80_FR_57584 80 FR 57400 - Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Gamma Radiation Surveys

80 FR 57400 - Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Gamma Radiation Surveys

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 184 (September 23, 2015)

Page Range57400-57401
FR Document2015-24074

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 Gamma Radiation Surveys.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 184 (Wednesday, September 23, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 184 (Wednesday, September 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57400-57401]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24074]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration

[OMB Control No. 1219-0039]


Proposed Extension of Information Collection; Gamma Radiation 
Surveys

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 Gamma 
Radiation Surveys.

DATES: All comments must be received on or before November 23, 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-2015-0033.
     Regular Mail: Send comments to USDOL-MSHA, Office of 
Standards, Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th Street South, Suite 
4E401, Arlington, VA 22202-5452.
     Hand Delivery: USDOL-Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, 201 12th Street South, Suite 4E401, 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, 
Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances, MSHA, at 
[email protected] (email); 202-693-9440 (voice); or 
202-693-9441 (facsimile).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Gamma radiation occurs where radioactive materials are present. It 
has been associated with lung cancer and other debilitating 
occupational diseases. Natural sources include rocks, soils, and ground 
water. Gamma radiation hazards may be found near radiation sources at 
surface operations using X-ray machines, weightometers, nuclear and 
diffraction units. Nuclear gauges mounted outside tanks, pipes, bins, 
hoppers or other types of vessels; gamma rays are used to sense the 
level and density of liquids, slurries or solids. Gamma rays penetrate 
the body and can kill or damage cells in their path that can affect 
many of the body's organs. The adverse health effects from exposure to 
gamma radiation can vary depending upon the type of cell affected and 
the extent of damage.
    Under Section 103(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 
1977 (Mine Act), the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is 
required to ``* * * issue regulations requiring operators to maintain 
accurate records of employee exposures to potentially toxic materials 
or harmful physical agents which are required to be monitored or 
measured under any applicable mandatory health or safety standard 
promulgated under this Act.'' In addition, 30 CFR 57.5047(a) requires 
that gamma radiation surveys be conducted annually in all underground 
mines where radioactive ores are mined. 30 CFR 57.5047(c) requires that 
gamma radiation dosimeters be provided for all persons exposed to 
average gamma radiation measurements in excess of 2.0 milliroentgens 
per hour in the working place. This paragraph also requires the 
operator keep records of cumulative individual gamma radiation 
exposures.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

    MSHA is soliciting comments concerning the proposed information 
collection related to Gamma Radiation Surveys. 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 USDOL-
Mine Safety and Health Administration, 201

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12th South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, VA 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 
Gamma Radiation Surveys. 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: 1219-0039.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 3.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Number of Responses: 3.
    Annual Burden Hours: 6 hours.
    Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper Cost: $0.
    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.

