[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 175 (Friday, September 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54802-54804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20498]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

August 31, 2004.
    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 ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
contacting the Department of Labor (DOL). 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

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(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:
     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;
     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;
     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.

    Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Title: Radiation Sampling and Exposure Records.
    OMB Number: 1219-0003.
    Frequency: Weekly and Annually.
    Type of Response: Reporting and Recordkeeping.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Number of Annual Responses: 100.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 8 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 800.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: Title 30 CFR 57.5037 establishes the procedures to be 
used by the mine operator in sampling mine air for the presence and 
concentrations of radon daughters. Title 30 CFR 57.5040 requires mine 
operators to calculate, record and report individual exposures to 
concentrations of radon daughters. This information is recorded weekly 
and reported annually to MSHA on the Form 4000-9.

    Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Title: Application for Waiver of Surface Facilities Requirements.
    OMB Number: 1219-0024.
    Frequency: On occasion and Annually.
    Type of Response: Reporting.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 225.
    Number of Annual Responses: 662.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 30 minutes to prepare an initial 
waiver request and 20 minutes to prepare a request for an extension of 
a waiver.

    Total Burden Hours: 259.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: Title 30 CFR 71.400 through 71.402 and 75.1712-1 
through 75.1712-3 require coal mine operators to provide bathing 
facilities, clothing change rooms, and sanitary flush toilet facilities 
in a location that is convenient for use of the miners. If the operator 
is unable to meet any or all of the requirements, the operator may 
apply for a waiver. 30 CFR 71.403, 71.404, 75.1712-4 and 75.1712-5 
provide procedures by which an operator may apply for and be granted a 
waiver.
    Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Title: Representative of Miners, Notification of Legal Identity, 
and Notification of Commencement of Operations and Closing of Mines.
    OMB Number: 1219-0042.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Type of Response: Reporting and Third party disclosure.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 3,900.

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                                                  Average
      Information collection          Annual      response      Annual
           requirement              responses       time        burden
                                                  (hours)       hours
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Representative of miners.........           90         0.75           68
Notification of legal identity
 (Form 2000-7):
    New mines (hard copy)........          755         0.50          378
    New mines (electronic filing)           45         0.33           15
    Changes (hard copy)..........        3,900         0.25          975
    Changes (electronic filing)..        1,600         0.17          267
Mine ID request (Form 7000-51)...          350         0.08           28
Notification of commencement of
 operations and closing of mines:
    Telephone responses..........        1,725         0.05           86
    Written responses............          345         0.50          173
                                  --------------
        Total....................        8,810  ...........        1,990
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    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $3,078.
    Description: Title 30 CFR 40.3 requires the following information 
to be filed with the MSHA: (1) The name, address and telephone number 
of the representative or organization that will serve as 
representative; (2) the name and address of the mine operator; the 
name, address and MSHA ID number, if known, of the mine; (3) a copy of 
the document evidencing the designation of the representative; (4) a 
statement as to whether the representative will serve for all purposes 
of the Act, or a statement of the limitation of the authority; (5) the 
name, address and telephone number of an alternate; (6) a statement 
that all the required information has been filed with the mine 
operator; and (7) certification that all information filed is true and 
correct followed by the signature of the miners' representative. Title 
30, CFR 40.4 requires that a copy of the notice designating the miners' 
representative be posted by the mine operator on the mine bulletin 
board and maintained in current status. Once the required information 
has been filed, a representative retains his or her status unless and 
until his or her designation is terminated. Under 30 CFR 40.5, a 
representative who wishes to terminate

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his or her designation must file a written statement with the 
appropriate district manager terminating his or her designation.
    Section 109(d) of the Mine Act, requires each operator of a coal or 
other mine to file with the Secretary of Labor, the name and address of 
such mine, the name and address of the person who controls or operates 
the mine, and any revisions in such names and addresses. Title 30, CFR 
Part 41 implements this requirement and provides for the mandatory use 
of Form 2000 7, Legal Identity Report, for notifying the MSHA of the 
legal identity of the mine operator. Additionally, the Form 7000-51, 
complements this activity by providing a convenient mechanism for 
obtaining a mine identification number.
    Title 30 CFR 56.1000 and 57.1000, operators of metal and nonmetal 
mines must notify MSHA when the operation of a mine will commence or 
when a mine is closed.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-20498 Filed 9-9-04; 8:45 am]
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