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extension on the collection of data

contained in the procedures to petition

ETA for classification as a Labor

Surplus Area (LSA) under exceptional

circumstances criteria.

A copy of the proposed information

collection request can be obtained by

contacting the office 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

June 25, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments

concerning this notice to Gay Gilbert,

Division Chief, U.S. Employment

Service/ALMIS, Office of Workforce

Security, Employment and Training

Administration, 200 Constitution Ave.,

NW., Rm. C–4512, Washington, DC

20210; (202) 693–3046 (not a toll-free

number); Internet address:

ggilbert@doleta.gov; and/or Fax: (202)

693–3229.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

20 CFR parts 654, the Secretary of

Labor is required to classify labor

surplus areas (LSAs) and disseminate

this information for the use of all

Federal agencies. This information is

used by Federal agencies for various

purposes including procurement

decision, food stamp waiver decisions,

certain small business loan decisions, as

well as other purposes determined by

the agencies. The LSA listings are

issued annually, effective October 1 of

each year, utilizing data from the

Bureau of Labor Statistics. Areas

meeting the criteria are classified as

Labor Surplus Areas.

The Department’s regulations specify

that the Department can add other areas

to the annual LSA listing under the

exceptional circumstance criteria in 20

CFR 654.5. Such additions are based

upon information contained in petitions

submitted by the State Employment

Security Agencies (SESAs) to the

national office of the ETA. These

petitions contain specific economic

information about an area in order to

provide ample justification for adding

the area to the LSA listing under the

exceptional circumstance criteria.

Exceptional circumstances as defined in

20 CFR 654.5(a) are catastrophic events,

such as natural disasters, plant closings,

and contract cancellations expected to

have a long-term impact on labor market

area conditions, discounting temporary

or seasonal factors. This data collection

pertains only to data submitted

voluntarily by States in exceptional

circumstance petitions.

Most of the information contained in

the SESA LSA petitions is already

available from other sources, e.g.,

internal reports, statistical programs,

newspaper clippings, and other similar

information. The petitions are not

intended to provide new (unduplicated)

information but, rather, are intended to

bring various types of information

together in a single document in order

to make an LSA classification

determination. No periodic reporting is

required.

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:

This is a request for Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

approval under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A) of an extension to an

existing collection of information

previously approved and assigned OMB

Control No. 1205–0207. There is a

reduction in burden based on an

experience rate for the last year of the

approved data collection period. During

the current OMB approved period, a

maximum of five petitions annually

have been received and processed.

Therefore, a reduction is being reported

for the next period.

Type of Review: Extension without

change.

Agency: Employment and Training

Administration.

Title: Procedures for Classifying Labor

Surplus Areas Exceptional

Circumstances Reporting.

OMB Number: 1205–0207.

Affected Public: State Employment

Security Agencies.

Total Responses: 5.

Average Time Per Response: 4 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 20.

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.

Dated: April 17, 2001.

Gay Gilbert,

Division Chief of U.S. Employment Service/

ALMIS.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0208(2001)]

Anhydrous Ammonia Standard (29

CFR 1910.111); Extension of the Office

of Management and Budget’s Approval

of Information-Collection (Paperwork)

Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of an opportunity for

public comment.

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public

comment to decrease the existing

burden-hour estimate and extend the

information-collection requirements

specified in the Anhydrous Ammonia

Standard (29 CFR 1910.111).

DATE: Submit written comments on or

before June 25, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR–

1218–0208(2001), OSHA, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–2625,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)

693–2350. Commenters may transmit

written comments of 10 pages or less by

facsimile to: (202) 693–1948.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Theda Kenney, Directorate of Safety

Standards Programs, OSHA, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–3609,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)

693–2222. A copy of the Agency’s

Information-Collection Request (ICR)

supporting the need for the information

collections specified in the Anhydrous

Ammonia Standard is available for

inspection and copying in the Docket

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Office, or by requesting a copy from

Theda Kenney at (202) 693–2222 or

Todd Owen at (202) 693–2444. For

electronic copies of the ICR, contact

OSHA on the Internet at http://

www.osha.gov/complinks.html, and

select ‘‘Information Collection

Requests.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Department of Labor, as part of its

continuing effort to reduce paperwork

and respondent (i.e., employer) burden,

conducts a preclearance consultation

program to provide the public with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and continuing information-collection

requirements in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA–95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This

program ensures that information is in

the desired format, reporting burden

(time and costs) is minimal, collection

instruments are clearly understood, and

OSHA’s estimate of the informationcollection burden is correct.

