80_FR_32032 80 FR 31925 - Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Ground Control for Surface Coal Mines and Surface Work Areas of Underground Coal Mines

80 FR 31925 - Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Ground Control for Surface Coal Mines and Surface Work Areas of Underground Coal Mines

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 107 (June 4, 2015)

Page Range31925-31926
FR Document2015-13595

The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). This program helps to assure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is soliciting comments on the information collection for Ground Control for Surface Coal Mines and Surface Work Areas of Underground Coal Mines.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 107 (Thursday, June 4, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 107 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31925-31926]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13595]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration

[OMB Control No. 1219-0026]


Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Ground Control for 
Surface Coal Mines and Surface Work Areas of Underground Coal Mines

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance 
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on proposed collections of information 
in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A). This program helps to assure that requested data can be 
provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial 
resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, 
and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be 
properly assessed. Currently, the Mine Safety and Health Administration 
(MSHA) is soliciting comments on the information collection for Ground 
Control for Surface Coal Mines and Surface Work Areas of Underground 
Coal Mines.

DATES: All comments must be received on or before August 3, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the information collection requirements 
of this notice may be sent by any of the methods listed below.
     Federal E-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments for docket 
number MSHA-2015-0014.
     Regular Mail: Send comments to USDOL-MSHA, Office of 
Standards, Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th Street S., Suite 400, 
Arlington, VA 22202-5452.
     Hand Delivery: USDOL-Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, 201 12th Street South, Suite 400, Arlington, VA 22202-
5452. Sign in at the receptionist's desk on the 4th floor via the East 
elevator.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheila McConnell, Acting Director,

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Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, MSHA, at 
[email protected] (email); 202-693-9440 (voice); or 
202-693-9441 (facsimile).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Each operator of a surface coal mine is required under 30 CFR 
77.1000 to establish and follow a ground control plan that is 
consistent with prudent engineering design and which will ensure safe 
working conditions. The mine operator is required by section 77.1000-1 
to file the ground control plan under section 77.1000 for highwalls, 
pits and spoil banks with the appropriate District Manager. The mining 
methods employed by the operator are selected to ensure highwall, pit, 
and spoil bank stability. In the event of a highwall failure or 
material dislodgment, there may be very little time to escape possible 
injury; therefore, preventive measures must be taken. Each plan is 
based on the type of strata expected to be encountered, the height and 
angle of highwalls and spoil banks, and the equipment to be used at the 
mine. The plan is used to show how the mine operator will maintain safe 
conditions around the highwalls, pits, and spoil banks. Each plan is 
reviewed by MSHA to ensure that highwalls, pits, and spoil banks are 
maintained in a safe condition through the use of sound engineering 
design.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

    MSHA is soliciting comments concerning the proposed information 
collection related to Ground Control for Surface Coal Mines and Surface 
Work Areas of Underground Coal Mines. MSHA is particularly interested 
in comments that:
     Evaluate whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information has practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of MSHA's estimate of the burden of 
the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
     Suggest methods to 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.
    The information collection request will be available on http://www.regulations.gov. MSHA cautions the commenter against providing any 
information in the submission that should not be publicly disclosed. 
Full comments, including personal information provided, will be made 
available on www.regulations.gov and www.reginfo.gov.
    The public may also examine publicly available documents at MSHA, 
201 12th Street South, Suite 400, Arlington, Virginia 22202-5452. Sign 
in at the receptionist's desk on the 4th floor via the East elevator.
    Questions about the information collection requirements may be 
directed to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section of 
this notice.

