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EPSLA and the provisions of the FMLA
added by the EFMLEA. In general, the
FFCRA requires covered employers to
provide eligible employees up to two
weeks of paid sick leave at full pay, up
to a specified cap, when the employee
is unable to work because the employee
is subject to a federal, state, or local
quarantine or isolation order related to
COVID–19, has been advised by a health
care provider to self-quarantine due to
concerns related to COVID–19, or is
experiencing COVID–19 symptoms and
seeking a medical diagnosis. The
FFCRA also provides up to two weeks
of paid sick leave at partial pay, up to
a specified cap, when an employee is
unable to work because of a need to care
for an individual subject to a federal,
state, or local quarantine or isolation
order related to COVID–19 or who has
been advised by a health care provider
to selfquarantine due to concerns
related to COVID–19; because of a need
to care for the employee’s son or
daughter whose school or place of care
is closed, or whose child care provider
is unavailable, due to COVID–19 related
reasons; or because the employee is
experiencing a substantially similar
condition, as specified by the Secretary
of Health and Human Services. The
FFCRA also requires covered employers
to provide up to twelve weeks of
expanded family and medical leave, up
to ten weeks of which must be paid at
partial pay, up to a specified cap, when
an eligible employee is unable to work
because of a need to care for the
employee’s son or daughter whose
school or place of care is closed, or
whose child care provider is
unavailable, due to COVID–19 related
reasons. The FFCRA covers private
employers with fewer than 500
employees and certain public
employers. Small employers with fewer
than 50 employees may qualify for an
exemption from the requirement to
provide paid leave due to school, place
of care, or child care provider closings
or unavailability, if the leave payments
would jeopardize the viability of their
business as a going concern. Under the
FFCRA, covered private employers
qualify for reimbursement through
refundable tax credits, as administered
by the Department of the Treasury, for
all qualifying paid sick leave wages and
qualifying family and medical leave
wages paid to an employee who takes
leave under the FFCRA, up to per diem
and aggregate caps, and for allocable
costs related to the maintenance of
health care coverage under any group
health plan while the employee is on
the leave provided under the FFCRA.
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providing certain technical corrections,
as well as clarifying the caps for
payment of leave; expanded family and
medical leave to certain employees who
were laid off or terminated after March
1, 2020, but are reemployed by the same
employer prior to December 31, 2020;
and provided authority to the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to exclude certain federal
employees from paid sick leave and
expanded family and medical leave. The
FFCRA grants authority to the Secretary
to issue regulations for certain purposes.
In particular, sections 3102(b), as
amended by section 3611(7) of the
CARES Act, and 5111(3) of the FFCRA
grant the Secretary authority to issue
regulations ‘‘as necessary, to carry out
the purposes of this Act, including to
ensure consistency’’ between the EPSLA
and the EFMLEA. The Department
issued the temporary rule to carry out
the purposes of the FFCRA. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
April 14, 2020 (85 FR 20723).
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless the OMB
approves it and displays a currently
valid OMB Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an ICR
cannot be for more than three (3) years
without renewal. The DOL notes that
information collection requirements
submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL–WHD.
Title of Collection: Paid Leave Under
the Families First Coronavirus Response
Act.
OMB Control Number: 1235–0031.
Affected Public: Private Sector:
Businesses or other for-profits, farms,
not-for-profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 11,931,108.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 11,931,108.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
870,193 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

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Dated: September 15, 2020.
Anthony May,
Management and Program Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request;
Representative of Miners, Notification
of Legal Identity, and Notification of
Commencement of Operations and
Closing of Mines
Notice of availability; request
for comments.

