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agency, including whether the 

information has practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of MSHA’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

• Suggest methods to 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 submission of 

responses. 

The information collection request 

will be available on http://

www.regulations.gov. MSHA cautions 

the commenter against providing any 

information in the submission that 

should not be publicly disclosed. Full 

comments, including personal 

information provided, will be made 

available on www.regulations.gov and 

www.reginfo.gov. 

The public may also examine publicly 

available documents at USDOL-Mine 

Safety and Health Administration, 201 

12th South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, VA 

22202–5452. Sign in at the receptionist’s 

desk on the 4th floor via the East 

elevator. Before visiting MSHA in 

person, call 202–693–9455 to make an 

appointment, in keeping with the 

Department of Labor’s COVID–19 

policy. Special health precautions may 

be required. Questions about the 

information collection requirements 

may be directed to the person listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

III. Current Actions 

This request for collection of 

information addresses provisions for 

conducting and recording Gamma 

Radiation Surveys. MSHA has updated 

the data with respect to the number of 

respondents, responses, burden hours, 

and burden costs supporting this 

information collection request. 

Type of Review: Extension, without 

change, of a currently approved 

collection. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

OMB Number: 1219–0039. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 3. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Responses: 3. 

Annual Burden Hours: 6 hours. 

Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper 

Cost: $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

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. 

Song-ae Aromie Noe, 

Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09540 Filed 5–3–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request; National 

Survey of College Graduates 

AGENCY: National Center for Science and 

Engineering Statistics, National Science 

Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans 

to renew this collection. In accordance 

with the requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, we are providing 

opportunity for public comment on this 

action. After obtaining and considering 

public comment, NSF will prepare the 

submission requesting Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

clearance of this collection for no longer 

than 3 years. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received by July 5, 2022 to be 

assured consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

Send comments to the address below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance 

Officer, National Science Foundation, 

2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite E7400, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314; telephone 

(703) 292–7556; or send email to 

splimpto@nsf.gov. Individuals who use 

a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339, which is accessible 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a 

year (including Federal holidays). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: 2023 National 

Survey of College Graduates. 

OMB Control Number: 3145–0141. 

Expiration Date of Current Approval: 

November 30, 2023. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to extend an information 

collection for three years. 

Abstract: Established within the NSF 

by the America COMPETES 

Reauthorization Act of 2010 § 505, 

codified in the National Science 

Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, 

the National Center for Science and 

Engineering Statistics (NCSES) serves as 

a central Federal clearinghouse for the 

collection, interpretation, analysis, and 

dissemination of objective data on 

science, engineering, technology, and 

research and development for use by 

practitioners, researchers, policymakers, 

and the public. 

The National Survey of College 

Graduates (NSCG) is designed to comply 

with these mandates by providing 

information on the supply and 

utilization of the nation’s scientists and 

engineers. The purpose of the NSCG is 

to collect data that will be used to 

provide national estimates on the size, 

composition, and activities of the 

science and engineering workforce and 

changes in their employment, 

education, and demographic 

characteristics. The NSCG has been 

conducted biennially since the 1970s. 

The 2023 NSCG sample will be selected 

from the 2021 American Community 

Survey (ACS) and the 2021 NSCG. By 

selecting the sample from these two 

sources, the 2023 NSCG will provide 

coverage of the college graduate 

population residing in the United 

States. 

The U.S. Census Bureau, as the 

agency responsible for the ACS, will 

serve as the NSCG data collection 

contractor for NCSES. The survey data 

collection is expected to begin in 

February 2023 and continue for 

approximately seven months. Data will 

be collected using web and mail 

questionnaires, and follow-up will be 

conducted with nonrespondents by 

computer-assisted telephone 

interviewing (CATI). The individual’s 

response to the survey is voluntary. The 

survey will be conducted in 

conformance with Census Bureau 

statistical quality standards and, as 

such, the NSCG data will be afforded 

confidentiality protection under the 

applicable Census Bureau 

confidentiality statutes. 

Use of the Information: NSF uses the 

information from the NSCG to prepare 

congressionally mandated reports such 

as Women, Minorities and Persons with 

Disabilities in Science and Engineering 

(https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/women/) 

and Science and Engineering Indicators 

(https://ncses.nsf.gov/indicators), both 

of which are available online. A public 

release file of collected data, designed to 

protect respondent confidentiality, will 

be made available on the internet and 

will be accessible through an online 

data tool (https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/ 

ids/). 

Expected Respondents: A statistical 

sample of approximately 166,000 

individuals (106,000 returning sample 

members and 60,000 new sample 

members) will be contacted in 2023. Of 


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the new sample members, 5,000 will 

form a non-production bridge panel, 

intended to quantify the potential 

impacts of question modifications on 

key survey estimates. Based on recent 

survey cycles, NCSES expects the 

overall response rate to be 65 to 75 

percent. 

