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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 232 / Friday, December 4, 2009 / Notices
Commenters are encouraged to send
their comments 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 the
employee listed in the ADDRESSES
section of this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) issued a final
rule addressing emergency mine
evacuation in 2006. This regulation
included requirements for immediate
accident notification applicable to all
mines. In addition, it contained
requirements for new and expanded
training, including evacuation drills;
self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR)
storage, training, and use; and the
installation and maintenance of lifelines
in underground coal mines.
Submission of training plans and
programs of instruction and certification
that training was done provides MSHA,
operators, and miners with confidence
that training is appropriate and was
conducted as necessary, particularly
when MSHA is not able to be at the
mine. Without adequate training, miners
may sustain serious or even fatal
injuries because they lack the
knowledge to properly and safely
perform various tasks and activities or
evacuate a mine.
If inspections and monitoring of
SCSRs did not occur, this could allow
unsafe conditions to go undetected and
the SCSRs might not be usable when
needed. This would endanger miners’
safety.
If operators were not required to
submit an SCSR inventory or to notify
MSHA when they encounter an SCSR
defect, performance problem, or
malfunction, MSHA would not have the
information needed to notify other
mines that may also use the affected
SCSRs. This could endanger miners
because operators could continue to rely
on deficient SCSRs.
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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;
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• 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
ADDRESSES 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
Information collected is used by the
mine operator and MSHA to ensure that
underground coal operators modify
their training plans whenever they
modify their program of instruction.
This will ensure that newly hired
miners receive the same level of training
as is required for other miners.
Operators use part 48 training plans to
train each miner about the safety and
health aspects of the mining
environment and the tasks associated
with the miner’s job. MSHA uses the
plans to ensure that all miners are
receiving training necessary to perform
their jobs in a safe manner.
MSHA requires underground coal
operators to submit a Mine Emergency
Evacuation and Firefighting Program of
Instruction to the District Manager for
approval. Upon approval by the MSHA
District Manager, the operator uses the
approved program of instruction to
implement programs for training miners
in responding appropriately to mine
emergencies. MSHA uses the plans to
ensure that the operator’s program will
provide the required training and drills
to all miners.
MSHA requires the operator to certify
the training and drill for each miner at
the completion of each quarterly drill,
annual expectations training, or other
training, and that a copy be provided to
the miner upon request. These
certifications are used by MSHA,
operators, and miners as evidence that
the required training has been
completed.
MSHA requires that escapeway maps
show the SCSR storage locations.
Accurate and up-to-date maps are
essential to the engineering plans and
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safe operation of mines and to the
health and safety of the miners. MSHA
and other emergency evacuation
personnel will use the notations on the
maps should a rescue or recovery
operation be necessary. Miners use the
escapeway maps in training and during
mine evacuations. Escapeway maps are
required to be posted or readily
accessible for all miners in each
working section, areas where
mechanized mining equipment is being
installed or removed, at surface
locations where miners congregate and
in each refuge alternative.
MSHA requires that persons that test
Self-Contained, Self-Rescuers (SCSRs)
certify that the tests were done and
record all corrective actions. MSHA
inspectors use these records to
determine compliance with the
standards. It includes requirements for
compiling, maintaining, and reporting
an inventory of all SCSRs at the mine,
and for reporting defects, performance
problems, or malfunctions with SCSRs.
This will assure that MSHA can
investigate SCSR problems, if necessary,
notify other users of these problems
before accidents occur and require
manufacturers to address potential
problems with these critical devices:
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
Title: Emergency Mine Evacuation.
OMB Number: 1219–0141.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Respondents: 1,084,830.
Total Responses: 622.
Total Burden Hours: 7,836 hours.
Total Burden Cost: $68,528.
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 30th day
of November 2009.
John Rowlett,
Director, Management Services Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Filing Locations for Foreign Labor
Certification Program Temporary
Program Applications; Change of
Address
AGENCY: Employment and Training
Administration, Department of Labor.
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Notice.
