Notice2024-07974
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Training Plans and Records of Training, for Underground Miners and Miners Working at Surface Mines and Surface Areas of Underground Mines
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Published
April 16, 2024
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 89, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26938-26939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07974]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Training Plans and Records of Training, for
Underground Miners and Miners Working at Surface Mines and Surface
Areas of Underground 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
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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 16, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Howell by telephone at 202-
693-6782, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4c080300131c1e0d131c190e00050f0c282320622b233a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0f4b4043505f5d4e505f5a4d43464c4f6b606321686079">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977
(Mine Act) Public Law 95-164, as amended, recognizes that education and
training is an important element of Federal efforts to make the
nation's mines safe. Section 115(a) of the Mine Act states that ``each
operator of a coal or other mine shall have a health and safety
training program which shall be approved by the Secretary.'' 30 CFR
48.3 and 48.23 require training plans for underground and surface
mines, respectively. Training plans are required to be submitted for
approval to the MSHA District Manager for the area in which the mine is
located. These standards are intended to ensure that miners will be
effectively trained in matters affecting their health and safety, with
the goal of reducing the occurrence of injury and illness in the
nation's mines. For additional substantive information about this ICR,
see the related notice published in the Federal Register on September
18, 2023 (88 FR 63978).
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.
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: Training Plans and Records of Training, for
Underground Miners and Miners Working at Surface Mines and Surface
Areas of Underground Mines.
OMB Control Number: 1219-0009.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 65,494.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Responses: 130,055.
Annual Burden Hours: 12,434 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $394,856.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Michael Howell,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2024-07974 Filed 4-15-24; 8:45 am]
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