Estimate of Burden: The amount of 

time to complete the questionnaire may 

vary depending on an individual’s 

educational history, employment status, 

and past response to the NSCG. The 

time to complete the 2021 NSCG web 

survey ranged from 19.6 minutes for 

some returning sample members to 27.3 

minutes for members of the nonproduction bridge panel, and 

approximately 89% of respondents 

completed the web mode. Likewise, 

CATI interview times during the 2021 

NSCG ranged from 32.5 minutes for 

some returning sample members to 42.2 

minutes for new sample members, and 

about 4% of respondents completed via 

CATI. It was estimated that all forms of 

the 2021 NSCG paper questionnaire 

took 30 minutes to complete, and about 

7% of respondents completed the paper 

form. Based on the 2021 cycle’s survey 

completion times, it is estimated that it 

will take approximately 25 minutes, on 

average, to complete the 2023 NSCG 

questionnaire. NSF estimates that the 

average annual burden for the 2023 

survey cycle over the course of the 

three-year OMB clearance period will be 

no more than 17,292 hours [(166,000 

individuals × 75% response × 25 

minutes)/3 years]. 

Comments: Comments are invited on 

(a) whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

NSF, including whether the information 

shall have practical utility; (b) the 

accuracy of the NSF’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, use, and clarity of the 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (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. 

Dated: April 8, 2022. 

Suzanne H. Plimpton, 

Reports Clearance Officer, National Science 

Foundation. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09570 Filed 5–3–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

January 2022 Pay Schedules 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The President adjusted the 

rates of basic pay and locality payments 

for certain Federal civilian employees 

effective in January 2022. The Executive 

order authorizes a 2.2 percent acrossthe-board increase for statutory pay 

systems and locality pay increases 

costing approximately 0.5 percent of 

basic payroll, reflecting an overall 

average pay increase of 2.7 percent. This 

notice serves as documentation for the 

public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kimberly Woods, Pay and Leave, 

Employee Services, Office of Personnel 

Management; (202) 606–2858 or payleave-policy@opm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 22, 2021, the President signed 

Executive Order (E.O.) 14061 (86 FR 

73601), which implemented pay 

adjustments for certain Federal civilian 

employees in January 2022. E.O. 14061 

provides an overall average pay increase 

of 2.7 percent for the statutory pay 

systems. This is consistent with the 

President’s alternative pay plan issued 

under 5 U.S.C. 5303(b) and 5304a on 

August 27, 2021. The pay rates in E.O. 

13970 have been superseded. 

The publication of this notice satisfies 

the requirement in Section 5(b) of E.O. 

14061 that the Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) publish appropriate 

notice of the 2022 locality payments in 

the Federal Register. 

Schedule 1 of E.O. 14061provides the 

rates for the 2022 General Schedule (GS) 

and reflects a 2.2 percent increase from 

2021. Executive Order 14061 also 

includes the percentage amounts of the 

2022 locality payments. (See Section 5 

and Schedule 9 of Executive Order 

14061.) 

General Schedule employees receive 

locality payments under 5 U.S.C. 5304. 

Locality payments apply in the United 

States (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5921(4)) 

and its territories and possessions. In 

2022, locality payments ranging from 

16.20 percent to 42.74 percent apply to 

GS employees in the 54 locality pay 

areas. The 2022 locality pay area 

definitions can be found at: https://

www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/ 

pay-leave/salaries-wages/2022/localitypay-area-definitions/. 

The 2022 locality pay percentages 

became effective the first day of the first 

pay period beginning on or after January 

1, 2022 (January 2, 2022). An 

employee’s locality rate of pay is 

computed by increasing his or her 

scheduled annual rate of pay (as defined 

in 5 CFR 531.602) by the applicable 

locality pay percentage. (See 5 CFR 

531.604 and 531.609.) 

Executive Order 14061 establishes the 

new Executive Schedule (EX), which 

incorporates a 2.2 percent increase 

required under 5 U.S.C. 5318 (rounded 

to the nearest $100). By law, Executive 

Schedule officials are not authorized to 

receive locality payments. 

Executive Order 14061 establishes the 

2022 range of rates of basic pay for 

members of the Senior Executive 

Service (SES) under 5 U.S.C. 5382. The 

minimum rate of basic pay for the SES 

is $135,468 in 2022. The maximum rate 

of the SES rate range is $203,700 (level 

II of the Executive Schedule) for SES 

members who are covered by a certified 

SES performance appraisal system and 

$187,300 (level III of the Executive 

Schedule) for SES members who are not 

covered by a certified SES performance 

appraisal system. 

The minimum rate of basic pay for the 

senior-level (SL) and scientific and 

professional (ST) rate range was 

increased by 2.2 percent ($135,468 in 

2022), which is the amount of the 

across-the-board GS increase. The 

applicable maximum rate of the SL/ST 

rate range is $203,700 (level II of the 

Executive Schedule) for SL or ST 

employees who are covered by a 

certified SL/ST performance appraisal 

system and $187,300 (level III of the 

Executive Schedule) for SL or ST 

employees who are not covered by a 

certified SL/ST performance appraisal 

system. Agencies with certified 

performance appraisal systems for SES 

members and employees in SL and ST 

positions must also apply a higher 

aggregate limitation on pay—up to the 

Vice President’s salary ($261,400 in 

2022.) 

Note that section 747 of division E of 

the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2022 (Pub. L. 117–103, March 15, 2022), 

contains a provision that continues the 

freeze on the payable pay rates for the 

Vice President and certain senior 

political appointees at the rates of pay 

and applicable limitations on payable 

rates of pay in effect on December 31, 

2021. The section 747 pay freeze is 

scheduled to end on the last day of the 

last pay period that begins in calendar 

year 2022 (December 31, 2022, for those 

on the standard biweekly pay period 

cycle). Future Congressional action will 

determine whether the pay freeze 

continues beyond that date. OPM 

guidance on the continued pay freeze 

for certain senior political officials can 


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