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Unit, Counterintelligence and Export
Control Section, in the National
Security Division.
4. Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Private Sector,
Business or other for-profit. Other: Notfor-profit institutions, and individuals.
Abstract: This form contains
Supplemental Statement information
used for registering foreign agents under
the Foreign Agents Registration Act of
1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.
5. An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: Based on the projected
increases in registrations from 2017 to
2020, an estimated number of responses
to the form is 416 respondents with 2
responses annually per registrant (832)
who will complete Form NSD–2 (OMB
1124–0002). Based on sample testing,
each respondent will need 1.17 hours to
complete the form, which takes into
consideration the improved e-File 4.0
webform features. The following factors
were considered when creating the
burden estimate: The estimated total
number of respondents, the intuitive
online FARA e-File registration process,
and the prior collection of the necessary
data to accurately complete the filing.
NSD estimates that all of the
approximately 416 respondents will
complete the form.
6. An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The estimated public burden
associated with this collection is 973.44
annual burden hours. It is estimated that
respondents will take 1.17 hours to
complete the form. (416 respondents (2
responses annually) × 1.17 hours =
973.44 annual burden hours).
7. Beginning September 23, 2019,
NSD completed its ongoing multi-year
design review, testing, and requirements
enhancement efforts under the FARA eFile 4.0 initiative to a level where it
began to rollout initial capabilities for
new registrants only. NSD continues to
make progress in enhancing the
functionality of FARA e-File and Form
NSD–2.
If additional information is required
contact: Melody D. 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: April 8, 2020.
Melody D. Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1124–0003]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Extension of a
Previously Approved Collection;
Amendment to Registration Statement
of Foreign Agents (NSD–5)
Foreign Agents Registration Act
(FARA) Unit, Counterintelligence and
Export Control Section (CES), National
Security Division, U.S. Department of
Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Justice
(DOJ), National Security Division (NSD),
will be submitting the following
information collection request to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. There were three
official communications received by
NSD reflecting comments and
recommendations. One communication
was signed by fourteen individuals. The
FARA Unit staff responded to each
communication, satisfactorily
addressing each comment and
recommendation.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for an additional 30
days until May 13, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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.
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 agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
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—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/or
—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:
Amendment to Registration Statement
(Foreign Agents).
3. The agency form number: Form
NSD–5. The applicable component
within the Department of Justice is the
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA)
Unit, Counterintelligence and Export
Control Section, in the National
Security Division.
4. Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Private Sector,
Business or other for-profit. Other: Notfor-profit institutions, and individuals.
Abstract: The form contains
Amendment to Registration Statement
information used for registering foreign
agents under the Foreign Agents
Registration Act of 1938, as amended,
22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.
5. An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: Based on the projected
increases in registrations from 2017 to
2020, an estimated 556 responses by
respondents will complete Form NSD–
5 (OMB 1124–0003). Based on sample
testing, each respondent will need .75
hours to complete the form, which takes
into consideration the improved e-File
4.0 webform features. The following
factors were considered when creating
the burden estimate: The estimated total
number of respondents, the intuitive
online FARA e-File registration process,
and the prior collection of the necessary
data to accurately complete the filing.
NSD estimates that all of the 556
respondents will fully complete the
form.
6. An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The estimated public burden
associated with this collection is 417
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annual burden hours. It is estimated that
respondents will take .75 hours to
complete the form. (556 respondents ×
.75 hours = 417 annual burden hours).
7. Beginning September 23, 2019,
NSD completed its ongoing multi-year
design review, testing, and requirements
enhancement efforts under the FARA eFile 4.0 initiative to a level where it
began to rollout initial capabilities for
new registrants only. NSD continues to
make progress in enhancing the
functionality of FARA e-File and Form
NSD–5.
If additional information is required
contact: Melody D. 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.
Dated: April 8, 2020.
Melody D. Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2020–07725 Filed 4–10–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Petitions for Modification of
Application of Existing Mandatory
Safety Standards
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice is a summary of
two petitions for modification submitted
to the Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) by the parties
listed below.
DATES: All comments on the petitions
must be received by MSHA’s Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances
on or before May 13, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
comments, identified by ‘‘docket
number’’ on the subject line, by any of
the following methods:
1. Electronic Mail: zzMSHAcomments@dol.gov. Include the docket
number of the petition in the subject
line of the message.
2. Facsimile: 202–693–9441.
3. Regular Mail or Hand Delivery:
MSHA, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th
Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington,
Virginia 22202–5452, Attention: Roslyn
B. Fontaine, Acting Director, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances.
Persons delivering documents are
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required to check in at the receptionist’s
desk in Suite 4E401. Individuals may
inspect copies of the petition and
comments during normal business
hours at the address listed above.
MSHA will consider only comments
postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service or
proof of delivery from another delivery
service such as UPS or Federal Express
on or before the deadline for comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: S.
Aromie Noe, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances at 202–693–
9557 (voice), Noe.Song-Ae.A@dol.gov
(email), or 202–693–9441 (facsimile).
[These are not toll-free numbers.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and
Health Act of 1977 and Title 30 of the
Code of Federal Regulations Part 44
govern the application, processing, and
disposition of petitions for modification.
