[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]
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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]
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Hourly
Action title rate
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Fees for Testing, Evaluation, and Approval of all Mining $61
Products \1\..................................................
Retesting for Approval as a Result of Post-Approval Product .......
Audit \2\.....................................................
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30 CFR Part 15--Explosives Testing
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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
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\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]
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