Proposed Extension of Existing Information Collection; Radiation Sampling and Exposure Records (Pertains to Underground Metal and Nonmetal Mines), 79033-79034 [2010-31750]
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
[OMB Control No. 1219–0024]
Proposed Extension of Existing
Information Collection; Application for
Waiver of Surface Sanitary Facilities’
Requirements (Pertaining to Coal
Mines)
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of request for public
comments.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program
helps to assure that requested data can
be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection
instruments are clearly understood, and
the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, the Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) is soliciting
comments concerning the extension of
the information collection for
applications for waiver of surface
sanitary facilities’ requirements at coal
mines.
SUMMARY:
All comments must be received
by midnight Eastern Standard Time on
February 15, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments must clearly be
identified with the rule title and may be
submitted to MSHA by any of the
following methods:
(1) Electronic mail: zzMSHA–
Comments@dol.gov.
(2) Facsimile: (202) 693–9441.
(3) Regular Mail: MSHA, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
1100 Wilson Blvd., Room 2350,
Arlington, VA 22209–3939.
(4) Hand Delivery or Courier: MSHA,
Office of Standards, Regulations, and
Variances, 1100 Wilson Blvd., Room
2350, Arlington, VA 22209–3939. Sign
in at the receptionist’s desk on the 21st
floor.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mario Distasio, Chief of the Economic
Analysis Division, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances, MSHA, at
distasio.mario@dol.gov (e-mail), 202–
693–9445 (voicemail), 202–693–9441
(facsimile).
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I. Background
Section 103(h) of the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine
Act), 30 U.S.C. 813, authorizes MSHA to
collect information necessary to carry
out its duty in protecting the safety and
health of miners.
Title 30 CFR 71.400 through 71.402
and 75.1712–1 through 75.1712–3
require coal mine operators to provide
bathing facilities, clothing change
rooms, and sanitary flush toilet facilities
in a location that is convenient for use
of the miners. If the operator is unable
to meet any or all of the requirements,
he/she may apply for a waiver. Title 30
CFR 71.403, 71.404, 75.1712–4, and
75.1712–5 provide procedures by which
an operator may apply for and be
granted a waiver.
Waivers for surface mines may be
granted by the District Manager for a
period not to exceed one year. If the
waiver is granted, surface mine
operators may apply for annual
extensions of the approved waiver.
Waivers for underground mines may be
granted by the District Manager for the
period of time requested by the
underground mine operator as long as
the circumstances that were used to
justify granting the waiver remain in
effect. Waivers are not transferable to a
successor coal mine operator.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
MSHA is particularly interested in
comments that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by
contacting the employee listed in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this notice, or viewed on the
Internet by selecting ‘‘Rules & Regs’’, and
then selecting ‘‘FedReg.Docs’’. On the
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next screen, select ‘‘Paperwork
Reduction Act Supporting Statement’’ to
view documents supporting the Federal
Register notice.
III. Current Actions
This notice contains the request for an
extension of the existing collection of
information in 30 CFR 71.403, 71.404,
75.1712–4, and 75.1712–5, concerning
applications for waivers or extensions of
waivers for surface sanitary facilities’
requirements at coal mines. MSHA does
not intend to publish the results from
this information collection and is not
seeking approval to either display or not
display the expiration date for the OMB
approval of this information collection.
There are no certification exceptions
identified with this information
collection and the collection of this
information does not employ statistical
methods.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
OMB Number: 1219–0024.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Cost to Federal Government: $3,044.
Total Burden Respondents: 933.
Total Number of Responses: 933.
Total Burden Hours: 357.
Total Hour Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $19,612.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection extension
request; they will also become a matter
of public record.
Dated: December 13, 2010.
Patricia W. Silvey,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations,
and Variances.
[FR Doc. 2010–31690 Filed 12–16–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
[OMB Control No. 1219–0003]
Proposed Extension of Existing
Information Collection; Radiation
Sampling and Exposure Records
(Pertains to Underground Metal and
Nonmetal Mines)
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of request for public
comments.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
SUMMARY:
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paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program
helps to assure that requested data can
be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection
instruments are clearly understood, and
the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, the Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) is soliciting
comments concerning the extension of
the information collection for Radiation
Sampling and Exposure Records, 30
CFR 57.5037 and 57.5040.
