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extend the approval of these

information-collection requirements.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved informationcollection requirements.

Title: Training grant application.

OMB Number: 1218–0020.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions.

Number of Respondents: 200.

Frequency: Annually.

Total Responses: 200.

Average Time per Response: 59 hours.

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

11,800.

Estimated Cost (Operation and

Maintenance): $377,000.

IV. Authority and Signature

R. Davis Layne, Acting 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)

and the Secretary of Labor’s Order No.

3–2000 (65 FR 50017).

Signed at Washington, DC on February 23,

2001.

R. Davis Layne,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0100(2001)]

Grantee Quarterly Progress Report;

Extension of the Office of Management

of Budget’s Approval of InformationCollection (Paperwork) Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of an opportunity for

public comment.

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public

comment concerning its request to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for an extension of the

information-collection requirements

specified in its Grantee Quarterly

Progress Report.

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before April 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR–

1218–0100(2001), OSHA, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–2625,

200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)

693–2350. Commenters may transmit

written comments of 10 pages or less by

facsimile to: (202) 693–1948.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cindy Bencheck, Division of Training

and Educational Programs, OSHA Office

of Training and Education, 1555 Times

Drive, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018;

telephone: (847) 297–4810; e-mail:

cindy.bencheck@oti.osha.gov; or

facsimile: (847) 297–4874. A copy of the

Agency’s Information-Collection

Request (ICR) supporting the need for

the information collections specified in

the Grantee Quarterly Progress Report is

available for inspection and copying in

the Docket Office, or by requesting a

copy from Todd Owen at (202) 693–

2444. For electronic copies of this ICR,

contact OSHA on the Internet at http:/

/www.osha.gov/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Department of Labor, as part of its

continuing effort to reduce paperwork

and respondent (i.e., employer) burden,

conducts a preclearance consultation

program to provide the public with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and continuing information-collection

requirements in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program

ensures that information is in the

desired format, reporting burden (time

and costs) is minimal, collection

instruments are clearly understood, and

the Agency’s estimate of information

burden is correct.

Section 21 of the Occupational Safety

and Health Act of 1970 (the ‘‘OSH Act’’)

(29 U.S.C. 670) authorizes OSHA to

conduct directly, or through grants and

contracts, education and training

courses. These courses must ensure an

adequate number of qualified personnel

to fulfill the purposes of the Act,

provide them with short-term training,

inform them of the importance and

proper use of safety and health

equipment, and train employers and

employees to recognize, avoid, and

prevent unsafe and unhealthful working

conditions.

Under Section 21, the Agency awards

training grants to nonprofit

organizations to provide part of the

required training. Organizations that

receive these grants must submit

quarterly progress reports as required by

the Department of Labor under 29 CFR

95.51. This regulation states that grant

recipients must submit progress reports

to the awarding agency at least

annually, but no more than quarterly.

The reports must contain a comparison

of actual accomplishments with goals

and objectives established for the

reporting period and, if appropriate, the

output of the program and specified cost

information. Therefore, quarterly

progress reports allow OSHA to

determine if a recipient is using funds

as specified in its grant application.

After receiving a quarterly progress

report, the Agency compares the

information provided in the report to

the quarterly milestones proposed by

the grant recipient in the workplan and

budget that accompanied its grant

application. This information includes:

Identifier data (organization name and

grant number); the location where the

training occurred; the length of training

(hours); the number of employees and

employers attending training sessions

provided by the organization during the

quarter; a description of the training

provided; and a compilation of program

expenditures. Using this information,

OSHA can determine if the grant

recipient is providing the appropriate

training (in terms of course length and

content) to a specific number of

employees and employers as described

in the grant proposal, and is spending

funds consistent with the proposed

budget.

Requiring these reports on a quarterly

bases enables the Agency to identify

training and expenditure discrepancies

in a timely fashion so that it can

implement appropriate action. In

addition, this information permits

OSHA to assess a grant recipient’s

ability to meet projected milestones and

expenditures; this ability serves as one

of the criteria used by the Agency in

determining whether or not to renew the

recipient’s training grant for subsequent

years.

