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###### Department of Labor

###### Office of the Secretary

# ACTION:

Notice.

# SUMMARY:

On September 29, 2017, the Department of Labor (DOL) will submit the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, “Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report and Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report,” to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for continued use, without change, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

# DATES:

The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives on or before November 3, 2017.

# ADDRESSES:

                        A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation; including a description of the likely                               ( print page 46289)                            respondents, proposed frequency of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained free of charge from the                         *RegInfo.gov*                         Web site at                         *http://www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAViewICR?​ref_​nbr=​201708-1219-005*                         or by contacting Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by email at                         *DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.*

                        Submit comments about this request by mail to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-MSHA, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202-395-5806 (this is not a toll-free number); or by email:                         *OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.*                         Commenters are encouraged, but not required, to send a courtesy copy of any comments by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Attn: Departmental Information Compliance Management Program, Room N1301, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; or by email:                         *DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.*

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by email at                         *DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.*

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                    This ICR seeks to extend PRA authority for the Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report and Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report information collection. The reporting and recordkeeping provisions in regulations 30 CFR part 50, Notification, Investigation, Reports and Records of Accidents, Injuries and Illnesses, Employment and Coal Production in Mines, are essential elements in the MSHA's Congressional mandate to reduce work-related injuries and illnesses among the nation's miners. Accident, injury, and illness data, when correlated with employment and production data, provide information that allows the 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 the 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 using historical data. The information collected under part 50 is the most comprehensive and reliable occupational data available concerning the mining industry. The Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 sections 101(a) and 103(h) authorize this information collection.                     *See*30 U.S.C. 813(h), 30 U.S.C. 811(a).                

                    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and the public is generally not required to respond to an information collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA and displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid Control Number.                     *See*5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this information collection under Control Number 1219-0007.                

                    OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3) years without renewal, and the current approval for this collection is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2017. The DOL seeks to extend PRA authorization for this information collection for three (3) more years, without any change to existing requirements. The DOL notes that existing information collection requirements submitted to the OMB receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review. For additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the                     **Federal Register**                     on June 16, 2017 (82 FR 27727).                

                    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in the                     **ADDRESSES**                     section within thirty (30) days of publication of this notice in the                     **Federal Register.**                     In order to help ensure appropriate consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number 1219-0007. The OMB 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 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:*                     DOL-MSHA.                

*Title of Collection:*                     Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report and Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report.                

*OMB Control Number:*                     1219-0007.                

*Affected Public:*                     Private Sector—businesses or other for-profits.                

*Total Estimated Number of Respondents:*                     24,958.                

*Total Estimated Number of Responses:*                     118,417.                

*Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:*                     162,326 hours.                

*Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden:*                     $2,847.                

Authority:44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

Dated: September 28, 2017.

Michel Smyth,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 2017-21320 Filed 10-3-17; 8:45 am]

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