Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; Notice of Charter Renewal, 80072 [2010-31948]
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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 244 / Tuesday, December 21, 2010 / Notices
Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of
December 2010.
Michael L. Davis,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employee
Benefits Security Administration.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security
Administration
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Advisory Council on Employee Welfare
and Pension Benefit Plans; Notice of
Charter Renewal
[FR Doc. 2010–31948 Filed 12–20–10; 8:45 am]
In accordance with section 512(a)(1)
of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the
provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act and its implementing
regulations issued by the General
Services Administration (GSA), the
charter for the Advisory Council on
Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit
Plans is renewed.
The Advisory Council on Employee
Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans shall
advise the Secretary of Labor on
technical aspects of the provisions of
ERISA and shall provide reports and/or
recommendations each year on its
findings to the Secretary of Labor. The
Council shall be composed of fifteen
members appointed by the Secretary.
Not more than eight members of the
Council shall be of the same political
party. Three of the members shall be
representatives of employee
organizations (at least one of whom
shall be a representative of any
organization members of which are
participants in a multiemployer plan);
three of the members shall be
representatives of employers (at least
one of whom shall be a representative
of employers maintaining or
contributing to multiemployer plans);
three members shall be representatives
appointed from the general public (one
of whom shall be a person representing
those receiving benefits from a pension
plan); and there shall be one
representative each from the fields of
insurance, corporate trust, actuarial
counseling, investment counseling,
investment management, and
accounting.
The Advisory Council will report to
the Secretary of Labor. It will function
solely as an advisory body and in
compliance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, and
its charter will be filed under the Act.
For further information, contact Larry I.
Good, Executive Secretary, Advisory
Council on Employee Welfare and
Pension Benefit Plans, U.S. Department
of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 693–8668.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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Analysis Division, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances, MSHA, at
distasio.mario@dol.gov (e-mail), 202–
693–9445 (voicemail), 202–693–9441
(facsimile).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
Mine Safety and Health Administration
[OMB Control No. 1219–0003]
Proposed Extension of Existing
Information Collection; Radiation
Sampling and Exposure Records
Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
ACTION: Notice of request for public
comments.
AGENCY:
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 continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program
helps to assure 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 for Radiation
Sampling and Exposure Records, 30
CFR 57.5037 and 57.5040.
DATES: All comments must be received
by midnight Eastern Standard Time on
February 22, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be
identified clearly with the rule title and
may be submitted to MSHA by any of
the following methods:
(1) Electronic mail: zzMSHAComments@dol.gov.
(2) Facsimile: 202–693–9441.
(3) Regular Mail: MSHA, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
1100 Wilson Blvd., Room 2350,
Arlington, VA 22209–3939.
(4) Hand Delivery or Courier: MSHA,
Office of Standards, Regulations, and
Variances, 1100 Wilson Blvd., Room
2350, Arlington, VA 22209–3939. Sign
in at the receptionist’s desk on the 21st
floor.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mario Distasio, Chief of the Economic
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Under the authority of Section 103 of
the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act
of 1977, MSHA is required to—
* * * issue regulations requiring operators
to maintain accurate records of employee
exposures to potentially toxic materials or
harmful physical agents which are required
to be monitored or measured under any
applicable mandatory health or safety
standard promulgated under this Act.
Airborne radon and radon daughters
exist in every uranium mine and can
exist in several other mining
commodities. Radon is radioactive gas.
It diffuses into the underground mine
atmosphere through the rock and the
ground water. Radon decays in a series
of steps into other radioactive elements,
which are solids, called radon
daughters. Radon and radon daughters
are invisible and odorless. Decay of
radon and its daughters results in
emissions of alpha energy. Medical
doctors and scientists have associated
high radon daughter exposures with
lung cancer. The health hazard arises
from breathing air contaminated with
radon daughters which are in turn
deposited in the lungs. The lung tissues
are sensitive to alpha radioactivity.
Standard 30 CFR 57.5037 establishes
the procedures to be used by the mine
operator in sampling mine air for the
presence and concentrations of radon
daughters. Operators are required to
conduct weekly sampling where
concentrations of radon daughters
exceed 0.3 working levels (WL).
Sampling is required bi-weekly where
uranium mines have readings of 0.1 WL
to 0.3 WL and every 3 months in nonuranium underground mines where the
readings are 0.1 WL to 0.3 WL. Mine
operators are required to make a record
of the sampling and retain it for 2 years.
Standard 30 CFR 57.5040 requires
mine operators to calculate, record, and
report to MSHA individual exposures to
radon daughters on MSHA Form 4000–
9 ‘‘Record of Individual Exposure to
Radon Daughters’’. The calculations are
based on the results of the weekly
sampling required by 30 CFR 57.5037.
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
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security Administration
Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans;
Notice of Charter Renewal
In accordance with section 512(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the provisions of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act and its implementing regulations issued by the
General Services Administration (GSA), the charter for the Advisory
Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans is renewed.
The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans
shall advise the Secretary of Labor on technical aspects of the
provisions of ERISA and shall provide reports and/or recommendations
each year on its findings to the Secretary of Labor. The Council shall
be composed of fifteen members appointed by the Secretary. Not more
than eight members of the Council shall be of the same political party.
Three of the members shall be representatives of employee organizations
(at least one of whom shall be a representative of any organization
members of which are participants in a multiemployer plan); three of
the members shall be representatives of employers (at least one of whom
shall be a representative of employers maintaining or contributing to
multiemployer plans); three members shall be representatives appointed
from the general public (one of whom shall be a person representing
those receiving benefits from a pension plan); and there shall be one
representative each from the fields of insurance, corporate trust,
actuarial counseling, investment counseling, investment management, and
accounting.
The Advisory Council will report to the Secretary of Labor. It will
function solely as an advisory body and in compliance with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and its charter will
be filed under the Act. For further information, contact Larry I. Good,
Executive Secretary, Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension
Benefit Plans, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693-8668.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of December 2010.
Michael L. Davis,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-31948 Filed 12-20-10; 8:45 am]
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