[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 92 (Monday, May 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22354-22355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09743]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Qualification/Certification Program Request 
for Mine Safety and Health Administration Individual Identification 
Number

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Mine Safety 
and Health Administration sponsored information collection request 
(ICR) titled, ``Qualification/Certification Program Request for Mine 
Safety and Health Administration Individual Identification Number,'' to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for 
continued use, without change, in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before June 14, 2017.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation; 
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency 
of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained free of charge 
from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201611-1219-003 (this link will only become active 
on the day following publication of this notice) or by contacting 
Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are 
not toll-free numbers) or by email at [email protected].
    Submit comments about this request by mail to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-
MSHA, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202-395-5806 (this is not a toll-free 
number); or by email: [email protected]. Commenters are 
encouraged, but not required, to send a courtesy copy of any comments 
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of the 
Chief Information Officer, Attn: Departmental Information Compliance 
Management Program, Room N1301, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210; or by email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-
4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by email 
at [email protected].

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks to extend PRA authority for 
the Qualification/Certification Program Request for Mine Safety and 
Health Administration (MSHA) Individual Identification Number (MIIN), 
Form MSHA-5000-46, information collection. The MSHA issues 
certifications, qualifications, and approvals (licenses) to the 
nation's miners to conduct specific work within mines. A miner 
requiring a license or benefit from the MSHA registers for a MIIN. This 
unique number is used as a personal identifier, in place of an 
individual's Social Security Number, for all MSHA licensing 
requirements. This process has allowed the MSHA to discontinue the past 
practice of an individual routinely supplying personally identifiable 
information to an instructor, State, or other entity that, in turn, 
supplies information to the MSHA to track an individual miner within a 
MSHA data processing system. Federal Mine Safety and Health Act 
sections 101(a) and 103(h) and Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 
section 31001(i)(1) authorize this information collection. See 30 
U.S.C. 811(a), 813(h); 31 U.S.C. 7701(c)(2)(B).
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection

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of information, and the public is generally not required to respond to 
an information collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the 
PRA and displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, 
notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall generally 
be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of 
information that does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 
1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this information 
collection under Control Number 1219-0143.
    OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3) 
years without renewal, and the current approval for this collection is 
scheduled to expire on May 31, 2017. The DOL seeks to extend PRA 
authorization for this information collection for three (3) more years, 
without any change to existing requirements. The DOL notes that 
existing information collection requirements submitted to the OMB 
receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review. For 
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
notice published in the Federal Register on December 27, 2016 (81 FR 
95199).
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in 
the ADDRESSES section within thirty (30) days of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate 
consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number 1219-0143. 
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
     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: DOL-MSHA.
    Title of Collection: Qualification/Certification Program Request 
for Mine Safety and Health Administration Individual Identification 
Number.
    OMB Control Number: 1219-0143.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Private Sector--
businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 9,000.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 9,000.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 750 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $85.

    Dated: May 8, 2017.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-09743 Filed 5-12-17; 8:45 am]
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