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receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL–WHD.
Title of Collection: Disclosures to
Workers’ Under the Migrant and
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection
Act.
OMB Control Number: 1235–0002.
Affected Public: Private Sector—
Businesses or other for-profits; Farms.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 94,729.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 72,606,389.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
1,228,880 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $2,904,255.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Michelle Neary,
Senior PRA Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2014–0022]
Nucor Steel Connecticut Incorporated;
Revocation of Permanent Variance
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this notice, OSHA
announces the revocation of the April 8,
2016, permanent variance granted to
Nucor Steel Connecticut Incorporated
(NSCI), from certain provisions of
OSHA’s standard that regulates the
control of hazardous energy (lockout/
tagout).
SUMMARY:
The revocation of the permanent
variance specified by this notice
becomes effective on August 9, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information regarding this notice is
available from the following sources:
Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank
Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of
Communications, U.S. Department of
Labor; telephone: (202) 693–1999;
email: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
General and technical information:
Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director,
Office of Technical Programs and
Coordination Activities, Directorate of
Technical Support and Emergency
Management, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor; telephone: (202) 693–2110;
email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov.
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I. Notice of Revocation of Permanent
Variance
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION
BOARD
On April 8, 2016, OSHA granted NSCI
a Permanent Variance (81 FR 20680),
which permitted NSCI to comply with
alternative conditions instead of
complying with certain requirements of
OSHA’s standard for control of
hazardous energy, 29 CFR 1910.147.
NSCI notified OSHA by letter dated May
12, 2023 (OSHA–2014–0022–014), that
they are no longer performing the work
activity described in the permanent
variance, and for this reason, are
requesting revocation of the permanent
variance. NSCI’s letter states that no
employee at NSCI is performing the
activity at issue in the variance and
NSCI does not anticipate any employee
ever performing this task again. NSCI
has certified that they informed affected
employees of the requested revocation
of the permanent variance by posting a
copy of the request letter in the location
where notices to employees are
normally posted.
Because NSCI has ceased performing
the work activity addressed in the
permanent variance, OSHA hereby
revokes the permanent variance granted
to NSCI on April 8, 2016 (86 FR 5253).
From the date of publication of this
notice, NSCI may no longer utilize the
alternative control methods described in
the permanent variance and need not
comply with any alternative conditions
described therein. NSCI must instead
comply with all provisions of the
control of hazardous energy (lockout/
tagout) standard, 29 CFR 1910.147,
wherever applicable.
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
II. Authority and Signature
James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210,
authorized the preparation of this
notice. Accordingly, the agency is
issuing this notice pursuant to section
29 U.S.C. 655(6)(d), Secretary of Labor’s
Order No. 8–2020 (85 FR 58393; Sept.
18, 2020), and 29 CFR 1905.13.
Signed at Washington, DC, on August 3,
2023.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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AGENCY:
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Merit Systems Protection
Board.
30-Day notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
The U.S. Merit Systems
Protection Board (MSPB or Board) is
seeking approval of a new Information
Collection Request (ICR) in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA). The ICR will be submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance. This
information collection is part of MSPB’s
statutory mission to adjudicate appeals
of certain Federal agency personnel and
retirement actions and certain alleged
violations of law. The information
collection instruments consist of the
Initial Appeal Form (Form 185) in
different collection mediums: paper,
PDF, and through MSPB’s electronic
filing system, e-Appeal. Through this
collection and approval process, MSPB
is complying with normal clearance
procedures. The purpose of this notice
is to allow 30 days for public comment
after submission of the collection to
OMB.
SUMMARY:
Consideration will be given to all
comments received by September 8,
2023.
DATES:
Submit written comments
on the proposed information collection
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB. Comments
should be addressed to the Desk Officer
for the Merit Systems Protection Board
and sent via electronic mail to
oira.submission@omb.eop.gov.
All comments must reference OMB
Control No. 3124–0NEW, E-Appeal/U.S.
Merit Systems Protection Board. All
submissions will be posted, without
change, to MSPB’s website
(www.mspb.gov) and will include any
personal information you provide.
Therefore, submitting this information
makes it public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D.
Fon Muttamara, Chief Privacy Officer, at
privacy@mspb.gov; (202) 653–7200. You
may submit written questions to the
Office of the Clerk of the Board by any
of the following methods: by email to
privacy@mspb.gov or by mail to Clerk of
the Board, U.S. Merit Systems
Protection Board, 1615 M Street NW,
Washington, DC 20419. Please reference
OMB Control No. 3124–0NEW, EAppeal/U.S. Merit Systems Protection
ADDRESSES:
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Board Appeal Form, with your
questions.
MSPB is
authorized to adjudicate appeals of
certain Federal agency personnel and
retirement actions and certain alleged
violations of law. See 5 U.S.C. 7701(a);
5 U.S.C. 1204. The Board has published
its regulations for processing appeals at
5 CFR parts 1201, 1208, and 1209,
which include the information required
to be submitted to initiate a new appeal.
