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methodologies. BJS envisions using a
variety of techniques, including but not
limited to tests of different types of
survey and data collection operations,
focus groups, cognitive testing, pilot
testing, exploratory interviews,
experiments with questionnaire design,
and usability testing of electronic data
collection instruments.
Following standard Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
requirements, BJS will submit a change
request to OMB individually for every
group of data collection activities
undertaken under this generic
clearance. BJS will provide OMB with a
copy of the individual instruments or
questionnaires (if one is used), as well
as other materials describing the project.
Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until
February 19, 2019.
DATES:
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121–0339]
If
you have additional comments
especially on the estimated public
burden or associated response time,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
proposed information collection
instrument with instructions or
additional information, please contact
Devon Adams, Bureau of Justice
Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW,
Washington, DC 20531 (email:
Devon.Adams@usdoj.gov; telephone:
202–307–0765).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Extension of a
Currently Approved Collection;
Comments Requested: Generic
Clearance for Cognitive, Pilot and Field
Studies for Bureau of Justice Statistics
Data Collection Activities
Bureau of Justice Statistics,
Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-day notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Justice
(DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP),
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) intends
to request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for a
generic information collection clearance
that will allow BJS to conduct a variety
of cognitive, pilot, and field test studies.
BJS will submit the request for review
and approval in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Over the next three years, BJS
anticipates undertaking a variety of new
surveys and data collections, as well as
reassessing ongoing statistical projects,
across a number of areas of criminal
justice, including law enforcement,
courts, corrections, and victimization.
This work will entail development of
new survey instruments, redesigning
and/or modifying existing surveys,
procuring administrative data from state
and local government entities, and
creating or modifying establishment
surveys. In order to inform BJS data
collection protocols, to develop accurate
estimates of respondent burden, and to
minimize respondent burden associated
with each new or modified data
collection, BJS will engage in cognitive,
pilot and field test activities to refine
instrumentation and data collection
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Written
comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning
the proposed collection of information
are encouraged. Your comments should
address one or more of the following
four points:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
—Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Bureau of Justice
Statistics, 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;
—Evaluate whether and if so how the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected can be
enhanced; 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 submission of
responses.
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Overview of This Information
Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Extension of a currently approved
collection.
(2) The Title of the Form/Collection:
Generic Clearance for cognitive, pilot
and field studies for Bureau of Justice
Statistics data collection Activities.
(3) The agency form number, if any,
and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
Form numbers not available for generic
clearance. The applicable component
within the Department of Justice is the
Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Office
of Justice Programs.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Administrators or staff of state
and local agencies or programs in the
relevant fields; administrators or staff of
non-government agencies or programs
in the relevant fields; individuals;
policymakers at various levels of
government.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: We estimate that
approximately 30,000 respondents will
be involved in exploratory, field test,
pilot, cognitive, and focus group work
conducted under this clearance over the
requested 3-year clearance period. The
average response time per respondent
will be specific to each project covered
under the clearance. Specific estimates
of the number of respondents and the
average response time are not known for
each pilot study or development project
covered under a generic clearance at
this time. Project specific estimates will
be submitted to OMB separately for each
project conducted under this clearance.
An estimate of the overall number of
burden hours for activities under this
generic
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The total respondent burden
for identified and future projects
covered under this generic clearance
over the 3-year clearance period is
approximately 20,000 hours.
If additional information is required
contact: Melody Braswell, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A,
Washington, DC 20530.
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Dated: December 17, 2018.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
II. Applicable Fee
Fee Adjustment for Testing,
Evaluation, and Approval of Mining
Products
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of fee adjustment.
AGENCY:
The Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) announces a
revised hourly rate for the fees charged
to applicants and approval holders for
testing, evaluating, and approving
products for use in mines. MSHA
charges a fee to cover the full cost
(direct and indirect costs) of its services
associated with the approval program.
The new hourly rate is $137.
