66132 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 242 / Wednesday, December 17, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Bureau of International Labor Affairs;

U.S. National Administrative Office;

North American Agreement on Labor

Cooperation; Notice of Request for

Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Article 10(1)(a) of the North

American Agreement on Labor

Cooperation (NAALC) calls for the

Council for the Commission for Labor

Cooperation to review the operation and

effectiveness of the NAALC within four

years of its entry into force. In order to

undertake the review, the Council

agreed to a process which includes

seeking public input. A notice was

issued (62 Fed. Reg. 61552). The time

period within which to comment is

being extended. Written comments are

requested.

DATES: Written comments on the

operation and effectiveness of the

NAALC should be submitted by January

30, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to

the U.S. National Administrative Office,

U.S. Department of Labor, Room C–

4327, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210 or the

Secretariat, Commission for Labor

Cooperation, 350 North St. Paul, Suite

2424, Dallas, Texas 75201–4240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Irasema T. Garza, Secretary, U.S.

National Administrative Office,

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Room C–4327,

Washington, DC 20210. Telephone:

(202) 501–6653 (this is not a toll-free

number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The North

American Agreement on Labor

Cooperation (NAALC) was signed by the

Presidents of the United States of

America, and of the United Mexican

States, and the Prime Minister of

Canada in September 1993 and entered

into force on January 1, 1994. Article

10(1)(a) of the NAALC provides that the

Council shall ‘‘oversee the

implementation and develop

recommendations on the further

elaboration of this Agreement and, to

this end, the Council shall, within four

years after the date of entry into force

of this Agreement, review its operation

and effectiveness in light of the

experience * * *.’’ The Council agreed

to a process of review that includes

issuing an invitation for written public

comments on the operation and

effectiveness of the NAALC. Written

comments may be made to the National

Administrative Office or to the

international Secretariat. Any comments

received by the U.S. National

Administrative office will be

transmitted verbatim to the Secretariat,

which has been delegated the

responsibility by the Council to oversee

the review process.

Signed at Washington, DC on December 11,

1997.

Irasema T. Garza,

Secretary, U.S. National Administrative

Office.

[FR Doc. 97–32941 Filed 12–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–28–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR 97–46]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Hazard

Communication

ACTION: Extension of comment period;

Supplemental Information.

SUMMARY: On November 21, 1997, the

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA) published a

Federal Register notice soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

extension of the information collection

request for the Hazard Communication

Standard 29 CFR 1910.1200; 1915; 1918;

1926, and 1928. With this notice, OSHA

is providing supplemental information

and extending the close of the comment

period from January 20, 1998 to

February 19, 1998.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

ADDRESSES section below on or before

February 19, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be

submitted to the Docket Office, Docket

No. ICR–97–46, U.S. Department of

Labor, Room N–2625, 200 Constitution

Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20210,

telephone (202) 219–7894. Written

comments limited to 10 pages or less in

length may also be transmitted by

facsimile to (202) 219–5046.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Adrian Corsey, Directorate of Health

Standards Programs, Occupational

Safety and Health Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–3718,

200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington,

D.C. 20210. Telephone: (202) 219–7075

extension 105. Copies of the referenced

information collection request are

available for inspection and copying in

the Docket Office and will be mailed to

persons who request copies by

telephoning Adrian Corsey (202) 219–

7057 extension 105, or Barbara Bielaski

on 219–8076, extension 142. For

electronic copies of the Hazard

Communication Information Collection

Request, contact the Labor News

Bulletin Board (202) 219–4784; or

OSHA’s WebPage on Internet at http://

www.osha.gov/ and click on standards.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OSHA

requested public comment on the

proposed extension of the Hazard

Communication Standard (HCS)

Information Collection Request on

November 21, 1997 (92 FR 62355). The

deadline for submitting comments was

January 20, 1998. The November 21,

1997, Federal Register notice estimated

the total burden hours for hazard

communication to be 7,301,762 hours.

This notice provides additional

information reqarding the burden hour

estimate. Specifically, the Agency is

proposing to reduce the burden hours

for HCS from 13,198,751 to 7,301,762

hours, a burden reduction of 5,896,991

hours. The majority of this burden

reduction resulted when the Agency

eliminated the burden it had assigned to

the task of affixing labels to certain

containers. Under the implementing

rules and regulations of the Paperwork

Reduction Act, activities that are normal

and customary are not counted when

assessing the burden associated with a

collection of information. The Agency

believes that placing labels on

containers is a normal and customary

business practice for manufacturers and

importers of hazardous chemicals.

OSHA’s revised estimates include only

the burden to develop (i.e., determine)

the specific information required by

OSHA’s Hazard Communication

Standard that is beyond normal and

customary business practices. To

support the Agency’s belief that affixing

labels in normal and customary, OSHA

points out that the Environmental

Protection Agency, the Department of

Transportation, the Consumer Product

Safety Commission, and the Food and

Drug Administration require labeling. In

addition, international standards require

labeling. OSHA also believes that

manufacturers normally affix labels to

identify and promote their products.

