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addressed under OMB No. 1219–0070
(Certificate of Training, MSHA Form
5000–23).
Section 77.1101(c) requires escape
and evacuation plans to include the
designation and proper maintenance of
an adequate means for exiting areas
where persons are required to work or
travel including buildings, equipment,
and areas where persons normally
congregate during the work shift.
While escape and evacuation plans
are not subject to approval by MSHA
district managers, MSHA inspectors
evaluate the adequacy of the plans
during their inspections of surface coal
mines and surface work areas of
underground coal mines.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
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
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
selecting ‘‘Rules & Regs’’, and then
selecting ‘‘FedReg. Docs’’. On the next
screen, select ‘‘Paperwork Reduction
Act Supporting Statement’’ to view
documents supporting the Federal
Register Notice.
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III. Current Actions
MSHA proposes to continue the
information collection requirement
related to escape and evacuation plans
for surface coal mines and surface work
areas of underground coal mines for an
additional 3 years. MSHA believes that
eliminating these requirements would
expose miners to unnecessary risk of
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injury or death should a fire occur at or
near their work location.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
Title: Escape and Evacuation Plans.
OMB Number: 1219–0051.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Respondents: 351.
Responses: 351.
Total Burden Hours: 1,695 hours.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $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.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
October 13, 2009.
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. Mr.
Rowlett can be reached at (202) 693–
9827 (voice), or (202) 693–9801
(facsimile).
Dated at Arlington, Virginia, this 7th day
of August 2009.
John Rowlett,
Director, Management Services Division.
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§ 77.1901 requires operators to
conduct examinations of slope and shaft
areas for hazardous conditions,
including tests for methane and oxygen
deficiency, within 90 minutes before
each shift, once during each shift, and
before and after blasting. The surface
area surrounding each slope and shaft is
also required to be inspected for
hazards.
§ 77.1901 also requires that records be
kept of the results of the inspections.
The record includes a description of any
hazardous condition found and the
corrective action taken to abate it. These
records are necessary to ensure that the
inspections and tests are conducted in
a timely fashion and that corrective
action is taken when hazardous
conditions are identified, thereby
ensuring a safe working environment for
the slope and shaft sinking employees.
The record is maintained at the mine
site for the duration of the operation.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Proposed Information Collection
Request
ACTION: Notice. Proposed information
collection request submitted for public
comment and recommendations;
Records of Preshift and Onshift
Inspections of Slope and Shaft Areas
(pertains to slope and shaft sinking
operation at coal mines).
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)(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 Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) is soliciting
comments concerning the extension of
the information collection related to the
30 CFR sections 77.1901—Records of
Preshift and Onshift Inspections of
Slope and Shaft Areas.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact the employee listed in the
‘‘ADDRESSES’’ section of this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
II. Desired Focus of Comments
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
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
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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
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section of this notice, or viewed on the
Internet by accessing the MSHA home
page (https://www.msha.gov/) and
selecting ‘‘Rules & Regs’’, and then
selecting ‘‘FedReg. Docs’’. On the next
screen, select ‘‘Paperwork Reduction
Act Supporting Statement’’ to view
documents supporting the Federal
Register Notice.
III. Current Actions
§ 77.1901 requires operators to
conduct examinations of slope and shaft
areas for hazardous conditions,
including tests for methane and oxygen
deficiency, within 90 minutes before
each shift, once during each shift, and
before and after blasting. The surface
area surrounding each slope and shaft is
also required to be inspected for
hazards. § 77.1901 also requires that
records be kept of the results of the
inspections.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
Title: Records of Preshift and Onshift
Inspections of Slope and Shaft Areas.
OMB Number: 1219–0082.
Recordkeeping: The standard also
requires that a record be kept of the
results of the inspections. The record
includes a description of any hazardous
condition found and the corrective
action taken to abate it. The record is
necessary to ensure that the inspections
and tests are conducted in a timely
fashion and that corrective action is
taken when hazardous conditions are
identified, thereby ensuring a safe
working environment for the slope and
shaft sinking employees. The record is
maintained at the mine site for the
duration of the operation.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Respondents: 35.
Total Burden Hours: 14,823 hours.
Total Burden Cost: $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 at Arlington, Virginia, this 7th day
of August 2009.
John Rowlett,
Director, Management Services Division.
[FR Doc. E9–19309 Filed 8–11–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Program; Designation of Certifying
Officers
AGENCY: Employment and Training
Administration; Labor.
ACTION: Notice of designation of
certifying officers.
SUMMARY: The trade adjustment
assistance (TAA) program operates
under the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended, to provide assistance to
domestic workers adversely affected in
their employment by certain types of
foreign trade. The Trade and
Globalization Adjustment Assistance
Act of 2009 amended the Trade Act of
1974, expanded TAA coverage to more
workers and firms, including workers
and firms in the service sector; made
benefits available to workers whose jobs
have been off-shored to any country, as
opposed to only covering certain shifts
in production; and improved workers’
training opportunities and opportunities
for health insurance coverage. The new
law also included additional funding for
employment services and case
management, extended income support,
increased funding for training, and
provided for earlier access to training.
