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ADDRESSES: Send comments to Patricia

W. Silvey, Director, Office of Standards,

Regulations, and Variances, 4015

Wilson Boulevard, Room 627,

Arlington, VA 22203–1984. Commenters

are encouraged to send their comments

on a computer disk, or via E-mail to

psilvey@msha.gov, along with an

original printed copy. Ms. Silvey can be

reached at (703) 235–1910 (voice) or

(703) 235–5551 (facsimile).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George M. Fesak, Director, Office of

Program Evaluation and Information

Resources, U.S. Department of Labor,

Mine Safety and Health Administration,

Room 715, 4015 Wilson Boulevard,

Arlington, VA 22203–1984. Mr. Fesak

can be reached at gfesak@msha.gov

(Internet E-mail), (703) 235–8378

(voice), or (703) 235–1563 (facsimile).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Under section 103(c) of the Federal

Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977,

MSHA is required to ‘‘* * * issue

regulations requiring operators to

maintain accurate records of employee

exposures to potentially toxic materials

or harmful physical agents which are

required to be monitored or measured

under any applicable mandatory health

or safety standard promulgated under

this Act.’’

Gamma radiation occurs anywhere

that radioactive materials are present,

and has been associated with lung

cancer and other debilitating

occupational diseases. Gamma radiation

hazards may be found near radiation

sources at surface operations using Xray machines, weightometers, nuclear

and diffraction units.

II. Current Actions

Annual gamma radiation surveys are

required to be conducted in all

underground mines where radioactive

ores are mined. Where the average

gamma radiation measurements are in

excess of 2.0 milliroentgens per hour in

the working place, all persons are to be

provided with gamma radiation

dosimeters and records of cumulative

individual gamma radiation exposures

been kept.

Records of cumulative occupational

radiation exposures aid in the

protection of workers and in control of

subsequent radiation exposure, and are

used by MSHA in the evaluation of the

effectiveness of the protection program

in demonstrating compliance with

regulatory requirements.

Type of Review: Reinstatement

without change.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health

Administration.

Title: Gamma Radiation Exposure

Records.

OMB Number: 1219–0039.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit institutions.

Cite/Reference/Form/etc: 30 CFR

57.5047.

Total Respondents: 2.

Frequency: Annually.

Total Responses: 2.

Average Time per Response: 2 hours.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2.

Estimated Total Burden Cost: $73.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining):

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 will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: July 24, 1997.

George M. Fesak,

Director, Program Evaluation and Information

Resources.

[FR Doc. 97–20106 Filed 7–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

Proposed Information Collection

Request Submitted for Public

Comment and Recommendations;

Prohibited Transaction Class

Exemption 80–83

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

provides 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 (PRA 95) [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.

Currently, the Pension and Welfare

Benefits Administration is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

extension of a currently approved

collection of information, Prohibited

Transaction Class Exemption 80–83. A

copy of the proposed information

collection request can be obtained by

contacting the employee listed below in

the contact section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before September 29,

1997. The Department of Labor 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 number of respondents

and 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 submissions

of responses.

ADDRESSES: Gerald B. Lindrew,

Department of Labor, Pension and

Welfare Benefits Administration, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N–

5647, Washington, DC 20210.

Telephone: 202–219–4782 (this is not a

toll-free number). Fax: 202–219–4745.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Prohibited Transaction Class

Exemption 80–83 permits, under certain

conditions, purchases of securities by

employee benefit plans when the

proceeds from the sale of such securities

may be used by the issuer to reduce or

retire indebtedness to persons who are

parties in interest with respect to such

plans.

II. Current Actions

The Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration proposes to extend the

currently approved information

collection requirements of Prohibited

Transaction Class Exemption 80–83.

The recordkeeping requirements of the

exemption are intended to protect the

interests of plan participants and

beneficiaries. This class exemption

requires the plan to maintain for six

years from the date of the transaction

the records necessary to enable

interested parties including the

Department of Labor to determine

whether the conditions of the

exemption have been met. The

exemption also requires that those

records be make available to certain
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persons on request. Without the

recordkeeping requirement, the

Department, which may only grant an

exemption if it can find that participants

and beneficiaries are protected, would

be unable to effectively enforce the

terms of the exemption and insure user

compliance.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration.

Title: Prohibited Transaction Class

Exemption 80–83.

OMB Number: 1210–0064.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions,

Individuals.

Frequency: On occasion.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1.

Respondents, proposed frequency of

response, and annual hour burden: The

number of respondents is estimated to

be 25. The exemption contains a six

year recordkeeping requirement for

information related to the affected

securities transactions. Most of the

records required to be maintained by the

exemption are normally maintained for

purposes of completing the annual

report required by ERISA (Form 5500

Series). Those records not maintained

for purposes related to the annual report

are maintained as a standard business

practice or for purposes of complying

with the Internal Revenue Code. The

Department estimates one additional

hour of burden for this exemption.

Total Burden Cost (capital/start-up):

$0.00.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $0.00.

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 will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: July 25, 1997.

Gerald B. Lindrew,

Director, Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, Office of Policy and

Legislative Analysis.

[FR Doc. 97–20102 Filed 7–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

Proposed Information Collection

Request Submitted for Public

Comment and Recommendations;

Prohibited Transaction Class

Exemption 75–1

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

provides 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 (PRA 95) [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.

Currently, the Pension and Welfare

Benefits Administration is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

extension of a currently approved

collection of information, Prohibited

Transaction Class Exemption 75–1. A

copy of the proposed information

collection request can be obtained by

contacting the employee listed below in

the contact section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before September 29,

1997. The Department of Labor 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 number of respondents

and 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 submissions

of responses.

ADDRESSES: Gerald B. Lindrew,

Department of Labor, Pension and

Welfare Benefits Administration, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N–

5647, Washington, DC 20210.

Telephone: 202–219–4782 (this is not a

toll-free number). Fax: 202–219–4745.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Prohibited Transaction Class

Exemption 75–1 permits banks,

registered broker-dealers and reporting

dealers in Government securities who

are parties in interest to engage in

certain kinds of securities transactions

with plans. In the absence of this

exemption, these transactions might be

prohibited by section 406 of the

Employee Retirement Income Security

Act of 1974 (the Act).

II. Current Actions

The Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration proposes to extend the

currently approved information

collection requirements of Prohibited

Transaction Class Exemption 75–1. The

recordkeeping requirements of the class

exemption are intended to protect the

interests of plan participants and

beneficiaries. The exemption has one

basic information collection condition.

The plan is to maintain for a period of

six years from the date of a covered

transaction such records as are

necessary to enable the Department of

Labor, the Internal Revenue Service,

plan participants and beneficiaries, any

employer of plan participants and

beneficiaries, and any employee

organization any of whose members are

covered by such plan to determine

whether the conditions of the

exemption have been met.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration.

Title: Prohibited Transaction Class

Exemption 75–1.

OMB Number: 1210–0092.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions,

Individuals.

Frequency: On occasion.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1.

Respondents, proposed frequency of

response, and annual hour burden: The

number of respondents is estimated to

be 750. The exemption contains a six

year recordkeeping requirement for

information related to the affected

securities transactions. This information

would normally be maintained in

connection with required reporting for

the annual financial report (Form 5500

and 5500–C). The Department estimates

that the recordkeeping burden of this

class exemption, in effect, has been

incorporated in the burden for Form

5500 (and 5500–C). Since this

information has been approved for the

Form 5500 (and 5500–C), we estimate

one additional hour of burden for this

exemption.

Total Burden Cost (capital/start-up):

$0.00.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $0.00.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or