Notice2023-28220
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Examinations and Testing of Electrical Equipment, Including Examination, Testing, and Maintenance of High Voltage Longwalls
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Published
December 22, 2023
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 88, Number 245 (Friday, December 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88662-88663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28220]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Examinations and Testing of Electrical
Equipment, Including Examination, Testing, and Maintenance of High
Voltage Longwalls
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 January 22, 2024.
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) 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; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) 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: Michael Howell by telephone at 202-
693-6782, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6622292a39363427393633242a2f252602090a48010910"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5e1a1112010e0c1f010e0b1c12171d1e3a313270393128">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 103(h) of the Mine Act, 30 U.S.C.
813, authorizes MSHA to collect information necessary to carry out its
duty in protecting the safety and health of miners. It has long been
known that inadequate maintenance of electric equipment is a major
cause of serious electrical accidents in the coal mining industry. MSHA
regulations require the mine operator to establish an electrical
maintenance program by specifying minimum requirements for the
examination, testing, and maintenance of electric equipment. The
regulations also contain recordkeeping requirements that help operators
in implementing an effective maintenance program. This ICR requires
coal mine operators to frequently exam, test, and properly maintain all
electrical equipment and high voltage longwall mining systems and to
keep records of the examinations and tests. For additional substantive
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the
Federal Register on July 24, 2023 (88 FRN 47520).
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.
Agency: DOL-MSHA.
Title of Collection: Examinations and Testing of Electrical
Equipment, Including Examination, Testing, and Maintenance of High
Voltage Longwalls.
OMB Control Number: 1219-0116.
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Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 755.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Responses: 359,146.
Annual Burden Hours: 67,313 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Michael Howell,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2023-28220 Filed 12-21-23; 8:45 am]
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