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including whether the information has 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of MSHA’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

• Suggest methods to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

• Address 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, to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond). 

The public may examine publicly 

available documents, including the 

public comment version of the 

supporting statement, at MSHA, Office 

of Standards, Regulations, and 

Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard 

Room 2350, Arlington, VA 22209–3939. 

OMB clearance requests are available on 

MSHA’s Web site at http:// 

www.msha.gov under ‘‘Rules & Regs’’ on 

the right side of the screen by selecting 

Information Collections Requests, 

Paperwork Reduction Act Supporting 

Statements. The public comment 

version of the supporting statement will 

be available on MSHA’s Web site for 60 

days after the publication date of this 

notice. Comments submitted in writing 

or in electronic form will be made 

available for public inspection. Because 

comments will not be edited to remove 

any identifying or contact information, 

MSHA cautions the commenter against 

including any information in the 

submission that should not be publicly 

disclosed. Questions about the 

information collection requirements 

may be directed to the person listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice. 

III. Current Actions 

The information obtained from mine 

operators is used by MSHA during 

inspections to determine compliance 

with the requirements concerning the 

training and retraining of miners 

engaged in shell dredging or employed 

at sand, gravel, surface stone, surface 

clay, colloidal phosphate, or surface 

limestone mines. MSHA has updated 

the data with respect to the number of 

respondents and responses, as well as 

the total burden hours and burden costs 

supporting this information collection 

extension request. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

Title: Part 46—Training, Training 

Plans, and Records. 

OMB Number: 1219–0131. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Cite/Reference/Form/etc: 30 CFR Part 

46. 

Total Respondents: 10,577. 

Frequency: Various. 

Total Responses: 1,025,161. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

137,570 hours. 

Estimated Total Burden Cost: 

$315,641. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

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. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Patricia W. Silvey, 

Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6871 Filed 3–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

Proposed Extension of Existing 

Information Collection; Mine Mapping 

and Records of Opening, Closing, and 

Reopening of Mines (Formerly, Record 

of Mine Closures, Opening & 

Reopening of Mines) 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: 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. 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. 

The Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (MSHA) is soliciting 

comments concerning the proposed 

extension of an existing information 

collection request (ICR), OMB Control 

Number 1219–0073 (OMB 1219–0073), 

which was titled ‘‘Record of Mine 

Closures, Opening and Reopening of 

Mines’’ when last approved on March 

31, 2009. OMB 1219–0073 has been 

renamed ‘‘Mine Mapping and Records 

of Opening, Closing, and Reopening of 

Mines’’ to acknowledge the ICR’s 

burden for mine mapping as primary; it 

being significantly greater than records 

for closure, opening, and reopening of 

mines. This information collection 

covers paperwork requirements in the 

following provisions: 30 CFR 75.372, 

75.373, 75.1200, 75.1200–1, 75.1201, 

75.1202, 75.1202–1, 75.1203, 75.1204, 

75.1204–1, and 75.1721; as well as 30 

CFR 77.1200, 77.1201, and 77.1202. 

OMB last approved this information 

collection request (ICR) on March 31, 

2009. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

May 21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the 

information collection requirements of 

this notice must be clearly identified 

with ‘‘OMB 1219–0073’’ and sent to 

both the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) and MSHA. Comments to 

MSHA may be sent by any of the 

methods listed below. 

• Federal E-Rulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Facsimile: 202–693–9441, include 

‘‘OMB 1219–0073’’ in the subject line of 

the message. 

• Regular Mail or Hand Delivery: 

MSHA, Office of Standards, 

Regulations, and Variances, 1100 

Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350, 

Arlington, VA 22209–3939. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: MSHA, 

Office of Standards, Regulations, and 

Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, 

Room 2350, Arlington, VA 22209–3939. 

For hand delivery, sign in at the 

receptionist’s desk on the 21st floor. 

Comments to OMB may be sent by 

mail addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attn: Desk Officer for MSHA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg 

Moxness, Chief, Economic Analysis 

Division, Office of Standards, 

Regulations, and Variances, MSHA, at 

moxness.greg@dol.gov (email); 202– 

693–9440 (voice); or 202–693–9441 

(facsimile). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

MSHA’s information collection 

request, OMB 1219–0073, addresses 

fourteen standards as follows: 


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30 CFR citations Title 

Part 75 Underground Coal Mines 

§ 75.372 ........................................... Mine ventilation map. 

§ 75.373 ........................................... Reopening mines. 

§ 75.1200 ......................................... Mine map. 

§ 75.1200–1 ..................................... Additional information on mine map. 

§ 75.1201 ......................................... Certification. 

§ 75.1202 ......................................... Temporary notations, revisions, and supplements. 

§ 75.1202–1 ..................................... Temporary notations, revisions, and supplements. 

