Notice2022-07778
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Petitions for Modification of Mandatory Safety Standards
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Published
April 12, 2022
Issuing agencies
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 87, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21669-21670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07778]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Petitions for Modification of Mandatory Safety
Standards
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 the agency
receives on or before May 12, 2022.
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
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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#c88c878497989a8997989d8a84818b88aca7a4e6afa7be"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="692d262536393b2836393c2b25202a290d0605470e061f">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with Section 103(h) of the
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act) and under 30 CFR
44.9, operators of mines for which there is no representative of miners
must post a copy of each petition for modification concerning the mine
on the mine bulletin board and maintain the posting until a ruling on
the petition becomes final. For additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal
Register on December 10, 2021 (86 FR 70535).
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: Petitions for Modification of Mandatory Safety
Standards.
OMB Control Number: 1219-0065.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 56.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 56.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 2,240 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $28,545.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Nora Hernandez,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-07778 Filed 4-11-22; 8:45 am]
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