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(email); (202) 693–9440 (voice); or (202) 

693–9441 (facsimile). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 103(h) of the Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine 

Act), 30 U.S.C. 813(h), authorizes the 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

(MSHA) to collect information 

necessary to carry out its duty in 

protecting the safety and health of 

miners. Further, section 101(a) of the 

Mine Act, 30 U.S.C. 811, authorizes the 

Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to 

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 and metal and nonmetal 

mines. 

MSHA works to prevent death, 

illness, and injury from mining and to 

promote safe and healthful workplaces 

for U.S. miners. Section 115 of the Mine 

Act, as amended, requires mine 

operators to have a health and safety 

training program. Under section 503 of 

the Mine Act, as amended, the Secretary 

may award grants to States to assist in 

developing and enforcing State mining 

laws and regulations, to improve State 

workers’ compensation and mining 

occupational disease laws and 

programs, and to improve safety and 

health conditions in the Nation’s mines 

through Federal-State coordination and 

cooperation. 

Grantees are required by U.S. 

Department of Labor (DOL) regulations 

to submit project and final reports. 

Grantees are also required to submit 

final reports no later than 90 days after 

the end of the grant period. 

Technical Project Reports: A grantee 

submits a technical project report to 

MSHA no later than 30 days after 

quarterly deadlines. Technical project 

reports provide both quantitative and 

qualitative information and a narrative 

assessment of performance for the 

preceding 3-month period. This 

includes a comparison of the current 

grant progress against the overall grant 

goals. Between reporting dates, the 

grantee informs MSHA of significant 

developments or problems affecting the 

organization’s ability to accomplish the 

work. 

Final Reports: At the end of the grant 

period, each grantee provides a project 

summary of its technical project reports, 

an evaluation report, and a close-out 

financial report. These final reports are 

due no later than 90 days after the end 

of the 12-month performance period. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

MSHA is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed information 

collection related to Performance 

Reports for MSHA Grants. 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 MSHA’s 

estimate of the burden of the 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 

• 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. 

Background documents related to this 

information collection request are 

available at https://regulations.gov and 

in DOL–MSHA located at 201 12th 

Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, 

VA 22202–5452. Questions about the 

information collection requirements 

may be directed to the person listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice from the previous 

collection of information. 

III. Current Actions 

This information collection request 

concerns provisions for Performance 

Reports for MSHA Grants. MSHA has 

updated the data with respect to the 

number of respondents, responses, 

burden hours, and burden costs 

supporting this information collection 

request from the previous information 

collection request. 

Type of Review: Extension, without 

change, of a currently approved 

collection. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

OMB Number: 1219–0154. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 50. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Responses: 250. 

Annual Burden Hours: 625 hours. 

Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper 

Cost: $0. 

MSHA Forms: MSHA Performance 

Report Narratives; and MSHA Form 

5000–50, MSHA State Grant Program 

Performance Report. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval of the proposed 

information collection request; they will 

become a matter of public record and 

will be available at https://

www.reginfo.gov. 

Roslyn B. Fontaine, 

Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27929 Filed 12–17–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

Service 

Advisory Committee on Veterans’ 

Employment, Training and Employer 

Outreach (ACVETEO): Meeting 

AGENCY: Veterans’ Employment and 

Training Service (VETS), Department of 

Labor (DOL). 

ACTION: Notice of virtual open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of a 

forthcoming meeting of the ACVETEO. 

The ACVETEO will discuss the DOL 

core programs and services that assist 

veterans seeking employment and raise 

employer awareness as to the 

advantages of hiring veterans. There 

will be an opportunity for individuals or 

organizations to address the committee. 

Any individual or organization that 

wishes to do so should contact Mr. 

Gregory Green at ACVETEO@dol.gov. 

Additional information regarding the 

Committee, including its charter, 

current membership list, annual reports, 

meeting minutes, and meeting updates 

may be found at https://www.dol.gov/ 

agencies/vets/about/advisorycommittee. 

This notice also describes the functions 

of the ACVETEO. Notice of this meeting 

is required under Section 10(a) (2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. This 

document is intended to notify the 

general public. 

DATES: Thursday, January 14, 2021 

beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 

approximately 12:00 p.m. (EST). 

ADDRESSES: This ACVETEO meeting 

will be held via WebEx video and 

teleconference. Meeting information 

will be posted at the link below under 

the Meeting Updates tab. https://

www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/about/ 

advisorycommittee 

Notice of Intent To Attend the 

Meeting: All meeting participants 

should submit a notice of intent to 

attend by Monday, January 4, 2021, via 

email to Mr. Gregory Green at 


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ACVETEO@dol.gov, subject line 

‘‘January 2021 ACVETEO Meeting.’’ 