Individuals must provide this
information in writing and are not
required to use a particular format.
Included in this process are collections
related to the administration of the
appeals process, including point of
contact information for appellant
attorney representatives who will use
the e-Appeal system and a technical
support request form for e-Appeal users.
The purpose of collecting the
information is to ensure that individuals
submit the required information to file
an appeal, as set forth in MSPB’s
regulations. While no specific format is
required, MSPB provides an appeal
form, MSPB Form 185 (Initial Appeal
Form), to assist individuals in the
efficient and timely submission of the
information.
As set forth in statute and regulation,
MSPB is a quasi-judicial agency of
limited jurisdiction. The Board’s
regulations require that appellants
provide certain information when filing
an appeal so that the Board can
determine whether it has jurisdiction
over the appeal and whether the appeal
has been filed within the applicable
time limit. Although an appeal may be
filed in any format, including letter
form, the Initial Appeal Form is
designed to assist individuals in
submitting the required information,
and to ensure that individuals file
appeals that meet the jurisdictional
requirements of MSPB. The information
required to file an appeal is set forth at
5 CFR 1201.24, 1208.13, 1208.23, and
1209.6. Once obtained, this information
allows MSPB to docket the appeal for
assignment to an administrative judge or
administrative law judge to adjudicate
the appeal. If this information is not
collected, the process of determining
whether MSPB has jurisdiction over any
given appeal and any subsequent
adjudication will be less efficient and
more time consuming.
While this is a new information
collection, MSPB has a currently
approved information collection, OMB
No. 3124–0009, which collects the same
information. MSPB has used the
information collected through OMB No.
3124–0009 to determine whether MSPB
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has jurisdiction over any given appeal,
and to docket those appeals for
adjudication. MSPB is submitting this
information collection as a new
collection—instead of a renewal of the
existing collection—to make an
administrative change to the type of
collection in accordance with the PRA.
This change is unrelated to the overall
purpose and use of the information
collection. Following OMB approval of
this new collection, the existing
collection, OMB No. 3124–0009, will be
discontinued.
Appeal Form 185
The Initial Appeal Form (Form 185)
for this new collection is substantially
similar to the currently-approved Initial
Appeal Form with the following
updates. The instructions at the
beginning of the PDF version of the
Initial Appeal Form have been updated
to address changes in laws or
regulations. In addition, the Privacy Act
Statement and Public Reporting Burden
notice have been updated and moved to
the second page of the Initial Appeal
Form. The list of agency personnel
actions in Part 2 of the Initial Appeal
Form has been updated to address
changes in laws. Other non-substantive
formatting issues have been made
throughout the Initial Appeal Form.
Law Firm Point of Contact Collection
Form
The law firm point of contact
collection form is a new instrument that
will collect information to support
functionality in MSPB’s new e-Appeal
system used by attorneys who are the
designated representatives of
individuals filing an appeal with MSPB.
e-Appeal Technical Support Collection
Form
The e-Appeal technical support
collection form will collect information
from individuals who experience
technical issues with MSPB’s new eAppeal system.
Title: Information Collection
Submission for ‘‘E-Appeal/U.S. Merit
Systems Protection Board Appeal
Form.’’
OMB Number: 3124–0NEW.
Type of Information Collection: This
will be a new information collection.
ICR Status: MSPB intends to request
approval of a new information
collection from OMB under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3506 and 3507). An Agency may
not conduct or sponsor, and a person is
not required to respond to, a collection
of information, unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
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Abstract of Proposed Collection: This
information collection is necessary to
ensure that individuals submit the
required information to file an appeal,
as set forth in MSPB’s regulations,
including information about the
appellant and the personnel action or
decision that is being appealed.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households.
Estimated Total Number of
Respondents: 5,000.
Estimated Frequency of Responses:
Once per year.
Estimated Total Average Number of
Responses for Each Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 7,500.
Estimated Total Cost: $294,075.
Comments: Comments should be
submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES
caption above. Comments are solicited
to: (a) evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of MSPB,
including whether the information shall
have practical utility; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of MSPB’s estimate of the
burden of the collection of information;
(c) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology;
and (e) evaluate the estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install, and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Jennifer Everling,
Acting Clerk of the Board.
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection Board.
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or Board) is
seeking approval of a new Information Collection Request (ICR) in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The ICR will be
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
clearance. This information collection is part of MSPB's statutory
mission to adjudicate appeals of certain Federal agency personnel and
retirement actions and certain alleged violations of law. The
information collection instruments consist of the Initial Appeal Form
(Form 185) in different collection mediums: paper, PDF, and through
MSPB's electronic filing system, e-Appeal. Through this collection and
approval process, MSPB is complying with normal clearance procedures.
The purpose of this notice is to allow 30 days for public comment after
submission of the collection to OMB.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by
September 8, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the proposed information
collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB.
Comments should be addressed to the Desk Officer for the Merit Systems
Protection Board and sent via electronic mail to
[email protected].
