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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Application for a Permit To Fire More Than 20 Boreholes and for the Use of Nonpermissible Blasting Units, Explosives, and Shot-Firing Units; Posting Notices of Misfires
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budg...
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Coal mine operators may apply for and be granted a permit to use nonpermissible explosives and nonpermissible shot-firing units. Applications contain the safeguards the mine operator is going to employ to protect the miners while using nonpermissible blasting items. For additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the
Federal Register
on July 3, 2025 (90 FR 29575).
Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Department, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
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 the OMB approves it 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 OMB Control Number.
See5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
Agency:
DOL-MSHA.
Title of Collection:
Application for a Permit to Fire More than 20 Boreholes and for the Use of Nonpermissible Blasting Units, Explosives, and Shot-firing Units; Posting Notices of Misfires.
OMB Control Number:
1219-0025.
Affected Public:
Private Sector.
Number of Respondents:
33.
Number of Responses:
34.
Annual Burden Hours:
33 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden:
$170.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).)
Michael Howell,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.