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• Performance measurements and 

monitoring conducted as part of an EMS 

can provide comparable and verifiable 

data to improve environmental impact 

predictions in future NEPA analyses 

and documents. 

• An EMS provides a systematic 

framework for an agency to monitor and 

continually improve its environmental 

performance. Agencies with an EMS 

may be able to use the data it generates 

to establish a record of environmental 

performance to support, for example: (a) 

Identifying categories of actions that 

normally require an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS); (b) finding no 

significant impact when performance 

practices are incorporated into a 

proposed action (which would conclude 

the Environmental Assessment (EA) 

process without the need to prepare an 

EIS); or (c) determining that a category 

of actions does not have individual or 

cumulative significant impacts and 

should properly be established as a 

categorical exclusion which would 

reduce the need to prepare either an EA 

or an EIS. Further, when a NEPA 

analysis is needed, the EMS approach of 

keeping environmental data up-to-date 

should facilitate the preparation of the 

NEPA documents. 

• When an EMS has established 

environmental objectives and targets 

relevant to resource areas subject to 

NEPA mitigation measures, the EMS can 

ensure implementation and 

performance of mitigation measures 

through applicable measurement and 

monitoring programs. 

CEQ recognizes the benefits of 

aligning these complementary processes 

and encourages Federal agencies to do 

so where appropriate. 

Dated: April 5, 2007. 

James L. Connaughton, 

Chairman, Council on Environmental 

Quality. 

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Proposed Project 

National Survey of the Mining 

Population—New—National Institute 

for Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Surveillance of occupational injuries, 

illnesses, and exposures has been an 

integral part of the work of the National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH) since its creation by the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act in 

1970. To improve its surveillance 

capability related to the occupational 

risks in mining, NIOSH is planning to 

conduct a national survey of mines and 

mine employees. No national surveys 

have specifically targeted the mining 

labor force since the 1986 Mining 

Industry Population Survey (MIPS). The 

mining industry has experienced many 

changes in the last 20 years; 

consequently, the MIPS data are no 

longer representative of the current 

mining industry labor force. 

NIOSH conducted a pilot study for 

the proposed national survey in the fall 

of 2004 (OMB #0920–0633, expired 3/ 

31/05). The pilot study was designed to 

emulate the main study design in order 

to evaluate the effectiveness of the 

recruitment materials, questionnaire, 

and survey procedures in acquiring 

complete, high quality data from a 

sample of 45 mining operations. 

Objective data collected in the pilot 

study included overall response rates 

and individual item response rates. 

Subjective data were collected using 

telephone logs, and participant and nonparticipant debriefing interviews. Data 

captured in the pilot study were used to 

guide improvements to maximize the 

performance of the various components 

of the full-scale study. 

The proposed national survey will be 

based upon a probability sample of 

mining operations and their employees. 

The survey will be conducted in the five 

major mining sectors (i.e., coal, metal, 

nonmetal, stone, and sand and gravel). 

The major objectives of the survey will 

be to: (1) Obtain denominator data so 

that mine accident, injury, and illness 

reports can be evaluated in relation to 

the population at risk; (2) understand 

the demographic and occupational 

characteristics of the mining industry 

workforce; (3) estimate the number and 

occupational characteristics of 

independent contractor employees used 

by mining operations; and (4) obtain 

mine level information on selected 

variables. The sampled mining 

operations will provide all survey data; 

individual mine operator and 

independent contractor employees will 

not be directly surveyed. As a result of 

this study, surveillance researchers and 

government agencies will be able to 

identify groups of miners with a 

disproportionately high risk of injury or 

illness. By capturing demographic (e.g., 

age, gender, race/ethnicity, education 

level) and occupational characteristics 

(e.g., job title, work location, work 

experience) of the mining workforce, 

these data will be a significant resource 

for the customization of interventions 

such as safety training programs. 

Approximately 2272 mines will be 

sampled for the study. It is expected 

that this will yield 1,648 responding 

eligible mines (i.e., mines in current 

operation and producing the commodity 

for which they were sampled), reporting 

data for approximately 24,452 

employees. A survey packet will be 

mailed to each sampled mine. The 

mining operation will not be asked to 

report the names or any other 

identifying information for their 

employees. The survey respondent will 

have the option of completing either the 


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