77392 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 238 / Monday, December 11, 2000 / Notices

information collection requests (ICRs) to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval in

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13,

44 U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of each

individual ICR, with applicable

supporting documentation, may be

obtained by calling the Department of

Labor. To obtain documentation for

BLS, ETA, PWBA, and OASAM contact

Karin Kurz ((202) 693–4127 or by E-mail

to Kurz-Karin@dol.gov). To obtain

documentation for ESA, MSHA, OSHA,

and VETS contact Darrin King ((202)

693–4129 or by E–Mail to KingDarrin@dol.gov).

Comments should be sent to Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for BLS, DM,

ESA, ETA, MSHA, OSHA, PWBA, or

VETS, Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC

20503 ((202) 395–7316), within 30 days

from the date of this publication in the

Federal Register.

The OMB is particularly interested in

comments which:

• 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.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health

Administration (MSHA).

Title: Gamma Radiation Exposure

Records.

OMB Number: 1219–0039.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Frequency: Annually.

Number of Respondents: 2.

Number of Annual Responses: 2.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1-hour.

Total Burden Hours: 2.

Total Annualized Capital/Startup

Costs: $0.

Total Annual Costs (operating/

maintaining systmes or purchasing

services): $0.

Description: Title 30 CFR 57.5047

requires that gamma radiation surveys

be conducted annually in all

underground mines where radioactive

ores are mined. The Standard also

requires, where average gamma

radiation measurements are in excess of

2.0 milliroentgens per hour in the

working place, that gamma radiation

dosimeters be provided for all persons

affected, and that records of cumulative

individual gamma radiation exposure be

kept. These recordkeeping requirements

are necessary to protect miners from

adverse health affects resulting from

occupational exposure to gamma

radiation.

Ira L. Mills,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–31454 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–43–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: 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 Federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing collections of

information in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). 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

Employment Standards Administration

is soliciting comments concerning the

proposed extension collection of the

following information collections: (1)

Certification by School Official (CM–

981); and (2) Records to be Kept by

Employers (Fair Labor Standards Act).

Copies of the proposed information

collection requests can be obtained by

contacting the office listed below in the

addressee section of this Notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addresses section below on or before

February 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Ave., NW., Room S–3201, Washington,

DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–0339

(this is not a toll-free number), fax (202)

693–1451.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Certification by School Official

(CM–981)

I. Background

In order to be a dependent who is

eligible for black lung benefits, a child

aged 18 to 23 must be a full-time

student as described in the Black Lung

Benefits Act, 30 U.S.C. 902(g), and 20

CFR 725.209 or 20 CFR 410.370. The

form is partially completed by the

school registrar and is used to verify

full-time status of the student.

II. Review Focus

The Department of Labor is

particularly interested in comments

which:

• 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 submissions

of responses.

III. Current Actions

The Department of Labor seeks the

extension of approval to collect this

information in order to determine

continued eligibility of the student.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Certification by School Official

(CM–981).

OMB Number: 1215–0061.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal

Government.

Frequency: Annually.

No. of Respondents: 1,000.

No. of Responses: 1,000.

Burden per Response: 10 minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 167.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $0.

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Records To Be Kept by Employers (Fair

Labor Standards Act)

I. Background

The Fair Labor Standards Act sets

minimum wage, overtime pay, child

labor and recordkeeping standards for

employees engaged in interstate

commerce or in the production of good

for interstate commerce and to

employees in certain enterprises. The

Fair Labor Standards Act requires that

all employers covered by the Act make,

keep, and preserve records of employees

and of wages, hours, an other conditions

and practices of employment.

II. Review Focus

The Department of Labor is

particularly interested in comments

which:

• 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 submissions

of responses.

III. Current Actions

The Department of Labor seeks the

extension of approval to collect this

information in order to carry out its

responsibility to enforce the provisions

of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: Records to be Kept by

Employers (Fair Labor Standards Act).

OMB Number: 1215–0017.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Individuals or households;

Farms; Not-for-profit institutions;

Federal government; State, local or

Tribal government.

