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issues as selection, fitting, use, and 

maintenance of respirators is essential 

for ensuring that workers are properly 

and effectively using the equipment. 

Records of fit-testing are essential for 

determining that the worker is wearing 

the proper respirator. 

Title 30 CFR sections 56.5005 and 

57.5005 require metal and nonmetal 

mine operators to institute a respirator 

program governing selection, 

maintenance, training, fitting, 

supervision, cleaning and use of 

respirators. To control those 

occupational diseases caused by 

breathing air contaminated with 

harmful dusts, fumes, mists, gases, or 

vapors, the primary objective is to 

prevent atmospheric contamination. 

MSHA’s current policy, as prescribed by 

regulation, is to require that this be 

accomplished by feasible engineering 

measures. When effective controls are 

not feasible, or while they are being 

instituted, or during occasional entry 

into hazardous atmospheres to perform 

maintenance or investigations, 

appropriate respirators are to be used in 

accordance with established procedures 

protecting the miners. 

Sections 56.5005 and 57.5005 

incorporate by reference requirements of 

the American National Standards 

Institute (ANSI Z88.2–1969). These 

incorporated requirements mandate that 

miners who must wear respirators be fittested to the respirators that they will 

use. Certain records are also required to 

be kept in connection with respirators, 

including records of the date of issuance 

of the respirator, and fit-test results. The 

fit-testing records are essential for 

determining that the worker is wearing 

the proper respirator.

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

Currently, the Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (MSHA) is soliciting 

comments concerning the proposed 

extension of the information collection 

requirement related to the respirator 

program records. MSHA 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; and 

• 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. 

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request can be obtained by 

contacting the employee listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice or 

viewed on the Internet by accessing the 

MSHA home page (http://

www.msha.gov) and then choosing 

‘‘Statutory and Regulatory Information’’

and ‘‘Federal Register Documents.’’

III. Current Actions 

The mine operator uses the 

information to properly issue 

respiratory protection to miners when 

feasible engineering and/or 

administrative controls do not reduce 

the exposure to permissible levels. Fittesting records are used to ensure that 

a respirator worn by an individual is in 

fact the one for which that individual 

received a tight fit. MSHA uses the 

information to determine compliance 

with the standard. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

Title: Respirator Program Records. 

OMB Number: 1219–0048. 

Recordkeeping: None. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Cite/Reference/Form/etc.: 30 CFR 

56.5005 and 57.5005. 

Total Respondents: 310. 

Frequency: Monthly. 

Total Responses: 5,220. 

Average Time Per Response: .428 

hour. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,235 

hours. 

Burden Cost (Capital/Startup): None. 

Burden Cost (Operating/Maintaining):

$156,350. 

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 will 

also become a matter of public record.

Dated at Arlington, Virginia, this 19th day 

of October, 2004. 

David L. Meyer, 

Director, Office of Administration and 

Management.

[FR Doc. 04–24045 Filed 10–26–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request Submitted for Public 

Comment and Recommendations; 

Refuse Piles and Impounding 

Structures, Recordkeeping and 

Reporting Requirements

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden 

conducts a preclearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or containing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. 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.

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 27, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Melissa 

Stoehr, Acting Chief, Records 

Management Branch, 1100 Wilson 

Boulevard, Room 2134, Arlington, VA 

22209–3939. Commenters are 

encouraged to send their comments on 

computer disk, or via e-mail to 

stoehr.melissa@dol.gov. Ms. Stoehr can 

be reached at (202) 693–9837 (voice), or 

(202) 693–9801 (facsimile).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact the employee listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Coal Mine Health and Safety Act 

of 1969 was amended by the Federal 

Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 

after the Buffalo Creek dam failure in 

1972 in West Virginia. The refuse pile 

and impound standards, Title 30 CFR 

sections 77.215 and 77.216 had been 

enacted earlier in 1975 and were 

incorporated into the Act. Additional 

parts of these Sections were 

promulgated and enacted in 1992. The 

standards require that the agency 

approve prudently engineered design 

plans for dams and their 

impoundments, as well as the plans for 

hazardous refuse piles that are routinely 

constructed by coal mine operators. 

Plan revisions are also required to be 

submitted for approval. In addition, the 

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standards also require plans when one 

of these sites is to be abandoned. And 

plans are required when spontaneous 

fires erupt and need to be extinguished 

at the burning site. Records of weekly 

inspections and instrument monitoring 

are also required to ensure that the sites 

remain safe. Finally, the mine operators 

are also required to submit an annual 

status report and certification that 

guarantees that the site is being 

constructed in accordance with the 

approved plan, and the site has not been 

altered during the construction year. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

Currently, the Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (MSHA) is soliciting 

comments concerning the proposed 

extension of the information collection 

requirement related to the Refuse Piles 

and Impoundment Structures, 

Recordkeeping and Reporting 

Requirements. MSHA is particularly 

interested in comments that: 

* Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of MSHA’s 

functions, including whether the 

information has practical utility; 

* Evaluate the accuracy of MSHA’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

* Suggest methods to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

* Address 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) to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond.