All comments must reference OMB Control No. 3124-0NEW, E-Appeal/
U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. All submissions will be posted,
without change, to MSPB's website (www.mspb.gov) and will include any
personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this
information makes it public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D. Fon Muttamara, Chief Privacy
Officer, at [email protected]; (202) 653-7200. You may submit written
questions to the Office of the Clerk of the Board by any of the
following methods: by email to [email protected] or by mail to Clerk of
the Board, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, 1615 M Street NW,
Washington, DC 20419. Please reference OMB Control No. 3124-0NEW, E-
Appeal/U.S. Merit Systems Protection
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Board Appeal Form, with your questions.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MSPB is authorized to adjudicate appeals of
certain Federal agency personnel and retirement actions and certain
alleged violations of law. See 5 U.S.C. 7701(a); 5 U.S.C. 1204. The
Board has published its regulations for processing appeals at 5 CFR
parts 1201, 1208, and 1209, which include the information required to
be submitted to initiate a new appeal. Individuals must provide this
information in writing and are not required to use a particular format.
Included in this process are collections related to the administration
of the appeals process, including point of contact information for
appellant attorney representatives who will use the e-Appeal system and
a technical support request form for e-Appeal users.
The purpose of collecting the information is to ensure that
individuals submit the required information to file an appeal, as set
forth in MSPB's regulations. While no specific format is required, MSPB
provides an appeal form, MSPB Form 185 (Initial Appeal Form), to assist
individuals in the efficient and timely submission of the information.
As set forth in statute and regulation, MSPB is a quasi-judicial
agency of limited jurisdiction. The Board's regulations require that
appellants provide certain information when filing an appeal so that
the Board can determine whether it has jurisdiction over the appeal and
whether the appeal has been filed within the applicable time limit.
Although an appeal may be filed in any format, including letter form,
the Initial Appeal Form is designed to assist individuals in submitting
the required information, and to ensure that individuals file appeals
that meet the jurisdictional requirements of MSPB. The information
required to file an appeal is set forth at 5 CFR 1201.24, 1208.13,
1208.23, and 1209.6. Once obtained, this information allows MSPB to
docket the appeal for assignment to an administrative judge or
administrative law judge to adjudicate the appeal. If this information
is not collected, the process of determining whether MSPB has
jurisdiction over any given appeal and any subsequent adjudication will
be less efficient and more time consuming.
While this is a new information collection, MSPB has a currently
approved information collection, OMB No. 3124-0009, which collects the
same information. MSPB has used the information collected through OMB
No. 3124-0009 to determine whether MSPB has jurisdiction over any given
appeal, and to docket those appeals for adjudication. MSPB is
submitting this information collection as a new collection--instead of
a renewal of the existing collection--to make an administrative change
to the type of collection in accordance with the PRA. This change is
unrelated to the overall purpose and use of the information collection.
Following OMB approval of this new collection, the existing collection,
OMB No. 3124-0009, will be discontinued.
Appeal Form 185
The Initial Appeal Form (Form 185) for this new collection is
substantially similar to the currently-approved Initial Appeal Form
with the following updates. The instructions at the beginning of the
PDF version of the Initial Appeal Form have been updated to address
changes in laws or regulations. In addition, the Privacy Act Statement
and Public Reporting Burden notice have been updated and moved to the
second page of the Initial Appeal Form. The list of agency personnel
actions in Part 2 of the Initial Appeal Form has been updated to
address changes in laws. Other non-substantive formatting issues have
been made throughout the Initial Appeal Form.
Law Firm Point of Contact Collection Form
The law firm point of contact collection form is a new instrument
that will collect information to support functionality in MSPB's new e-
Appeal system used by attorneys who are the designated representatives
of individuals filing an appeal with MSPB.
e-Appeal Technical Support Collection Form
The e-Appeal technical support collection form will collect
information from individuals who experience technical issues with
MSPB's new e-Appeal system.
Title: Information Collection Submission for ``E-Appeal/U.S. Merit
Systems Protection Board Appeal Form.''
OMB Number: 3124-0NEW.
Type of Information Collection: This will be a new information
collection.
ICR Status: MSPB intends to request approval of a new information
collection from OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3506 and 3507). An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a collection of information,
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Abstract of Proposed Collection: This information collection is
necessary to ensure that individuals submit the required information to
file an appeal, as set forth in MSPB's regulations, including
information about the appellant and the personnel action or decision
that is being appealed.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 5,000.
Estimated Frequency of Responses: Once per year.
Estimated Total Average Number of Responses for Each Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,500.
Estimated Total Cost: $294,075.
Comments: Comments should be submitted as indicated in the
ADDRESSES caption above. Comments are solicited to: (a) evaluate
whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of MSPB, including whether the information
shall have practical utility; (b) evaluate the accuracy of MSPB's
estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c) enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
(d) minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) evaluate
the estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Burden
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide information
to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
Jennifer Everling,
Acting Clerk of the Board.
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