Total Recordkeepers: 3.7 million.

Frequency: Weekly.

Average Time per Recordkeeper: 1

hour.

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

926,156.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $0.

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 5, 2000.

Margaret J. Sherrill,

Chief, Branch of Management Review and

Internal Control, Division of Financial

Management, Office of Management,

Administration and Planning, Employment

Standards Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–31453 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–27–M

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office

[Docket No. 2000–9 CARP DTRA1 & 2]

Digital Performance Right in Sound

Recordings and Ephemeral

Recordings

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of

Congress.

ACTION: Notices of intent to participate;

Announcement of precontroversy

discovery schedule.

SUMMARY: Due to the ruling by the

Copyright Office that broadcasters are

not exempt from copyright liability

when they retransmit over the Internet

copyrighted works contained on their

AM and FM radio signals, the Library of

Congress is providing an additional time

period for filing Notices of Intent to

Participate in the above-captioned

consolidated proceedings. In addition,

the Library is announcing the

precontroversy discovery schedule for

these consolidated proceedings.

DATES: Notices of Intent to Participate

are due no later than January 10, 2001.

ADDRESSES: An original and five copies

of a Notice of Intent to Participate

should be delivered to: Office of the

General Counsel, Copyright Office,

James Madison Building, Room LM–

403, First and Independence Avenue,

SE, Washington, DC 20559–6000; or

mailed to: Copyright Arbitration Royalty

Panel (CARP), P.O. Box 70977,

Southwest Station, Washington, DC

20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David O. Carson, General Counsel, or

Tanya M. Sandros, Senior Attorney,

Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel,

P.O. Box 70977, Southwest Station,

Washington, DC 20024. Telephone (202)

707–8380. Telefax (202) 252–3423.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In today’s

Federal Register the Copyright Office

announces a final rule in Docket No. RM

2000–3 concerning the definition of a

‘‘Service’’ for purposes of the statutory

license governing the public

performance of sound recordings by

means of digital audio transmissions.

The Office has determined that

broadcasters retransmitting copyrighted

programming contained on their AM

and FM radio signals over digital

communications networks, such as the

Internet, are not exempt from copyright

liability under section 114(d)(1)(A) of

the Copyright Act. Because such

retransmissions are not exempt, a public

performance of a copyrighted work

contained on a radio signal occurs each

time it is retransmitted over a digital

communications network, such as the

Internet. Consequently, broadcasters

must license the copyrights to the

programming contained on such radio

signals.

Licensing may be accomplished in

one of two ways, depending upon the

nature of the retransmissions.

Broadcasters may enter into private

licensing arrangements with the

copyright holders of the programming

they wish to retransmit. Or, broadcasters

may be eligible for the statutory licenses

under sections 114(f) and 112(e) of the

Copyright Act to retransmit the works.

The Library of Congress is currently

conducting Copyright Arbitration

Royalty Panel (CARP) proceedings to

establish royalty rates and terms for

these licenses.

Because today’s rulemaking

proceeding makes clear that

broadcasters are not exempt, those

broadcasters who intend to use the

section 114(f) and 112(e) licenses may

wish to participate in these CARP

proceedings. The time periods for filing

Notices of Intent to Participate in this

proceeding, however, has passed. See 64

FR 52107 (September 27, 1999) (1998–

2000 period) and 65 FR 55302

(September 13, 2000) (2001–2002

period). The Library has determined

that, given the uncertainty surrounding

today’s rulemaking decision, it is

appropriate to reopen the filing period

for a limited time to allow additional

participants in these proceedings.

Notices of Intent To Participate

Any interested party that has not filed

a Notice of Intent to Participate in the

rate proceeding for 1998–2000 or the

rate proceeding for 2001–2002 may do

so on or before January 10, 2001. The

Notice of Intent to Participate should

clearly specify whether it applies to the

1998–2000 proceeding, the 2001–2002

proceeding, or both. Failure to submit a