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Signed in Washington, DC, this 29th day of
February 2008.
Richard Church,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8–4435 Filed 3–6–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–62,871]

Central Michigan Staffing Workers OnSite at ITW Foils Mt. Pleasant, MI;
Notice of Termination of Investigation
Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended, an
investigation was initiated on February
21, 2008 in response to a petition filed
by a state representative on behalf of
workers of Central Michigan Staffing,
workers on-site at ITW Foils, Mt.
Pleasant, Michigan.
All workers of the subject firm
employed on site at ITW Foils, Mt.
Pleasant, Michigan are covered by a
certification of eligibility to apply for
worker adjustment assistance and
alternative trade adjustment assistance
under petition number TA–W–62,538,
as amended on February 27, 2008.
Consequently, further investigation in
this case would serve no purpose and
the investigation under this petition has
been terminated.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of
February 2008.
Richard Church,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8–4445 Filed 3–6–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2008–0003]

Powered Industrial Trucks 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.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments
concerning its proposal to extend OMB
approval of the information collection
requirements contained in the Powered
Industrial Truck Standard (29 CFR

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1910.178). The information collection
requirements addresses truck design,
construction, and modification, as well
as certification of training and
evaluation for truck operators.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by May
6, 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
using this method, you must submit
three copies of your comments and
attachments to the OSHA Docket Office,
Docket No. OSHA–2008–0003, 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–
2008–0003). 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 Theda Kenney at
the address below to obtain a copy of
the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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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 (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 Act
or for developing information regarding
the causes and prevention of
occupational injuries, illnesses, and
accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH 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).
Paragraph (a)(4) requires that
employers obtain the manufacturer’s
written approval before modifying a
truck in a manner that affects its
capacity and safe operation; if the
manufacturer grants such approval, the
employer must revise capacity,
operation, and maintenance instruction
plates, tags, and decals accordingly. For
front-end attachments not installed by
the manufacturer, paragraph (a)(5)
mandates that employers provide a
marker on the trucks that identifies the
attachment, as well as the weight of
both the truck and the attachment when
the attachment is at maximum elevation
with a laterally centered load. Paragraph
(a)(6) specifies that employers must
ensure that the markers required by
paragraphs (a)(3) through (a)(5) remain
affixed to trucks and are legible.
Paragraphs (l)(1) through (l)(6) of the
Standard contain the paperwork
requirements necessary to certify the
training provided to powered industrial
truck operators. Accordingly, these
paragraphs specify the following
requirements for employers:

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• Paragraph (l)(1)—Ensure that
trainees successfully complete the
training and evaluation requirements of
paragraph (l) prior to operating a truck
without direct supervision.
• Paragraph (l)(2)—Allow trainees to
operate a truck only under the direct
supervision of an individual with the
knowledge, training, and experience to
train operators and to evaluate their
performance, and under conditions that
do not endanger other employees. The
training program must consist of formal
instruction, practical training, and
evaluation of the trainee’s performance
in the workplace.
• Paragraph (l)(3)—Provide the
trainees with initial training on each of
22 specified topics, except on topics
that the employer demonstrates do not
apply to the safe operation of the
truck(s) in the employer’s workplace.
• Paragraphs (l)(4)(i) and (l)(4)(ii)—
Administer refresher training and
evaluation on relevant topics to
operators found by observation or
formal evaluation to operate a truck
unsafely, involved in an accident or
near-miss incident, or assigned to
operate another type of truck, or if the
employer identifies a workplace
condition that could affect safe truck
operation.
• Paragraph (l)(4)(iii)—Evaluate each
operator’s performance at least once
every three years.
• Paragraph (l)(5)—Train rehires only
in specific topics that they performed
unsuccessfully during an evaluation and
that are appropriate to the employer’s
truck(s) and workplace conditions.
• Paragraph (l)(6)—Certify that each
operator meets the training and
evaluation requirements specified by
paragraph (l). This certification must
include the operator’s name, the
training date, the evaluation date, and
the identity of the individual(s) who
performed the training and evaluation.
Requiring labels (markings) of
modified equipment notifies employees
of the conditions under which they can
safely operate powered industrial
trucks, thereby preventing such hazards
as fires and explosions caused by poorly
designed electrical systems, rollovers/
tipovers that result from exceeding a
truck’s stability characteristics, and
falling loads that occur when loads
exceed the lifting capacities of
attachments. Certification of training
and evaluation provides a means of
informing employers that their
employees received the training, and
demonstrated the performance
necessary to operate a truck within its
capacity and control limitations.
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working order, and do so safely,
employers prevent severe injury and
death to truck operators and other
employees who are in the vicinity of the
trucks. Finally, these paperwork
requirements are the most efficient
means for an OSHA compliance officer
to determine that an employer properly
notified employees regarding the design
and construction of, and modifications
made to, the trucks they are operating,
and that an employer provided them
with the required training.
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 requesting that OMB extend
its approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the
Standard on Powered Industrial Trucks
(29 CFR 1910.178). The Agency is
requesting to increase its current burden
hour estimate associated with this
Standard from 773,205 hours to 848,539
hours, a total increase of 75,534 hours.
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: Powered Industrial Trucks (29
CFR 1910.178).
OMB Number: 1218–0242.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 1,134,699.
Frequency: On occasion; annually;
triennially.
Average Time Per Response: Ranges
from two minutes (.03 hour) to mark an
approved truck to 6.50 hours to train
new truck operators.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
848,539.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $238,245.

