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Cooperative Agreement (Application

Package).

OMB Number: 1220–0149.

Frequency: Annually and Quarterly.

Affected Public: State governments.

Number of Respondents: 57

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 6

Hours.

Total Burden Hours: 342 Hours.

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 also

will become a matter of public record.

Signed at Washington, DC this 29th day of

June 1998.

W. Stuart Rust, Jr.,

Chief, Division of Management Systems,

Bureau of Labor Statistics.

[FR Doc. 98–17799 Filed 7–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–24–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics

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 pre-clearance 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 Bureau

of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

reinstatement of the ‘‘Contingent Work

Supplement to the Current Population

Survey.’’

A copy of the proposed information

collection request (ICR) can be obtained

by contacting the individual listed

below in the addresses section of this

notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addresses section below on or before

September 4, 1998. The Bureau of Labor

Statistics 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: Send comments to Karin G.

Kurz, BLS Clearance Officer, Division of

Management Systems, Bureau of Labor

Statistics, Room 3255, 2 Massachusetts

Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20212.

Ms. Kurz can be reached on 202–606–

7628 (this is not a toll free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Current Population Survey (CPS)

has been the principal source of the

official Government Statistics on

employment and unemployment for

over 50 years. Labor force data are

collected through the CPS under

authority of Title 29, United States

Code, Sections 1 and 2. Since the mid1980’s, there has been a growing belief

among labor market researchers that

employers require greater flexibility in

their use of labor. As a result, many

workers find themselves in ‘‘contingent

jobs’’ that are structured to last for only

a limited duration or in alternative

employment arrangements such as

independent contracting, on-call work,

and working through temporary help

agencies or contract companies. It is

feared that workers with such

employment may have little job

security, low pay, and no fringe

benefits. This CPS supplement would

provide objective information about

‘‘contingent work.’’

II. Current Actions

The contingent work supplement

provides information on the number

and characteristics of workers in

contingent jobs, that is, jobs which are

structured to last only a limited period

of time. The survey also provides

information about workers in several

alternative employment arrangements,

including those working as independent

contractors and on-call workers, as well

as those working through temporary

help agencies or contract companies.

Type of Review: Reinstatement, with

change, of previously approved

collection for which approval has

expired.

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Title: Contingent Work Supplement to

the Current Population Survey.

OMB Number: 1220–0153.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Total Respondents: 48,000.

Frequency: One-time only.

Total Responses: 48,000.

Average Time Per Response: 8

minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,400

hours.

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 also

will become a matter of public record.

Signed at Washington, DC this 29th day of

June 1998.

W. Stuart Rust, Jr.,

Chief, Division of Management Systems,

Bureau of Labor Statistics.

[FR Doc. 98–17800 Filed 7–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–24–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

Advisory Committee on Construction

Safety and Health; Notice of Open

Meeting

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Advisory Committee on

Construction Safety and Health

(ACCSH) will meet July 22–23, 1998, at

the Frances Perkins Department of

Labor Building, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. This

meeting is open to the public.

DATES: This ACCSH meeting will be

held on July 22 and 23, 1998, as

described further in the body of this

document.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

further information contact Theresa
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Berry, Office of Public Affairs, Room

N–3647, Telephone (202) 219–8615, Ext.

106, at the Occupational Safety and

Health Administration, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20210.

An official record of the meeting will

be available for public inspection at the

OSHA Docket Office, Room N–2625,

Telephone 202–219–7894. All ACCSH

meetings and those of its workgroups

are open to the public. Individuals with

disabilities requiring reasonable

accommodations should contact

Theresa Berry no later than July 17 at

the address above.

ACCSH was established under section

107(e)(1) of the Contract Work Hours

and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C.

333) and section 7(b) of the

Occupational Safety and Health Act of

1970 (29 U.S.C. 656).

ACCSH will meet from 9 a.m. to 4:30

p.m. on Wednesday, July 22, and from

9 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, July 23,

in Rooms N–3437 A, B and C.

The following items will be discussed

at the meeting on July 22:

• A proposed standard regarding

employer responsibility to pay for

Personal Protective Equipment.

