67176 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 220 / Tuesday, November 16, 2004 / Notices 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Training Plan Regulations and 

Certificate of Training. 

OMB Number: 1219–0009. 

Form Number: MSHA 5000–23. 

Frequency: On occasion and 

Annually. 

Type of Response: Recordkeeping; 

Reporting; and Third party disclosure. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 2,947.

Collection of information Annual

responses 

Average

response time

(hours) 

Annual burden 

hours 

Training Plans—Coal 

Paper submission ................................................................................................................. 1,144 8 9,152 

Electronic submission ........................................................................................................... 73 1.25 91 

Training Plans—Metal/Non-metal 

Paper submission ................................................................................................................. 8 8 64 

Electronic submission ........................................................................................................... 95 1.25 119 

MSHA Form 5000–23 .................................................................................................................. 111,986 0.08 8,959 

Grand Total ........................................................................................................................... 113,306 ........................ 18,385 

Total Annualized capital/startup 

costs: $0. 

Total Annual Costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing 

services): $226,276. 

Description: Title 30, CFR 48.3 and 

48.23 specifically address the 

requirements for training plans. The 

standards are intended to ensure that 

miners will be effectively trained in 

matters affecting their health and safety, 

with the ultimate goal being the 

reduction of injuries in the nation’s 

mines. The approved plans are used to 

implement training programs for 

training new miners, training 

experienced miners, training miners for 

new tasks, annual refresher training, 

and hazard training. The plans are also 

used by MSHA to ensure that all miners 

are receiving the training necessary to 

perform their jobs in a safe manner. 

Title 30, CFR 48.9 and 48.29 specify 

how training provided to miners must 

be recorded. Upon completion of each 

training program, the mine operator 

certifies on MSHA Form 5000–23 that 

the miner has received the specified 

training in each subject area of the 

approved health and safety training 

plan. The Form 5000–23 provides the 

mine operator with a recordkeeping 

form, the miner with a certificate of 

training, and MSHA with a monitoring 

tool for determining compliance 

requirements.

Ira L. Mills, 

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–25384 Filed 11–15–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review: 

Comment Request 

November 5, 2004. 

The Department of Labor (DOL) has 

submitted the following public 

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 (Pub. L. 104–13, 

44 U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of this 

ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation, may be obtained by 

contacting Darrin King on 202–693–

4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or 

e-mail: king.darrin@dol.gov.

Comments should be sent to Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Mine 

Safety and Health Administration 

(MSHA), Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503, 202–395–7316 (this is not a tollfree number), within 30 days from the 

date of this publication in the Federal 

Register. 

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 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. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Mine Accident, Injury & Illness 

Report and Quarterly Mine Employment 

and Coal Production Report (30 CFR 

50.10; 50.11, 50.20 and 50.30). 

OMB Number: 1219–0007. 

Forms: MSHA 7000–1 and MSHA 

7000–2. 

Frequency: On occasion and 

Quarterly. 

Type of Response: Recordkeeping and 

Reporting. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 26,250.

Collection of information Annual

responses 

Average

response time

(hours) 

Annual burden 

hours 

MSHA Form 7000–1 

Immediate Notification of MSHA 

fatal accidents ............................................................................................................... 56 0.50 28 

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Collection of information Annual

responses 

Average

response time

(hours) 

Annual burden 

hours 

other accidents .............................................................................................................. 1,543 0.50 772 

Investigation of Accidents and Occupational Injuries 

fatal accidents ............................................................................................................... 56 80.00 4,480 

nonfatal accidents ......................................................................................................... 1,631 16.00 26,096 

other accidents .............................................................................................................. 12,735 1.00 12,735 

Separate Reports of Investigation (mines w/ 20+ empl.) 

fatal accidents ............................................................................................................... 36 4.00 144 

other accidents .............................................................................................................. 11,424 1.00 11,424 

Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Reports 

initial reports .................................................................................................................. 14,422 0.50 7,211 

follow-up reports ............................................................................................................ 7,055 0.33 2,328 

Form 7000–1 Sub-total .......................................................................................... 48,958 ........................ 65,218 

MSHA Form 7000–2 

Mailed Reponses ........................................................................................................... 74,401 0.50 37,201 

Electronic Responses .................................................................................................... 10,493 0.25 2,623 

Form 7000–1 Sub-total .......................................................................................... 84,894 ........................ 39,824 

Grand Total ............................................................................................................ 133,852 ........................ 105,042 

Total Annualized capital/startup 

costs: $0. 

