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result from different experience rating 

systems. Used in conjunction with other 

data, the ETA 204 assists in determining 

the effects of certain factors (e.g., 

stabilization, expansion, or contraction 

in employment, etc.) on the 

unemployment experience of various 

groups of employers. The data also 

provide an early signal for potential 

solvency problems and are useful in 

analyzing factors which give rise to 

these potential problems and permit an 

evaluation of the effectiveness of the 

various approaches available to correct 

the detected problems. The report 

collects annual information about the 

taxation efforts in states relative to both 

taxable and total wages and allows 

comparison between states. Further, the 

data are key components to the 

Significant Tax Measures Report. The 

Significant Tax Measures Report 

provides the information necessary to 

evaluate and compare state UI tax 

systems. 

II. Review Focus 

The Department 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 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Title: Experience Rating Report. 

OMB Number: 1205–0164. 

Affected Public: State Workforce 

Agencies. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 

53. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

30 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 13 Hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Cost 

Burden: $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this comment request will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval of the ICR; 

they will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Portia Wu, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28033 Filed 11–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Comment Request for Information 

Collection for O*NET Data Collection 

Program, Extension of Currently 

Approved Collection With Minor 

Revisions 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(Department), as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, conducts a 

preclearance consultation program to 

provide the public and Federal agencies 

with an opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing collections 

of information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)] (PRA). The PRA 

helps ensure that respondents can 

provide requested data in the desired 

format with minimal reporting burden 

(time and financial resources), 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. 

Currently, the Employment and 

Training Administration is soliciting 

comments concerning the proposed 

extension of the O*NET (Occupational 

Information Network) Data Collection 

Program (expires June 30, 2015). A copy 

of the proposed information collection 

request (ICR) can be obtained by 

contacting the office listed below in the 

addressee section of this notice or by 

accessing: http://www.onetcenter.org/

ombclearance.html 

DATES: Submit written comments to the 

office listed in the addresses section 

below on or before January 26, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Lauren Fairley Wright, Division of 

National Programs, Tools and Technical 

Assistance, Room C4526, Employment 

and Training Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Telephone number: 202–693–3731 (this 

is not a toll-free number). Individuals 

with hearing or speech impairments 

may access the telephone number above 

via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal 

Information Relay Service at 1–877– 

889–5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202–693– 

3015. Email: wright.lauren@dol.gov. To 

obtain a copy of the proposed 

information collection request (ICR), 

you may email the person listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The O*NET Data Collection Program 

is an ongoing effort to collect and 

maintain current information on the 

detailed characteristics of occupations 

and skills for more than 900 

occupations. The resulting database 

provides the most comprehensive 

standardized source of occupational and 

skills information in the nation. O*NET 

information is used by a wide range of 

audiences, including individuals 

making career decisions, public 

agencies and schools providing career 

exploration services or education and 

training programs, and businesses 

making staffing and training decisions. 

The O*NET system provides a common 

language, framework and database to 

meet the administrative needs of various 

federal programs, including workforce 

investment and training programs 

supported by funding from the 

Departments of Labor, Education, and 

Health and Human Services. 

Section 308 of the Workforce 

Innovation and Opportunity Act 

requires the Secretary of Labor to 

oversee the ‘‘development, 

maintenance, and continuous 

improvement of a nationwide workforce 

and labor market information system’’ 

which shall include, among other 

components, ‘‘skill trends by occupation 

and industry.’’ The O*NET database 

provides: 

D Detailed information for more than 

900 occupations. 

D Descriptive information using 

standardized descriptors for skills, 

abilities, interests, knowledge, work 

values, education, training, work 

context, and work activities. 

D Occupational coding based on the 

2010 Standard Occupational 

Classification (SOC) system. 

Several minor questionnaire changes 

for the Knowledge Questionnaire and 

the Background Questionnaire are 

pending in this submission. These 

changes are described in detail in 

Appendix A of the proposed 

Information Collection Request. These 

changes do not represent an increase in 

respondent burden. 

The O*NET electronic database and 

related O*NET products and tools have 

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been incorporated into numerous public 

and private sector products and 

resources, summarized at http://

www.onetcenter.org/paw.html. These 

products in turn serve millions of 

customers. 