DATES: All comments must be received
by midnight Eastern Standard Time on
February 15, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be
identified clearly with the rule title and
may be submitted to MSHA by any of
the following methods:
(1) Electronic mail: zzMSHA–
Comments@dol.gov.
(2) Facsimile: 202–693–9441.
(3) Regular Mail: MSHA, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
1100 Wilson Blvd., Room 2350,
Arlington, VA 22209–3939.
(4) Hand Delivery or Courier: MSHA,
Office of Standards, Regulations, and
Variances, 1100 Wilson Blvd., Room
2350, Arlington, VA 22209–3939. Sign
in at the receptionist’s desk on the 21st
floor.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mario Distasio, Chief of the Economic
Analysis Division, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances, MSHA, at
distasio.mario@dol.gov (e-mail), 202–
693–9445 (voicemail), 202–693–9441
(facsimile).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
Under the authority of Section 103 of
the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act
of 1977, MSHA is required to—
* * * issue regulations requiring operators
to maintain accurate records of employee
exposures to potentially toxic materials or
harmful physical agents which are required
to be monitored or measured under any
applicable mandatory health or safety
standard promulgated under this Act.
Airborne radon and radon daughters
exist in every uranium mine and can
exist in several other mining
commodities. Radon is radioactive gas.
It diffuses into the underground mine
atmosphere through the rock and the
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ground water. Radon decays in a series
of steps into other radioactive elements,
which are solids, called radon
daughters. Radon and radon daughters
are invisible and odorless. Decay of
radon and its daughters results in
emissions of alpha energy. Medical
doctors and scientists have associated
high radon daughter exposures with
lung cancer. The health hazard arises
from breathing air contaminated with
radon daughters which are in turn
deposited in the lungs. The lung tissues
are sensitive to alpha radioactivity.
Standard 30 CFR 57.5037 establishes
the procedures to be used by the mine
operator in sampling mine air for the
presence and concentrations of radon
daughters. Operators are required to
conduct weekly sampling where
concentrations of radon daughters
exceed 0.3 working levels (WL).
Sampling is required bi-weekly where
uranium mines have readings of 0.1 WL
to 0.3 WL and every 3 months in nonuranium underground mines where the
readings are 0.1 WL to 0.3 WL. Mine
operators are required to make a record
of the sampling and retain it for 2 years.
Standard 30 CFR 57.5040 requires
mine operators to calculate, record, and
report to MSHA individual exposures to
radon daughters on MSHA Form 4000–
9 ‘‘Record of Individual Exposure to
Radon Daughters’’. The calculations are
based on the results of the weekly
sampling required by 30 CFR 57.5037.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
MSHA is particularly interested in
comments that—
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by
contacting the employee listed in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this notice, or viewed on the
Internet by selecting ‘‘Rules & Regs,’’ and
PO 00000
Frm 00070
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
then selecting ‘‘FedReg.Docs.’’ On the
next screen, select ‘‘Paperwork
Reduction Act Supporting Statement’’ to
view documents supporting the Federal
Register notice.
III. Current Actions
This notice contains a request for
public comment on the extension of the
information collection for existing
notification, recordkeeping, and
reporting provisions for radiation
sampling and exposure records. MSHA
does not intend to publish the results
from this information collection and is
not seeking approval to either display or
not display the expiration date for the
OMB approval of this information
collection.
There are no certification exceptions
identified with this information
collection and the collection of this
information does not employ statistical
methods.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
OMB Number: 1219–0003.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Cost to Federal Government: $747.
Total Burden Respondents: 5.
Total Number of Responses: 255.
Total Burden Hours: 502 hours.
Total Hour Burden Cost: $17,018.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: December 14, 2010.
Patricia W. Silvey,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations,
and Variances.
