Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Mine Mapping and Records of Opening, Closing, and Reopening of Mines, 57451-57452 [2021-22488]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 197 / Friday, October 15, 2021 / Notices before the end of the six-year period due to circumstances beyond the control of Applicants; and (2) No disqualified person with respect to a Non-ERISA Plan Client, other than the Applicants, shall be subject to excise taxes imposed by Code Section 4975 if such records are not maintained or made available for examination as required by Section IV(b)(1), above. (b)(1) Except as provided in Section IV(b)(2), the records referred to in Section IV(a) are unconditionally available at their customary location for examination during normal business hours by: (A) Any duly authorized employee or representative of the Department, the Internal Revenue Service, or the Securities and Exchange Commission; (B) Any fiduciary of any Non-ERISA Plan Client that engaged in a Covered Transaction, or any duly authorized employee or representative of such fiduciary; or (C) Any owner or beneficiary of a Non-ERISA Plan Client that engaged in a Covered Transaction or a representative of such owner or beneficiary. (2) None of the persons described in Sections IV(b)(1)(B) and (C) shall be authorized to examine the Applicants’ trade secrets or privileged or confidential commercial and financial information. (3) If the Applicants refuse to disclose records referred to in Section IV(a) to any persons described in Sections IV(b)(1)(B), and (C) on the basis that such information is exempt from disclosure, the Applicants shall provide a written notice advising such persons of the reasons for the refusal and that the Department may request such information by the close of the thirtieth (30th) day following their request. Effective Date: The proposed exemption, if granted, will be in effect from December 14, 2010 until September 16, 2013. Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of September, 2021. G. Christopher Cosby, Acting Director, Office of Exemption Determinations, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. [FR Doc. 2021–21578 Filed 10–14–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–29–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:50 Oct 14, 2021 Jkt 256001 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Mine Mapping and Records of Opening, Closing, and Reopening of Mines Notice of availability; request for comments. ACTION: 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 agency receives on or before November 15, 2021. 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 automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Crystal Rennie by telephone at 202– 693–0456 or by email at DOL_PRA_ PUBLIC@dol.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection protects miners by assuring that up-to-date, accurate mine maps contain the information needed to clarify the best alternatives for action during an emergency operation. Also, coal mine operators routinely use maps to create safe and effective development plans. Mine maps are schematic depictions of critical mine infrastructure, such as SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 57451 water, power, transportation, ventilation, and communication systems. Using accurate, up-to-date maps during a disaster, mine emergency personnel can locate refuges for miners and identify sites of explosion potential; they can know where stationary equipment was placed, where ground was secured, and where they can best begin a rescue operation. During a disaster, maps can be crucial to the safety of the emergency personnel who must enter a mine to begin a search for survivors. Mine maps may describe the current status of an operating mine or provide crucial information about a long-closed mine that is being reopened. Coal mine operators use map information to develop safe and effective plans and to help determine hazards before beginning work in areas, such as abandoned underground mines or the worked-out and inaccessible areas of an active underground or surface mine. Abandoned mines or inaccessible areas of active mines may have water inundation potentials and explosive levels of methane or lethal gases. If an operator, unaware of the hazards, were to mine into such an area, miners could be killed or seriously injured. For additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on July 21, 2021 (86 FR 38504). 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: Mine Mapping and Records of Opening, Closing, and Reopening of Mines. OMB Control Number: 1219–0120. Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 580. Total Estimated Number of Responses: 1,191. E:\FR\FM\15OCN1.SGM 15OCN1 57452 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 197 / Friday, October 15, 2021 / Notices Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 6,274 hours. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $3,204,898. Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D). Crystal Rennie, Senior PRA Analyst. [FR Doc. 2021–22488 Filed 10–14–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–43–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs. ACTION: Announcement of meeting of the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health (Advisory Board) for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). AGENCY: The Advisory Board will meet November 8–9, 2021, via teleconference, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on each day. Submission of comments, requests to speak, and materials for the record: You must submit comments, materials, and requests to speak at the Advisory Board meeting by November 1, 2021, identified by the Advisory Board name and the meeting date of November 8–9, 2021, by any of the following methods: • Electronically: Send to: EnergyAdvisoryBoard@dol.gov (specify in the email subject line, for example ‘‘Request to Speak: Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health’’). • Mail, express delivery, hand delivery, messenger, or courier service: Submit one copy to the following address: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health, Room S–3522, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210. Instructions: Your submissions must include the Agency name (OWCP), the committee name (the Advisory Board), and the meeting date (November 8–9, 2021). Due to security-related procedures, receipt of submissions by regular mail may experience significant delays. For additional information about submissions, see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. OWCP will make available publicly, without change, any comments, requests to speak, and speaker presentations, including any personal information that you provide. Therefore, OWCP cautions SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:50 Oct 14, 2021 Jkt 256001 interested parties against submitting personal information such as Social Security numbers and birthdates. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For press inquiries: Ms. Laura McGinnis, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S–1028, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–4672; email Mcginnis.Laura@DOL.GOV. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Board will meet via teleconference: Monday, November 8, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time; and Tuesday, November 9, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. The teleconference number and other details for participating remotely will be posted on the Advisory Board’s website, https:// www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/regs/ compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm, 72 hours prior to the commencement of the first meeting date. Advisory Board meetings are open to the public. Public comment session: Monday, November 8, 2021, from 4:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. Please note that the public comment session ends at the time indicated or following the last call for comments, whichever is earlier. Members of the public who wish to provide public comments should plan to call in to the public comment session at the start time listed. The Advisory Board is mandated by Section 3687 of EEOICPA. The Secretary of Labor established the Board under this authority and Executive Order 13699 (June 26, 2015). The purpose of the Advisory Board is to advise the Secretary with respect to: (1) The Site Exposure Matrices (SEM) of the Department of Labor; (2) medical guidance for claims examiners for claims with the EEOICPA program, with respect to the weighing of the medical evidence of claimants; (3) evidentiary requirements for claims under Part B of EEOICPA related to lung disease; (4) the work of industrial hygienists and staff physicians and consulting physicians of the Department of Labor and reports of such hygienists and physicians to ensure quality, objectivity, and consistency; (5) the claims adjudication process generally, including review of procedure manual changes prior to incorporation into the manual and claims for medical benefits; and (6) such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate. The Advisory Board sunsets on December 19, 2024. The Advisory Board operates in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and its implementing regulations (41 CFR part 102–3). PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Agenda: The tentative agenda for the Advisory Board meeting includes: • Review and follow-up on Advisory Board’s previous recommendations, data requests, and action items; • Discussion of resources requested; • Discussions by Advisory Board working groups; • Review of public comments; • Review of Board tasks, structure and work agenda; • Consideration of any new issues; and • Public comments. OWCP transcribes and prepares detailed minutes of Advisory Board meetings. OWCP posts the transcripts and minutes on the Advisory Board web page, https://www.dol.gov/owcp/energy/ regs/compliance/AdvisoryBoard.htm, along with written comments, speaker presentations, and other materials submitted to the Advisory Board or presented at Advisory Board meetings. Public Participation, Submissions and Access to Public Record Advisory Board meetings: All Advisory Board meetings are open to the public. Information on how to participate in the meeting remotely will be posted on the Advisory Board’s website. Submission of comments: You may submit comments using one of the methods listed in the SUMMARY section. Your submission must include the Agency name (OWCP) and date for this Advisory Board meeting (November 8– 9, 2021). OWCP will post your comments on the Advisory Board website and provide your submissions to Advisory Board members. Because of security-related procedures, receipt of submissions by regular mail may experience significant delays. Requests to speak and speaker presentations: If you want to address the Advisory Board at the meeting you must submit a request to speak, as well as any written or electronic presentation, by November 1, 2021, using one of the methods listed in the SUMMARY section. Your request may include: • The amount of time requested to speak; • The interest you represent (e.g., business, organization, affiliation), if any; and • A brief outline of the presentation. PowerPoint presentations and other electronic materials must be compatible with PowerPoint 2010 and other Microsoft Office 2010 formats. The Advisory Board Chair may grant requests to address the Board as time and circumstances permit. Electronic copies of this Federal Register notice are available at https:// E:\FR\FM\15OCN1.SGM 15OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 197 (Friday, October 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57451-57452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22488]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Mine Mapping and Records of Opening, Closing, 
and Reopening of 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 agency receives 
on or before November 15, 2021.

