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workers with safe work practices when 

using VTLs. 

Paragraph (i)(8)(iv) of § 1917.71 

requires employers to ensure that the 

interbox connectors used in VTLs has 

been certified by a competent authority 

authorized under § 1918.11 (for interbox 

connectors that are part of a vessel’s 

gear) or § 1917.50 (for other interbox 

connectors). Paragraph (i)(8)(v) requires 

employers to make the certification 

available for inspection and that the 

certificate attests that the interbox 

connector meets the strength criteria 

specified in paragraph (i)(8)(iv) of the 

standard. Also, paragraph (i)(8)(vi) 

requires that each interbox connector be 

clearly and durably marked with its safe 

working load for lifting and with an 

identifying number or mark that will 

enable it to be associated with its test 

certificate. 

The certification is necessary to 

ensure that interbox connector-corner 

casting assemblies have adequate 

strength to ensure the safety of the lift. 

Marking of interbox connectors informs 

employers, workers and OSHA that the 

interbox connectors have been certified. 

Paragraph (j)(2) of § 1917.71 requires 

the employer to develop, implement, 

and maintain a written plan for 

transporting vertically connected 

containers in the terminal. The transport 

plan helps ensure the safety of terminal 

workers and therby enhances 

productivity. Paragraph (k)(2) of 

§ 1917.71 requires that the written 

transport plan include the safe work 

zone and procedures to ensure that 

workers are not in the zone when a VTL 

is in motion. 

Written plans give employers, 

workers, and OSHA compliance officers 

assurance that VTLs are safe to use and 

provide the compliance officers with an 

efficient means to assess employer 

compliance with the Standard. 

II. Special Issues for Comment 

OSHA has a particular interest in 

comments on the following issues: 

• Whether the proposed information 

collection 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 is requesting that OMB extend 

its approval of the information 

collection requirements contained in the 

Standard on Vertical Tandem Lifts 

(VTLs) for Marine Terminals (29 CFR 

part 1917). OSHA is proposing to 

decrease the existing burden hour 

estimate for the collection of 

information requirements specified by 

the Standard from 2,000 hours to 560 

hours, a total decrease of 1,440 hours. 

Based on staff expertise, the Agency 

estimates that 10%, of marine terminal 

establishments are using VTLs. The 

Agency will summarize the comments 

submitted in response to this notice and 

will include this summary in the 

request to OMB. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Vertical Tandem Lifts (VTLs) for 

Marine Terminals (29 CFR part 1917). 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0260. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; not-for-profit organizations; 

Federal Government; State, Local, or 

Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 140. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Total Responses: 140. 

Average Time per Response: 

Employers will take four hours to 

generate, develop, and maintain a 

written plan for transporting vertically 

coupled containers in a terminal. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 560. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $0. 

IV. Public Participation—Submission of 

Comments on This Notice and Internet 

Access to Comments and Submissions 

You may submit comments in 

response to this document as follows: 

(1) Electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by 

facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All 

comments, attachments, and other 

material must identify the Agency name 

and the OSHA docket number (Docket 

No. OSHA–2011–0066) for the ICR. You 

may supplement electronic submissions 

by uploading document files 

electronically. If you wish to mail 

additional materials in reference to an 

electronic or facsimile submission, you 

must submit them to the OSHA Docket 

Office (see the section of this notice 

titled ADDRESSES). The additional 

materials must clearly identify your 

electronic comments by your name, 

date, and the docket number so the 

Agency can attach them to your 

comments. 

Because of security procedures, the 

use of regular mail may cause a 

significant delay in the receipt of 

comments. For information about 

security procedures concerning the 

delivery of materials by hand, express 

delivery, messenger, or courier service, 

please contact the OSHA Docket Office 

at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889– 

5627). 

Comments and submissions are 

posted without change at http://

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA 

cautions commenters about submitting 

personal information such as social 

security numbers and date of birth. 

Although all submissions are listed in 

the http://www.regulations.gov index, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publicly available to 

read or download from this Web site. 

All submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

Information on using the http://

www.regulations.gov Web site to submit 

comments and access the docket is 

available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’ 

link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office 

for information about materials not 

available from the Web site, and for 

assistance in using the Internet to locate 

docket submissions. 

V. Authority and Signature 

David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, 

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 et seq.) and Secretary of 

Labor’s Order No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on October 3, 

2014. 

David Michaels, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor, for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

MILITARY COMPENSATION AND 

RETIREMENT MODERNIZATION 

COMMISSION 

Meeting of the Military Compensation 

and Retirement Modernization 

Commission 

AGENCY: Military Compensation and 

Retirement Modernization Commission. 

ACTION: Notice town hall meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Military Compensation 

and Retirement Modernization 

Commission (Commission) was 

established by the National Defense 

Authorization Act for FY 2013. Pursuant 

to the Act, the Commission is holding 

public hearings and a town hall to 

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solicit comments from the general 

public and select experts on the 

modernization of the military 

compensation and retirement systems. 

DATES: The town hall will be held 

Thursday, October 16, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: The town hall will be held 

at the Marriott Courtyard, 1721 E. 

