79028 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 242 / Friday, December 17, 2010 / Notices 

202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free 

number). (See ADDRESSES section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The CPS has been the principal 

source of the official Government 

statistics on employment and 

unemployment for 70 years. The labor 

force information gathered through the 

survey is of paramount importance in 

keeping track of the economic health of 

the Nation. The survey is the only 

source of monthly data on total 

employment and unemployment. The 

Employment Situation report contains 

data from this survey and is designated 

as a Principle Federal Economic 

Indicator (PFEI). Moreover, the survey 

also yields data on the basic status and 

characteristics of persons not in the 

labor force. The CPS data are used 

monthly, in conjunction with data from 

other sources, to analyze the extent to 

which, and with what success, the 

various components of the American 

population are participating in the 

economic life of the Nation. 

The labor force data gathered through 

the CPS are provided to users in the 

greatest detail possible, in conjunction 

with the demographic information 

obtained in the survey. In brief, the 

labor force data can be broken down by 

sex, age, race, ethnicity, marital status, 

family composition, educational level, 

and other characteristics. Since 2009, a 

breakdown by disability status has also 

been possible. Through such 

breakdowns, one can focus on the 

employment situation of specific 

population groups as well as on general 

trends in employment and 

unemployment. Information of this type 

can be obtained only through 

demographically oriented surveys such 

as the CPS. 

The basic CPS data also are used as 

an important platform on which to base 

the data derived from the various 

supplemental questions that are 

administered in conjunction with the 

survey. By coupling the basic data from 

the monthly survey with the special 

data from the supplements, one can get 

valuable insights on the behavior of 

American workers and on the social and 

economic health of their families. 

There is wide interest in the monthly 

CPS data among Government 

policymakers, legislators, economists, 

the media, and the general public. 

While the data from the CPS are used in 

conjunction with data from other 

surveys in assessing the economic 

health of the Nation, they are unique in 

various ways. Specifically, they are the 

basis for much of the monthly 

Employment Situation report, a PFEI. 

They provide a monthly, nationally 

representative measure of total 

employment, including farm work, selfemployment, and unpaid family work; 

other surveys are generally restricted to 

the nonagricultural wage and salary 

sector, or provide less timely 

information. The CPS provides data on 

all jobseekers, and on all persons 

outside the labor force, while payrollbased surveys cannot, by definition, 

cover these sectors of the population. 

Finally, the CPS data on employment, 

unemployment, and on persons not in 

the labor force can be linked to the 

demographic characteristics of the many 

groups that make up the Nation’s 

population, while the data from most 

other surveys are devoid of 

demographic information. Many groups, 

both in the government and in the 

private sector, are eager to analyze this 

wealth of demographic and labor force 

data. 

II. Current Action 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance is being sought for the Current 

Population Survey (CPS). A 

reinstatement, without change, of this 

previously approved collection for 

which approval has expired is needed to 

provide the Nation with timely 

information about the labor force status 

of the population. 

III. Desired Focus of Comments 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics 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. 

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. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement of a 

currently approved collection. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Title: Current Population Survey 

(CPS). 

OMB Number: 1220–0100. 

Affected Public: Households. 

Total Respondents: 55,000 per month. 

Frequency: Monthly. 

Total Responses: 660,000. 

Average Time per Response: 7.5 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 82,500 

hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): $0. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of 

December 2010. 

Kimberley Hill, 

Chief, Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31697 Filed 12–16–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

[OMB Control No. 1219–0044] 

Proposed Extension of Existing 

Information Collection; Self-Contained 

Self-Rescue Devices (SCSRs) 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, 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/or 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 

75.1714–3–Self-rescue devices; 

inspection, testing, maintenance, repair 

and recordkeeping, 30 CFR 75.1714–4 

Additional self-contained self-rescuers 

(SCSRs), 30 CFR 75.1714–8 Reporting 


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SCSR inventory and malfunctions; 

retention of SCSRs. 

DATES: All comments must be received 

by midnight Eastern Standard Time on 

February 15, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must clearly be 

identified 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 Blvd., Room 2350, 

Arlington, VA 22209–3939. 

(4) Hand Delivery or Courier: MSHA, 

Office of Standards, Regulations, and 

Variances, 1100 Wilson Blvd., 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 103(h) of the Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine 

Act), 30 U.S.C. 813, authorizes MSHA to 

collect information necessary to 

carryout its duty in protecting the safety 

and health of miners. 

Title 30, CFR 75.1714–3 requires that 

self-rescue devices be inspected for 

damage after being worn or carried, and 

be tested regularly at intervals not to 

exceed 90 days by a qualified person 

who certifies by date and signature that 

the tests were conducted. A self-rescue 

device must be removed from service if 

its seal is broken, it is damaged so that 

it will not function properly, or it does 

not meet testing criteria. A record must 

be made when a self-rescue device is 

removed from service and when 

corrective action is taken as a result of 

an inspection or test. The records are 

used as an enforcement tool to assure 

that the self-rescue devices have been 

tested and inspected and are maintained 

in operable condition. In the event of a 

mine fire, mine explosion, or mine 

inundation, the use of self-rescuers can 

be the difference between life and death. 

Therefore it is essential that these 

devices be examined regularly and that 

they are maintained in usable and 

operative condition. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

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 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 

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 request for collection of 

information contains notification and 

recordkeeping provisions for the 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request Submitted for Public Comment 

and Recommendations; 30 CFR 

75.1714–3–Self-rescue devices; 

inspection, testing, maintenance, repair 

and recordkeeping, 30 CFR 75.1714–4 

Additional self-contained self-rescuers 

(SCSRs), 30 CFR 75.1714–8 Reporting 

SCSR inventory and malfunctions; 

retention of SCSRs. 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: 1219–0044. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Cost to Federal Government: $0.00. 

Total Burden Respondents: 595. 

Total Number of Responses: 754,932. 

Total Burden Hours: 12,664. 

Total Hour Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $1,072,641 

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: December 13, 2010. 

Patricia W. Silvey, 

Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, 

and Variances. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31687 Filed 12–16–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

[OMB Control No. 1219–0143] 

Proposed Extension of Existing 

Information Collection; Request for 

MSHA Individual Identification Number 

(MIIN) 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, 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/or 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 Request 

for MSHA Individual Identification 

Number (MIIN). 

DATES: All comments must be received 

by midnight Eastern Standard Time on 

February 15, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must clearly be 

identified 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 Blvd., Room 2350, 

Arlington, VA 22209–3939. 


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