Notice2024-10425
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Proximity Detection Systems for Continuous Mining Machines in Underground Coal Mines
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Published
May 14, 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 94 (Tuesday, May 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10425]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Proximity Detection Systems for Continuous
Mining Machines in Underground Coal 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 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 June 13, 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#fdb9b2b1a2adafbca2ada8bfb1b4bebd999291d39a928b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="53171c1f0c0301120c0306111f1a1013373c3f7d343c25">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection
requires underground coal mine operators to equip continuous mining
machines, except full-face continuous mining machines, with proximity
detection systems (80 FR 2188). Miners working near continuous mining
machines face pinning, crushing, and striking hazards that result in
accidents involving life-threatening injuries and death. Proximity
detection is a technology that uses electronic sensors to detect the
motion or the location of one object relative to another. Proximity
detection systems provide a warning and stop mining machines before a
pinning, crushing, or striking accident occurs that could result in
injury or death to a miner. For additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal
Register on January 22, 2024 (89 FR 3951).
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: Proximity Detection Systems for Continuous
Mining Machines in Underground Coal Mines.
OMB Control Number: 1219-0148.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 168.
Frequency: Annually.
Number of Responses: 245,337.
Annual Burden Hours: 697 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. 2024-10425 Filed 5-13-24; 8:45 am]
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