Notice2024-25028
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Mine Mapping and Records of Opening, Closing, and Reopening of Mines
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Published
October 29, 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 209 (Tuesday, October 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 85988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25028]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Mine Mapping and Records of Opening, Closing,
and Reopening of 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 November 29, 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#f4b0bbb8aba4a6b5aba4a1b6b8bdb7b4909b98da939b82"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="32767d7e6d6260736d6267707e7b7172565d5e1c555d44">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection protects miners
by assuring that up-to-date, accurate mine maps contain the information
needed to clarify the best alternatives for action during an emergency
operation. Also, coal mine operators routinely use maps to create safe
and effective development plans.
Mine maps are schematic depictions of critical mine infrastructure,
such as water, power, transportation, ventilation, and communication
systems. Using accurate, up-to-date maps during a disaster, mine
emergency personnel can locate refuges for miners and identify sites of
explosion potential; they can know where stationary equipment was
placed, where ground was secured, and where they can best begin a
rescue operation. During a disaster, maps can be crucial to the safety
of the emergency personnel who must enter a mine to begin a search for
survivors.
Mine maps may describe the current status of an operating mine or
provide crucial information about a long-closed mine that is being
reopened.
Coal mine operators use map information to develop safe and
effective plans and to help determine hazards before beginning work in
areas, such as abandoned underground mines or the worked-out and
inaccessible areas of an active underground or surface mine. Abandoned
mines or inaccessible areas of active mines may have water inundation
potentials and explosive levels of methane or lethal gases. If an
operator, unaware of the hazards, were to mine into such an area,
miners could be killed or seriously injured. For additional substantive
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the
Federal Register on July 12, 2024 (89 FR 57168).
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: Mine Mapping and Records of Opening, Closing,
and Reopening of Mines.
OMB Control Number: 1219-0073.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 376.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Responses: 1,540.
Annual Burden Hours: 8,308 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $5,134,836.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Michael Howell,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2024-25028 Filed 10-28-24; 8:45 am]
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