Radiation Sampling and Exposure Records

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Form Individual Exposur Radiation Sampling and Exposure Records Form	Modified
1219-0003_(20110228).doc Supporting Statement A	2011-02-28
2011-04512_PI.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-02-28
2010-31815 (12 21 2010).pdf Supplementary Document	2011-02-24

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
14336	Radiation Sampling and Exposure Records Form	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1219-0003	ICR Reference No: 201102-1219-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200710-1219-002
Agency/Subagency: DOL/MSHA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Radiation Sampling and Exposure Records
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 06/01/2011
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/28/2011
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2014	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2011
Responses	505	0	100
Time Burden (Hours)	502	0	800
Cost Burden (Dollars)	25	0	0

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Abstract: MSHA is required to-issue regulations requiring operators to maintain accurate records of employee exposures to potentially toxic materials or harmful physical agents which are required to be monitored or measured under any applicable mandatory health or safety standard promulgated under this Act. Airborne radon and radon daughters exist in every uranium mine and in several other underground mining commodities. Radon is radioactive gas. It diffuses into the underground mine atmosphere through the rock and the ground water. Radon decays in a series of steps into other radioactive elements, which are solids, called radon daughters. Radon and radon daughters are invisible and odorless. Decay of radon and its daughters results in emissions of alpha energy.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 91 - 173 103(c) Name of Law: Federal Mine Safety & Health Act of 1977
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 80072	12/21/2010
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	76 FR 11276	02/28/2011
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Radiation Sampling and Exposure Records	Individual Exposure to Radon Daughters	4000-9

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	505	100	0	0	405	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	502	800	0	0	-298	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	25	0	0	0	25	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There is a program change enhancing the electronic submission option; however, it results in no material change to the burden estimates. This submission reflects an increase of 405 responses (from 100 to 505) and $25 in maintenance and operations costs (up from no cost reflected in ROCIS). This request also reflects a reduction of 298 burden hours (from 800 to 502 hours). The number of responses and respondents have increased since 2007, because the potential respondent universe increased from two underground uranium mine operators to three and two other underground non-uranium mines for a total of five mines reporting. MSHA has included mailing costs in what is shown in ROCIS data. The 2007 renewal of 1219-0003 included the time that a miner actually took to take the samples. Upon reconsidering what burden should be attributed to an information collection subject to PRA and what constitutes an independent substantive requirement, MSHA has determined that the time it takes to draw the sample should be excluded from PRA hour and cost estimates. MSHA health specialists estimate that instead of 5 hours (as was estimated in 2007) just the actual paperwork of recording the sampling results and performing the needed calculations will take 0.5 hours. The same health specialists also estimate that it will take 1.50 hours and not 1.25 hours for recordkeeping and maintenance of the sampling results. This is also a change from the 2007 renewal.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $747

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 02/28/2011

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