12834 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 52 / Monday, March 19, 2007 / Notices 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of 

March 2007. 

Elliott S. Kushner, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E7–5002 Filed 3–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Proposed Collection, Comment 

Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance 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. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the 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. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed revision of the 

‘‘Survey of Occupational Injuries and 

Illnesses.’’ A copy of the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) can 

be obtained by contacting the individual 

listed below in the ADDRESSES section of 

this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice on or 

before May 18, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Amy A. 

Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer, Division 

of Management Systems, Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2 

Massachusetts Avenue, NE., 

Washington, DC 20212, 202–691–7628. 

(This is not a toll free number.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer, 

202–691–7628. (See ADDRESSES section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 24(a) of the Occupational 

Safety and Health Act of 1970 requires 

the Secretary of Labor to develop and 

maintain an effective program of 

collection, compilation, and analysis of 

statistics on occupational injuries and 

illnesses. The Commissioner of Labor 

Statistics has been delegated the 

responsibility for ‘‘Furthering the 

purpose of the Occupational Safety and 

Health Act by developing and 

maintaining an effective program of 

collection, compilation, analysis and 

publication of occupational safety and 

health statistics.’’ The BLS fulfills this 

responsibility, in part, by conducting 

the Survey of Occupational Injuries and 

Illnesses in conjunction with 

participating State statistical agencies. 

The BLS Survey of Occupational 

Injuries and Illnesses provides the 

Nation’s primary indicator of the 

progress towards achieving the goal of 

safer and healthier workplaces. The 

survey produces the overall rate of 

occurrence of work injuries and 

illnesses by industry which can be 

compared to prior years to produce 

measures of the rate of change. These 

data are used to assess the Nation’s 

progress in improving the safety and 

health of America’s work places; to 

prioritize scarce Federal and State 

resources; to guide the development of 

injury and illness prevention strategies; 

and to support Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration (OSHA) and 

State safety and health standards and 

research. Data are essential for 

evaluating the effectiveness of Federal 

and State programs for improving work 

place safety and health. For these 

reasons, it is necessary to provide 

estimates separately for participating 

States. 

II. Current Action 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance is being sought for the Survey 

of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. 

The survey measures the overall rate of 

occurrence of work injuries and 

illnesses by industry. For the more 

serious injuries and illnesses, those with 

days away from work, the survey 

provides detailed information on the 

injured/ill worker (age, sex, race, 

industry, occupation, and length of 

service), the time in shift, and the 

circumstances of the injuries and 

illnesses classified by standardized 

codes (nature of the injury/illness, part 

of body affected, primary and secondary 

sources of the injury/illness, and the 

event or exposure which produced the 

injury/illness). 

Beginning with survey year 2008, the 

BLS will collect data from State and 

Local government agencies in all States 

to support both State and national 

estimates. Until now, the Survey of 

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses has 

been restricted to producing national 

estimates for the private sector only. 

Consequently, there have been no 

national estimates of workplace injuries 

and illnesses sustained by State and 

local government workers, including 

those in such relatively high hazard and 

high profile occupations as police, 

firefighters, paramedics, and other 

public health workers. The BLS regards 

the collection of these data as a 

significant expansion in its overall 

coverage of the American workplace. 

The BLS will send a letter explaining 

that the survey is voluntary for State 

and local government agencies in States 

that do not require this collection of 

data. The number of extra sample units 

needed for State and local government 

data is approximately 7,000. 

Beginning with the 2008 survey year, 

the BLS will test collection of injury and 

illness cases that require only days of 

job transfer or restriction. In the two 

decades prior to the OSHA 

recordkeeping changes in 2002, 

incidence rates for cases with days away 

from work decreased significantly, 

while incidence rates for cases with 

only restricted work activity increased 

significantly. Since the BLS presently 

collects case and demographic data only 

for cases with days away from work, 

data are not obtained about a growing 

class of injury and illness cases. If the 

test(s) prove successful, the BLS will 

explore implementing this practice for 

additional States beginning with survey 

year 2009. The BLS regards the 

collection of these cases with only job 

transfer or restriction as significant in its 

coverage of the American workforce. 

III. Desired Focus of Comments 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics 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. 

• 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 submissions 

of responses. 

