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Requirement Frequency Annual responses

Average time

per response

(hours)

Estimated burden hours

Customer Satisfaction Survey .......................................... On occasion (once per contact).27,000 .083 2,250

Total: ................................................................................ ................................................ 28,824 ........................ 27,294

Total Annualized Capital/Startup

Costs: $819,000.

Total Annual Costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $10,000,000.

Description: The ET Handbook No.

406 (ETA 9002 Data Preparation

Handbook) provides instructions for

completing the ETA 9002 Reports. The

ETA 9002 Reports collect information

on the activities administered by the

public labor exchange in each State and

on the outcomes attributable to these

activities. The VETS 200 Report and

Specifications collect information on

the labor exchange activities provided to

veterans by Disabled Veterans’ Outreach

Program (DVOP) specialists and Local

Veterans’ Employment Representatives

(LVER’s) within the public labor

exchange in each State. We are revising

the ET Handbook No. 406 (ETA 9002

Data Preparation Handbook) and VETS

200 Report and Specifications to reflect

current federal reporting requirements

and to provide for the reporting of

performance outcome information

derived using the labor exchange

performance measures.

Ira L. Mills,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–32072 Filed 12–28–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

December 20, 2001.

The Department of Labor (DOL) has

submitted the following public

information collection requests (ICRs) to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval in

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13,

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). A copy of this

ICR, with applicable supporting

documentation, may be obtained by

calling the Department of Labor. To

obtain documentation contact Darrin

King on (202) 693–4129 or E-Mail:

King_Darrin@dol.gov.

Comments should be sent to Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attn: OMB Desk Officer VETS, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503 ((202) 395–

7316), within 30 days from the date of

this publication in the Federal Register.

The OMB 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 submission of

responses.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Agency: Veterans’ Employment and

Training Service (VETS).

Title: Eligibility Data Form:

Uniformed Services Employment and

Reemployment Rights Act and Veteran’s

Preference.

OMB Number: 1293–0002.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Frequency: On occasion.

Number of Respondents: 1,500.

Number of Annual Responses: 1,500.

Estimated Time Per Response: 15

minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 375.

Total Annualized Capital/Startup

Costs: $0.

Total Annual Costs (Operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $0.

Description: The Form VETS/

USERRA/VP–1010 is used to file

complaints with the Department of

Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and

Training Service under either the

Uniformed Services Employment and

Reemployment Rights Act or laws and

regulations related to veteran’s

preference in Federal employment.

Ira L. Mills,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–32073 Filed 12–28–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–79–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Petitions for Modification

The following parties have filed

petitions to modify the application of

existing safety standards under section

101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and

Health Act of 1977.

1. Elk Run Coal Company, Inc.

[Docket No. M–2001–109–C]

Elk Run Coal Company, Inc., P.O. Box

497, Sylvester, West Virginia 25193 has

filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.364(b)(2)

(weekly examination) to its Black King

I North Portal Mine (I.D. No. 46–08553)

located in Boone County, West Virginia.

The petitioner proposes to establish

weekly evaluations at three monitoring

stations using hand-held gas detection

devices and anemometers. The

petitioner states that these monitoring

stations will be immediately outby

survey station 2915 and designated S–

1, at the punch-out designated as S–2,

and at the punch-out designated S–3;

that the evaluations points will be

evaluated weekly by a certified person

and the results of the examination will

be recorded in the examination books.

The petitioner asserts that the proposed

alternative method would provide at

least the same measure of protection as

the existing standard.

2. Apollo Coal Company

[Docket No. M–2001–110–C]

Apollo Coal Company, P.O. Box 503,

Staffordsville, Kentucky 41256 has filed

a petition to modify the application of

30 CFR 75.503 (permissible electric face

equipment; maintenance) and 30 CFR

18.41(f) (plug and receptacle-type

connectors) to its Mine #3 (I.D. No. 15–

18075) located in Knott County,

Kentucky. The petitioner proposes to

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loaded locking device on mobile

battery-powered machines instead of

using padlocks to prevent unintentional

loosening of battery plugs from battery

receptacles to eliminate the hazards

associated with difficult removal of

padlocks during emergency situations.

