40742 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 146 /Thursday, July 30, 1998 / Notices

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on June 13, 1997 (62 FR 32370).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to The National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993; OBI Consortium, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on March

3, 1998, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the

National Cooperative Research and

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), OBI Consortium, Inc.

has filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing changes in its

membership status. The notifications

were filed for the purpose of extending

the Act’s provisions limiting the

recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual

damages under specified circumstances.

Specifically, 3M, St. Paul, MN; AllData

Corporation, Elk Grove, CA; Amvet Inc.,

Lexington, KY; Commerce One, Walnut

Creek, CA; Commonwealth of

Massachusetts, Boston, MA; Connect

Inc., Mountain View, CA; Dell

Computer Corporation, Round Rock,

TX; Dun & Bradstreet, Parsippany, NJ;

EPIC Systems Inc., Phoenix, AZ;

Harbinger Corporation, Atlanta, GA;

InterWorld Corporation, New York, NY;

Mastercard International, Purchase, NY;

PartNet, Salt Lake City, UT; Software

Spectrum, Garland, TX; Vallen

Corporation, Houston, TX; and W.H.

Brady, Milwaukee, WI have been added

as parties to this venture.

No other changes have been made in

either the membership or planned

activity of the group research project.

Membership in this group research

project remains open, and OBI

Consortium, Inc. intends to file

additional written notification

disclosing all changes in membership.

On September 10, 1997, OBI

Consortium, Inc. filed its original

notification pursuant to Section 6(a) of

the Act. The Department of Justice

published a notice in the Federal

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on November 10, 1997 (62 FR

60531).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on December 9, 1997. A

notice was published in the Federal

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on April 14, 1998 (63 FR 18335).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993; VSI Alliance

Notice is hereby given that, on

February 27, 1998, pursuant to Section

6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), VSI

Alliance has filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing changes in its

membership status. The notifications

were filed for the purpose of extending

the Act’s provisions limiting the

recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual

damages under specified circumstances.

Specifically, Advanced Bytes & Rights,

Ltd., London, UNITED KINGDOM; ASIC

Alliance Corporation, Burlington, MA;

BOPS, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC; Canadian

Microelectronics Corporation, Kingston,

Ontario, CANADA; Chip & Chip, Inc.,

Santa Clara, CA; ChipLogic, Inc.,

Sunnyvale, CA; Cimaron

Communications, Lawrence, MA;

Credence Systems Corporation,

Fremont, CA; Denso Corporation,

Nukata-gun, Aichi Prefecture, JAPAN;

Design & Reuse, Grenoble, FRANCE;

Eigen Tek, Inc., Cherry Hill, NJ;

Electronic Tools Company, Sonoma,

CA; Fraunhofer Institute IMS, Dresden,

GERMANY; Macronix International Co.,

Ltd. Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.;

Microelectronics Research Institute

PROGRESS, Moscow, RUSSIA; Pivotal

Technologies, Pasadena, CA; Power X

Limited, Sale, Cheshire, UNITED

KINGDOM; Real 3D, Orlando, FL;

SpaSE BV, Nijmegen, THE

NETHERLANDS; Syntest Technologies,

Inc., Sunnyvale, CA; Tundra

Semiconductor Corporation, Kanata,

Ontario, CANADA; and Virage Logic

Corporation, Milpitas, CA have been

added as parties to this venture. Also,

Compass Design Automation, San Jose,

CA; GEC Plessey, Plymouth, Devon,

UNITED KINGDOM; and Tower

Semiconductor Ltd., San Jose, CA have

been dropped as parties to this venture.

No other changes have been made in

either the membership or planned

activity of the group research project.

Membership in this group research

project remains open, and VSI Alliance

intends to file additional written

notification disclosing all changes in

membership.

On November 27, 1996, VSI Alliance

filed its original notification pursuant to

Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department

of Justice published a notice in the

Federal Register pursuant to Section

6(b) of the Act on March 4, 1997 (62 FR

9812).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on November 19, 1997.

A notice was published in the Federal

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the

Act on April 14, 1998 (63 FR 18226).

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations Antitrust Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Submitted for Public Comment;

Employment Services Report System

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration.

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 and

Training Administration (ETA) is

soliciting comments concerning the

proposed ten month extension of the

Employment Service Program Reporting

System from the current end date of

August 31, 1999 to a new end date of

June 30, 2000.

A copy of the previously approved

information collection request (ICR) can

be obtained by contacting the office

listed below in the ADDRESSES section of

this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the
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ADDRESSES section below on or before

September 28, 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: John R. Beverly, III, United

States Employment Service, U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Avenue NW., Room N4470,

Washington, DC 20210, Tel. 202–219–

5257, Fax 202–219–6643, E-mail

jbeverly@doleta.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

Information on basic labor exchange

services is necessary to assure that the

States are complying with legal

requirements of the Wagner-Peyser Act

as amended by the Job Training

Partnership Act (JTPA). Program data

items are required from States reporting

to the Department of Labor as part of

other information in order to determine

if the States are complying with the

basic labor exchange requirements.

Information regarding employment

and training services provided to

veterans by State public employment

services agencies must be collected by

the Department of Labor to satisfy

legislative requirements, as follows: (a)

to report annually to Congress on

specific services (38 U.S.C. 2007(c) and

2012(c)); (b) to establish administrative

controls (38 U.S.C. 2007 (b)); and (c) for

administrative purposes. These data are

reported on the VETS 200 A and B, the

VETS 300, and Manager’s reports.