DATES: MSHA will charge the new
hourly rate for new approval services
starting January 1, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dennis L. Ferlich, Chief, Approval and
Certification Center (A&CC), 304–547–
2029 or 304–547–0400 (these are not
toll-free numbers).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Background
Under the Federal Mine Safety and
Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), as
amended, MSHA’s mission is to prevent
death, disease, and injury from mining
and promote safe and healthy
workplaces for the Nation’s miners.
MSHA approves equipment, materials,
and explosives for use in mines to
assure that the products are designed,
constructed, and maintained so as not to
cause a fire, explosion, or other
accident. MSHA’s regulation under 30
CFR part 5, Fees for Testing, Evaluation,
and Approval of Mining Products,
establishes the method the Agency uses
to calculate the fees needed to recover
costs for approval services.
Under 30 U.S.C. 966, MSHA may
collect and retain up to $2,499,000 of
fees collected for the approval and
certification of equipment, materials,
and explosives for use in mines.
On July 29, 2015, MSHA published a
final rule in the Federal Register (80 FR
45051) that revised the Agency’s
regulation for administering fees for
testing, evaluation, and approval of
products manufactured for use in mines.
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Under the final rule, MSHA revised the
hourly rate by dividing the total of a
prior fiscal year’s approval program
costs (direct and indirect costs) by the
number of total direct hours spent on
approval program activities for that
year. The hourly rate was increased
from $97 to $121.
MSHA began charging the existing
hourly rate on October 1, 2015, for new
approval applications.
Under 30 CFR 5.50, an hourly rate
will remain in effect for at least one year
and be subject to revision at least once
every three years. MSHA calculates the
FY 2019 hourly rate using FY 2017 costs
for baseline data. MSHA has determined
that as of January 1, 2019, the hourly
rate will be $137 per hour for services
on new applications and post-approval
activities (changes to approvals and
post-approval product audits).
• MSHA will process applications
and post-approval activities postmarked
before January 1, 2019, under the
existing FY 2018 hourly rate of $121.
• MSHA will process applications
and post-approval activities postmarked
on or after January 1, 2019, under the
revised FY 2019 hourly rate of $137.
This information is available on
MSHA’s web page at https://
www.msha.gov.
David G. Zatezalo,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety
and Health.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Office
[Docket No. 2018–11]
Request for Information on
Designation of Mechanical Licensing
Collective and Digital Licensee
Coordinator
U.S. Copyright Office, Library
of Congress.
ACTION: Notice of inquiry.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Copyright Office is
issuing a notice of inquiry regarding the
Musical Works Modernization Act, title
I of the Orrin G. Hatch–Bob Goodlatte
Music Modernization Act (‘‘MMA’’),
enacted on October 11, 2018. The MMA
made significant modifications to the
compulsory license in section 115 of
title 17 for making and distributing
phonorecords of musical works (the
‘‘mechanical license’’). Among the many
changes to the section 115 compulsory
SUMMARY:
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license, the MMA calls for establishing
a collective to manage a new blanket
licensing system governing licensed
uses of musical works by digital music
providers. The Register of Copyrights is
directed to designate the mechanical
licensing collective and the digital
licensee coordinator that will carry out
key functions under the new blanket
license.
The Office now solicits information to
identify the appropriate entities to be
designated. The information received in
response to this notice of inquiry will be
publicly posted, and interested
members of the public may publicly
comment on the submissions. After
consideration of the record material, the
Register will publish a notice in the
Federal Register setting forth the
identity of and contact information for
the mechanical licensing collective and
digital licensee coordinator, and the
reasons for the designations.
DATES: Initial written proposals must be
received no later than 11:59 p.m.
Eastern Time on March 21, 2019.
Written reply comments must be
received no later than 11:59 p.m.
Eastern Time on April 22, 2019.
