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Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, 

WA; Jade Therapeutics, Inc., Salt Lake 

City, UT; Johns Hopkins Technology 

Transfer, Baltimore, MD; KAI Research 

Inc. (KAI), Rockville, MD; Human 

Effects Modeling, Advanced Technology 

Inc., L–3 Communications, San Diego, 

CA; Maryland Technology Development 

Corp. (TEDCO), Columbia, MD; Institute 

for Collaborative Biotechnologies, 

University of California, Santa Barbara, 

CA; and Center for Military Medical 

Research, University of Pittsburgh, 

Pittsburgh, PA. 

The general area of MTEC’s planned 

activity is (a) to enter into a Section 845 

Other Transactions Agreement (The OT 

Agreement) with U.S. Army Medical 

Research and Materiel Command (the 

Government) for the funding of certain 

research, development, and 

commercialization to be conducted, in 

partnership with the Government, the 

Consortium, and Consortium Members, 

to enhance the medical knowledge and 

life cycle management of the medical 

program and to enable the Government 

to better protect, treat, and optimize 

Warfighter health and performance 

across the full spectrum of operations; 

(b) participate in establishment of sound 

technical and programmatic 

performance goals based on the needs 

and requirements of the Government’s 

Technology Objectives and other 

mission requirements, (c) create 

programs and secure funding; (d) 

provide a unified voice to effectively 

articulate the strategically important 

role that military medical technologies 

play in current and future military 

operations; and (e) maximize the 

utilization of the Government and 

member capabilities and resources to 

effectively develop critical processes, 

procedures, drugs, vaccines, and 

devices that can be transitioned and 

commercialized for both military and 

civilian use. 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Director of Civil Enforcement Antitrust 

Division. 

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BILLING CODE 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Mine 

Accident, Injury, and Illness Report 

and Quarterly Mine Employment and 

Coal Production Report 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting the Mine Safety and 

Health Administration (MSHA) 

sponsored information collection 

request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Mine Accident, 

Injury, and Illness Report and Quarterly 

Mine Employment and Coal Production 

Report,’’ to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval for continued use, without 

change, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Public 

comments on the ICR are invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that agency receives 

on or before July 9, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation; 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained free of charge from the 

RegInfo.gov Web site at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/

PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201403-1219-001 

(this link will only become active on the 

day following publication of this notice) 

or by contacting Michel Smyth by 

telephone at 202–693–4129, TTY 202– 

693–8064, (these are not toll-free 

numbers) or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Submit comments about this request 

by mail or courier to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL– 

MSHA, Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 

202–395–6881 (this is not a toll-free 

number); or by email: OIRA_

submission@omb.eop.gov. Commenters 

are encouraged, but not required, to 

send a courtesy copy of any comments 

by mail or courier to the U.S. 

Department of Labor–OASAM, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Attn: 

Departmental Information Compliance 

Management Program, Room N1301, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210; or by email: 

DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at 

202–693–4129, TTY 202–693–8064, 

(these are not toll-free numbers) or by 

email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR 

seeks to extend PRA authority for the 

Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness 

Report and Quarterly Mine Employment 

and Coal Production Report information 

collection. The reporting and 

recordkeeping provisions in regulations 

30 CFR part 50, Notification, 

Investigation, Reports and Records of 

Accidents, Injuries and Illnesses, 

Employment and Coal Production in 

Mines, are essential elements in the 

MSHA’s Congressional mandate to 

reduce work-related injuries and 

illnesses among the nation’s miners. 

Accident, injury, and illness data, when 

correlated with employment and 

production data, provide information 

that allows the 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 the 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 

effectively using historical data. The 

information collected under part 50 is 

the most comprehensive and reliable 

occupational data available concerning 

the mining industry. The Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Act of 1977 

authorizes this information collection. 

See 30 U.S.C. 813(h). 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid Control Number. See 5 

CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL 

obtains OMB approval for this 

information collection under Control 

Number 1219–0007. 

OMB authorization for an ICR cannot 

be for more than three (3) years without 

renewal, and the current approval for 

this collection is scheduled to expire on 

July 31, 2014. The DOL seeks to extend 

PRA authorization for this information 

collection for three (3) more years, 

without any change to existing 

requirements. The DOL notes that 

existing information collection 

requirements submitted to the OMB 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. For 

additional substantive information 

about this ICR, see the related notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 27, 2014 (79 FR 11133). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section within 30 days of publication of 


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this notice in the Federal Register. In 

order to help ensure appropriate 

consideration, comments should 

mention OMB Control Number 1219– 

0007. The OMB 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 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. 