[FR Doc. 2010–31750 Filed 12–16–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
[OMB Control No. 1219–0046]
Proposed Extension of Existing
Information Collection; Escape and
Evacuation Plans (Pertains to
Underground Metal and Nonmetal
Mines)
Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
ACTION: Notice of request for public
comments.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
[OMB Control No. 1219-0003]
Proposed Extension of Existing Information Collection; Radiation
Sampling and Exposure Records (Pertains to Underground Metal and
Nonmetal Mines)
AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce
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paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections of
information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to assure that requested data
can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents
can be properly assessed. Currently, the Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) is soliciting comments concerning the extension
of the information collection for Radiation Sampling and Exposure
Records, 30 CFR 57.5037 and 57.5040.
DATES: All comments must be received by midnight Eastern Standard Time
on February 15, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be identified clearly with the rule title and
may be submitted to MSHA by any of the following methods:
(1) Electronic mail: zzMSHA-Comments@dol.gov.
(2) Facsimile: 202-693-9441.
(3) Regular Mail: MSHA, Office of Standards, Regulations, and
Variances, 1100 Wilson Blvd., Room 2350, Arlington, VA 22209-3939.
(4) Hand Delivery or Courier: MSHA, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances, 1100 Wilson Blvd., Room 2350, Arlington, VA
22209-3939. Sign in at the receptionist's desk on the 21st floor.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mario Distasio, Chief of the Economic
Analysis Division, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
MSHA, at distasio.mario@dol.gov (e-mail), 202-693-9445 (voicemail),
202-693-9441 (facsimile).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Under the authority of Section 103 of the Federal Mine Safety and
Health Act of 1977, MSHA is required to--
* * * issue regulations requiring operators to maintain accurate
records of employee exposures to potentially toxic materials or
harmful physical agents which are required to be monitored or
measured under any applicable mandatory health or safety standard
promulgated under this Act.
Airborne radon and radon daughters exist in every uranium mine and
can exist in several other mining commodities. Radon is radioactive
gas. It diffuses into the underground mine atmosphere through the rock
and the ground water. Radon decays in a series of steps into other
radioactive elements, which are solids, called radon daughters. Radon
and radon daughters are invisible and odorless. Decay of radon and its
daughters results in emissions of alpha energy. Medical doctors and
scientists have associated high radon daughter exposures with lung
cancer. The health hazard arises from breathing air contaminated with
radon daughters which are in turn deposited in the lungs. The lung
tissues are sensitive to alpha radioactivity.
Standard 30 CFR 57.5037 establishes the procedures to be used by
the mine operator in sampling mine air for the presence and
concentrations of radon daughters. Operators are required to conduct
weekly sampling where concentrations of radon daughters exceed 0.3
working levels (WL). Sampling is required bi-weekly where uranium mines
have readings of 0.1 WL to 0.3 WL and every 3 months in non-uranium
underground mines where the readings are 0.1 WL to 0.3 WL. Mine
operators are required to make a record of the sampling and retain it
for 2 years.
Standard 30 CFR 57.5040 requires mine operators to calculate,
record, and report to MSHA individual exposures to radon daughters on
MSHA Form 4000-9 ``Record of Individual Exposure to Radon Daughters''.
The calculations are based on the results of the weekly sampling
required by 30 CFR 57.5037.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
MSHA is particularly interested in comments that--
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
A copy of the proposed information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the employee listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice, or viewed on the Internet
by selecting ``Rules & Regs,'' and then selecting ``FedReg.Docs.'' On
the next screen, select ``Paperwork Reduction Act Supporting
Statement'' to view documents supporting the Federal Register notice.
III. Current Actions
This notice contains a request for public comment on the extension
of the information collection for existing notification, recordkeeping,
and reporting provisions for radiation sampling and exposure records.
MSHA does not intend to publish the results from this information
collection and is not seeking approval to either display or not display
the expiration date for the OMB approval of this information
collection.
There are no certification exceptions identified with this
information collection and the collection of this information does not
employ statistical methods.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.
OMB Number: 1219-0003.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Cost to Federal Government: $747.
Total Burden Respondents: 5.
Total Number of Responses: 255.
Total Burden Hours: 502 hours.
Total Hour Burden Cost: $17,018.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: December 14, 2010.
Patricia W. Silvey,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances.
[FR Doc. 2010-31750 Filed 12-16-10; 8:45 am]
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