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specified by the whistleblower
provisions. For additional substantive
information about this ICR, see the
related notice published in the Federal
Register on December 4, 2023 (88 FR
84174).
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–OSHA.
Title of Collection: Regulations
Containing Procedures for Handling of
Retaliation Complaints.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0236.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 17,387.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 17,387.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
17,387 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Nicole Bouchet,
Certifying Official.
[FR Doc. 2024–02996 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Refuse
Piles and Impoundment Structures,
Recordkeeping and Reporting
Requirements
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
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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 the agency
receives on or before March 15, 2024.
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) 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; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collection; and
(4) 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:
Michael Howell by telephone at 202–
693–6782, or by email at DOL_PRA_
PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requires
coal mine operators to submit to MSHA
annual reports and certification on
refuse piles and impoundments and to
keep records of the results of weekly
examinations and instrumentation
monitoring. Impoundments are
structures that can impound water,
sediment, or slurry or any combination
of materials; and refuse piles are
deposits of coal mine waste (other than
overburden or spoil) that are removed
during mining operations or separated
from mined coal and deposited on the
surface. The failure of these structures
can have a devastating effect on a
community. To avoid or minimize such
disasters, standards have been
promulgated for the design,
construction, and maintenance of these
structures; for annual certifications; for
certification for hazardous refuse piles;
for the frequency of inspections; and the
methods of abandonment for
impoundments and impounding
structures. For additional substantive
information about this ICR, see the
related notice published in the Federal
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Register on August 16, 2023 (88 FR
55728).
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: Refuse Piles and
Impoundment Structures,
Recordkeeping and Reporting
Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 1219–0015.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 907.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 22,533.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
55,933 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $1,155,051.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Michael Howell,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities;
Comment Request
Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
SUMMARY:
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed revision of the
‘‘National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
1979.’’ A copy of the proposed
information collection request (ICR) can
be obtained by contacting the individual
listed in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before
April 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora
Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room G225,
2 Massachusetts Avenue NE,
Washington, DC 20212. Written
comments also may be transmitted by
email to BLS_PRA_Public@bls.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll-free
number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The National Longitudinal Survey of
Youth 1979 (NLSY79) is a
representative national sample of
persons who were born in the years
1957 to 1964 and lived in the U.S. in
1978. These respondents were ages 14 to
22 when the first round of interviews
began in 1979; they were ages 59 to 66
as of December 31, 2023. The NLSY79
was conducted annually from 1979 to
1994 and has been conducted biennially
since 1994. The longitudinal focus of
this survey requires information to be
collected from the same individuals
over many years in order to trace their
education, training, work experience,
fertility, income, and program
participation, and to continue tracing
their interactions with the labor market
as they experience changes in health,
family situations, and other
environmental contexts.
In addition to the main NLSY79, the
biological children of female NLSY79
respondents have been surveyed since
1986. A battery of child cognitive, socioemotional, and physiological
assessments was administered
biennially from 1986 until 2012 to
NLSY79 mothers and their children.
Starting in 1994 through 2018, children
who had reached age 15 by December 31
of the survey year (the Young Adults)
were interviewed about their work
experiences, training, schooling, health,
fertility, self-esteem, and other topics.
One of the goals of the Department of
Labor (DOL) is to produce and
disseminate timely, accurate, and
relevant information about the U.S.
labor force. The BLS contributes to this
goal by gathering information about the
labor force and labor market and
disseminating it to policymakers and
the public so that participants in those
markets can make more informed, and
thus more efficient, choices. Research
based on the NLSY79 contributes to the
formation of national policy in the areas
of education, training, employment
programs, school-to-work transitions,
and preparations for retirement. In
addition to the reports that the BLS
produces based on data from the
NLSY79, members of the academic
community publish articles and reports
based on NLSY79 data for the DOL and
other funding agencies. To date, more
than 3,000 articles examining NLSY79
data have been published in scholarly
journals. The survey design provides
data gathered from the same
respondents over time to form the only
data set that contains this type of
information for this important
population group. Without the
collection of these data, an accurate
longitudinal data set could not be
provided to researchers and
policymakers, thus adversely affecting
the DOL’s ability to perform its policyand report-making activities.
II. Current Action
The BLS seeks approval to conduct
Round 31 of the NLSY79. Respondents
of the NLSY79 will undergo an
interview of approximately 73 minutes
during which they will answer
questions about schooling and training,
employment and labor market
experiences, family relationships,
wealth, and expectations about the
future.
During the field period, about 100
NLSY79 interviews will be validated to
Total
respondents
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ascertain whether the interview took
place as the interviewer reported and
whether the interview was done in a
polite and professional manner.
