[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46288-46289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21320]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report and 
Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On September 29, 2017, the Department of Labor (DOL) will 
submit the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) sponsored 
information collection request (ICR) titled, ``Mine Accident, Injury, 
and Illness Report and Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production 
Report,'' 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 November 3, 2017.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation; 
including a description of the likely

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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=201708-1219-005 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].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks to extend PRA authority for 
the Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report and Quarterly Mine 
Employment and Coal Production Report information collection. The 
reporting and recordkeeping provisions in regulations 30 CFR part 50, 
Notification, Investigation, Reports and Records of Accidents, Injuries 
and Illnesses, Employment and Coal Production in Mines, are essential 
elements in the MSHA's Congressional mandate to reduce work-related 
injuries and illnesses among the nation's miners. Accident, injury, and 
illness data, when correlated with employment and production data, 
provide information that allows the MSHA to improve its safety and 
health enforcement programs, focus its education and training efforts, 
and establish priorities for its technical assistance activities in 
mine safety and health. Maintaining a current database allows the MSHA 
to identify and direct increased attention to those mines, industry 
segments, and geographical areas where hazardous trends are developing. 
This could not be done effectively using historical data. The 
information collected under part 50 is the most comprehensive and 
reliable occupational data available concerning the mining industry. 
The Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 sections 101(a) and 
103(h) authorize this information collection. See 30 U.S.C. 813(h), 30 
U.S.C. 811(a).
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 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 1219-0007.
    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 September 30, 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 June 16, 2017 (82 FR 
27727).
    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 1219-0007. 
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: Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report and 
Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report.
    OMB Control Number: 1219-0007.
    Affected Public: Private Sector--businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 24,958.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 118,417.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 162,326 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $2,847.

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

    Dated: September 28, 2017.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-21320 Filed 10-3-17; 8:45 am]
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