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Management and Budget approval of the information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS

Type of Instrument 

(form-activity) 

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

number of 

responses 

Average 

burden time 

per response 

(hours) 

Estimated 

burden 

hours 

Semi-structured interview with staff, 

partners, and stakeholders topic 

guide ................................................... 175 1 175 1.5 262.5 

Participant interview or focus group protocol .................................................... 175 1 175 1.5 262.5 

Program survey of JC Centers and pilots ...................................................... 161 1 161 2 322 

Impact feasibility topic guide .................. 30 1 30 1.5 45 

Total ................................................ 541 .............................. 541 .............................. 892 

Christina Yancey, 

Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of 

Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00078 Filed 1–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–HX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs 

[Docket No. WCPO–2020–0002] 

Guidance on Black Lung Benefits Act 

Self-Insurance 

AGENCY: Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs (OWCP) is 

announcing publication of a preliminary 

program bulletin titled ‘‘DCMWC SelfInsurance Process Guidelines’’ 

describing the agency’s updated process 

for evaluating self-insurance 

applications under the Black Lung 

Benefits Act (BLBA). The BLBA requires 

coal mine operators to secure the 

payment of benefits by either 

purchasing commercial insurance or 

obtaining the Department’s 

authorization to self-insure those 

liabilities. Authorization to self-insure 

may be granted or denied at the 

Department’s discretion. OWCP is 

making the programmatic changes and 

preliminary bulletin available for public 

comment pursuant to the Department of 

Labor’s PRO Good Guidance Rule. 

DATES: The Department invites written 

comments on the self-insurance 

program and the bulletin from 

interested parties. Written comments 

must be received by February 8, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments electronically by the 

following method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions on the website for 

submitting comments. 

Instructions. Include the docket 

number WCPO–2020–0002 in your 

comments. All comments received will 

be posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov. Please do not 

include any personally identifiable or 

confidential business information you 

do not want publicly disclosed. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Chance, Director, Division of 

Coal Mine Workers’ Compensation, 

Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N– 

3464, Washington, DC 20210. 

Telephone: 1–800–347–2502. This is a 

toll-free number. TTY/TDD callers may 

dial toll-free 1–800–877–8339 for 

further information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Overview 

The BLBA provides benefits to coal 

miners who are totally disabled by 

pneumoconiosis (commonly known as 

black lung disease) and to certain of 

their survivors. The BLBA requires coal 

mine operators to secure the payment of 

benefits by either purchasing 

commercial insurance or obtaining the 

Department’s authorization to selfinsure those liabilities. 30 U.S.C. 933(a). 

Authorization to self-insure may be 

granted or denied at the Department’s 

discretion. 20 CFR 726.101(a). When a 

self-insurer is unable (or unwilling) to 

meet its payment obligations, the Black 

Lung Disability Trust Fund (Trust Fund) 

makes those payments. Although the 

Trust Fund acts as a backstop, Congress 

intended ‘‘to ensure that individual coal 

operators rather than the trust fund bear 

the liability for [black lung] claims 

arising out of such operators’ mines to 

the maximum extent feasible.’’ See Old 

Ben Coal Co. v. Luker, 826 F.2d 688, 693 

(7th Cir. 1987) (quoting S. Rep. No. 209, 

95th Cong., 1st Sess. 9 (1977), reprinted 

in House Comm. on Educ. and Labor, 

96th Cong., Black Lung Benefits Reform 

Act and Black Lung Benefits Revenue 

Act of 1977, 612 (Comm. Print 1979)); 

20 CFR 725.1(e). To help ensure that 

self-insured operators’ liabilities do not 

fall on the Trust Fund, OWCP created 

new forms CM–2017, CM–2017a, and 

CM–2017b and now seeks to update its 

process for evaluating the information 

collected through those forms to 

determine whether a coal mine operator 

should be allowed to self-insure and to 

determine the security amount each 

operator must provide to guarantee 

payment of current and future 

liabilities. OWCP has set forth the 

updated process in its preliminary 

bulletin titled ‘‘DCMWC Self-Insurance 

Process Guidelines.’’ OWCP now seeks 

public comment on the bulletin and the 

process discussed in the bulletin. 

II. Bulletin Publication 

Out of an abundance of caution, 

OWCP is requesting comments on the 

bulletin and its underlying 

programmatic changes, in line with the 

requirements of the Department’s PRO 

Good Guidance Rule, see 29 CFR part 

89, and also because OWCP believes the 

public’s input on the self-insurance 

process could be very helpful to the 

program’s administration. OWCP’s 

request for comments is also consistent 

with the openness and transparency 

goals of the Department’s guidance 

regulations; E.O. 13891, 84 FR 55235 

(Oct. 15, 2019); and OMB’s Final 

Bulletin for Agency Good Guidance 

Practices, 72 FR 3432 (Jan. 25, 2007). 


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III. Internet Availability 

Persons with internet access may 

view the preliminary bulletin at https:// 

www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OWCP/ 

dcmwc/blba/indexes/BL21-01OCR.pdf 

or at http://www.regulations.gov. The 

relevant forms are available at: https:// 

www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/owcp/ 

regs/compliance/cm-2017.pdf; https://

www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/owcp/ 

regs/compliance/cm-2017a.pdf; https://

www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/owcp/ 

regs/compliance/cm-2017b.pdf. 

Additional information about the 

programmatic changes are available on 

the OWCP website at: https://

www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/owcp/ 

dcmwc/ActuarialAssumptions.pdf. 

