[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 28, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 72696] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-33575] [[Page 72696]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Mine Safety and Health Administration Fee Adjustments for Testing, Evaluation, and Approval of Mining Products
Agency
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Labor.
Action
Notice of fee adjustments.
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Summary
This notice revises our (MSHA Approval and Certification Center (A&CC)) user fees. Fees compensate us for the costs that we incur for testing, evaluating, and approving certain products for use in underground mines. We based the year 2000 fees on our actual expenses for fiscal year 1999. The fees reflect changes both in our approval processing operations and in our costs to process approval actions.
Dates
These fee schedules are effective from January 1, 2000, through December 31, 2000.
For Further Information Contact
Steven J. Luzik, Chief, Approval and Certification Center, 304-547-2029 or 304-547-0400.
Supplementary Information
Background
On May 8, 1987 (52 FR 17506), pursuant to 30 U.S.C. 957, we published a final rule, 30 CFR Part 5--Fees for Testing, Evaluation, and Approval of Mining Products. The rule established specific procedures for calculating, administering, and revising user fees. We have revised our fee schedule for the year 2000 in accordance with the procedures of that rule and include this new fee schedule below. For approval applications postmarked before January 1, 2000, we will continue to calculate fees under the previous (1999) fee schedule, published on December 18, 1998.
Fee Computation
In general, we computed the year 2000 fees based on fiscal year 1999 data. We calculated a weighted-average, direct cost for all the services that we provided during fiscal year 1999 in the processing of requests for testing, evaluation, and approval of certain products for use in underground mines. From this cost, we calculated a single hourly rate to apply uniformly across all of the product approval categories during the year 2000.
Elimination of Flat Rates
Under the provisions of 30 CFR Part 5, three approval areas have been converted from a flat rate to an hourly rate: Statement of Test and Evaluation, Statement of Test and Evaluation Extension, and Mine Wide Monitoring System Barrier Classification. The conversion of these last three approval areas results in a single hourly rate being uniformly applied regardless of product type. See the schedule for the appropriate hourly rate.
Dated: December 22, 1999. Rebecca J. Smith, Deputy Director, Office of Standards, Regulations and Variances.
Fee Schedule Effective January 1, 2000 [Based on FY 1999 data] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hourly Action title rate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fees for Testing, Evaluation, and Approval of all Mining $61 Products \1\.................................................. Retesting for Approval as a Result of Post-Approval Product ....... Audit \2\..................................................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 30 CFR Part 15--Explosives Testing ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Permissibility Tests for Explosives: Weigh-in..................................................... $462 Physical Exam: First size.................................... 325 Chemical Analysis............................................ 1,977 Air Gap--Minimum Product Firing Temperature.................. 460 Air Gap--Room Temperature.................................... 352 Pendulum Friction Test....................................... 163 Detonation Rate.............................................. 352 Gallery Test 7............................................... 7,436 Gallery Test 8............................................... 5,533 Toxic Gases (Large Chamber).................................. 805 Permissibility Tests for Sheathed Explosives: Physical Examination......................................... 128 Chemical Analysis............................................ 1,044 Gallery Test 9............................................... 1,944 Gallery Test 10.............................................. 1,944 Gallery Test 11.............................................. 1,944 Gallery Test 12.............................................. 1,944 Drop Test.................................................... 648 Temperature Effects/Detonation............................... 672 Toxic Gases.................................................. 580 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Full approval fee consists of evaluation cost plus applicable test costs. \2\ Fee based upon the approval schedule in effect at the time of retest. Note: When the nature of the product requires that we test and evaluate it at a location other than our premises, you must reimburse us for the traveling, subsistence, and incidental expenses of our representative in accordance with standardized government travel regulations. This reimbursement is in addition to the fees charged for evaluation and testing.
[FR Doc. 99-33575 Filed 12-27-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-43-P