Sheila McConnell,
Certifying Officer.
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57400 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 184 / Wednesday, September 23, 2015 / Notices the commenter against providing any paperwork and respondent burden, The adverse health effects from information in the submission that conducts a pre-clearance consultation exposure to gamma radiation can vary should not be publicly disclosed. Full program to provide the general public depending upon the type of cell affected comments, including personal and Federal agencies with an and the extent of damage. information provided, will be made opportunity to comment on proposed Under Section 103(c) of the Federal available on http://www.regulations.gov collections of information in accordance Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and http://www.reginfo.gov. with the Paperwork Reduction Act of (Mine Act), the Mine Safety and Health The public may also examine publicly 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). This Administration (MSHA) is required to available documents at USDOL-Mine program helps to assure that requested ‘‘* * * issue regulations requiring Safety and Health Administration, 201 data can be provided in the desired operators to maintain accurate records 12th South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, VA format, reporting burden (time and of employee exposures to potentially 22202–5452. Sign in at the receptionist’s financial resources) is minimized, toxic materials or harmful physical desk in Suite 4E401 on the 4th floor via collection instruments are clearly agents which are required to be the East elevator. understood, and the impact of collection monitored or measured under any Questions about the information requirements on respondents can be applicable mandatory health or safety collection requirements may be directed properly assessed. Currently, the Mine standard promulgated under this Act.’’ to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER Safety and Health Administration In addition, 30 CFR 57.5047(a) requires INFORMATION CONTACT section of this (MSHA) is soliciting comments on the that gamma radiation surveys be notice. information collection for Gamma conducted annually in all underground Radiation Surveys. mines where radioactive ores are mined. III. Current Actions DATES: All comments must be received 30 CFR 57.5047(c) requires that gamma This request for collection of on or before November 23, 2015. radiation dosimeters be provided for all information contains provisions for persons exposed to average gamma ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the Pattern of Violations. MSHA has radiation measurements in excess of 2.0 information collection requirements of updated the data with respect to the milliroentgens per hour in the working this notice may be sent by any of the number of respondents, responses, place. This paragraph also requires the methods listed below. burden hours, and burden costs • Federal E-RulemakingPortal: http:// operator keep records of cumulative supporting this information collection www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line individual gamma radiation exposures. request. instructions for submitting comments Type of Review: Extension, without II. Desired Focus of Comments for docket number MSHA–2015–0033. change, of a currently approved • Regular Mail: Send comments to MSHA is soliciting comments collection. USDOL–MSHA, Office of Standards, concerning the proposed information Agency: Mine Safety and Health Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th collection related to Gamma Radiation Administration. Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, VA Surveys. MSHA is particularly OMB Number: 1219–0150. interested in comments that: 22202–5452. Affected Public: Business or other for- • Hand Delivery: USDOL-Mine Safety • Evaluate whether the collection of profit. information is necessary for the proper and Health Administration, 201 12th Number of Respondents: 100. performance of the functions of the Frequency: On occasion. Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, VA 22202–5452. Sign in at the receptionist’s agency, including whether the Number of Responses: 100. information has practical utility; Annual Burden Hours: 13,600 hours. desk on the 4th floor via the East elevator. • Evaluate the accuracy of MSHA’s Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper estimate of the burden of the collection Cost: $10,000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: of information, including the validity of Comments submitted in response to Sheila McConnell, Acting Director, the methodology and assumptions used; this notice will be summarized and Office of Standards, Regulations, and • Suggest methods to enhance the included in the request for Office of Variances, MSHA, at quality, utility, and clarity of the Management and Budget approval of the MSHA.information.collections@dol.gov information to be collected; and information collection request; they will (email); 202–693–9440 (voice); or 202– • Minimize the burden of the also become a matter of public record. 693–9441 (facsimile). collection of information on those who Sheila McConnell, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: are to respond, including through the Certifying Officer. use of appropriate automated, I. Background electronic, mechanical, or other [FR Doc. 2015–24073 Filed 9–22–15; 8:45 am] Gamma radiation occurs where technological collection techniques or BILLING CODE 4510–43–P radioactive materials are present. It has other forms of information technology, been associated with lung cancer and e.g., permitting electronic submission of other debilitating occupational diseases. responses. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Natural sources include rocks, soils, and The information collection request Mine Safety and Health Administration ground water. Gamma radiation hazards will be available on http:// may be found near radiation sources at www.regulations.gov. MSHA cautions [OMB Control No. 1219–0039] surface operations using X-ray the commenter against providing any machines, weightometers, nuclear and information in the submission that Proposed Extension of Information mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES diffraction units. Nuclear gauges should not be publicly disclosed. Full Collection; Gamma Radiation Surveys mounted outside tanks, pipes, bins, comments, including personal AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health hoppers or other types of vessels; information provided, will be made Administration, Labor. gamma rays are used to sense the level available on www.regulations.gov and ACTION: Request for public comments. and density of liquids, slurries or solids. www.reginfo.gov. Gamma rays penetrate the body and can The public may also examine publicly SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as kill or damage cells in their path that available documents at USDOL-Mine part of