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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 48 / Tuesday, March 13, 2007 / Notices

Properties of Belt Materials in
Underground Coal Mining. The public
is invited to attend.
DATES: The meeting will be held March
28–March 30, 2007. The meetings on
March 28–29, 2007 will start at 9 a.m.
each day and conclude by 5 p.m. The
meeting on March 30, 2007 will begin
at 9 a.m. and conclude no later than 1
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting location is the
Holiday Inn Pittsburgh Airport, 8256
University Blvd., Coraopolis, PA 15108–
2591 (telephone: 412–262–3600).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia W. Silvey, Director, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
Mine Safety and Health Administration,
1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2330,
Arlington, Virginia 22209;
[email protected] (Internet e-mail),
202–693–9440 (voice), or 202–693–9441
(facsimile).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Panel
was created under section 11 of the
Mine Improvement and New Emergency
Response (MINER) Act of 2006 (Pub. L.
109–236). The purpose of the Panel is to
provide independent scientific and
engineering review and
recommendations concerning the
utilization of belt air and the
composition and fire retardant
properties of belt materials in
underground coal mining. By December
2007, the Panel must submit a report to
the Secretaries of Labor and Health and
Human Services, the Senate Committee
on Health, Education, Labor and
Pensions, and the House Committee on
Education and the Workforce. The first
meeting of the Panel was held in
Washington, DC on January 9–10, 2007.
The agenda for the second meeting
will include:
(1) Belt conveyor material issues:
flammability and toxicity.
(2) Discussion: panel of belt
manufacturers.
(3) General discussion: ventilation,
dust control, and escape issues.
(4) Discussion: 1992 Belt Air Advisory
Committee report.
(5) Public input: The panel will
allocate time at the end of the day on
March 28 and March 29 for
presentations by members of the public.
MSHA expects the amount of time
allocated for public participation to be
approximately one hour, but it may vary
based on the interest expressed. MSHA
will also accept written submissions.
MSHA requests that persons planning
to participate in the public input session
of this meeting notify the Agency at
least one week prior to the meeting date.
There will be an opportunity for other
persons, who have not made prior

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arrangements with MSHA and wish to
speak, to register at the beginning of the
meeting on March 28. Speakers should
limit their presentations to five minutes,
but may supplement oral remarks with
written submissions. MSHA will
incorporate written submissions into the
official record and make them available
to the public. The Panel Chairman will
moderate the public participation
session, and panelists may ask the
speakers questions.
The public may inspect the official
record of the meetings at the MSHA
address listed above. In addition, the
information will be posted on the
Agency’s single source Web page titled
‘‘The Technical Study Panel on the
Utilization of Belt Air and the
Composition and Fire Retardant
Properties of Belt Materials in
Underground Coal Mining Single
Source Page.’’ The Single Source page is
located at http://www.msha.gov/BeltAir/
BeltAir.asp.
Dated: March 8, 2007.
Richard E. Stickler,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety
and Health.
[FR Doc. 07–1177 Filed 3–9–07; 9:41 am]
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION
BOARD
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection
AGENCY:

Merit Systems Protection Board

(MSPB).
ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501), this document announces that an
Information Collection Request (ICR)
has been forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. This is a request
for a new collection. This ICR describes
the nature of the information collection
and its estimated burden and cost.

MSPB has submitted an ICR to
OMB for review and approval according
to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On November 27, 2006
(Federal Register, Volume 71, Number
227, pages 68639–68640), MSPB sought
comments on this ICR pursuant to 5
CFR 1320.8(d). MSPB received no
comments. Additional comments
should be submitted on or before April
6 to OMB (Brenda Aguilar at
[email protected] or fax at (202)
395–6974).

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You may also submit
comments to MSPB via any of the
following methods:
E-mail: Please include ‘‘Employee
Surveys’’ in the subject line of the
message and send your message to
[email protected].
Mail: Dr. Anne Marrelli, U.S. Merit
Systems Protection Board, Suite 500,
1615 M Street, NW., Washington, DC
20419.
Fax: (202) 653–7211.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anne Marrelli by phone on 202–653–
6772, ext. 1341, by FAX on 202–653–
7211, or by e-mail at
[email protected]. You may
contact Dr. Marrelli via V/TDD at 1–
800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Proposed Project: ‘‘Merit Principles
Survey.’’
As part of its mission, MSPB is
responsible for conducting studies of
the Federal civil service to ensure that
all Federal government agencies follow
merit systems practices and avoid
prohibited personnel practices. To
support this research agenda, MSPB is
conducting a survey of Federal
employees. To obtain insight into
employees’ current perspectives, MSPB
requests approval to conduct surveys
over the next three years.
The surveys will ask employees to
share their perceptions of the
implementation of the merit system in
the workplace including topics such as
the Merit Systems Principles, Prohibited
Personnel Practices, job satisfaction,
performance management, training and
development, and leadership.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 0.50 hours per
respondent.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Participants are selected via stratified
random sampling to facilitate a
representative sample of Federal
employees.
Estimated Number of Respondents
per Survey: 50,000.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
25,000.
Dated: March 7, 2007.
Bentley M. Roberts, Jr.,
Clerk of the Board.
[FR Doc. E7–4465 Filed 3–12–07; 8:45 am]
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