[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26938-26939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07974]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Training Plans and Records of Training, for 
Underground Miners and Miners Working at Surface Mines and Surface 
Areas of Underground 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

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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 May 16, 2024.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Howell by telephone at 202-
693-6782, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 
(Mine Act) Public Law 95-164, as amended, recognizes that education and 
training is an important element of Federal efforts to make the 
nation's mines safe. Section 115(a) of the Mine Act states that ``each 
operator of a coal or other mine shall have a health and safety 
training program which shall be approved by the Secretary.'' 30 CFR 
48.3 and 48.23 require training plans for underground and surface 
mines, respectively. Training plans are required to be submitted for 
approval to the MSHA District Manager for the area in which the mine is 
located. These standards are intended to ensure that miners will be 
effectively trained in matters affecting their health and safety, with 
the goal of reducing the occurrence of injury and illness in the 
nation's mines. For additional substantive information about this ICR, 
see the related notice published in the Federal Register on September 
18, 2023 (88 FR 63978).
    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) 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; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) 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.
    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.
    Agency: DOL-MSHA.
    Title of Collection: Training Plans and Records of Training, for 
Underground Miners and Miners Working at Surface Mines and Surface 
Areas of Underground Mines.
    OMB Control Number: 1219-0009.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Number of Respondents: 65,494.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Number of Responses: 130,055.
    Annual Burden Hours: 12,434 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $394,856.

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

Michael Howell,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2024-07974 Filed 4-15-24; 8:45 am]
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