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I. Background
II. Review Focus
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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.
Mine Safety and Health Administration
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III. Current Actions
Type of Review: Extension without
changes.
Title: Workforce Information Grant to
States (One-Stop Workforce Information
Grant Plan and Annual Performance
Report).
OMB Number: 1205–0417.
Affected Public: State.
Form(s): N/A.
Total Annual Respondents: 54.
Annual Frequency: Once.
Total Annual Responses: 162.
Average Time per Response: Grant
Prep and Certification—63 hrs; Relevant
Economic Analyses—434 hrs; Annual
Report—80 hrs;
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 31,158.
Total Annual Burden Cost for
Respondents: $1,246,320.
Comments submitted in response to
this comment request 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: December 28, 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and
Training Administration.
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Proposed Extension of Existing
Information Collection; Mine Accident,
Injury, Illness, Mine Employment, and
Coal Production Reports [OMB Control
No. 1219–0007]
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
notification, investigation, and reporting
of accidents, injuries, illnesses, and
fatalities at mines; mine employment;
and coal production.
DATES: All comments must be received
by midnight Eastern Standard Time on
March 7, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments must clearly be
identified 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 Boulevard, Room 2350,
Arlington, VA 22209–3939.
(4) Hand Delivery or Courier: MSHA,
Office of Standards, Regulations, and
Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard,
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
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:
SUMMARY:
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The reporting and recordkeeping
provisions in 30 CFR part 50,
Notification, Investigation, Reports and
Records of Accidents, Injuries and
Illnesses, Employment and Coal
Production in Mines, are essential
elements in MSHA’s Congressional
mandate to reduce work-related injuries
and illnesses among the nation’s miners.
Section 50.10 requires mine operators
and independent contractors to
immediately notify MSHA in the event
of an accident. This immediate
notification is critical to MSHA’s timely
investigation and assessment of the
cause of the accident.
Section 50.11 requires that the mine
operator or independent contractor
investigate each accident and
occupational injury and prepare a
report. The operator or contractor may
not use MSHA Form 7000–1 as a report,
unless the mine employs fewer than 20
miners and the occurrence involves an
occupational injury not related to an
accident.
Section 50.20 requires mine operators
and independent contractors to report
each accident, injury, or illness to
MSHA on Form 7000–1 within 10
working days after an accident or injury
has occurred or an occupational illness
has been diagnosed. The use of MSHA
Form 7000–1 provides for uniform
information gathering across the mining
industry.
Section 50.30 requires mine operators
and independent contractors working
on mine property to report quarterly
employment, hours worked, and coal
production to MSHA on Form 7000–2.
MSHA tabulates and analyzes the
information from MSHA Form 7000–1,
Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness
Report, along with data from MSHA
Form 7000–2, Quarterly Mine
Employment and Coal Production
Report, to compute incidence and
severity rates for various injury types.
These rates are used to analyze trends
and to assess the degree of success of
the health and safety efforts of MSHA
and the mining industry.
Accident, injury, and illness data,
when correlated with employment and
production data, provide information
that allows MSHA to improve its safety
and health enforcement programs, focus
its education and training efforts, and
establish priorities for its technical
assistance activities in mine safety and
health. Maintaining a current database
allows MSHA to identify and direct
increased attention to those mines,
industry segments, and geographical
areas where hazardous trends are
developing. This could not be done
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effectively using historical data. The
information collected under 30 CFR part
50 is the most comprehensive and
reliable occupational data available
concerning the mining industry.
Section 103(d) of the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine
Act), as amended, requires that each
accident be investigated by the mine
operator to determine the cause and
means of preventing a recurrence.
Records of accidents and investigations
must be kept and made available to the
Secretary or her authorized
representative and the appropriate State
agency. Section 103(h) requires
operators to keep any records and make
any reports that are reasonably
necessary for MSHA to perform its
duties under the Mine Act. Section
103(j) requires mine operators to notify
MSHA of the occurrence of an accident
and to take appropriate measures to
preserve any evidence that would assist
in the investigation into the cause of the
accident.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
MSHA is particularly interested in
comments that:
• Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Agency, including whether the
information has practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the
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 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 information collection
request can be obtained by contacting
the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice, or viewed on the Internet by
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
This notice contains the request for an
extension of the existing collection of
information in the following:
• 30 CFR 50.10 Immediate
Notification;
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• 30 CFR 50.11 Investigation;
• 30 CFR 50.20 Preparation and
submission of MSHA Report Form
7000–1—Mine Accident, Injury, and
Illness Report; and
• 30 CFR 50.30, Preparation and
submission of MSHA Form 7000–2—
Quarterly Employment and Coal
Production Report.