BLS has undertaken a continuing
redesign effort to examine the current
content of the NLSY79 and provide
direction for changes that may be
appropriate as the respondents age. The
2024 instrument reflects a number of
changes recommended by experts in
various fields of social science and by
our own internal review of the survey’s
content.
The Round 31 questionnaire includes
new questions on the location of work
that will empower research examining
how the growth of remote work
arrangements may affect the labor
market experiences of people in this age
cohort. It also asks about the
respondents’ assets and assesses their
cognitive ability—both areas that have
appeared in previous rounds of the
NLSY79 but not in Round 30.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The BLS is particularly interested in
comments that:
• 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.
• 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 submissions
of responses.
Title of Collection: National
Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979.
OMB Number: 1220–0109.
Type of Review: Revision of a
previously approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Total
responses
Average
time per
response
(minutes)
6,353
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Estimated
total burden
7,730 hours.
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Total
respondents
Form
Frequency
Total
responses
Average
time per
response
(minutes)
Estimated
total burden
Round 31 Validation Interviews ...................................................
100
1
100
6
Totals 1 ..................................................................................
6,353
....................
6,453
....................
10 hours.
7,740 (rounded).
1 The difference between the total number of respondents (6,353) and the total number of responses (6,453) reflects the fact that about 100 respondents will be interviewed twice, once in the main survey and a second time in the 6-minute validation interview.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, on February 8,
2024.
Eric Molina,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Branch of Policy Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2024–03078 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Wage and Hour Division
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request;
Information Collections: Application
for a Farm Labor Contractor or Farm
Labor Contractor Employee Certificate
of Registration
Wage and Hour Division,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor
(Department), is soliciting comments
concerning an extension of the
information collection request (ICR)
titled ‘‘Application for a Farm Labor
Contractor or Farm Labor Contractor
Employee Certificate of Registration.’’
This comment request is part of
continuing Departmental efforts to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. A copy of the
proposed information collection request
can be obtained by contacting the office
listed below in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
Notice.
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SUMMARY:
Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
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addresses section below on or before
April 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Control Number 1235–
0016, by either one of the following
methods: Email: WHDPRAComments@
dol.gov. Mail, Hand Delivery, Courier:
Division of Regulations, Legislation, and
Interpretation, Wage and Hour Division,
U.S. Department of Labor, Room S–
3502, 200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20210.
Instructions: Please submit one copy
of your comments by only one method.
All submissions received must include
the agency name and Control Number
identified above for this information
collection. Commenters are encouraged
to transmit their comments
electronically via email or to submit
them by mail early. Comments,
including any personal information
provided, become a matter of public
record. They will also be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of the information collection
request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Waterman, Division of
Regulations, Legislation, and
Interpretation, Wage and Hour Division,
U.S. Department of Labor, Room S–
3502, 200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)
693–0406 (this is not a toll-free
number). Alternative formats are
available upon request by calling 1–
866–487–9243. If you are deaf, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability,
please dial 7–1–1 to access
telecommunications relay services.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Migrant and
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection
Act (MSPA) provides that no person
will engage in any farm labor
contracting activity for any money or
valuable consideration paid or promised
to be paid, unless such person has a
certificate of registration from the
Secretary of Labor specifying which
farm labor contracting activities such
person is authorized to perform. See 29
U.S.C. 1802(7), 1811(a); 29 CFR 500.1(c),
500.20(i), 500.40. MSPA also provides
that a Farm Labor Contractor (FLC) will
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not hire, employ, or use any individual
to perform farm labor contracting
activities unless such individual has a
certificate of registration as a FLC or a
certificate of registration as a Farm
Labor Contractor Employee (FLCE) of
the FLC that authorizes the activity for
which such individual is hired,
employed, or used. 29 U.S.C. 1811(b);
29 CFR 500.1(c). Form WH–530
provides the means for a FLC applicant
to obtain a certificate of registration.
Form WH–535 provides the means for a
FLCE applicant to obtain a certificate of
registration. Form WH–540 allows
registered FLCs and FLCEs to amend a
currently existing certificate.
MSPA section 401 (29 U.S.C. 1841)
requires all FLCs, agricultural
employers, and agricultural
associations, subject to certain
exceptions, to ensure that any vehicle
they use or cause to be used to transport
or drive any migrant or seasonal
agricultural worker conforms to safety
and health standards prescribed by the
Secretary of Labor under MSPA and
with other applicable federal and state
safety standards. These MSPA safety
standards address the vehicle, the
driver, and insurance. The Wage and
Hour Division (WHD) has created forms
WH–514, WH–514a, and WH–515,
which allow FLC applicants to verify to
WHD that the vehicles used to transport
migrant/seasonal agricultural workers
meet the MSPA vehicle safety standards
and that anyone who drives such
workers meets the Act’s minimum
physical requirements. WHD uses the
information collected on the forms in
deciding whether to authorize the FLC/
FLCE applicant to transport/drive any
migrant/seasonal agricultural worker(s)
or to cause such transportation. Form
WH–514 is used to verify that any
vehicle used or caused to be used to
transport any migrant/seasonal
agricultural worker(s) meets the
Department of Transportation (DOT)
safety standards. When the adopted
DOT rules do not apply, FLC applicants
seeking authorization to transport any
migrant/seasonal agricultural workers
use form WH–514a to verify that the
vehicles meet the DOL safety standards.
