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information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: June 26, 2008.
Hazel M. Bell,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review
and Internal Control, Division of Financial
Management, Office of Management,
Administration and Planning, Employment
Standards Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Proposed Extension of the Approval of
Information Collection Requirements
ACTION:

Notice.

The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the general 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
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. Currently, the
Employment Standards Administration
is soliciting comments concerning its
proposal to extend OMB approval of the
information collection: Notice of
Controversion of Right to Compensation
(LS–207). A copy of the proposed
information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the addresses section of this
Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before
September 2, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Ave., NW., Room S–3201, Washington,
DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–0418,
fax (202) 693–1451, E-mail
bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please use only one
method of transmission for comments
(mail, fax, or E-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs (OWCP)
administers the Longshore and Harbor
Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA).
The Act provides benefits to workers

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injured in maritime employment on the
navigable waters of the United States or
in an adjoining areas customarily used
by an employer in loading, unloading,
repairing or building a vessel. In
addition, several acts extend Longshore
Act coverage to certain other employees.
Pursuant to section 914(d) of the
Longshore Act, and 20 CFR 702.251, if
an employer controverts the right to
compensation, he/she shall file with the
district director in the affected
compensation district on or before the
fourteenth day after he/she has
knowledge of the alleged injury or
death, a notice, in accordance with a
form prescribed by the Secretary, stating
that the right to compensation is
controverted. Form LS–207 has been
designated for this purpose. Form LS–
207 is used by insurance carriers and
self-insured employers to controvert
claims under the Longshore Act and
extensions. The information is used by
OWCP district offices to determine the
basis for not paying benefits in a case.
This information collection is currently
approved for use through December 31,
2008.
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: The Department
of Labor seeks the approval for the
extension of this currently approved
information collection in order to carry
out its responsibility to meet the
statutory requirements to provide
compensation or death benefits under
the Act to workers covered under the
Act.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards
Administration.
Titles: Notice of Controversion of
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OMB Number: 1215–0023.
Agency Numbers: LS–207.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Total Respondents: 700.
Total Annual responses: 17,500.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,375.
Estimated Time Per Response: 15
minutes.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $8,662.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Hazel M. Bell,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review
and Internal Control, Division of Financial
Management, Office of Management,
Administration and Planning, Employment
Standards Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2008–0014]

Acrylonitrile Standard; Extension of
the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) Approval of
Information Collection (Paperwork)
Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public
comment concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
specified by the Acrylonitrile Standard
(29 CFR 1910.1045).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
September 2, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Electronically: You may
submit comments and attachments
electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the
instructions online for submitting
comments.
Facsimile: If your comments,
including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages, you may fax them to the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.
Mail, hand delivery, express mail,
messenger, or courier service: When

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using this method, you must submit
three copies of your comments and
attachments to the OSHA Docket Office,
Docket No. OSHA–2008–0014, U.S.
Department of Labor, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration,
Room N–2625, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Deliveries (hand, express mail,
messenger, and courier service) are
accepted during the Department of
Labor’s and Docket Office’s normal
business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.,
e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number for the Information
Collection Request (ICR) (OSHA–2008–
0014). All comments, including any
personal information you provide, are
placed in the public docket without
change, and may be made available
online at http://www.regulations.gov.
For further information on submitting
comments see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading in the section of
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov
or the OSHA Docket Office at the
address above. All documents in the
docket (including this Federal Register
notice) are listed in the http://
www.regulations.gov index; however,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through the Web site.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You may also contact Jamaa Hill at the
address below to obtain a copy of the
ICR.
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Jamaa N. Hill or Todd Owen, Directorate
of Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N–3609,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)
693–2222.
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
(PRA–95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
This program ensures that
information is in the desired format,
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minimal, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and OSHA’s
estimate of the information collection
burden is accurate. The Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act)
(29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) authorizes
information collection by employers as
necessary or appropriate for
enforcement of the Act or for developing
information regarding the causes and
prevention of occupational injuries,
illnesses, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 657).
The Act also requires that OSHA obtain
such information with minimum burden
upon employers, especially those
operating small businesses, and to
reduce to the maximum extent feasible
unnecessary duplication of efforts in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The information collection
requirements specified in the
Acrylonitrile (AN) Standard protect
employees from the adverse health
effects that may result from their
exposure to AN. The major information
collection requirements of the AN
Standard include notifying employees
of their AN exposures, implementing a
written compliance program, providing
examining physicians with specific
information, ensuring that employees
receive a copy of their medical
examination results, maintaining
employees’ exposure monitoring and
medical records for specific periods,
and providing access to these records by
OSHA, the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, the
affected employees, and designated
representatives.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
• Whether the proposed information
collection 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
OSHA is proposing to extend the
information collection requirements
contained in the Acrylonitrile Standard
(29 CFR 1910.1045). The Agency is
requesting to decrease its current
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3,166 for a total decrease of 71 hours.
The adjustment is primarily a result of
a decrease in the total number of
affected employees (from 3,376 to
3,301). The Agency will summarize the
comments submitted in response to this
notice, and will include this summary
in the request to OMB to extend the
approval of the information collection
requirements contained in the Standard.
The Agency will summarize the
comments submitted in response to this
notice and will include this summary in
the request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Acrylonitrile Standard (29 CFR
1910.1045).
OMB Number: 1218–0126.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal Government; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from 5 minutes (.08 hour) to provide
information to the examining physician
to 1 hour to conduct exposure
monitoring.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3,166.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $180,946.
IV. Public Participation—Submission of
Comments on This Notice and Internet
Access to Comments and Submissions
You may submit comments in
response to this document as follows:
(1) Electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by
facsimile (FAX); or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2008–0014).
You may supplement electronic
submissions by uploading document
files electronically. If you wish to mail
additional materials in reference to an
electronic or facsimile submission, you
must submit them to the OSHA Docket
Office (see the section of this notice
titled ADDRESSES). The additional
materials must clearly identify your
electronic comments by your name,
date, and the docket number so the
Agency can attach them to your
comments.
Because of security procedures, the
use of regular mail may cause a
significant delay in the receipt of
comments. For information about
security procedures concerning the
delivery of materials by hand, express
delivery, messenger, or courier service,
please contact the OSHA Docket Office
at (202) 693–2350 (TTY (877) 889–
5627).

