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response time, suggestions, or need a 

copy of the proposed information 

collection instrument with instructions 

or additional information, please 

contact: Kira Gillespie, Deputy Pardon 

Attorney, Office of the Pardon Attorney, 

950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Main 

Justice—RFK Building, Washington, DC 

20530; kira.gillespie@usdoj.gov; (202) 

616–6073. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written 

comments and suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

the proposed collection of information 

are encouraged. Your comments should 

address one or more of the following 

four points: 

—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/or 

—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. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be submitted within 

30 days of the publication of this notice 

on the following website 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function and entering either the title of 

the information collection. This 

information collection request may be 

viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to view Department of 

Justice, information collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 

years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 

without renewal. The DOJ notes that 

information collection requirements 

submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

New collection. 

2. Title of the Form/Collection: 

Petition for Commutation of Sentence. 

3. Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Justice sponsoring the 

collection: There is no agency form 

number for this collection. The 

applicable component within the 

Department of Justice is the Office of the 

Pardon Attorney. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Abstract: Applicants seeking 

commutation of sentence by the 

President will be asked to respond to 

this collection. The principal purpose 

for collecting this information is to 

enable the Office of the Pardon Attorney 

to process applicants’ requests for 

commutation. The information is 

necessary to verify applicants’ 

identities, conduct investigation of the 

applicants’ backgrounds and criminal 

records, and ensure proper notification 

to the Bureau of Prisons, Federal Bureau 

of Investigation, U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, 

U.S. Probation Offices, and federal 

courts in the event of grants of executive 

clemency. 

5. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

6. Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 5,000. 

7. Estimated Time per Respondent: 3 

hours. 

8. Frequency: Once/annually. 

9. Total Estimated Annual Time 

Burden: 15,000 hours. 

10. Total Estimated Annual Other 

Costs Burden: $0. 

If additional information is required, 

contact: Darwin Arceo, Department 

Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning 

Staff, Justice Management Division, 

United States Department of Justice, 

Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street 

NE, 4W–218, Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: September 8, 2023. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; 

Description of Coal Mine Work and 

Other Employment 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting this Office of 

Workers’ Compensation Programs 

(OWCP)-sponsored information 

collection request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are 

invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that the agency 

receives on or before October 13, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

Comments are invited on: (1) whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) if the 

information will be processed and used 

in a timely manner; (3) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimates of the burden and 

cost of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (4) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information collection; and 

(5) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Neary by telephone at 202– 

693–6312, or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Description of Coal Mine Work and 

Other Employment (Form CM–913) is 

used to compare non-coal mine work to 

coal mine work. For additional 

substantive information about this ICR, 

see the related notice published in the 

Federal Register on May 9, 2023 (88 FR 

29952). 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 


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cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless the OMB 

approves it 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 OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

DOL seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 

years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 

without renewal. The DOL notes that 

information collection requirements 

submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. 

Agency: DOL–OWCP. 

Title of Collection: Description of Coal 

Mine Work and Other Employment. 

OMB Control Number: 1240–0035. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 4,710. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 4,710. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

2,355 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $2,600. 

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

Michelle Neary, 

Senior PRA Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19714 Filed 9–12–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–CK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2013–0012] 

Modification to the List of Appropriate 

NRTL Program Test Standards and the 

Scope of Recognition of Several 

NRTLs 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces the final decision to delete 

test standards from the Nationally 

Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTL) 

Program’s list of appropriate test 

standards and modify the scope of 

recognition of several NRTLs. 

DATES: The actions contained in this 

notice will become effective on 

September 13, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information regarding this notice is 

available from the following sources: 

Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank 

Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of 

Communications, U.S. Department of 

Labor, telephone: (202) 693–1999; 

email: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. 

General and technical information: 

Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director, 

Office of Technical Programs and 

Coordination Activities, Directorate of 

Technical Support and Emergency 

Management, Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, U.S. Department 

of Labor, telephone: (202) 693–2110 or 

email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov. OSHA’s 

web page includes information about 

the NRTL Program (see http://

www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/ 

index.html). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The NRTL Program recognizes 

organizations that provide productsafety testing and certification services 

to manufacturers. These organizations 

perform testing and certification for 

purposes of the program, to U.S. 

consensus-based product-safety test 

standards. The products covered by the 

NRTL Program consist of those items for 

which OSHA safety standards require 

‘‘certification’’ by a NRTL. The 

requirements affect electrical products 

and 36 other types of products. OSHA 

does not develop or issue these test 

standards, but generally relies on 

standards development organizations 

(SDOs), which develop and maintain 

the standards using a method that 

provides for input and consideration of 

views of industry groups, experts, users, 

consumers, governmental authorities, 

and others having broad experience in 

the safety field involved. 

A. Deletion and Replacement of Test 

Standards 

The NRTL Program regulations 

require that appropriate test standards 

be maintained and current (29 CFR 

1910.7(c)). A test standard withdrawn 

by an SDO is no longer considered an 

appropriate test standard (CPL 01–00– 

004, NRTL Program Policies, Procedures 

and Guidelines Directive (NRTL 

Program Directive), Ch. 2.IX.C.1). It is 

OSHA’s policy to remove recognition of 

withdrawn test standards by issuing a 

correction notice in the Federal Register 

for all NRTLs recognized for the 

withdrawn test standards (Id.). 

However, SDOs frequently will 

designate a replacement standard for 

withdrawn standards. OSHA will 

recognize a NRTL for an appropriate 

replacement test standard if the NRTL 

has the requisite testing and evaluation 

capability for the replacement test 

standard (NRTL Program Directive, Ch. 

2.IX.C.2). 

One method that NRTLs may use to 

show such capability involves an 

analysis to determine whether any 

testing and evaluation requirements of 

existing test standards in a NRTL’s 

scope are comparable (i.e., are 

completely or substantially identical) to 

the requirements in the replacement test 

standard (NRTL Program Directive, Ch. 

2.IX.C.3). If OSHA’s analysis shows the 

replacement test standard does not 

require additional or different technical 

capability than an existing test 

standard(s), and the replacement test 

standard is comparable to the existing 

test standard(s), then OSHA can add the 

replacement test standard to affected 

NRTLs’ scope of recognition. If OSHA’s 

analysis shows the replacement test 

standard requires an additional or 

different technical capability, or the 

replacement test standard is not 

comparable to any existing test 

standards, each affected NRTL seeking 

to have OSHA add the replacement test 

standard to the NRTL’s scope of 

recognition must provide information to 

OSHA that demonstrates technical 

capability (NRTL Program Directive, Ch. 

2.IX.D). 

B. Other Reasons for Removal of Test 

Standards From the NRTL List of 

Appropriate Test Standards 

OSHA may choose to remove a test 

standard from the NRTL list of 

appropriate test standards based on an 

internal review in which NRTL Program 

staff review the NRTL list of appropriate 

test standards to determine if the test 

standards conform to the definition of 

an appropriate test standard defined in 

NRTL Program regulations and policy. 

There are several reasons for removing 

a test standard based on this review. 

First, a document that provides the 

methodology for a single test is a test 

method rather than an appropriate test 

standard (29 CFR 1910.7(c)). A test 

standard must specify the safety 

requirements for a specific type of 

product(s) (NRTL Program Directive, 

Ch. 2.VIII.C.1). A test method, however, 

is a specified technical procedure for 

performing a test. As such, a test 

method is not an appropriate test 

standard. While a NRTL may use a test 

method to determine if certain safety 

requirements are met, a test method is 

not itself a safety requirement for a 

specific product category. 

Second, a document that focuses 

primarily on usage, installation, or 

maintenance requirements, and not 


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