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DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that agency receives 

on or before August 1, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation; 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained free of charge from the 

RegInfo.gov website at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201805-1218-001 

(this link will only become active as of 

June 30, 2018) or by contacting Michel 

Smyth by telephone at 202–693–4129, 

TTY 202–693–8064, (these are not tollfree numbers) or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Submit comments about this request 

by mail to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk 

Officer for DOL–OSHA, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 

725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20503; by Fax: 202–395–5806 (this is 

not a toll-free number); or by email: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Commenters are encouraged, but not 

required, to send a courtesy copy of any 

comments by mail or courier to the U.S. 

Department of Labor—OASAM, Office 

of the Chief Information Officer, Attn: 

Departmental Information Compliance 

Management Program, Room N1301, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20210; or by email: 

DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693– 

4129, TTY 202–693–8064, (these are not 

toll-free numbers) or by email at DOL_

PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR 

seeks to extend PRA authority for the 

Electrical Standards for Construction 

and General Industry information 

collection requirements codified in 

regulations 29 CFR part 1910 subparts K 

and S. The information collection 

requirements specified by these 

Standards alert workers to the presence 

and types of electrical hazards in the 

workplace and, thereby, help prevent 

serious injury and death by 

electrocution. The information 

collection requirements in these 

Standards involve the following: The 

employer using electrical equipment 

that is marked with the manufacturer’s 

name, trademark, or other descriptive 

markings that identify the producer of 

the equipment, and marking the 

equipment with the voltage, current, 

wattage, or other ratings necessary; 

requiring each disconnecting means for 

motors and appliances to be marked 

legibly to indicate its purpose, unless 

located and arranged so the purpose is 

evident; requiring entrances to rooms 

and other guarded locations containing 

exposed live parts to be marked with 

conspicuous warning signs forbidding 

unqualified persons from entering; and, 

for construction employers only, 

establishing and implementing the 

assured equipment grounding conductor 

program instead of using ground-fault 

circuit interrupters. Occupational Safety 

and Health Act sections 2(b)(9), 6, and 

8(c) authorize this information 

collection. See 29 U.S.C. 651(b)(9), 655, 

and 657(c). 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid Control Number. See 5 

CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL 

obtains OMB approval for this 

information collection under Control 

Number 1218–0130. 

The DOL seeks to extend PRA 

authorization for this information 

collection for three (3) more years, 

without any change to existing 

requirements. The DOL notes that 

existing information collection 

requirements submitted to the OMB 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. For 

additional substantive information 

about this ICR, see the related notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 17, 2018 (83 FR 2468). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section within thirty (30) days of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. In order to help ensure 

appropriate consideration, comments 

should mention OMB Control Number 

1218–0130. The OMB 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; 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 submission of 

responses. 

Agency: DOL–OSHA. 

Title of Collection: Electrical 

Standards for Construction and General 

Industry. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0130. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

businesses or other for-profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 682,390. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 2,841,370. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

194,976 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $5,095,390. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D). 

Dated: June 26, 2018. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14087 Filed 6–29–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Information Collection Activities, 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

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. 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 extension of 

the ‘‘Consumer Price Index Housing 

Survey.’’ A copy of the proposed 


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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 August 31, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora 

Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, 

Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 

2 Massachusetts Avenue NE, 

Washington, DC 20212. Written 

comments also may be transmitted by 

fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll 

free number). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, 

telephone 202–691–7628 (this is not a 

toll free number). (See Addresses 

Section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the 

timeliest instrument compiled by the 

U.S. Government that is designed to 

measure changes in the purchasing 

power of the urban consumer’s dollar. 

The CPI is used most widely as a 

measure of inflation, and is used in the 

formulation of economic policy. It also 

is used as a deflator of other economic 

series, that is, to adjust other series for 

price changes and to translate these 

series into inflation-free dollars. 

II. Current Action 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance is being sought for the CPI 

Housing Survey. The continuation of 

the collection of housing rents for the 

CPI is essential since the CPI is the 

nation’s chief source of information on 

retail price changes. If the information 

on rents were not collected, Federal 

fiscal and monetary policies would be 

hampered due to the lack of information 

on price changes in a major sector of the 

U.S. economy, and estimates of the real 

value of the Gross Domestic Product 

could not be made. The consequences to 

both the Federal and private sectors 

would be far reaching and would have 

serious repercussions on Federal 

government policy and institutions. 

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. 

Title of Collection: CPI Housing 

Survey. 

OMB Number: 1220–0163. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit. 

Total Respondents: 75,769. 

Frequency: Semi-annually. 

Total Responses: 129,778. 

Average Time per Response: 5.89560 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 12,752 

hours. 

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 27th day of 

June 2018. 

Eric P. Molina, 

Acting Chief, Division of Management 

Systems. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14205 Filed 6–29–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

[OMB Control No. 1219–0040] 

Proposed Extension of Information 

Collection; Independent Contractor 

Registration and Identification 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

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 

collections of information in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. 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 on the 

information collection for Independent 

Contractor Registration and 

Identification. 

DATES: All comments must be received 

on or before August 31, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the 

information collection requirements of 

this notice may be sent by any of the 

methods listed below. 

• Federal E-Rulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments for docket number MSHA– 

2018–0012. 

• Regular Mail: Send comments to 

USDOL–MSHA, Office of Standards, 

Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th 

Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, 

VA 22202–5452. 

• Hand Delivery: USDOL-Mine Safety 

and Health Administration, 201 12th 

Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, 

VA 22202–5452. Sign in at the 

receptionist’s desk on the 4th floor via 

the East elevator. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sheila McConnell, Director, Office of 

Standards, Regulations, and 

Variances, MSHA, at 

MSHA.information.collections@dol.gov 

(email); (202) 693–9440 (voice); or (202) 

693–9441 (facsimile). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 103(h) of the Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine 

Act), 30 U.S.C. 813(h), authorizes 

MSHA to collect information necessary 

to carry out its duty in protecting the 

safety and health of miners. Further, 

section 101(a) of the Mine Act, 30 U.S.C. 

811, authorizes the Secretary of Labor 

(Secretary) to develop, promulgate, and 

revise as may be appropriate, improved 

mandatory health or safety standards for 

the protection of life and prevention of 

injuries in coal or other mines. 

Independent contractors perform 

services or construction at a mine. They 

may be engaged in virtually every type 

of work performed at a mine, including 

activities such as clearing land, 

excavating ore, processing minerals, 

maintaining or repairing equipment, or 

constructing new buildings or new 

facilities, such as shafts, hoists, 

conveyors, or kilns. Independent 

contractors vary in size, the type of 

work performed, and the time spent 


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