11380 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 48 / Tuesday, March 13, 2007 / Notices 

Properties of Belt Materials in 

Underground Coal Mining. The public 

is invited to attend. 

DATES: The meeting will be held March 

28–March 30, 2007. The meetings on 

March 28–29, 2007 will start at 9 a.m. 

each day and conclude by 5 p.m. The 

meeting on March 30, 2007 will begin 

at 9 a.m. and conclude no later than 1 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting location is the 

Holiday Inn Pittsburgh Airport, 8256 

University Blvd., Coraopolis, PA 15108–

2591 (telephone: 412–262–3600). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia W. Silvey, Director, Office of 

Standards, Regulations, and Variances, 

Mine Safety and Health Administration, 

1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2330, 

Arlington, Virginia 22209; 

silvey.patricia@dol.gov (Internet e-mail), 

202–693–9440 (voice), or 202–693–9441 

(facsimile). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Panel 

was created under section 11 of the 

Mine Improvement and New Emergency 

Response (MINER) Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 

109–236). The purpose of the Panel is to 

provide independent scientific and 

engineering review and 

recommendations concerning the 

utilization of belt air and the 

composition and fire retardant 

properties of belt materials in 

underground coal mining. By December 

2007, the Panel must submit a report to 

the Secretaries of Labor and Health and 

Human Services, the Senate Committee 

on Health, Education, Labor and 

Pensions, and the House Committee on 

Education and the Workforce. The first 

meeting of the Panel was held in 

Washington, DC on January 9–10, 2007. 

The agenda for the second meeting 

will include: 

(1) Belt conveyor material issues: 

flammability and toxicity. 

(2) Discussion: panel of belt 

manufacturers. 

(3) General discussion: ventilation, 

dust control, and escape issues. 

(4) Discussion: 1992 Belt Air Advisory 

Committee report. 

(5) Public input: The panel will 

allocate time at the end of the day on 

March 28 and March 29 for 

presentations by members of the public. 

MSHA expects the amount of time 

allocated for public participation to be 

approximately one hour, but it may vary 

based on the interest expressed. MSHA 

will also accept written submissions. 

MSHA requests that persons planning 

to participate in the public input session 

of this meeting notify the Agency at 

least one week prior to the meeting date. 

There will be an opportunity for other 

persons, who have not made prior 

arrangements with MSHA and wish to 

speak, to register at the beginning of the 

meeting on March 28. Speakers should 

limit their presentations to five minutes, 

but may supplement oral remarks with 

written submissions. MSHA will 

incorporate written submissions into the 

official record and make them available 

to the public. The Panel Chairman will 

moderate the public participation 

session, and panelists may ask the 

speakers questions. 

The public may inspect the official 

record of the meetings at the MSHA 

address listed above. In addition, the 

information will be posted on the 

Agency’s single source Web page titled 

‘‘The Technical Study Panel on the 

Utilization of Belt Air and the 

Composition and Fire Retardant 

Properties of Belt Materials in 

Underground Coal Mining Single 

Source Page.’’ The Single Source page is 

located at http://www.msha.gov/BeltAir/ 

BeltAir.asp. 

Dated: March 8, 2007. 

Richard E. Stickler, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety 

and Health. 

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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION 

BOARD 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection 

AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection Board 

(MSPB). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501), this document announces that an 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

has been forwarded to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

for a new collection. This ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: MSPB has submitted an ICR to 

OMB for review and approval according 

to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 

1320.12. On November 27, 2006 

(Federal Register, Volume 71, Number 

227, pages 68639–68640), MSPB sought 

comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 

CFR 1320.8(d). MSPB received no 

comments. Additional comments 

should be submitted on or before April 

6 to OMB (Brenda Aguilar at 

baguilar@omb.eop.gov or fax at (202) 

395–6974). 

ADDRESSES: You may also submit 

comments to MSPB via any of the 

following methods: 

E-mail: Please include ‘‘Employee 

Surveys’’ in the subject line of the 

message and send your message to 

anne.marrelli@mspb.gov. 

Mail: Dr. Anne Marrelli, U.S. Merit 

Systems Protection Board, Suite 500, 

1615 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20419. 

Fax: (202) 653–7211. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Marrelli by phone on 202–653–

6772, ext. 1341, by FAX on 202–653–

7211, or by e-mail at 

anne.marrelli@mspb.gov. You may 

contact Dr. Marrelli via V/TDD at 1–

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project: ‘‘Merit Principles 

Survey.’’

As part of its mission, MSPB is 

responsible for conducting studies of 

the Federal civil service to ensure that 

all Federal government agencies follow 

merit systems practices and avoid 

prohibited personnel practices. To 

support this research agenda, MSPB is 

conducting a survey of Federal 

employees. To obtain insight into 

employees’ current perspectives, MSPB 

requests approval to conduct surveys 

over the next three years. 

The surveys will ask employees to 

share their perceptions of the 

implementation of the merit system in 

the workplace including topics such as 

the Merit Systems Principles, Prohibited 

Personnel Practices, job satisfaction, 

performance management, training and 

development, and leadership. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 0.50 hours per 

respondent. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Participants are selected via stratified 

random sampling to facilitate a 

representative sample of Federal 

employees. 

Estimated Number of Respondents 

per Survey: 50,000. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

25,000. 

Dated: March 7, 2007. 

Bentley M. Roberts, Jr., 

Clerk of the Board. 

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