Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Review by the

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

July 13, 1995.

The Department of Labor has submitted the following public

information collection requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) of 1980, as amended (Pub. L. 96-511). Copies may

be obtained by calling the Department of Labor Acting Departmental

Clearance Officer, Theresa M. O'Malley [(202) 219-5095). Comments and

questions about the ICRs listed below should be directed to Ms.

O'Malley, Office of Information Resources Management Policy, U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N-1301,

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Washington, DC 20210. Comments should also be sent to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for (BLS/DM/

ESA/ETA/OAW/MSHA/OSHA/PWBA/VETS), Office of Management and Budget, Room

10325, Washington, DC 20503 ((202) 395-7316).

Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY/

TDD) may call (202) 219-4720 between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Radiation Sampling and Exposure Records.

OMB Number: 1219-0003.

Frequency: Weekly; Annually.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 1,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 7.75 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 7,750.

Description: Requires operators of uranium mines and metal and

nonmetal mines, where concentrations of radon daughters exceeds 0.3 WL,

to calculate, record, and report to the Mine Safety and Health

Administration (MSHA) individual miner's exposures to concentrations of

radon daughters. Records are maintained by the mine operator and are

submitted to MSHA annually.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Notification of Legal Identity.

OMB Number: 1219-0008.

Agency Number: MSHA Form 2000-7.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 36,500.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 30 minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 3,325.

Description: Requires mine operators to file with MSHA the name and

address of the mine and the name and address of the persons who control

and operate the mine, and any revisions of such names and addresses.

The information is used to identify persons chargeable with violations

of safety and health standards, in the assessment of civil penalties,

and in the service of legal documents.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Refuse Piles and Impoundment Structures.

OMB Number: 1219-0015.

Agency Number: MSHA 250.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Reporting/Recordkeeping.

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Average

time per

Requirement Respondents Frequency response

(hours)

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Fire Extinguishing Plans........... 10 Annually.... 4

Abandonment Plans.................. 20 Annually.... 8

Impoundment and Refuse Pile Plans

and Revisions

New Impoundment Plans............ 60 Annually.... 1,300

Revised Plans.................... 100 Annually.... 5

New Refuse Piles................. 50 Annually.... 16

Annual Status Report and 325 Annually.... 2

Certification.

Weekly Inspections with Monitoring 300 Weekly...... 3

Instruments.

Weekly Inspections without 450 Weekly...... 2

Monitoring Instruments.

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Total Burden Hours: 110,750.

Description: Requires coal mine operators to submit to MSHA an

annual status report and certification on impoundments and hazardous

refuse piles; and to keep records of the results of weekly examinations

and instrumentation monitoring of impoundments.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Operations Under Water.

OMB Number: 1219-0020.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 30.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 5 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 150.

Description: Requires coal mine operators to obtain a permit to

mine under a body of water if, in the judgment of the Secretary of

Labor, it is sufficiently large enough to constitute a hazard to

miners.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Application for Waiver of Surface Facilities Requirement.

OMB Number: 1219-0024.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 1,726.

Estimated Time Per Respondents: 3 minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 863.

Description: Coal mine operators are required to provide bathing

facilities, clothing change rooms, and sanitary toilet facilities in a

location that is convenient for use of the miners. These regulations

provide procedures by which an operator may apply for and be granted a

waiver or extension of waiver.

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Application for Use of Nonpermissible Explosives and

Nonpermissible Shot-Firing Units.

OMB Number: 1219-0025

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 75.

Estimated Time Per Respondents: 1 hour.

Total Burden Hours: 75.

Description: Coal mine operators may apply for and be granted a

permit to use nonpermissible explosives and nonpermissible shot-firing

units. Applications contain the safeguards the mine operator is going

to employ to protect the miners while using nonpermissible blasting

items.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Records of Tests and Examinations of Personnel Hoisting

Equipment.

OMB Number: 1219-0034

Frequency: Daily; biweekly; bimonthly; semi-annually.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondent: 545.

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Estimated

time per

Type Respondents respondent

(hours)

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Daily and biweekly examinations................ 545 1.05

Initial and semiannual wire rope measurements.. 545 1.15

Bimonthly tests of safety catches.............. 368 1.15

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Total Burden Hours: 32,406

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Description: Requires operators of coal and metal and nonmetal

mines to keep records of specific tests and examinations of mine

personnel hoisting systems, including wire ropes, to ensure that the

systems remain safe to operate.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Noise Data Report Form and Calibration Records.

OMB Number: 1219-0037.

Frequency: Semi-annually; annually.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

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Estimated

time per

Type Respondents response

(minutes)

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Periodic surveys................................ 253,440 21

Supplemental surveys............................ 1,267 15

Survey/compl certs.............................. 2,534 6

Survey report................................... 1,267 6

Calibration reports............................. 4,300 3

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Total Burden Hours: 89,616.

Description: Requires coal mine operators to report to MSHA when

noise exposure surveys show noncompliance with permissible levels.

Records are also required to be kept at the mine of when and by whom

noise dosimeters and acoustical calibrators are recalibrated.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Escape and Evacuation Plans.

OMB Number: 1219-0046.

Frequency: Semi-annually.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 315.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 8 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 7,560.

Description: Requires operators of underground coal mines to keep

records of the results of mandatory weekly examinations of emergency

escapeways. The records are used to determine that the integrity of the

escapeways is being maintained.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Record of all Certified and Qualified Persons.

OMB Number: 1219-0049.

Frequency: Quarterly.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 18,580.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 5 minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 1,542.

Description: Requires coal mine operators to maintain a list of

persons who are certified and those who are qualified to perform duties

which require specialized expertise at underground and surface coal

mines. The recorded information is necessary to ensure that only

persons who are properly trained and have the required experience are

permitted to perform these duties.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Record of Mine Closure.

OMB Number: 1219-0073.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 1,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 2 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 2,000.

Description: Requires that, whenever coal mine operators

permanently close or abandon a coal mine or temporarily close a coal

mine for a period of 90 days, they file with MSHA a copy of the mine

map which is revised and supplemented to the date of closure. Maps are

retained in a repository and are made available to mine operators of

adjacent properties.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Applications for Approval of Sanitary Toilet Facilities.

OMB Number: 1219-0101.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 2.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 8 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 16.

Description: Requires manufacturers of sanitary toilet facilities

to obtain MSHA approval of units prior to use at coal mine operations.

Approval of the facilities is required to ensure a healthier

environment for miners.

Theresa M. O'Malley,

Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 95-17733 Filed 7-18-95; 8:45 am]

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