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govern the application, processing, and 

disposition of petitions for modification. 

I. Background 

Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine 

Act) allows the mine operator or 

representative of miners to file a 

petition to modify the application of any 

mandatory safety standard to a coal or 

other mine if the Secretary of Labor 

(Secretary) determines that: 

1. An alternative method of achieving 

the result of such standard exists which 

will at all times guarantee no less than 

the same measure of protection afforded 

the miners of such mine by such 

standard; or 

2. That the application of such 

standard to such mine will result in a 

diminution of safety to the miners in 

such mine. 

In addition, the regulations at 30 CFR 

44.10 and 44.11 establish the 

requirements and procedures for filing 

petitions for modification. 

II. Petition for Modification 

Docket Number: M–2018–006–M. 

Petitioner: U.S. Silica Company, 838 

VFW Drive, Festus, Missouri 63028. 

Mines: Festus Plant, MSHA I.D. No. 

23–02377, located in Jefferson County, 

Missouri. 

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 56.13020 

(Use of compressed air). 

Modification Request: The petitioner 

requests a modification of the existing 

standard to permit an alternative 

method using a Clothes Cleaning 

Process that removes dust from a 

miner’s clothing. 

The petitioner states that: 

(1) The proposed alternative method 

has been developed jointly between 

UniminCorporation and the National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH and successfully tested 

by NIOSH to reduce a miner’s exposure 

to respirable dust, thus reducing the 

miner’s health risks. The system 

consists of four major components: a 

cleaning booth, an air spray manifold, 

an air reservoir, and an exhaust 

ventilation system. 

(2) Only miners trained in the 

operation of the cleaning booth will be 

permitted to use the booth to clean their 

clothes. 

(3) Petitioner will incorporate the 

Clothes Cleaning Process and 

manufacturer’s instruction manuals into 

their MSHA Part 48b training plan and 

train affected miners in the process. 

(4) Miners entering the booth will 

examine valves and nozzles for damage 

or malfunction and will close the door 

fully before opening the air valve. Any 

defects will be repaired prior to the 

booth being used. 

(5) Miners entering the booth will 

wear eye protection, ear plugs or muffs 

for hearing protection, and respiratory 

protection. Respiratory protection will 

consist of a full-face or half-mask 

respirator that meets or exceeds the 

minimum requirements of a N95 filter to 

which the miner has been fit-tested. As 

an alternative, the use of a full-face 

respirator will meet the requirements for 

eye protection. A sign will be 

conspicuously posted requiring the 

above personal protective equipment 

when the booth is entered. 

(6) Air flow through the booth will be 

at least 2,000 cubic feet per minute to 

maintain negative pressure during use 

of the cleaning system in order to 

prevent contamination of the 

environment outside the booth. Airflow 

will be in a downward direction, 

thereby moving contaminants away 

from the miner’s breathing zone. 

(7) Air pressure through the spray 

manifold will be limited to 30 pounds 

per square inch or less. A lock box with 

a single, plant manager controlled key 

will be used to prevent regulator 

tampering. 

(8) The air spray manifold will consist 

of schedule 80 steel pipe that has a 

failure pressure of 1,300 pounds per 

square inch and will be capped at the 

base and actuated by an electrically 

controlled ball valve at the top. 

(9) Air nozzles must not exceed 30 

pound(s) per square inch gauge. 

(10) The upper most spray of the 

spray manifold will be located below 

the booth users breathing zone. Some 

type of mechanical device can be used 

to cover the upper air nozzles to meet 

the specific height of the user. 

(11) Air nozzles will be guarded to 

eliminate the possibility of incidental 

contact, which could create mechanical 

damage to the air nozzles during the 

clothes cleaning process. 

(12) Petitioner will conduct periodic 

maintenance checks of the booth in 

accordance with the recommendations 

contained in the manufacture’s 

instruction manual. 

(13) The air reservoir tank supplying 

air to the manifold system will be of 

sufficient volume to permit no less than 

20 seconds of continuous cleaning time. 

(14) An appropriate hazard warning 

sign will be posted on the booth to state 

at a minimum, ‘‘Compressed Air’’ and 

‘‘Respirable Dust’’. 

(15) A pressure relief valve designed 

for the booth’s air reservoir will be 

installed. 

(16) The mine will exhaust dust-laden 

air from the booth into a local exhaust 

ventilation system or duct outside the 

facility while ensuring there is no reentrainment back into the structure. 

The petitioner asserts that proposed 

alternative method will at all times 

guarantee no less than the same measure 

of protection afforded by the standard. 

Sheila McConnell, 

Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, 

and Variances. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Security From a Wireless Spectrum 

Perspective: Technology Innovation 

and Policy Research Needs 

AGENCY: The Networking and 

Information Technology Research and 

Development (NITRD) National 

Coordination Office (NCO), National 

Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This workshop will focus on 

the R&D challenges of securing the 

wireless spectrum access medium to 

assure spectrum availability, reliability 

and performance over wireless links. 

Representatives from Federal agencies, 

academia and the private sector will 

discuss the current technologies, tools 

and practices that are effective, and 

identify the gaps and issues that will 

require additional research. 

DATES: September 13, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wendy Wigen at (202) 459–9683 or 

wigen@nitrd.gov. Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

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between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, 

Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Overview: This notice is issued by the 

National Coordination Office for the 

Networking and Information 

Technology Research and Development 

(NITRD) Program. Agencies of the 

Wireless Spectrum R&D Interagency 

Working Group are conducting a 

workshop focused on security from a 

wireless spectrum perspective. Experts 

from government, private industry, and 

academia will help discuss the current 

technology, tools and practices that are 

effective, and identify gaps and issues 

that will require additional research to 

resolve. The workshop will take place 

on September 13 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m. ET at the NITRD office, 490 

L’Enfant Plaza SW, Suite 8001 (8th 

Floor), Washington, DC 20024. 

