Notice2021-25640
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Diesel-Powered Equipment in Underground Coal Mines
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Published
November 24, 2021
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Labor Department
Abstract
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Mine 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67087-67088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25640]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Diesel-Powered Equipment in Underground Coal
Mines
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Mine 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.
DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives
on or before December 27, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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: Nora Hernandez by telephone at 202-
693-8633 or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#70343f3c2f2022312f2025323c393330141f1c5e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="89cdc6c5d6d9dbc8d6d9dccbc5c0cac9ede6e5a7eee6ff">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MSHA requires mine operators to provide
important safety and health protections to underground coal miners who
work on and around diesel-powered equipment. The engines powering
diesel equipment are potential contributors to fires and explosion
hazards in the confined environment of an underground coal mine where
combustible coal dust and explosive methane gas are present. Diesel
equipment operating in underground coal mines also can pose serious
health risks to miners from exposure to diesel exhaust emissions,
including diesel particulates, oxides of nitrogen, and carbon monoxide.
Diesel exhaust is a lung carcinogen in animals.
This information collection includes maintenance and use of diesel
equipment; tests and maintenance of fire suppression systems on both
the equipment and at fueling stations; and exhaust gas sampling.
Records are required to document that essential testing and
maintenance of diesel-powered equipment are conducted regularly by
qualified persons; that corrective actions are taken; and the persons
performing the maintenance, repairs, examinations, and tests are
trained and qualified to perform such tasks.
Safety requirements for diesel equipment include many of the proven
features required in existing standards for electric-powered mobile
equipment, such as cabs or canopies, methane monitors, brakes and
lights. Sampling of diesel exhaust emissions is required to protect
miners from overexposure to carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide
contained in diesel exhaust. Information collection requirements are
found in: Section 75.1901(a), Diesel fuel requirements; section
75.1904(b)(4)(i), Underground diesel fuel tanks and safety cans;
Section 75.1906(d), Transport of diesel fuel; section 75.1911(j), Fire
suppression systems for diesel-powered equipment and fuel
transportation units; section 75.1912(i), Fire suppression systems for
permanent underground diesel fuel storage
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facilities; sections 75.1914(f)(2), (g), (h)(1), and (h)(2),
Maintenance of diesel-powered equipment; sections 75.1915(b)(5),
(c)(1), and (c)(2), Training and qualification of persons working on
diesel-powered equipment. For additional substantive information about
this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on
June 16, 2021 (86 FR 32067).
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-MSHA.
Title of Collection: Diesel-Powered Equipment in Underground Coal
Mines.
OMB Control Number: 1219-0119.
Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profit
institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 126.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 172,599.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 14,002 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $312,294.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: November 17, 2021.
Nora Hernandez,
Department Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-25640 Filed 11-23-21; 8:45 am]
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