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measure of protection to the miners than 

would be provided by the existing 

standard. 

Docket Number: M–2008–057–C. 

Petitioner: Midland Trail Energy, LLC, 

42 Rensford Star Route, Charleston, 

West Virginia 25306. 

Mine: Blue Creek #1 Mine, MSHA I.D. 

No. 46–09297 and Blue Creek #2 Mine, 

MSHA I.D. No. 46–09296, located in 

Kanawha County, West Virginia. 

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1002 

(installation of electric equipment and 

conductors; permissibility). 

Modification Request: The petitioner 

requests a modification of the existing 

standard to permit the use of Joy 

12CM27 continuous miners which 

operate at 2,400 volts and offer the 

following general safety advantages over 

low-voltage continuous miners: (a) 

Excessive voltage regulation can result 

in motor overheating, inadequate motor 

torque, and excessive wear and tear 

which can in turn reduce the efficiency 

and safety of the continuous miner; and 

(b) safety is diminished as the limits of 

the available interrupting ratings of 

circuit breakers at 1,000 volts are 

encountered. The petitioner’s petition 

addresses: voltage limitation of power 

circuits; voltage limitation of control 

circuits; ground-fault protection; circuit 

testing; short-circuit protection; 

undervoltage protection; guarding of 

high-voltage trailing cables; design of 

high-voltage trailing cables; and repairs 

to high-voltage trailing cables. Persons 

may review a complete description of 

petitioner’s alternative method and 

procedures at the MSHA address listed 

in this notice. The petitioner asserts that 

the proposed alternative method will at 

all times guarantee no less than the 

same measure of protection afforded 

affected persons by the 1,000-volt limit 

imposed under 30 CFR 75.2 and 30 CFR 

75.1002. 

Docket Number: M–2008–058–C. 

Petitioner: Timber Coal Company, 

Inc., P.O. Box 188, Sacramento, 

Pennsylvania 17968. 

Mine: Genie Stripping Operation, 

MSHA I.D. No. 36–09098, located in 

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. 

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 

77.1200(c) (Mine map). 

Modification Request: The petitioner 

requests a modification of the existing 

standard to permit the use of crosssections in lieu of contour lines at 

regular intervals through the area to be 

mined. The petitioner states that: (1) 

Due to the steep pitch encountered in 

mining anthracite coal veins, contours 

provide no useful information and their 

presence would make portions of the 

map illegible; (2) use of cross-sections in 

lieu of contour lines has been practiced 

since the late 1800’s thereby providing 

critical information relative to the 

spacing between veins and proximity to 

other mine workings which fluctuate 

considerably; and (3) the vast majority 

of current surface anthracite mining 

involves either the mining of remnant 

pillars from previous mining/mine 

operators or the mining of veins of 

lower quality in proximity to 

inaccessible and frequently flooded 

abandoned mine workings which may 

or may not be mapped. The petitioner 

asserts that the proposed alternative 

method will in no way provide less than 

the same measure of protection than 

that afforded the miners under the 

existing standard. 

Docket Number: M–2008–006–M. 

Petitioner: Solvay Chemicals, Inc., 

P.O. Box 1167, 400 County Road 85, 

Green River, Wyoming 82935. 

Mine: Solvay Chemicals—Trona 

Underground Mine, MSHA I.D. No. 48– 

01295, located in Sweetwater County, 

Wyoming. 

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 57.22305 

(Approved equipment (III mines)). 

Modification Request: The petitioner 

requests a modification of the existing 

standard to permit the use of certain 

non-permissible tools or their 

equivalent in or beyond the last open 

crosscut. The petitioner states that: (1) 

Specifically these tools are CMXA 51– 

IS Intrinsically Safe (IS) Portable Data 

Collector/FFT Analyzer; (2) methane 

levels would be continuously monitored 

during data collection use by the 

longwall continuous methane monitors 

located at the shear, headgate, and 

tailgate; (3) the continuous methane 

monitors alarm at 1% methane and deenergize the longwall mining machine 

at 1.5% methane; (4) methane levels 

will also be monitored by an 

appropriate continuous monitoring unit 

carried by the operator; and (5) methane 

levels would be measured within 6 

inches of the CMXA 51–IS immediately 

prior to its use. The petitioner asserts 

that the proposed alternative method 

would guarantee the miners no less than 

the same measure of protection given to 

them by the existing standard. 