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about how to join the webcast will be 

available the week of the event at: 

https://www.nitrd.gov/nitrdgroups/ 

index.php?title=WSRD-Workshop-X. 

Workshop Goals: WSRD members will 

use information gathered from this 

workshop to develop recommendations 

on the government role in these 

technologies, as well as for their agencyspecific research agendas. 

Workshop Objectives: 1. Identify 

wireless security scenarios and issues in 

the context of increasingly congested 

and contested spectrum, and the 

emerging spectrum sharing and trading 

frameworks. 2. Discuss the ongoing 

technology innovations and the related 

short- and long-term regulatory 

frameworks. 3. Identify innovative tools, 

techniques, and experimentation for 

future research. 

Submitted by the National Science 

Foundation in support of the 

Networking and Information 

Technology Research and Development 

(NITRD) National Coordination Office 

(NCO) on August 14, 2018. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION 

Proposed Submission of Information 

Collection for OMB Review; Comment 

Request; Annual Reporting (Form 5500 

Series) 

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to request 

extension of OMB approval, with 

modifications. 

SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation (PBGC) intends to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) extend approval (with 

modifications), under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, of its collection 

of information for Annual Reporting 

under OMB control number 1212–0057, 

which expires on March 31, 2021. This 

notice informs the public of PBGC’s 

intent and solicits public comment on 

the collection of information. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

October 19, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: paperwork.comments@

pbgc.gov. Refer to Annual Reporting 

(Form 5500 Series) in the subject line. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Regulatory 

Affairs Division, Office of the General 

Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation, 1200 K Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20005–4026. 

All submissions received must 

include the agency’s name (Pension 

Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or PBGC) 

and refer to the Annual Reporting (Form 

5500 Series). All comments received 

will be posted without change to 

PBGC’s website, www.pbgc.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. Copies of the collection of 

information may be obtained by writing 

to Disclosure Division, Office of the 

General Counsel, Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street 

NW, Washington, DC 20005–4026, or 

calling 202–326–4040 during normal 

business hours. TTY users may call the 

Federal relay service toll-free at 800– 

877–8339 and ask to be connected to 

202–326–4040. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Levin (levin.karen@pbgc.gov), 

Attorney, Regulatory Affairs Division, 

Office of the General Counsel, Pension 

Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20005– 

4026, 202–326–4400, extension 3559. 

TTY users may call the Federal relay 

service toll-free at 800–877–8339 and 

ask to be connected to 202–326–4400, 

extension 3559. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Annual 

reporting to the Internal Revenue 

Service (IRS), the Employee Benefits 

Security Administration (EBSA), and 

the Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation (PBGC) is required by law 

for most employee benefit plans. For 

example, section 4065 of the Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 

requires annual reporting to PBGC for 

pension plans covered by title IV of 

ERISA. To accommodate these filing 

requirements, PBGC, IRS, and EBSA 

have jointly promulgated the Form 5500 

Series, which includes the Form 5500 

Annual Return/Report of Employee 

Benefit Plan and the Form 5500–SF 

Short Form Annual Return/Report of 

Small Employee Benefit Plan. 

The collection of information has 

been approved by OMB under control 

number 1212–0057 through March 31, 

2021. PBGC intends to request that OMB 

extend its approval, with modifications, 

for three years. An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

PBGC is proposing modifications to 

the 2019 Schedule R (Retirement Plan 

Information), Form 5500–SF, and 

Schedule SB (Single-Employer Defined 

Benefit Plan Actuarial Information), and 

their related instructions. These 

proposed modifications affect some, but 

not all, single-employer defined benefit 

plans covered by Title IV of ERISA. 

PBGC also is proposing minor 

modifications to the Form 5500 Series to 

improve the accuracy of reported 

information. 

PBGC is proposing to modify 

Schedule R to obtain information from 

single-employer plans related to unpaid 

minimum required contributions. 

Single-employer plans are required to 

report the amount of unpaid minimum 

required contributions on Schedule SB 

and, in most cases, report additional 

information about the unpaid 

(‘‘missed’’) contributions to PBGC on 

the applicable PBGC form (i.e., Form 10 

or Form 200). In some cases, this PBGC 

reporting requirement is waived (e.g., if 

the contribution is made within 30 days 

of the due date). PBGC has found a 

significant number of plans that are 

required to file these PBGC form(s) do 

not. As part of its enforcement effort, 

PBGC regularly contacts plans that 

report unpaid contributions on 

Schedule SB if the applicable PBGC 

form is not received. With limited 

exception, PBGC cannot distinguish 

between plans that were required to 

report missed contributions and those 

that qualified for a regulatory waiver, 

and as a result, PBGC ends up 

contacting many plans for which 

reporting was waived. PBGC is 

proposing to modify Schedule R by 

requiring PBGC-insured single-employer 

plans that report unpaid minimum 

required contributions on Schedule SB 

to check a box indicating whether PBGC 

reporting of the missed contributions 

was waived or required (and if required, 

whether such reporting requirement has 

been satisfied). PBGC is proposing this 

addition of information to enable PBGC 

to limit its contact to plans that were 

required, but failed to, report 

information about unpaid contributions 

to PBGC. 

Because many small PBGC-insured 

plans are not required to complete 

Schedule R (i.e., plans that file Form 

5500–SF), PBGC also is proposing to 

add a similar question about missed 

contributions to Form 5500–SF. 

With regard to the Schedule SB form 

and instructions, PBGC is proposing to 

modify line 23 to eliminate three boxes 

representing mortality tables that are no 

longer applicable. 

PBGC estimates that it will receive 

approximately 23,900 Form 5500 and 


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