Central Texas Expressway (US Route 

190), Killeen, Texas 76541. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Nuneviller, Associate 

Director, Military Compensation and 

Retirement Modernization Commission, 

PO Box 13170, Arlington Virginia 

22209; telephone 703–692–2080; fax 

703–697–8330; email 

christopher.nuneviller@mcrmc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Military Compensation and Retirement 

Modernization Commission 

(Commission) was established by the 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

FY 2013, Public Law 112–239, §§ 671– 

680 (2013), (amended by National 

Defense Authorization Act for FY 2014, 

Pub. L. 113–66, § 1095(b)) (2014). The 

Commission will conduct public 

hearings and town halls across the 

United States and on select military 

installations internationally to solicit 

comments on the modernization of the 

military compensation and retirement 

systems. The Commission seeks the 

views of Service members, veterans, 

retirees, their beneficiaries and other 

interested parties regarding pay, 

retirement, health benefits and quality 

of life programs of the Uniformed 

Services. The Commission will hear 

from senior commanders of local 

military commands and their senior 

enlisted advisors, unit commanders and 

their family support groups, local 

medical and education community 

representatives, and other quality of life 

organizations. These meetings sites will 

be accessible to members of the general 

public including individuals with 

disabilities. 

On Thursday, October 16, 2014, the 

Commission will hold a public town 

hall meeting from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 

p.m. 

Thursday, October 16, 2014 Agenda 

7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Town Hall. 

On the evening of Thursday, October 

16, 2014, the Chairman and 

Commissioners will hear from the 

public. Attendees will be given an 

opportunity to address the Chairman 

and Commissioners and relay to them 

their experience and comments. 

Due to the deliberative, nascent and 

formative nature of the Commission’s 

work, the Commissioners are unable to 

discuss their thoughts, plans or 

intentions for specific recommendations 

that will ultimately be made to the 

President and Congress. 

The town hall will be transcribed and 

the transcripts placed on the 

Commission’s Web site. In addition to 

public hearings, and due to the essential 

need for input from the beneficiaries, 

the Commission is accepting and 

strongly encourages comments and 

other submissions through its Web site 

(www.mcrmc.gov). 

Christopher Nuneviller, 

Associate Director, Administration and 

Operations. 

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BILLING CODE P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Council on the Arts 183rd 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Arts, National Foundation on the Arts 

and Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10 (a)(2) 

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), as amended, notice is 

hereby given that a meeting of the 

National Council on the Arts will be 

held at the in Grand Ballroom B of the 

Mandarin Hotel, 1330 Maryland Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20024. This 

meeting also will be webcast. Agenda 

times are approximate. 

DATES: Friday, October 31, 2014 from 9 

a.m. to 11:15 a.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Office of Public Affairs, National 

Endowment for the Arts, Washington, 

DC 20506, at 202/682–5570. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting, on Friday, October 31st, will 

be open to the public on a space 

available basis. The meeting will begin 

with opening remarks and voting on 

recommendations for funding and 

rejection and guidelines, followed by 

updates by the Chairman. There also 

will be the following presentations 

(times are approximate): From 9:30 a.m. 

to 10 a.m.—The Art of Empathy: 

Celebrating Literature in Translation 

(Amy Stolls: Director of Literature; Don 

Ball: Assistant Director of Publications, 

Office of Public Affairs; Esther Allen: 

Writer, Editor, & Literary Translator); 

from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.— 

presentations from the Dallas Museum 

of Art (Eugene McDermott: Director, 

Maxwell Anderson); from 10:30 a.m. to 

11 a.m.—presentation from Center of 

Creative Arts (COCA), St. Louis (Kelly 

Pollack: Executive Director; COCA 

Alum: Christopher Page). From 11– 

11:15 there will be concluding remarks 

from the Chairman and announcement 

of voting results. The meeting will 

adjourn at 11:15 a.m. 

To register to watch the webcasting of 

the open session of this meeting, go to 

http://artsgov.adobeconnect.com/ncaoct2014-webcast/event/

registration.html. 

If, in the course of the open session 

discussion, it becomes necessary for the 

Council to discuss non-public 

commercial or financial information of 

intrinsic value, the Council will go into 

closed session pursuant to subsection 

(c)(4) of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b, and in 

accordance with the February 15, 2012 

determination of the Chairman. 

Additionally, discussion concerning 

purely personal information about 

individuals, such as personal 

biographical and salary data or medical 

information, may be conducted by the 

Council in closed session in accordance 

with subsection (c)(6) of 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Any interested persons may attend, as 

observers, Council discussions and 

reviews that are open to the public. If 

you need special accommodations due 

to a disability, please contact the Office 

of Accessibility, National Endowment 

for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20506, 202/682– 

5733, Voice/T.T.Y. 202/682–5496, at 

least seven (7) days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: October 6, 2014. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, 

Panel Coordinator, Office of Guidelines and 

Panel Operations. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permit Modification Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of Permit Modification 

Request Received under the Antarctic 

Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 

95–541. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

a notice of requests to modify permits 

issued to conduct activities regulated 

under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 

1978. NSF has published regulations 

under the Antarctic Conservation Act at 

Title 45 part 670 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations. This is the required notice 

of a requested permit modification. 

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