[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 249 (Friday, December 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 67321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31855]


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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 the user fees for MSHA's Approval and 
Certification Center (A&CC). Fees compensate MSHA for the costs 
incurred for testing, evaluating, and approving certain products for 
use in underground mines. The 2002 fees are based on MSHA's actual 
expenses for fiscal year 2001. The fees reflect changes both in MSHA's 
approval processing operations and in the costs to process approval 
actions.

DATES: This fee schedule is effective from January 1, 2002 through 
December 31, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven J. Luzik, Chief, Approval and 
Certification Center (A&CC), 304-547-2029 or 304-547-0400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 8, 1987 (52 FR 17506), MSHA 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. MSHA has revised its fee 
schedule for 2001 in accordance with the procedures of that rule. This 
new fee schedule is included below. For approval applications 
postmarked before January 1, 2002, MSHA will continue to calculate fees 
under the previous (2001) fee schedule, published on December 28, 2000.

Fee Computation

    In general, MSHA computed the 2002 fees based on fiscal year 2001 
data. We calculated a weighted-average, direct cost for all the 
services provided during fiscal year 2001 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 
2002.

    Signed in Arlington, Virginia, this 19th day of December, 2001.
Dave D. Lauriski,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.

                 Fee Schedule Effective January 1, 2002
                         [Based on FY 2001 data]
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                                                                  Hourly
                          Action title                             rate
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Fees for Testing, Evaluation, and Approval of all Mining             $57
 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
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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. 01-31855 Filed 12-27-01; 8:45 am]
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