FR 60 Day Notice

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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 243 / Wednesday, December 22, 2021 / Notices

[OMB Number 1121–0339]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Extension of a
Currently Approved Collection;
Comments Requested: Generic
Clearance for Cognitive, Pilot and Field
Studies for Bureau of Justice Statistics
Data Collection Activities
Office of Justice Programs,
Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Justice
(DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP),
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) intends
to request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for a
generic information collection clearance
that will allow BJS to conduct a variety
of cognitive, pilot, and field test studies.
BJS will submit the request for review
and approval in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Over the next three years, BJS
anticipates undertaking a variety of new
surveys and data collections, as well as
reassessing ongoing statistical projects,
across a number of areas of criminal
justice, including law enforcement,
courts, corrections, and victimization.
This work will entail development of
new survey instruments, redesigning
and/or modifying existing surveys,
procuring administrative data from state
and local government entities, and
creating or modifying establishment
surveys. In order to inform BJS data
collection protocols, to develop accurate
estimates of respondent burden, and to
minimize respondent burden associated
with each new or modified data
collection, BJS will engage in cognitive,
pilot and field test activities to refine
instrumentation and data collection
methodologies. BJS envisions using a
variety of techniques, including but not
limited to tests of different types of
survey and data collection operations,
focus groups, cognitive testing, pilot
testing, exploratory interviews,
experiments with questionnaire design,
and usability testing of electronic data
collection instruments.
Following standard Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
requirements, BJS will submit a change
request to OMB individually for every
group of data collection activities
undertaken under this generic
clearance. BJS will provide OMB with a
copy of the individual instruments or
questionnaires (if one is used), as well
as other materials describing the project.

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Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until
February 22, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have additional comments
especially on the estimated public
burden or associated response time,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
proposed information collection
instrument with instructions or
additional information, please contact
Devon Adams, Bureau of Justice
Statistics, 810 Seventh Street NW,
Washington, DC 20531 (email:
Devon.Adams@usdoj.gov; telephone:
202–307–0765).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written
comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning
the proposed collection of information
are encouraged. Your comments should
address one or more of the following
four points:
—Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Bureau of Justice
Statistics, 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;
—Evaluate whether and if so how the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected can be
enhanced; and
—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, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of
responses.
DATES:

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(1) Type of Information Collection:
Extension of a currently approved
collection.
(2) The Title of the Form/Collection:
Generic Clearance for cognitive, pilot
and field studies for Bureau of Justice
Statistics data collection Activities.
(3) The agency form number, if any,
and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
Form numbers not available for generic
clearance. The applicable component
within the Department of Justice is the
Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Office
of Justice Programs.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Administrators or staff of state

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Dated: December 17, 2021.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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and local agencies or programs in the
relevant fields; administrators or staff of
non-government agencies or programs
in the relevant fields; individuals;
policymakers at various levels of
government.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: We estimate that
approximately 30,000 respondents will
be involved in exploratory, field test,
pilot, cognitive, and focus group work
conducted under this clearance over the
requested 3-year clearance period. The
average response time per respondent
will be specific to each project covered
under the clearance. Specific estimates
of the number of respondents and the
average response time are not known for
each pilot study or development project
covered under a generic clearance at
this time. Project specific estimates will
be submitted to OMB separately for each
project conducted under this clearance.
An estimate of the overall number of
burden hours for activities under this
generic
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The total respondent burden
for identified and future projects
covered under this generic clearance
over the 3-year clearance period is
approximately 20,000 hours.
If additional information is required
contact: Melody Braswell, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A,
Washington, DC 20530.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Petition for Modification of Application
of Existing Mandatory Safety
Standards
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This notice is a summary of
seven petitions for modification
submitted to the Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) by the parties
listed below.

SUMMARY:

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