[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 69 (Thursday, April 9, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19959-19960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07466]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Health Standards for Diesel Particulate Matter 
Exposure (Underground Coal Mines)

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Mine Safety 
and Health Administration (MSHA)-sponsored 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 
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before May 11, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frederick Licari by telephone at 202-
693-8073, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 103(h) of the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), 30 U.S.C. 813(h), authorizes MSHA to 
collect information necessary to carry out its duty in protecting the 
safety and health of miners. Further, section 101(a) of the Mine Act, 
30 U.S.C. 811, authorizes the Secretary of Labor to develop, 
promulgate, and revise as may be appropriate, improved mandatory health 
or safety standards for the protection of life and prevention of 
injuries in coal and metal and nonmetal mines. MSHA establishes 
standards and regulations for diesel-powered equipment in underground 
coal mines that provide additional important protection for coal miners 
who work on and around diesel-powered equipment. The standards are 
designed to reduce the risks to underground coal miners of serious 
health hazards that are associated with exposure to high concentrations 
of diesel particulate matter. The standards in sections 72.510(a) & 
(b), and 72.520(a) & (b) contain information collection requirements 
for underground coal mine operators. Section 72.510(a) requires 
underground coal mine operators to provide annual training to all 
miners who may be exposed to diesel emissions. The training must 
include: Health risks associated with exposure to diesel particulate 
matter; methods used in the mine to control diesel particulate 
concentrations; identification of the personnel responsible for 
maintaining those controls; and actions miners must take to ensure that 
controls operate as intended. Under Section 72.510(b) underground coal 
mine operators are required to keep a record of the training for one 
year. Section 72.520(a) and (b) requires underground coal mine 
operators to maintain an inventory of diesel powered equipment units 
together with a list of information about any unit's emission control 
or filtration system. The list must be updated within 7 calendar days 
of any change. For additional substantive information about this ICR, 
see the related notice published in the Federal Register on January 27, 
2020 (85 FR 4708).
    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 the OMB approves it 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 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.

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    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-MSHA.
    Title of Collection: Health Standards for Diesel Particulate Matter 
Exposure (Underground Coal Mines).
    OMB Control Number: 1219-0124.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 164.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 55,980.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 710 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $24.

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

    Dated: April 3, 2020.
Frederick Licari,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-07466 Filed 4-8-20; 8:45 am]
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