Paragraphs (b)(3) and (b)(4) of the

Anhydrous Ammonia Standard have

paperwork requirements that apply to

nonrefrigerated containers and systems

and refrigerated containers,

respectively; employers use these

containers and systems to store and

transfer anhydrous ammonia in the

workplace. Paragraph (b)(3) specifies

that systems have nameplates if

required, and that these nameplates ‘‘be

permanently attached to the system so

as to be readily accessible for

inspection. * * *’’ In addition, this

paragraph requires that markings on

containers and systems covered by

paragraphs (c) (‘‘Systems utilizing

stationary, nonrefrigerated storage

containers’’), (f) (‘‘Tank Motor vehicles

for the transportation of ammonia’’), (g)

(‘‘Systems mounted on farm vehicles

other than for the application of

ammonia’’), and (h) (‘‘Systems mounted

on farm vehicles for the application of

ammonia’’) provide information

regarding nine specific characteristics of

the containers and systems. Similarly,

paragraph (b)(4) states that information

regarding eight specific characteristics

of each container ‘‘shall be on the

container itself or on a nameplate

permanently attached to it.’’

The required makings ensure that

employers use only properly designed

and tested containers and systems to

store anhydrous ammonia, thereby

preventing accidental release of, and

exposure of employees to, this highly

toxic and corrosive substance. In

addition, these requirements provide

the most efficient means for an OSHA

compliance officer to ensure that the

containers and systems are safe.

II. Special Issues for Comment

OSHA has a particular interest in

comments on the following issues:

• Whether the proposed informationcollection requirements are necessary

for the proper performance of the

Agency’s functions, including whether

the information is useful;

• The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of

the burden (time and costs) of the

information-collection requirements,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

• The quality, utility, and clarity of

the information collected; and

• Ways to minimize the burden on

employers who must comply; for

example, by using automated or other

technological information-collection

and -transmission techniques.

III. Proposed Actions

OSHA proposes to decrease the

existing burden-hour estimate, and to

extend the Office of Management and

Budget’s (OMB) approval, of the

collection-of-information requirements

specified in paragraphs (b)(3) and (b)(4)

of the Anhydrous Ammonina Standard

(29 CFR 1910.111). In this regard, the

Agency is propossing to decrease the

current burden-hour estimate from

2,500 hours to 53 hours, a total

reduction of 2,447 hours. OSHA will

summarize the comments submitted in

response to this notice, and will include

this summary in its request to OMB to

extend the approval of these

information-collection requirements.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently-approved informationcollection requirement.

Title: Paragraphs (b)(3) and (b)(4) of

the Anhydrous Ammonia Standard (29

CFR 1910.111).

OMB Number: 1218–0208.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; farms;

Federal government; State, local or

tribal governments.

Number of Respondents: 330.

Frequency: Occasionally.

Average Time per Response: 10

minutes (0.16 hours).

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 53

hours.

VI. Authority and Signature

R. Davis Layne, Acting Assistant

Secretary of Labor for Occupational

Safety and Health, directed the

preparation of this notice. The authority

for this notice is the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506)

and Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 3–

2000 (65 FR 50017).

Dated: Signed at Washington, DC on April

19, 2001.

R. Davis Layne,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 01–052]

NASA Advisory Council, Space Flight

Advisory Committee (SFAC); Meeting

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory CommitteeAct, Pub. L.

92–463, as amended, the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration

announces a meeting of the NASA

AdvisoryCouncil, Space Flight Advisory

Committee.

DATES: Tuesday, May 1, 2001 from 8

a.m. until 4:30 p.m. and on Wednesday,

May 2, 2001 from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration, 300E Street, SW.,

Room MIC 7, Washington, DC 20546.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Susan Y. Edgington(Stacey), Code M,

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration, Washington, DC 20546,

202/358–4519.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will be closed to the public on

Wednesday, May 2, from 8 a.m. until 1

p.m. in accordance with 5 U.S.C.

552b(c)9(B), to hear briefings on the FY

2003 performance metrics. Except for

the closed session, the meeting will be

open to the public up to seating capacity

of the room. The agenda for the meeting

is as follows:

—Overview, status of the Office of

Space Flight programs.

—International Space Station status.

—Space Shuttle Program status.

—International Space Station status.

—Space Shuttle Program status.

—Shuttle Upgrades Program review.

It is imperative that the meeting be

held on this date to accommodate the

scheduling priorities of the key

participants. Visitors will be requested

to sign a visitor’s register.

Dated: April 19, 2001.

Beth M. McCormick,

Advisory Committee Management Officer,

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–10170 Filed 4–24–01; 8:45 am]

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