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Management Division, 4015 Wilson

Boulevard, Room 709A, 4015,

Arlington, VA 22203–1984. Commenters

are encouraged to send their comments

on a computer disk, or via Internet Email to bteaster@msha.gov, along with

an original printed copy. Ms. Teaster

can be reached at (703) 235–1470

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brenda C. Teaster, Acting Chief, Records

Management Division, U.S. Department

of Labor, Mine Safety and Health

Administration, Room 709A, 4015

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA

22203–1984. Ms. Teaster can be reached

at bteaster@msha.gov (Internet E-mail),

(703) 235–1470 (voice), or (703) 235–

1563 (facsimile).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Title 30, CFR 57.11053 requires the

development of an escape and

evacuation plan specifically addressing

the unique conditions of each

underground metal and nonmetal mine.

Section 57.11053 also requires that

revisions be made as mining progresses.

The plan must be available to the

inspector and conspicuously posted for

the benefit of affected miners. The plan

is required to be reviewed jointly by the

operator and MSHA once every 6

months.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

Currently, the Mine Safety and Health

Administration (MSHA) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

extension of the information collection

related to the Escape and Evacuation

Plan. 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 or other forms

of information technology, e.g.,

permitting electronic submissions of

responses.

A copy of the proposed information

collection request may be viewed on the

Internet by accessing the MSHA Home

Page (http://www.msha.gov) and

selecting ‘‘Statutory and Regulatory

Information’’ then ‘‘Paperwork

Reduction Act Submissions (http://

www.msha.gov/regspwork.htm)’’, or by

contacting the employee listed above in

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice for a hard copy.

III. Current Actions

An accurate, up-to-date plan is vital to

the safety of the miners and rescue

personnel in the event of an emergency.

The plans are monitored by MSHA to

ensure that plans are updated as mining

progresses and that the escape routes are

still effective.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health

Administration.

Title: Escape and Evacuation Plan.

OMB Number: 1219–0046.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit institutions.

Frequency: On occasion.

Cite/Reference/Form/etc: 30 CFR

57.11053.

Total Respondents: 284.

Total Responses: 568.

Average Time per Response: 8 hours.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,544

hours.

Total Annualized Capital/Startup

Costs: $0.

Total Operating and Maintenance

Costs: $1,704.

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 23, 2001.

Brenda C. Teaster,

Acting Chief, Records Management Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0186(2001)]

Cadmium in Construction Standard (29

CFR 1926.1127); Extension of the

Office of Management and Budget’s

(OMB) Approval of the InformationCollection (Paperwork) Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of an opportunity for

public comment.

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments

concerning its request to increase the

existing burden-hour estimates for, and

to extend OMB approval of, the

collection-of-information requirements

of the Cadmium in Construction

Standard (29 CFR 1926.1127).

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before July 31, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR–

1218–0186(2001), OSHA, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–2625,

200 Constitutional Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)

693–2350. Commenters may transmit

written comments of 10 pages or less by

facsimile to (202) 693–1648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Todd Owen, Directorate of Policy,

OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room

N–3641, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)

693–2444. A copy of the Agency’s

Information-Collection Request (ICR)

supporting the need for the information

collections specified in the Cadmium in

Construction Standard is available for

inspection and copying in the Docket

Office or by requesting a copy from

Todd Owen at (202) 693–2444. For

electronic copies of the ICR contact

OSHA on the Internet at http://

www.osha.gov/comp-links.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 cost) is minimal, collection

instruments are understandable, and

OSHA’s estimate of the informationcollection burden is correct. The

Occupational Safety and Health Act of

the 1970 (the Act) authorizes

information collection by employers as

necessary or appropriate for

enforcement of the Act or for developing

information regarding the causes and

prevention of occupational injuries,

illnesses, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 657).

The information-collection

requirements specified in the Cadmium

in Construction Standard (§ 1926.1127)

protect employees from the adverse

health effects that may result from

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occupational exposure to cadmium. The

major information-collection

requirements in § 1926.1127 include

conducting employee exposure

monitoring, notifying employees of their

cadmium exposures, implementing a

written compliance program,

implementing a written emergency plan

for managing inadvertent and

substantial releases of airborne

cadmium, implementing medical

surveillance of employees, providing

examining physicians with specific

information, ensuring that employees

receive a copy of their medicalsurveillance results, maintaining

employees’ exposure-monitoring and

medical records for specific periods,

and providing access to these records by

OSHA, the National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health, the

affected employees, and their

authorized representatives.

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 cost) 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 is requesting to increase the

existing burden-hour estimate for, and

to extend OMB approval of, the

collection-of-information requirements

specified in § 1926.1127. In this regard,

the Agency is requesting to increase the

current burden-hour estimate from

36,388 hours to 36,631 hours, a total

increase of 243 hours. This increase

results mainly from reestimating the

burden hours required for employers to

determine if cadmium is present in the

workplace and, if so, whether employee

exposure above the action level is

possible. 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 this information-collection

requirements.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved informationcollection requirements.

Title: Cadmium in Construction.

OMB Number: 1218–0186.

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

government; State, local or tribal

governments.

Number of Respondents: 10,000.

Frequency of Response: Occasionally.

Average Time per Response: From 5

minutes (.08 hour) to maintain an

employee’s medical or exposure record

to 1.5 hours to administer an employee

medical examination.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 36,631

hours.

Estimated Cost (Operation and

Maintenance): $2,232,500.

IV. 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),

Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 3–2000

(65 FR 50017).

Signed at Washington, DC on May 29,

2001.

R. Davis Layne,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and as part of

its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden, the

National Science Foundation (NSF) is

inviting the general public and other

Federal agencies to comment on this

proposed information collection. This is

the second notice for public comment;

the first was published in the Federal

Register at 66 FR 2943 and no

comments were received. NSF is

forwarding the proposed submission to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for clearance simultaneously

with the publication of this second

notice.

DATES: Comments regarding these

information collections are best assured

of having their full effect if received by

OMB within 30 days of publication in

the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding (a)

whether the collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of burden including

the validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility and clarity of the

information to be collected; (d) ways to

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 should be

addressed to: Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention:

Desk Officer for National Science

Foundation, 725 17th Street, NW., Room

10235, Washington, DC 20503, and to

Anita Eisenstadt, Assistant General

Counsel, through surface mail (National

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson

Boulevard, Room 1265, Arlington,

Virginia 22230); email

(aeisenst@nsf.gov) or fax (703–292–

9041). Copies of the submission(s) may

be obtained by calling 703–292–8060.

NSF may not conduct or sponsor a

collection of information unless the

collection of information displays a

currently valid OMB control number

and the agency informs potential

persons who are to respond to the

collection of information that such

persons are not required to respond to

the collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Call

or write Anita Eisenstadt, Assistant

General Counsel, at the National

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson

Boulevard, Room 1265, Arlington,

Virginia 22230; call (703) 292–8060, or

send email to aeisenst@nsf.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title of Collection: Antarctic

emergency response plan and

environmental protection information.

Abstract: The NSF, pursuant to the

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (16

U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) (‘‘ACA’’) regulates

certain non-governmental activities in

Antarctica. The ACA was amended in

1996 by the Antarctic Science, Tourism,

and Conservation Act. On June 4, 1998,

NSF published a proposed rule in the

Federal Register (63 FR 30438) to

implement certain of these statutory

amendments. The proposed rule would

require non-governmental Antarctic

expeditions using non-U.S. flagged

vessels to ensure that the vessel owner

has an emergency response plan. The