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II. Review Focus 

The Department of Labor is 

particularly interested in comments 

which: 

• 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. 

III. Current Actions 

Type of Review: Extension without 

changes. 

Title: Workforce Information Grant to 

States (One-Stop Workforce Information 

Grant Plan and Annual Performance 

Report). 

OMB Number: 1205–0417. 

Affected Public: State. 

Form(s): N/A. 

Total Annual Respondents: 54. 

Annual Frequency: Once. 

Total Annual Responses: 162. 

Average Time per Response: Grant 

Prep and Certification—63 hrs; Relevant 

Economic Analyses—434 hrs; Annual 

Report—80 hrs; 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 31,158. 

Total Annual Burden Cost for 

Respondents: $1,246,320. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this comment request 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 28, 2010. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–33247 Filed 1–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

Proposed Extension of Existing 

Information Collection; Mine Accident, 

Injury, Illness, Mine Employment, and 

Coal Production Reports [OMB Control 

No. 1219–0007] 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

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 

notification, investigation, and reporting 

of accidents, injuries, illnesses, and 

fatalities at mines; mine employment; 

and coal production. 

DATES: All comments must be received 

by midnight Eastern Standard Time on 

March 7, 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 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 

The reporting and recordkeeping 

provisions in 30 CFR part 50, 

Notification, Investigation, Reports and 

Records of Accidents, Injuries and 

Illnesses, Employment and Coal 

Production in Mines, are essential 

elements in MSHA’s Congressional 

mandate to reduce work-related injuries 

and illnesses among the nation’s miners. 

Section 50.10 requires mine operators 

and independent contractors to 

immediately notify MSHA in the event 

of an accident. This immediate 

notification is critical to MSHA’s timely 

investigation and assessment of the 

cause of the accident. 

Section 50.11 requires that the mine 

operator or independent contractor 

investigate each accident and 

occupational injury and prepare a 

report. The operator or contractor may 

not use MSHA Form 7000–1 as a report, 

unless the mine employs fewer than 20 

miners and the occurrence involves an 

occupational injury not related to an 

accident. 

Section 50.20 requires mine operators 

and independent contractors to report 

each accident, injury, or illness to 

MSHA on Form 7000–1 within 10 

working days after an accident or injury 

has occurred or an occupational illness 

has been diagnosed. The use of MSHA 

Form 7000–1 provides for uniform 

information gathering across the mining 

industry. 

Section 50.30 requires mine operators 

and independent contractors working 

on mine property to report quarterly 

employment, hours worked, and coal 

production to MSHA on Form 7000–2. 

MSHA tabulates and analyzes the 

information from MSHA Form 7000–1, 

Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness 

Report, along with data from MSHA 

Form 7000–2, Quarterly Mine 

Employment and Coal Production 

Report, to compute incidence and 

severity rates for various injury types. 

These rates are used to analyze trends 

and to assess the degree of success of 

the health and safety efforts of MSHA 

and the mining industry. 

Accident, injury, and illness data, 

when correlated with employment and 

production data, provide information 

that allows MSHA to improve its safety 

and health enforcement programs, focus 

its education and training efforts, and 

establish priorities for its technical 

assistance activities in mine safety and 

health. Maintaining a current database 

allows MSHA to identify and direct 

increased attention to those mines, 

industry segments, and geographical 

areas where hazardous trends are 

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1The prior proceeding was captioned as ‘‘DPRA’’ 

(which stands for ‘‘Digital Phonorecord Rate 

Adjustment’’). Hereinafter, this and future 

proceedings will be captioned as ‘‘Phonorecords’’ 

followed by the appropriate Roman numeral. 

effectively using historical data. The 

information collected under 30 CFR part 

50 is the most comprehensive and 

reliable occupational data available 

concerning the mining industry. 

Section 103(d) of the Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine 

Act), as amended, requires that each 

accident be investigated by the mine 

operator to determine the cause and 

means of preventing a recurrence. 

