Sixty Preclearance Federal Register Notice

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The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–62,422 is hereby issued as
follows:
’’All workers of Curtain & Drapery
Fashions, including on-site leased workers of
Paychex Business Solutions, Lowell, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after
November 1, 2006 through December 19,
2009, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under
section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.’’
Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of
February 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8–3221 Filed 2–20–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–62,656]

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Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Norton Pike
Division Including On-Site Leased
Workers From Allstaff, Littleton, NH;
Amended Certification Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance and Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273), and
section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26
U.S.C. 2813), as amended, the
Department of Labor issued a
Certification of Eligibility To Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance on January 16, 2008,
applicable to workers of Saint-Gobain
Abrasives, Norton Pike Division,
Littleton, New Hampshire. The notice
was published in the Federal Register
on February 1, 2008 (73 FR 6212).
At the request of the State agency, the
Department reviewed the certification
for workers of the subject firm. The
workers are engaged in the production
of abrasive stones.
New information shows that leased
workers of Allstaff were employed onsite at the Littleton, New Hampshire
location of Saint-Gobain Abrasives,
Norton Pike Division. The Department
has determined that these workers were
sufficiently under the control of the
subject firm to be considered leased
workers.
Based on these findings, the
Department is amending this
certification to include leased workers
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Littleton, New Hampshire location of
the subject firm.
The intent of the Department’s
certification is to include all workers
employed at Saint-Gobain Abrasives,
Norton Pike Division, Littleton, New
Hampshire who were adverselyimpacted by a shift in production of
abrasive stones to Mexico.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–62,656 is hereby issued as
follows:
‘‘All workers of Saint-Gobain Abrasives,
Norton Pike Division, including on-site
leased workers from Allstaff, Littleton, New
Hampshire, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after
January 9, 2007, through January 16, 2010,
are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974,
and are also eligible to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under section
246 of the Trade Act of 1974.’’
Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of
February 2008.
Richard Church,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8–3222 Filed 2–20–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–62,740]

Tail Inc., Miami, FL; Notice of
Termination of Investigation
Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended, an
investigation was initiated on January
18, 2008 in response to a worker
petition filed by an authorized
representative on behalf of workers at
Tail Inc., Miami, Florida.
The petitioning group of workers is
covered by an earlier petition (TA–W–
62732) filed on January 24, 2008 that is
the subject of an ongoing investigation
for which a determination has not yet
been issued. Further investigation in
this case would duplicate efforts and
serve no purpose; therefore the
investigation under this petition has
been terminated.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 12th day of
February 2008.
Richard Church,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8–3223 Filed 2–20–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration

Occupational Safety and Health
Administration

[TA–W–62,758]

[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0090]

Parker International Products, Inc.;
Worcester, MA; Notice of Termination
of Investigation

Voluntary Protection Program
Application Information; Extension of
the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) Approval of
Information Collection (Paperwork)
Requirements

Pursuant to section 221 of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended, an
investigation was initiated on January
29, 2008 in response to a petition filed
by a company official on behalf of
workers of Parker International
Products, Inc., Worcester,
Massachusetts.
The petitioner has requested that the
petition be withdrawn. Consequently,
the investigation has been terminated.
Therefore, further investigation in this
case would serve no purpose.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of
February, 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8–3224 Filed 2–20–08; 8:45 am]
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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
contained in the Voluntary Protection
Programs.

Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by April
21, 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.
DATES:

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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
using this method, you must submit
three copies of your comments and
attachments to the OSHA Docket Office,
OSHA Docket No. OSHA–2007–0090,
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 ICR (OSHA–
2007–0090). 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 website.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You may also contact Cathy Oliver at
the address below to obtain a copy of
the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cathy Oliver, Director, Office of
Partnerships and Recognition,
Directorate of Cooperative and State
Programs, OSHA, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N–3700, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210;
telephone (202) 693–2213.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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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
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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, reporting burden
(time and costs) is 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 OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et
seq.) authorizes information collection
by employers as necessary or
appropriate for enforcement of the OSH
Act or for developing information
regarding the causes and prevention of
occupational injuries, illnesses, and
accidents (29 U.S.C. 657).
The Voluntary Protection Programs
(VPP) [47 FR 29025], adopted by OSHA,
established the efficacy of cooperative
action among government, industry, and
labor to address employee safety and
health issues and to expand employee
protection. To qualify, employers must
meet OSHA’s rigorous safety and health
management criteria which focus on
comprehensive management systems
and active employee involvement to
prevent or control worksite safety and
health hazards. Employers who qualify
generally view OSHA standards as a
minimum level of safety and health
performance, and set their own more
stringent standards, wherever necessary,
to improve employee protection.
Prospective VPP worksites must
submit an application that includes:
General applicant information (e.g., site,
corporate, and collective bargaining contact
information).
Injury and illness rate performance
information (i.e., number of employees and/
or applicable contractors on-site, type of
work performed and products produced,
North American Industry Classification
System, and Recordable Injury and Illness
Case Incidence Rate information).
Safety and health management system
information (i.e., description of the
applicant’s safety and health management
system including how the system
successfully addresses management
leadership and employee involvement,
worksite analysis, hazard prevention and
control, and safety and health training).