Persons who do not have electronic 

access to the bulletin, forms, and other 

information may request a copy using 

the contact information above. 

Dated: January 4, 2021. 

Julia K. Hearthway, 

Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00097 Filed 1–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–CR–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Royalty Board 

[Docket No. 20–CRB–0017–AU (Music 

Choice)] 

Notice of Intent To Audit 

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress. 

ACTION: Public notice. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges 

(Judges) announce receipt from 

SoundExchange, Inc., (SoundExchange) 

of a notice of intent to audit Music 

Choice to verify royalties paid by 

Commercial Webcasters, Preexisting 

Subscription Services, and Business 

Establishment Services in 2017, 2018, 

and 2019 pursuant to two statutory 

licenses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anita Blaine, Program Specialist, by 

telephone at (202) 707–7658 or by email 

at crb@loc.gov. 

SUMMARY INFORMATION: The Copyright 

Act, title 17 of the United States Code, 

grants to sound recordings copyright 

owners the exclusive right to publicly 

perform sound recordings by means of 

certain digital audio transmissions, 

subject to limitations. Specifically, the 

right is limited by the statutory license 

in section 114, which allows nonexempt 

noninteractive digital subscription 

services, eligible nonsubscription 

services, and preexisting satellite digital 

audio radio services to perform publicly 

sound recordings by means of digital 

audio transmissions. 17 U.S.C. 114(f). In 

addition, a statutory license in section 

112 allows a service to make necessary 

ephemeral reproductions to facilitate 

the digital transmission of the sound 

recording, including for transmissions 

to business establishments. 17 U.S.C. 

112(e). 

Licensees may operate under these 

licenses provided they pay the royalty 

fees and comply with the terms set by 

the Judges. The rates and terms for the 

section 112 and 114 licenses are set 

forth in 37 CFR parts 380, 382, and 384. 

As part of the terms set for these 

licenses, the Judges designated 

SoundExchange as the Collective, i.e., 

the organization charged with collecting 

the royalty payments and statements of 

account submitted by eligible licensees 

and with distributing royalties to the 

copyright owners and performers 

entitled to receive them under the 

section 112 and 114 licenses. See, e.g., 

37 CFR 380.4(d). 

As the Collective, SoundExchange 

may, only once a year, conduct an audit 

of a licensee for any or all of the prior 

three calendar years in order to verify 

royalty payments. SoundExchange must 

first file with the Judges a notice of 

intent to audit a licensee and deliver the 

notice to the licensee. See, e.g., 37 CFR 

380.6. 

On December 18, 2020, 

SoundExchange filed with the Judges a 

notice of intent to audit Music Choice 

for royalties paid by Commercial 

Webcasters, Preexisting Subscription 

Services, and Business Establishment 

Services for the years 2017, 2018, and 

2019. The Judges must publish notice in 

the Federal Register within 30 days of 

receipt of a notice announcing the 

Collective’s intent to conduct an audit. 

See id. Today’s notice fulfills this 

requirement with respect to 

SoundExchange’s notice of intent to 

audit filed December 18, 2020. 

Dated: January 5, 2021. 

Jesse M. Feder, 

Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00182 Filed 1–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1410–72–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Royalty Board 

[Docket Nos. 20–CRB–0014–AU (Cumulus 

Media, Inc.), 20–CRB–0015–AU (Emmis 

Communications Corp.), 20–CRB–0016–AU 

(IMVU, Inc.), 20–CRB–0018–AU (Pandora 

Media), 20–CRB–0020–AU (Urban One)] 

Notice of Intent To Audit 

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress. 

ACTION: Public Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges 

announce receipt from SoundExchange, 

Inc., (SoundExchange) of notices of 

intent to audit the 2017, 2018, and 2019 

statements of account submitted by 

commercial webcasters Cumulus Media, 

Emmis Communications, IMVU, Inc., 

Pandora Media, LLC, and Urban One, 

Inc. concerning the royalty payments 

they made pursuant to two statutory 

licenses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anita Blaine, Program Specialist, by 

telephone at (202) 707–7658 or by email 

at crb@loc.gov. 

SUMMARY INFORMATION: The Copyright 

Act, title 17 of the United States Code, 

grants to sound recordings copyright 

owners the exclusive right to publicly 

perform sound recordings by means of 

certain digital audio transmissions, 

subject to limitations. Specifically, the 

right is limited by the statutory license 

in section 114, which allows nonexempt 

noninteractive digital subscription 

services, eligible nonsubscription 

services, and pre-existing satellite 

digital audio radio services to perform 

publicly sound recordings by means of 

digital audio transmissions. 17 U.S.C. 

114(f). In addition, a statutory license in 

section 112 allows a service to make 

necessary ephemeral reproductions to 

facilitate the digital transmission of the 

sound recording. 17 U.S.C. 112(e). 

Licensees may operate under these 

licenses provided they pay the royalty 

fees and comply with the terms set by 

the Copyright Royalty Judges. The rates 

and terms for the section 112 and 114 

licenses are set forth in 37 CFR parts 

380 and 382–84. 

As part of the terms set for these 

licenses, the Judges designated 

SoundExchange, as the Collective, i.e., 

the organization charged with collecting 

the royalty payments and statements of 

account submitted by eligible 

nonexempt noninteractive digital 

subscription services such as 

Commercial Webcasters and with 

distributing the royalties to the 

copyright owners and performers 

entitled to receive them under the 


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