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(16) The mining-through operation
will be under the direct supervision of
a certified official. Instructions
concerning the mining-through
operation will be issued only by the
certified official in charge.
(17) If the mine operator cannot find
the well or if the anticipated
intersection is missed, the operator must
cease mining to assess for hazardous
conditions, notify the MSHA District
Manager, and use reasonable methods of
locating the well. If the well cannot be
located, the mine operator must notify
the MSHA District Manager to resolve
issues before mining resumes.
(18) This modification does not affect
the ability for MSHA representatives to
interrupt or halt well intersection or to
issue a withdrawal notice when deemed
necessary. MSHA may issue a
withdrawal of persons in the mine or a
cessation of the well intersection
verbally or by written order, including
the basis for the order. The MSHA
representative then needs to permit
resumption for mining operations in the
affected area to restart.
(19) If the well is not plugged to the
depth of all mineable coal seams that
have been identified in the core hole
logs, then any coal seams below the
lowest plug will remain subject to the
barrier requirements dictated by 30 CFR
75.1700, if developed in the future.
(20) All involved miners will be
trained on the contents of this petition
prior to starting the process of plugging
or re-plugging.
(21) Mechanical bridge plugs will
utilize the best available technologies
required or recognized by the state
regulatory agency and/or the oil and gas
industry.
(22) Within 30 days after the Proposed
Decision and Order (PDO) becomes
final, the operator will submit proposed
revisions to be approved by the MSHA
District Manager, as part of the 30 CFR
48 training plan. This will include
initial and refresher training. The
revisions are to include training on the
above terms for all miners involved in
well intersection prior to mining within
150 feet of the well which is to be
mined through.
(23) The required person under 30
CFR 75.1501 Emergency Evacuations is
responsible for emergencies relating to
the intersection and this person will
review intersection procedures before
the intersection occurs.
(24) Within 30 days of when this PDO
is finalized, the operator will submit a
revised emergency evacuation and
firefighting training program, required
by 30 CFR 75.1502. The operator must
revise the program to incorporate
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well intersection. All underground
miners will be trained in the above plan
revisions within 30 days of submittal.
(25) The petitioner asserts that the
proposed alternative method will at all
times guarantee no less than the same
measure of protection from the potential
hazards against which the existing
standard for 30 CFR 75.1700 is intended
to guard.
Sheila McConnell,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations,
and Variances.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0042]

OSHA’s Conflict of Interest and
Disclosure Form; 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 the proposal to
extend the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements
contained in the proposed Conflict of
Interest (COI) and Disclosure Form,
which will be used to determine
whether or not a conflict of interest
exists for a potential peer review panel
member.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
February 21, 2020.
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, OSHA
Docket No. OSHA–2009–0042,
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N–3653, 200 Constitution
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Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Deliveries (hand, express mail,
messenger, and courier service) are
accepted during the Docket Office’s
normal business hours, 10:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m., ET.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and OSHA
docket number (OSHA–2009–0042) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). All comments, including any
personal information you provide, such
as social security numbers and dates of
birth, 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 above
address. 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 website. All
submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You may also contact Theda Kenney at
the below phone number to obtain a
copy of the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Seleda Perryman or Theda Kenney,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor;
telephone (202) 693–2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of
the 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 (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
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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 OSHA to 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).
OSHA conducts peer reviews of a
draft product for quality by specialists
in the field who were not involved in
producing the draft. The selection of
participants in a peer review is based on
expertise, with due consideration of
independence. The Office of
Management and Budget published the
Final Information Quality Bulletin for
Peer Review on December 15, 2004. The
Bulletin states ‘‘. . . the agency must
address reviewers’ potential conflicts of
interest (including those stemming from
ties to regulated businesses and other
stakeholders) and independence from
the agency.’’ The Bulletin requires
agencies to adopt or adapt the
committee selection policies employed
by the National Academy of Sciences
(NAS) when selecting peer reviewers
who are not Government employees. To
fulfill this requirement, OSHA has
developed a Conflict of Interest (COI)
and Disclosure Form, based on NAS’
Conflict of Interest Disclosure form.
This form will be used to determine
whether or not a conflict exists for a
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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.
III. Proposed Actions
There are no changes in burden hours
from the previous Information
Collection Request for obtaining the
necessary background information and
disclosure of conflict of interest
information to ensure that invited
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no costs as discussed under Item 13 of
the Supporting Statement.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: OSHA’s Conflict of Interest
(COI) and Disclosure Form.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0255.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households.
Number of Respondents: 36.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Total Responses: 36.
Average Time per Response: OSHA
estimates it will take one-half hour (0.5)
to complete the COI Short form, and one
(1) hour to complete the COI Long form.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 27.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $0.

Information on using the http://
www.regulations.gov website to submit
comments and access the docket is
available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
for information about materials not
available from the website and for
assistance in using the internet to locate
docket submissions.

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–2009–0042).
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 dates 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 website. All
submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.

Signed at Washington, DC, on December
17, 2019.
Loren Sweatt,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Occupational Safety and Health.

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V. Authority and Signature
Loren Sweatt, Principal Deputy
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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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Veterans’ Employment and Training
Service
Advisory Committee on Veterans’
Employment, Training and Employer
Outreach (ACVETEO): Meeting
ACTION:

Notice of open meeting.

This notice sets forth the
schedule and proposed agenda of a
forthcoming meeting of the ACVETEO.
The ACVETEO will discuss the DOL
core programs and services that assist
veterans seeking employment and raise
employer awareness as to the
advantages of hiring veterans. There
will be an opportunity for individuals or
organizations to address the committee.
Any individual or organization that
wishes to do so should contact Mr.
Gregory Green at 202–693–4734.
Individuals who will need
accommodations for a disability in order
to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting
services, assistive listening devices,
and/or materials in alternative format)
should notify the Advisory Committee
no later than Monday, January 6, 2020
by contacting Mr. Gregory Green at 202–
693–4734. Requests made after this date
will be reviewed, but availability of the
requested accommodations cannot be
guaranteed. The meeting site is
accessible to individuals with
disabilities. This Notice also describes
the functions of the ACVETEO. Notice
of this meeting is required under
Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

SUMMARY:

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