[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58707-58708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25703]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

September 25, 2003.
    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 on 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or 
E-Mail: [email protected].
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration (MSHA), Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503 (202-395-7316 / this is not a toll-free number), 
within 30 days from the date of this publication in the Federal 
Register.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
    [sbull] 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;
    [sbull] Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    [sbull] Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    [sbull] 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.
    Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Escape and Evacuation Plans (Pertains to Surface Coal Mines 
and Surface Work Areas of Underground Coal Mines).
    OMB Number: 1219-0051.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Type of Response: Recordkeeping.
    Number of Respondents: 183.
    Number of Annual Responses: 183.
    Average Response Time: Approximately 5 hours to prepare a new 
escape and evacuation plan and approximately 2.5 hours to revise an 
existing plan.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 878.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: 30 CFR 77.1101 required coal mine operators to 
establish and keep current a specific escape and evacuation plan to be 
followed in the event of a fire. The plan is used to instruct employees 
in the proper method of exiting work areas.

    Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Records of Preshift and Onshift Inspections of Slope and 
Shaft Areas (Pertains to Slope and Shaft Sinking Operations at Coal 
Mines).
    OMB Number: 1219-0082.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: Each shift.
    Type of Response: Recordkeeping.
    Number of Respondents: 35.
    Number of Annual Responses: 11,858.
    Average Response Time: 1.25 hours.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 14,823.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.

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    Total Annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services: $0.
    Description: 30 CFR 77.1901 requires coal mine operators to conduct 
examinations of slope and shaft areas for hazardous conditions, 
including tests for methane and oxygen deficiencies, before and during 
each shift and before blasting. Records of the results of the 
inspections are required to be kept.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-25703 Filed 10-9-03; 8:45 am]
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