Following submission of these written
comments, the Office may provide for
proponents of written proposals to
supplement or amend their initial
submission, in accordance with specific
instructions established by the Office at
https://www.copyright.gov/rulemaking/
mma-designations/. The Office reserves
the option to seek additional public
input prior to making a designation, to
be announced by separate notice in the
future. Rather than reserving time for
potential extensions of time to file
comments, commenting parties should
be aware that the Office has already
established what it believes to be the
most reasonable deadlines consistent
with the statutory deadlines by which it
must promulgate the regulations
described in this notice of inquiry.
ADDRESSES: For reasons of government
efficiency, the Copyright Office is using
the regulations.gov system for the
submission and posting of public
comments in this proceeding. All
comments in response to this notice are
therefore to be submitted electronically
through regulations.gov. Specific
instructions for submitting comments
are available on the Copyright Office’s
website at https://www.copyright.gov/
rulemaking/mma-designations/. If
electronic submission of comments is
not feasible due to lack of access to a
computer and/or the internet, please
contact the Office using the contact
information below for special
instructions.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1121-0339]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Extension of a Currently Approved Collection;
Comments Requested: Generic Clearance for Cognitive, Pilot and Field
Studies for Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Collection Activities
AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs
(OJP), Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) intends to request approval
from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a generic
information collection clearance that will allow BJS to conduct a
variety of cognitive, pilot, and field test studies. BJS will submit
the request for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
Over the next three years, BJS anticipates undertaking a variety of
new surveys and data collections, as well as reassessing ongoing
statistical projects, across a number of areas of criminal justice,
including law enforcement, courts, corrections, and victimization. This
work will entail development of new survey instruments, redesigning
and/or modifying existing surveys, procuring administrative data from
state and local government entities, and creating or modifying
establishment surveys. In order to inform BJS data collection
protocols, to develop accurate estimates of respondent burden, and to
minimize respondent burden associated with each new or modified data
collection, BJS will engage in cognitive, pilot and field test
activities to refine instrumentation and data collection methodologies.
BJS envisions using a variety of techniques, including but not limited
to tests of different types of survey and data collection operations,
focus groups, cognitive testing, pilot testing, exploratory interviews,
experiments with questionnaire design, and usability testing of
electronic data collection instruments.
Following standard Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
requirements, BJS will submit a change request to OMB individually for
every group of data collection activities undertaken under this generic
clearance. BJS will provide OMB with a copy of the individual
instruments or questionnaires (if one is used), as well as other
materials describing the project.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until
February 19, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional comments
especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time,
suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection
instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact
Devon Adams, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW,
Washington, DC 20531 (email: Devon.Adams@usdoj.gov; telephone: 202-307-
0765).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of
the following four points:
--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the Bureau of Justice
Statistics, 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;
--Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected can be enhanced; 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
submission of responses.
Overview of This Information Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently
approved collection.
(2) The Title of the Form/Collection: Generic Clearance for
cognitive, pilot and field studies for Bureau of Justice Statistics
data collection Activities.
(3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: Form numbers not available
for generic clearance. The applicable component within the Department
of Justice is the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Office of
Justice Programs.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Administrators or staff of state and local
agencies or programs in the relevant fields; administrators or staff of
non-government agencies or programs in the relevant fields;
individuals; policymakers at various levels of government.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: We estimate
that approximately 30,000 respondents will be involved in exploratory,
field test, pilot, cognitive, and focus group work conducted under this
clearance over the requested 3-year clearance period. The average
response time per respondent will be specific to each project covered
under the clearance. Specific estimates of the number of respondents
and the average response time are not known for each pilot study or
development project covered under a generic clearance at this time.
Project specific estimates will be submitted to OMB separately for each
project conducted under this clearance. An estimate of the overall
number of burden hours for activities under this generic
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The total respondent burden for identified and
future projects covered under this generic clearance over the 3-year
clearance period is approximately 20,000 hours.
If additional information is required contact: Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A, Washington, DC 20530.
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Dated: December 17, 2018.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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