In the November 21, 1997 Federal

Register Notice on this collection of

information, OSHA did not fully

explain how it arrived at its estimated

reduction. For this reason OSHA

believes it is reasonable and appropriate

to provide this supplemental

information and to give commenters an

additional 30 days to comment on the
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 242 / Wednesday, December 17, 1997 / Notices 66133

Information Collection Request

[paperwork package]. 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: December 9, 1997.

Adam M. Finkel,

Director, Directorate of Health Standards

Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–32863 Filed 12–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–M

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS

ADMINISTRATION

Public Evaluation of NARA Archival

Information Locator (NAIL)

AGENCY: National Archives and Records

Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: NARA is inviting the public

to participate in an evaluation of its

prototype online information system,

the NARA Archival Information Locator

(NAIL).

As part of its Electronic Access

Project, NARA is constructing a

nationwide, integrated online

information delivery system. The

project, a priority under the agency’s

Strategic Plan, will eventually result in

a virtual card catalog of all NARA

holdings nationwide, including those in

the Presidential libraries and regional

archives. In addition, copies of some of

NARA’s most popular and significant

manuscripts, photographs, sound

recordings, maps, drawings and other

documents will be digitized and

available for researchers to view online

through the catalog.

To complete the final functional

requirements for the catalog, NARA is

undertaking an evaluation of its

prototype, the NARA Archival

Information Locator (NAIL). All

members of the public are invited to use

NAIL and to comment on its ease of use,

functionality, and terminology.

NAIL can be accessed on the World

Wide Web at http://www.nara.gov/nara/

nail.html.

DATES: Comments should be received by

January 31, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments can be sent

through the online comments link in

NAIL or by e-mail to

nail.mailbox@arch2.nara.gov.

Dated: December 10, 1997.

L. Reynolds Cahoon,

Assistant Archivist for Human Resources and

Information Services.

[FR Doc. 97–32914 Filed 12–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7515–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Biweekly Notice; Applications and

Amendments to Facility Operating

Licenses Involving No Significant

Hazards Considerations

Background

Pursuant to Public Law 97–415, the

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

(the Commission or NRC staff) is

publishing this regular biweekly notice.

Public Law 97–415 revised section 189

of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as

amended (the Act), to require the

Commission to publish notice of any

amendments issued, or proposed to be

issued, under a new provision of section

189 of the Act. This provision grants the

Commission the authority to issue and

make immediately effective any

amendment to an operating license

upon a determination by the

Commission that such amendment

involves no significant hazards

consideration, notwithstanding the

pendency before the Commission of a

request for a hearing from any person.

This biweekly notice includes all

notices of amendments issued, or

proposed to be issued from November

21, 1997, through December 5, 1997.

The last biweekly notice was published

on December 3, 1997 (62 FR 63970).

Notice of Consideration of Issuance of

Amendments to Facility Operating

Licenses, Proposed No Significant

Hazards Consideration Determination,

and Opportunity for a Hearing

The Commission has made a

proposed determination that the

following amendment requests involve

no significant hazards consideration.

Under the Commission’s regulations in

10 CFR 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. The basis for this

proposed determination for each

amendment request is shown below.

The Commission is seeking public

comments on this proposed

determination. Any comments received

within 30 days after the date of

publication of this notice will be

considered in making any final

determination.

Normally, the Commission will not

issue the amendment until the

expiration of the 30-day notice period.

However, should circumstances change

during the notice period such that

failure to act in a timely way would

result, for example, in derating or

shutdown of the facility, the

Commission may issue the license

amendment before the expiration of the

30-day notice period, provided that its

final determination is that the

amendment involves no significant

hazards consideration. The final

determination will consider all public

and State comments received before

action is taken. Should the Commission

take this action, it will publish in the

Federal Register a notice of issuance

and provide for opportunity for a

hearing after issuance. The Commission

expects that the need to take this action

will occur very infrequently.

Written comments may be submitted

by mail to the Chief, Rules and

Directives Branch, Division of Freedom

of Information and Publications

Services, Office of Administration, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555–0001, and

should cite the publication date and

page number of this Federal Register

notice. Written comments may also be

delivered to Room 6D22, Two White

Flint North, 11545 Rockville Pike,

Rockville, Maryland from 7:30 a.m. to

4:15 p.m. Federal workdays. Copies of

written comments received may be

examined at the NRC Public Document

Room, the Gelman Building, 2120 L

Street, NW., Washington, DC. The filing

of requests for a hearing and petitions

for leave to intervene is discussed

below.

By January 16, 1998, the licensee may

file a request for a hearing with respect

to issuance of the amendment to the

subject facility operating license and

any person whose interest may be

affected by this proceeding and who

wishes to participate as a party in the

proceeding must file a written request

for a hearing and a petition for leave to

intervene. Requests for a hearing and a

petition for leave to intervene shall be

filed in accordance with the

Commission’s ‘‘Rules of Practice for

Domestic Licensing Proceedings’’ in 10

CFR Part 2. Interested persons should

consult a current copy of 10 CFR 2.714

which is available at the Commission’s

Public Document Room, the Gelman

Building, 2120 L Street, NW.,

Washington, DC and at the local public