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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–2008–0003).
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.
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. 5–2007 (72 FR 31159).

p.m., eastern time, Monday through
Friday.

Signed at Washington, DC, on February 29,
2008.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E8–4478 Filed 3–6–08; 8:45 am]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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1. Abstract

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
National Science Foundation.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

SUMMARY: Under the paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
13 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and as part
of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, the
National Science Foundation (NSF) is
inviting the general public or other
Federal agencies to comment on this
proposed continuing information
collection. The National Science
Foundation (NSF) will publish periodic
summaries of the proposed projects.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Foundation, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Foundation’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.

Written comments on this notice
must be received by May 6, 2008, to be
assured consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
Send comments to address below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Suzanne H. Plimpton, Reports Clearance
Officer, National Science Foundation,
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 295,
Arlington, Virginia 22230; telephone
(703) 292–7556; or send e-mail to
[email protected]. Individuals who use
a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
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Title of Collection: 2008 Survey of
Doctorate Recipients.
OMB Approval Number: 3145–0020.
Expiration Date of Approval:
February, 28, 2009.
Type of Request: Intent to seek
approval to reinstate an information
collection for three years.
The Survey of Doctorate Recipients
(SDR) has been conducted biennially
since 1973. The 2008 SDR will consist
of a sample of individuals under the age
76 who have earned a research doctoral
degree in a science, engineering or
health field from an U.S. institution.
The purpose of this longitudinal panel
study is to provide national estimates on
the doctoral science and engineering
workforce and changes in employment,
education and demographic
characteristics. The study is one of three
components of the Scientists and
Engineers Statistical Data System
(SESTAT), which produces national
estimates of the size and characteristics
of the nation’s science and engineering
population.
The National Science Foundation Act
of 1950, as subsequently amended,
includes a statutory charge to ‘‘* * *
provide a central clearinghouse for the
collection, interpretation, and analysis
of data on scientific and engineering
resources, and to provide a source of
information for policy formulation by
other agencies of the Federal
Government.’’ The SDR is designed to
comply with these mandates by
providing information on the supply
and utilization of the nation’s doctoral
level scientists and engineers. Collected
data will be used to produce estimates
of the characteristics of these
individuals. They will also provide
necessary input into the SESTAT data
system, which produces national
estimates of the size and characteristics
of the country’s science and engineering
population.
The Foundation uses this information
to prepare congressionally mandated
reports such as Women, Minorities and
Persons with Disabilities in Science and
Engineering and Science and
Engineering Indicators. The NSF
publishes statistics from the survey in
many reports, but primarily in the
biennial series, Characteristics of
Doctoral Scientists and Engineers in the
United States. A public release file of
collected data, designed to protect
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ROM and on the World Wide Web. A
private contractor is currently being
selected to conduct this study for NSF.
Data will be obtained by mail
questionnaire, computer-assisted
telephone interviews and web survey
beginning October 2008. The survey
will be collected in conformance with
the Confidential Information and
Statistical Efficient Act of 2002. The
individual’s response to the survey is
voluntary. NSF will insure that all
information collected will be kept
strictly confidential and will be used
only for statistical purposes.
2. Expected Respondents
A statistical sample of approximately
40,000 individuals with U.S. earned
doctorates in science, engineering and
health will be contacted in 2008. The
total response rate in 2006 was 79%.
NSF is also considering sampling 2,000
additional U.S. doctorates that received
their degrees in the 2001–2007
academic years, who are non U.S.
citizens, and indicated they planned on
leaving the United States after they
received their doctorate.
3. Estimate of Burden
The amount of time to complete the
questionnaire may vary depending on
an individual’s circumstances; however,
on average it will take approximately 25
minutes to complete the survey. We
estimate that the total annual burden
will be 16,700 hours during the
collection. If the additional 2,000
respondents who had plans to leave the
United States are included in the
sample, that will increase the burden an
additional 850 hours to a total of 17,550
hours.
Dated: March 4, 2008.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
National Science Foundation.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

SUMMARY: Under the paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
13 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), and as part
of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, the
National Science Foundation (NSF) is
inviting the general public or other

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