• Status of Data Collection on

OSHA’s 170 form.

• OSHA Reinvention.

• OSHA’s Strategic Plan for

Construction.

• Multi-Employer Citation Policy.

• A proposed standard on steel

erection (Subpart R) developed by the

Steel Erection Negotiated Rulemaking

Advisory Committee (SENRAC).

• Fall Protection (Subpart M).

• OSHA’s Electronic Information

Systems.

Also on July 22, ACCSH Work Groups

on Sanitation and on Confined Space

will present reports.

The following items will be discussed

at the meeting on July 23:

• Hexavalent Chromium Rulemaking.

• Crystalline Silica Standard

Development.

• The Directorate of Construction

update report.

• Powered Industrial Trucks—Final

Standard Regarding Training

Requirements for Powered Industrial

Trucks.

• A Report by the Bureau of Labor

Statistics on Highway Construction

Injuries and Fatalities.

Interested persons may submit written

data, views or comments, preferably

with 20 copies, to Theresa Berry, at the

address above. Those submissions

received prior to the meeting will be

provided to ACCSH and will be

included in the record of the meeting.

Interested persons may also request to

make an oral presentation by notifying

Theresa Berry before the meeting. The

request must state the amount of time

desired, the interest that the person

represents, and a brief outline of the

presentation. ACCSH may grant

requests, as time permits, at the

discretion of the Chair of ACCSH.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of

June, 1998.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 98–17797 Filed 7–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 98–088]

Government-Owned Inventions,

Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

inventions for licensing.

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below

are assigned to the National Aeronautics

and Space Administration, have been

filed in the United States Patent and

Trademark Office, and are available for

licensing.

DATES: July 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth

Vrioni, Patent Counsel, Kennedy Space

Center, Mail Stop MM–E, at (407) 867–

6225.

NASA Case No. KSC–11940:

Conducting Composition of Matter;

NASA Case No. SSC–00049: Plant

Chlorophyll Content Imager;

NASA Case No. SSC–00050: Plant

Chlorophyll Content Meter.

Dated: June 25, 1998.

Edward A. Frankle,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 98–17732 Filed 7–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7510–01–P

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 98–086]

Government-Owned Inventions,

Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

inventions for licensing.

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below

are assigned to the National Aeronautics

and Space Administration, have been

filed in the United States Patent and

Trademark Office, and are available for

licensing.

DATES: July 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Office of the Patent Counsel, Langley

Research Center, Mail Stop 212,

Hampton, VA 23681–0001; telephone

(757) 864–9260.

NASA Case No. LAR 15564–1–SB:

Method of Controlling Laser

Wavelength(s);

NASA Case No. LAR 15562–1:

Method and Apparatus to Assess

Optimum Strength During Processing of

Precipitation Strengthened Alloys;

NASA Case No. LAR 15666–1: An

Airplane Design Concept Having an In

Board-Wing Bounded by Fuselages

Mounted at Each Wing Tip;

NASA Case No. LAR 15745–1:

Prepreg and Composites Made from

Polyimide ‘‘Salt-Lake’’ Solution;

NASA Case No. LAR 15040–2:

Method and Apparatus for Histological

Human Tissue Characterization Using

Ultrasound;

NASA Case No. LAR 15534–3:

Method of Preparing Polymers With

Low Melt Viscosity (DIV. of–1).

Dated: June 26, 1998.

Edward A. Frankle,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 98–17733 Filed 7–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7510–01–P

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 98–090]

Government-Owned Inventions,

Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

inventions for licensing.

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below

are assigned to the National Aeronautics

and Space Administration, have been

filed in the United States Patent and

Trademark Office, and are available for

licensing.

DATES: July 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent

N. Stone, Patent Attorney, Lewis

Research Center, Mail Stop 500–118,

Cleveland, Ohio 44135–3191; telephone

(216) 433–8855, fax (216) 433–6790.

NASA Case No. LEW–16,489–1: Nozzle

Partial Circumference Flow Modifier;

NASA Case No. LEW–16,231–2–CIP:

Resilient of Braided Rope Seal;

NASA Case No. LEW–16,398–1: High

Resolution Scanning Reflectarray

Antenna;