Total Annual Costs (operating/

maintaining systems or purchasing 

services): $34,105. 

Description: The reporting and 

recordkeeping provisions in 30 CFR part 

50, Notification, Investigation, Reports 

and Records of Accidents, Injuries and 

Illnesses, Employment and Coal 

Production in Mines, are essential 

elements in MSHA’s Congressional 

mandate to reduce work-related injuries 

and illnesses among the nation’s miners. 

Section 50.10 requires mine operators 

and mining contractors to immediately 

notify MSHA in the event of an 

accident. This immediate notification is 

critical to MSHA’s timely investigation 

and assessment of the probable cause of 

the accident.

Section 50.11 requires that the 

operator or contractor investigate each 

accident and occupational injury and 

prepare a report. The operator or 

contractor may not use MSHA Form 

7000–1 as a report, unless the mine 

employs fewer than 20 miners and the 

occurrence involves an occupational 

injury not related to an accident. 

Section 50.20(a) requires mine 

operators and mining contractors to 

report each accident, injury, or illness to 

MSHA on Form 7000–1 within 10 

working days after an accident or injury 

has occurred or an occupational illness 

has been diagnosed. The use of MSHA 

Form 7000–1 provides for uniform 

information gathering across the mining 

industry. 

MSHA tabulates and analyzes the 

information from MSHA Form 7000–1, 

along with data from MSHA Form 

7000–2, to compute incidence and 

severity rates for various injury types. 

These rates are used to analyze trends 

and to assess the degree of success of 

the health and safety efforts of MSHA 

and the mining industry. 

Accident, injury, and illness data 

when correlated with employment and 

production data provide information 

that allows MSHA to improve its safety 

and health enforcement programs, focus 

its education and training efforts, and 

establish priorities for its technical 

assistance activities in mine safety and 

health. Maintaining a current database 

allows MSHA to identify and direct 

increased attention to those mines, 

industry segments, and geographical 

areas where hazardous trends are 

developing. This could not be done 

effectively utilizing historical data. The 

information collected under part 50 is 

the most comprehensive and reliable 

occupational data available concerning 

the mining industry. 

Section 103(d) of the Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine 

Act) mandates that each accident be 

investigated by the operator to 

determine the cause and means of 

preventing a recurrence. Records of 

such accidents and investigations shall 

be kept and made available to the 

Secretary or his authorized 

representative and the appropriate State 

agency. Section 103(h) requires 

operators to keep any records and make 

any reports that are reasonably 

necessary for MSHA to perform its 

duties under the Mine Act. Section 

103(j) of the Mine Act requires operators 

to notify MSHA of the occurrence of an 

accident and to take appropriate 

measures to preserve any evidence 

which would assist in the investigation 

into the cause or causes of the accident. 

Data collected through MSHA Form 

7000–1 and MSHA Form 7000–2 enable 

MSHA to publish timely quarterly and 

annual statistics, reflecting current 

safety and health conditions in the 

mining industry. These data are used 

not only by MSHA, but also by other 

Federal and State agencies, health and 

safety researchers, and the mining 

community to assist in measuring and 

comparing the results of health and 

safety efforts both in the United States 

and internationally.

Ira L. Mills, 

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–25385 Filed 11–15–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. ICR 1218–0239(2005)] 

Voluntary Protection Programs 

Information; Extension of the Office of 

Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

Approval of Information Collection 

(Paperwork) Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public 

comment concerning its request for an 

extension of the information collection 

requirements contained in the 

Voluntary Protection Programs 

Information.