[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 78 (Monday, April 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29366-29367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08469]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Demographic Information Collection for MSHA 
Grants

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 May 22, 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: Section 103(h) of the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), Public Law 95-164 as amended, 30 
U.S.C. 813(h), authorizes the Mine Safety and Health Administration 
(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(a), authorizes the Secretary of Labor 
(Secretary) 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 works to prevent death, illness, and injury from mining and to 
promote safe and healthful workplaces for U.S. miners. Section 115 of 
the Mine Act, 30 U.S.C. 825, requires MSHA to approve mine operators' 
health and safety training programs for miners. MSHA administers two 
grant programs: State Grants and Brookwood-Sago Grants. The grant 
programs provide training for individuals, miners, employers, and 
contractors in the recognition, avoidance, and prevention of unsafe and 
unhealthful working conditions in accordance with section 503 of the 
Mine Act, 30 U.S.C. 953, and section 14 of the Mine Improvement and New 
Emergency Response Act of 2006 (MINER Act), 30 U.S.C. 965.
    Executive Order 13985 on ``Advancing Racial Equity and Support for 
Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government'' emphasizes 
that the Federal Government's goal in advancing equity is to provide 
everyone with the opportunity to reach their full potential. Consistent 
with these aims, each agency must assess whether, and to what extent, 
its programs and policies perpetuate systemic barriers to opportunities 
and benefits for people of color and other underserved groups. For 
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
notice

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published in the Federal Register on January 31, 2024 (89 FRN 6134).
    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: Demographic Information Collection for MSHA 
Grants.
    OMB Control Number: 1219-0NEW.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Number of Respondents: 150,706.
    Frequency: On occasion, quarterly, and annually.
    Number of Responses: 150,930.
    Annual Burden Hours: 8,093 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

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

Michael Howell,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2024-08469 Filed 4-19-24; 8:45 am]
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