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request can be obtained by 

contacting the employee listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice or 

viewed on the Internet by accessing the 

MSHA home page (http://

www.msha.gov) and then choosing 

‘‘Statutory and Regulatory Information’’

and ‘‘Federal Register Documents.’’

III. Current Actions 

There are approximately 740 coal 

mine impounding structures and 30 

hazardous refuse piles, for a total of 770 

sites. All impoundments and hazardous 

refuse piles are required by the 

standards to be constructed and 

operated in an approved manner. In 

addition, coal mine operators frequently 

revise construction plans to 

accommodate mining conditions, cycles 

or markets. Since these revisions to the 

structures can adversely affect a great 

number of people, such changes are 

required to be planned in a prudent 

manner and approved by the agency. 

Fire extinguishing plans are only 

required from an operator when a 

spontaneous combustion has occurred, 

and the operator is directed to 

extinguish the fire. Inspections on a 

weekly basis, or inspections at a longer 

interval for long established and stable 

impoundments (after the regulation 

changes in 1992), are required to ensure 

that precipitation, seismic activity, or 

perhaps an unknown construction flaw, 

has not adversely affected any part of 

the dam site. The annual status report 

and certification ensures that the 

company’s engineers confirm that the 

site is in accordance with the approved 

engineering plan. An abandonment plan 

approved by the agency ensures that a 

hazardous site is not left in place after 

all mining activity has ceased. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

Title: Impounding Safety and Refuse 

Piles, Reporting Requirements, 

Certifications and Recordkeeping. 

OMB Number: 1219–0015. 

Recordkeeping: 3 years. 

Frequency: Annually and 17 times a 

year. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit. 

Cite/Reference/Form/etc.: 30 CFR 

Sections 77.215 and 77.216. 

Total Respondents: 770. 

Total Responses: 12,885. 

Average Time Per Response: 8 hours. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

96,432. 

Total Annualized Capital/Startup 

Costs: $0. 

Total Operating and Maintenance 

Costs: $0. 

Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup):

None. 

Total Burden Cost (Operating/

Maintaining): None. 

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 will 

also become a matter of public record.

Dated at Arlington, Virginia, this 19th day 

of October, 2004. 

David L. Meyer, 

Director, Office of Administration and 

Management.

[FR Doc. 04–24046 Filed 10–26–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

[MCC FR 04–11] 

Notice of November 8, 2004 Millennium 

Challenge Corporation Board of 

Directors Meeting; Sunshine Act 

Meeting

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation.

TIME AND DATE: 2–4 p.m., Monday, 

November 8, 2004.

PLACE: Department of State, C Street 

Entrance, Washington, DC 20520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Information on the meeting may be 

obtained from Joyce B. Lanham at (202) 

521–3861.

STATUS: Meeting will be open to the 

public from 2 p.m. until conclusion of 

the administrative session; a closed 

session will commence immediately 

following the conclusion of the open 

session, at approximately 2:20 p.m.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Board 

of Directors (the ‘‘Board’’) of the 

Millennium Challenge Corporation 

(‘‘MCC’’) will hold a quarterly meeting 

of the Board to consider the selection of 

countries that will be eligible for 

Millennium Challenge Account 

(‘‘MCA’’) assistance in FY2005 under 

Section 607 of the Millennium 

Challenge Act of 2003, codified at 22 

U.S.C. 7706, and certain administrative 

matters. The majority of the meeting 

will be devoted to a discussion of MCA 

candidate countries, which is expected 

to involve the consideration of classified 

information and will be closed to the 

public. The Board may also consider 

certain matters related solely to the 

internal practices of MCC during the 

closed session. A brief open session that 

will include a CEO update for the Board 

on MCC operations will precede the 

closed session. 

Due to security requirements at the 

meeting location, all individuals 

wishing to attend the open portion of 

the meeting are encouraged to arrive at 

least 20 minutes before the meeting 

begins and comply with all relevant 

security requirements of the Department 

of State. Those planning to attend must 

notify Joyce Lanham at (202) 521–3861 

or via email at lanhamjb@mcc.gov by 

noon on Wednesday, November 3, 2004, 

with the following information: full 

name, telephone number, e-mail 

address, affiliation/company name, 

social security number and date of birth. 

Please bring a photo ID with you on the 

day of the meeting. Seating for the brief 

open session will be available on a first 

come, first served basis.