§ 75.1203 ......................................... Availability of mine map. 

§ 75.1204 ......................................... Mine closure; filing of map with Secretary. 

§ 75.1204–1 ..................................... Places to give notice and file maps. 

§ 75.1721 ......................................... Opening of new underground coal mines, or reopening and reactivating of abandoned or deactivated coal 

mines, notification by the operator; requirements. 

Part 77 Surface Coal Mines and Surface Work Areas of Underground Coal Mines 

§ 77.1200 ......................................... Mine map. 

§ 77.1201 ......................................... Certification of mine maps. 

§ 77.1202 ......................................... Availability of mine map. 

Mine maps are schematic depictions 

of critical mine infrastructure, such as 

water, power, transportation, 

ventilation, and communication 

systems. Using accurate, up-to-date 

maps during a disaster, mine emergency 

personnel can locate where miners may 

have taken refuge and identify sites of 

explosion or inundation potential; they 

can know where stationary equipment 

was placed, where ground was secured, 

and where they can best begin a rescue 

operation. During a disaster, maps can 

be crucial to the safety of the emergency 

personnel who must enter a mine to 

begin a search for survivors. Coal mine 

operators routinely use maps to create 

safe and effective development plans for 

their mines. 

Mine maps may describe the current 

status of a long-standing operation or 

provide crucial information years after a 

mine with extensive workings was 

closed, but is being reopened. 

Title 30 CFR 75.1200 requires each 

underground coal mine operator to have 

an accurate and up-to-date map of such 

mine drawn to scale and stored in a 

fireproof repository in an area on the 

surface of the mine chosen by the mine 

operator to minimize the danger of 

destruction by fire or other hazards. 

Sections 75.1200–1, 75.1201, 75.1202, 

75.1202–1, and 75.1203 specify the 

information which must be shown on 

the map. The maps must be certified by 

a registered engineer or surveyor; kept 

continuously up-to-date by temporary 

notations and revised and 

supplemented to include the temporary 

notations at intervals not more than 6 

months; and made available for 

inspection by a representative of the 

Secretary, State coal mine inspectors, 

miners and their representatives, 

operators of adjacent coal mines, and 

persons owning, leasing, or residing on 

surface areas of such mines or areas 

adjacent to such mines. These maps are 

essential to the planning and safe 

operation of the mine. In addition, these 

maps provide a graphic presentation of 

the locations of working sections and 

the locations of fixed surface and 

underground mine facilities and 

equipment, escapeway routes, coal 

haulage and man and materials haulage 

entries and other information essential 

to mine rescue or mine fire fighting 

activities in the event of mine fire, 

explosion or inundations of gas or 

water. The information is essential to 

the safe operation of adjacent mines and 

mines approaching the worked out areas 

of active or abandoned mines. Section 

75.372 requires underground mine 

operators to submit three copies of an 

up-to-date mine map to the District 

Manager at intervals not exceeding 12 

months during the operating life of the 

mine. 

Title 30 CFR 75.1204 and 75.1204–1 

require that whenever an underground 

coal mine operator permanently closes 

or abandons a coal mine, or temporarily 

closes a coal mine for a period of more 

than 90 days, the operator shall file with 

MSHA a copy of the mine map revised 

and supplemented to the date of 

closure. Maps are retained in a 

repository and are made available to 

mine operators of adjacent properties. 

The maps are necessary to provide an 

accurate record of underground areas 

that have been mined to help prevent 

active mine operators from mining into 

abandoned areas that may contain water 

or harmful gases. 

Title 30 CFR 77.1200, 77.1201 and 

77.1202 require surface coal mine 

operators to maintain an accurate and 

up-to-date map of the mine and 

specifies the information to be shown 

on the map, the acceptable range of map 

scales, that the map be certified by a 

registered engineer or surveyor, that the 

map be available for inspection by the 

Secretary or his authorized 

representative. These maps are essential 

for the safe operation of the mine and 

provide essential information to 

operators of adjacent surface and 

underground mines. Properly prepared 

and effectively utilized surface mine 

maps can prevent outbursts of water 

impounded in underground mine 

workings and/or inundations of 

underground mines by surface 

impounded water or water and or gases 

impounded in surface auger mining 

worked out areas. 

Title 30 CFR 75.373 and 75.1721 

require that after a mine is abandoned 

or declared inactive and before it is 

reopened, mine operations shall not 

begin until MSHA has been notified and 

has completed an inspection. Section 

75.1721 specifies that once the mine 

operator notifies the MSHA District 

Manager on the intent to reopen a mine 

all preliminary plans must be submitted 

in writing prior to development of the 

coalbed unless or until all preliminary 

plans are approved. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

MSHA is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

• Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of MSHA’s functions, 

including whether the information has 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of MSHA’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

• Suggest methods to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

• Address the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 


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public comment version of the 

supporting statement, at MSHA, Office 

of Standards, Regulations, and 

Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, 

Room 2350, Arlington, VA 22209–3939. 

