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OMB Number: 1219–0030. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Annual Respondents: 6. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Annual Responses: 3,960. 

Annual Time Burden: 2,112 hours. 

Annual Other Burden Costs $6,000. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

proposed information collection 

request; they will become a matter of 

public record and be available at https:// 

www.reginfo.gov. 

Song-ae Aromie Noe, 

Certifying Officer, Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30942 Filed 12–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

[OMB Control No. 1219–0026] 

Proposed Extension of Information 

Collection; Ground Control for Surface 

Coal Mines and Surface Work Areas of 

Underground Coal Mines 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL), 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 collections of information, in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. This program 

helps to ensure 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 on the information collection 

entitled Ground Control for Surface Coal 

Mines and Surface Work Areas of 

Underground Coal Mines. 

DATES: All comments must be received 

on or before February 25, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the 

information collection requirements of 

this notice may be sent by any of the 

methods listed below. Please note that 

late comments received after the 

deadline will not be considered. 

• Federal E-Rulemaking Portal: 

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

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments for docket number MSHA– 

2024–0067. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery: DOL–MSHA, 

Office of Standards, Regulations, and 

Variances, 201 12th Street South, 4th 

Floor West, Arlington, VA 22202–5452. 

Before visiting MSHA in person, call 

202–693–9455 to make an appointment. 

• MSHA will post all comments as 

well as any attachments, except for 

information submitted and marked as 

confidential, in the docket at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: S. 

Aromie Noe, Director, Office of 

Standards, Regulations, and Variances, 

MSHA, at 

MSHA.information.collections@dol.gov 

(email); (202) 693–9440 (voice); or (202) 

693–9441 (facsimile). These are not tollfree numbers. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

A. Legal Authority 

Section 103(h) of the Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine 

Act) as amended, 30 U.S.C. 813(h), 

authorizes the Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (MSHA) to collect 

information necessary to carry out its 

duty in protecting the safety and health 

of miners. Further, section 101(a) of the 

Mine Act, 30 U.S.C. 811(a), authorizes 

the Secretary of Labor (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, metal and nonmetal 

mines. 

B. Information Collection 

In order to fulfill the statutory 

mandates to promote miners’ health and 

safety, MSHA requires the collection of 

information under the information 

collection request titled ‘‘Ground 

Control for Surface Coal Mines and 

Surface Work Areas of Underground 

Coal Mines.’’ The information collection 

is intended to ensure that mine 

operators are properly maintaining the 

highwalls, pits, and spoil banks of 

surface coal mines and underground 

coal mines with surface work areas so 

that a safe environment is provided for 

mine employees, management, and 

others who visit the mine property. 

Mine operators are required to (1) 

develop ground control plans for 

highwalls, pits, and spoil banks and (2) 

submit the ground control plans. Details 

on the two requirements are following: 

1. Development of Ground Control Plans 

of Highwalls, Pits and Spoil Banks 

Under 30 CFR 77.1000, each operator 

must establish and follow a ground 

control plan for the safe control of all 

highwalls, pits and spoil banks, which 

must be consistent with prudent 

engineering design and will ensure safe 

working conditions. The mining 

methods employed by the operator must 

be selected to ensure highwall and spoil 

bank stability. 

2. Submission of Ground Control Plans 

Under 30 CFR 77.1000–1, the mine 

operator must file a copy of the ground 

control plan, and revisions thereof, with 

the MSHA District Office in which the 

mine is located, and must identify: the 

name and location of the mine; the 

MSHA identification number if known; 

and the name and address of the mine 

operator. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

MSHA is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed information 

collection titled ‘‘Ground Control for 

Surface Coal Mines and Surface Work 

Areas of Underground Coal Mines.’’ 

MSHA is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

• Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, 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 

• 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. 

The information collection request 

will be available on https://

www.regulations.gov. MSHA cautions 

the commenter against providing any 

information in the submission that 

should not be publicly disclosed. Full 

comments, including personal 

information provided, will be made 

available on https://

www.regulations.gov and https://

www.reginfo.gov. 

The public may also examine publicly 

available documents at DOL–MSHA, 

Office of Standards, Regulations and 

Variances, 201 12th Street South, 4th 


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Floor West, Arlington, VA 22202–5452. 

Sign in at the receptionist’s desk on the 

4th Floor via the West elevator. Before 

visiting MSHA in person, call 202–693– 

9455 to make an appointment. 

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 

This information collection request 

concerns provisions for Ground Control 

for Surface Coal Mines and Surface 

Work Areas of Underground Coal 

Mines. MSHA has updated the data 

with respect to the number of 

respondents, responses, time burden, 

and burden costs supporting this 

information collection request from the 

previous information collection request. 

Type of Review: Extension, without 

change, of a currently approved 

collection. 

