[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 180 (Monday, September 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57222-57223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20190]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Respirable Coal Mine Dust Samplings

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 the agency 
receives on or before October 19, 2022.

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

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automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nora Hernandez by telephone at 202-
693-8633, 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. Chronic exposure to respirable coal mine 
dust causes lung diseases including coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), 
emphysema, silicosis, and chronic bronchitis, known collectively as 
``black lung.'' MSHA's standards in 30 CFR parts 70, 71, and 90 require 
each mine operator of an underground coal mine, surface coal mine, and 
surface work areas of an underground coal mine, and each coal mine 
operator who employs a part 90 miner, to protect miners from exposure 
to excessive respirable coal mine dust levels. Parts 70 and 71 require 
coal mine operators to continuously maintain the average concentration 
of respirable coal mine dust in the mine atmosphere where miners 
normally work or travel at or below 1.5 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/
m\3\). For additional substantive information about this ICR, see the 
related notice published in the Federal Register on May 23, 2022 (87 FR 
31261).
    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.
    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: Respirable Coal Mine Dust Sampling.
    OMB Control Number: 1219-0011.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 676.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 995,102.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 58,259 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $29,835.

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

Nora Hernandez,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-20190 Filed 9-16-22; 8:45 am]
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