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mechanical power press using presence
sensing device initiation (PSDI)
automatically starts (initiates) the stroke
when the device detects no operator
within the danger zone near the press.
The certification/validation of safety
systems for PSDI shall consider the
press, controls, safeguards, operator,
and environment as an integrated
system which shall comply with 29 CFR
1910.217(a) through (h). Accordingly,
the Standard protects employees from
serious crush injuries, amputations, and
death.
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.

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III. Proposed Actions
The Agency reports no program
changes or adjustments; it is retaining
its previous estimate of one hour.
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.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Presence Sensing Device
Initiation (PSDI) (29 CFR 1910.217 (h)).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0143.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Not-for-profit organizations;
Federal Government; State, Local, or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 10.
Frequency of Response: Initially,
annually; On occasion.
Total Responses: 10.
Average Time per Responses: 0.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $0.
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:

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(1) Electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by
facsimile; or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for this
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2010–0009. 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 their
social security number 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 from 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 from the Web site, and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate
docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH,
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. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).

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Signed at Washington, DC, on December
16, 2016.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2016–30845 Filed 12–21–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2010–0042]

Gear Certification 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 comments.
AGENCY:

OSHA solicits public
comments concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in the Gear Certification
Standard (29 CFR part 1919).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
February 21, 2017.
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 a
copy of your comments and attachments
to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No.
OSHA–2010–0042, U.S. Department of
Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Room N–3653, 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, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.,
e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and the OSHA
docket number (OSHA–2010–0042) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). 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.
SUMMARY:

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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 from 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:
Theda Kenney 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:

seeking accreditation from OSHA to be
able to test or examine certain
equipment and material handling
devices as required under the maritime
regulations, part 1917 (Marine
Terminals), and part 1918
(Longshoring). The OSHA 70 Form
application for accreditation provides
an easy means for companies to apply
for accreditation.

I. Background

III. Proposed Actions

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 accord with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(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).
The ICR addresses the burden hours
associated with gathering information to
complete the OSHA 70 Form. The
OSHA 70 Form is used by applicants

There are no program changes or
adjustments associated with this
Information Collection request. The
Agency is requesting that it retain its
current burden hour estimate of 184
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: Gear Certification Standard (29
CFR part 1919); OSHA 70 Form.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0003.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 45.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion;
Monthly.
Total Responses: 6,357.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from 1 minute (.02 hour) for an
employer to disclose the OSHA 70 Form
to an OSHA Compliance Officer during
an inspection to 45 minutes (.75 hour)
for a prospective accredited agency to
complete the form.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 184.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $2,878,090.

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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.

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:

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(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–2010–0042).
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 from 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 from the Web site, and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate
docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH,
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. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).

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Signed at Washington, DC, on December
16, 2016.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2016–30844 Filed 12–21–16; 8:45 am]
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
CORPORATION
[MCC FR 16–08]

Report on the Selection of Eligible
Countries for Fiscal Year 2017
Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This
report is provided in accordance with
section 608(d)(1) of the Millennium
Challenge Act of 2003, Pub. L. 108–199,
Division D, (the ‘‘Act’’), 22 U.S.C.
7708(d)(1).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Dated: December 16, 2016.
Sarah E. Fandell,
VP/General Counsel and Corporate Secretary,
Millennium Challenge Corporation.

