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Business Support System (EBSS), which 

will support the submission of quarterly 

progress reports to ETA, which include 

both a performance report (ETA–9134 

Form) and narrative report. 

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 with 

revisions. 

Title: High Growth and CommunityBased Job Training Grants. 

OMB Number: 1205–0465. 

Affected Public: High Growth Job 

Training Initiative and CommunityBased Job Training grantees. 

Form(s): ETA–9134. 

Total Annual Respondents: 190. 

Annual Frequency: Quarterly. 

Total Annual Responses: 760. 

Average Time per Response: 112. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 27,980. 

Total Annual Burden Cost for 

Respondents: $0. 

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. 

Signed: at Washington, DC this 28th day of 

December 2010. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary, Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–33266 Filed 1–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Comment Request for Information 

Collection for Workforce Information 

Grants to States Application 

Instructions for PY 2011, Extension 

Without Revisions 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration, Labor. 

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 continuing 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. Currently, the 

Employment and Training 

Administration is soliciting comments 

concerning the collection of data about 

the Workforce Information (WI) Grants 

to States, OMB Control Number 1205– 

0417 that expires on May 31, 2011. 

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request (ICR) can be obtained 

by contacting the office listed below in 

the addressee section of this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addressee’s section below on or before 

March 7, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to Mr. Anthony Dais, Room S–4231, 

Employment and Training 

Administration, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Telephone number: 202–693–2784 (this 

is not a toll-free number). Fax: 202–693– 

3015. E-mail: dais.anthony@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background: In May 2008, the 

Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA) received threeyear approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

publish without change the annual 

planning guidance for the Workforce 

Information Grants to States under OMB 

Control Number 1205–0417. This 

approval will expire on May 31, 2011. 

On July 16, 2010, ETA published the 

application instructions for program 

year (PY) 2010 Workforce Information 

Grants to States (One-Stop Workforce 

Information Grant Plan and Annual 

Performance Report) through Training 

and Employment Guidance Letter 

(TEGL) 3–10. ETA is requesting to 

continue the information collection 

requirements specified in TEGL 3–10 

and be granted OMB approval for three 

years following the current date of 

expiration. This Federal Register notice 

is to request public comments and 

recommendations regarding the 

continuation of the information 

collection. 

The purpose of the information 

collection required by TEGL 3–10 is to 

strengthen and support state and 

regional use of workforce and economic 

information, increase data integration, 

expand the use of economic analysis, 

information disseminated via the 

Internet and other means to inform 

workforce investment decision-making. 

At the same time, ETA intends to retain 

a high level of state flexibility, and 

maintain the current state reporting 

burden. It is ETA’s goal for the 

Workforce Information Grants to States 

to support increased employment and 

sustainable economic growth and 

recovery by supporting state and local 

workforce system transformational 

efforts. Therefore, ETA expects states 

through their labor market information 

(LMI)/WI research entities to provide: 

Reliable foundational data; actionable 

workforce information; and economic 

research and information services to 

state and local policy makers, workforce 

system staff, job seekers, and external 

partners. These workforce information 

services will support the development 

of data-driven policy, inform training 

and employment program design and 

investment decision-making, support 

consultations with strategic partners, 

and leverage limited WI program grant 

resources. 

The data/information collection 

required from each grantee includes: 

(a) Submission of an annual grant 

statement of work (SOW) certification 

affirming the planned accomplishment 

of expected grant deliverables signed by 

both the Administrator of the State 

Workforce Agency (SWA) and the Chair 

of the State Workforce Investment Board 

(SWIB), or by the Governor. 

(b) Submission of published economic 

analyses, special workforce information 

reports, and/or economic studies 

determined to be relevant and of benefit 

to the Governor and state and local 

workforce investment boards (WIBs). 

(c) Submission of an annual 

performance report that is signed by 

both the Administrator of the SWA and 

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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 

developing. This could not be done 


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