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the Agency also noted that additional 

time and information is needed to make 

decisions on the type, amount, and 

location of post-accident breathable air 

to be furnished for trapped miners. 

On August 4, 2006, MSHA reissued 

the PPL (as PPL Number P06–V–9) to 

include an alternative to the distance 

table for self-contained self-rescuer 

(SCSR) storage locations to allow mine 

operators to use a functionality test to 

establish distances between SCSR 

storage locations. 

At this time, MSHA is soliciting 

information from the mining 

community on topics related to postaccident breathable air that would be 

sufficient to maintain miners trapped 

underground for a sustained period of 

time. 

The MINER Act requires that all 

approved plans: 

(1) Afford miners a level of safety 

protection at least consistent with the 

existing standards, including standards 

mandated by law and regulation; 

(2) Reflect the most recent credible 

scientific research; 

(3) Be technologically feasible, make 

use of current commercially available 

technology, and account for the specific 

physical characteristics of the mine; and 

(4) Reflect the improvements in mine 

safety gained from experience under 

this Act and other worker safety and 

health laws. 

In making decisions on requirements 

for post-accident breathable air 

provisions in the plan, MSHA will take 

these factors into consideration. Please 

consider these factors as you develop 

your responses. 

When answering the questions below, 

please key your response to the topic 

and number of the question, and explain 

the reasons supporting your views. 

Please provide relevant information on 

which you rely, including, but not 

limited to, past experience, as well as 

data, studies and articles, and standard 

professional practices. Include any data 

related to technological feasibility or 

other related issues. 

Issues on Which Information is 

Requested 

MSHA requests information on the 

following issues related to the 

breathable air provision of the MINER 

Act: 

A. Emergency Supply of Breathable Air 

1. What factors should MSHA 

consider in determining a ‘‘sustained 

period of time?’’ Should a specific time 

period be adopted? If so, what is the 

appropriate time period and why? The 

Agency has received suggestions 

ranging from one hour of post-accident 

breathable air to a continuous supply. 

Please include the rationale for the 

recommended period of time. 

2. Should factors such as mine size, 

mine design and layout, number of 

miners potentially affected, and 

distance from the portals to the working 

section be used, and if so, how, in 

determining the sufficient quantity of 

breathable air? What other factors 

should be considered and how should 

they be considered? 

3. Where should the post-accident 

breathable air supply be located in 

relation to: working sections; outby 

work stations; and along travel routes? 

4. The MINER Act requires that plans 

be periodically updated to reflect 

changes in operations in the mine. What 

specific changes in operations would 

result in a need to update the breathable 

air provision of the plan? 

B. Oxygen Sources 

1. Please provide information and 

make recommendations on the best way 

to provide breathable air. Please 

elaborate on the arguments for and 

against using oxygen, compressed air, or 

chemically-induced oxygen to maintain 

trapped miners for a sustained period of 

time. What other available means of 

technology appropriate to maintain 

miners would you recommend, and 

why? 

2. MSHA solicits information on how 

compressed air lines routed through 

mine openings could be protected 

against damage from explosion or fire. 

How could techniques such as burying 

or armoring air lines provide adequate 

protection? 

3. MSHA solicits information on 

availability and possible obstacles in 

developing and deploying systems for 

providing oxygen. 

C. Emergency Shelters 

Section 13 of the MINER Act requires 

the National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH) to conduct 

research concerning various types of 

refuge alternatives, including 

commercially-available portable refuge 

chambers. In the interim, MSHA solicits 

comments on the use of emergency 

shelters which contain sufficient 

quantities of post-accident breathable 

air to maintain trapped miners. 

1. Until specifications for refuge 

alternatives are developed, what type of 

emergency shelters (e.g., inflatable or 

other portable quick-deploy designs) 

should be provided, what safety features 

should they offer, where should they be 

located, and why? 

2. How should the use of emergency 

shelters be tied to emergency supplies of 

breathable air? 

3. If post-accident breathable air is 

provided through emergency shelters, 

provide information on appropriate 

distances between installations and 

proximity to working sections. Please 

provide specific feasibility 

considerations, if any. 

4. Under what circumstances, if any, 

could a barricade be used as an 

emergency shelter to provide postaccident breathable air? 

Dated: August 25, 2006. 

David G. Dye, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety 

and Health. 

[FR Doc. 06–7260 Filed 8–29–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0184 (2006)] 

Standard on 4,4′-Methylenedianiline 

(MDA) in General Industry; Extension 

of the Office of Management and 

Budget’s Approval of Information 

Collection (Paperwork) Requirements 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: OSHA requests public 

comment concerning its proposed 

extension of the information collection 

requirements specified by the Standard 

on 4,4′-Methylenedianiline in General 

Industry (29 CFR 1910.1050). The 

standard protects employees from the 

adverse health effects that may result 

from occupational exposure to MDA, 

including cancer and liver disease. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

the following dates: 

Hard copy: Your comments must be 

submitted (postmarked or received) by 

October 30, 2006. 

