82_FR_49246 82 FR 49043 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Refuse Piles and Impoundment Structures-Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements

82 FR 49043 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Refuse Piles and Impoundment Structures-Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 203 (October 23, 2017)

Page Range49043-49043
FR Document2017-22869

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, ``Refuse Piles and Impoundment Structures-- Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for continued use, without change, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Refuse Piles and Impoundment Structures--
Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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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, ``Refuse Piles and Impoundment Structures--
Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements,'' to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for continued use, without 
change, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). 
Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before November 22, 2017.

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 free of charge 
from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201708-1219-001 (this link will only become active 
on the day following publication of this notice) or by contacting 
Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are 
not toll-free numbers) or by email at [email protected].
    Submit comments about this request by mail 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; by Fax: 202-395-5806 (this is not a toll-free 
number); or by email: [email protected]. Commenters are 
encouraged, but not required, to send a courtesy copy of any comments 
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor--OASAM, Office of 
the Chief Information Officer, Attn: Departmental Information 
Compliance Management Program, Room N1301, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210; or by email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-
4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by email 
at [email protected].

    Authority:  44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks to extend PRA authority for 
the Refuse Piles and Impoundment Structures--Recordkeeping and 
Reporting Requirements information collection requirements codified in 
regulations 30 CFR 77.215 and 77.216. These regulations require a coal 
mine operator to submit an annual report and certification on refuse 
piles and impoundments to the MSHA and to develop and maintain a record 
of the results of each weekly examination and instrumentation 
monitoring. Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 sections 101(a) 
and 103(h) authorize this information collection. See 30 U.S.C. 811(a) 
and 813(h).
    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 to 
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that 
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 1219-0015.
    OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3) 
years without renewal, and the current approval for this collection is 
scheduled to expire on October 31, 2017. The DOL seeks to extend PRA 
authorization for this information collection for three (3) more years, 
without any change to existing requirements. The DOL notes that 
existing information collection requirements submitted to the OMB 
receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review. For 
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
notice published in the Federal Register on June 16, 2017 (82 FR 
27730).
    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 thirty (30) days of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate 
consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number 1219-0015. 
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: Refuse Piles and Impoundment Structures--
Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 1219-0015.
    Affected Public: Private Sector--businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 632.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 31,414.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 76,863 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $2,034,585.

    Dated: October 13, 2017.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-22869 Filed 10-20-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 203 / Monday, October 23, 2017 / Notices 49043 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR toll-free numbers) or by email at DOL_ • Evaluate whether the proposed PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. collection of information is necessary Office of the Secretary Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D). for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including Agency Information Collection SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR whether the information will have Activities; Submission for OMB seeks to extend PRA authority for the practical utility; Review; Comment Request; Refuse Refuse Piles and Impoundment • Evaluate the accuracy of the Piles and Impoundment Structures— Structures—Recordkeeping and agency’s estimate of the burden of the Recordkeeping and Reporting Reporting Requirements information proposed collection of information, Requirements collection requirements codified in including the validity of the regulations 30 CFR 77.215 and 77.216. methodology and assumptions used; ACTION:Notice of availability; request for comments. These regulations require a coal mine • Enhance the quality, utility, and operator to submit an annual report and clarity of the information to be SUMMARY: The Department of Labor certification on refuse piles and collected; and (DOL) is submitting the Mine Safety and impoundments to the MSHA and to • Minimize the burden of the Health Administration (MSHA) develop and maintain a record of the collection of information on those who sponsored information collection results of each weekly examination and are to respond, including through the request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Refuse Piles and instrumentation monitoring. Federal use of appropriate automated, Impoundment Structures— Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 electronic, mechanical, or other Recordkeeping and Reporting sections 101(a) and 103(h) authorize this technological collection techniques or Requirements,’’ to the Office of information collection. See 30 U.S.C. other forms of information technology, Management and Budget (OMB) for 811(a) and 813(h). e.g., permitting electronic submission of review and approval for continued use, This information collection is subject responses. without change, in accordance with the to the PRA. A Federal agency generally Agency: DOL–MSHA. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 cannot conduct or sponsor a collection Title of Collection: Refuse Piles and (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are of information, and the public is Impoundment Structures— invited. generally not required to respond to an Recordkeeping and Reporting DATES: The OMB will consider all information collection, unless it is Requirements. written comments that agency receives approved by the OMB under the PRA OMB Control Number: 1219–0015. on or before November 22, 2017. and displays a currently valid OMB Affected Public: Private Sector— ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with Control Number. In addition, businesses or other for-profits. applicable supporting documentation; notwithstanding any other provisions of Total Estimated Number of including a description of the likely law, no person shall generally be subject Respondents: 632. respondents, proposed frequency of to penalty for failing to comply with a Total Estimated Number of response, and estimated total burden collection of information that does not Responses: 31,414. may be obtained free of charge from the display a valid Control Number. See 5 Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: RegInfo.gov Web site at http:// CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL 76,863 hours. www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ obtains OMB approval for this Total Estimated Annual Other Costs PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201708-1219-001 information collection under Control Burden: $2,034,585. (this link will only become active on the Number 1219–0015. Dated: October 13, 2017. day following publication of this notice) OMB authorization for an ICR cannot Michel Smyth, or by contacting Michel Smyth by be for more than three (3) years without Departmental Clearance Officer. telephone at 202–693–4129, TTY 202– renewal, and the current approval for [FR Doc. 2017–22869 Filed 10–20–17; 8:45 am] 693–8064, (these are not toll-free this collection is scheduled to expire on BILLING CODE 4510–43–P numbers) or by email at DOL_PRA_ October 31, 2017. The DOL seeks to PUBLIC@dol.gov. extend PRA authorization for this Submit comments about this request information collection for three (3) more DEPARTMENT OF LABOR by mail to the Office of Information and years, without any change to existing Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk requirements. The DOL notes that Occupational Safety and Health Officer for DOL–MSHA, Office of existing information collection Administration Management and Budget, Room 10235, requirements submitted to the OMB 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC receive a month-to-month extension [Docket No. OSHA–2007–0042] 20503; by Fax: 202–395–5806 (this is while they undergo review. For not a toll-free number); or by email: additional substantive information TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc.: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. about this ICR, see the related notice Grant of Expansion of Recognition and Commenters are encouraged, but not published in the Federal Register on Notice of Voluntary Reduction in required, to send a courtesy copy of any June 16, 2017 (82 FR 27730). Scope comments by mail or courier to the U.S. Interested parties are encouraged to AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Department of Labor—OASAM, Office send comments to the OMB, Office of Administration (OSHA), Labor. of the Chief Information Officer, Attn: Information and Regulatory Affairs at ACTION: Notice. Departmental Information Compliance the address shown in the ADDRESSES ethrower on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES Management Program, Room N1301, section within thirty (30) days of SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 200 Constitution Avenue NW., publication of this notice in the Federal announces its final decision to expand Washington, DC 20210; or by email: Register. In order to help ensure the scope of recognition for TUV DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. appropriate consideration, comments Rheinland of North America, Inc. as a FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: should mention OMB Control Number Nationally Recognized Testing Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693– 1219–0015. 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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
ActionNotice of availability; request for comments.
DatesThe OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives on or before November 22, 2017.
ContactMichel Smyth by telephone at 202-693- 4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by email at [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 49043 
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