Notice2025-16772
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Surface Coal Mines Daily Inspection; Certified Person; Reports of Inspection
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Published
September 2, 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 167 (Tuesday, September 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42446-42447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16772]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Surface Coal Mines Daily Inspection; Certified
Person; Reports of Inspection
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 October 2, 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#70343f3c2f2022312f2025323c393330141f1c5e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="73373c3f2c2321322c2326313f3a3033171c1f5d141c05">[email protected]</span></a>.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Mine operators ensure a safe working
environment for miners by conducting on shift examinations for
hazardous conditions in working areas and surface installations.
Section 77.1713, Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations requires
coal mine operators to conduct examinations of each active working area
of surface mines, active surface installations at these mines,
facilities and preparation plants not associated with underground coal
mines for hazardous conditions during each shift. A report of hazardous
conditions detected must be entered into a record book along with a
description of any corrective actions taken. For additional substantive
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the
Federal Register on May 29, 2025 (90 FR 22771).
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: Surface Coal Mines Daily Inspection; Certified
Person; Reports of Inspection.
OMB Control Number: 1219-0083.
Affected Public: Private Sector.
Number of Respondents: 771.
Number of Responses: 188,812.
Annual Burden Hours: 286,365 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. 2025-16772 Filed 8-29-25; 8:45 am]
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