[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 38322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15599]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Training, Training Plans, and Records
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Mine Safety
and Health Administration sponsored information collection request
(ICR) titled, ``Training, Training Plans, and Records,'' to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for continued
use in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995.
DATES: Submit comments on or before July 27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation;
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency
of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained from the
RegInfo.gov Web site, http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, on the
day following publication of this notice or by contacting Michel Smyth
by telephone at 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or
sending an email to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Submit comments about this request to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-MSHA, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235, New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 202-395-6929/Fax: 202-395-6881 (these
are not toll-free numbers), email: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1999, the MSHA published its final rule
for 30 CFR part 46, Training, Training Plans, and Records for miners
working at shell dredging, sand, gravel, surface stone, surface clay,
colloidal phosphate, and surface limestone mines, the operations
addressed by part 46 regulations. Between 1995 and 1999, miners in
these operations worked 1.07 billion hours and experienced 130 fatal
injuries. Between 2007 and 2011, miners at part 46 mines worked 848
million hours and experienced 40 deaths, about 21 percent fewer hours
and about 69 percent fewer fatalities. From 1999 through 2011, MSHA
promulgated no other significant safety regulations affecting this
industry sector.
Training informs miners of safety and health hazards inherent in
the workplace and enables them to identify and avoid such hazards.
Training becomes even more important in light of certain conditions
that can exist when production demands increase, such as an influx of
new and less experienced miners and mine operators; longer work hours
to meet production demands; and increased demand for contractors who
may be less familiar with the dangers on mine property.
The MSHA objective in these existing health and safety training
requirements is to ensure that all miners receive the required
training, which would result in a decrease in accidents, injuries, and
fatalities. The MSHA enforces training requirements at approximately
12,559 surface nonmetal mines and contractors, 10,577 of which are
covered by part 46 and 1,882 of which are covered by part 48. The
information collection burden under part 48 is covered under OMB 1219-
0009.
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 it is approved by the OMB under the PRA 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 if the
collection of information does not display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this
information collection under OMB Control Number 1219-0131. The current
OMB approval is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2012; however, it
should be noted that existing information collection requirements
submitted to the OMB receive a month-to-month extension while they
undergo review. For additional information, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on March 22, 2012 (77 FR 16862).
Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in
the ADDRESSES section within 30 days of publication of this notice in
the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate
consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number 1219-0131.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Agency: DOL-MSHA.
Title of Collection: Training, Training Plans, and Records Under 30
CFR Part 46.
OMB Control Number: 1219-0131.
Affected Public: Private Sector--Businesses or other for-profits
and Not-for profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,577.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 1,025,161.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 137,571.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $315,641.
Dated: June 20, 2012.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-15599 Filed 6-26-12; 8:45 am]
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