17640 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 69 / Thursday, April 10, 1997 / Notices

reason of LTFV imports of needle

bearing wire from Japan. Accordingly,

effective February 14, 1997, the

Commission instituted antidumping

Investigation No. 731–TA–760

(Preliminary).

Notice of the institution of the

Commission’s investigation and of a

public conference to be held in

connection therewith was given by

posting copies of the notice in the Office

of the Secretary, U.S. International

Trade Commission, Washington, DC,

and by publishing the notice in the

Federal Register of February 25, 1997

(62 FR 8458). The conference was held

in Washington, DC, on March 7, 1997,

and all persons who requested the

opportunity were permitted to appear in

person or by counsel.

The Commission transmitted its

determination in this investigation to

the Secretary of Commerce on March 28,

1997. The views of the Commission are

contained in USITC Publication 3033

(April 1997) entitled ‘‘Needle Bearing

Wire from Japan: Investigation No. 731–

TA–760 (Preliminary).’’

Issued: April 2, 1997.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–9180 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act

(CERCLA)

In accordance with Department of

Justice policy and 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice

is hereby given that on March 24, 1997,

a proposed Consent Decree in United

States v. Cowles Media Company, et al.,

Civil No. 4–96–958, was lodged in the

United States District Court for the

District of Minnesota. The Complaint

filed by the United States sought to

recover costs incurred by the United

States pursuant to CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.

9601 et seq. The Consent Decree

requires Defendant City of Brooklyn

Park to reimburse the United States in

the amount of $50,000.

The Department of Justice will receive

for a period of thirty (30) days from the

date of this publication comments

concerning the proposed Consent

Decree. Comments should be addressed

to the Assistant Attorney General,

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, U.S. Department of Justice,

P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station,

Washington, D.C. 20044, and should

refer to United States v. Cowles Media

Company, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90–11–2–

1099.

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at any of the following offices:

(1) The United States Attorney for the

District of Minnesota, 234 United States

Courthouse, 110 S. 4th Street,

Minneapolis, MN 55401 (contact

Assistant United States Attorney

Friedrich Seikert); (2) the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604–3590 (contact

Assistant Regional Counsel Dorothy

Attermeyer); and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20005, 202–624–0892.

Copies of the proposed Consent Decree

may be obtained in person or by mail

from the Consent Decree Library, 1120

G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,

D.C. 20005, telephone (202) 624–0892.

For a copy of the Consent Decree please

enclose a check in the amount of $4.50

(25 cents per page reproduction costs)

payable to Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

[FR Doc. 97–9243 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Labor Advisory Committee for Trade

Negotiations and Trade Policy;

Meeting Notice

Pursuant to the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463 as amended), notice is hereby

given of a meeting of the Steering

Subcommittee of the Labor Advisory

Committee for Trade Negotiations and

Trade Policy.

Date, time and place: April 24, 1997, 11:00

am, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S4215–

B, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington,

D.C. 20210.

Purpose: The meeting will include a

review and discussion of current issues

which influence U.S. trade policy. Potential

U.S. negotiating objectives and bargaining

positions in current and anticipated trade

negotiations will be discussed. Pursuant to

section 9(B) of the Government in the

Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) it has

been determined that the meeting will be

concerned with matters the disclosure of

which would seriously compromise the

Government’s negotiating objectives or

bargaining positions. Accordingly, the

meeting will be closed to the public.

For further information, contact: Jorge

Perez-Lopez, Director, Office of International

Economic Affairs Phone: (202) 219–7597.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 3rd day of

April 1997.

Andrew J. Samet,

Acting Deputy Under Secretary, International

Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–9236 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–28–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Proposed Information Collection

Request Submitted for Public

Comment and Recommendations;

Petitions for Modification—Pertains to

All Mines

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 Mine Safety and Health

Administration (MSHA) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

extension of the information collection

related to the Petitions for Modification.

MSHA 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.
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A copy of the proposed information

collection request can be obtained by

contacting the employee listed below in

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

June 9, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments shall be

mailed to Patricia W. Silvey, Director,

Office of Standards, Regulations, and

Variances, 4015 Wilson Boulevard,

Room 627, Arlington, VA 22203–1984.

Commenters are encouraged to send

their comments on a computer disk, or

via E-mail to psilvey@msha.gov, along

with an original printed copy. Ms.

