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necessary. The plan must be consistent
with prudent engineering design. Plans
include the name and location of the
mine; name and address of the mine
operator; a description of the
construction work and methods to be
used in construction of the slope or
shaft, and whether all or part of the
work will be performed by a contractor;
the elevation, depth and dimensions of
the slope or shaft; the location and
elevation of the coalbed; the general
characteristics of the strata through
which the slope or shaft will be
developed; the type of equipment which
the operator proposes to use; the system
of ventilation to be used; and safeguards
for the prevention of caving during
excavation. For additional substantive
information about this ICR, see the
related notice published in the Federal
Register on January 2, 2020 (85 FR 141).
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless the OMB
approves it and displays a currently
valid OMB Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an ICR
cannot be for more than three (3) years
without renewal. The DOL notes that
information collection requirements
submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL–MSHA.
Title of Collection: Slope and Shaft
Sinking Plans (Pertains to Surface Work
Areas of Underground Coal Mines).
OMB Control Number: 1219–0019.
Affected Public: Private Sector:
Businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 35.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 91.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
1,820 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $55.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: March 12, 2020.
Frederick Licari,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; The
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993,
as Amended
Notice of availability; request
for comments.
ACTION:
The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting this Wage and Hour
Division (WHD)-sponsored information
collection request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are
invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that agency receives
on or before April 17, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) if the
information will be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (4)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collection; and
(5) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frederick Licari by telephone at 202–
693–8073, TTY 202–693–8064, (these
are not toll-free numbers) or by email at
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
(FMLA), 29 U.S.C. 2601, requires
private sector employers who employ 50
or more employees, all public and
private elementary schools, and all
public agencies to provide up to 12
weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave
during any 12-month period to eligible
employees for certain family and
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medical reasons (for birth of a son or
daughter and to care for the newborn
child; for placement with the employee
of a son or daughter for adoption or
foster care; to care for the employee’s
spouse, son, daughter, or parent with a
serious health condition; because of a
serious health condition that makes the
employee unable to perform the
functions of the employee’s job; and to
address qualifying exigencies arising out
of the deployment of the employee’s
spouse, son, daughter, or parent to
covered active duty in the military), and
up to 26 weeks of unpaid, job protected
leave during a single 12-month period to
care for a covered servicemember with
a serious injury or illness who is the
spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of
kin to the employee.
WHD created optional use forms:
WHD Publication 1420, WH–380–E,
WH–380–F, WH–381, WH–382, WH–
384, WH–385, and WH–385–V to assist
employers and employees in meeting
their FMLA third-party notification
obligations. WHD Publication 1420
allows employers to satisfy the general
notice requirement. See § 825.300(a).
Form WH–380–E allows an employee
requesting FMLA leave for his or her
own serious health condition to satisfy
the statutory requirement to furnish,
upon the employer’s request,
appropriate certification (including a
second or third opinion and
recertification) to support the need for
leave for the employee’s own serious
health condition. See § 825.305(a). Form
WH–380–F allows an employee
requesting FMLA leave for a family
member’s serious health condition to
satisfy the statutory requirement to
furnish, upon the employer’s request,
appropriate certification (including a
second or third opinion and
recertification) to support the need for
leave for the family member’s serious
health condition. See § 825.305(a). Form
WH–381 allows an employer to satisfy
the regulatory requirement to provide
employees taking FMLA leave with
written notice detailing specific
expectations and obligations of the
employee and explaining any
consequences of a failure to meet these
obligations. See § 825.300(b) and (c).
Form WH–382 allows an employer to
meet its obligation to designate leave as
FMLA-qualifying. See § 825.301(a).
Form WH–384 allows an employee
requesting FMLA leave based on a
qualifying exigency to satisfy the
statutory requirement to furnish, upon
the employer’s request, appropriate
certification to support leave for a
qualifying exigency. See § 825.309.
