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automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202– 

693–0213, or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

information collection requirements 

specified in the Commercial Diving 

Operations (CDO) Standard (29 CFR part 

1910, subpart T) for general industry 

helps protect workers from the adverse 

health effects that may result from their 

involvement in CDO, and provide 

access to these records by OSHA, the 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, the affected workers, 

and designated representatives. The 

information collection requirements of 

the Standard are directed toward 

assuring the safety and health of divers 

exposed to hyper baric conditions 

during and after undersea activities. 

Also, the required recordkeeping is 

intended to bring about a safe workplace 

and assure the safety of divers. For 

additional substantive information 

about this ICR, see the related notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 2, 2022 (87 FR 11733). 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless the OMB 

approves it and displays a currently 

valid OMB Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

DOL seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 

years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 

without renewal. The DOL notes that 

information collection requirements 

submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. 

Agency: DOL–OSHA. 

Title of Collection: Commercial Diving 

Operations Standard. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0069. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

Businesses or other for-profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 1,153. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 1,397,799. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

170,806 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)) 

Nicole Bouchet, 

Senior PRA Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12037 Filed 6–3–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; National 

Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting this Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS)-sponsored information 

collection request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are 

invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that the agency 

receives on or before July 6, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

Comments are invited on: (1) whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) if the 

information will be processed and used 

in a timely manner; (3) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimates of the burden and 

cost of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (4) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information collection; and 

(5) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202– 

693–0213, or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 

1979 (NLSY79) is a representative 

national sample of persons who were 

born in the years 1957 to 1964 and lived 

in the U.S. in 1978. These respondents 

were ages 14 to 22 when the first round 

of interviews began in 1979; they were 

ages 57 to 64 as of December 31, 2021. 

The NLSY79 was conducted annually 

from 1979 to 1994 and has been 

conducted biennially since 1994. The 

longitudinal focus of this survey 

requires information to be collected 

from the same individuals over many 

years in order to trace their education, 

training, work experience, fertility, 

income, and program participation. 

In addition to the main NLSY79, the 

biological children of female NLSY79 

respondents have been surveyed since 

1986. A battery of child cognitive, socioemotional, and physiological 

assessments was administered 

biennially from 1986 until 2012 to 

NLSY79 mothers and their children. 

Starting in 1994, children who had 

reached age 15 by December 31 of the 

survey year (the Young Adults) were 

interviewed about their work 

experiences, training, schooling, health, 

fertility, self-esteem, and other topics. 

Funding for the NLSY79 Child and 

Young Adult surveys has been provided 

by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National 

Institute of Child Health and Human 

Development through an interagency 

agreement with the BLS and through a 

grant awarded to researchers at the Ohio 

State University Center for Human 

Resource Research. The collection 

referenced in this notice does not 

include a collection of the NLSY79 

Child and Young Adult surveys, but 

additional collections may be 

contemplated in the future. 

One of the goals of the Department of 

Labor is to produce and disseminate 

timely, accurate, and relevant 

information about the U.S. labor force. 

The BLS contributes to this goal by 

gathering information about the labor 

force and labor market and 

disseminating it to policymakers and 

the public so that participants in those 

markets can make more informed, and 

thus more efficient, choices. Research 

based on the NLSY79 contributes to the 

formation of national policy in the areas 

of education, training, employment 

programs, school-to-work transitions, 

and preparations for retirement. In 

addition to the reports that the BLS 

produces based on data from the 

NLSY79, members of the academic 

community publish articles and reports 

based on NLSY79 data for the DOL and 

other funding agencies. To date, more 

than 2,750 articles examining NLSY79 

data have been published in scholarly 

journals. The survey design provides 

data gathered from the same 

respondents over time to form the only 

data set that contains this type of 

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population group. Without the 

collection of these data, an accurate 

longitudinal data set could not be 

provided to researchers and 

policymakers, thus adversely affecting 

the DOL’s ability to perform its policyand report-making activities. For 

additional substantive information 

about this ICR, see the related notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 1, 2022 (87 FR 11484). 

Agency: DOL–BLS. 

Title of Collection: National 

Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979. 

OMB Control Number: 1220–0109. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 6,355. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 6,455. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

7,318 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)) 

Nicole Bouchet, 

Senior PRA Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12038 Filed 6–3–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

Petition for Modification of Application 

of Existing Mandatory Safety 

Standards 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice is a summary of 

a petition for modification submitted to 

the Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (MSHA) by the party 

listed below. 

DATES: All comments on the petition 

must be received by MSHA’s Office of 

Standards, Regulations, and Variances 

on or before July 6, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Docket No. MSHA–2022– 

0029 by any of the following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

for MSHA–2022–0029. 

