Notice2025-18775

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Emergency Mine Evacuation

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Published
September 29, 2025

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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 186 (Monday, September 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 46636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18775]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Emergency Mine Evacuation

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 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#b4f0fbf8ebe4e6f5ebe4e1f6f8fdf7f4d0dbd89ad3dbc2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="efaba0a3b0bfbdaeb0bfbaada3a6acaf8b8083c1888099">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In support of 30 CFR parts 48 and 75 to 
improve the emergency evacuation and rescue in underground coal mines, 
these regulations include requirements for immediate accident 
notification applicable to all mines. In addition, they contain 
reporting and record keeping requirements for new and expanded 
training, including evacuation drills; self-contained self-rescuer 
(SCSR) storage, training, and use; and the installation and maintenance 
of lifelines in underground coal mines. For additional substantive 
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the 
Federal Register on July 3, 2025 (90 FR 29582).
    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: Emergency Mine Evacuation.
    OMB Control Number: 1219-0141.
    Affected Public: Private Sector.
    Number of Respondents: 150.
    Number of Responses: 979,804.
    Annual Burden Hours: 422,930 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $37,352.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))


Michael Howell,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2025-18775 Filed 9-26-25; 8:45 am]
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