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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: Title 30
CFR 71.400 through 71.402 and
75.1712–1 through 75.1712–3 require
coal mine operators to provide bathing
facilities, clothing change rooms, and
sanitary flush toilet facilities in a
location that is convenient for use of the
miners. If the operator is unable to meet
any or all of the requirements, the
operator may apply for a waiver. Title
30 CFR 71.403, 71.404, 75.1712–4, and
75.1712–5 provide procedures by which
an operator may apply for and be
granted a waiver. Applications must be
submitted to the MSHA District
Manager for the district in which the
mine is located and must contain the
name and address of the mine operator,
name and location of the mine, and a
detailed statement of the grounds on
which the waiver is requested. Waivers
for surface mines may be granted by the
District Manager for a period not to
exceed one year. If the waiver is
granted, surface mine operators may
apply for annual extensions of the
approved waiver. Waivers for
underground mines may be granted by
the District Manager for the period of
time requested by the underground
mine operator as long as the
circumstances that were used to justify
granting the waiver remain in effect.
Waivers are not transferable to a
successor coal mine operator. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
January 2, 2020 (85 FR 134).
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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: Application for
Waiver of Surface Sanitary Facilities’
Requirements (Pertaining to Coal
Mines).
OMB Control Number: 1219–0024.
Affected Public: Private Sector:
Businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 525.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 525.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
232 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $2,625.
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; Slope and
Shaft Sinking Plans (Pertains to
Surface Work Areas of Underground
Coal Mines)
Notice of availability; request
for comments.
ACTION:
The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting this Mine Safety
and Health Administration (MSHA)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
SUMMARY:
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(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: Section
103(h) of the Federal Mine Safety and
Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), 30 U.S.C.
813(h), authorizes MSHA to collect
information necessary to carry out its
duty in protecting the safety and health
of miners. Further, section 101(a) of the
Mine Act, 30 U.S.C. 811, authorizes the
Secretary of Labor to develop,
promulgate, and revise as may be
appropriate, improved mandatory
health or safety standards for the
protection of life and prevention of
injuries in coal and metal and nonmetal
mines. Title 30 CFR 77.1900 requires
underground coal mine operators to
submit for approval a plan that will
provide for the safety of workmen in
each slope or shaft that is commenced
or extended from the surface to the
underground coal mine. Each slope or
shaft sinking operation is unique in that
each operator uses different methods
and equipment and encounters different
geological strata which make it
impossible for a single set of regulations
to ensure the safety of the miners under
all circumstances. This makes an
individual slope or shaft sinking plan
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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
SUMMARY:
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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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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Slope and Shaft Sinking Plans (Pertains to
Surface Work Areas of Underground Coal Mines)
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Mine Safety
and Health Administration (MSHA)-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: Section 103(h) of the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), 30 U.S.C. 813(h), authorizes MSHA to
collect information necessary to carry out its duty in protecting the
safety and health of miners. Further, section 101(a) of the Mine Act,
30 U.S.C. 811, authorizes the Secretary of Labor to develop,
promulgate, and revise as may be appropriate, improved mandatory health
or safety standards for the protection of life and prevention of
injuries in coal and metal and nonmetal mines. Title 30 CFR 77.1900
requires underground coal mine operators to submit for approval a plan
that will provide for the safety of workmen in each slope or shaft that
is commenced or extended from the surface to the underground coal mine.
Each slope or shaft sinking operation is unique in that each operator
uses different methods and equipment and encounters different
geological strata which make it impossible for a single set of
regulations to ensure the safety of the miners under all circumstances.
This makes an individual slope or shaft sinking plan
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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.
[FR Doc. 2020-05614 Filed 3-17-20; 8:45 am]
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