III. Current Actions

    This request for collection of information contains provisions for 
Ground Control for Surface Coal Mines and Surface Work Areas of 
Underground Coal Mines. MSHA has updated the data with respect to the 
number of respondents, responses, burden hours, and burden costs 
supporting this information collection request.
    Type of Review: Extension, without change, of a currently approved 
collection.
    Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
    OMB Number: 1219-0026.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 140.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Number of Responses: 140.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,011 hours.
    Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper Cost: $266.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: May 29, 2015.
Sheila McConnell,
Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-13595 Filed 6-3-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 107 / Thursday, June 4, 2015 / Notices 31925 • Federal E-Rulemaking Portal: • Evaluate the accuracy of MSHA’s Dated: May 29, 2015. http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the estimate of the burden of the collection Sheila McConnell, on-line instructions for submitting of information, including the validity of Certifying Officer. comments for docket number MSHA– the methodology and assumptions used; [FR Doc. 2015–13618 Filed 6–3–15; 8:45 am] 2015–0013. • Suggest methods to enhance the BILLING CODE 4510–43–P • Regular Mail: Send comments to quality, utility, and clarity of the USDOL–MSHA, Office of Standards, information to be collected; and Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th • Minimize the burden of the DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Street South, Suite 400, Arlington, VA collection of information on those who 22202–5452. are to respond, including through the Mine Safety and Health Administration • Hand Delivery: USDOL-Mine Safety use of appropriate automated, [OMB Control No. 1219–0026] and Health Administration, 201 12th electronic, mechanical, or other Street South, Suite 400, Arlington, VA technological collection techniques or Proposed Extension of Information 22202–5452. Sign in at the receptionist’s other forms of information technology, Collection; Ground Control for Surface desk on the 4th floor via the East e.g., permitting electronic submission of Coal Mines and Surface Work Areas of elevator. responses. Underground Coal Mines FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The information collection request will be available on http:// AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Sheila McConnell, Acting Director, www.regulations.gov. MSHA cautions Administration, Labor. Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, MSHA, at the commenter against providing any ACTION: Request for public comments. MSHA.information.collections@dol.gov information in the submission that should not be publicly disclosed. Full SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as (email); 202–693–9440 (voice); or 202– part of its continuing effort to reduce 693–9441 (facsimile). comments, including personal information provided, will be made paperwork and respondent burden, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: conducts a pre-clearance consultation available on www.regulations.gov and I. Background www.reginfo.gov. program to provide the general public The public may also examine publicly and Federal agencies with an Diesel particulate matter (DPM) is a opportunity to comment on proposed carcinogen that consists of tiny particles available documents at USDOL-Mine Safety and Health Administration, 201 collections of information in accordance present in diesel engine exhaust that with the Paperwork Reduction Act of can readily penetrate into the deepest 12th Street South, Suite 400, Arlington, VA 22202–5452. Sign in at the 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). This recesses of the lungs. Despite program helps to assure that requested ventilation, the confined underground receptionist’s desk on the 4th floor via the East elevator. data can be provided in the desired mine work environment may contribute format, reporting burden (time and Questions about the information to significant concentrations of particles financial resources) is minimized, collection requirements may be directed produced by equipment used in the collection instruments are clearly to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER mine. Underground miners are exposed understood, and the impact of collection INFORMATION CONTACT section of this to higher concentrations of DPM than requirements on respondents can be notice. any other occupational group. As a properly assessed. Currently, the Mine result, they face a significantly greater III. Current Actions Safety and Health Administration risk than other workers of developing This request for collection of (MSHA) is soliciting comments on the such diseases as lung cancer, heart information contains provisions for information collection for Ground failure, serious allergic responses and Health Standards for Diesel Particulate Control for Surface Coal Mines and other cardiopulmonary problems. Matter Exposure (Underground Metal Surface Work Areas of Underground The DPM regulation established a and Nonmetal Mines). MSHA has Coal Mines. permissible exposure limit to total updated the data with respect to the DATES: All comments must be received carbon, which is a surrogate for number of respondents, responses, on or before August 3, 2015. measuring a miner’s exposure to DPM. burden hours, and burden costs These regulations include a number of ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the supporting this information collection information collection requirements of other requirements for the protection of request. miners’ health. The DPM regulations this notice may be sent by any of the Type of Review: Extension, without methods listed below. contain information collection change, of a currently approved requirements for underground MNM • Federal E-Rulemaking Portal: collection. http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the mine operators under §§ 57.5060, Agency: Mine Safety and Health 57.5065, 57.5066, 57.5070, 57.5071, and on-line instructions for submitting Administration. comments for docket number MSHA– 57.5075(a) and (b)(3). OMB Number: 1219–0135. 2015–0014. II. Desired Focus of Comments Affected Public: Business or other for- • Regular Mail: Send comments to profit. USDOL–MSHA, Office of Standards, MSHA is soliciting comments Number of Respondents: 194. concerning the proposed information Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th Frequency: On occasion. collection related to Health Standards Number of Responses: 41,692. Street S., Suite 400, Arlington, VA for Diesel Particulate Matter Exposure Annual Burden Hours: 8,928 hours. 22202–5452. wreier-aviles on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES (Underground Metal and Nonmetal Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper • Hand Delivery: USDOL-Mine Safety Mines). MSHA is particularly interested Cost: $416,639. and Health Administration, 201 12th in comments that: Comments submitted in response to Street South, Suite 400, Arlington, VA • Evaluate whether the collection of this notice will be summarized and 22202–5452. Sign in at the receptionist’s information is necessary for the proper included in the request for Office of desk on the 4th floor via the East performance of the functions of the Management and Budget approval of the elevator. agency, including whether the information collection request; they will FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: information has practical utility; also become a matter of public record. Sheila McConnell, Acting Director, VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:33 Jun 03, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\04JNN1.SGM 04JNN1

