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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

(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 proposed information

collection regarding MIS reporting

requirements for Youth Opportunity

Grants. A copy of the proposed

information collection request can be

obtained by contacting the employee

listed below in the contact section of

this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before June 26, 2000.

Written comments should:

• 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 submission of

responses.

ADDRESSES: Gregg Weltz, Employment

and Training Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Room N–4463,

Washington, DC 20210, 202–219–5305,

extension 168.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Youth Opportunity Grants

concentrate a large amount of resources

in high-poverty neighborhoods to

increase the employment, high school

graduation, and college enrollment rates

of youth growing up in these

communities. In February, the

Department of Labor announced Youth

Opportunity awards to 36 urban, rural,

and Native American sites. The MIS

requirements for these grants will

include information on enrollee

characteristics, services received,

outcomes, retention in jobs and school,

and customer satisfaction of enrollees

and employers. Youth Opportunity

program operators will need to maintain

individual records of enrollees, and

prepare quarterly data summary reports

to the Department of Labor.

Type of Review: Paperwork

Reduction.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: MIS Requirements for Youth

Opportunity Grants.

Affected Public: Local Workforce

Investment Boards and Youth

Opportunity Service Providers such as

community-based organizations,

schools, and community colleges.

Total Respondents: 40 Youth

Opportunity Grantees and Pilot Sites.

Frequency: Monthly.

Total Responses: 480 each year.

Average Time Per Response: 130

hours. This is based on the following

assumptions: Each site will need to

enter updated information for an

average of 1,250 participant records over

the course of a year at an average time

of one hour a year, or 104 hours per

months. Sites will require an average of

16 hours to prepare each quarterly

report. Customer satisfaction surveys

will require an average of 10 hours per

site per month.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 62,400

hours.

Estimated Total Burden Cost:

$1,572,800 to operate and maintain this

MIS system each year, and $800,000 in

start-up costs.

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: April 18, 2000.

Lorenzo Harrison,

Acting Administrator, Office of Youth

Services.

[FR Doc. 00–10382 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Proposed Information Collection

Request Submitted for Public

Comment and Recommendations;

Product Testing by Applicant or Third

Party

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.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

June 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments shall be

mailed to Theresa M. O’Malley, Program

Analysis Officer, Office of Program

Evaluation and Information Resources,

4015 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA

22203–1984. Commenters are

encouraged to send their comments on

a computer disk, or via Internet E-mail

to tomalley@msha.gov, along with an

original printed copy. Ms. O’Malley can

be reached at (703) 235–1470 (voice) or

(703) 235–156351 (facsimile).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Theresa M. O’Malley, Program Analysis

Officer, Office of Program Evaluation

and Information Resources, U.S.

Department of Labor, Mine Safety and

Health Administration, Room 715, 4015

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA

22203–1984. Ms. O’Malley can be

reached at tomalley@msha.gov (Internet

E-mail), (703) 235–1470 (voice), or (703)

235–1563 (facsimile).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Section 318 of the Federal Mine

Safety and Health Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C.

878, defines ‘‘permissible’’ equipment

as that which has been approved

according to specifications which are

prescribed by the Secretary of Labor.

This approval indicates that the Mine

Safety and Health Administration’s

specifications and tests, designed to

ensure that a product will not present a

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fire, explosion, or other specific safety

hazard related to use, have been met.

Additionally, 30 CFR Part 7 provides

procedures whereby products may be

tested and certified by the applicant or

a third party.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

Currently, the Mine Safety and Health

Administration (MSHA) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

extension of the information collection

related to ‘‘Product Testing by

Applicant or Third Party.’’ MSHA 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 submission or

responses.

A copy of the proposed information

collection request may be viewed on the

Internet by assessing the MSHA Home

Page (http://www.msha.gov) under

‘‘Statutory and Regulatory Information’’

then selecting ‘‘Paperwork Reduction

Act submissions (http://www.msha.gov/

regspwork.htm)’’, or by contacting the

employee listed above in the For

Further Information Contact section of

this notice for a hard copy.

III. Current Actions

MSHA is seeking to continue the

requirements for approving certain

products and equipment for use in

underground mines.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health

Administration.

Title: Product Testing by Applicant or

Third Party.

OMB Number: 1219–0100.

Recordkeeping: 30 CFR 7.4(a) requires

respondents to maintain records of test

results and procedures for a period of at

least 3 years. Section 7.6(c) requires

respondents to maintain records of the

initial sale of each unit having an

approval marking for at least the

expected shelf life of and service life of

the product.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit.

Total Respondents: 391.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 564 responses.

Average Time per Response: 2.81

hours.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,585

hours.

Estimated Total Burden Cost:

$114,103.

Total Annualized Costs: $0.

Total Operation/Maintenance Costs:

$554,199.

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: April 20, 2000.

Theresa M. O’Malley,

Program Analysis Officer, Office of Program

Evaluation and Information Resources.

[FR Doc. 00–10383 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–43–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–99–28]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Announcement of MOM

Approval

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, DOL.

ACTION: Notice of approval.

SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and

Health Administration (OSHA) is

announcing that the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

approved the Information Collection

Request for the Vinyl Chloride Standard

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995. This document announces the

OMB approval number and expiration

date for this action.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Todd Owen, Directorate of Policy,

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, U.S. Department of

Labor, Room N–3627, 200 Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, ,D.C. 20210,

telephone (202) 693–2444.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the

Federal Register of September 28, 1999,

(64 FR 52351–52352), the Agency

announced its intent to request OMB to

renew its current approval for the

paperwork requirements contained in

the Vinyl Chloride Standard (20 CFR

1910.1017, 1915.1017, and 1926.1117).

Consistent with the paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–

3520), OMB has renewed its approval

for the paperwork requirements

contained in this standard, and assigned

these requirement OMB control number

1218–0010. The approval expires

February 28, 2003. Under 5 CFR

1320.5(b), an Agency may not conduct

or sponsor, and a person is not required

to respond to, a collection of

information (paperwork) unless the

collection displays a valid control

number.

Authority and Signature

Charles N. Jeffress, Assistant Secretary

of Labor for Occupational Safety and

Health, directed the preparation of this

notice. The authority for this notice is

the paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(44 U.S.C. 3506) and Secretary of

Labor’s Order No. 6–96 (62 FR 111).

Signed at Washington, DC on April 21,

2000.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 00–10380 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

Susan Harwood Training Grant

Program; Revised Notice

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Extension of grant application

deadline.

SUMMARY: This notice extends the Susan

Harwood Training Grant Program

application deadline from May 19, 2000,

to June 2, 2000.

The notice of availability of funds and

request for grant applications was

originally published in the Federal

Register, 65 FR 17316, March 31, 2000.

Organizations interested in submitting a

grant application should refer to the

March 31 Federal Register notice which

describes the scope of the grant program

and provides information about how to

get detailed grant application

instructions. Applications should not be

submitted without the applicant first

obtaining detailed grant application

instructions.

DATES: Grant application deadline is

4:30 p.m. Central Time, Friday, June 2,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit grant applications to

the OSHA Office of Training and