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1These discussions indicate that employers are

replacing electrostatic-detearing equipment with

newer technology; therefore, no need exists for

additional signs.

Safety and Health Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–2625,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)

693–2350. Commenters may transmit

written comments of 10 pages or less in

length by facsimile to (202) 693–1648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Theda Kenney, Directorate of Safety

Standards Programs, Occupational

Safety and Health Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–3609,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)

693–2222. A copy of the Agency’s

Information collection Request (ICR)

supporting the need for the information

collection requirement contained in the

standard is available for inspection and

copying in the Docket Office, or mailed

on request by telephoning Theda

Kenney at (202) 693–2222 or Barbara

Bielaski at (202) 693–2444. For

electronic copies of the ICR, contact

OSHA on the Internet at http://

www.osha.gov/comp-links.html, and

click on ‘‘Information collection

Requests.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

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

government agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and continuing information collection

requirements in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA–95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This

program ensures that information is in

the desired format, reporting burden

(time and costs) is minimal, collection

instruments are clearly understood, and

OSHA’s estimate of the information

collection burden is correct. The

Occupational Safety and Health Act of

1970 (the Act) authorizes information

collection by employers as necessary or

appropriate for enforcement of the Act

or for developing information regarding

the causes and prevention of

occupational injuries, illnesses, and

accidents. (29 U.S.C. 657.)

Paragraph (g)(4) of the standard on

Additional Requirements for Special

Dipping and Coating Operations, 29

CFR 1910.126, requires employers to

post a conspicuous sign near each piece

of electrostatic-detearing equipment that

notifies employees of the minimum safe

distance they must maintain between

goods undergoing electrostatic detearing

and the electrodes or conductors of the

equipment used in the process. Doing so

reduces the likelihood of igniting the

explosive chemicals used in

electrostatic-detearing operations.

II. Proposed Actions

OSHA proposes to retain its earlier

estimate of zero burden hours for the

information collection requirement

specified by 29 CFR 1910.126(g)(4).

Based on past discussions with

organizations dealing with dip tanks,

OSHA determined that employers

affected by this provision previously

collected the necessary information and

provided the required signs for the 12 or

fewer pieces of this equipment still in

use.1 Therefore, assuming that the signs

are permanent fixtures that will remain

indefinitely with each piece of

equipment, the Agency concludes that

this paperwork requirement currently

imposes no burden hours or cost on the

employers who operate this equipment.

OSHA will summarize the comments

submitted in response to this notice,

and will include this summary in the

request to OMB to extend the approval

of this information collection

requirement.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved information

collection requirement.

Title: Additional Requirements for

Special Dipping and Coating

Operations. (29 CFR 1910.126).

OMB Number: 1218–0237.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; Federal

government; state, local or tribal

governments.

Number of Respondents: 0.

Frequency: Continuous.

Average Time per Response: 0.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 0.

III. Authority and Signature

Charles N. Jeffress, Assistant Secretary

of Labor for Occupational Safety and

Health, directed the preparation of this

notice. The authority for this notice is

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(44 U.S.C. 3506), Secretary of Labor’s

Order No. 3–2000 (65 FR 50017).

Signed at Washington, DC, on November

21, 2000.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Special Emphasis Panel in Biological

Sciences; Notice of Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting:

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in

Biological Sciences (1754).

Date/Time: January 10–12, 2001, 8 a.m.–5

p.m. daily.

Place: Room 340, NSF, 4201 Wilson

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.

Type of Meeting: Closed.

Contact Person: Ms. Carter Kimsey,

Program Director, Postdoctoral Research

Fellowship in Microbial Biology Program,

Division of Biological Infrastructure, Room

615, NSF, 4210 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington,

VA 22230, (703) 292–8470.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to the NSF for financial support.

Agenda: To review and evaluate

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in

Microbial Biology Program proposals as part

of the selection process for awards.

Reason for Closing: The proposals being

reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information; financial data, such as

salaries; and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

proposals. These matters are exempt under 5

U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of the Government

Sunshine Act.

Dated: November 27, 2000.

Karen J. York,

Committee Management Officer.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Notice of Meetings

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meetings:

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in Physics

(1208).

Date/Time: December 7–8, 2000; 8 a.m.–

5:30 p.m.

Contact Person: Dr. Eugene Loh, Program

Director for Elementary Particle Physics,

Division of Physics, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

Room 1015, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone:

(703) 292–7379.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to the Elementary Particle Physics

Program for financial support.

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in

Astronomical Sciences (1186).

Date/Time: December 7–8, 2000; 8:30 a.m.–

5:30 p.m.

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Contact Person: Dr. Richard Barvainis,

Program Director, Division of Astronomical

Sciences, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room

1045, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703)

292–8820.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to the Division of Astronomical

Sciences for financial support.

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in

Engineering Education and Centers (173).

Date/Time: January 8–9, 2001; 8:30 a.m.–

5:30 p.m.

