# Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** August 6, 2001
- **Citation:** 66 FR 41051

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
July 30, 2001.

The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public information collection requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). A copy of this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling the Department of Labor. To obtain documentation contact Darrin King at (202) 693-4129 or E-Mail
King-Darrin@dol.gov.

Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Stuart Shapiro, OMB Desk Officer for MSHA, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 ((202) 395-7316), on or before September 5, 2001.

The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:

• Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information 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 through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

Type of Review:
Extension of a currently approved collection.

Agency:
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).

Title:
Safety Defects: Examination, Correction, and Records—30 CFR 56/57.13015; 13030; 14100; and 56/57.18002.

OMB Number:
1219-0089.

Affected Public:
Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents:
13,074.

Requirement
Annual responses

Average response time
(hours)

Frequency
Burden hours

Inspection of compressed-air receivers and other unfired pressure vessels—30 CFR 56/57.13015:

Inspection Time
2,074
.1333
Annually
276

Recordkeeping
2,074
.0333
Annually
69

Records of Inspection and Repairs—30 CFR 56/57.13030:

Inspection Time
3,732
.1333
Annually
497

Recordkeeping
3,732
.0333
Annually
124

Safety defects; examination, correction, and records—30 CFR 56/57.14100:

Inspection Time—Small mines
4,868,208
.05
Daily
243,410

Recordkeeping—Small mines
169,035
.0333
Daily
5,629

Inspection Time—Large mines
6,146,025
.05
Daily
307,301

Recordkeeping—Large mines
501,790
.0333
Daily
16,710

Examination of Workplaces—30 CFR 56/57.18002:

Inspection Time—Small mines
2,434,104
.1666
Daily
405,522

Recordkeeping—Small mines
2,434,104
.0333
Daily
81,056

Inspection Time—Large mines
819,470
.1666
Daily
136,524

Recordkeeping—Large mines
819,470
.0333
Daily
27,288

Total
18,203,818

1,224,406

Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs:
$0.

Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing services):
$0.

Description:
30 CFR 56/57.13015; 13030; 14100; and 56/57.18002 require equipment operators to inspect equipment, machinery, and tools that are to be used during a shift for safety defects before the equipment is placed in operation. Reports of uncorrected defects are required to be recorded by the mine operator and retained for MSHA review until the defect has been corrected.

Ira Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 01-19610 Filed 8-3-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510-43-M

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