Type of Review: Revision of currently 

approved collection. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 52 / Monday, March 19, 2007 / Notices 12835 

Title: Survey of Occupational Injuries 

and Illnesses. 

OMB Number: 1220–0045. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; 

Farms; State, local or tribal government. 

Form Total respondents Frequency Total responses 

Average time 

per response 

(hours) 

Estimated 

total burden 

(hours) 

BLS 9300 ........................... 230,000 ............................ Annually ........................... 230,000 ............................ .4 91,666 

Pre-notification Package .... 175,000 out of 230,000 .... Annually ........................... 175,000 out of 230,000 .... 1 .35 235,833 

Totals .......................... 230,000 ............................ .......................................... 230,000 ............................ ...................... 327,499 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they also 

will become a matter of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of 

March 2007. 

Cathy Kazanowski, 

Chief, Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

[FR Doc. E7–5004 Filed 3–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Advisory Committee for Biological 

Sciences; Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Advisory Committee for Biological 

Sciences (1110). 

Date and Time: April 19, 2007; 8 a.m.–5 

p.m. 

Place: National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230, Room 

1235. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Dr. Joann Roskoski, 

Executive Officer, Biological Sciences, Room 

605, National Science Foundation, 4201 

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230, Tel 

No.: (703) 292–8400. 

Minutes: May be obtained from the contact 

person listed above. 

Purpose of Meeting: The Advisory 

Committee for BIO provides advice, 

recommendations, and oversight concerning 

major program emphases, directions, and 

goals for the research-related activities of the 

divisions that make up BIO. 

Agenda: 

• Budget Update and Implications. 

• Systems Biology and Leading Edge 

Discussions. 

• Undergraduate Education in the 

Biological Sciences. 

• Open Discussion. 

Dated: March 13, 2007. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–4878 Filed 3–16–07; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Advisory Committee for Environmental 

Research and Education; Notice of 

Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. Law 92–

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Advisory Committee for 

Environmental Research and Education 

(9487). 

Dates: April 11, 2007, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 

Place: Stafford I, Room 1235, National 

Science Foundation, 4201Wilson Blvd., 

Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

Type of Meeting: Open. 

Contact Person: Alan Tessier, National 

Science Foundation, Suite 635, 4201 Wilson 

Blvd, Arlington, Virginia 22230, Phone 703–

292–7198. 

Minutes: May be obtained from the contact 

person listed above. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice, 

recommendations, and oversight concerning 

support for environmental research and 

education. 

Agenda: 

Introduction of New Members. 

Update on recent NSF environmental 

activities. 

Reports from AC members on ERE 

activities in NSF Directorates. 

Discussion of Future AC/ERE activities. 

Establishment of AC/ERE Task Groups. 

Meeting with the Director (or 

Representative). 

Dated: March 13, 2007. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–4879 Filed 3–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–369 and 50–370] 

Duke Power Company LLC, et al.; 

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of 

Amendments to Facility Operating 

Licenses, Proposed No Significant 

Hazards Consideration Determination, 

and Opportunity for a Hearing 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (the Commission) is 

considering issuance of an amendment 

to Facility Operating License Nos. NPF–

9 and NPF–11 issued to Duke Power 

Company LLC, et al., for operation of 

the McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 

and 2, located in Mecklenburg County, 

North Carolina. 

The proposed amendments would 

approve changes to the current licensing 

bases for the McGuire Nuclear Station, 

Units 1 and 2, emergency core cooling 

system containment sump strainers. 

Before issuance of the proposed 

license amendment, the Commission 

will have made findings required by the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(the Act), and the Commission’s 

regulations. 

The Commission has made a 

proposed determination that the 

amendment request involves no 

significant hazards consideration. Under 

the Commission’s regulations in Title 10 

of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR), Part 50, Section 50.92, this means 

that operation of the facility in 

accordance with the proposed 

amendment would not (1) involve a 

significant increase in the probability or 

consequences of an accident previously 

evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of 

a new or different kind of accident from 

any accident previously evaluated; or 

(3) involve a significant reduction in a 

margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR 

50.91(a), the licensee has provided its 

analysis of the issue of no significant 

hazards consideration, which is 

presented below: 

1. Does the proposed amendment involve 

a significant increase in the probability or 


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