[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 189 (Friday, September 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59667-59668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23997]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Respirable Coal Mine Dust Sampling
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Mine Safety
and Health Administration (MSHA) sponsored information collection
request (ICR) titled, ``Respirable Coal Mine Dust Sampling,'' 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 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
DATES: Submit comments on or before October 29, 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, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503, Fax: 202-395-6881 (this is not a toll-free number), email:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977
(Mine Act) section 103(h), 30 U.S.C. 813(h), authorizes the 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 implementing standards in 30 CFR parts 70, 71, and
90 require each coal mine operator to protect miners from exposure to
excessive dust levels. The respirable coal mine dust sampling standards
provide that each coal mine operator sample designated occupations or
work locations of the mine on a bimonthly basis and submit these
samples to the MSHA for analysis to determine whether the mine is
complying with the applicable dust standards.
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
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to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if
the collection of information does not display a valid Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this
information collection under Control Number 1219-0011. The current
approval is scheduled to expire on October 31, 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 June 27, 2012.
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 1219-0011.
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's 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: Respirable Coal Mine Dust Sampling.
OMB Control Number: 1219-0011.
Affected Public: Private Sector--businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 800.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 63,193.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 8,571.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $44,065.
Dated: September 24, 2012.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-23997 Filed 9-27-12; 8:45 a.m.]
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