Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Refuse Piles and Impoundment Structures, Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements

by the Labor Department on 01/19/2021.

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Mining 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.

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness (DEEOIC) Authorization Forms

by the Labor Department on 01/19/2021.

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of the Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)-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.

Ballard Marine Construction; Application for Permanent Variance and Interim Order; Grant of Interim Order

by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on 01/19/2021.

In this notice, OSHA announces Ballard Marine Construction's application for a Permanent Variance and Interim Order from provisions of OSHA standards that regulate work in compressed air environments and presents the agency's preliminary finding to grant the Permanent Variance. OSHA also announces the granting of an Interim Order. OSHA invites...

MET Laboratories, Inc.: Applications for Expansion of Recognition and Proposed Modification to the NRTL Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards

by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on 01/21/2021.

In this notice, OSHA announces the applications of MET Laboratories, Inc., for expansion of the recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the agency's preliminary finding to grant the applications. Additionally, OSHA proposes to add two new test standards to the NRTL Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards.

Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request

by the Employment and Training Administration on 01/22/2021.

The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed extension for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, ``Tax Performance System (TPS).'' This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent...

Rescission of Department of Labor Rule on Guidance

by the Labor Department on 01/27/2021.

On August 28, 2020, the Department of Labor published a final rule on guidance implementing an Executive order entitled ``Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents,'' and providing policy and requirements for issuing, modifying, withdrawing, and using guidance; making guidance available to the public; a notice and...

Information Collection Activities; Comment Request

by the Labor Statistics Bureau on 01/27/2021.

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...

Information Collection Activities; Comment Request

by the Labor Statistics Bureau on 01/28/2021.

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...

Information Collection Activities; Comment Request

by the Labor Statistics Bureau on 01/28/2021.

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...

Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance

by the Employment and Training Administration on 01/29/2021.

Investigations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

by the Employment and Training Administration on 01/29/2021.

Information Collection Activities; Comment Request

by the Labor Statistics Bureau on 01/29/2021.

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...

Strengthening Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Aliens in the United States: Proposed Delay of Effective Date

by the Employment and Training Administration on 02/01/2021.

In accordance with the Presidential directive as expressed in the memorandum of January 20, 2021, from the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled ``Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,'' this action proposes, following a 15 day comment period, to further delay until May 14, 2021, the effective date of the rule entitled...

Rules of Practice and Procedure Concerning Filing and Service and Amended Rules Concerning Filing and Service; Correction

by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on 02/02/2021.

The Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is correcting a direct final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on January 11, 2021, ``Rules of Practice and Procedure Concerning Filing and Service and Amended Rules Concerning Filing and Service.'' The companion proposed rule to the final rule was published in the same issue of the Federal...

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Apprenticeship Evidence-Building Portfolio, New Collection

by the Labor Department on 02/02/2021.

The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance 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...

SolarPTL, LLC.: Request for Renewal of Recognition

by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on 02/03/2021.

In this notice, OSHA announces the application of SolarPTL, LLC. (PTL), requesting renewal of recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).

TUV SUD America, Inc.: Application for Expansion of Recognition.

by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on 02/03/2021.

In this notice, OSHA announces the application of TUV SUD America, Inc. (TUVAM) for expansion of recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the agency's preliminary finding to grant the application.

TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc.: Applications for Expansion of Recognition

by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on 02/03/2021.

In this notice, OSHA announces the applications of TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc., for expansion of the scope of recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the agency's preliminary finding to grant the applications.

Discretionary Review by the Secretary of Labor

by the Homeland Security Department and the Labor Department on 02/03/2021.

Due to the receipt of a significant adverse comment, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor (Departments) are jointly withdrawing the January 4, 2021, direct final rule (DFR) that would have extended DOL's recently established system of discretionary Secretary of Labor review to H-2B temporary labor certification cases...

Information Collection Activities; Comment Request

by the Labor Statistics Bureau on 02/03/2021.

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...