The petitioner asserts that application of

the existing standard would result in a

diminution of safety to the miners and

that the proposed alternative method

would provide at least the same

measure of protection as the existing

standard.

3. Straight Fork Mining, Inc.

[Docket No. M–2001–111–C]

Straight Fork Mining, Inc., P.O. Box

249, Stanville, Kentucky 41659 has filed

a petition to modify the application of

30 CFR 75.503 (permissible electric face

equipment; maintenance) and 30 CFR

18.41(f) (plug and receptacle-type

connectors) to its No. 3 Mine (I.D. No.

15–18441) located in Knott County,

Kentucky. The petitioner proposes to

use permanently installed, springloaded locking device on mobile

battery-powered machines instead of

using padlocks to prevent unintentional

loosening of battery plugs from battery

receptacles to eliminate the hazards

associated with difficult removal of

padlocks during emergency situations.

The petitioner asserts that the proposed

alternative method would provide at

least the same measure of protection as

the existing standard.

4. Clas Coal Company, Inc.

[Docket No. M–2001–112–C]

Clas Coal Company, Inc., P.O. Box 35,

Deane, Kentucky 41812 has filed a

petition to modify the application of 30

CFR 75.503 (permissible electric face

equipment; maintenance) and 30 CFR

18.41(f) (plug and receptacle-type

connectors) to its E–3 Mine (I.D. No. 15–

18392) located in Knott County,

Kentucky. The petitioner proposes to

use permanently installed, springloaded locking device on mobile

battery-powered machines instead of

using padlocks to prevent unintentional

loosening of battery plugs from battery

receptacles to eliminate the hazards

associated with difficult removal of

padlocks during emergency situations.

The petitioner asserts that application of

the existing standard would result in a

diminution of safety to the miners and

that the proposed alternative method

would provide at least the same

measure of protection as the existing

standard.

5. Centralia Mining

[Docket No. M–2001–113–C]

Centralia Mining, RD #2 Box 665,

Shamokin, Pennsylvania 17872 has filed

a petition to modify the application of

30 CFR 49.2(b) (mine rescue teams) to

its Skidmore Slope (I.D. No. 36–09001)

located in Columbia County,

Pennsylvania. The petitioner requests a

modification of the standard to permit

the reduction of two mine rescue teams

with five members and one alternate

each, to two mine rescue teams of three

members with one alternate for either

team. The petitioner asserts that the

proposed alternative method would

provide at least the same measure of

protection as the existing standard.

6. Centralia Mining

[Docket No. M–2001–114–C]

Centralia Mining, RD #2 Box 665,

Shamokin, Pennsylvania 17872 has filed

a petition to modify the application of

30 CFR 75.1100–2(a) (quantity and

location of firefighting equipment) to its

Skidmore Slope (I.D. No. 36–09001)

located in Columbia County,

Pennsylvania. The petitioner requests a

modification of the standard to permit

use of portable fire extinguishers only to

replace existing requirements where

rock dust, water cars, and other water

storage equipped with three, ten quart

pails is not practical. The petitioner

proposes to use two (2) fire

extinguishers near the slope bottom and

an additional portable fire extinguisher

within 500 feet of the working face for

equivalent fire protection for the mine.

The petitioner asserts that the proposed

alternative method would provide at

least the same measure of protection as

the existing standard.

7. Centralia Mining

[Docket No. M–2001–115–C]

Centralia Mining, RD #2 Box 665,

Shamokin, Pennsylvania 17872 has filed

a petition to modify the application of

30 CFR 75.1200(d) and (i) (mine maps)

to its Skidmore Slope (I.D. No. 36–

09001) located in Columbia County,

Pennsylvania. The petitioner proposes

to use cross-sections instead of contour

lines through the intake slope, at

locations of rock tunnel connections

between veins, and at 1,000 foot

intervals of advance from the intake

slope; and to limit the required mapping

of the mine workings above and below

to those present within 100 feet of the

vein being mined except when veins are

interconnected to other veins beyond

the 100-foot limit through rock tunnels.

