[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44016-44017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18350]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Office of the Secretary; Submission for OMB review; comment 
request

ACTION: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) hereby announces the submission 
of the following public 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 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 
U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of this ICR, with applicable supporting 
documentation; including, among other things, a description of the 
likely respondents, proposed frequency of response, and estimated total 
burden may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by contacting Linda Watts Thomas 
on 202-693-4223 (this is not a toll-free number) and e-mail mail to: 
[email protected].
    Interested parties are encouraged to send written comments to the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn.: OMB Desk Officer 
for the Department of Labor--Mine Safety and Health Administration 
(MSHA), Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 
10235, Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 202-395-4816/Fax 202-395-5806 
(these are not toll-free numbers), e-mail: [email protected] 
within 30 days from the date of this publication in the Federal 
Register. In order to ensure the appropriate consideration, comments 
should reference the applicable OMB Control Number (see below).
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
    (1) 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;

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    (2) 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;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) 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: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Title of Collection: Application for a Permit to Fire More than 20 
Boreholes for the use of Nonpermissible Blasting Units, Explosives and 
Shot-firing Units.
    OMB Control Number: 1219-0025.
    Frequency: Mandatory.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Cost to Federal Government: $8,902.
    Total Burden Respondents: 68.
    Total Number of Responses: 101.
    Total Burden Hours: 79.
    Total Hour Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $614.
    Description: Under section 313 of the Federal Mine Safety and 
Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), 30 U.S.C. 873, any explosives used in 
underground coal mines must be permissible. The Mine Act also provides 
that, under safeguards prescribed by the Secretary of Labor, a mine 
operator may permit the firing of more than 20 shots and the use of 
nonpermissible explosives in sinking shafts and slopes from the surface 
in rock. Title 30 CFR 75.1321 outlines the procedures by which a permit 
may be issued for the firing of more than 20 boreholes and/or the use 
of nonpermissible shot-firing units in underground coal mines. In those 
instances in which there is a misfire of explosives, 30 CFR 75.1327 
requires that a qualified person post each accessible entrance to the 
affected area with a warning to prohibit entry. Title 30 CFR 77.1909-1 
outlines the procedures by which a coal mine operator may apply for a 
permit to use nonpermissible explosives and/or shot-firing units in the 
blasting of rock while sinking shafts or slopes for underground coal 
mines. For additional information, see related notice published in the 
Federal Register on January 29, 2010 (Vol. 75 page 4848).

    Dated: July 8, 2010.
Linda Watts Thomas,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-18350 Filed 7-26-10; 8:45 am]
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