ACTION:

The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting this Mine Safety
and Health Administration (MSHA)sponsored information collection
request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are
invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that agency receives
on or before October 21, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) if the
information will be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (4)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collection; and
(5) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anthony May by telephone at 202–693–
4129 (this is not a toll-free number), or
by email at [email protected].
SUMMARY:

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Section
103(h) of the Federal Mine Safety and
Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), 30 U.S.C.
813(h), authorizes MSHA to collect
information necessary to carry out its
duty in protecting the safety and health
of miners. Further, section 101(a) of the
Mine Act, 30 U.S.C. 811, authorizes the
Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to
develop, promulgate, and revise as may
be appropriate, improved mandatory
health or safety standards for the
protection of life and prevention of
injuries in coal or other mines. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
June 16, 2020 (85 FR 36424).
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless the OMB
approves it and displays a currently
valid OMB Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an ICR
cannot be for more than three (3) years
without renewal. The DOL notes that
information collection requirements
submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL–MSHA.
Title of Collection: Representative of
Miners, Notification of Legal Identity,
and Notification of Commencement of
Operations and Closing of Mines.
OMB Control Number: 1219–0042.
Affected Public: Private Sector:
Businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 10,344.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 10,344.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
1,965 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $838.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: September 15, 2020.
Anthony May,
Management and Program Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2006–0040]

SGS North America, Inc.: Grant of
Expansion of Recognition
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In this notice, OSHA
announces the final decision to expand
the scope of recognition for SGS North
America, Inc., as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES: The expansion of the scope of
recognition becomes effective on
September 21, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information regarding this notice is
available from the following sources:
Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank
Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of
Communications, U.S. Department of
Labor, telephone: (202) 693–1999;
email: [email protected].
General and technical information:
Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director,
Office of Technical Programs and
Coordination Activities, Directorate of
Technical Support and Emergency
Management, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor, phone: (202) 693–2110 or
email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Notice of Final Decision
OSHA hereby gives notice of the
expansion of the scope of recognition of
SGS North America, Inc. (SGS), as a
NRTL. SGS’s expansion covers the
addition of one recognized testing and
certification site to their NRTL scope of
recognition.
OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies
that the organization meets the
requirements in Section 1910.7 of Title
29, Code of Federal Regulations (29 CFR
1910.7). Recognition is an
acknowledgment that the organization
can perform independent safety testing
and certification of the specific products
covered within the scope of recognition
and is not a delegation or grant of
government authority. As a result of
recognition, employers may use
products properly approved by the
NRTL to meet OSHA standards that
require testing and certification.
The agency processes applications by
a NRTL for initial recognition, or for
expansion or renewal of this
recognition, following requirements in
Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This

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appendix requires that the agency
publish two notices in the Federal
Register in processing an application. In
the first notice, OSHA announces the
application and provides the
preliminary finding and, in the second
notice, the agency provides the final
decision on the application. These
notices set forth the NRTL’s scope of
recognition or modifications of that
scope. OSHA maintains an
informational web page for each NRTL
that details the scope of recognition.
These pages are available from the
agency’s website at http://
www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
index.html.
SGS submitted an application, dated
October 16, 2017 (OSHA–2006–0040–
0052), to expand the recognition to
include the addition of one recognized
testing and certification site located at:
SGS Consumer and Retail France, 135,
Rue Rene Descartes-CS 30584, 13857
Aix en Provence Cedex 3, France. OSHA
staff performed a detailed analysis of the
application and other pertinent
information. OSHA staff also performed
an on-site review of SGS France’s
testing and certification facility on July
23–24, 2018 and recommended
expansion of SGS’s recognition to
include this one site.
OSHA published the preliminary
notice announcing SGS’s expansion
application in the Federal Register on
February 26, 2020 (85 FR 11117). The
agency requested comments by March
12, 2020, but it received no comments
in response to this notice. OSHA now is
proceeding with this final notice to
grant expansion of SGS’s scope of
recognition.
To obtain or review copies of all
public documents pertaining to the SGS
expansion application, go to
www.regulations.gov or contact the
Docket Office, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Room N–3653, Washington, DC 20210.
Docket No. OSHA–2006–0040 contains
all materials in the record concerning
SGS’s recognition.
II. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff examined SGS’s
expansion application, conducted a
detailed on-site assessment, and
examined other pertinent information.
Based on review of this evidence, OSHA
finds that SGS meets the requirements
of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of
recognition, subject to the specified
limitation and conditions. OSHA,
therefore, is proceeding with this final
notice to grant SGS’s scope of
recognition. OSHA limits the expansion
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