Facsimile and electronic 

transmission: Your comments must be 

received by October 30, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR–

1218–0184 (2006), by any of the 

following methods: 

I. Submission of Comments 

Regular mail, express delivery, hand 

delivery, and messenger service: Submit 

your comments and attachments to the 

OSHA Docket Office, Room N–2625, 

U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–2350 

(OSHA’s TTY number is (877) 889–

5627). OSHA Docket Office and 


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Department of Labor hours are 8:15 a.m. 

to 4:45 p.m., e.t. 

Facsimile: If your comments are 10 

pages or fewer in length, including 

attachments, you may fax them to the 

OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648. 

Electronic: You may submit 

comments through the Internet at 

http://ecomments.osha.gov. Follow 

instructions on the OSHA Web page for 

submitting comments. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read or download comments or 

background materials, such as the 

complete Information Collection 

Request (ICR) (containing the 

Supporting Statement, OMB–83–I Form, 

and attachments), go to OSHA’s Web 

page at http://www.OSHA.gov. In 

addition, the ICR, comments, and 

submissions are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office 

at the address above. You may also 

contact Todd Owen at the address 

below to obtain a copy of the ICR. For 

additional information on submitting 

comments, please see the ‘‘Public 

Participation’’ section in 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jamaa Hill or Todd Owen, Directorate of 

Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Room N–3609, 

200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 

693–2222. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Department of Labor, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, 

conducts a preclearance consultation 

program to provide the public with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and continuing information collection 

requirements in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program 

ensures that information is in the 

desired format, reporting burden (time 

and costs) is minimized, collection 

instruments are understandable, and 

OSHA’s estimate of the information 

collection burden is correct. The 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

1970 (the Act) authorizes information 

collection by employers as necessary or 

appropriate for enforcement of the Act 

or for developing information regarding 

the causes and prevention of 

occupational injuries, illnesses, and 

accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). 

The information collection 

requirements specified in the Standard 

on 4,4′-Methylenedianiline in General 

Industry (the ‘‘Standard’’) protect 

employees from the adverse health 

effects that may result from their 

exposure to MDA, including cancer and 

liver disease. The major paperwork 

requirements specify that employers 

must develop a written emergency plan 

for each workplace where there is a 

possibility of an emergency (i.e., an 

unexpected and potentially hazardous 

release of MDA); perform initial, 

periodic, and additional exposure 

monitoring; and notifying each 

employee in writing within 15 days 

after the receipt of exposure-monitoring 

results, either individually or by 

posting. In addition, employers must 

perform routine visual inspections of 

the hands, face, and forearms of each 

employee potentially exposed to MDA 

for signs of dermal exposure to MDA 

and, if they determine that employees 

have been exposed to MDA, they must 

maintain records of the corrective 

actions taken. Employers must also: 

Establish and implement a written 

compliance program and implement a 

respiratory protection program in 

accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134 

(OSHA’s Respiratory Protection 

Standard). 

Employers must label any container of 

MDA-contaminated protective work 

clothing or equipment that will be taken 

out of changing rooms or other 

workplace areas for cleaning, 

maintenance, or disposal. Employers 

must also inform personnel who 

launder MDA-contaminated clothing of 

the requirement to prevent release of 

MDA, while personnel who launder or 

clear MDA-contaminated protective 

clothing or equipment must receive 

information about the potentially 

harmful effects of MDA. In addition, 

employers are to post and maintain 

legible warning signs demarcating 

regulated areas and entrances or 

accessways to regulated areas, as well as 

provide employees with information 

and training on the Standard and 

specific components of the MDA 

program at the time of their initial 

assignment, and at least annually 

thereafter; employers must provide 

employees, OSHA, and the National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (‘‘NIOSH’’) with access to the 

training materials. 

Additional paperwork provisions of 

the Standard require employers to 

provide employees with medical 

examinations, including initial, 

periodic, emergency, and additional 

examinations. Under specified 

conditions, employers also must 

establish a multiple-physician review 

mechanism to provide employees with 

a second opinion regarding the results 

of these medical examinations and a 

program to remove employees from 

MDA exposure. As part of the medical 

surveillance program, employers must 

ensure that the examining physician 

receives specific written information, 

and that they obtain from the physician 

a written opinion regarding the 

employee’s medical results and 

exposure limitations. 

The recordkeeping provisions require 

employers to establish and maintain 

records of the monitoring data or 

objective data they use to gain an 

exemption from the Standard, as well as 

exposure-monitoring, medical 

surveillance, and medical removal 

information collected under the 

Standard. Employers also must make 

any required record available to OSHA 

compliance officers and NIOSH for 

examination and copying, and provide 

exposure-monitoring and medical 

surveillance records to employees and 

their designated representatives. 

Finally, employers who cease to do 

business without a successor employer 

to receive and retain records for the 

required periods must notify NIOSH at 

least 90 days before disposing of the 

records and transmit the records to 

NIOSH if so requested. 

II. Special Issues for Comment 

OSHA has a particular interest in 

comments on the following issues: 

• Whether the proposed information 

collection requirements are necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

Agency’s functions to protect 

employees, including whether the 

information is useful; 

• The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of 

the burden (time and costs) of the 

information collection requirements, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• The quality, utility, and clarity of 

the information collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden on 

employers who must comply; for 

example, by using automated or other 

technological information collection 

and transmission techniques. 

