Notice2023-24142
Fee Adjustment for Testing, Evaluation, and Approval of Mining Products
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Published
November 2, 2023
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Labor DepartmentMine Safety and Health Administration
Abstract
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is announcing a revised hourly rate for the fees charged to applicants and approval holders for testing, evaluating, and approving products for use in mines. MSHA charges a fee to cover the costs (direct and indirect) of its services associated with the approval program. The new hourly rate will be $166.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 211 (Thursday, November 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75332-75333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24142]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Fee Adjustment for Testing, Evaluation, and Approval of Mining
Products
AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice of fee adjustment.
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SUMMARY: The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is announcing
a revised hourly rate for the fees charged to applicants and approval
holders for testing, evaluating, and approving products for use in
mines. MSHA charges a fee to cover the costs (direct and indirect) of
its services associated with the approval program. The new hourly rate
will be $166.
DATES: MSHA will charge the new hourly rate for new approval services
starting January 1, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Juliette E. Hill, Chief, Approval and
Certification Center (A&CC), 304-547-2029 or 304-547-0400 (these are
not toll-free numbers).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), as
amended, authorizes MSHA to approve equipment, materials, and
explosives for use in mines to ensure that the products are designed,
constructed, and maintained so as not to cause a fire, explosion, or
other accident. Under 30 CFR part 5--Fees for Testing, Evaluation, and
Approval of Mining Products, MSHA establishes the method the Agency
uses to calculate the fees needed to recover costs for approval
services. Under 30 U.S.C. 966, MSHA may collect and retain up to
$2,499,000 of fees collected for the approval and certification of
equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines.
On December 21, 2018, MSHA published a notice of fee adjustment in
the Federal Register (83 FR 65747) that adjusted the Agency's fees for
testing, evaluation, and approval of products manufactured for use in
mines. Since January 1, 2019, MSHA has charged an hourly rate of $137.
II. Applicable Fee
Under 30 CFR 5.50, a new hourly rate must remain in effect for at
least 1 year and the rate will be subject to revision at least once
every 3 years. MSHA determines a new hourly rate by dividing the total
of approval program costs (direct and indirect costs) for a previous
fiscal year by the number of total direct hours spent on approval
program activities for that fiscal year.
For this update, MSHA calculated the FY 2024 hourly rate using FY
2021 costs. MSHA has determined that as of January 1, 2024, the hourly
rate will be $166 per hour for services on new applications and post-
approval activities (changes to approvals and post-approval product
audits). This rate increase is consistent with cumulative inflation
between January 2019, when
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the last hourly rate was instituted, and mid-2023.
<bullet> MSHA will process applications and post-approval
activities postmarked before January 1, 2024, under the existing FY
2019 hourly rate of $137.
<bullet> MSHA will process applications and post-approval
activities postmarked on or after January 1, 2024, under the revised FY
2024 hourly rate of $166.
This fee information is available on the MSHA website at <a href="http://www.msha.gov">http://www.msha.gov</a>.
Christopher J. Williamson,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2023-24142 Filed 11-1-23; 8:45 am]
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