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Innovation and Opportunity Act, 29 U.S.C.
3221(i)(4); Federal Advisory Committee Act,
as amended)
Brent Parton,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Employment and Training, Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities;
Comment Request
Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:

The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed revision of the
‘‘The Consumer Expenditure Surveys:
The Quarterly Interview and the Diary.’’
A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by
contacting the individual listed below
in the Addresses section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
Addresses section of this notice on or
before November 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora
Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room G225,
2 Massachusetts Avenue NE,
Washington, DC 20212. Written
comments also may be transmitted by
email to BLS_PRA_Public@bls.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, at
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll-free
number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Background

II. Current Action

The Consumer Expenditure (CE)
Surveys collect data on consumer
expenditures, demographic information,
and related data needed by the
Consumer Price Index (CPI) and other
public and private data users. The
continuing surveys provide a constant
measurement of changes in consumer
expenditure patterns for economic
analysis and to obtain data for future
CPI revisions. The CE Surveys have
been ongoing since 1979.
The data from the CE Surveys are
used (1) for CPI revisions, (2) to provide
a continuous flow of data on income
and expenditure patterns for use in
economic analysis and policy
formulation, and (3) to provide a
flexible consumer survey vehicle that is
available for use by other Federal
Government agencies. Public and
private users of price statistics,
including Congress and the economic
policymaking agencies of the Executive
branch, rely on data collected in the CPI
in their day-to-day activities. Hence,
data users and policymakers widely
accept the need to improve the process
used for revising the CPI. If the CE
Surveys were not conducted on a
continuing basis, current information
necessary for more timely, as well as
more accurate, updating of the CPI
would not be available. In addition, data
would not be available to respond to the
continuing demand from the public and
private sectors for current information
on consumer spending.
In the Quarterly Interview Survey,
each consumer unit (CU) in the sample
is interviewed every three months over
four calendar quarters. The sample for
each quarter is divided into three
panels, with CUs being interviewed
every three months in the same panel of
every quarter. The Quarterly Interview
Survey is designed to collect data on the
types of expenditures that respondents
can be expected to recall for a period of
three months or longer. In general the
expenses reported in the Interview
Survey are either relatively large, such
as property, automobiles, or major
appliances, or are expenses which occur
on a fairly regular basis, such as rent,
utility bills, or insurance premiums.
The Diary (or recordkeeping) Survey
is completed at home by the respondent
family for two consecutive one-week
periods. The primary objective of the
Diary Survey is to obtain expenditure
data on small, frequently purchased
items which normally are difficult to
recall over longer periods of time.

Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought to continue
the Consumer Expenditure Surveys: The
Quarterly Interview (CEQ) and the Diary
(CED) and to make modifications to
both.
In the CEQ, as part of CE’s ongoing
effort to streamline the questionnaire,
CE requests clearance to make the
following modifications to the
Computer Assisted Personal Interview
(CAPI) instrument: rewording items to
make collection easier cognitively,
grouping similar items together,
aggregating collection of items
previously collected separately, and
eliminating several questions.
Specifically, the changes will include
the following:
A new ‘Household Services’ section
groups question on the items that were
asked across the interview survey
including termite/pest control,
gardening/lawn care, water softening,
septic tank cleaning, housekeeping,
home security system fees, moving/
storage/freight, heating or air
conditioning contracts, home
warranties/maintenance/service
contracts on household appliances, and
other home services or repair jobs.
For the ‘Owned Properties’ section,
the list of items included in payments
was simplified, and questions regarding
why a payment amount changed were
added, including related questions for
additional principal/interest, and late/
other fees. For the ‘Utilities’ section, the
list of phone/cable/internet expenses
was consolidated, and questions about
breaking out cable/internet fees from a
bundled bill are no longer asked. The
‘Medical expenditures’ section was also
consolidated, reworded, and reordered.
The CE also requests clearance for
minor changes to both the CED CAPI
Instrument and the Diary form. Changes
to the CAPI instrument include
consolidating the grocery questions to
one question and adding a question to
give respondents the option of reporting
online or by paper diary. Changes to the
Diary form include adding instructions
to include delivery fees for ‘Meals Away
from Home’ in addition to tax and tip.
We also request approval for adding
help videos for respondents who choose
to use the online diary to report their
diary expenditures.

