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Survey, or the Census Household Pulse
survey. The content covers household
composition, current employment for
the respondent and spouse/partner,
changes in employment/earnings during
the past 12 months due to the
coronavirus pandemic, time spent
teaching children under age 18, health,
health insurance, having contracted the
coronavirus, medical care deferred due
to the coronavirus pandemic, mental
health, income, and earnings. During
the fielding period for the interim
supplemental interviews, no more than
2 percent of respondents will be asked
to participate in a brief validation
interview a few weeks after the initial
interview. The purpose of the validation
interview is to verify that the initial
interview took place as the interviewer
reported and to assess the data quality
of selected questionnaire items. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
July 31, 2020 (85 FR 46187).
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 the remainder
of the current clearance period (expiring
on August 31, 2022).
Agency: DOL–BLS.
Title of Collection: National
Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997.
OMB Control Number: 1220–0157.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 5,275.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 5,380.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
1,058 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Dated: November 6, 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; Report on
Current Employment Statistics
Notice of availability; request
for comments.

ACTION:

The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting this Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS)-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 December 14, 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].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Current Employment Statistics (CES)
program provides current monthly
statistics on employment, hours, and
earnings, by industry and geography.
CES estimates are among the most
visible and widely-used Principal
Federal Economic Indicators (PFEIs).
CES data are also among the timeliest of
the PFEIs, with their release each month
by the BLS in the Employment
Situation, typically on the first Friday of
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each month. The statistics are
fundamental inputs in economic
decision processes at all levels of
government, private enterprise, and
organized labor.
The CES monthly estimates of
employment, hours, and earnings are
based on a sample of U.S.
nonagricultural establishments.
Information is derived from
approximately 295,000 reports (from a
sample of 150,000 employers with State
Unemployment Insurance (UI) accounts
comprised of 697,000 individual
worksites), as of April 2020. Each
month, firms report their employment,
payroll, and hours on forms identified
as the BLS–790. The sample is collected
under a probability-based design. Puerto
Rico and the Virgin Islands collect an
additional 8,500 reports.
A list of all form types currently used
appears in the table below. Respondents
receive variations of the basic collection
forms, depending on their industry. The
CES program is a voluntary program
under Federal statute. Reporting to the
State agencies is voluntary in all but
three States (New Mexico, Oregon, and
South Carolina), Puerto Rico, and the
Virgin Islands. To our knowledge, the
States that do have mandatory reporting
rarely exercise their authority. The
collection form’s confidentiality
statement cites the Confidential
Information Protection and Statistical
Efficiency Act and mentions the State
mandatory reporting authority. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
July 20, 2020 (85 FR 43878).
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–BLS.
Title of Collection: Report on Current
Employment Statistics.
OMB Control Number: 1220–0011.