Individuals who will need 

accommodations for a disability in order 

to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting 

services, assistive listening devices, 

and/or materials in alternative format) 

should notify the Advisory Committee 

no later than Monday, January 4, 2021 

by contacting Mr. Gregory Green at 

ACVETEO@dol.gov. Requests made after 

this date will be reviewed, but 

availability of the requested 

accommodations cannot be guaranteed. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Gregory Green, Designated Federal 

Official for the ACVETEO, ACVETEO@

dol.gov, (202) 693–4734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

ACVETEO is a Congressionally 

mandated advisory committee 

authorized under Title 38, U.S. Code, 

Section 4110 and subject to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

2, as amended. The ACVETEO is 

responsible for: assessing employment 

and training needs of veterans; 

determining the extent to which the 

programs and activities of the U.S. 

Department of Labor meet these needs; 

assisting to conduct outreach to 

employers seeking to hire veterans; 

making recommendations to the 

Secretary, through the Assistant 

Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and 

Training Service, with respect to 

outreach activities and employment and 

training needs of veterans; and carrying 

out such other activities necessary to 

make required reports and 

recommendations. The ACVETEO meets 

at least quarterly. 

Agenda 

9:00 a.m. Welcome and remarks, John 

Lowry, Assistant Secretary, 

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

Service 

9:10 a.m. Administrative Business, 

Gregory Green, Designated Federal 

Official 

9:15 a.m. Discussion on Fiscal Year 

2020 Report Recommendations, 

Committee Chairperson, Kayla 

Williams 

9:30 a.m. Update to Fiscal Year 2019 

Report Recommendations 

10:00 a.m. Subcommittee Discussion/ 

Assignments, Committee 

Chairperson, Kayla Williams 

11:00 a.m. Briefing on Fiscal Year 

2021 DOL/VETS Priorities 

11:30 a.m. Public Forum, Gregory 

Green, Designated Federal Official 

12:00 p.m. Adjourn 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 14th day of 

December 2020. 

John Lowry, 

Assistant Secretary, Veterans’ Employment 

and Training Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27835 Filed 12–17–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–79–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request; National 

Science Foundation-Managed Honor 

Awards 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) has submitted the 

following information collection 

requirement to OMB for review and 

clearance under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. This is the 

second notice for public comment; the 

first was published in the Federal 

Register, and no comments were 

received. NSF is forwarding the 

proposed submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance simultaneously with the 

publication of this second notice. 

DATES: 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance 

Officer, National Science Foundation, 

2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, 

VA 22314, or send email to splimpto@

nsf.gov. Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339, which is accessible 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year 

(including federal holidays). 

Copies of the submission may be 

obtained by calling 703–292–7556. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NSF may 

not conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information unless the collection of 

information displays a currently valid 

OMB control number and the agency 

informs potential persons who are to 

respond to the collection of information 

that such persons are not required to 

respond to the collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

Title of Collection: National Science 

Foundation-Managed Honor Awards. 

OMB Number: 3145–0035. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Proposed Project: The National 

Science Foundation (NSF) administers 

several external awards, among them 

the President’s National Medal of 

Science, the Alan T. Waterman Award, 

the National Science Board (NSB) 

Vannevar Bush Award, the NSB Public 

Service Award, the Presidential Awards 

for Excellence in Science, Mathematics 

and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) 

program, and the Presidential Awards 

for Excellence in Mathematics and 

Science Teaching (PAEMST) program. 

In 2003, to comply with E-government 

requirements, the nomination processes 

were converted to electronic submission 

through NSF’s FastLane system or via 

other electronic systems as described in 

the individual nomination process. 

Individuals can now prepare 

nominations and references through 

www.fastlane.nsf.gov/honawards/ for all 

but the PAESMEM and PAEMST 

awards. First-time users must register on 

the Fastlane website using the link 

found in the upper right-hand corner 

above the ‘‘Log In’’ box before accessing 

all but the PAESMEM and PAEMST 

honorary award categories. For 

PAEMST nominations and applications 

are submitted on the PAEMST portal at 

www.paemst.org. For PAESMEM, 

nominations and applications are 

submitted on the PAESMEM portal at 

www.paesmem.net. 

Use of the Information: The 

Foundation has the following honorary 

award programs: 

• President’s National Medal of 

Science. Statutory authority for the 

President’s National Medal of Science is 

contained in 42 U.S.C. 1881 (P.L. 86– 

209), which established the award and 

stated that ‘‘(t)he President shall . . . 

award the Medal on the 

recommendations received from the 

National Academy of Sciences or on the 

basis of such other information and 

evidence as . . . appropriate.’’ 

Subsequently, Executive Order 10961 

specified procedures for the Award by 

establishing a National Medal of Science 

Committee which would ‘‘receive 

recommendations made by any other 

nationally representative scientific or 

engineering organization.’’ On the basis 

of these recommendations, the 

Committee was directed to select its 

candidates and to forward its 

recommendations to the President. 

In 1962, to comply with these 

directives, the Committee initiated a 

solicitation form letter to invite these 

nominations. In 1979, the Committee 


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