Contact Person: Ms. Mary Poats, Program

Manager, Engineering Education and Centers

Division, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 585,

Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703) 292–

8380.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to the Research Experiences for

Undergraduates Program for financial

support.

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in Civil and

Mechanical Systems (1205).

Date/Time: January 11, 2001; 8 a.m.–5:30

p.m.

Contact Person: Dr. Jorn Larsen-Basse,

Program Director, Surfaces Engineering and

Material Design, Division of Civil and

Mechanical Systems, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

Room 545, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone:

(703) 292–8360.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to the FY’01 Surface Engineering

and Material Design Review Panel for

financial support.

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in

Biological Sciences (1754).

Date/Time: December 12, 2000; 8 a.m.–3

p.m.

Contact Person: Dr. Gerald Selzer, Program

Director, Living Stock Collections, Division

of Biological Infrastructure, 4201 Wilson

Boulevard, Room 615, Arlington, VA 22230.

Telephone: (703) 292–8470.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to the Living Stock Collections for

financial support.

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in

Astronomical Sciences (1186).

Dates/Times:

December 5–6, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

December 7–8, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

December 12–13, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

December 14–15, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

December 18–19, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

December 19–20, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

Contact Person: Ms. Claudette Merrick,

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 1045,

Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703) 292–

8820.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to the Division of Astronomical

Sciences for financial support.

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in

Mathematical Sciences (1204).

Date/Time: January 25–27, 2001; 8:30

a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Contact Person: Dr. Alvin Thaler, Program

Director, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room

1025, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703)

292–4863.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to the Algebra and Number

Theory, and Combinatorics Program for

financial support.

Name: Advisory Panel for Social and

Political Sciences (1761).

Date/Time: December 5–7, 2000; 9:00 a.m.–

7:00 p.m.

Contact Person: Dr. Doris Marie Provine,

Program Director for Law and Social Science,

and Dr. Patricia White, Program Director for

Sociology, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room

980, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703)

292–8762.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning political

science proposals submitted for financial

support.

Name: Advisory Committee for Computer

and Information Science and Engineering

(1115).

Date/Time: December 1, 2000; 8:00 a.m.–

5:00 p.m.

Contact Person: Aubrey M. Bush and

Thomas J. Greene, Division of Advanced

Networking and Infrastructure Research,

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 1175,

Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703) 292–

8948.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning Middleware

Program initiative for ANIR.

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in Materials

Research (1203).

Date/Time: December 14–15, 2000; 8:00

a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Contact Person: Dr. Ulrich Strom, Program

Director, Materials Research Science and

Engineering Centers, Division of Materials

Research, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room

1065, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703)

292–4938.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to the FY’01 Nanoscale Science

and Engineering Centers Competition for

financial support.

Type of Meetings: Closed.

Place of Meetings: National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

Arlington, VA.

Agenda: Review and evaluate proposals as

part of the selection process for awards.

Reason for Closing: The proposals being

reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information; financial data, such as

salaries; and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

proposals. These matters are exempt under 5

U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of the Government

in the Sunshine Act.

Dated: November 24, 2000.

Karen J. York,

Committee Management Officer.

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U.S. National Assessment Synthesis

Team; Notice of Final Report

The National Science Foundation

(NSF) announces that the following

advisory committee, established

pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (FACA) (Public Law 92–

463, as amended), completed its work

and issued its final report on October

31, 2000. As this committee was

established under the auspices of the

interagency Subcommittee on Global

Change Research (SGCR), see 63 Fed.

Reg. 9267 (Feb. 24, 1998), its final report

(which followed a 6-day public

comment period) was provided to the

SGCR Chair and a copy sent to the NSF.

Name: U.S. National Assessment

Synthesis Team (#5219).

Availability of Report: The report is

viewable and downloadable on the

Worldwide Web at www.gcrio.org/

NationalAssessment/. Publication is in

progress and information on ordering a

copy of the report is also provided on

the Website. The report is also available

for public inspection and use at the

Library of Congress in accordance with

section 13 of the FACA.

Contact Person: Tom Spence,

National Science Foundation, 4201

Wilson Blvd., Suite 705, Arlington, VA

22230. Telephone: (703) 292–8500.

Dated: November 27, 2000.

Karen J. York,

Committee Management Officer.

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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY

CORPORATION

Information Collection; OMB Review;

Payment of Premiums

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

ACTION: Notice of request for OMB

review and approval.

SUMMARY: A final rule appearing

elsewhere in today’s Federal Register

adopts amendments to regulations of the

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

(‘‘PBGC’’) on Premium Rates (29 CFR

Part 4006) and Payment of Premiums

(29 CFR Part 4007) and affects the

collection of information under the

premium payment regulation (OMB

control number 1212–0009). The PBGC

is submitting the revised collection of

information, including revised premium

forms and instructions reflecting these

amendments, to the Office of

Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for