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will help ensure that the construction 

and maintenance of seals are done 

correctly, certified persons conducting 

sampling in sealed areas are adequately 

trained, and results from sampling in 

sealed areas are recorded, so that 

problems can be identified and 

corrected. For additional substantive 

information about this ICR, see the 

related notice published in the Federal 

Register on August 4, 2023 (88 FRN 

51859). 

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 the OMB 

approves it 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 OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

Agency: DOL–MSHA. 

Title of Collection: Sealing of 

Abandoned Areas. 

OMB Control Number: 1219–0142. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Number of Respondents: 166. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Responses: 44,626. 

Annual Burden Hours: 4,570 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $799,282. 

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

Michael Howell, 

Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28354 Filed 12–22–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act 

Prohibited Transaction Class 

Exemption 1981–8, Investment of Plan 

Assets in Certain Types of Short-Term 

Investments 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting this Employee 

Benefits Security Administration 

(EBSA)-sponsored information 

collection request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are 

invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that the agency 

receives on or before January 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

Comments are invited on: (1) whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimates of the burden and 

cost of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information collection; and 

(4) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Howell by telephone at 202– 

693–6782, or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Class 

Exemption 81–8 permits the investment 

of plan assets that involve the purchase 

or other acquisition, holding, sale, 

exchange or redemption by or on behalf 

of an employee benefit plan of certain 

types of short-term investments. 

Without the exemption, certain aspects 

of these transactions might be 

prohibited by section 406 of the 

Employee Retirement Income Security 

Act (ERISA). For additional substantive 

information about this ICR, see the 

related notice published in the Federal 

Register on August 25, 2023 (88 FR 

58312). 

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 the OMB 

approves it 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 OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

Agency: DOL–EBSA. 

Title of Collection: Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act 

Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 

1981–8, Investment of Plan Assets in 

Certain Types of Short-Term 

Investments. 

OMB Control Number: 1210–0061. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 123,698. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 618,490. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

154,623 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $23,676. 

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

Michael Howell, 

Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28358 Filed 12–22–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Rock 

Burst Control Plan (Pertains to 

Underground Metal/Nonmetal Mines) 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting this Mine Safety 

and Health Administration (MSHA)- 

sponsored information collection 

request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are 

invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that the agency 

receives on or before January 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

Comments are invited on: (1) whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimates of the burden and 

cost of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information collection; and 

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collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Howell by telephone at 202– 

693–6782, or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

103(h) of the Federal Mine Safety and 

Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), as 

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

the Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (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 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 and metal and nonmetal 

mines. 

30 CFR 57.3461 requires operators of 

underground metal and nonmetal mines 

which have experienced a rock burst to 

report to the nearest MSHA office of 

each rock burst within 24 hours. These 

mine operators are also required to 

develop and implement a rock burst 

control plan within 90 days after a rock 

burst has been experienced. Plans are 

required to include: (1) mining and 

operating procedures designed to reduce 

the occurrence of rock bursts; (2) 

monitoring procedures where detection 

methods are used; and (3) other 

measures to minimize exposure of 

persons to areas prone to rock bursts. 

Plans are also required to be updated as 

conditions warrant and are to be made 

available to MSHA inspectors and to 

miners or their representatives. The 

standard does not require that all 

underground metal and nonmetal mines 

develop these preventative measures, 

but it does require that all mines with 

a rock burst history develop and 

implement a rock burst control plan. 

Rock bursts pose a serious threat to 

the safety of miners in the area affected 

by the burst. These bursts may 

reasonably be expected to result in the 

entrapment of miners, serious physical 

harm, and death. Recent mining 

technology utilizes scientific methods of 

monitoring rock stresses which allows 

for the prediction of an oncoming burst. 

These predictions can be used by the 

mine operator to move miners to safer 

locations and to identify areas which 

need relief drilling. For additional 

substantive information about this ICR, 

see the related notice published in the 

Federal Register on July 24, 2023 (88 FR 

47524). 

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 the OMB 

approves it 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 OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

Agency: DOL–MSHA. 

Title of Collection: Rock Burst Control 

Plan (Pertains to Underground Metal/ 

Nonmetal Mines). 

OMB Control Number: 1219–0097. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Number of Respondents: 1. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Responses: 1. 

Annual Burden Hours: 12 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

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

Michael Howell, 

Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28353 Filed 12–22–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0041] 

FM Approvals LLC: Grant of Expansion 

of Recognition and Modification to the 

NRTL Program’s List of Appropriate 

Test Standards 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces the final decision to expand 

the scope of recognition for FM 

Approvals LLC, as a Nationally 

Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). 

Additionally, OSHA announces the 

final decision to add fourteen test 

standards to the NRTL Program’s list of 

appropriate test standards. 

DATES: The expansion of the scope of 

recognition becomes effective on 

December 26, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information regarding this notice is 

available from the following sources: 

Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank 

Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of 

Communications, U.S. Department of 

Labor; telephone: (202) 693–1999; 

email: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. 

General and technical information: 

Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director, 

Office of Technical Programs and 

Coordination Activities, Directorate of 

Technical Support and Emergency 

Management, Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, U.S. Department 

of Labor; telephone: (202) 693–1911; 

email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov. OSHA’s 

web page includes information about 

the NRTL Program (see http://

www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/ 

index.html). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Notice of the Applications for 

Expansion 

OSHA hereby gives notice of the 

expansion of the scope of recognition 

for FM Approvals LLC (FM). FM’s 

expansion covers the addition of 

fourteen test standards to the NRTL 

scope of recognition. 

OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies 

that the organization meets the 

requirements specified in 29 CFR 

1910.7. Recognition is an 

acknowledgment that the organization 

can perform independent safety testing 

and certification of the specific products 

covered within the scope of recognition. 

Each NRTL’s scope of recognition 

includes (1) the type of products the 

NRTL may test, with each type specified 

by the applicable test standard and (2) 

the recognized site(s) that has/have the 

technical capability to perform the 

product-testing and productcertification activities for test standards 

within the NRTL’s scope. Recognition is 

not a delegation or grant of government 

authority; however, recognition enables 

employers to use products approved by 

the NRTL to meet OSHA standards that 

require product testing and certification. 

The agency processes applications by 

a NRTL for initial recognition, as well 

as for an expansion or renewal of 

recognition, following requirements in 

appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This 

appendix requires that the agency 

publish two notices in the Federal 

Register in processing an application. In 

the first notice, OSHA announces the 

application and provides the 

preliminary finding. In the second 

notice, the agency provides the final 

decision on the application. These 

notices set forth the NRTL’s scope of 

recognition or modifications of that 

scope. OSHA maintains an 

informational web page for each NRTL, 

including FM, which details that 

NRTL’s scope of recognition. These 

pages are available from the OSHA 

website at https://www.osha.gov/dts/ 

otpca/nrtl/index.html. 


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