The petitioner asserts that 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. The petitioner further

asserts that 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. The petitioner asserts that

the proposed alternative method would

provide at least the same measure of

protection as the existing standard.

8. Centralia Mining

[Docket No. M–2001–116–C]

Centralia Mining, RD #2 Box 665,

Shamokin, Pennsylvania 17872 has filed

a petition to modify the application of

30 CFR 1202 and 30 CFR 75.1202–1(a)

(temporary notations, revisions, and

supplements) to its Skidmore Slope (I.D.

No. 36–09001) located in Columbia

County, Pennsylvania. The petitioner

proposes to revise and supplement mine

maps annually instead of every 6

months as required, and to update maps

daily by hand notations. The petitioner

also proposes to conduct surveys prior

to commencing retreat mining and

whenever either a drilling program

under 30 CFR 75.388 or plan for mining

into inaccessible areas under 30 CFR

75.389 is required. The petitioner

asserts that the proposed alternative

method would provide at least the same

measure of protection as the existing

standard.

9. Centralia Mining

[Docket No. M–2001–117–C]

Centralia Mining, RD #2 Box 665,

Shamokin, Pennsylvania 17872 has filed

a petition to modify the application of

30 CFR 75.1400 (hoisting equipment;

general) to its Skidmore Slope (I.D. No.

36–09001) located in Columbia County,

Pennsylvania. The petitioner proposes

to use a slope conveyance (gunboat) in

transporting persons without installing

safety catches or other no less effective

devices but instead use increased rope

strength and secondary safety rope

connection in place of such devices.

The petitioner asserts that the proposed

alternative method would provide at

least the same measure of protection as

the existing standard.

10. Blue Diamond Coal Company

[Docket No. M–2001–118–C]

Blue Diamond Coal Company, P.O.

Box 47, Slemp, Kentucky 41763–0047

has filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.350 (air

courses and belt haulage entries) to its

Mine #77 (I.D. No. 15–09636) located in

Perry County, Kentucky. The petitioner

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proposes to use air coursed through

conveyor belt entries to ventilate

working places. The petitioner proposes

to install and maintain a carbon

monoxide monitoring system as an early

warning fire detection system in all belt

entries used to course intake air to a

working place. The petitioner asserts

that the proposed alternative method

would provide at least the same

measure of protection as the existing

standard.

11. BSE Mining, Inc.

[Docket No. M–2001–119–C]

BSE Mining, Inc., P.O. Box 267, Hager

Hill, Kentucky 41222 has filed a petition

to modify the application of 30 CFR

75.800 (high-voltage circuits; circuit

breakers) to its No. 1 Mine (I.D. No. 15–

18343) located in Morgan County,

Kentucky. The petitioner proposes to

use a contactor on high-voltage systems

instead of using circuit breakers. The

petitioner asserts that the proposed

alternative method would provide at

least the same measure of protection as

the existing standard.

12. White County Coal, LLC

[Docket No. M–2001–120–C]

White County Coal, LLC, 1343 County

Road 1450E, Carmi, Illinois 62821 has

filed a petition to modify the

application of 30 CFR 75.901 (protection

of low- and medium-voltage three-phase

circuits used underground) to its Pattiki

II Mine (I.D. No. 11–03058) located in

White County, Illinois. The petitioner

proposes to use a 200KW, 480-volt,

diesel powered generator set with an

approved diesel drive engine to power

electrical equipment that will only

move equipment in, out, and around the

mine and to perform work in areas

outby section loading points where

equipment is not required to be

maintained as permissible. The

petitioner asserts that the proposed

alternative method would provide at

least the same measure of protection as

the existing standard.

