[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 159 (Thursday, August 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43033-43034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20604]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

August 6, 2001.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public 
information collection requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). A copy of 
each individual ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be 
obtained by calling the Department of Labor. To obtain documentation 
contact Darrin King at (202) 693-4129 or E-Mail: [email protected].
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: Stuart Shapiro, OMB Desk Officer MSHA, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 ((202) 395-
7316), within 30 days from the date of this publication in the Federal 
Register.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
     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;
     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.

    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
    Title: Radiation Sampling and Exposure Records--30 CFR 57.5037 and 
57.5040.
    OMB Number: 1219-0003.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: Annually; Weekly.
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Number of Annual Responses: 100.
    Average Time Per Response: Ranges from 6.5 hours to collect air 
sample and record results to 1.5 hours to submit the Form MSHA 4000-9.
    Annual Burden Hours: 800.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: Airborne radon and radon daughters exist in every 
uranium mine and several other underground mining commodities. Radon is 
a radioactive gas. Operators are required to conduct weekly sampling of 
airborne radon and radon daughters concentrations. Mine operators must 
report individual miner's exposure to radon daughter concentrations 
annually to MSHA on the Form 4000-9. The mine operators are required to 
keep records of all mandatory samples, retain the results at the mine 
site of nearest mine office for two years.

    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
    Title: Hazardous Conditions Complaints--30 CFR 43.4 and 43.7.
    OMB Number: 1219-0014.

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    Affecting Public: Business or other for-profit; Individuals or 
households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Number of Respondents: 651.
    Number of Annual Responses: 651.
    Average Time Per Response: 12 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 130.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services: $0.
    Description: 30 CFR, part 43, provides procedures for a 
representative of miners or, if there is no representative of miners, 
an individual miner acting voluntarily for submitting or giving written 
notification to MSHA of an alleged violation of the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Act or a mandatory standard or of an imminent danger. Such 
notification requires MSHA to make an immediate inspection.

    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
    Title: Mine Ventilation System Plan--30 CFR 57.8520.
    OMB Number: 1219-0016.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Number of Respondents: 284.

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                                           Number of
              Requirement                   annual              Frequency         Estimated time   Annual burden
                                           responses                               per response        hours
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Develop new plan......................              15  Annual..................              24             360
Revising existing plan................             269  Annual..................              24           6,456
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    Total.............................             284  ........................  ..............           6,816
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    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services: $0.
    Description: 30 CFR 57.8520 requires mine operators to prepare 
written mine ventilation system plans and update those plans annually. 
The purposes are to ensure that each operator routinely plans, reviews, 
and updates the mine ventilation system; to ensure the availability of 
accurate and current ventilation; and to provide MSHA with the 
opportunity to alert the mine operator to potential hazards.

    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
    Title: Slope and Shaft Sinking Plans--30 CFR 77.1900.
    OMB Number: 1219-0019.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Number of Respondents: 887.
    Number of Annual Responses: 48.
    Average Time Per Response: 20 hours.
    Annual Burden Hours: 960.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services: $720.
    Annual Burden Hours: 130.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Description: 30 CFR 77.1900 requires coal mine operators to submit 
to MSHA for approval, a plan that will provide for the safety of 
workers in each slope or shaft that is commenced or extended.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-20604 Filed 8-15-01; 8:45 am]
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