Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 123 / Monday, June 26, 2000 / Notices 39431

VETS, Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC

20503 ((202) 395–7316), within 30 days

from the date of this publication in the

Federal Register.

The OMB 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 of

responses.

Agency: Occupational Safety and

Health Administration (OSHA).

Title: Construction Records for

Blasting Operations.

Type of Review: Extension.

OMB Number: 1218–0217.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 160.

Number of Annual Responses: 160.

Estimated Time Per Response: 8

hours, once per worksite.

Total Burden Hours: 1,280 hours.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: $0.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $227,200.

Description: The construction

standard for blasting operations (29 CFR

1926.900(k)(3)(i)) requires employers to

post warning signs or use other

alternative means to prevent premature

detonation of electric blasting caps and

explosives attached to them by mobile

radio transmitters. A written description

of the alternative means (measures) to

be taken must be prepared.

Agency: Occupational Safety and

Health Administration (OSHA).

Title: Trucks Used Underground to

Transport Explosives—Inspection

Certification.

Type of Review: Extension.

OMB Number: 1218–0227.

Frequency: Weekly.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Federal Government; State, Local,

or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 1.

Number of Annual Responses: 52.

Estimated Time Per Response: 10

minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 9 hours.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: $0.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $0.

Description: The construction

standard for underground transportation

of explosives (29 CFR 1926.903(e))

requires certification of a weekly

maintenance inspection of trucks used

for this purpose. The inspection

certification, which attests to the safety

of the truck’s electrical system, is

necessary to ensure compliance with the

standard.

Agency: Occupational Safety and

Health Administration (OSHA).

Title: Construction Records for Test

and Inspection of Personal Hoists.

Type of Review: Extension.

OMB Number: 1218–0231.

Frequency: On occasion, Quarterly.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 14,400.

Number of Annual Responses: 63,360.

Estimated Time Per Response: 15

minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 15,840 hours.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: $0.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $0.

Description: Following assembly and

erection of hoists, and before being put

in service, 29 CFR 1926.552(c)(15)

requires that an inspection and test of

all functions and safety devices be made

under the supervision of a competent

person. A similar inspection and test is

required following major alteration of an

existing installation. All hoists shall be

inspected and tested at not more than 3-

month intervals.

Agency: Occupational Safety and

Health Administration (OSHA).

Title: Rigging Equipment for Material

Handling.

Type of Review: Extension.

OMB Number: 1218–0233.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 18,940.

Number of Annual Responses: 18,940.

Estimated Time Per Response: 5

minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 1,515 hours.

Total Annualized capital/startup

costs: $0.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $0.

Description: The construction

standard on rigging equipment for

material handling (29 CFR

1926.251(c)(15)(ii)) requires employers

to retain a certificate of the proof-test

performed on welded end wire rope

attachments. The certification, prepared

by the manufacturer or equivalent

entity, attests to the safety of the

attachments after welding by testing

them at twice their rated capacity.

Ira L. Mills,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–16090 Filed 6–23–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

[Prohibited Transaction Exemptions 2000–

25, et al.; Application Nos. D–10119 and

D–10120, et al.]

Grant of Individual Exemptions for

Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of

New York, et al.

AGENCY: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, Department of Labor

(the Department).

ACTION: Notice of technical correction.

On June 1, 2000, the Department

published in the Federal Register at 65

FR 35129 a notice of five individual

exemptions in which the grant numbers

were inadvertently omitted from the

operative language. On page 35134, in

the first paragraph under the heading

‘‘Exemption,’’ the individual Prohibited

Transaction Exemptions (PTEs) should

have been listed as follows: PTE 2000-

25, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of

New York and J.P. Morgan Investment

Management Inc.; PTE 2000–26,

Goldman, Sachs & Co.; PTE 2000–27,

The Chase Manhattan Bank; PTE 2000–

28, Citigroup Inc.; and PTE 2000–29,

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Andrea W. Selvaggio or Ms. Karin Weng

of the Department, telephone (202) 219–

8881. (This is not a toll-free number.)

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 20th day

of June, 2000.

Ivan L. Strasfeld,

Director, Office of Exemption Determinations,

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration

[FR Doc. 00–16020 Filed 6–23–00; 8:45 am]

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