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Report on the Selection of Eligible
Countries for Fiscal Year 2017
Summary
This report is provided in accordance
with section 608(d)(1) of the
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as
amended, Pub. L. 108–199, Division D,
(the ‘‘Act’’) (22 U.S.C. 7707(d)(1)).
The Act authorizes the provision of
assistance under section 605 of the Act
(22 U.S.C. 7704) to countries that enter
into compacts with the United States to
support policies and programs that
advance the progress of such countries
in achieving lasting economic growth
and poverty reduction, and are in
furtherance of the Act. The Act requires
the Millennium Challenge Corporation
(‘‘MCC’’) to determine the countries that
will be eligible to receive assistance for
the fiscal year, based on their
demonstrated commitment to just and
democratic governance, economic
freedom, and investing in their people,
as well as on the opportunity to reduce
poverty and generate economic growth
in the country. The Act also requires the
submission of reports to appropriate
congressional committees and the
publication of notices in the Federal
Register that identify, among other
things:
1. The countries that are ‘‘candidate
countries’’ for assistance for fiscal year
(‘‘FY’’) 2017 based on their per-capita
income levels and their eligibility to
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countries that would be candidate
countries but for specified legal
prohibitions on assistance (section
608(a) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7707(a)));
2. The criteria and methodology that
the Board of Directors of MCC (the
‘‘Board’’) will use to measure and
evaluate the policy performance of the
‘‘candidate countries’’ consistent with
the requirements of section 607 of the
Act in order to select ‘‘eligible
countries’’ from among the ‘‘candidate
countries’’ (section 608(b) of the Act (22
U.S.C. 7707(b))); and
3. The list of countries determined by
the Board to be ‘‘eligible countries’’ for
FY 2017, with justification for eligibility
determination and selection for compact
negotiation, including with which of the
eligible countries the Board will seek to
enter into compacts (section 608(d) of
the Act (22 U.S.C. 7707(d))).
This is the third of the abovedescribed reports by MCC for FY 2017.
It identifies countries determined by the
Board to be eligible under section 607
of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7706) for FY 2017
with which the MCC will seek to enter
into compacts under section 609 of the
Act (22 U.S.C. 7708), as well as the
justification for such decisions. The
report also identifies countries selected
by the Board to receive assistance under
MCC’s threshold program pursuant to
section 616 of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7715).
Eligible Countries
The Board met on December 13, 2016
to select those eligible countries with
which the United States, through MCC,
will seek to enter into a Millennium
Challenge Compact pursuant to section
607 of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7706) for FY
2017. The Board selected the following
eligible countries for such assistance for
FY 2017: Burkina Faso, Sri Lanka, and
Tunisia. The Board also reselected the
following countries for compact
assistance for FY 2017: Cote d’Ivoire,
Mongolia, Nepal, and Senegal.
Criteria
In accordance with the Act and with
the ‘‘Report on the Criteria and
Methodology for Determining the
Eligibility of Candidate Countries for
Millennium Challenge Account
Assistance in Fiscal Year 2017’’
formally submitted to Congress on
September 20, 2016, selection was based
primarily on a country’s overall
performance in three broad policy
categories: Ruling Justly, Encouraging
Economic Freedom, and Investing in
People. The Board relied, to the
maximum extent possible, upon
transparent and independent indicators
to assess countries’ policy performance
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three broad policy areas. The Board
compared countries’ performance on the
indicators relative to their income-level
peers, evaluating them in comparison to
either the group of low income
countries (‘‘LIC’’) or the group of lower
middle income countries (‘‘LMIC’’).
The criteria and methodology used to
assess countries on the annual
scorecards are outlined in the ‘‘Report
on the Criteria and Methodology for
Determining the Eligibility of Candidate
Countries for Millennium Challenge
Account Assistance in Fiscal Year
2017.’’ 1 Scorecards reflecting each
country’s performance on the indicators
are available on MCC’s Web site at
www.mcc.gov/scorecards.
The Board also considered whether
any adjustments should be made for
data gaps, data lags, or recent events
since the indicators were published, as
well as strengths or weaknesses in
particular indicators. Where
appropriate, the Board took into account
additional quantitative and qualitative
information, such as evidence of a
country’s commitment to fighting
corruption, investments in human
development outcomes, or poverty rates.
For example, for additional information
in the area of corruption, the Board
considered how a country is evaluated
by supplemental sources like
Transparency International’s Corruption
Perceptions Index, the Global Integrity
Report, Open Government Partnership
status, and the Extractive Industry
Transparency Initiative, among others,
as well as on the defined indicator. The
Board also took into account the margin
of error around an indicator, when
applicable. In keeping with legislative
directives, the Board also considered the
opportunity to reduce poverty and
promote economic growth in a country,
in light of the overall information
available, as well as the availability of
appropriated funds.
This was the eighth year the Board
considered the eligibility of countries
for subsequent compacts, as permitted
under section 609(k) of the Act (22
U.S.C. 7708(k)). As in previous years,
they considered the higher bar expected
of subsequent compact countries,
including examining the
implementation of the first compact,
and evidence of both improved
scorecard policy performance and a
commitment to reform. The Board also
considered the eligibility of countries
for initial compacts. The Board sees the
selection decision as an annual
opportunity to determine where MCC
funds can be most effectively invested
1 Available at https://www.mcc.gov/resources/
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