MSHA publishes its data tabulations
and analyses in quarterly news releases
and other reports, in five Informational
Reports, and in an Annual Report to
Congress. MSHA publishes the
expiration dates for OMB approval on
all forms. There are no certification
exceptions identified with this
information collection and the
collection of this information does not
employ statistical methods.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
OMB Number: 1219–0007.
Frequency: As needed for Form 7000–
1; Quarterly for Form 7000–2.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Cost to Federal Government:
$704,731.
Total Burden Respondents: 27,193
(14,631 mine operators + 12,562
independent contractors).
Total Number of Responses: 144,450.
Total Burden Hours: 210,976 hours.
Total Hour Burden Cost: $15,336,514.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
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: December 29, 2010.
Patricia W. Silvey,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations,
and Variances.
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Copyright Royalty Board
[Docket No. 2011–3 CRB Phonorecords II]
Adjustment or Determination of
Compulsory License Rates for Making
and Distributing Phonorecords
Copyright Royalty Board,
Library of Congress.
ACTION: Notice announcing
commencement of proceeding with
request for Petitions to Participate.
AGENCY:
The Copyright Royalty Judges
are announcing the commencement of
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reasonable rates and terms for making
and distributing phonorecords. The
Copyright Royalty Judges also are
announcing the date by which a party
who wishes to participate in the rate
proceeding must file its Petition to
Participate and the accompanying $150
filing fee.
DATES: February 4, 2011.
ADDRESSES: An original, five copies and
an electronic copy in Portable
Document Format (PDF) on a CD of the
Petition to Participate, along with the
$150 filing fee, may be delivered to the
Copyright Royalty Board by either mail
or hand delivery. Petitions to Participate
and the $150 filing fee may not be
delivered by an overnight delivery
service other than the U.S. Postal
Service Express Mail. If by mail
(including overnight delivery), Petitions
to Participate, along with the $150 filing
fee, must be addressed to: Copyright
Royalty Board, P.O. Box 70977,
Washington, DC 20024–0977. If hand
delivered by a private party, Petitions to
Petition, along with the $150 filing fee,
must be brought between 8:30 a.m. and
5 p.m. to the Library of Congress, James
Madison Memorial Building, Room LM–
401, 101 Independence Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20559–6000. If
delivered by a commercial courier,
Petitions to Participate, along with the
$150 filing fee, must be delivered
between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. to the
Congressional Courier Acceptance Site,
located at 2nd and D Street, NE.,
Washington, DC. The envelope must be
addressed to Copyright Royalty Board,
Library of Congress, James Madison
Memorial Building, Room LM–403, 101
Independence Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20559–6000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LaKeshia Keys, CRB Program Specialist,
by telephone at (202) 707–7658 or email at crb@loc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 804(b)(4) of the Copyright
Act, title 17 of the United States Code,
allows a party to file with the Copyright
Royalty Judges a petition to adjust or
determine reasonable rates and terms for
the making and distribution of
phonorecords, including digital
phonorecord deliveries, under 17 U.S.C.
115, every five years, starting in the year
2006. A proceeding was commenced in
2006, 71 FR 1454 (January 9, 2006); on
1 The prior proceeding was captioned as ‘‘DPRA’’
(which stands for ‘‘Digital Phonorecord Rate
Adjustment’’). Hereinafter, this and future
proceedings will be captioned as ‘‘Phonorecords’’
followed by the appropriate Roman numeral.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Proposed Extension of Existing Information Collection; Mine
Accident, Injury, Illness, Mine Employment, and Coal Production Reports
[OMB Control No. 1219-0007]
AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
ACTION: Notice of request for public comments.
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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 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 notification, investigation, and
reporting of accidents, injuries, illnesses, and fatalities at mines;
mine employment; and coal production.
