9376 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 33 / Thursday, February 17, 2011 / Notices 

Dated: February 11, 2011. 

Roslyn B. Fontaine, 

Acting Director, Office of Standards, 

Regulations and Variances, Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3594 Filed 2–16–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

[OMB Control No. 1219–0015] 

Proposed Extension of Existing 

Information Collection; Refuse Piles 

and Impoundment Structures, 

Recordkeeping and Reporting 

Requirements 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments. 

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 continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program 

helps to assure 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. 

Currently, the Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (MSHA) is soliciting 

comments concerning the extension of 

the information collection for 30 CFR 

77.215(j), 77.215–2, 77.215–3, 77.215–4, 

77.216–2, 77.216–3, 77.216–4, and 

77.216–5. 

DATES: All comments must be received 

or postmarked by midnight Eastern 

Standard Time on April 18, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must be 

identified clearly with the rule title and 

may be submitted to MSHA by any of 

the following methods: 

(1) Electronic mail: zzMSHAComments@dol.gov. 

(2) Facsimile: 202–693–9441 

(3) Regular Mail: MSHA, Office of 

Standards, Regulations, and Variances, 

1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350, 

Arlington, VA 22209–3939. 

(4) Hand Delivery or Courier: MSHA, 

Office of Standards, Regulations, and 

Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, 

Room 2350, Arlington, VA 22209–3939. 

Sign in at the receptionist’s desk on the 

21st floor. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mario Distasio, Chief of the Economic 

Analysis Division, Office of Standards, 

Regulations, and Variances, MSHA, at 

distasio.mario@dol.gov (e-mail), 202– 

693–9445 (voice mail), 202–693–9441 

(facsimile). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

30 CFR part 77, subpart C, sets forth 

standards for surface installations. More 

specifically, these sections address 

refuse piles (30 CFR 77.215), and 

impoundments (30 CFR 77.216). 

Impoundments are structures that can 

retain 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 

affect 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. 

Section 103(e) of the Mine Act directs 

the Secretary of Labor not to impose an 

unreasonable burden on small 

businesses when obtaining any 

information under the Mine Act. This 

information collection does not have a 

significant impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

MSHA is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

• Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information has practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

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 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including 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. 

A copy of the information collection 

request can be obtained by contacting 

the person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice, or viewed on the Internet by 

selecting ‘‘Rules & Regs’’, and then 

selecting ‘‘FedReg.Docs’’. On the next 

screen, select ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act 

Supporting Statement’’ to view 

documents supporting the Federal 

Register notice. 

III. Current Actions 

This notice contains the request for an 

extension of the existing collection of 

information in 30 CFR 77.215(j), 

77.215–2, 77.215–3, 77.215–4, 77.216–2, 

77.216–3, 77.216–4, and 77.216–5. 

MSHA does not intend to publish the 

results from this information collection 

and is not seeking approval to either 

display or not display the expiration 

date for the OMB approval of this 

information collection. 

There are no certification exceptions 

identified with this information 

collection and the collection of this 

information does not employ statistical 

methods. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

OMB Number: 1219–0015. 

Frequency: Variable. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Cost to Federal Government: 

$535,953. 

Total Burden Respondents: 642. 

Total Number of Responses: 10,422. 

Total Burden Hours: 30,579 hours. 

Total Hour Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $7,782,240. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: February 11, 2011. 

Roslyn B. Fontaine, 

Acting Director, Office of Standards, 

Regulations and Variances, Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3593 Filed 2–16–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

[OMB Control No. 1219–0127] 

Proposed Extension of Existing 

Information Collection on 

Qualification/Certification Program and 

Man Hoist Operators Physical Fitness 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments. 


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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 continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program 

helps to assure 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. 

Currently, the Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (MSHA) is soliciting 

comments concerning the extension of 

the information collection for 30 CFR 

75.100, 75.155, 75.159, 75.160, 75.161, 

77.100, 77.105, 77.106, 77.107, and 

77.107–1 on Qualification/Certification 

Program and Man Hoist Operators 

Physical Fitness. 

DATES: All comments must be received 

by midnight Eastern Standard Time on 

April 18, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must be 

identified clearly with the rule title and 

may be submitted to MSHA by any of 

the following methods: 

(1) Electronic mail: zzMSHAComments@dol.gov. 

(2) Facsimile: 202–693–9441 

(3) Regular Mail: MSHA, Office of 

Standards, Regulations, and Variances, 

1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350, 

Arlington, VA 22209–3939. 