Records of accidents and investigations 

must be kept and made available to the 

Secretary or her authorized 

representative and the appropriate State 

agency. Section 103(h) requires 

operators to keep any records and make 

any reports that are reasonably 

necessary for MSHA to perform its 

duties under the Mine Act. Section 

103(j) requires mine operators to notify 

MSHA of the occurrence of an accident 

and to take appropriate measures to 

preserve any evidence that would assist 

in the investigation into the cause of the 

accident. 

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 the following: 

• 30 CFR 50.10 Immediate 

Notification; 

• 30 CFR 50.11 Investigation; 

• 30 CFR 50.20 Preparation and 

submission of MSHA Report Form 

7000–1—Mine Accident, Injury, and 

Illness Report; and 

• 30 CFR 50.30, Preparation and 

submission of MSHA Form 7000–2— 

Quarterly Employment and Coal 

Production Report. 

MSHA publishes its data tabulations 

and analyses in quarterly news releases 

and other reports, in five Informational 

Reports, and in an Annual Report to 

Congress. MSHA publishes the 

expiration dates for OMB approval on 

all forms. 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: 1219–0007. 

Frequency: As needed for Form 7000– 

1; Quarterly for Form 7000–2. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Cost to Federal Government: 

$704,731. 

Total Burden Respondents: 27,193 

(14,631 mine operators + 12,562 

independent contractors). 

Total Number of Responses: 144,450. 

Total Burden Hours: 210,976 hours. 

Total Hour Burden Cost: $15,336,514. 

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: December 29, 2010. 

Patricia W. Silvey, 

Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, 

and Variances. 

[FR Doc. 2010–33260 Filed 1–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Royalty Board 

[Docket No. 2011–3 CRB Phonorecords II] 

Adjustment or Determination of 

Compulsory License Rates for Making 

and Distributing Phonorecords 

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress. 

ACTION: Notice announcing 

commencement of proceeding with 

request for Petitions to Participate. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges 

are announcing the commencement of 

the proceeding 1 to determine the 

reasonable rates and terms for making 

and distributing phonorecords. The 

Copyright Royalty Judges also are 

announcing the date by which a party 

who wishes to participate in the rate 

proceeding must file its Petition to 

Participate and the accompanying $150 

filing fee. 

DATES: February 4, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: An original, five copies and 

an electronic copy in Portable 

Document Format (PDF) on a CD of the 

Petition to Participate, along with the 

$150 filing fee, may be delivered to the 

Copyright Royalty Board by either mail 

or hand delivery. Petitions to Participate 

and the $150 filing fee may not be 

delivered by an overnight delivery 

service other than the U.S. Postal 

Service Express Mail. If by mail 

(including overnight delivery), Petitions 

to Participate, along with the $150 filing 

fee, must be addressed to: Copyright 

Royalty Board, P.O. Box 70977, 

Washington, DC 20024–0977. If hand 

delivered by a private party, Petitions to 

Petition, along with the $150 filing fee, 

must be brought between 8:30 a.m. and 

5 p.m. to the Library of Congress, James 

Madison Memorial Building, Room LM– 

401, 101 Independence Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20559–6000. If 

delivered by a commercial courier, 

Petitions to Participate, along with the 

$150 filing fee, must be delivered 

between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. to the 

Congressional Courier Acceptance Site, 

located at 2nd and D Street, NE., 

Washington, DC. The envelope must be 

addressed to Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress, James Madison 

Memorial Building, Room LM–403, 101 

Independence Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20559–6000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LaKeshia Keys, CRB Program Specialist, 

by telephone at (202) 707–7658 or email at crb@loc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 804(b)(4) of the Copyright 

Act, title 17 of the United States Code, 

allows a party to file with the Copyright 

Royalty Judges a petition to adjust or 

determine reasonable rates and terms for 

the making and distribution of 

phonorecords, including digital 

phonorecord deliveries, under 17 U.S.C. 

115, every five years, starting in the year 

2006. A proceeding was commenced in 

2006, 71 FR 1454 (January 9, 2006); on 


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