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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Refuse 

Piles and Impoundment Structures— 

Recordkeeping and Reporting 

Requirements 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting the Mine Safety and 

Health Administration (MSHA) 

sponsored information collection 

request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Refuse Piles and 

Impoundment Structures— 

Recordkeeping and Reporting 

Requirements,’’ to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval for continued use, 

without change, 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 agency receives 

on or before November 22, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation; 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained free of charge from the 

RegInfo.gov Web site at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201708-1219-001 

(this link will only become active on the 

day following publication of this notice) 

or by contacting Michel Smyth by 

telephone at 202–693–4129, TTY 202– 

693–8064, (these are not toll-free 

numbers) or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Submit comments about this request 

by mail to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk 

Officer for DOL–MSHA, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 

725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503; by Fax: 202–395–5806 (this is 

not a toll-free number); or by email: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Commenters are encouraged, but not 

required, to send a courtesy copy of any 

comments by mail or courier to the U.S. 

Department of Labor—OASAM, Office 

of the Chief Information Officer, Attn: 

Departmental Information Compliance 

Management Program, Room N1301, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210; or by email: 

DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693– 

4129, TTY 202–693–8064, (these are not 

toll-free numbers) or by email at DOL_

PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR 

seeks to extend PRA authority for the 

Refuse Piles and Impoundment 

Structures—Recordkeeping and 

Reporting Requirements information 

collection requirements codified in 

regulations 30 CFR 77.215 and 77.216. 

These regulations require a coal mine 

operator to submit an annual report and 

certification on refuse piles and 

impoundments to the MSHA and to 

develop and maintain a record of the 

results of each weekly examination and 

instrumentation monitoring. Federal 

Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 

sections 101(a) and 103(h) authorize this 

information collection. See 30 U.S.C. 

811(a) and 813(h). 

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 it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

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 Control Number. See 5 

CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL 

obtains OMB approval for this 

information collection under Control 

Number 1219–0015. 

OMB authorization for an ICR cannot 

be for more than three (3) years without 

renewal, and the current approval for 

this collection is scheduled to expire on 

October 31, 2017. The DOL seeks to 

extend PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) more 

years, without any change to existing 

requirements. The DOL notes that 

existing information collection 

requirements submitted to the OMB 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. For 

additional substantive information 

about this ICR, see the related notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 16, 2017 (82 FR 27730). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section within thirty (30) days of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. In order to help ensure 

appropriate consideration, comments 

should mention OMB Control Number 

1219–0015. The OMB is particularly 

interested in comments that: 

• 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 submission of 

responses. 

Agency: DOL–MSHA. 

Title of Collection: Refuse Piles and 

Impoundment Structures— 

Recordkeeping and Reporting 

Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 1219–0015. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

businesses or other for-profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 632. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 31,414. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

76,863 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $2,034,585. 

Dated: October 13, 2017. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22869 Filed 10–20–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0042] 

TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc.: 

Grant of Expansion of Recognition and 

Notice of Voluntary Reduction in 

Scope 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces its final decision to expand 

the scope of recognition for TUV 

Rheinland of North America, Inc. as a 

Nationally Recognized Testing 

Laboratory (NRTL). Additionally, OSHA 

announces the voluntary removal of a 


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test standard from TUV Rheinland of 

North America, Inc.’s scope of 

recognition. 

DATES: The expansion of the scope of 

recognition becomes effective on 

October 23, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information regarding this notice is 

available from the following sources: 

Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank 

Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of 

Communications, U.S. Department of 

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Room N–3647, Washington, DC 20210; 

telephone: (202) 693–1999; email: 

meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. 

General and technical information: 

Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director, 

Office of Technical Programs and 

Coordination Activities, Directorate of 

Technical Support and Emergency 

Management, Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, U.S. Department 

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Room N–3655, Washington, DC 20210; 

telephone: (202) 693–2110; email: 

robinson.kevin@dol.gov. OSHA’s Web 

page includes information about the 

NRTL Program (see http://

www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/ 

index.html). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Notice of Final Decision 

OSHA hereby gives notice of the 

expansion of the scope of recognition of 

TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc. 

(TUVRNA) as a NRTL. TUVRNA’s 

expansion covers the addition of one 

test standard to its scope of recognition. 

OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies 

that the organization meets the 

requirements specified by 29 CFR 

1910.7. Recognition is an 

acknowledgment that the organization 

can perform independent safety testing 

and certification of the specific products 

covered within its scope of recognition 

and is not a delegation or grant of 

government authority. As a result of 

recognition, employers may use 

products properly approved by the 

NRTL to meet OSHA standards that 

require testing and certification of the 

products. 