2. Fax: 202–693–9441. 

3. Email: petitioncomments@dol.gov. 

4. Regular Mail or Hand Delivery: 

MSHA, Office of Standards, 

Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th 

Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, 

Virginia 22202–5452, Attention: S. 

Aromie Noe, Director, Office of 

Standards, Regulations, and Variances. 

Persons delivering documents are 

required to check in at the receptionist’s 

desk in Suite 4E401. Individuals may 

inspect copies of the petition and 

comments during normal business 

hours at the address listed above. 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: S. 

Aromie Noe, Office of Standards, 

Regulations, and Variances at 202–693– 

9440 (voice), Petitionsformodification@

dol.gov (email), or 202–693–9441 (fax). 

[These are not toll-free numbers.] 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and 

Health Act of 1977 and title 30 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

44 govern the application, processing, 

and disposition of petitions for 

modification. 

I. Background 

Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine 

Act) allows the mine operator or 

representative of miners to file a 

petition to modify the application of any 

mandatory safety standard to a coal or 

other mine if the Secretary of Labor 

determines that: 

1. An alternative method of achieving 

the result of such standard exists which 

will at all times guarantee no less than 

the same measure of protection afforded 

the miners of such mine by such 

standard; or 

2. The application of such standard to 

such mine will result in a diminution of 

safety to the miners in such mine. 

In addition, sections 44.10 and 44.11 

of 30 CFR establish the requirements for 

filing petitions for modification. 

II. Petition for Modification 

Docket Number: M–2022–008–C. 

Petitioner: Panther Creek Mining LLC, 

250 West Main Street, Suite 2000, 

Lexington, Kentucky 40507. 

Mine: Sycamore Surface Mine, MSHA 

ID No. 43–07058, located in Fayette 

County, West Virginia. 

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1700, 

Oil and gas wells. 

Modification Request: The petitioner 

requests a modification of 30 CFR 

75.1700 to permit plugging a gas well. 

The petitioner states that: 

(a) The mine is located at Tom’s 

Branch/Sycamore Creek of the Cabin 

Creek District. 

(b) The Lower Chilton seam will be 

the last seam mined on the ridge, and 

the mining is projected to extend west 

towards the end of the ridge of the mine 

permit. Well # 70 is in the middle of the 

ridge and will impede the mining on the 

ridge if it is not plugged and mined 

through. 

(c) The gas well depth extends 

approximately 3,800 feet below the 

Lower Chilton seam. 

The petitioner proposes the following 

alternative method: 

(a) Prior to plugging an oil or gas well, 

the following procedure for cleaning out 

and preparing oil and gas wells shall be 

followed: 

(1) A diligent effort shall be made to 

clean the borehole to the original total 

depth. If this depth cannot be reached, 

the borehole shall be cleaned out to a 

depth which would permit the 

placement of at least 400 feet of 

expanding cement below the base of the 

lowest minable coalbed. 

(2) When cleaning the borehole, a 

diligent effort shall be made to remove 

all the casing in the borehole. If it is not 

possible to remove all casing, the casing 

which remains shall be perforated, or 

ripped, at intervals spaced close enough 

to permit expanding cement slurry to 

infiltrate the annulus between the 

casing and the borehole wall for a 

distance of at least 200 feet below the 

base of the lowest minable coalbed. 

(3) If the cleaned-out borehole 

produces gas, a mechanical bridge plug 

shall be placed in the borehole in a 

competent stratum at least 200 feet 

below the base of the lowest minable 

coalbed, but above the top of the 

uppermost hydrocarbon producing 

stratum. If it is not possible to set a 

mechanical bridge plug, a substantial 

brush plug may be used in place of the 

mechanical bridge plug. 

(4) A suite of logs shall be made 

consisting of: a caliper survey 

directional deviation survey; and log(s) 

suitable for determining the top and 

bottom of the lowest minable coalbed 

and potential hydrocarbon producing 

strata and the location for the bridge 

plug. 

(5) If the uppermost hydrocarbonproducing stratum is within 200 feet of 

the base of the lowest minable coalbed, 

properly placed mechanical bridge 

plugs or a suitable brush plug described 

in section (a)(3) shall be used to isolate 

the hydrocarbon producing stratum 

from the expanding cement plug. 

Nevertheless, a minimum of 200 feet of 

expanding cement shall be placed below 

the lowest minable coalbed. 

(6) The wellbore shall be filled and 

circulated with a gel that inhibits any 

flow of gas, supports the walls of the 

borehole, and densities the expanding 

cement. This gel shall be pumped 

through open end tubing run to a point 


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