Notice2024-18182
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Respiratory Protection Program at Coal Mines
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Published
August 15, 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 158 (Thursday, August 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66452-66453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18182]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Respiratory Protection Program at 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 September 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#d89c979487888a9987888d9a94919b98bcb7b4f6bfb7ae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4d090201121d1f0c121d180f01040e0d292221632a223b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this information collection
is to collect four types of information from coal mine operators:
revised standard operating procedures (SOPs), American Society for
Testing and Materials (ASTM) recordkeeping, fit test records, and
emergency respirator inspection records. The mine operator uses the
information to properly issue respiratory protection to coal miners who
need to use personal protective equipment where accepted engineering
controls measures have not been developed or when necessary, by the
nature of work involved (for example, while establishing controls or
occasional entry into hazardous
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atmospheres to perform maintenance or investigation). Fit-testing
records are used to ensure that a respirator worn by an individual is
the same brand, model, and size respirator that was worn when that
individual successfully passed a fit-test. Records of emergency
respirator inspection are used to ensure that respirators are in proper
working order when needed.
MSHA uses the information to determine compliance with the standard
specified in 30 CFR 72.710. For additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal
Register on May 1, 2024 (89 FR 35250).
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: Respiratory Protection Program at Coal Mines.
OMB Control Number: 1219-0NEW.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 1,106.
Frequency: Annual.
Number of Responses: 19,908.
Annual Burden Hours: 11,060 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. 2024-18182 Filed 8-14-24; 8:45 am]
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