Agency: DOL–MSHA. 

Title of Collection: Mine Accident, 

Injury, and Illness Report and Quarterly 

Mine Employment and Coal Production 

Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1219–0007. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

businesses or other for-profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 29,710. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 132,179. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

180,535 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $5,706. 

Dated: June 3, 2014. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Wage and Hour Division 

Proposed Extension of the Approval of 

Information Collection Requirements 

AGENCY: Wage and Hour Division, 

Department of 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. 3056(c)(2)(A). This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in a 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 Wage 

and Hour Division is soliciting 

comments concerning its proposal to 

extend Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval of the 

Information Collection: Davis-Bacon 

Certified Payroll. A copy of the 

proposed information request can be 

obtained by contacting the office listed 

below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this Notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section below on or before 

August 8, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Control Number 1235– 

0008, by either one of the following 

methods: Email: WHDPRAComments@

dol.gov; Mail, Hand Delivery, Courier: 

Division of Regulations, Legislation, and 

Interpretation, Wage and Hour, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Room S–3502, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20210. Instructions: Please submit 

one copy of your comments by only one 

method. All submissions received must 

include the agency name and Control 

Number identified above for this 

information collection. Because we 

continue to experience delays in 

receiving mail in the Washington, DC 

area, commenters are strongly 

encouraged to transmit their comments 

electronically via email or to submit 

them by mail early. Comments, 

including any personal information 

provided, become a matter of public 

record. They will also be summarized 

and/or included in the request for OMB 

approval of the information collection 

request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Ziegler, Director, Division of 

Regulations, Legislation, and 

Interpretation, Wage and Hour, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Room S–3502, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693–0406 

(this is not a toll-free number). Copies 

of this notice may be obtained in 

alternative formats (Large Print, Braille, 

Audio Tape, or Disc), upon request, by 

calling (202) 693–0023 (not a toll-free 

number). TTY/TTD callers may dial tollfree (877) 889–5627 to obtain 

information or request materials in 

alternative formats. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Davis-Bacon and related Acts 

(DBRA) require the application of DavisBacon labor standards to federal and 

federally assisted construction. The 

Copeland Act (40 U.S.C. 3145) requires 

the Secretary of Labor to prescribe 

reasonable regulations for contractors 

and subcontractors engaged in 

construction work subject to DavisBacon labor standards. While the 

Federal contracting or assistanceadministering agencies have a primary 

responsibility for enforcement of DavisBacon labor standards, Reorganization 

Plan Number 14 of 1950 assigns to the 

Secretary of Labor responsibility for 

developing government-wide policies, 

interpretations and procedures to be 

observed by the contracting and 

assisting agencies, in order to assure 

coordination of administration and 

consistency of DBRA enforcement. 

The Copeland Act provision cited 

above specifically requires the 

regulations to ‘‘include a provision that 

each contractor and subcontractor each 

week must furnish a statement on the 

wages paid each employee during the 

prior week.’’ This requirement is 

implemented by 29 CFR 3.3 and 3.4 and 

the standard Davis-Bacon contract 

clauses set forth at 29 CFR 5.5. 

Regulations 29 CFR 5.5(a)(3)(ii)(A) 

requires contractors to submit weekly a 

copy of all payrolls to the federal agency 

contracting for or financing the 

construction project. If the agency is not 

a party to the contract, the contractor 

will submit the payrolls to the 

applicant, sponsor, or owner, as the case 

may be, for transmission to the 

contracting agency. This same section 

requires that the payrolls submitted 

shall set out accurately and completely 

the information required to be 

maintained under 29 CFR 5.5(a)(3)(i), 

except that full social security numbers 

and home addresses shall not be 

included on weekly transmittals, and 

instead, the payrolls shall only need to 

include an individually identifying 

number for each employee (e.g., the last 

four digits of the employee’s social 

security number). The required weekly 

payroll information may be submitted in 

any form desired. Optional Form WH– 

347 is available for this purpose from 

the Wage and Hour Division Web site at 

http://www.dol.gov/whd/forms/

wh347.pdf. 

Regulations 29 CFR 3.3(b) requires 

each contractor to furnish weekly a 

signed ‘‘Statement of Compliance’’ 

accompanying the payroll indicating the 


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