Notice2022-25875
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Application for a Permit To Fire More Than 20 Boreholes and for the Use of Nonpermissible Blasting Units, Explosives, and Shot-Firing Units; Posting Notices of Misfires
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Published
November 28, 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 227 (Monday, November 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73039-73040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25875]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Application for a Permit To Fire More Than 20
Boreholes and for the Use of Nonpermissible Blasting Units, Explosives,
and Shot-Firing Units; Posting Notices of Misfires
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 December 28, 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#5713181b08070516080702151b1e141733383b79303821"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="185c575447484a5947484d5a54515b587c7774367f776e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under section 313 of the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), 30 U.S.C. 873, any explosives used
in underground coal mines must be permissible. The Mine Act also
provides that, under safeguards prescribed by the Secretary, the firing
of more than 20 shots and the use of nonpermissible explosives in
sinking shafts and slopes from the surface in rock may be permitted. 30
CFR 75.1321 outlines the procedures by which a permit may be issued for
the firing of more than 20 boreholes and for the use of nonpermissible
shot-firing units in underground coal mines. At surface coal mines and
surface work areas of underground coal mines, 30 CFR 77.1909-1 outlines
the procedures by which a coal mine operator may apply for a permit to
use non-permissible explosives and shot-firing units in the blasting of
rock during the development of shafts or slopes. Additionally, in the
event of a misfire of explosives, 30 CFR 75.1327 requires that a
qualified person post a warning to prohibit entry at each accessible
entrance to the affected area. For additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal
Register on August 19, 2022 (87 FR 51149).
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: Application for a Permit to Fire More than 20
Boreholes and for the Use of Nonpermissible
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Blasting Units, Explosives, and Shot-firing Units; Posting Notices of
Misfires.
OMB Control Number: 1219-0025.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 41.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 42.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 41 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $150.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).)
Nora Hernandez,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-25875 Filed 11-25-22; 8:45 am]
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