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possibilities of expanding country

coverage

3. The BLS program of international

technical assistance in labor

statistics: recent developments

4. Measuring capital inputs for use in

multifactor productivity

computations

Thursday, October 16, 1997—Meeting

Rooms 7 and 8

8:30–10:00 a.m.—Committee on

Employment and Unemployment

Statistics

1. Current Employment Statistics

sample redesign and production

test

2. Expansion of Occupational

Employment Survey to include

wages by occupation

3. Update on progress in development

and implementation of the North

American Industrial Classification

System and the Standard

Occupational Classification System

10:30–12:30 p.m.—Council Meeting

1. Chairperson’s opening remarks

2. Commissioner’s address and

discussion

3. Chairperson’s closing remarks

1:30–3:00 p.m.—Committee on Price

Indexes

1. Update on program developments

a. Producer Price Indexes

b. The Consumer Price Index

2. Other business

Thursday, October 23, 1997—Meeting

Room 6

1:30–3:00 p.m.—Committee on

Occupational Safety and Health

Statistics

1. Report on the 1996 Census of Fatal

Occupational Injuries

2. Update on the Occupational Safety

and Health Administration (OSHA)

recordkeeping revision plan and its

impact on the BLS Survey of

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

3. Report on the case circumstances and

work demographic information

from the 1995 Survey of

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

4. Report on other new releases of BLS

occupational safety and health

information

5. Accessing BLS occupational safety

and health data on the INTERNET

The meetings are open to the public.

Persons with disabilities and those

wishing to attend these meetings as

observers should contact Nancy

Sullivan, Bureau of Labor Statistics, at

(202) 606–5903, for appropriate

accommodations.

Signed at Washington, DC the 11th day of

September 1997.

Katharine G. Abraham,

Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 97–24976 Filed 9–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–24–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Proposed Information Collection

Request Submitted for Public

Comment and Recommendations:

Certificate of Electrical/Noise Training

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden

conducts a preclearance 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.

Currently, the Mine Safety and Health

Administration (MSHA) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

extension of the information collection

related to the Certificate of Electrical/

Noise Training. MSHA 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 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.

A copy of the proposed information

collection request can be obtained by

contacting the employee listed below in

the For Further Information Contact

section of this notice.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

November 18, 1997.

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

MSHA qualifies mine electricians and

certifies persons to take noise level

measurements in coal mines. MSHA

Form 5000–1 is used to report to MSHA

those miners who have satisfactorily

completed (1) a coal mine electrical

training program; or (2) a noise training

course. Based on the information

submitted on Form 5000–1, MSHA

issues certification cards that identify

these individuals as qualified to perform

certain tasks at the mine.

Title 30 CFR 75.153(a)(2) and

77.103(a)(2) require that a program be

provided for the qualification of certain

experienced personnel as mine

electricians. Title 30 CFR 70.504 and

71.801 require that mine operators

measure the noise levels to which each

miner is exposed and that these

measurements be taken by a person who

has been certified by the Assistant

Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and

Health as qualified. A qualified person

is one who has been certified by MSHA

as an instructor in noise measurement

training programs; or has completed a

noise training course conducted by and

approved by MSHA.

II. Current Actions

MSHA uses the information from

MSHA Form 5000–1 to issue

certification cards to those persons who

are qualified. MSHA inspectors may

asks to see the cards to determine

compliance with regulations during

routine inspections. Mine operators use

the cards to determine a person’s
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qualifications to perform certain tasks

and when hiring new personnel. The

information is also used by MSHA to

determine mine operators’ compliance

with approved training plans, to

monitor safety training programs, and in

reporting to Congress.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health

Administration.

Title: Certificate and Electrical/Noise

Training.

OMB Number: 1219–0001.

Agency Number: MSHA Form

5000–1.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit institutions

Total Respondents: 3,800.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 3,800.

Average Time per Response: 4.36

hours.

Total Burden Hours: 16,584 hours.

Total Burden Hour Cost: $431,184.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): $389,049.

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: September 10, 1997.

George M. Fesak,

Director, Program Evaluation and Information

Resources.