OSHA uses this information to
determine whether an applicant is ready
for a VPP on-site evaluation and as a
verification tool during VPP on-site
evaluations. Without this information,
OSHA would be unable to determine
which sites are ready for VPP status.
Each current VPP applicant is also
required to submit an annual evaluation
which addresses how that applicant is
continuing its adherence to
programmatic requirements.
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evaluation, and annual participant selfevaluation for applicants/participants
subject to OSHA’s Process Safety
Management (PSM) Standard.
Applicants that perform work that uses
or produces highly hazardous chemicals
exceeding specified limits covered
under the (PSM) standard must submit
responses to the PSM application
supplement along with their VPP
application.
Once in the VPP, the participant is
required to submit an annual evaluation
detailing its continued adherence to
programmatic requirements. Applicants
covered under the PSM standard are
required to submit a PSM questionnaire,
a supplemental document as part of
their annual submission. OSHA needs
this information to ensure that the
participant remains qualified to
participate in the VPP between onsite
evaluations. Without this information,
OSHA would be unable to determine
whether applicants are maintaining
excellent safety and health management
systems during this interim period.
The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) decided to
continue the OSHA Challenge and VPP
Corporate Pilot programs. These new
initiatives will expand VPP to promote
the safety and health of thousands of
employees across the nation.
OSHA Challenge is designed to reach
and guide employers and companies in
all major industry groups who are
strongly committed to improving their
safety and health management systems
and are interested in pursuing
recognition in VPP. OSHA Challenge
provides participants a guide or
roadmap to improve performance and
ultimately to achieve VPP approval.
OSHA Challenge outlines the
requirements needed to develop and
implement effective safety and health
management systems through
incremental steps. At each stage, certain
actions, documentation and outcomes
are required in the areas covered by VPP
criteria. Participants receive recognition
from OSHA at the completion of each
stage.
Each Challenge Pilot Administrator is
required to submit to OSHA
electronically a Challenge Pilot
Administrator’s application package,
Administrator’s Statement of
Commitment, Challenge Pilot
Administrator Information Form,
Challenge Pilot Administrator’s
Quarterly Report (if there have been
significant changes to any of its
participants’ sites), Challenge Pilot
Administrator’s Annual Report (The
Challenge Pilot Administrator must
prepare and submit the annual report
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The VPP Corporate Pilot is designed
to provide a more efficient process for
corporations to increase their level of
participation in VPP. The pilot concept
is two-fold; the corporations submit an
application that describes corporate
level policies and programs that are
uniformly applied at facilities across the
corporation. A comprehensive On-site
Corporate Evaluation is conducted by
OSHA to verify the contents of the
application. Once a corporation is
accepted in the VPP Corporate Pilot, all
eligible corporate facilities will apply
for VPP participation using a more
efficient streamlined application and
OSHA conducts a more streamlined onsite evaluation. Corporations accepted
in the VPP Corporate Pilot must submit
an annual safety and health report.
Employees of VPP participants may
apply to participate in the Special
Government Employee (SGE) Program.
The SGE Program was established as a
means to leverage OSHA’s limited
resources. Through this program,
employees of VPP participants are
trained to take part as team members
during VPP on-site evaluations. In that
capacity, Special Government
Employees may review company
documents, assist with worksite
walkthroughs, interview employees, and
assist in preparing VPP on-site
evaluation reports. Potential Special
Government Employees must submit a
Special Government Employee’s
application that includes:
SGE Eligibility Information Sheet (i.e.,
applicant’s name, professional credentials,
site/corporate contact information, etc.).
Current Resume.
Confidential Financial Disclosure Report
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OSHA uses the SGE Eligibility
Information Sheet to ensure that the
potential SGE works at a VPP site and
meets the minimum eligibility
qualifications. The resume is required to
provide a detailed description of their
current duties and responsibilities as
they relate to safety and health and the
implementation of an effective safety
and health management system. The
OGE Form 450 is used to ensure that
SGEs do not participate on on-site
evaluations at VPP sites where they
have a financial interest.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
• Whether the information collection
requirements are necessary for the
proper performance of the Agency’s
functions, including whether the
information is useful;
• The accuracy of the Agency’s
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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 proposes to extend the Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
Approval of the collection of
information (paperwork) requirements
necessitated by the Voluntary Protection
Programs. The Agency will summarize
the comments submitted in response to
this notice, and will include this
summary in its request to OMB to
extend the approval of these
information collection requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Title: Voluntary Protection Programs
Information.
OMB Number: 1218–0239.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; and individuals or households.
Number of Respondents:
VPP
274 Applications
68 Process Safety Management
Applications
1,300 Annual Evaluations
300 (PSM) Annual Evaluations/
Supplemental Questionnaire
OSHA Challenge
17 Applications from Challenge Pilot
Administrators
120 Applications from Challenge Pilot
Candidates
120 Quarterly Reports
120 Annual Evaluations
VPP Corporate
7 Applications from VPP Corporations
120 Applications from VPP Corporate
Facilities
7 Annual Reports
Special Government Employees
300 SGE Eligibility Information
Sheets
300 Resumes
300 Confidential Financial Disclosure
Forms (OGE–Form 450)
Total respondents: 2,985 total
respondents.
Frequency: VPP applications,
Challenge Pilot Administrator’s
applications, Challenge Pilot Candidate
applications, VPP Corporate Pilot
applications and VPP Corporate Pilot
Facility VPP applications are submitted
once; Challenge Pilot Administrator’s
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VPP Annual Evaluations, Challenge
Pilot Administrator’s Annual Report,
and Corporate Safety and Health
Reports are submitted once per year;
and Special Government Employee
applications are submitted once every
three years.
Average Time Per Response:
VPP General
200 hours for VPP applications
20 hours for VPP evaluations
Process Safety Management
40 hours for applications
20 hours for evaluations
OSHA Challenge
5 hours for Challenge Pilot
Administrator applications
10 hours for Challenge Pilot
Candidate applications
5 hours for Challenge Pilot Candidate
quarterly reports
20 hours for Challenge Pilot
Candidate annual reports
VPP Corporate
120 hours for VPP Corporations
applications
80 hours for VPP Corporate facility
applications
40 hours for VPP Corporations annual
reports
Special Government Employees (SGE)
30 minutes for SGE Eligibility
Information Sheet
60 minutes for SGE Resume
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
VPP General
54,800 hours for VPP application
26,000 hours for VPP annual
evaluations
Process Safety Management
2,720 hours for applications
6,000 hours for annual evaluations
OSHA Challenge
85 hours for Challenge
Administrators’ applications
1,200 hours for Challenge Pilot
Candidates’ applications
1,800 hours for Challenge Candidates’
quarterly reports
2,400 hours for Challenge Candidates’
annual reports
VPP Corporate
840 hours for Corporations’
applications
9,600 hours for Corporate VPP facility
applications
280 hours for Corporate facility
annual reports
Special Government Employees (SGE)
150 hours for SGE Eligibility
Information Sheet
300 hours for Resume
Total Burden Hours per year (3-year
average): 106,175.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
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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–2007–0090).
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).
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.

