79030 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 242 / Friday, December 17, 2010 / Notices 

(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 

Section 101(a) of the Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine 

Act) requires the Secretary to develop, 

promulgate, and revise as may be 

appropriate, improved mandatory 

health or safety standards for the 

protection of life and prevention of 

injuries in coal or other mines. Under 

section 103(a)(2), authorized 

representatives of the Secretary of Labor 

or Secretary of Health and Human 

Services must make frequent 

inspections and investigations in coal or 

other mines each year for the purpose of 

gathering information with respect to 

mandatory health or safety standards. 

The Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (MSHA) issues 

certifications, qualifications and 

approvals (licenses) to the nation’s 

miners to conduct specific work within 

the mines. Prior to the approval of this 

collection Social Security Numbers 

(SSNs) were used for tracking purposes 

within MSHA’s data processing 

systems, in the absence of other reliable 

identification systems. In the effort to 

reduce use of SSNs both by MSHA and 

third parties, MSHA has changed the 

process to one in which miners 

requiring a license or benefit from 

MSHA will register for an ‘‘MSHA 

Individual Identification Number’’ 

(MIIN). 

This unique number is used in place 

of individual SSNs for all licensing 

requirements within MSHA. This 

process has allowed MSHA to 

discontinue the past practice of 

individuals supplying their personally 

identifiable information to instructors, 

states or other entities, which in turn 

supplied that information to MSHA. 

Miners needing a license or benefit from 

MSHA will need to register only one 

time to obtain their MIINs from MSHA. 

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 request for collection of 

information contains notification and 

recordkeeping provisions for the 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request Submitted for Public Comment 

and Recommendations; Request for 

MSHA Individual Identification 

Number (MIIN). 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: 1219–0143. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Cost to Federal Government: 

$132,784. 

Total Burden Respondents: 11,000. 

Total Number of Responses: 11,000. 

Total Burden Hours: 916. 

Total Hour Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $38,696. 

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 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. 2010–31688 Filed 12–16–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

[OMB Control No. 1219–0009] 

Proposed Extension of Existing 

Information Collection; Training Plans 

and Records of Training 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments. 

SUMMARY: 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/or 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 Training 

Plans and Records of Training, 30 CFR 

48.3, 48.9, 48.23, and 48.29. 

DATES: 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: zzMSHAComments@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. 


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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 

The Federal Mine Safety and Health 

Act of 1977 (Mine Act), as amended, 30 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., recognizes that 

education and training in the 

improvement of miner health and safety 

is an important element of federal 

efforts to make the nation’s mines safer 

places in which to work. 

Title 30, CFR §§ 48.3 and 48.23 

require training plans for underground 

and surface mines, respectively. The 

standards are intended to assure that 

miners will be effectively trained in 

matters affecting their health and safety, 

with the ultimate goal being the 

reduction of injuries and illness in the 

nation’s mines. Training plans are 

required to be submitted for approval to 

the MSHA District Manager for the area 

in which the mine is located. Plans 

must contain the company name, mine 

name, and MSHA identification number 

of the mine; the name and position of 

the person designated by the operator 

who is responsible for health and safety 

training at the mine; a list of MSHAapproved instructors with whom the 

operator proposes to make arrangements 

to teach the courses and the courses 

each instructor is qualified to teach; the 

location where training will be given for 

each course; a description of the 

teaching methods and the course 

materials which are to be used in 

training; the approximate number of 

miners employed at the mine and the 

maximum number who will attend each 

session of training; the predicted time or 

periods of time when regularly 

scheduled refresher training will be 

given including the titles of courses to 

be taught, the total number of 

instruction hours for each course, and 

the predicted time and length of each 

session of training; and for new task 

training, a complete list of task 

assignments, the titles of personnel 

conducting the training, the outline of 

training procedures used, and the 

evaluation procedures used to 

determine the effectiveness of the 

training. Records of training are 

required for underground and surface 

mines under §§ 48.9 and 48.29. 

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 request for collection of 

information contains notification and 

recordkeeping provisions for the 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request Submitted for Public Comment 

and Recommendations; Training Plans 

and Records of Training for 

Underground Miners and Miners 

Working at Surface Mines and Surface 

Areas of Underground Mines, 30 CFR 

48.3, 48.9, 48.23, and 48.29. 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: 1219–0009. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Cost to Federal Government: 

$428,239. 

Total Burden Respondents: 3,017. 

Total Number of Responses: 267,417. 

Total Burden Hours: 27,793. 

Total Hour Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $1,082,165. 

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 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. 2010–31689 Filed 12–16–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

[OMB Control No. 1219–0042] 

Proposed Extension of Existing 

Information, Collection; Representative 

of Miners; Legal Identity Report; 

Opening and Closing of Metal and 

Nonmetal 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments. 

SUMMARY: 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 30 CFR 

40.2, 40.3, 40.4, and 40.5, 

Representative of Miners; 30 CFR 41.20, 

Legal Identity Report; 30 CFR 56.1000 

and 57.1000, Notification of 

Commencement of Operations and 

Closing of Mines. 

DATES: 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: zzMSHAComments@dol.gov. 

(2) Facsimile: (202) 693–9441. 


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