve NSF surveys.
Methodological findings may be
presented externally in technical papers
at conferences, published in the
proceedings of conferences, or in
journals. Improved NSF surveys will
help policy makers in decisions on
research and development fundings,
graduate education, scientific and
technical workforce, regulations, and
reporting guidelines, as well as
contributing to reduced survey costs.
Burden on the Public: NSF estimates
that a total reporting and recordkeeping
burden of 14,950 hours will result from
activities to improve its surveys. The
calculation is:
TABLE 1.—ANTICIPATED SURVEYS TO UNDERTAKE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, ALONG WITH THE NUMBER OF
RESPONDENTS AND BURDEN HOURS PER SURVEY FOR THREE YEAR PERIOD
Number of
respondents1
Survey name
Graduate Student Survey ........................................................................................................................................
SESTAT Surveys .....................................................................................................................................................
Postdoc Project ........................................................................................................................................................
New and Redesigned R&D Surveys:
Academic R&D .................................................................................................................................................
Government R&D .............................................................................................................................................
Nonprofit R&D ..................................................................................................................................................
Industry R&D ....................................................................................................................................................
Survey of Scientific & Engineering Facilities ...........................................................................................................
Public Understanding of S&E Surveys ....................................................................................................................
Survey of Earned Doctorates ..................................................................................................................................
Additional surveys not specified ..............................................................................................................................
2 5,000
Total ..................................................................................................................................................................
Hours
10,000
800
3,000
5,000
1,600
600
50
200
500
300
200
300
1,200
1,200
100
100
2,000
150
50
550
1,200
19,150
14,950
1 Number
of respondents listed for any individual survey may represent several methodological improvement projects.
number refers to the science, engineering, and health-related departments within the academic institutions of the United States (not the
academic institutions themselves).
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Comments: Comments are invited on
(a) whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information on respondents,
including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
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respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
including in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
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Dated: August 25, 2006.
Suzanne Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13 (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), and as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, the National Science Foundation
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this information collection.
DATES: Written comments should be received by October 30, 2006 to be
assured of consideration. Comments received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Written comments regarding the information collection and
requests for copies of the proposed information collection request
should be addressed to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer,
National Science Foundation, 201 Wilson Blvd., Rm 295, Arlington, VA
22230, or by e-mail to splimpto@nsf.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne Plimpton, the NSF Reports
Clearance Officer, phone (703) 292-7556, or send e-mail to
splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through
Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance of the Science Resources Statistics Survey
Improvement Projects.
OMB Approval Number: 3145-0174.
Expiration Date of Approval: December 31, 2009.
Abstract: Generic Clearance of the Science Resources Statistics
Survey Improvement Projects. The National Science Foundation's Division
of Science Resources Statistics (NSF/SRS) needs to collect timely data
on constant changes in the science and technology sector and to provide
the most complete
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and accurate information possible to policymakers in Congress and
throughout government and academia, NSF/SRS conducts many surveys to
obtain the data for these purposes. The Generic Clearance will be used
to ensure that the highest quality data is obtained from these surveys.
State-of-the-art methodology will be used to develop, evaluate, and
test questionnaires and survey concepts as well as to improve survey
methodology. This may include field or pilot tests of questions for
future large-scale surveys, as needed.
Expected Respondents: The respondents will be from industry,
academia, nonprofit organizations, members of the public, and state,
local, and federal governments. Respondents will be either individuals
or institutions, depending upon the survey under investigation.
Qualitative procedures will generally be conducted in person or over
the phone, but quantitative procedures may be conducted using mail,
web, e-mail, or phone modes, depending on the topic under
investigation. Up to 19,150 respondents will be contacted across the
survey improvement projects. No respondent will be contacted more than
twice in one year under this generic clearance. Every effort will be
made to use technology to limit the burden on respondents from small
entities.
Both qualitative and quantitative methods will be used to improve
NSF's current data collection instruments and processes and to reduce
respondent burden, as well as to develop new surveys. Qualitative
methods include, but are not limited to, expert review; exploratory,
cognitive, and usability interviews; focus groups; and respondent
debriefings. Cognitive and usability interviews may include the use of
scenarios, paraphrasing, card sorts, vignette classifications, and
rating tasks. Quantitative methods include, but are not limited to,
telephone surveys, behavior coding, split panel tests, and field tests.
Information being collected is not considered sensitive. In
general, assurances of data confidentiality will not be provided to
respondents in the pretests. Instead, respondents have the option of
requesting that any and all data they provide be kept confidential.
Use of the Information: The purpose of these studies is to use the
latest and most appropriate methodology to improve NSF surveys. The
data will be used internally to improve NSF surveys. Methodological
findings may be presented externally in technical papers at
conferences, published in the proceedings of conferences, or in
journals. Improved NSF surveys will help policy makers in decisions on
research and development fundings, graduate education, scientific and
technical workforce, regulations, and reporting guidelines, as well as
contributing to reduced survey costs.
Burden on the Public: NSF estimates that a total reporting and
recordkeeping burden of 14,950 hours will result from activities to
improve its surveys. The calculation is:
Table 1.--Anticipated Surveys To Undertake Improvement Projects, Along
With the Number of Respondents and Burden Hours per Survey for Three
Year Period
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of
Survey name respondents\1\ Hours
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Graduate Student Survey................. \2\ 5,000 3,000
SESTAT Surveys.......................... 10,000 5,000
Postdoc Project......................... 800 1,600
New and Redesigned R&D Surveys:
Academic R&D........................ 600 1,200
Government R&D...................... 50 100
Nonprofit R&D....................... 200 100
Industry R&D........................ 500 2,000
Survey of Scientific & Engineering 300 150
Facilities.............................
Public Understanding of S&E Surveys..... 200 50
Survey of Earned Doctorates............. 300 550
Additional surveys not specified........ 1,200 1,200
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Total............................... 19,150 14,950
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\1\ Number of respondents listed for any individual survey may represent
several methodological improvement projects.
\2\ This number refers to the science, engineering, and health-related
departments within the academic institutions of the United States (not
the academic institutions themselves).
Comments: Comments are invited on (a) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Agency, including whether the information shall
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology; and (d) ways to
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.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or including in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: August 25, 2006.
Suzanne Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 06-7238 Filed 8-29-06; 8:45 am]
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