SUMMARY: This Notice announces a
change in the location where
applications for temporary labor
certification programs will be filed and/
or are being processed.
DATES: This notice is effective on
December 15, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William L. Carlson, Ph.D.,
Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor
Certification, U.S. Department of Labor,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room
C–4312, Washington, DC 20210;
telephone: (202) 693–3010 (this is not a
toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
The Office of Foreign Labor
Certification (OFLC) provides national
leadership and policy guidance, and
develops regulations and procedures to
carry out the responsibilities of the
Secretary of Labor under the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
concerning foreign workers seeking
admission to the United States (U.S.) in
order to work under the labor
certification programs authorized by the
INA. In carrying out its statutory
responsibility, OFLC administers both
temporary nonimmigrant labor
certification programs and the
permanent immigrant labor certification
program. The Secretary of Labor issues
certifications in connection with several
nonimmigrant visa programs as well as
the permanent program. To obtain a
labor certification under most labor
certification programs administered by
OFLC, employers must demonstrate that
there are insufficient U.S. workers
available, willing, and qualified to
perform the work, and that the wage
offered to the foreign worker(s) will not
adversely impact U.S. workers similarly
employed. The purpose of the labor
certification process is to ensure that
admitting foreign workers does not
adversely affect job opportunities, wages
and working conditions of U.S. workers.
These activities are carried out in two
National Processing Centers (NPC), one
in Atlanta, GA and one in Chicago, IL.
The Chicago NPC is responsible for
adjudicating all employer applications
for temporary labor certification under
the H–1B, H–1B1, E–3, H–2A, H–2B, H–
1C, and D–1 programs. The purpose of
this Notice is to inform the public about
a change of address for the Chicago
NPC.
The address change will be effective
as of the effective date of this Notice. On
that date, the Chicago NPC should be
fully functional in the new location. For
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3 weeks after that date, the Chicago NPC
will receive via courier all written
correspondence submitted to their
former address. This is to ensure a
smooth transition and allow all
interested parties to commence using
the new address. On January 6, 2010,
the courier will cease to operate and all
submissions to the former address of the
Chicago NPC will be returned to the
sender.
II. Address
Old Address: U.S. Department of
Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Foreign Labor
Certification, Chicago National
Processing Center, 844 North Rush
Street, 12th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611;
telephone: (312) 886–8000; facsimile:
(312) 353–3352.
New Address: U.S. Department of
Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Foreign Labor
Certification, Chicago National
Processing Center, 536 South Clark
Street, Chicago, IL 60605–1509;
telephone: (312) 886–8000; facsimile:
(312) 353–3352.
New Address in connection with fees:
The following address is to be used for
all invoices/fees submitted in
connection with the H–2A and H–1C
programs: U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Foreign Labor
Certification, Chicago National
Processing Center, P.O. Box A3804,
Chicago, IL 60690–A3804.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 25th day of
November 2009.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and
Training Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Prevailing Wage Determinations for
Use in the H–1B, H–1B1 (Chile/
Singapore), H–1C, H–2B, E–3
(Australia), and Permanent Labor
Certification Programs; Prevailing
Wage Determinations for Use in the
Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands
AGENCY: Employment and Training
Administration, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor
(Department) is providing notice that, in
accordance with its labor certification
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regulations, as of January 1, 2010, the
Office of Foreign Labor Certification
(OFLC) National Prevailing Wage and
Helpdesk Center (NPWHC) in
Washington, DC, will receive and
process prevailing wage determination
(PWD) requests for use in the H–1B, H–
1B1 (Chile/Singapore), H–1C, H–2B, E–
3 (Australia), and permanent labor
certification programs. In addition, the
Department is providing guidance about
the implementation of the issuance of
PWDs for applications in the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands (CNMI).
DATES: This Notice is effective
November 28, 2009, for PWD requests
for job opportunities in the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands; and January 1, 2010, for all
other PWD requests.