Agency: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

OMB Number: 1219–0026. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Annual Respondents: 349. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Annual Responses: 349. 

Annual Time Burden: 2,398 hours. 

Annual Other Burden Costs: $663. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

proposed information collection 

request; they will become a matter of 

public record and be available at https:// 

www.reginfo.gov. 

Song-ae Aromie Noe, 

Certifying Officer, Mine Safety and Health 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30941 Filed 12–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4520–43–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0025] 

UL LLC: Grant of Expansion of 

Recognition 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces the final decision to expand 

the scope of recognition for UL LLC as 

a Nationally Recognized Testing 

Laboratory (NRTL). 

DATES: The expansion of the scope of 

recognition becomes effective on 

December 27, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information regarding this notice is 

available from the following sources: 

Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank 

Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of 

Communications, U.S. Department of 

Labor, telephone: (202) 693–1999; 

email: meilinger.francis@dol.gov. 

General and technical information: 

Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director, 

Office of Technical Programs and 

Coordination Activities, Directorate of 

Technical Support and Emergency 

Management, Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, U.S. Department 

of Labor, phone: (202) 693–2300 or 

email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Notice of Final Decision 

OSHA hereby gives notice of the 

expansion of the scope of recognition of 

UL LLC (UL), as a NRTL. UL’s 

expansion covers the addition of one 

test site to the NRTL scope of 

recognition. 

OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies 

that the organization meets the 

requirements specified in 29 CFR 

1910.7. Recognition is an 

acknowledgment that the organization 

can perform independent safety testing 

and certification of the specific products 

covered within the scope of recognition. 

Each NRTL’s scope of recognition 

includes (1) the type of products the 

NRTL may test, with each type specified 

by the applicable test standard and (2) 

the recognized site(s) that has/have the 

technical capability to perform the 

product-testing and productcertification activities for test standards 

within the NRTL’s scope. Recognition is 

not a delegation or grant of government 

authority; however, recognition enables 

employers to use products approved by 

the NRTL to meet OSHA standards that 

require product testing and certification. 

The agency processes applications by 

a NRTL for initial recognition, as well 

as for an expansion or renewal of 

recognition, following requirements in 

Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This 

appendix requires that the agency 

publish two notices in the Federal 

Register in processing an application. In 

the first notice, OSHA announces the 

application and provides the 

preliminary finding. In the second 

notice, the agency provides the final 

decision on the application. These 

notices set forth the NRTL’s scope of 

recognition or modifications of that 

scope. OSHA maintains an 

informational web page for each NRTL, 

including UL, which details that NRTL’s 

scope of recognition. These pages are 

available from the OSHA website at 

https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/ 

index.html. 

UL submitted an application, dated 

November 29, 2022 (OSHA–2009–0025– 

0066), to expand recognition as a NRTL 

to include one additional test site 

located at: Uiwang (LAB), Obongsandan 

1-Ro, 42, Uiwang-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 

Uiwang 16079, South Korea. OSHA staff 

performed an on-site review of UL’s 

testing facilities at UL Uiwang on May 

8–9, 2024, in which assessors found 

some nonconformances with the 

requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7. UL has 

addressed these issues sufficiently, and 

OSHA staff has preliminarily 

determined that OSHA should grant the 

application. 

OSHA published the preliminary 

notice announcing UL’s expansion 

application in the Federal Register on 

October 25, 2024 (89 FR 85249). The 

agency requested comments by 

November 12, 2024, but it received no 

comments in response to this notice. 

OSHA is now proceeding with this 

notice to grant expansion to UL’s scope 

of recognition. 

To obtain or review copies of all 

public documents pertaining to the UL 

expansion application, go to 

www.regulations.gov or contact the 

Docket Office (202) 693–2350 (TTY 

(877) 889–5627. Docket No. OSHA– 

2009–0025 contains all materials in the 

record containing UL’s recognition. 

II. Final Decision and Order 

OSHA staff examined UL’s expansion 

application, conducted a detailed onsite assessment, and examined other 

pertinent information. Based on review 

of this evidence, OSHA finds that UL 

meets the requirements of 29 CFR 

1910.7 for expansion of recognition, 

subject to the specified limitations and 

conditions. OSHA, therefore, is 

proceeding with this final notice to 

grant UL’s scope of recognition. OSHA 

limits the expansion of UL’s recognition 

to include the site at Uiwang, Korea as 

listed above. OSHA’s recognition of the 

site limits UL to performing product 

testing and certifications only to the test 

standards for which the site has the 

proper capability and programs, and for 

test standards in UL’s scope of 

recognition. This limitation is consistent 

with the recognition that OSHA grants 

to other NRTLs that operate multiple 

sites. 

A. Conditions 

In addition to those conditions 

already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, UL 


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