Workers become eligible for program
benefits only if the worker group is
certified under the Act as eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance. From
time to time the agency issues an Order
designating or redesignating officials of
the agency authorized to act as
certifying officers, responsible for
reviewing and signing adjustment
assistance determinations. Employment
and Training Order No. 1–09 was issued
to revise the listing of officials
designated as certifying officers,
superseding the previous Order. The
Employment and Training Order No. 1–
09 is published below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
FitzGerald, 202–693–3560.
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
ORDER NO. 1–09
TO: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL
OFFICES
FROM: JANE OATES
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training
SUBJECT: Trade Adjustment Assistance
Program (Trade Act of 1974)—
Designation of Certifying Officers
1. Purpose. To designate certifying
officers to carry out functions under the
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
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program under chapter 2 of title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19
U.S.C. 2271 et seq.), and the
implementing regulations at 29 CFR part
90.
2. Directive Affected. Employment
and Training Order No. 1–05, February
1, 2005, 70 FR 6754 (February 8, 2005),
which designated Certifying Officers, is
superseded.
3. Background. Regulations at 29 CFR
part 90 vest persons designated as
certifying officers with the authority and
responsibility to make determinations
and redeterminations and to issue
certifications of eligibility of groups of
workers to apply for adjustment
assistance under the TAA program.
4. Designation of Officials. By virtue
of my authority under Secretary’s Order
No. 03–2009, January 9, 2009 (74 FR
2270, Jan. 14, 2009), I designate or
redesignate as certifying officers for the
TAA program:
a. Del Min Amy Chen, Program
Analyst, Division of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
b. Richard Church, Program Analyst,
Division of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
c. Michael W. Jaffe, Program Analyst,
Division of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
d. Elliott S. Kushner, Program
Analyst, Division of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
e. Linda G. Poole, Program Analyst,
Division of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
The foregoing officials are delegated
authority and assigned responsibility,
subject to the general direction and
control of the Assistant Secretary and
Deputy Assistant Secretaries of the
Employment and Training
Administration, and the director of the
Division of Trade Adjustment
Assistance or the successor office, to
carry out the duties and functions of
certifying officers under 29 CFR part 90
and any succeeding regulations.
5. Effective Date. This order is
effective on date of issuance.
This order rescinds ETO 1–05.
Dated: Signed this 7th day of August 2009.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and
Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E9–19322 Filed 8–11–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Proposed Information Collection Request
ACTION: Notice. Proposed information collection request submitted for
public comment and recommendations; Records of Preshift and Onshift
Inspections of Slope and Shaft Areas (pertains to slope and shaft
sinking operation at coal mines).
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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)(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 Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is
soliciting comments concerning the extension of the information
collection related to the 30 CFR sections 77.1901--Records of Preshift
and Onshift Inspections of Slope and Shaft Areas.
DATES: Submit comments on or before October 13, 2009.
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. Mr. Rowlett can be reached at (202)
693-9827 (voice), or (202) 693-9801 (facsimile).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact the employee listed in the
``ADDRESSES'' section of this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Sec. 77.1901 requires operators to conduct examinations of slope
and shaft areas for hazardous conditions, including tests for methane
and oxygen deficiency, within 90 minutes before each shift, once during
each shift, and before and after blasting. The surface area surrounding
each slope and shaft is also required to be inspected for hazards.
Sec. 77.1901 also requires that records be kept of the results of
the inspections. The record includes a description of any hazardous
condition found and the corrective action taken to abate it. These
records are necessary to ensure that the inspections and tests are
conducted in a timely fashion and that corrective action is taken when
hazardous conditions are identified, thereby ensuring a safe working
environment for the slope and shaft sinking employees. The record is
maintained at the mine site for the duration of the operation.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
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 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
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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 selecting
``Rules & Regs'', and then selecting ``FedReg. Docs''. On the next
screen, select ``Paperwork Reduction Act Supporting Statement'' to view
documents supporting the Federal Register Notice.
III. Current Actions
Sec. 77.1901 requires operators to conduct examinations of slope
and shaft areas for hazardous conditions, including tests for methane
and oxygen deficiency, within 90 minutes before each shift, once during
each shift, and before and after blasting. The surface area surrounding
each slope and shaft is also required to be inspected for hazards.
Sec. 77.1901 also requires that records be kept of the results of the
inspections.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Title: Records of Preshift and Onshift Inspections of Slope and
Shaft Areas.
OMB Number: 1219-0082.
Recordkeeping: The standard also requires that a record be kept of
the results of the inspections. The record includes a description of
any hazardous condition found and the corrective action taken to abate
it. The record is necessary to ensure that the inspections and tests
are conducted in a timely fashion and that corrective action is taken
when hazardous conditions are identified, thereby ensuring a safe
working environment for the slope and shaft sinking employees. The
record is maintained at the mine site for the duration of the
operation.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Respondents: 35.
Total Burden Hours: 14,823 hours.
Total Burden Cost: $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 at Arlington, Virginia, this 7th day of August 2009.
John Rowlett,
Director, Management Services Division.
[FR Doc. E9-19309 Filed 8-11-09; 8:45 am]
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