The Agency processes applications by 

a NRTL for initial recognition, or for 

expansion or renewal of this 

recognition, following requirements in 

Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This 

appendix requires that the Agency 

publish two notices in the Federal 

Register in processing an application. In 

the first notice, OSHA announces the 

application and provides its preliminary 

finding and, in the second notice, the 

Agency provides its final decision on 

the application. These notices set forth 

the NRTL’s scope of recognition or 

modifications of that scope. OSHA 

maintains an informational Web page 

for each NRTL that details its scope of 

recognition. These pages are available 

from the Agency’s Web site at http://

www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/ 

index.html. 

TUVRNA submitted an application, 

dated September 30, 2015, (OSHA– 

2007–0042–0022) to expand its 

recognition to include one additional 

test standard. OSHA staff performed a 

comparability analysis and reviewed 

other pertinent information. OSHA did 

not perform any on-site reviews in 

relation to this application. 

OSHA published the preliminary 

notice announcing TUVRNA’s 

expansion application in the Federal 

Register on July 27, 2017 (82 FR 34980). 

The Agency requested comments by 

August 11, 2017, but it received no 

comments in response to this notice. 

OSHA now is proceeding with this final 

notice to grant expansion of TUVRNA’s 

scope of recognition. 

To obtain or review copies of all 

public documents pertaining to 

TUVRNA’s application, go to 

www.regulations.gov or contact the 

Docket Office, Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, U.S. Department 

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Room N–3655, Washington, DC 20210. 

Docket No. OSHA–2007–0042 contains 

all materials in the record concerning 

TUVRNA’s recognition. 

II. Final Decision and Order 

OSHA staff examined TUVRNA’s 

expansion application, its capability to 

meet the requirements of the test 

standards, and other pertinent 

information. Based on its review of this 

evidence, OSHA finds that TUVRNA 

meets the requirements of 29 CFR 

1910.7 for expansion of its recognition, 

subject to the limitation and conditions 

listed below. OSHA, therefore, is 

proceeding with this final notice to 

grant TUVRNA’s scope of recognition. 

OSHA limits the expansion of 

TUVRNA’s recognition to testing and 

certification of products for 

demonstration of conformance to the 

test standard listed in Table 1 below. 

TABLE 1—APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARD FOR INCLUSION IN TUVRNA’S

NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION

Test 

standard Test standard title 

UL 2202 Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging 

System Equipment. 

Additionally, TUVRNA submitted a 

voluntary withdrawal letter on April 7, 

2017, (OSHA–2007–0042–0025) to 

reduce its scope of recognition by one 

test standard. Table 2 below lists the 

recognized test standard that will be 

removed from TUVRNA’s scope of 

recognition. 

TABLE 2—APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARD FOR REMOVAL FROM

TUVRNA’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION

Test 

standard Test standard title 

UL 913 Standard for Intrinsically Safe Apparatus and Associated Apparatus for Use in Class I, II, III, 

Division 1, Hazardous (Classified) Location. 

OSHA’s recognition of any NRTL for 

a particular test standard is limited to 

equipment or materials for which OSHA 

standards require third-party testing and 

certification before using them in the 

workplace. Consequently, if a test 

standard also covers any products for 

which OSHA does not require such 

testing and certification, a NRTL’s scope 

of recognition does not include these 

products. 

The American National Standards 

Institute (ANSI) may approve the test 

standard listed above in Table 1 as an 

American National Standard. However, 

for convenience, we may use the 

designation of the standards-developing 

organization for the standard as opposed 

to the ANSI designation. Under the 

NRTL Program’s policy (see OSHA 

Instruction CPL 1–0.3, Appendix C, 

paragraph XIV), any NRTL recognized 

for a particular test standard may use 

either the proprietary version of the test 

standard or the ANSI version of that 

standard. Contact ANSI to determine 

whether a test standard is currently 

ANSI-approved. 

A. Conditions 

In addition to those conditions 

already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, 

TUVRNA must abide by the following 

conditions of the recognition: 

1. TUVRNA must inform OSHA as 

soon as possible, in writing, of any 

change of ownership, facilities, or key 

personnel, and of any major change in 

its operations as a NRTL, and provide 

details of the change(s); 

2. TUVRNA must meet all the terms 

of its recognition and comply with all 

OSHA policies pertaining to this 

recognition; and 

3. TUVRNA must continue to meet 

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including all previously published 

conditions on TUVRNA’s scope of 

recognition, in all areas for which it has 

recognition. 

Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 

1910.7, OSHA hereby expands the scope 

of recognition of TUVRNA, subject to 

the limitation and conditions specified 

above. Additionally, pursuant to the 

authority in 29 CFR 1910.7, OSHA 

further reduces the scope of recognition 

of TUVRNA per its request of voluntary 

withdrawal by removing the standard 

outlined in Table 2 above. TUVRNA has 

notified the NRTL clients for which 

TUVRNA certified products conforming 

to UL 913 of this reduction in NRTL 

scope. 

III. Authority and Signature 

Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health, authorized the 

preparation of this notice. Accordingly, 

the Agency is issuing this notice 

pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 657(g)(2), 

Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 1–2012 

(77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012), and 29 CFR 

1910.7. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on October 12, 

2017. 

Loren Sweatt, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Sunshine Act Meeting; National 

Science Board 

The National Science Board’s 

Committee on Honorary Awards, 

pursuant to NSF regulations (45 CFR 

part 614), the National Science 

Foundation Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

1862n–5), and the Government in the 

Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), hereby 

gives notice of the scheduling of a 

teleconference for the transaction of 

National Science Board business, as 

follows: 

TIME AND DATE: October 30, 2017 from 

3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT. 

PLACE: This meeting will be held by 

teleconference at the National Science 

Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Ave., 

Alexandria, VA 22314. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: (1) 

Subcommittee Chair’s opening remarks; 

(2) Review and discuss candidates for 

the 2018 National Science Board 

Honorary Awards—the Vannevar Bush 

Award and the NSB Public Service 

Award; and subcommittee Chair’s 

closing remarks. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Point of contact for this meeting is: 

Nadine Lymn, 2415 Eisenhower Ave., 

Alexandria, VA 22314, nlymn@nsf.gov, 

(703) 292–7000. Meeting information 

and updates may be found at http://

www.nsf.gov/nsb/meetings/ 

notices.jsp#sunshine. Please refer to the 

National Science Board Web site 

www.nsf.gov/nsb for general 

information. 

Chris Blair, 

Executive Assistant to the NSB Office. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23045 Filed 10–19–17; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permits Issued Under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of permits issued. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

notice of permits issued under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, 

Public Law 95–541. This is the required 

notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, 

Office of Polar Programs, National 

Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower 

Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314; 703– 

292–8224; email: ACApermits@nsf.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 14, 2017, the National 

Science Foundation published a notice 

in the Federal Register of a permit 

applications received. The permits were 

issued on October 17, 2017 to: 

1. Jill Mikucki, Permit No. 2018–008 

2. Greg Neri, Permit No. 2018–006 

3. Kirsten Carlson, Permit No. 2018–009 

4. Kenneth Sims, Permit No. 2018–011 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Polar Coordination Specialist, Office of Polar 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22915 Filed 10–20–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

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. 

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. This is the required notice of a 

requested permit modification. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application by November 22, 2017. 

Permit applications may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Office of 

Polar Programs, National Science 

Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22314. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at 

the above address, 703–292–8030, or 

ACApermits@nsf.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Science Foundation, as 

directed by the Antarctic Conservation 

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541), as 

amended by the Antarctic Science, 

Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996, 

has developed regulations for the 

establishment of a permit system for 

various activities in Antarctica and 

designation of certain animals and 

certain geographic areas a requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

Description of Permit Modification 

Requested: The Foundation issued a 

permit (ACA 2016–020) to Laura K.O. 

Smith, Owner, Operator Quixote 

Expeditions, on December 23, 2015. The 

issued permit allows the permit holder 

to conduct waste management activities 

associated with the operation of the 

‘‘Ocean Tramp,’’ a reinforced ketch 

rigged sailing yacht in the Antarctic 

Peninsula region. Activities to be 

conducted by Quixote include: 

Passenger landings, hiking, 

photography, wildlife viewing, and 

possible station visits. 

A recent modification to this permit, 

dated November 9, 2016, permitted the 

permit holder to continue permitted 

activities, including minimization, 

mitigation, and monitoring of waste, for 

the 2016–2017 Antarctic season. The 

Environmental Officer reviewed the 

modification request and determined 

that the amendment was not a material 

change to the permit, and it will have 

a less than a minor or transitory impact. 

Now the permit holder proposes a 

modification to the permit to continue 

the permitted activities for the 2017– 

2018 Antarctic season and add coastal 

camping activities as well as resupply of 

fresh food as part of Quixote’s new fly/ 


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