III. Proposed Actions 

OSHA proposes to extend the Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

approval of the collection of information 

requirements specified by the Standard 

4,4′-Methylenedianiline in General 

Industry (29 CFR 1910.1050), and to 

decrease the total burden hour estimate 

by two hours. The Agency will 

summarize the comments submitted in 

response to this notice, and will include 

this summary in this request to OMB to 

extend the approval of these 

information collection requirements. 


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Type of Review: Extension of 

currently approved information 

collection requirements. 

Title: 4,4′-Methylenedianiline 

Standard in General Industry (29 CFR 

1910.1050). 

OMB Number: 1218–0184. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 13. 

Frequency of Recordkeeping: On 

occasion; quarterly; semi-annually; 

annually. 

Average Time per Response: Varies 

from five minutes (.08 hours) to provide 

information to the physician to two 

hours to perform periodic monitoring. 

Total Annual Hours Requested: 293. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $19,037. 

IV. Authority and Signature 

Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., 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. 5–

2002 (67 FR 65008). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on August 24, 

2006. 

Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., 

Assistant Secretary of Labor. 

[FR Doc. 06–7254 Filed 8–29–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–M 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

Maritime Advisory Committee for 

Occupational Safety and Health; Notice 

of Meeting 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Maritime Advisory Committee 

for Occupational Safety and Health 

(MACOSH); Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Maritime Advisory 

Committee for Occupational Safety and 

Health (MACOSH) was established to 

advise the Assistant Secretary of Labor 

for OSHA on issued relating to 

occupational safety and health in the 

maritime industries. The purpose of this 

Federal Register notice is to announce 

to MACOSH meeting scheduled for 

September 2006. 

DATES: The Committee will meet on 

September 26, 2006 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., and September 27, 2006 from 8:30 

a.m. to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet at 

the U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20210. On Tuesday September 26, 

the Committee will meet in conference 

room C–5521 room #4; on Wednesday 

September 27, the Committee will meet 

in conference room N–3437 rooms A, B, 

and C. Mail comments, views, or 

statements in response to this notice to 

Jim Maddux, Director, Office of 

Maritime, OSHA, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room N–3609, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; 

phone (202) 693–2086; FAX: (202) 693–

1663. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information about MACOSH, 

and this meeting contact: Jim Maddux, 

Director, Office of Maritime, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Room N–3609, 

200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20210; phone (202) 

693–2086. Individuals with disabilities 

wishing to attend the meeting should 

contact Vanessa L. Welch at (202) 693–

2086 no later than September 19, 2006 

to obtain appropriate accommodations. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All 

MACOSH meetings, including work 

group meetings, are open to the public. 

All interested persons are invited to 

attend the MACOSH meetings at the 

times and places listed above. Since the 

Committee has just been re-established, 

and his nine new members, the agenda 

will include discussions of OSHA’s 

programs and activities such as: 

Standards and guidance; enforcement; 

cooperative programs; and science, 

technology and medicine. The agenda 

will also include discussions on forming 

MACOSH work groups; identification of 

maritime safety and health issues; 

radiation screening of cargo containers 

and general administrative procedures. 

Public Participation: Written data, 

views or comments for consideration by 

MACOSH on the various agenda items 

listed above should be submitted to 

vanessa L. Welch at the address listed 

above. Submissions received by 

September 12, 2006, will be provided to 

Committee members and will be 

included in the record of the meeting. 

Requests to make oral presentations to 

the Committee may be granted as time 

permits. anyone wishing to make an oral 

presentation to the committee on any of 

the agenda items listed above should 

notify Vanessa L. Welch by September 

12, 2006. The request should state the 

amount of time desired, the capacity in 

which the person will appear,, and a 

brief outline of the content of the 

presentation. 

Authority: Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety 

and Health, directed the preparation of this 

notice under the authority granted by 6(b)(1) 

and 7(b) of the Occupational Safety and 

Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655, 656), the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

App. 2), and 29 CFR part 1912. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

August, 2006. 

Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., 

Assistant Secretary of Labor. 

[FR Doc. 06–7237 Filed 8–29–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–M 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), and as part of 

its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, the 

National Science Foundation invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on this information collection. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received by October 30, 2006 to be 

assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding the information collection and 

requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request should be 

addressed to Suzanne Plimpton, Reports 

Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation, 201 Wilson Blvd., Rm 295, 

Arlington, VA 22230, or by e-mail to 

splimpto@nsf.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne Plimpton, the NSF Reports 

Clearance Officer, phone (703) 292–

7556, or send e-mail to 

splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use 

a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–800–877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 

8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through 

Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Generic Clearance of the 

Science Resources Statistics Survey 

Improvement Projects. 

OMB Approval Number: 3145–0174. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

December 31, 2009. 

Abstract: Generic Clearance of the 

Science Resources Statistics Survey 

Improvement Projects. The National 

Science Foundation’s Division of 

Science Resources Statistics (NSF/SRS) 

needs to collect timely data on constant 

changes in the science and technology 

sector and to provide the most complete 


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