ADDRESSES: None.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William L. Carlson, Administrator,
Office of Foreign Labor Certification,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room C–
4312, Washington, DC 20210; telephone:
(202) 693–3010 (this is not a toll-free
number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 19, 2008, the
Department published a Final Rule
addressing the Labor Certification
Process and Enforcement for Temporary
Employment in Occupations Other
Than Agriculture or Registered Nursing
in the United States (H–2B Workers),
and Other Technical Changes, 73 FR
78020, Dec. 19, 2008. The Final Rule
implemented a federalized process for
obtaining PWD requests for use in the
H–2B temporary nonagricultural labor
certification program directly from the
Employment and Training
Administration’s (ETA) appropriate
National Processing Center (NPC)—
which was designated as the Chicago
NPC in the preamble to the Final Rule.
Beginning on January 1, 2010, the Final
Rule also federalized PWD for use in the
H–1B, H–1B1 (Chile/Singapore), H–1C,
E–3 (Australia), and the permanent
labor certification programs.
Effective on January 1, 2010, the
processing of all PWD requests for the
above-referenced labor certification
programs will be centralized in OFLC’s
NPWHC in Washington, DC. The
NPWHC will receive and process PWD
requests in accordance with the
applicable regulations and Department
guidance. The one exception to this is
PWD requests for CNMI; the NPWHC
will begin receiving and processing
those effective November 28, 2009.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Filing Locations for Foreign Labor Certification Program
Temporary Program Applications; Change of Address
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor.
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ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This Notice announces a change in the location where
applications for temporary labor certification programs will be filed
and/or are being processed.
DATES: This notice is effective on December 15, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William L. Carlson, Ph.D.,
Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, U.S. Department
of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room C-4312, Washington, DC
20210; telephone: (202) 693-3010 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) provides national
leadership and policy guidance, and develops regulations and procedures
to carry out the responsibilities of the Secretary of Labor under the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) concerning foreign workers
seeking admission to the United States (U.S.) in order to work under
the labor certification programs authorized by the INA. In carrying out
its statutory responsibility, OFLC administers both temporary
nonimmigrant labor certification programs and the permanent immigrant
labor certification program. The Secretary of Labor issues
certifications in connection with several nonimmigrant visa programs as
well as the permanent program. To obtain a labor certification under
most labor certification programs administered by OFLC, employers must
demonstrate that there are insufficient U.S. workers available,
willing, and qualified to perform the work, and that the wage offered
to the foreign worker(s) will not adversely impact U.S. workers
similarly employed. The purpose of the labor certification process is
to ensure that admitting foreign workers does not adversely affect job
opportunities, wages and working conditions of U.S. workers. These
activities are carried out in two National Processing Centers (NPC),
one in Atlanta, GA and one in Chicago, IL.
The Chicago NPC is responsible for adjudicating all employer
applications for temporary labor certification under the H-1B, H-1B1,
E-3, H-2A, H-2B, H-1C, and D-1 programs. The purpose of this Notice is
to inform the public about a change of address for the Chicago NPC.
The address change will be effective as of the effective date of
this Notice. On that date, the Chicago NPC should be fully functional
in the new location. For 3 weeks after that date, the Chicago NPC will
receive via courier all written correspondence submitted to their
former address. This is to ensure a smooth transition and allow all
interested parties to commence using the new address. On January 6,
2010, the courier will cease to operate and all submissions to the
former address of the Chicago NPC will be returned to the sender.
II. Address
Old Address: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, Chicago National
Processing Center, 844 North Rush Street, 12th Floor, Chicago, IL
60611; telephone: (312) 886-8000; facsimile: (312) 353-3352.
New Address: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, Chicago National
Processing Center, 536 South Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60605-1509;
telephone: (312) 886-8000; facsimile: (312) 353-3352.
New Address in connection with fees: The following address is to be
used for all invoices/fees submitted in connection with the H-2A and H-
1C programs: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, Chicago National
Processing Center, P.O. Box A3804, Chicago, IL 60690-A3804.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 25th day of November 2009.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-28954 Filed 12-3-09; 8:45 am]
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