Form WH–385 allows an employee
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requesting FMLA leave based on an
active duty covered servicemember’s
serious injury or illness to satisfy the
statutory requirement to furnish, upon
the employer’s request, a medical
certification from an authorized health
care provider. See § 825.310. Form WH–
385–V allows an employee requesting
leave based on a veteran’s serious injury
or illness to satisfy the statutory
requirement to furnish, upon the
employer’s request, a medical
certification from an authorized health
care provider. For additional
substantive information about this ICR,
see the related notice published in the
Federal Register on August 5, 2019 (84
FR 38061).
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless the OMB
approves it and displays a currently
valid OMB Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an ICR
cannot be for more than three (3) years
without renewal. The DOL notes that
information collection requirements
submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL–WHD.
Title of Collection: The Family and
Medical Leave Act of 1993, As
Amended.
OMB Control Number: 1235–0003.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits, not-for-profit institutions,
Farms, State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 6,888,800.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 79,357,736.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
8,307,116 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $185,726,276.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: March 12, 2020.
Frederick Licari,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2020–0003]
Advisory Committee on Construction
Safety and Health (ACCSH): Notice of
Meetings
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice of ACCSH and ACCSH
Workgroup meetings.
AGENCY:
The Advisory Committee on
Construction Safety and Health
(ACCSH) will meet April 29, 2020, in
Washington, DC. In conjunction with
the ACCSH meeting, ACCSH
Workgroups will meet April 28, 2020.
DATES: ACCSH meeting: ACCSH will
meet from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., ET,
Wednesday, April 29, 2020.
ACCSH Workgroup meetings: Prior to
the full Committee meeting, ACCSH
Workgroups will meet Tuesday, April
28, 2020. (For Workgroup meeting
times, see the schedule under
‘‘Workgroup Meetings’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.)
ADDRESSES:
Submission of comments and requests
to speak: Submit comments and
requests to speak at the ACCSH and
ACCSH Workgroup meetings by Friday,
April 17, 2020, identified by the docket
number for this Federal Register notice
(Docket No. OSHA–2020–0003), using
one of the following methods:
Electronically: You may submit
comments, including attachments,
electronically at: https://
www.regulations.gov, the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Facsimile: If your comments,
including attachments, do not exceed 10
pages, you may fax them to the OSHA
Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.
Regular mail, express mail, hand
delivery, and messenger or courier
service: You may submit comments and
attachments to the OSHA Docket Office,
Docket No. OSHA–2020–0003,
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N–3653, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Deliveries (express mail, hand (courier)
delivery, and messenger service) are
accepted during the OSHA Docket
Office’s normal business hours,
Monday–Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.,
ET.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and the OSHA
SUMMARY:
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docket number for this Federal Register
notice (Docket No. OSHA–2020–0003).
Because of security-related procedures,
submissions by regular mail may result
in a significant delay in receipt. Please
contact the OSHA Docket Office for
information about security procedures
for making submissions by express mail,
hand (courier) delivery, and messenger
service.
Requests for special accommodations:
Please submit requests for special
accommodations for this ACCSH
meeting by Friday, April 17, 2020, to
Ms. Gretta Jameson, OSHA, Office of
Communications, Room N–3647, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210;
telephone: (202) 693–1999; email:
jameson.grettah@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For press inquiries: Mr. Frank
Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of
Communications, U.S. Department of
Labor; telephone (202) 693–1999; email:
meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
For general information about
ACCSH: Mr. Damon Bonneau, OSHA,
Directorate of Construction, U.S.
Department of Labor; telephone (202)
693–2183; email: bonneau.damon@
dol.gov.
For copies of this Federal Register
* * * Electronic copies of this Federal
Register Notice are available at: https://
www.regulations.gov. This notice, as
well as news releases and other relevant
information, are also available at
OSHA’s web page at www.osha.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
ACCSH advises the Secretary of Labor
and the Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health
(Assistant Secretary) in the formulation
of standards affecting the construction
industry, and on policy matters arising
in the administration of the safety and
health provisions under the Contract
Work Hours and Safety Standards Act
(Construction Safety Act (CSA)) (40
U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) and the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.)