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III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the

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• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,

functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility.
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.

Total
respondents

Form

Total
responses

Frequency

Average time
per response

Estimated total
burden

CEQ—Interview ...................................................................
CEQ—Reinterview ...............................................................
CED—Diary Record-keeping ...............................................
CED—Diary Interview ..........................................................
CED Diary Reinterview ........................................................

4,600
2,208
6,200
6,200
1,240

4
1
2
2
1

18,400
2,208
12,400
12,400
1,240

63
10
60
19
10

19,320
368
12,400
3,927
207

Totals ............................................................................

10,800

........................

46,648

........................

36,222

Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, on this 12th day
of September 2023.
Eric Molina,
Acting Chief, Division of Management
Systems.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
[OMB Control No. 1219–0009]

Proposed Extension of Information
Collection; Training Plans and Records
of Training, for Underground Miners
and Miners Working at Surface Mines
and Surface Areas of Underground
Mines
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:

The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
collections of information in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. This program helps to ensure that
requested data can be provided in the
desired format, reporting burden (time
and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be

SUMMARY:

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e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Title of Collection: The Consumer
Expenditure Surveys: The Quarterly
Interview and the Diary.
OMB Number: 1220–0050.
Type of Review: Revision.
Affected Public: Individuals or
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properly assessed. The Mine Safety and
Health Administration (MSHA) is
soliciting comments on the information
collection regarding Training Plans and
Records of Training, for Underground
Miners and Miners Working at Surface
Mines and Surface Areas of
Underground Mines.
All comments must be received
on or before November 17, 2023.

DATES:

Comments concerning the
information collection requirements of
this notice may be sent by any of the
methods listed below. Please note that
late, untimely filed comments will not
be considered.
• Federal E-Rulemaking Portal:
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments for docket number MSHA–
2023–0045.
• Mail/Hand Delivery: DOL–MSHA,
Office of Standards, Regulations, and
Variances, 201 12th Street South, Suite
4E401, Arlington, VA 22202–5452.
Before visiting MSHA in person, call
202–693–9455 to make an appointment,
in keeping with the Department of
Labor’s COVID–19 policy. Special
health precautions may be required.
• MSHA will post all comments as
well as any attachments, except for
information submitted and marked as
confidential, in the docket at https://
www.regulations.gov.

ADDRESSES:

S.
Aromie Noe, Director, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
MSHA, at MSHA.information
.collections@dol.gov (email); (202) 693–
9440 (voice); or (202) 693–9441
(facsimile). These are not toll-free
numbers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Background
Section 103(h) of the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine
Act), Public Law 95–164 as amended, 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(a),
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 and metal and nonmetal
mines.
The Mine Act recognizes that
education and training is an important
element of efforts to make the nation’s
mines safe. Section 115(a) of the Mine
Act, 30 U.S.C. 825(a), states that ‘‘each
operator of a coal and other mine shall
have a health and safety training
program which shall be approved by the
Secretary.’’ These standards are
intended to ensure that miners will be
effectively trained in matters affecting
their health and safety, with the
ultimate goal of reducing the occurrence
of injury and illness in the nation’s
mines.
A. Training Plan Approvals and
Revisions
30 CFR 48.3 and 48.23 require
training plans, respectively, for miners
at underground mines, and for miners at
surface mines and surface areas of
underground mines. Specifically, 30
CFR 48.3(a) and 48.23(a) require each
mine operator to have an MSHAapproved plan containing programs for
training new miners, training
experienced miners, training miners for
new task, annual refresher training, and
hazard training for miners.

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