13. New South Resources, d.b.a. Black

Hawk Mining

[Docket No. M–2001–121–C]

New South Resources, d.b.a. Black

Hawk Mining, P.O. Box 2594, Beckley,

West Virginia 25802–2594 has filed a

petition to modify the application of 30

CFR 75.1102 (slippage and sequence

switches) to its Mine No. 1 (I.D. No. 46–

08809) located in Raleigh County, West

Virginia. The petitioner proposes to

install and maintain an electrical switch

that stops the belt when the coal in the

bin reaches a predetermined level near

the top of the bin. The petitioner states

that activation of the electrical switch

by the rising coal level will prevent coal

from overflowing the bins and spilling

or being carried back on the conveyor

belt; and that the No. 2 Belt will stop

until the bin begins to empty and the

coal level drops below the

predetermined level previously

mentioned and the feeders which feed

coal from the bins onto the No. 1 Belt

are sequenced so that the feeders are

stopped automatically whenever the No.

1 Belt stops operating. The petitioner

asserts that the proposed alternative

method would provide at least the same

measure of protection as the existing

standard.

Request for Comments

Persons interested in these petitions

are encouraged to submit comments via

e-mail to comments@msha.gov, or on a

computer disk along with an original

hard copy to the Office of Standards,

Regulations, and Variances, Mine Safety

and Health Administration, 4015

Wilson Boulevard, Room 627,

Arlington, Virginia 22203. All

comments must be postmarked or

received in that office on or before

January 30, 2002. Copies of these

petitions are available for inspection at

that address.

Dated at Arlington, Virginia, this 21st day

of December, 2001.

David L. Meyer,

Director, Office of Standards, Regulations,

and Variances.

[FR Doc. 01–32036 Filed 12–28–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to

submit an information collection

request to OMB and solicitation of

public comment.

SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a

submittal to OMB for review of

continued approval of information

collections under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Information pertaining to the

requirement to be submitted:

1. The title of the information

collection: 10 CFR Part 54,

‘‘Requirements for Renewal of Operating

Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants.’’

2. Current OMB approval number:

3150–0155.

3. How often the collection is

required: One-time submission with

application for renewal of an operating

license for a nuclear power plant and

occasional collections for holders of

renewed licenses.

4. Who is required or asked to report:

Commercial nuclear power plant

licensees who wish to renew their

operating licenses.

5. The number of annual respondents:

6 respondents annually based on an

estimate of the receipt of 19 new

renewal applications over three years.

6. The number of hours needed

annually to complete the requirement or

request: Approximately 432,333 hours

(405,333 hours one-time reporting

burden and 27,000 hours recordkeeping

burden).

7. Abstract: 10 CFR Part 54 of the NRC

regulations, ‘‘Requirements for Renewal

of Operating Licensees for Nuclear

Power Plants,’’ specifies the procedures,

criteria, and standards governing

nuclear power plant license renewal,

including information submittal and

recordkeeping requirements, so that the

NRC may make determinations that

extension of the license term will

continue to ensure the health and safety

of the public.

Submit, by March 1, 2002, comments

that address the following questions:

1. Is the proposed collection of

information necessary for the NRC to

properly perform its functions? Does the

information have practical utility?

2. Is the burden estimate accurate?

3. Is there a way to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected?

4. How can the burden of the

information collection be minimized,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology?

A copy of the draft supporting

statement may be viewed free of charge

at the NRC Public Document Room, One

White Flint North, 11555 Rockville

Pike, Room O–1 F23, Rockville, MD

20852. OMB clearance requests are

available at the NRC worldwide web

site: http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/PUBLIC/

OMB/index.html. The document will be

available on the NRC home page site for

60 days after the signature date of this

notice.

Comments and questions about the

information collection requirements

may be directed to the NRC Clearance

Officer, Brenda Jo. Shelton, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, T–6 E6,

Washington, DC 20555–0001, by

telephone at 301–415–7233, or by