DATES: All comments must be received by midnight Eastern Standard Time
on March 7, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments must clearly be identified with the rule title and
may be submitted to MSHA by any of the following methods:
(1) Electronic mail: zzMSHA-Comments@dol.gov.
(2) Facsimile: 202-693-9441.
(3) Regular Mail: MSHA, Office of Standards, Regulations, and
Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350, Arlington, VA 22209-3939.
(4) Hand Delivery or Courier: MSHA, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, 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
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:
I. Background
The reporting and recordkeeping provisions in 30 CFR part 50,
Notification, Investigation, Reports and Records of Accidents, Injuries
and Illnesses, Employment and Coal Production in Mines, are essential
elements in MSHA's Congressional mandate to reduce work-related
injuries and illnesses among the nation's miners.
Section 50.10 requires mine operators and independent contractors
to immediately notify MSHA in the event of an accident. This immediate
notification is critical to MSHA's timely investigation and assessment
of the cause of the accident.
Section 50.11 requires that the mine operator or independent
contractor investigate each accident and occupational injury and
prepare a report. The operator or contractor may not use MSHA Form
7000-1 as a report, unless the mine employs fewer than 20 miners and
the occurrence involves an occupational injury not related to an
accident.
Section 50.20 requires mine operators and independent contractors
to report each accident, injury, or illness to MSHA on Form 7000-1
within 10 working days after an accident or injury has occurred or an
occupational illness has been diagnosed. The use of MSHA Form 7000-1
provides for uniform information gathering across the mining industry.
Section 50.30 requires mine operators and independent contractors
working on mine property to report quarterly employment, hours worked,
and coal production to MSHA on Form 7000-2.
MSHA tabulates and analyzes the information from MSHA Form 7000-1,
Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report, along with data from MSHA
Form 7000-2, Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report, to
compute incidence and severity rates for various injury types. These
rates are used to analyze trends and to assess the degree of success of
the health and safety efforts of MSHA and the mining industry.
Accident, injury, and illness data, when correlated with employment
and production data, provide information that allows MSHA to improve
its safety and health enforcement programs, focus its education and
training efforts, and establish priorities for its technical assistance
activities in mine safety and health. Maintaining a current database
allows MSHA to identify and direct increased attention to those mines,
industry segments, and geographical areas where hazardous trends are
developing. This could not be done
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effectively using historical data. The information collected under 30
CFR part 50 is the most comprehensive and reliable occupational data
available concerning the mining industry.
Section 103(d) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977
(Mine Act), as amended, requires that each accident be investigated by
the mine operator to determine the cause and means of preventing a
recurrence. Records of accidents and investigations must be kept and
made available to the Secretary or her authorized representative and
the appropriate State agency. Section 103(h) requires operators to keep
any records and make any reports that are reasonably necessary for MSHA
to perform its duties under the Mine Act. Section 103(j) requires mine
operators to notify MSHA of the occurrence of an accident and to take
appropriate measures to preserve any evidence that would assist in the
investigation into the cause of the accident.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
MSHA is particularly interested in comments that:
Evaluate whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information has practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the
burden of the 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 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 information collection request can be obtained by
contacting the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this notice, or viewed on the Internet by 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
This notice contains the request for an extension of the existing
collection of information in the following:
30 CFR 50.10 Immediate Notification;
30 CFR 50.11 Investigation;
30 CFR 50.20 Preparation and submission of MSHA Report
Form 7000-1--Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report; and
30 CFR 50.30, Preparation and submission of MSHA Form
7000-2--Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.
MSHA publishes its data tabulations and analyses in quarterly news
releases and other reports, in five Informational Reports, and in an
Annual Report to Congress. MSHA publishes the expiration dates for OMB
approval on all forms. There are no certification exceptions identified
with this information collection and the collection of this information
does not employ statistical methods.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
OMB Number: 1219-0007.
Frequency: As needed for Form 7000-1; Quarterly for Form 7000-2.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Cost to Federal Government: $704,731.
Total Burden Respondents: 27,193 (14,631 mine operators + 12,562
independent contractors).
Total Number of Responses: 144,450.
Total Burden Hours: 210,976 hours.
Total Hour Burden Cost: $15,336,514.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and 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: December 29, 2010.
Patricia W. Silvey,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances.
[FR Doc. 2010-33260 Filed 1-4-11; 8:45 am]
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