[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 31, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53345-53346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21580]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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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); e-mail mail to: [email protected].
Interested parties are encouraged to send 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
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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;
(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: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Title of Collection: Safety Standards for Underground Coal Mine
Ventilation--Belt Entry Used as an Intake Air Course to Ventilate
Working Sections and Areas Where Mechanized Mining Equipment Is Being
Installed or Removed.
OMB Control Number: 1219-0144.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,055.
Total Number of Responses: 24,767.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 5,181.
Total Estimated Annual Cost Burden (operating/maintaining):
$863,397.
Description: MSHA published a final rule revising the Agency's
requirements for mine rescue teams for underground coal mines on
February 8, 2008.
Background: The United Mine Workers of America challenged the final
rule in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
(Court). On February 10, 2009, the Court vacated several of the rule's
provisions. Consistent with the Court's decision, MSHA revised its
requirements for mine rescue teams for underground coal mines on June
17, 2009. The 2008 mine rescue team standard and 2009 revision added
burden to existing information collection requirements and imposed two
new information collection requirements.
MSHA last submitted paperwork package 1219-0144 to OMB in May 2009,
under the emergency review procedures in 5 CFR 1320.13.
Section 4 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response
(MINER) Act of 2006 required MSHA to promulgate standards for mine
rescue teams for underground coal mines. The May 2009 paperwork package
1219-0144 addressed only the increased burden associated with the
revised and new standards and did not include the information
collection burden for the existing mine rescue team standard not
addressed by the MINER Act, which had been approved under paperwork
package 1219-0078 for both coal and metal and nonmetal mines. This
paperwork package 1219-0144 combines the additional burden from the
revised and new standards for underground coal mine rescue teams with
the existing information collection burden, which has been removed from
paperwork package 1219-0078. (The metal and nonmetal mine rescue team
paperwork package, OMB control number 1219-0078, has been extended to
February 28, 2013, ICR reference number 200912-1219-003.)
This package covers the following requirements for coal mines:
Each operator of a coal mine who provides rescue teams is
required to send the District Manager a statement describing the mine's
method of compliance with the standard.
Small or remote mines may submit an application of an
arrangement for alternative mine rescue capability to MSHA for
approval.
A person trained in the use and care of the breathing
apparatus is required to certify by signature and date that the
required inspections and tests were done, take corrective action if
indicated, and record any corrective action taken.
Each member of a mine rescue team must be examined
annually by a physician who must certify that each person is physically
fit to perform mine rescue and recovery work.
A record of the training received by each mine rescue team
member in the use, care, and maintenance of the type of breathing
apparatus that will be used by the mine rescue team must be made and
kept on file at the mine rescue station for a period of one year. The
operator must provide the District Manager information concerning the
schedule of upcoming training when requested.
Each mine must have a mine rescue notification plan
outlining the procedures to be followed in notifying the mine rescue
teams when there is an emergency that requires their services.
Underground coal mine operators must certify that each
designated coal mine rescue team meets the requirements of 30 CFR part
49 subpart B.
Coal mine operators must make arrangements for 24-hour
emergency medical assistance and transportation for injured persons and
to post this information at appropriate places at the mine, including
the names, titles, addresses, and telephone numbers of all persons or
services currently available under those arrangements. For additional
information, see related notice published in the Federal Register on
April 13, 2010 (Vol. 75 page 18888).
Dated: August 24, 2010.
Linda Watts Thomas,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
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