[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 158 (Thursday, August 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66452-66453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18182]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Respiratory Protection Program at 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 the agency 
receives on or before September 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: The purpose of this information collection 
is to collect four types of information from coal mine operators: 
revised standard operating procedures (SOPs), American Society for 
Testing and Materials (ASTM) recordkeeping, fit test records, and 
emergency respirator inspection records. The mine operator uses the 
information to properly issue respiratory protection to coal miners who 
need to use personal protective equipment where accepted engineering 
controls measures have not been developed or when necessary, by the 
nature of work involved (for example, while establishing controls or 
occasional entry into hazardous

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atmospheres to perform maintenance or investigation). Fit-testing 
records are used to ensure that a respirator worn by an individual is 
the same brand, model, and size respirator that was worn when that 
individual successfully passed a fit-test. Records of emergency 
respirator inspection are used to ensure that respirators are in proper 
working order when needed.
    MSHA uses the information to determine compliance with the standard 
specified in 30 CFR 72.710. For additional substantive information 
about this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal 
Register on May 1, 2024 (89 FR 35250).
    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: Respiratory Protection Program at Coal Mines.
    OMB Control Number: 1219-0NEW.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Number of Respondents: 1,106.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Number of Responses: 19,908.
    Annual Burden Hours: 11,060 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. 2024-18182 Filed 8-14-24; 8:45 am]
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