31932 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 98 / Friday, May 19, 2000 / Notices

comments concerning the proposed

extension of the information collection

related to the Ground Control Plan.

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 submissions

of responses.

A copy of the proposed information

collection request may be viewed on the

Internet by accessing the MSHA Home

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

selecting ‘‘Statutory and Regulatory

Information’’ then ‘‘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

requirement for mine operators to

submit ground control plans to ensure

that highwalls and spoil banks are

maintained in safe condition so that a

safe working environment is provided

for miners.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health

Administration.

Title: Ground Control Plan.

OMB Number: 1219–0026.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Cite/Reference/Form/etc: 30 CFR

77.1000 and 77–1000–1.

Total Respondents: 159.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 159.

Average Time per Response: 8 hours.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,404.

Estimated Total Burden Cost: $204.

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: May 15, 2000.

Theresa M. O’Malley,

Program Analysis Officer, Office of Program

Evaluation and Information Resources.

[FR Doc. 00–12665 Filed 5–18–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Announcement of OMB

Approval

AGENCY: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Pension and Welfare

Benefits Administration (PWBA) is

announcing that a collection of

information has been approved the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 for the Voluntary Fiduciary

Correction Program (VFC Program). This

notice announces the OMB approval

number and expiration date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Address comments on the VFC Program

in writing to: VFC Program, Office of

Enforcement, Pension and Welfare

Benefits Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–5702,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20210. Written

comments may also be sent by Internet

to: vfc-program@pwba.dol.gov.

For general questions regarding the

VFC Program, contact the appropriate

PWBA Regional Office listed in

Appendix C of the VFC Program (65 FR

14179), or Jeffrey A. Monhart,

Investigator, Office of Enforcement,

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration ((202) 219–8820). For

comments on the VFC Program, contact

Elizabeth A. Goodman, Pension Law

Specialist, Office of Regulations and

Interpretations, Pension and Welfare

Benefits Administration ((202) 219–

8671).

Address comments on the information

collection request (ICR) and requests for

copies of the ICR to Gerald B. Lindrew,

U.S. Department of Labor, Pension and

Welfare Benefits Administration, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N–

5647, Washington, DC 20210.

Telephone: (202) 219–4782. These

telephone numbers are not toll-free.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March

15, 2000, PWBA published a notice

concerning its adoption of a Voluntary

Fiduciary Correction Program (65 FR

14164), which allows certain persons to

correct possible fiduciary breaches of

Part 4 of Title I of ERISA, and to avoid

potential civil actions initiated by the

Department of Labor under the

Employee Retirement Income Security

Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the assessment

of civil penalties under section 502(1) of

ERISA. Although written comments on

the VFC Program were accepted through

May 15, 2000, the Department

submitted the information collection

request (ICR) included in the VFC

Program to OMB using emergency

procedures, and requested approval by

April 14, 2000. The information

collection provisions of the VFC

Program generally require that

documentation of the correction of a

fiduciary breach be supplied to the

Department.

On April 14, 2000, OMB approved the

ICR under emergency provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.

The approval will expire on September

30, 2000. The control number assigned

to this ICR by OMB is 1210–0118.

PWBA will take any comments received

into consideration in finalizing the VFC

Program and in preparing the

application for continuing approval of

the ICR, which will be submitted to

OMB prior to the expiration of the

emergency approval.

Dated: May 15, 2000.

Gerald B. Lindrew,

Deputy Director, Office of Policy and

Research, Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–12664 Filed 5–18–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Announcement of OMB

Approval

AGENCY: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Pension and Welfare

Benefits Administration (PWBA) is

announcing that a collection of

information has been approved by the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 for the Application for

EFAST Electronic Signature and Codes

for EFAST Transmitters and Software

Developers (Form EFAST–1). This

notice announces the OMB approval

number and expiration date.