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Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits institutions; Not-for-profit
institutions; Individuals and
households; State, local, and tribal
governments.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 295,548.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 1,875,612.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
277,763 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: November 6, 2020.
Anthony May,
Management and Program Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Petitions for Modification of
Application of Existing Mandatory
Safety Standards
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This notice is a summary of
four petitions for modification
submitted to the Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) by the parties
listed below.
DATES: All comments on the petitions
must be received by MSHA’s Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances
on or before December 14, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
comments, identified by ‘‘docket
number’’ on the subject line, by any of
the following methods:
1. Electronic Mail: [email protected]. Include the docket
number of the petition in the subject
line of the message.
2. Facsimile: 202–693–9441.
3. Regular Mail or Hand Delivery:
MSHA, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th
Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington,
Virginia 22202–5452, Attention: Roslyn
B. Fontaine, Deputy Director, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances.
Persons delivering documents are
required to check in at the receptionist’s
desk in Suite 4E401. Individuals may
inspect copies of the petition and
comments during normal business
hours at the address listed above.
MSHA will consider only comments
postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service or
proof of delivery from another delivery
service such as UPS or Federal Express
on or before the deadline for comments.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Aromie Noe, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances at 202–693–
9557 (voice), [email protected]
(email), or 202–693–9441 (facsimile).
[These are not toll-free numbers.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and
Health Act of 1977 and Title 30 of the
Code of Federal Regulations Part 44
govern the application, processing, and
disposition of petitions for modification.
I. Background
Section 101(c) of the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine
Act) allows the mine operator or
representative of miners to file a
petition to modify the application of any
mandatory safety standard to a coal or
other mine if the Secretary of Labor
determines that:
1. An alternative method of achieving
the result of such standard exists which
will at all times guarantee no less than
the same measure of protection afforded
the miners of such mine by such
standard; or
2. The application of such standard to
such mine will result in a diminution of
safety to the miners in such mine.
In addition, the regulations at 30 CFR
44.10 and 44.11 establish the
requirements for filing petitions for
modification.
II. Petitions for Modification
Docket Number: M–2020–021–C.
Petitioner: Marion County Coal
Resources, Inc., 151 Johnny Cake Rd.,
Metz, West Virginia 26585.
Mine: Marion County Mine, MSHA
I.D. No. 46–01433, located in Marion
County, West Virginia.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1700
(Oil and gas wells).
Modification Request: The petitioner
requests a modification of the existing
standard, 30 CFR 75.1700, as it relates
to vertical oil and gas wells at the mine.
The operator is petitioning in order to
plug and mine through wells in the
Marcellus and Utica shales as well as
other unconventional shale oil and gas
wells.
The petitioner states that:
(a) The Marion County Mine produces
25,000 tons of coal each day during
production and approximately
9,000,000 cubic feet of methane is
liberated at the mine each day.
(b) The petitioner is petitioning to
mine through wells in the Marcellus
and Utica shale and other
unconventional shales oil and gas wells
within the mine’s projected operations.
(c) Two Marcellus wells are within
the projected mine, which are known as
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Esther Clark 3H. It is expected that these
two wells will have to be mined
through.
The petitioner proposes the following
alternative method:
(a) District Manager Approval:
(1) The petition applies to
unconventional wells including the
Marcellus and Utica shale and other
unconventional shales oil and gas wells.
These unconventional wells include
wells that have been depleted of oil or
gas production, wells that have not
produced oil/gas and may have been
plugged, or active wells not producing
oil/gas. Potential oil and gas producing
formations that have not produced in
commercial quantities (e.g., exploratory
wells, wildcat wells, and dry holes) are
also included in this petition.
(2) A 300 foot safety barrier will be
built and maintained around the oil and
gas wells, until the MSHA District
Manager has approved mining in that
area. The petitioner defines oil and gas
wells as active, inactive, abandoned,
shut-in, previously plugged wells, water
injection wells, and carbon dioxide
sequestration wells.
(3) Before mining inside the safety
barrier around any well that the mine
will intersect, the petitioner will give
the MSHA District Manager a sworn
affidavit or declaration by a company
official, stating the required procedures
for cleaning out, preparing, and
plugging each gas or oil well have been
completed.
(4) The affidavit or declaration will
include the logs described below in
(b)(viii), as well as any other records
that the District Manager requires. If the
well intersection is not planned, the
petitioner will request a permit reducing
the 300 foot barrier to remove the part
not included in the well intersection.
(5) Where the total depth of the well
is unknown, the petitioner must contact
MSHA to create a communications
protocol notifying the District Manager
outside normal working hours.
(6) This petition applies to all
underground coal mining at the mine.
(b) The petitioner proposes to use the
following procedures when cleaning out
and preparing oil and gas wells prior to
plugging and replugging;
(1) For cleaning out and preparing
vertical oil and gas wells prior to
plugging and replugging, the petitioner
will test for gas emissions before
cleaning out, preparing, plugging, and
replugging oil and gas wells. If gas is
detected, the MSHA District Manager
will be contacted. The following
procedures will be conducted:
(i) The petitioner will remove casings
and clean the borehole to 200 feet below
the coal seam being mined, or the

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