(4) Hand Delivery or Courier: MSHA, 

Office of Standards, Regulations, and 

Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, 

Room 2350, Arlington, VA 22209–3939. 

Sign in at the receptionist’s desk on the 

21st floor. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mario Distasio, Chief of the Economic 

Analysis Division, Office of Standards, 

Regulations, and Variances, MSHA, at 

distasio.mario@dol.gov (e-mail), 202– 

693–9445 (voicemail), 202–693–9441 

(facsimile). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 101(a) of the Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine 

Act) requires that the Secretary must 

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 or other mines. Under 

section 103(a)(2), authorized 

representatives of the Secretary of Labor 

or Secretary of Health and Human 

Services must make frequent 

inspections and investigations in coal or 

other mines each year for the purpose of 

gathering information with respect to 

mandatory health or safety standards. 

Sections 75.159 and 77.106 require 

coal mine operators to maintain a list of 

persons who are certified and those who 

are qualified to perform duties under 

Parts 75 and 77, such as conduct 

examinations for hazardous conditions, 

conduct tests for methane and oxygen 

deficiency, conduct tests of air flow, 

perform electrical work, repair 

energized surface high-voltage lines, 

and perform duties of hoisting engineer. 

The recorded information is necessary 

to ensure that only persons who are 

properly trained and have the required 

number of years of experience are 

permitted to perform these duties. 

MSHA does not specify a format for the 

recordkeeping; however, it normally 

consists of the names of the certified 

and qualified persons listed in two 

columns on a sheet of paper. One 

column is for certified persons and the 

other is for qualified persons. 

Sections 75.100 and 77.100 pertain to 

the certification of certain persons to 

perform specific examinations and tests. 

Sections 75.155 and 77.105 outline the 

requirements necessary to be qualified 

as a hoisting engineer or hoist man. 

Also, under §§ 75.160, 75.161, 77.107 

and 77.107–1, the mine operator must 

have an approved training plan 

developed to train and retrain the 

qualified and certified people to 

effectively do their tasks. 

These regulations recognize State 

certification and qualification programs. 

However, where State programs are not 

available, MSHA may certify and 

qualify persons. 

The MSHA program will continue to 

qualify or certify individuals as long as 

these individuals meet the requirements 

for certification or qualification, fulfill 

any applicable retraining requirements, 

and remain employed at the same mine 

or by the same independent contractor. 

Applications for Secretarial 

qualification or certification are 

submitted to the MSHA Qualification 

and Certification Unit in Denver, 

Colorado. MSHA Form 5000–41 

provides the coal mining industry with 

a standardized reporting format that 

expedites the certification and 

qualification process while ensuring 

compliance with the regulations. MSHA 

uses the form’s information to 

determine if applicants satisfy the 

requirements to obtain the certification 

or qualification sought. Persons must 

meet certain minimum experience 

requirements depending on the type of 

certification or qualification. 

Section 103(e) of the Mine Act directs 

the Secretary of Labor not to impose an 

unreasonable burden on small 

businesses when obtaining any 

information under the Mine Act. This 

information collection does not have a 

significant impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

MSHA is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

• Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information has practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

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 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including 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. 

A copy of the information collection 

request can be obtained by contacting 

the person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice, or viewed on the Internet by 

selecting ‘‘Rules & Regs’’, and then 

selecting ‘‘FedReg.Docs’’. On the next 

screen, select ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act 

Supporting Statement’’ to view 

documents supporting the Federal 

Register notice. 

III. Current Actions 

This notice contains the request for an 

extension of the existing collection of 

information in 30 CFR 75.100, 75.155, 

75.159, 75.160, 75.161, 77.100, 77.105, 

77.106, 77.107, and 77.107–1. MSHA 

does not intend to publish the results 

from this information collection. MSHA 

is seeking approval to display the 

expiration date for the OMB approval of 

this information collection on MSHA 

Form 5000–41. 

There are no certification exceptions 

identified with this information 

collection and the collection of this 

information does not employ statistical 

methods. 

Type of Review: Three year update. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

OMB Number: 1219–0127. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 


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Cost to Federal Government: none. 

Total Burden Respondents: $1,547. 

Total Number of Responses: 6,966. 

Total Burden Hours: 679 hours. 

Total Hour Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $125. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: February 11, 2011. 

