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Form No. Affected public Respondents

Average time

per response

(in hours)

Data Gathering ............................................................. State, Local or Tribal Govt. or Federal Government .. 7,500 .5

Report Generation ....................................................... States .......................................................................... 50 5

Total Burden Hours: 16,000.

Total annualized capital/startup

costs: 500,000.

Total annual costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): 225,000.

Description: A GPRA-compliant data

collection and reporting system that

supplies critical information on the

operation of the Trade Adjustment

Assistance program and the outcomes

for its participants.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health

Administration.

Title: Program to Prevent Smoking in

Hazardous Areas.

OMB Number: 1219–0041 (Extension).

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 328.

Total Responses: 328.

Estimated Time per Respondent: .5

hour.

Total Burden Hours: 164.

Total annualized capital/startup

costs: 0.

Total annual costs: 0.

Description: Coal mine operators are

required to develop programs to ensure

that any person entering the mine does

not carry smoking materials, matches or

lighters. The programs are necessary to

ensure that a fire or explosion does not

occur.

Todd R. Owen,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–13259 Filed 5–18–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–23–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Office of Policy and Research;

Proposed Information Collection

Request Submitted for Public

Comment

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 Office

of Policy and Research is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

extension of the collection of the

Occupational Code Request (OCR)

information.

A copy of the proposed Information

Collection Request (ICR) 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

addressee section below on or before

July 20, 1998. 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.

ADDRESSES: Donna Dye, Office of Policy

and Research, Employment and

Training Administration, Room N–5636,

200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C., 20210, (202) 219–

7161 (this is not a toll free number),

FAX (202) 219–9186.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Dictionary of Occupational Titles

(DOT) classifies nearly all jobs in the

United States economy. However, new

jobs are constantly evolving, and old

ones are eliminated as technology and

other factors change. As the O*NET

(Occupational Information Network)

system, the automated replacement of

the DOT, is in a developmental/

transitional phase, the need for

Occupational Code Requests (OCRs)

remains.

The ETA 741 Form, the Occupational

Code Request (OCR), was developed by

the Occupational Analysis (OA)

program, as a public service to the users

of the revised DOT in an effort to help

them in obtaining occupational codes,

titles and definitions for jobs that they

were unable to locate in the DOT. In

addition, data provided on the OCR may

also be useful indicators of potential

occupations that should be studied as

part of the new O*NET system.

Use of the OCR is voluntary and is

provided only (1) as a uniform guideline

to the public and private sectors to

submit information, (2) and to assist

O*NET in identifying potential changes

in occupations or emerging occupations.

II. Current Actions

The Office of Policy and Research,

during the development/transitional

phase of O*NET (the Occupational

Information Network) seeks to provide

the both the public and private sectors

with needed occupational codes that

cannot be located in the DOT.

Therefore, the need for continuing an

existing collection of this information is

requested.

Type of Review: Extension (without

change).

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: Occupational Code Request.

OMB Number: 1205–0137.

Affected Public: Federal Government,

State or Local Government; Individuals;

and Business or other for-profit/Not-forprofit institutions.

Total Respondents: 57.

Frequency: On occasion.

Average Time per Response: 30

minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 29

hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

None.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): $710.10.

Comments submitted in response to

this comment request will be
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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: May 13, 1998.

Gerri Fiala,

Administrator, Office of Policy and Research.

[FR Doc. 98–13258 Filed 5–18–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Proposed Information Collection

Request Submitted for Public

Comment and Recommendations;

Representative of Miners

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) in 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 Representative of Miners.

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.

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

July 20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments 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

The Federal Mine Safety and Health

Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C. 801, et seq.,

(Mine Act) requires the Secretary of

Labor to exercise many of his duties

under the Act in cooperation with

miners’ representatives. The Act also

establishes miners’ rights which may be

exercised through a representative. Title

30, CFR Part 40 contains procedures

which a person or organization must

follow in order to be designed as a

representative of miners.

II. Current Actions

The information is used to identify

the designated representative of miners

of a specific mine. The Mine Act gives

the miner or the representative of

miners the right to accompany an

MSHA inspector without any loss of

pay.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health

Administration.

Title: 30 CFR 40.3, 40.4, and 40.5,

Representative of Miners.

OMB Number: 1219–0042.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit institutions.

Cite/Reference/Form/etc.: 30 CFR

40.3, 40.4, 40.5.

Total Respondents: 350.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 350.

Average Time Per Response: 1 hour.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 175

hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): $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: May 12, 1998.

George M. Fesak,

Director, Program Evaluation and Information

Resources.

[FR Doc. 98–13261 Filed 5–18–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–43–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–98–24]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Fire Brigades

(Organizational Statement) (29 CFR

1910.156)

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

(PRA–95) (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 impact of collection

requirements on respondents can be

properly assessed. Currently, the

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

extension of the information collection

requirements contained in the standard

on Fire Brigades (29 CFR 1910.156). The

Agency 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;