I. Background
Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine
Act) allows the mine operator or
representative of miners to file a
petition to modify the application of any
mandatory safety standard to a coal or
other mine if the Secretary of Labor
determines that:
1. An alternative method of achieving
the result of such standard exists which
will at all times guarantee no less than
the same measure of protection afforded
the miners of such mine by such
standard; or
2. The application of such standard to
such mine will result in a diminution of
safety to the miners in such mine.
In addition, the regulations at 30 CFR
44.10 and 44.11 establish the
requirements for filing petitions for
modification.
II. Petitions for Modification
Docket Number: M–2020–005–C.
Petitioner: Affinity Coal Company,
111 Affinity Complex Rd., Sophia, WV
25878.
Mine: Affinity Mine, MSHA I.D. No.
46–08878, located in Raleigh County,
West Virginia.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1700
Oil and gas wells.
Modification Request: The petitioner
requests a modification of the existing
standard, 30 CFR 75.1700, in order to
mine through two existing wells at the
Affinity Mine.
The petitioner states that:
(1) Coal mining operations at the
Affinity Mine are restricted by two
conventional gas wells, which are
shallow and vertical.
(2) The gas wells are close to a future
portal site, which will be composed of:
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An intake shaft, hoist, warehouse,
supply yard, and parking.
(3) If the wells cannot be mined
through then the petitioner will have to
drop the well entries and build
overcasts. Dropping the well entries and
building overcasts would reduce the
amount of air supplied by the intake
shaft.
(4) An alternate method proposed in
the petition will increase ventilation
throughout the Affinity Mine.
The petitioner’s alternative method
consists of procedures for cleaning out,
preparing, plugging, and replugging oil
or gas wells; procedures for mining
within 100-foot diameter barrier around
well; and additional conditions the
petitioner will meet prior to mining
through the wells.
(a) The petitioner proposes the
following conditions to be met prior to
mining through the wells:
(1) A 300 foot safety barrier will be
built and maintained around the oil and
gas wells, which includes a 150 foot
barrier between a mined location and
the well, until the MSHA district
manager has approved mining in that
area. Oil and gas wells are defined by
the petitioner to include active, inactive,
abandoned, shut-in, previously plugged
wells, water injection wells, and carbon
dioxide sequestration wells.
Additionally, MSHA considers potential
oil and gas producing formations that
have not produced in commercial
quantities to be oil and gas wells.
(2) Before mining inside the safety
barrier, around any well that the mine
will intersect, the petitioner will give
the MSHA district manager a sworn
affidavit or declaration by a company
official, stating the required procedures
for cleaning, preparing, and plugging
each gas or oil well have been
completed. The affidavit or declaration
will include the logs described below as
well as any other records that the
district manager requires.
The petitioner may request a permit to
lower the 300 foot safety barrier if a well
intersection is not planned and lowering
the barrier will not intersect the well.
(3) This petition applies to all
methods of underground coal mining.
(b) The petitioner proposes the
following mandatory procedures for
cleaning out, preparing, plugging, and
replugging oil or gas wells:
(1) Procedures for cleaning out and
preparing vertical oil and gas wells
before plugging or replugging them:
(i) If the well is less than 4,000 feet
deep, the petitioner will clean out the
well from the surface to at least 200 feet
below the lowest mineable coal seam’s
base, unless the MSHA district manager
requires cleaning below that (based on
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1124-0003]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Extension of a Previously Approved Collection;
Amendment to Registration Statement of Foreign Agents (NSD-5)
AGENCY: Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) Unit,
Counterintelligence and Export Control Section (CES), National Security
Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), National Security Division
(NSD), will be submitting the following information collection request
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. There were three
official communications received by NSD reflecting comments and
recommendations. One communication was signed by fourteen individuals.
The FARA Unit staff responded to each communication, satisfactorily
addressing each comment and recommendation.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for an additional
30 days until May 13, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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.
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 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/or
--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: Amendment to Registration
Statement (Foreign Agents).
3. The agency form number: Form NSD-5. The applicable component
within the Department of Justice is the Foreign Agents Registration Act
(FARA) Unit, Counterintelligence and Export Control Section, in the
National Security Division.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Private Sector, Business or other
for-profit. Other: Not-for-profit institutions, and individuals.
Abstract: The form contains Amendment to Registration Statement
information used for registering foreign agents under the Foreign
Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.
5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Based on the
projected increases in registrations from 2017 to 2020, an estimated
556 responses by respondents will complete Form NSD-5 (OMB 1124-0003).
Based on sample testing, each respondent will need .75 hours to
complete the form, which takes into consideration the improved e-File
4.0 webform features. The following factors were considered when
creating the burden estimate: The estimated total number of
respondents, the intuitive online FARA e-File registration process, and
the prior collection of the necessary data to accurately complete the
filing. NSD estimates that all of the 556 respondents will fully
complete the form.
6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The estimated public burden associated with this
collection is 417
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annual burden hours. It is estimated that respondents will take .75
hours to complete the form. (556 respondents x .75 hours = 417 annual
burden hours).
7. Beginning September 23, 2019, NSD completed its ongoing multi-
year design review, testing, and requirements enhancement efforts under
the FARA e-File 4.0 initiative to a level where it began to rollout
initial capabilities for new registrants only. NSD continues to make
progress in enhancing the functionality of FARA e-File and Form NSD-5.
If additional information is required contact: Melody D. 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.
Dated: April 8, 2020.
Melody D. Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2020-07725 Filed 4-10-20; 8:45 am]
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