[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 31, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53345-53346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21580]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Department of Labor (DOL) hereby announces the submission of 
the following public information collection request (ICR) 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 this ICR, with applicable supporting 
documentation; including, among other things, a description of the 
likely respondents, proposed frequency of response, and estimated total 
burden may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by contacting Linda Watts Thomas 
on 202-693-4223 (this is not a toll-free number); e-mail mail to: [email protected].
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the 
Department of Labor--Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), 
Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 202-395-4816/Fax: 202-395-5806 (these 
are not toll-free numbers), e-mail: [email protected] within

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30 days from the date of this publication in the Federal Register. In 
order to ensure the appropriate consideration, comments should 
reference the applicable OMB Control Number (see below).
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
    (1) 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;
    (2) 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;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) 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 without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Title of Collection: Safety Standards for Underground Coal Mine 
Ventilation--Belt Entry Used as an Intake Air Course to Ventilate 
Working Sections and Areas Where Mechanized Mining Equipment Is Being 
Installed or Removed.
    OMB Control Number: 1219-0144.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,055.
    Total Number of Responses: 24,767.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 5,181.
    Total Estimated Annual Cost Burden (operating/maintaining): 
$863,397.
    Description: MSHA published a final rule revising the Agency's 
requirements for mine rescue teams for underground coal mines on 
February 8, 2008.
    Background: The United Mine Workers of America challenged the final 
rule in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 
(Court). On February 10, 2009, the Court vacated several of the rule's 
provisions. Consistent with the Court's decision, MSHA revised its 
requirements for mine rescue teams for underground coal mines on June 
17, 2009. The 2008 mine rescue team standard and 2009 revision added 
burden to existing information collection requirements and imposed two 
new information collection requirements.
    MSHA last submitted paperwork package 1219-0144 to OMB in May 2009, 
under the emergency review procedures in 5 CFR 1320.13.
    Section 4 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response 
(MINER) Act of 2006 required MSHA to promulgate standards for mine 
rescue teams for underground coal mines. The May 2009 paperwork package 
1219-0144 addressed only the increased burden associated with the 
revised and new standards and did not include the information 
collection burden for the existing mine rescue team standard not 
addressed by the MINER Act, which had been approved under paperwork 
package 1219-0078 for both coal and metal and nonmetal mines. This 
paperwork package 1219-0144 combines the additional burden from the 
revised and new standards for underground coal mine rescue teams with 
the existing information collection burden, which has been removed from 
paperwork package 1219-0078. (The metal and nonmetal mine rescue team 
paperwork package, OMB control number 1219-0078, has been extended to 
February 28, 2013, ICR reference number 200912-1219-003.)
    This package covers the following requirements for coal mines:
     Each operator of a coal mine who provides rescue teams is 
required to send the District Manager a statement describing the mine's 
method of compliance with the standard.
     Small or remote mines may submit an application of an 
arrangement for alternative mine rescue capability to MSHA for 
approval.
     A person trained in the use and care of the breathing 
apparatus is required to certify by signature and date that the 
required inspections and tests were done, take corrective action if 
indicated, and record any corrective action taken.
     Each member of a mine rescue team must be examined 
annually by a physician who must certify that each person is physically 
fit to perform mine rescue and recovery work.
     A record of the training received by each mine rescue team 
member in the use, care, and maintenance of the type of breathing 
apparatus that will be used by the mine rescue team must be made and 
kept on file at the mine rescue station for a period of one year. The 
operator must provide the District Manager information concerning the 
schedule of upcoming training when requested.
     Each mine must have a mine rescue notification plan 
outlining the procedures to be followed in notifying the mine rescue 
teams when there is an emergency that requires their services.
     Underground coal mine operators must certify that each 
designated coal mine rescue team meets the requirements of 30 CFR part 
49 subpart B.
     Coal mine operators must make arrangements for 24-hour 
emergency medical assistance and transportation for injured persons and 
to post this information at appropriate places at the mine, including 
the names, titles, addresses, and telephone numbers of all persons or 
services currently available under those arrangements. For additional 
information, see related notice published in the Federal Register on 
April 13, 2010 (Vol. 75 page 18888).

    Dated: August 24, 2010.
Linda Watts Thomas,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-21580 Filed 8-30-10; 8:45 am]
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