31926 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 107 / Thursday, June 4, 2015 / Notices Office of Standards, Regulations, and The information collection request NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE Variances, MSHA, at will be available on http:// ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES MSHA.information.collections@dol.gov www.regulations.gov. MSHA cautions (email); 202–693–9440 (voice); or 202– the commenter against providing any National Endowment for the Arts 693–9441 (facsimile). information in the submission that Agency Information Collection SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: should not be publicly disclosed. Full Activities: Proposed Collection; comments, including personal Comment Request; National I. Background information provided, will be made Endowment for the Arts Panelist Each operator of a surface coal mine available on www.regulations.gov and Profile Form is required under 30 CFR 77.1000 to www.reginfo.gov. establish and follow a ground control DATES: June 1, 2015. The public may also examine publicly plan that is consistent with prudent AGENCY: National Endowment for the engineering design and which will available documents at MSHA, 201 12th Arts, National Foundation on the Arts ensure safe working conditions. The Street South, Suite 400, Arlington, and Humanities. mine operator is required by section Virginia 22202–5452. Sign in at the ACTION: Proposed collection; comments 77.1000–1 to file the ground control receptionist’s desk on the 4th floor via request. plan under section 77.1000 for the East elevator. highwalls, pits and spoil banks with the Questions about the information SUMMARY: The National Endowment for appropriate District Manager. The collection requirements may be directed the Arts (NEA) has submitted the mining methods employed by the to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER following public information collection operator are selected to ensure highwall, INFORMATION section of this notice. request (ICR) to the Office of pit, and spoil bank stability. In the event Management and Budget (OMB) for of a highwall failure or material III. Current Actions review and approval in accordance with dislodgment, there may be very little the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 This request for collection of [Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35]. time to escape possible injury; therefore, information contains provisions for Copies of this ICR, with applicable preventive measures must be taken. Ground Control for Surface Coal Mines supporting documentation, may be Each plan is based on the type of strata expected to be encountered, the height and Surface Work Areas of obtained by visiting www.Reginfo.gov. and angle of highwalls and spoil banks, Underground Coal Mines. MSHA has DATES: Comments should be sent to the and the equipment to be used at the updated the data with respect to the Office of Information and Regulatory mine. The plan is used to show how the number of respondents, responses, Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the mine operator will maintain safe burden hours, and burden costs National Endowment for the Arts, Office conditions around the highwalls, pits, supporting this information collection of Management and Budget, Room and spoil banks. Each plan is reviewed request. 10235, Washington, DC 20503, 202/395– by MSHA to ensure that highwalls, pits, Type of Review: Extension, without 7316, within 30 days from the date of and spoil banks are maintained in a safe change, of a currently approved this publication in the Federal Register. condition through the use of sound The Office of Management and Budget collection. is particularly interested in comments engineering design. Agency: Mine Safety and Health which: II. Desired Focus of Comments Administration. Evaluate whether the proposed MSHA is soliciting comments OMB Number: 1219–0026. collection of information is necessary concerning the proposed information for the proper performance of the Affected Public: Business or other for- functions of the agency, including collection related to Ground Control for profit. Surface Coal Mines and Surface Work whether the information will have Areas of Underground Coal Mines. Number of Respondents: 140. practical utility; MSHA is particularly interested in Frequency: On occasion. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s comments that: estimate of the burden of the proposed Number of Responses: 140. collection of information including the • Evaluate whether the collection of Annual Burden Hours: 1,011 hours. validity of the methodology and information is necessary for the proper Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper assumptions used. performance of the functions of the Enhance the quality, utility, and agency, including whether the Cost: $266. clarity of the information to be information has practical utility; Comments submitted in response to collected; and • Evaluate the accuracy of MSHA’s this notice will be summarized and Minimize the burden of the collection estimate of the burden of the collection included in the request for Office of of information on those who are to of information, including the validity of Management and Budget approval of the respond, including through the use of the methodology and assumptions used; information collection request; they will appropriate automated, electronic, • Suggest methods to enhance the also become a matter of public record. mechanical, or other technological quality, utility, and clarity of the collection techniques, or other forms of information to be collected; and Dated: May 29, 2015. information technology, e.g., electronic • Minimize the burden of the Sheila McConnell, submissions of responses. wreier-aviles on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES collection of information on those who Certifying Officer. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: are to respond, including through the [FR Doc. 2015–13595 Filed 6–3–15; 8:45 am] Agency: National Endowment for the use of appropriate automated, BILLING CODE 4510–43–P Arts. electronic, mechanical, or other Title: Panelist Profile Form. technological collection techniques or Frequency: Every three years. other forms of information technology, Affected Public: Individuals. e.g., permitting electronic submission of Estimated Number of Respondents: responses. 300. VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:33 Jun 03, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\04JNN1.SGM 04JNN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionRequest for public comments.
DatesAll comments must be received on or before August 3, 2015.
ContactSheila McConnell, Acting Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, MSHA, at [email protected] (email); 202-693-9440 (voice); or 202-693-9441 (facsimile).
FR Citation80 FR 31925 
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