Silvey can be reached at (703) 235–1910

(voice) or (703) 235–5551 (facsimile).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George M. Fesak, Director, Office of

Program Evaluation and Information

Resources, U.S. Department of Labor,

Mine Safety and Health Administration,

Room 715, 4015 Wilson Boulevard,

Arlington, VA 22203–1984. Mr. Fesak

can be reached at gfesak@msha.gov

(Internet E-mail), (703) 235–8378

(voice), or (703) 235–1563 (facsimile).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine

Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine

Act), 30 U.S.C. 811(c), provides that a

mine operator or a representative of

miners may petition the Secretary to

modify the application of a mandatory

safety standard. A petition for

modification may be granted if the

Secretary of Labor (Secretary)

determines (1) that an alternative

method of achieving the results of the

standard exists and that it will

guarantee, at all times, no less than the

same measure of protection for the

miners affected as that afforded by the

standard, or (2) that the application of

the standard will result in a diminution

of safety to the miners affected.

Petitions for Modification must be in

writing and contain the petitioner’s

name and address, the mailing address

and mine identification number of the

mine or mines affected, the mandatory

safety standard to which the petition is

directed, a concise statement of the

modification requested; a detailed

statement of the facts that show the

grounds upon which a modification is

claimed or warranted; and, if the

petitioner is a mine operator, the

identity of any representative of miners

at the affected mine.

II. Current Actions

Each petition for modification must

be investigated by MSHA on a mine-bymine basis and a decision reached on

the merits. A mine operator may only

request modification of one mandatory

safety standard per petition. However, a

mine operator may file a petition for

more than one mine by showing that

identical issues of law and fact exist for

each mine.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health

Administration.

Title: Petitions for Modification—

Pertains to all mines.

OMB Number: 1219–0065.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit institutions.

Cite/Reference/Form/etc: 30 CFR 44.9,

44.10, and 44.11.

Total Respondents: 217 mine

operators.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 217.

Average Time per Response: 29 hours.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,400

hours.

Estimated Total Burden Cost:

$256,000.

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: April 3, 1997.

George M. Fesak,

Director, Program Evaluation and Information

Resources.

[FR Doc. 97–9235 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–43–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Summary of Decisions Granting in

Whole or in Part Petitions for

Modification

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health

Administration (MSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of affirmative decisions

issued by the Administrators for Coal

Mine Safety and Health and Metal and

Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health on

petitions for modification of the

application of mandatory safety

standards.

SUMMARY: Under section 101(c) of the

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of

1977, the Secretary of Labor may modify

the application of a mandatory safety

standard to a mine if the Secretary

determines either that an alternate

method exists at a specific mine that

will guarantee no less protection for the

miners affected than that provided by

the standard, or that the application of

the standard at a specific mine will

result in a diminution of safety to the

affected miners.

Summaries of petitions received by

the Secretary appear periodically in the

Federal Register. Final decisions on

these petitions are based upon the

petitioner’s statements, comments and

information submitted by interested

persons, and a field investigation of the

conditions at the mine. MSHA has

granted or partially granted the requests

for modification submitted by the

petitioners listed below. In some

instances, the decisions are conditioned

upon compliance with stipulations

stated in the decision.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Petitions and

copies of the final decisions are

available for examination by the public

in the Office of Standards, Regulations,

and Variances, MSHA, Room 627, 4015

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia

22203. Contact Barbara Barron at 703–

235–1910.

Dated: March 24, 1997.

Patricia W. Silvey,

Director, Standards, Regulations, and

Variances.

Affirmative Decisions on Petitions for

Modification

Docket No.: M–92–096–C.

FR Notice: 57 FR 43476.

Petitioner: Zeigler Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.352.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to ventilate the belt haulage

slope with return air and monitor the

belt slope with an automatic fire sensor

and warning device system considered

acceptable alternative method. Granted

for the Spartan Mine with conditions for

the use of the conveyor belt in the slope

portion of the main return.

Docket No.: M–92–097–C.

FR Notice: 57 FR 43476.

Petitioner: Costain Coal, Inc.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.350.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to install a low-level carbon

monoxide detection system in all belt

entries where a sensor location is

identified instead of a monitoring

system which identifies each belt flight

considered acceptable alternative

method. Granted for the Baker Mine

with conditions to allow air coursed

through conveyor belt entries to be used

to ventilate working places.

Docket No.: M–93–080–C.

FR Notice: 58 FR 39235.

Petitioner: Synder Coal Company.

Reg Affected: 30 CFR 75.1405

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal to use bar and pin or link and

pin couplers on underground haulage

equipment instead of automatic

couplers considered acceptable