II. Current Action

The Department is requesting an

extension of the Employment Service

Program Reporting System without

changes to data elements, definitions,

reporting instructions and/or reporting

requirements from the current end date

of August 31, 1999 to a new end date

of June 30, 2000.

In response to the requirements of the

Government Performance and Results

Act (GPRA) of 1993, the national call for

government programs to be more

accountable and results oriented, the

Department of Labor (DOL),

Employment and Training

Administration (ETA), United States

Employment Services (USES) has taken

the first step to establish performance

measures for the public labor exchange

programs and labor exchange function

for the Workforce Development and

One-Stop Career Center service delivery

systems.

The United States Employment

Service (USES) worked cooperatively

with States and other stakeholders to

develop program specific performance

measures. Performance measures were

proposed and comments from

stakeholders were requested in the

Federal Register (63 FR 32564–32578).

The proposed measures are a starting

point for development of

comprehensive measures for the labor

exchange function of the emerging

Workforce Development system. It is the

Department’s intent to use the

comments received to develop

performance measures for

implementation on July 1, 2000.

The effort to finalize the performance

measures, to identify the data elements

needed to produce the performance

measures and to define specific changes

to the ETA reporting requirements will

take several months to accomplish the

transition to a new reporting system.

States will also need time to make the

necessary procedural, reporting, and

computer software changes that will be

necessary. This may be complicated by

State efforts to respond to necessary

computer program changes for Year

2000 compliance.

In consideration of these issues, the

Department is requesting an extension

of the Employment Service Program

Reporting System without changes from

the current end date of August 31, 1999

to a new end date of June 30, 2000.

This is a request for OMB approval

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) to extend

collection of the Employment Service

Program Reporting System data

previously approved and assigned OMB

Control No. 1205–0240 and the data

reporting for the ETA 9002 A, B, C,

including the data reporting for the

VETS 200 A and B, VETS 300, the

manager’s report on services to veterans

and recordkeeping.

Type of Review: Extension without

change.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: Employment Service Program

Reporting System.

OMB Number: 1250–0240.

Total Respondents: 54 States and

territories.

Estimated Burden Hours: 7213.

Reports Respondents Frequency Total responses

Average time

per response

(hours)

Burden

(hours)

USES Rpt .......................................... 54 Quarterly ........................................... 216 2.75 594

VETS Rpt .......................................... 54 Quarterly ........................................... 216 .25 54

USES Rec ......................................... 54 Annually ............................................ 54 12.00 648

VETS 200A ....................................... 54 Quarterly ........................................... 216 .85 184

VETS 200B ....................................... 54 Quarterly ........................................... 216 .85 184

VETS 300 .......................................... 54 Quarterly ........................................... 216 1.00 216

Mgt. Rpt ............................................ 1,600 Quarterly ........................................... 6,400 .83 5,333

TOTALS ................................. ........................ ........................................................... 7,534 ........................ 7,213

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): 0.

Comments submitted in response to

this comment request 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.
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Dated: July 24, 1998.

John R. Beverly, III,

Director, United States Employment Service,

U.S. Department of Labor.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Proposed Information Collection

Request Submitted for Public

Comment and Recommendations;

Record of Individual Exposure to

Radon Daughters

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 Record of Individual

Exposure to Radon Daughters. 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 on 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

September 28, 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: Mrs.

Theresa O’Malley, Program Analysis

Office, Program Evaluation and

Information Resources, U.S. Department

of Labor, Mine Safety and Health

Administration, Room 715, 4015 Wilson

Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22203–1984.

Mrs. O’Malley can be reached at

tomalley@msha.gov (Internet E-mail),

(703) 235–1470 (voice), or (703) 235–

1563 (facsimile).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

MSHA’s primary goal is the

protection of America’s most precious

resource, the miner. To achieve this

goal, this agency has to keep

information regarding the hazards faced

and the progress made within the

industry to develop and maintain a safe

and healthy work environment. Records

concerning the health and welfare of

miners are especially important, given

that the nature of the exposure could

result in medical complications later in

the miner’s life. To this end, the record

keeping of Radon Daughters is essential

information. Each year the industry

records and reports the exposure levels

that its workforce has faced during the

past 12 months. This information is

archived and stored for retrieval by the

exposed party, or legal representative,

should a medical release be deemed

necessary. This reporting of the

exposure numbers also serves to inform

MSHA of the industry expansion or

decrease as well as health threats

incurred.

During the past calendar year MSHA

has received an increased number of

industry responses. These responses

indicated that an increasing number of

miners are being employed and exposed

within this industry grouping.

Concurrently, the United States

economy is calling for production rates

that are higher than those in recent

years. The increase in production has

resulted in a larger number of

employees being exposed to Radon

Daughters. MSHA needs to keep the

recording requirements for Radon

Daughters to ensure that the records

regarding the miners’ level of exposure

today is available to them tomorrow and

throughout their lifetimes.

II. Current Actions

This information collection needs to

be extended to provide miners

protection from radon daughter

exposure.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health

Administration.

Title: Record of Individual Exposure

to Radon Daughters.

OMB Number: 1219–0003.

Agency Number: MSHA 4000–9.

Recordkeeping: 2 years.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Cite/Reference Total respondents

Frequency

(weeks)

Total responses

Average

time per response

(hours)

Burden

Sampling ................................................................................................... 20 50 50 5.00 5,000

Recording Results .................................................................................... 20 50 50 1.50 1,500

Calculating Reporting ............................................................................... 20 50 50 1.25 1,250

Clerical ...................................................................................................... 20 50 50 .25 250

Totals ............................................................................................. .................... .................... 50 .................... 8,000