Notice2022-07779
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Records of Preshift and Onshift Inspections of Slope and Shaft Areas at Coal Mines
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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]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07779]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Records of Preshift and Onshift Inspections of
Slope and Shaft Areas at 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 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 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#a5e1eae9faf5f7e4faf5f0e7e9ece6e5c1cac98bc2cad3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e8aca7a4b7b8baa9b7b8bdaaa4a1aba88c8784c68f879e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 103(h) of the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), 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. Accordingly, 30 CFR 77.1901 requires
operators to examine slope and shaft areas for hazardous conditions,
including tests for methane and oxygen deficiency, within 90 minutes
before each shift, once during each shift when employees are inside any
slope or shaft during development, and before and after blasting. The
standard also requires that a record be kept of the results of the
inspections. For additional substantive information about this ICR, see
the related notice published in the Federal Register on December 10,
2021 (86 FR 70536).
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: Records of Preshift and Onshift Inspections of
Slope and Shaft Areas at Coal Mines.
OMB Control Number: 1219-0082.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 6,600.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 8,250 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Nora Hernandez,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-07779 Filed 4-11-22; 8:45 am]
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