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II. Desired Focus of Comments
The Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed
extension of the information collection
related to the Certificate of Electrical
Training and the applications both for
MSHA-approved tests and for State tests
administered as a part of a MSHAapproved State program. 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
MSHA’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
• Suggest methods to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
• Address 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), to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond.
OMB clearance requests are available
on MSHA’s Web site at https://
www.msha.gov under ‘‘Federal Register
Documents’’ on the right side of the
screen by selecting ‘‘New and Existing
Information Collections and Supporting
Statements’’. The document will be
available on MSHA’s Web site for 60
days after the publication date of this
notice, and on regulations.gov.
Comments submitted in writing or in
electronic form will be made available
for public inspection on regulations.gov.
Because comments will not be edited to
remove any identifying information,
MSHA cautions the commenter against
including any information in the
submission that should not be publicly
disclosed.
The public also may examine publicly
available documents at MSHA, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350,
Arlington, VA 22209–3939.
Questions about the information
collection requirements may be directed
to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice.
III. Current Actions
The information obtained from
applicants will be used to determine
compliance with 30 CFR Part 75 and 30
CFR Part 77.
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MSHA has updated the number of
respondents and responses, as well as
the total burden hours and burden costs
supporting this information collection
request.
MSHA does not intend to publish the
results from this information collection
and is not seeking approval to either
display or not display the expiration
date for the OMB approval of this
information collection.
There are no certification exceptions
identified with this information
collection and the collection of this
information does not employ statistical
methods.
Summary
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
Title: Certificate of Electrical Training.
OMB Number: 1219–0001.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Cite/Reference/Form/etc: 30 CFR
75.153 and 77.103.
Total Number of Respondents: 273.
Frequency: Various.
Total Number of Responses: 2,350.
Total Burden Hours: 996 hours.
Total Annual Respondent or
Recordkeeper Cost Burden: $731.
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.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Dated: May 28th, 2013.
George F. Triebsch,
Certifying Officer.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Notice of Information Collection
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
NOTICE: (13–062).
ACTION: Notice of information collection.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
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Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: All comments should be
submitted within 60 calendar days from
the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: All comments should be
addressed to Ms. Frances Teel, JF000,
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Washington, DC 20546–
0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Frances Teel, NASA
Clearance Officer, NASA Headquarters,
300 E Street SW., JF000, Washington,
DC 20546, Frances.C.Teel@nasa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This collection of information
supports both the White House
initiative to create opportunities to
advance science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
education, and the President’s Council
of Advisors on Science and Technology
(PCAST) Engage to Excel goals to
improve STEM education during the
first two years of college. The
Department of Commerce estimates that
STEM occupations will grow 1.7 times
faster than non-STEM occupations
between 2008–2018. As demographics
in the U.S. continue to shift towards a
more diverse populous, there is a need
to attract underserved and
underrepresented students to STEM
degree fields. Traditionally,
underrepresented groups in STEM
include females, African-American,
Hispanics, Native Americans, Pacific
Islanders (natives of the Philippines,
Guam, American Samoa, or Micronesia),
and disabled students.
The NASA Glenn Research Center
(GRC) Shadowing and Exploring Project
is a career exploration initiative
targeting students in the 14–20 age
group. It connects classroom training to
tangible activities that enable practical
application of STEM disciplines, and
cultivates innovative thinking. The
program is designed to increase
awareness of STEM career paths and
encourage both the pursuit and
retention of STEM majors during the
initial years of college. The program
incorporates GRC scientists, engineers,
technicians, and administrative
professionals to serve as mentors to
participating students. The NASA Glenn
Research Center Shadowing and
Exploring Project Participation is
voluntary and registration is required to
participate.
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II. Method of Collection
Electronic and Paper.
III. Data
Title: NASA GRC Shadowing and
Exploring.
OMB Number: 2700–XXXX.
Type of review: Existing Collection
without OMB Approval.
Affected Public: Individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
500.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 250.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$39,552.51.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of NASA, including
whether the information collected has
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
NASA’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including automated
collection techniques or the use of other
forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection.
They will also become a matter of
public record.
Frances Teel,
NASA PRA Clearance Officer.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
National Science Foundation.
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The National Science
Foundation (NSF) has submitted the
following information collection
requirement to OMB for review and
clearance under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
13. This is the second notice for public
comment; the first was published in the
Federal Register at 78 FR 56876, and
three comments were received. NSF is
forwarding the proposed renewal
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submission to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance
simultaneously with the publication of
this second notice. The full submission
(including comments) may be found at:
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Comments regarding (a)
whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; (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 should be
addressed to: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention:
Desk Officer for National Science
Foundation, 725—17th Street NW.,
Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503,
and to Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports
Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Suite 1265, Arlington, Virginia 22230 or
send email 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, which is accessible 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
(including federal holidays).
Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
Copies of the submission(s) may be
obtained by calling 703–292–7556.
NSF may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless the
collection of information displays a
currently valid OMB control number
and the agency informs potential
persons who are to respond to the
collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments
As required by 5 CFR 1320.8(d),
comments on the information collection
activities as part of this study were
solicited through publication of a 60
Day Notice in the Federal Register on
September 14, 2012, at 77 FR 56876. We
received three comments, to which we
here respond.
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Commenter 1
We agreed with one commenter’s
conclusion that (a) the information is
necessary and will have practical use;
and (b) our estimated burden on
respondents appears appropriate. In (c),
the commenter raised two points, and
one more in (d) which we address here.
The first point of (c) is about our noninclusion of the actual course instructor
in our survey. We did not specifically
include interviews with instructors for
two reasons. The first is that NSF does
not require grantees to provide RCR
instruction through a live person—NSF
concluded it was acceptable for grantees
to direct participants to a Web site for
online RCR education. Thus, there may
not be an RCR instructor with whom we
could speak. The second reason is that,
based on our limited experience with
grantees in which live RCR instruction
is offered, the RCR administrator is also
involved in that instruction, so the
administrator will also have that
perspective in those instances. Finally,
we want to limit the burden this survey
imposes on awardee institutions.
The second point in (c) is that our
minimum number of participants of the
RCR training (three—one
undergraduate, one graduate, one postdoc) seems too low to provide a
representative sample. We will ask
grantees to make available as many
students as practical, but since NSF
requires grantees to provide RCR
training only to students directly
supported (paid) from NSF grants, we
recognize that for many grantees, this
may mean that few NSF participants
exist. Of course, if a grantee provides
RCR education to a broader range of
students/post-docs/faculty than the
minimal requirements of NSF, we
expect to be able to draw from a larger
pool of participants. Indeed, this is one
of our questions for the RCR
Administrator.
The comment in (d) about the most
significant way to reduce the burden on
respondents would be to give clear and
timely guidance on what does and does
not constitute ‘adequate’ training goes to
one of the points of doing this survey.
NSF has not specified what constitutes
‘adequate’ RCR training. We are
assessing how grantees have
implemented NSF’s requirement, how
many of them would welcome further
specificity in NSF’s requirement, and
how many would not—and why or why
not. As we note, one likely outcome of
our effort would be recommendations
back to NSF for improving its RCR
program, and, depending on the
response data, this could be one of those
recommendations.
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[FR Doc No: 2013-12906]
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Notice of Information Collection
AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
NOTICE: (13-062).
ACTION: Notice of information collection.
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SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as part of
its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: All comments should be submitted within 60 calendar days from
the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: All comments should be addressed to Ms. Frances Teel, JF000,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546-
0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions
should be directed to Frances Teel, NASA Clearance Officer, NASA
Headquarters, 300 E Street SW., JF000, Washington, DC 20546,
Frances.C.Teel@nasa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This collection of information supports both the White House
initiative to create opportunities to advance science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, and the President's
Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Engage to Excel
goals to improve STEM education during the first two years of college.
The Department of Commerce estimates that STEM occupations will grow
1.7 times faster than non-STEM occupations between 2008-2018. As
demographics in the U.S. continue to shift towards a more diverse
populous, there is a need to attract underserved and underrepresented
students to STEM degree fields. Traditionally, underrepresented groups
in STEM include females, African-American, Hispanics, Native Americans,
Pacific Islanders (natives of the Philippines, Guam, American Samoa, or
Micronesia), and disabled students.
The NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) Shadowing and Exploring
Project is a career exploration initiative targeting students in the
14-20 age group. It connects classroom training to tangible activities
that enable practical application of STEM disciplines, and cultivates
innovative thinking. The program is designed to increase awareness of
STEM career paths and encourage both the pursuit and retention of STEM
majors during the initial years of college. The program incorporates
GRC scientists, engineers, technicians, and administrative
professionals to serve as mentors to participating students. The NASA
Glenn Research Center Shadowing and Exploring Project Participation is
voluntary and registration is required to participate.
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II. Method of Collection
Electronic and Paper.
III. Data
Title: NASA GRC Shadowing and Exploring.
OMB Number: 2700-XXXX.
Type of review: Existing Collection without OMB Approval.
Affected Public: Individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 500.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 250.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $39,552.51.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
NASA, including whether the information collected has practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of NASA's estimate of the burden (including
hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including automated collection techniques
or the use of other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection. They will also become a matter of public record.
Frances Teel,
NASA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-12906 Filed 5-30-13; 8:45 am]
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