Roslyn B. Fontaine, 

Acting Director, Office of Standards, 

Regulations and Variances, Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3592 Filed 2–16–11; 8:45 am] 

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THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Meeting of National Council on the 

Humanities 

AGENCY: The National Endowment for 

the Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463, as amended) notice is hereby 

given the National Council on the 

Humanities will meet in Washington, 

DC on March 3–4, 2011. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

advise the Chairman of the National 

Endowment for the Humanities with 

respect to policies, programs, and 

procedures for carrying out his 

functions, and to review applications for 

financial support from and gifts offered 

to the Endowment and to make 

recommendations thereon to the 

Chairman. 

The meeting will be held in the Old 

Post Office Building, 1100 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. A 

portion of the morning and afternoon 

sessions on March 3–4, 2011, will not be 

open to the public pursuant to 

subsections (c)(4), (c)(6) and (c)(9)(B) of 

section 552b of Title 5, United States 

Code because the Council will consider 

information that may disclose: Trade 

secrets and commercial or financial 

information obtained from a person and 

privileged or confidential; information 

of a personal nature the disclosure of 

which would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy; and information the premature 

disclosure of which would be likely to 

significantly frustrate implementation of 

proposed agency action. I have made 

this determination under the authority 

granted me by the Chairman’s 

Delegation of Authority dated July 19, 

1993. 

The agenda for the sessions on March 

3, 2011 will be as follows: 

Committee Meetings 

(Open to the Public) 

Policy Discussion 

9–10:30 a.m. 

Digital Humanities—Room 402 

Education Programs—Room M–07 

Federal/State Partnership and 

Preservation and Access—Room 

415 

Public Programs—Room 421 

Research Programs—Room 315 

(Closed to the Public) 

Discussion of Specific Grant 

Applications and Programs Before the 

Council 

10:30 a.m. until Adjourned 

Digital Humanities—Room 402 

Education Programs—Room M–07 

Federal/State Partnership and 

Preservation and Access—Room 

415 

Public Programs—Room 421 

Research Programs—Room 315 

The morning session of the meeting 

on March 4, 2011 will convene at 9 a.m., 

in the first floor Council Room M–09, 

and will be open to the public, as set out 

below. The agenda for the morning 

session will be as follows: 

A. Minutes of the Previous Meeting 

B. Reports 

1. Introductory Remarks 

2. Film Presentation 

3. Staff Report 

4. Congressional Report 

5. Budget Report 

6. Reports on Policy and General 

Matters 

a. Digital Humanities 

b. Education Programs 

c. Federal/State Partnership 

d. Preservation and Access 

e. Public Programs 

f. Research Programs 

The remainder of the proposed 

meeting will be given to the 

consideration of specific applications 

and will be closed to the public for the 

reasons stated above. 

Further information about this 

meeting can be obtained from Michael 

P. McDonald, Advisory Committee 

Management Officer, National 

Endowment for the Humanities, 1100 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20506, or by calling 

(202) 606–8322, TDD (202) 606–8282. 

Advance notice of any special needs or 

accommodations is appreciated. 

Michael P. McDonald, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3618 Filed 2–16–11; 8:45 am] 

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THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Meetings of Humanities Panel 

AGENCY: The National Endowment for 

the Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, as amended), notice is 

hereby given that the following 

meetings of Humanities Panels will be 

held at the Old Post Office, 1100 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20506. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael P. McDonald, Advisory 

Committee Management Officer, 

National Endowment for the 

Humanities, Washington, DC 20506; 

telephone (202) 606–8322. Hearingimpaired individuals are advised that 

information on this matter may be 

obtained by contacting the 

Endowment’s TDD terminal on (202) 

606–8282. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed meetings are for the purpose 

of panel review, discussion, evaluation 

and recommendation on applications 

for financial assistance under the 

National Foundation on the Arts and the 

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 

including discussion of information 

given in confidence to the agency by the 

grant applicants. Because the proposed 

meetings will consider information that 

is likely to disclose trade secrets and 

commercial or financial information 

obtained from a person and privileged 

or confidential and/or information of a 

personal nature the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy, pursuant 

to authority granted me by the 

Chairman’s Delegation of Authority to 

Close Advisory Committee meetings, 

dated July 19, 1993, I have determined 

that these meetings will be closed to the 

public pursuant to subsections (c)(4), 

and (6) of section 552b of Title 5, United 

States Code. 

1. Date: March 1, 2011. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Location: Room 315. 

Program: This meeting will review 

applications for Archaeology II in 

Collaborative Research, submitted to the 


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