The form is completed when the
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the
[[Page 11318]]
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This program helps to ensure that
requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden
(time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the proposed revision of the
``National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979.'' A copy of the proposed
information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
individual listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before April 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room G225,
2 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20212. Written comments also
may be transmitted by email to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
202-691-7628 (this is not a toll-free number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) is a
representative national sample of persons who were born in the years
1957 to 1964 and lived in the U.S. in 1978. These respondents were ages
14 to 22 when the first round of interviews began in 1979; they were
ages 59 to 66 as of December 31, 2023. The NLSY79 was conducted
annually from 1979 to 1994 and has been conducted biennially since
1994. The longitudinal focus of this survey requires information to be
collected from the same individuals over many years in order to trace
their education, training, work experience, fertility, income, and
program participation, and to continue tracing their interactions with
the labor market as they experience changes in health, family
situations, and other environmental contexts.
In addition to the main NLSY79, the biological children of female
NLSY79 respondents have been surveyed since 1986. A battery of child
cognitive, socio-emotional, and physiological assessments was
administered biennially from 1986 until 2012 to NLSY79 mothers and
their children. Starting in 1994 through 2018, children who had reached
age 15 by December 31 of the survey year (the Young Adults) were
interviewed about their work experiences, training, schooling, health,
fertility, self-esteem, and other topics.
One of the goals of the Department of Labor (DOL) is to produce and
disseminate timely, accurate, and relevant information about the U.S.
labor force. The BLS contributes to this goal by gathering information
about the labor force and labor market and disseminating it to
policymakers and the public so that participants in those markets can
make more informed, and thus more efficient, choices. Research based on
the NLSY79 contributes to the formation of national policy in the areas
of education, training, employment programs, school-to-work
transitions, and preparations for retirement. In addition to the
reports that the BLS produces based on data from the NLSY79, members of
the academic community publish articles and reports based on NLSY79
data for the DOL and other funding agencies. To date, more than 3,000
articles examining NLSY79 data have been published in scholarly
journals. The survey design provides data gathered from the same
respondents over time to form the only data set that contains this type
of information for this important population group. Without the
collection of these data, an accurate longitudinal data set could not
be provided to researchers and policymakers, thus adversely affecting
the DOL's ability to perform its policy- and report-making activities.
II. Current Action
The BLS seeks approval to conduct Round 31 of the NLSY79.
Respondents of the NLSY79 will undergo an interview of approximately 73
minutes during which they will answer questions about schooling and
training, employment and labor market experiences, family
relationships, wealth, and expectations about the future.
During the field period, about 100 NLSY79 interviews will be
validated to ascertain whether the interview took place as the
interviewer reported and whether the interview was done in a polite and
professional manner.
BLS has undertaken a continuing redesign effort to examine the
current content of the NLSY79 and provide direction for changes that
may be appropriate as the respondents age. The 2024 instrument reflects
a number of changes recommended by experts in various fields of social
science and by our own internal review of the survey's content.
The Round 31 questionnaire includes new questions on the location
of work that will empower research examining how the growth of remote
work arrangements may affect the labor market experiences of people in
this age cohort. It also asks about the respondents' assets and
assesses their cognitive ability--both areas that have appeared in
previous rounds of the NLSY79 but not in Round 30.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The BLS is particularly interested in comments that:
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.
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 submissions of responses.
Title of Collection: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979.
OMB Number: 1220-0109.
Type of Review: Revision of a previously approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
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Average
Total Total time per
Form respondents Frequency responses response Estimated total burden
(minutes)
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NLSY79 Round 31 Main Survey.... 6,353 1 6,353 73 7,730 hours.
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Round 31 Validation Interviews. 100 1 100 6 10 hours.
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Totals \1\................. 6,353 ........... 6,453 ........... 7,740 (rounded).
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\1\ The difference between the total number of respondents (6,353) and the total number of responses (6,453)
reflects the fact that about 100 respondents will be interviewed twice, once in the main survey and a second
time in the 6-minute validation interview.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they also will become a
matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, on February 8, 2024.
Eric Molina,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Branch of Policy Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2024-03078 Filed 2-13-24; 8:45 am]
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