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 automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Crystal Rennie by telephone at 202-
693-0456 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection protects miners 
by assuring that up-to-date, accurate mine maps contain the information 
needed to clarify the best alternatives for action during an emergency 
operation. Also, coal mine operators routinely use maps to create safe 
and effective development plans.
    Mine maps are schematic depictions of critical mine infrastructure, 
such as water, power, transportation, ventilation, and communication 
systems. Using accurate, up-to-date maps during a disaster, mine 
emergency personnel can locate refuges for miners and identify sites of 
explosion potential; they can know where stationary equipment was 
placed, where ground was secured, and where they can best begin a 
rescue operation. During a disaster, maps can be crucial to the safety 
of the emergency personnel who must enter a mine to begin a search for 
survivors. Mine maps may describe the current status of an operating 
mine or provide crucial information about a long-closed mine that is 
being reopened.
    Coal mine operators use map information to develop safe and 
effective plans and to help determine hazards before beginning work in 
areas, such as abandoned underground mines or the worked-out and 
inaccessible areas of an active underground or surface mine. Abandoned 
mines or inaccessible areas of active mines may have water inundation 
potentials and explosive levels of methane or lethal gases. If an 
operator, unaware of the hazards, were to mine into such an area, 
miners could be killed or seriously injured. For additional substantive 
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the 
Federal Register on July 21, 2021 (86 FR 38504).
    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: Mine Mapping and Records of Opening, Closing, 
and Reopening of Mines.
    OMB Control Number: 1219-0120.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 580.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 1,191.

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    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 6,274 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $3,204,898.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

Crystal Rennie,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2021-22488 Filed 10-14-21; 8:45 am]
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