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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
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et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 3–2007 (67 FR 31159).
Signed at Washington, DC on February 14,
2008.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice (08–016)]

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive
License
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of intent to grant
exclusive license.

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Mr. James J. McGroary, Chief Patent
Counsel/LS01, Marshall Space Flight
Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, (256)
544–0013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sammy A. Nabors, Technology Transfer
Program Office/ED03, Marshall Space
Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812,
(256) 544–5226. Information about other
NASA inventions available for licensing
can be found online at http://
techtracs.nasa.gov/.
Dated: February 13, 2008.
Keith T. Sefton,
Deputy General Counsel, Administration and
Management.
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AGENCY:

This notice is issued in
accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and
37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby
gives notice of its intent to grant an
exclusive license in the United States to
practice the invention described and
claimed in U.S. Patent Application
Serial No. 10/385,168 entitled ‘‘Phase/
Matrix Transformation Weld Process
and Apparatus’’ and NASA Case No.
MFS–31559–1–DIV to Keystone
Synergistic Enterprises, Inc. having its
principal place of business in Port St.
Lucie, Florida. The patent rights in this
invention have been assigned to the
United States of America as represented
by the Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The prospective exclusive license will
comply with the terms and conditions
of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
DATES: The prospective exclusive
license may be granted unless, within
fifteen (15) days from the date of this
published notice, NASA receives
written objections including evidence
and argument that establish that the
grant of the license would not be
consistent with the requirements of 35
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
Competing applications completed and
received by NASA within fifteen (15)
days of the date of this published notice
will also be treated as objections to the
grant of the contemplated exclusive
license.
Objections submitted in response to
this notice will not be made available to
the public for inspection and, to the
extent permitted by law, will not be
released under the Freedom of
Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.
ADDRESSES: Objections relating to the
prospective license may be submitted to
SUMMARY:

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice (08–015)]

Notice of Intent To Grant Partially
Exclusive License
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of intent to grant
partially exclusive license.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: This notice is issued in
accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and
37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). NASA hereby
gives notice of its intent to grant a
partially exclusive license worldwide to
practice the inventions described and
claimed in U.S. Patent Nos. 5,684,531,
entitled ‘‘Ranging Apparatus and
Method Implementing Stereo Vision
System’’; 5,673,082, entitled ‘‘LightDirected Ranging System Implementing
Single Camera System for Telerobotics
Applications’’; and 6,244,644, entitled
‘‘Compact Dexterous Robotic Hand’’, to
HyperMedia Corporation, having its
principal place of business in Barker,
Texas. The fields of use may be limited
to underwater applications for oil and
gas exploration and production. The
patent rights in these inventions have
been assigned to the United States of
America as represented by the
Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The prospective partially exclusive
license will comply with the terms and
conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR
404.7.
DATES: The prospective partially
exclusive license may be granted unless,
within fifteen (15) days from the date of
this published notice, NASA receives
written objections including evidence
and argument that establish that the
grant of the license would not be
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