II. Special Issues for Comment

OSHA has a particular interest in

comments on the following issues:

• Whether the proposed informationcollection 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

The Agency proposes to extend

OMB’s approval of the collection-ofinformation (paperwork) requirements

specified in the Grantee Quarterly

Progress Report. OSHA will summarize

the comments submitted in response to

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this notice, and will include this

summary, along with the comments, in

its request to OMB to extend the

approval of these information-collection

requirements.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved informationcollection requirements.

Title: Grantee Quarterly Progress

Report.

OMB Number: 1218–0100.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions.

Number of Respondents: 61.

Frequency: Quarterly.

Total Responses: 61.

Average Time Per Response: 12 hours.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,928.

Estimated Cost (Operation and

Maintenance): $68,808.

IV. Authority and Signature

R. Davis Layne, Acting 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)

and Secretary of Labor’s Order No 3–

2000 (65 FR 50017).

Signed at Washington, DC, on February 23,

2001.

R. Davis Layne,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS

ADMINISTRATION

Information Security Oversight Office

National Industrial Security Program

Policy Advisory Committee; Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app.

2) and implementing regulation 41 CFR

101.6, announcement is made for a

meeting of the National Industrial

Security Program Policy Advisory

Committee (NISPPAC).

DATES: April 5, 2001, from 10:00 a.m. to

12:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: National Archives and

Records Administration, 700

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 105,

Washington, DC 20408.

Purpose: To discuss National

Industrial Security Program policy

matters.

This meeting will be open to the

public. However, due to space

limitations and access procedures, the

name and telephone number of

individuals planning to attend must be

submitted to the Information Security

Oversight Office (ISOO) no later than

March 28, 2001. ISOO will provide

additional instructions for gaining

access to the location of the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven Garfinkel, Director, Information

Security Oversight Office, National

Archives Building, 700 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Room 100, Washington,

DC 20408, telephone (202) 219–5250.

Dated: February 14, 2001.

Mary Ann Hadyka,

Committee Management Officer.

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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: NRC Form 136, ‘‘Security

Termination Statement’’, NRC Form

237, ‘‘Request for Access

Authorization’’, NRC Form 277,

‘‘Request for Visit or Access Approval’’.

2. Current OMB approval number:

3150–0049, NRC Form 136, 3150–0050,

NRC Form 237, 3150–0051, NRC Form

277.

3. How often the collection is

required: On occasion.

4. Who is required or asked to report:

NRC Form 136, licensee and contractor

employees, who have been granted an

NRC access authorization; NRC Form

237, any employee of approximately 20

licensees and 2 contractors who will

require an NRC access authorization;

NRC Form 277, any employee of 2

current NRC contractors who (1) holds

an NRC access authorization, and (2)

needs to make a visit to NRC, other

contractors/licensees or government

agencies in which access to classified

information will be involved or

unescorted area access is desired.

5. The number of annual respondents:

NRC Form 136: 22, NRC Form 237: 22,

NRC Form 277: 2.

6. The number of hours needed

annually to complete the requirement or

request: NRC Form 136: 40, NRC Form

237: 16, NRC Form 277: 1.

7. Abstract: The NRC Form 136 affects

the employees of licensees and

contractors who have been granted an

NRC access authorization. When access

authorization is no longer needed, the

completion of the form apprises the

respondents of their continuing security

responsibilities. The NRC Form 237 is

completed by licensees, NRC

contractors or individuals who require

an NRC access authorization. The NRC

Form 277 affects the employees of

contractors who have been granted an

NRC access authorization and require

verification of that access authorization

and need-to-know in conjunction with a

visit to NRC or another facility.

Submit, by April 30, 2001, 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–1F23, 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–6E6,

Washington, DC 20555–0001, by

telephone at (301) 415–7233, or by

Internet electronic mail at

BJS1@NRC.GOV.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day

of February, 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Brenda Jo. Shelton,

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

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