Dated: January 16, 2009. 

Patricia W. Silvey, 

Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, 

and Variances. 

[FR Doc. E9–1480 Filed 1–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP 

AND EXCELLENCE IN NATIONAL 

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 

FOUNDATION 

Availability of Solicitation for 

Consensus Building Leader for 

Missouri River Recovery 

Implementation Committee 

AGENCY: United States Institute for 

Environmental Conflict Resolution, 

Morris K. Udall Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of available solicitation. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Institute for 

Environmental Conflict Resolution (U.S. 

Institute) is soliciting expressions of 

interest, assurances of availability, 

statements of qualifications, and cost 

quotations from highly skilled 

individuals to provide consensus 

building services in the capacity of 

Chair of the Missouri River Recovery 

Implementation Committee (the 

Committee). 

The Committee is a FACA-exempt, 

multi-stakeholder committee as 

described in Section 5018 of the Water 

Resources Development Act of 2007 

(WRDA 2007), see http://www.mrric.org, 

composed of representatives from 

Federal agencies, States, tribes, and nongovernmental and local governmental 

stakeholder interests in the basin. The 

Committee is a collaborative forum for 

providing consensus recommendations 

to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

(USACE) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (USFWS) on endangered species 

recovery activities in the Missouri River 

Basin and the ‘‘study’’ outlined in 

WRDA 2007. The Chair will assist the 

Committee in consensus building efforts 

with support of a facilitation team 

contracted through the U.S. Institute. 

The selected Chair will work in close 

partnership with the U.S. Institute and 

facilitation team, the Committee, and 

representatives from the lead agencies 

(USACE and USFWS) from May through 

December of 2009, to convene 

Committee meetings and support work 

group activities in order to provide 

consensus recommendations to the 

agencies. The work of the contracted 

Chair will be evaluated before the final 

Committee meeting of the year 

(November 2009). If the Committee, the 

U.S. Institute and the lead agencies 

agree, the contract will be extended for 

another year, contingent on the 

availability of funds from the lead 

agencies. 

The solicitation may be accessed at: 

http://www.ecr.gov and at: http:// 

www.mrric.org. This notice invites 

interested individuals to review the 

solicitation and provide a description of 

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their services and expertise as described 

in the solicitation. If you do not have 

Internet access to the above sites and 

wish to receive the solicitation by email, fax or U.S. mail please contact 

Sarah Palmer at the addresses below. 

DATES: Materials must be submitted on 

or before 5 p.m. MST February 9, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit materials 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: palmer@ecr.gov. 

• Fax: 1–520–901–8557. 

• Mail: U.S. Institute for 

Environmental Conflict Resolution; 

Attn: Sarah Palmer, 130 South Scott 

Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Palmer, Senior Program Manager, 

U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict 

Resolution, 130 S. Scott Avenue, 

Tucson, AZ 85701, phone (520) 901– 

8556, fax (520) 901–8557, 

palmer@ecr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Institute for Environmental Conflict 

Resolution is a Federal program 

established by the U.S. Congress to 

assist parties in resolving 

environmental, natural resource, and 

public lands conflicts. The U.S. Institute 

is part of the Morris K. Udall 

Foundation, an independent Federal 

agency of the executive branch overseen 

by a board of trustees appointed by the 

President. The U.S. Institute serves as 

an impartial, non-partisan institution 

providing professional expertise, 

services, and resources to all parties 

involved in such disputes, regardless of 

who initiates or pays for assistance. The 

U.S. Institute helps parties determine 

whether collaborative problem solving 

is appropriate for specific 

environmental conflicts, how and when 

to bring all the parties to the table, and 

whether a third-party facilitator or 

mediator might be helpful in assisting 

the parties in their efforts to reach 

consensus or to resolve the conflict. In 

addition, the U.S. Institute maintains a 

roster of qualified facilitators and 

mediators with substantial experience 

in environmental conflict resolution, 

and can help parties in selecting an 

appropriate neutral. For more 

information on the U.S. Institute, please 

visit http://www.ecr.gov. 

