Notice2022-20190
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Respirable Coal Mine Dust Samplings
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Published
September 19, 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 180 (Monday, September 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57222-57223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20190]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Respirable Coal Mine Dust Samplings
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 October 19, 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
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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#f4b0bbb8aba4a6b5aba4a1b6b8bdb7b4909b98da939b82"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="82c6cdceddd2d0c3ddd2d7c0cecbc1c2e6edeeace5edf4">[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. Chronic exposure to respirable coal mine
dust causes lung diseases including coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP),
emphysema, silicosis, and chronic bronchitis, known collectively as
``black lung.'' MSHA's standards in 30 CFR parts 70, 71, and 90 require
each mine operator of an underground coal mine, surface coal mine, and
surface work areas of an underground coal mine, and each coal mine
operator who employs a part 90 miner, to protect miners from exposure
to excessive respirable coal mine dust levels. Parts 70 and 71 require
coal mine operators to continuously maintain the average concentration
of respirable coal mine dust in the mine atmosphere where miners
normally work or travel at or below 1.5 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/
m\3\). For additional substantive information about this ICR, see the
related notice published in the Federal Register on May 23, 2022 (87 FR
31261).
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: Respirable Coal Mine Dust Sampling.
OMB Control Number: 1219-0011.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 676.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 995,102.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 58,259 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $29,835.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).)
Nora Hernandez,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-20190 Filed 9-16-22; 8:45 am]
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