(29 CFR 1911.10 and 1912.3). In
addition, the OSH Act and CSA require
the Assistant Secretary to consult with
ACCSH before the agency proposes any
occupational safety and health standard
affecting construction activities (29 CFR
1911.10; 40 U.S.C. 3704).
ACCSH operates in accordance with
the CSA, the OSH Act, the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5
U.S.C. App. 2), and regulations issued
pursuant to those statutes (29 CFR part
1912, 41 CFR part 102–3). ACCSH
generally meets two times a year.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, as
Amended
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Wage and Hour
Division (WHD)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public
comments on the ICR are invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives
on or before April 17, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frederick Licari by telephone at 202-
693-8073, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
(FMLA), 29 U.S.C. 2601, requires private sector employers who employ 50
or more employees, all public and private elementary schools, and all
public agencies to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected
leave during any 12-month period to eligible employees for certain
family and medical reasons (for birth of a son or daughter and to care
for the newborn child; for placement with the employee of a son or
daughter for adoption or foster care; to care for the employee's
spouse, son, daughter, or parent with a serious health condition;
because of a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to
perform the functions of the employee's job; and to address qualifying
exigencies arising out of the deployment of the employee's spouse, son,
daughter, or parent to covered active duty in the military), and up to
26 weeks of unpaid, job protected leave during a single 12-month period
to care for a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness
who is the spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin to the
employee.
WHD created optional use forms: WHD Publication 1420, WH-380-E, WH-
380-F, WH-381, WH-382, WH-384, WH-385, and WH-385-V to assist employers
and employees in meeting their FMLA third-party notification
obligations. WHD Publication 1420 allows employers to satisfy the
general notice requirement. See Sec. 825.300(a). Form WH-380-E allows
an employee requesting FMLA leave for his or her own serious health
condition to satisfy the statutory requirement to furnish, upon the
employer's request, appropriate certification (including a second or
third opinion and recertification) to support the need for leave for
the employee's own serious health condition. See Sec. 825.305(a). Form
WH-380-F allows an employee requesting FMLA leave for a family member's
serious health condition to satisfy the statutory requirement to
furnish, upon the employer's request, appropriate certification
(including a second or third opinion and recertification) to support
the need for leave for the family member's serious health condition.
See Sec. 825.305(a). Form WH-381 allows an employer to satisfy the
regulatory requirement to provide employees taking FMLA leave with
written notice detailing specific expectations and obligations of the
employee and explaining any consequences of a failure to meet these
obligations. See Sec. 825.300(b) and (c). Form WH-382 allows an
employer to meet its obligation to designate leave as FMLA-qualifying.
See Sec. 825.301(a). Form WH-384 allows an employee requesting FMLA
leave based on a qualifying exigency to satisfy the statutory
requirement to furnish, upon the employer's request, appropriate
certification to support leave for a qualifying exigency. See Sec.
825.309. Form WH-385 allows an employee
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requesting FMLA leave based on an active duty covered servicemember's
serious injury or illness to satisfy the statutory requirement to
furnish, upon the employer's request, a medical certification from an
authorized health care provider. See Sec. 825.310. Form WH-385-V
allows an employee requesting leave based on a veteran's serious injury
or illness to satisfy the statutory requirement to furnish, upon the
employer's request, a medical certification from an authorized health
care provider. For additional substantive information about this ICR,
see the related notice published in the Federal Register on August 5,
2019 (84 FR 38061).
This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and
the public is generally not required to respond to an information
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL-WHD.
Title of Collection: The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, As
Amended.
OMB Control Number: 1235-0003.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits, not-for-profit
institutions, Farms, State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,888,800.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 79,357,736.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 8,307,116 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $185,726,276.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: March 12, 2020.
Frederick Licari,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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