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq. 

Dated: January 16, 2009. 

Ellen Wheeler, 

Executive Director, Morris K. Udall 

Scholarship and Excellence in National 

Environmental Policy Foundation. 

[FR Doc. E9–1622 Filed 1–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–FN–P 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: NARA is giving public notice 

that the agency has submitted to OMB 

for approval the information collections 

described in this notice. The public is 

invited to comment on the proposed 

information collections pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to OMB at the address below 

on or before February 25, 2009 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Mr. 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Desk Officer for 

NARA, Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202–395– 

5167; or electronically mailed to 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the proposed information 

collections and supporting statements 

should be directed to Tamee Fechhelm 

at telephone number 301–837–1694 or 

fax number 301–713–7409. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13), NARA invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on proposed 

information collections. NARA 

published a notice of proposed 

collection for these information 

collections on November 20, 2008 (73 

FR 70383 and 70384). No comments 

were received. NARA has submitted the 

described information collections to 

OMB for approval. 

In response to this notice, comments 

and suggestions should address one or 

more of the following points: (a) 

Whether the proposed information 

collections are necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of NARA; 

(b) the accuracy of NARA’s estimate of 

the burden of the proposed information 

collections; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

information technology; and (e) whether 

small businesses are affected by this 

collection. In this notice, NARA is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

following information collections: 

1. Title: Application for attendance at 

the Institute for the Editing of Historical 

Documents. 

OMB number: 3095–0012. 

Agency form number: None. 

Type of review: Regular. 

Affected public: Individuals, often 

already working on documentary 

editing projects, who wish to apply to 

attend the annual one-week Institute for 

the Editing of Historical Documents, an 

intensive seminar in all aspects of 

modern documentary editing techniques 

taught by visiting editors and 

specialists. 

Estimated number of respondents: 25. 

Estimated time per response: 1.5 

hours. 

Frequency of response: On occasion, 

no more than annually (when 

respondent wishes to apply for 

attendance at the Institute). 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

37.5 hours. 

Abstract: The application is used by 

the NHPRC staff to establish the 

applicant’s qualifications and to permit 

selection of those individuals best 

qualified to attend the Institute jointly 

sponsored by the NHPRC, the 

Wisconsin Historical Society, and the 

University of Wisconsin. Selected 

applicants forms are forwarded to the 

resident advisors of the Institute, who 

use them to determine what areas of 

instruction would be most useful to the 

applicants. 

You can also use NARA’s Web site at 

http://www.archives.gov/nhprc/forms/ 

editing-application.pdf to review and 

fill in the application. 

2. Title: National Historical 

Publications and Records Commission 

Grant Program. 

OMB number: 3095–0013. 

Agency form number: None. 

Type of review: Regular. 

Affected public: Nonprofit 

organizations and institutions, state and 

local government agencies, Federally 

acknowledged or state-recognized 

Native American tribes or groups, and 

individuals who apply for NHPRC 

grants for support of historical 

documentary editions, archival 

preservation and planning projects, and 

other records projects. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

148 per year submit applications; 

approximately 100 grantees among the 

applicant respondents also submit 

semiannual narrative performance 

reports. 

Estimated time per response: 54 hours 

per application; 2 hours per narrative 

report. 

Frequency of response: On occasion 

for the application; semiannually for the 

narrative report. Currently, the NHPRC