[FR Doc. 97–24977 Filed 9–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–43–M

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 97–137]

Notice of Prospective Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Prospective Patent

License.

SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice

that Dow-United Technologies

Composite Products, Inc., of

Wallingford, CT 06492–1843, has

applied for a partially exclusive license

to practice the invention described and

claimed in U.S. Patent No. 5,312,994,

entitled ‘‘PHENYLETHYNYL

ENDCAPPING REAGENTS AND

REACTIVE DILUENTS’’ which is

assigned to the United States of America

as represented by the Administrator of

the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration. Written objections to

the prospective grant of a license should

be sent to Langley Research Center.

DATES: Responses to this notice must be

received by November 18, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George F. Helfrich, Patent Counsel,

Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 212,

Hampton, VA 23681–0001, telephone

(757) 864–9260, fax (757) 864–9190.

Dated: September 12, 1997.

Edward A. Frankle,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–24949 Filed 9–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7510–01–M

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS

ADMINISTRATION

Records Schedules; Availability and

Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Archives and Records

Administration, Office of Records

Services.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed records schedules; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The National Archives and

Records Administration (NARA)

publishes notice at least once monthly

of certain Federal agency requests for

records disposition authority (records

schedules). Records schedules identify

records of sufficient value to warrant

preservation in the National Archives of

the United States. Schedules also

authorize agencies after a specified

period to dispose of records lacking

administrative, legal, research, or other

value. Notice is published for records

schedules that propose the destruction

of records not previously authorized for

disposal, or reduce the retention period

for records already authorized for

disposal. NARA invites public

comments on such schedules, as

required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).

DATES: Requests for copies must be

received in writing on or before

November 3, 1997. Once the appraisal of

the records is completed, NARA will

send a copy of the schedule. The

requester will be given 30 days to

submit comments.

ADDRESSES: Address requests for single

copies of schedules identified in this

notice to the Civilian Appraisal Staff

(NWRC), National Archives and Records

Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road,

College Park, MD 20740–6001.

Requesters must cite the control number

assigned to each schedule when

requesting a copy. The control number

appears in the parentheses immediately

after the name of the requesting agency.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael L. Miller, Director, Records

Management Programs, National

Archives and Records Administration,

8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD

20740–6001, telephone (301) 713–7110.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year

U.S. Government agencies create

billions of records on paper, film,

magnetic tape, and other media. In order

to control this accumulation, agency

records managers prepare records

schedules specifying when the agency

no longer needs the records and what

happens to the records after this period.

Some schedules are comprehensive and

cover all the records of an agency or one

of its major subdivisions. These

comprehensive schedules provide for

the eventual transfer to the National

Archives of historically valuable records

and authorize the disposal of all other

records. Most schedules, however, cover

records of only one office or program or

a few series of records, and many are

updates of previously approved

schedules. Such schedules also may

include records that are designated for

permanent retention.

Destruction of records requires the

approval of the Archivist of the United

States. This approval is granted after a

thorough study of the records that takes

into account their administrative use by

the agency of origin, the rights of the

Government and of private persons

directly affected by the Government’s

activities, and historical or other value.

This public notice identifies the

Federal agencies and their subdivisions

requesting disposition authority,

includes the control number assigned to

each schedule, and briefly describes the

records proposed for disposal. The

records schedule contains additional

information about the records and their

disposition. Further information about

the disposition process will be

furnished to each requester.

Schedules Pending

1. Department of Commerce, National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (N1–370–97–1).

Preliminary and final fishery product

and sanitation inspection files.

2. Department of Commerce, Patent

and Trademark Office (N1–241–96–6).

Comprehensive records schedule for the

Office of Legislative and International

Affairs and the Office of the Assistant

Commissioner for Trademarks.

3. Department of Justice, United

States Marshals Service (N1–527–97–

12). Records relating to the disposal of

seized and forfeited assets, and receipts

of civil and criminal service.

4. Department of the Navy, (N1–NU–

97–4). Decrease in retention period for

index cards containing the names of

persons identified in Military Police or