OMB clearance requests are available at 

MSHA’s Web site at http:// 

www.msha.gov under ‘‘Rules & Regs’’ on 

the right side of the screen by selecting 

Information Collections Requests, 

Paperwork Reduction Act Supporting 

Statements. The public comment 

version of the supporting statement will 

be available on MSHA’s Web site for 60 

days after the publication date of this 

notice. The document will be available 

on MSHA’s home page site for 60 days 

after the signature date of this notice. 

Comments submitted in writing or in 

electronic form will be made available 

for public inspection. Because 

comments will not be edited to remove 

any identifying or contact information, 

MSHA cautions the commenter against 

including any information in the 

submission that should not be publicly 

disclosed. Questions about the 

information collection requirements 

may be directed to the person listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice. 

III. Current Actions 

The information obtained from mine 

operators is used by MSHA during 

inspections to determine compliance 

with safety standards concerning mine 

maps. MSHA has updated the data in 

respect to the number of respondents 

and responses, as well as the total 

burden hours and burden costs 

supporting this information collection 

extension request. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

Title: Mine Mapping and Records of 

Opening, Closing, and Reopening of 

Mines. 

OMB Number: 1219–0073. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Cite/Reference/Form/etc: 30 CFR Part 

75 and Part 77. 

Total Respondents: 1,876. 

Frequency: Annual, at least every six 

months, and as mines are developed. 

Total Number of Responses: 804. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

16,476. 

Estimated Total Burden Cost: 

$21,474,889. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

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. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Patricia W. Silvey, 

Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6870 Filed 3–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

Proposed Extension of Existing 

Information Collection; Occupational 

Noise Exposure 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: 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. 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. 

The Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (MSHA) is soliciting 

comments concerning the proposed 

extension of an existing information 

collection, OMB Control Number 1219– 

0120, Occupational Noise Exposure. 

OMB last approved this information 

collection request (ICR) on March 10, 

2009. 

DATES: All comments must be 

postmarked or received by midnight 

Eastern Daylight Time on May 21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must be 

identified with ‘‘OMB Control Number 

1219–0120’’ and sent to both the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) and 

MSHA. Comments to MSHA may be 

sent by any of the methods listed below. 

• Federal E-Rulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Facsimile: 202–693–9441, include 

‘‘OMB 1219–0120’’ in the subject line of 

the message. 

• Regular Mail or Hand Delivery: 

MSHA, Office of Standards, 

Regulations, and Variances, 1100 

Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350, 

Arlington, VA 22209–3939. If hand 

delivery, sign in at the receptionist’s 

desk on the 21st floor. 

Comments to OMB may be sent by 

mail addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attn: Desk Officer for MSHA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg 

Moxness, Chief, Economic Analysis 

Division, Office of Standards, 

Regulations, and Variances, MSHA, at 

moxness.greg@dol.gov (email); 202– 

693–9440 (voice); or 202–693–9441 

(facsimile). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

This information collection was 

originally titled ‘‘Noise exposure 

assessment; audiometric testing, 

evaluation, and records and training in 

all mines.’’ OMB 1219–0120 has been 

renamed ‘‘Occupational Noise 

Exposure’’ to more clearly focus the title 

and purpose of the information 

collection on its central concern for the 

prevention of hearing loss resulting 

from occupational noise exposure. 

Noise is a harmful physical agent and 

one of the most pervasive health 

hazards in mining. Repeated exposure 

to high levels of sound over time causes 

occupational noise-induced hearing loss 

(NIHL), a serious, often profound 

physical impairment in mining, with 

far-reaching psychological and social 

effects. NIHL can be distinguished from 

aging and other factors that can 

contribute to hearing loss and it can be 

prevented. According to the National 

Institute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (NIOSH), NIHL is among the 

‘‘top ten’’ leading occupational illnesses 

and injuries. 

For many years, NIHL was regarded as 

an inevitable consequence of working in 

a mine. Mining, an intensely 

mechanized industry, relies on drills, 

crushers, compressors, conveyors, 

trucks, loaders, and other heavy-duty 

equipment for the excavation, haulage, 

and processing of material. This 

equipment creates high sound levels, 

exposing machine operators as well as 

employees working nearby. The Mine 

Safety and Health Administration 

(MSHA), the Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, the military, and 

other organizations around the world 

have established and enforced standards 

to reduce the loss of hearing. Quieter 

equipment, isolation of workers from 

noise sources, and limiting the time 

workers are exposed to noise are among 

the many well-accepted methods that 

will prevent the costly incidence of 

NIHL. 


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