Notice2025-16470
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Respirable Coal Mine Dust Sampling
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Published
August 28, 2025
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 90, Number 165 (Thursday, August 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 42034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16470]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Respirable Coal Mine Dust Sampling
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 29, 2025.
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#1f5b5053404f4d5e404f4a5d53565c5f7b707331787069"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aeeae1e2f1fefceff1fefbece2e7edeecac1c280c9c1d8">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 103(h) of the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), 30 U.S.C. 813(h), authorizes MSHA to
collect information necessary to carry out its duty to protect the
safety and health of miners. Further, Section 101(a) of the Mine Act,
30 U.S.C. 811(a), authorizes the Secretary to develop, promulgate, and
revise as may be appropriate, improved mandatory health or safety
standards for the protection of life and prevention of injuries in coal
or other mines. The existing standards provide that each coal mine
operator sample bimonthly the designated occupations or work locations
of the mine and submit these samples to MSHA for analysis to determine
if the mine is complying with the applicable dust standards. For
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related
notice published in the Federal Register on May 29, 2025 (90 FR 22762).
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: Respirable Coal Mine Dust Sampling.
OMB Control Number: 1219-0011.
Affected Public: Private Sector.
Number of Respondents: 401.
Number of Responses: 989,403.
Annual Burden Hours: 69,765 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $ 29,813.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Michael Howell,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2025-16470 Filed 8-27-25; 8:45 am]
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