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Comments and submissions are
posted without change at http://
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
cautions commenters about submitting
personal information such as social
security numbers and date of birth.
Although all submissions are listed in
the http://www.regulations.gov index,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through this Web site.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
Information on using the http://
www.regulations.gov Web site to submit
comments and access the docket is
available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
for information about materials not
available through the Web site, and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate
docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., 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
et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 5–2007 (72 FR 31159).
Signed at Washington, DC, on June 26,
2008.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Notice of Permit Applications Received
Under the Antarctic Conservation Act
of 1978 (Pub L. 95–541)
National Science Foundation.
Notice of Permit Applications
Received under the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law
95–541.

AGENCY:

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ACTION:

SUMMARY: The National Science
Foundation (NSF) is required to publish
notice of permit applications received to
conduct activities regulated under the
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978.
NSF has published regulations under
the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title
45 Part 670 of the Code of Federal
Regulations. This is the required notice
of permit applications received.
DATES: Interested parties are invited to
submit written data, comments, or
views with respect to this permit
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interested parties at the Permit Office,
address below.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to Permit Office, Room 755,
Office of Polar Programs, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson
Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nadene G. Kennedy at the above
address or (703) 292–7405.
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 requiring
special protection. The regulations
establish such a permit system to
designate Antarctic Specially Protected
Areas.
The applications received are as
follows:
1. Applicant: Kristin M. O’Brien,
Institute of Arctic Biology, University of
Alaska, Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757000,
Fairbanks, AK 99775–7000.
Permit Application No. 2009–011.
Activity for Which Permit Is Requested
Take and Enter Antarctic Specially
Protected Areas. The applicant plans to
conduct fishing of benthic trawls and
fish traps/pots to study the physiology
and biochemistry of Antarctic fishes,
with particular emphasis on
Channichthyid ice fishes. Collection of
specimens will be carried out on the
ARSV L.M. Gould and transported back
to the aquarium facilities at Palmer
Station for experimentation. Animal
capture by benthic Otter trawling is
restricted to only those areas of bottom
known to be relatively flat and muddy,
in order to avoid damage to the net.
There are a very limited number of
locations that meet the criteria, such as
ASPA 152—Western Bransfield Strait of
Low Island, and ASPA 153—Eastern
Dallman Bay off Brabant Island.
Location
ASPA 152—Western Bransfield Strait
of Low Island, and ASPA 153—Eastern
Dallman Bay off Brabant Island.
Dates
April 1, 2008 to July 1, 2011.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of
information collection and solicitation
of public comment.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The NRC has recently
submitted to OMB for review the
following proposal for the collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby
informs potential respondents that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
that a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. The NRC published a Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on
March 31, 2008.
1. Type of submission, new, revision,
or extension: Extension.
2. The title of the information
collection: NRC Form 354, ‘‘Data Report
on Spouse.’’
3. Current OMB approval number:
3150–0026.
4. The form number if applicable:
NRC Form 354.
5. How often the collection is
required: On occasion.
6. Who will be required or asked to
report: NRC contractors, licensees,
applicants and others (e.g. intervenor’s)
who marry or cohabitate after
completing the Personnel Security
Forms, or after having been granted an
NRC access authorization or
employment clearance.
7. An estimate of the number of
annual responses: 60.
8. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 60.
9. An estimate of the total number of
hours needed annually to complete the
requirement or request: 12 hours (0.2
hours per response).
10. Abstract: NRC Form 354 must be
completed by NRC contractors,
licensees, and applicants who marry or
cohabitate after completing the
Personnel Security Forms, or after
having been granted an NRC access
authorization or employment clearance.
Form 354 identifies the respondent, the
marriage, and data on the spouse and
spouse’s parents. This information
permits the NRC to make initial security
determinations and to assure there is no
increased risk to the common defense
and security.

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