its continuing effort to reduce can affect many of the body’s organs. Safety and Health Administration, 201 VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:00 Sep 22, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\23SEN1.SGM 23SEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 184 / Wednesday, September 23, 2015 / Notices 57401 12th South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, VA Challenge Corporation, and the Background Information on 22202–5452. Sign in at the receptionist’s Republic of Benin. Representatives of Negotiations desk on the 4th floor via the East the United States Government and elevator. Benin executed the Compact documents In December 2011, MCC’s Board of Questions about the information on September 9, 2015. The complete Directors selected Benin as eligible for collection requirements may be directed text of the Compact has been posted at second Compact assistance. Benin was to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER also deemed eligible for Compact https://assets.mcc.gov/documents/ INFORMATION section of this notice. assistance in fiscal years 2013 and 2015. compact-benin-power.pdf. MCC notified Congress pursuant to III. Current Actions Dated: September 18, 2015. Section 610(a) of the Millennium This request for collection of Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, Challenge Act of 2003, as amended (Act) information contains provisions for Vice President and General Counsel, on April 9, 2015, of its intent to Gamma Radiation Surveys. MSHA has Millennium Challenge Corporation. commence negotiations with Benin, updated the data with respect to the following a 15-day Congressional number of respondents, responses, Summary of Millennium Challenge consultation period. Based on MCC’s burden hours, and burden costs Compact With the Republic of Benin evaluation of the proposed projects and supporting this information collection Explanation of the Millennium related documents, and subsequent request. Challenge Compact With Benin discussions and negotiations, MCC and Type of Review: Extension, without (Compact) the GoB finalized the terms of a change, of a currently approved Compact, which the MCC Board of collection. The Millennium Challenge Directors approved. The Compact was Agency: Mine Safety and Health Corporation (‘‘MCC’’) has entered into a signed on September 9, 2015, by MCC Administration. five-year, $375 million compact with Chief Executive Officer Dana J. Hyde, OMB Number: 1219–0039. the Republic of Benin aimed at reducing for the United States of America, and Affected Public: Business or other for- poverty and accelerating economic Komi Koutché, Minister of State in profit. growth (the ‘‘Compact’’). The Compact charge of Economy, Finance and Number of Respondents: 3. identifies a program that the MCC will Denationalization Programs, for the Frequency: On occasion. fund consisting of the following four GoB. Number of Responses: 3. projects: (a) The Policy Reform and Annual Burden Hours: 6 hours. Effect of Compact Institutional Strengthening Project will Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper The Compact provides the basis for a support key reforms needed to ensure Cost: $0. grant of funds to the GoB for Comments submitted in response to the sustainability of Benin’s electric power sector, including professional implementation of a program designed this notice will be summarized and to reduce poverty in Benin through included in the request for Office of regulation, stronger utility operations, and private sector participation in economic growth. The specific objective Management and Budget approval of the of the program is to expand business information collection request; they will power generation; (b) the Electricity Generation Project will increase Benin’s production and productivity, generate also become a matter of public record. greater economic opportunities for domestic generation capacity by up to Sheila McConnell, 78 megawatts while decreasing the households, and improve the capacity to Certifying Officer. country’s dependence on unreliable provide public and social services by [FR Doc. 2015–24074 Filed 9–22–15; 8:45 am] external energy sources through improving the quantity and quality of the supply of electricity in Benin. BILLING CODE 4510–43–P investments in a combination of solar, thermal, and hydroelectric power Legal Authority sources; (c) the Electricity Distribution MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE Project will improve the nationwide Sections 605, 609(a) and 609(g) of the CORPORATION grid by building a modern distribution Act. [MCC FR 15–02] dispatch and control center, as well as Entry Into Force the grid in Cotonou, Benin’s largest city Notice of Entering Into a Compact With and load center and selected regional The Compact will enter into force on the Republic of Benin networks as a complement to the solar the date of the letter from MCC to the investments; and (d) the Off-Grid GoB in an exchange of letters AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Electricity Access Project will support confirming that the GoB has completed Corporation. policy and institutional reforms as well its domestic requirements for entry into ACTION: Notice. as infrastructure financing for off-grid force of the Compact and that the electricity. conditions precedent to entry into force SUMMARY: In accordance with Section in Section 7.2 of the Compact have been 610(b)(2) of the Millennium Challenge The Compact articulates the terms met. Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701–7718) as and conditions, responsibilities, and amended (the Act), and the heading obligations of each of the United States, Duration of the Agreement ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’ of acting through MCC, and Benin, acting through its government. MCC will The Compact shall remain in force for mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES the Department of State, Foreign five years from entry into force, unless Operations, and Related Programs oversee the implementation of the Compact on behalf of the United States. earlier terminated. Appropriations Act, 2015, the Millennium Challenge Corporation MCA-Benin II, a legal entity to be Point of Contact (MCC) is publishing a summary of the established by the Government of Benin Millennium Challenge Compact (GoB), will manage the implementation General Counsel—(202) 521–3600. between the United States of America, of the Compact, while the GoB retains [FR Doc. 2015–24182 Filed 9–22–15; 8:45 am] acting through the Millennium ultimate overall responsibility. BILLING CODE 9211–03–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:00 Sep 22, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\23SEN1.SGM 23SEN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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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 November 23, 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 57400 
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