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 

Type of Review: Extension with minor 

revisions. 

Title: O*NET Data Collection 

Program. 

OMB Number: 1205–0421. 

Affected Public: private sector (forprofit businesses and not-for-profit 

organizations); state, local and tribal 

governments; federal government; 

individuals. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 

28,866. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

28,866. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 14,537. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: 0. 

We will summarize and/or include in 

the request for OMB approval of the 

ICR, the comments received in response 

to this comment request; they will also 

become a matter of public record. 

Portia Wu, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training, Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27970 Filed 11–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

Petitions for Modification of 

Application of Existing Mandatory 

Safety Standards 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Section 101(c) of the Federal 

Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and 

Title 30 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, 30 CFR part 44, govern the 

application, processing, and disposition 

of petitions for modification. This notice 

is a summary of petitions for 

modification submitted to the Mine 

Safety and Health Administration 

(MSHA) by the parties listed below. 

DATES: All comments on the petitions 

must be received by the Office of 

Standards, Regulations and Variances 

on or before December 26, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit your 

comments, identified by ‘‘docket 

number’’ on the subject line, by any of 

the following methods: 

1. Electronic Mail: zzMSHAcomments@dol.gov. Include the docket 

number of the petition in the subject 

line of the message. 

2. Facsimile: 202–693–9441. 

3. Regular Mail or Hand Delivery: 

MSHA, Office of Standards, Regulations 

and Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, 

Room 2350, Arlington, Virginia 22209– 

3939, Attention: Sheila McConnell, 

Acting Director, Office of Standards, 

Regulations and Variances. Persons 

delivering documents are required to 

check in at the receptionist’s desk on 

the 21st floor. Individuals may inspect 

copies of the petitions and comments 

during normal business hours at the 

address listed above. 

MSHA will consider only comments 

postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service or 

proof of delivery from another delivery 

service such as UPS or Federal Express 

on or before the deadline for comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Barron, Office of Standards, 

Regulations and Variances at 202–693– 

9447 (Voice), barron.barbara@dol.gov 

(Email), or 202–693–9441 (Facsimile). 

[These are not toll-free numbers.] 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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. That the application of such 

standard to such mine will result in a 

diminution of safety to the miners in 

such mine. 

In addition, the regulations at 30 CFR 

44.10 and 44.11 establish the 

requirements and procedures for filing 

petitions for modification. 

II. Petitions for Modification 

Docket Numbers: M–2014–037–C. 

Petitioner: Jesse Creek Mining, LLC, 

1615 Kent Dairy Road, Alabaster, 

Alabama 35007. 

Mine: Clark No. 1 Mine, MSHA I.D. 

No. 01–03422, located in Shelby 

County, Alabama. 

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 

75.364(b)(2) (Weekly examinations). 

Modification Request: The petitioner 

requests a modification of the existing 

standard to permit an alternative 

method of having a certified person take 

air quantity and quality measurements 

at evaluation points EP–1, EP–2 and EP– 

3. The petitioner states that: 

(1) Multiple roof falls have blocked 

travel in the Main West Area left side 

return at survey spads 40 and 41 for 

approximately three crosscuts, making it 

unsafe for mine examiners to travel and 

the roof falls are impractical to 

rehabilitate. 

(2) Three evaluation points (EP–1, 

EP–2 and EP–3) will allow effective 

evaluation of airflow through the air 

split used to ventilate the Main West 

Area left side return air courses at the 

inaccessible roof falls. Evaluation points 

EP–2 and EP–3 will be established to 

monitor the air inby the roof fall. 

Evaluation point EP–1 will monitor the 

air outby the roof fall. 

(3) Signs will be posted in an adjacent 

travel entry showing the safe travel 

route to each evaluation point. The 

evaluation points and routes of travel to 

the evaluation points will be kept free 

of water accumulations. Prior to October 

14, 2014, a water pump was being used 

to maintain the water level in the West 

Mains Area. The power has been 

removed from the pump and all water 

from this area will gravity drain to a 

location that will be safe for a fire boss 

to examine. The water being gravity 

drained will be done in a manner so that 

no water accumulations prevent safe 

travel in any area traveled by persons or 

equipment. 

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