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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 33 / Thursday, February 17, 2011 / Notices

Dated: February 11, 2011.
Roslyn B. Fontaine,
Acting Director, Office of Standards,
Regulations and Variances, Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011–3594 Filed 2–16–11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–43–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
[OMB Control No. 1219–0015]

Proposed Extension of Existing
Information Collection; Refuse Piles
and Impoundment Structures,
Recordkeeping and Reporting
Requirements
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of request for public
comments.
AGENCY:

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 continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. 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.
Currently, the Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) is soliciting
comments concerning the extension of
the information collection for 30 CFR
77.215(j), 77.215–2, 77.215–3, 77.215–4,
77.216–2, 77.216–3, 77.216–4, and
77.216–5.
DATES: All comments must be received
or postmarked by midnight Eastern
Standard Time on April 18, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be
identified clearly with the rule title and
may be submitted to MSHA by any of
the following methods:
(1) Electronic mail: [email protected].
(2) Facsimile: 202–693–9441
(3) Regular Mail: MSHA, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350,
Arlington, VA 22209–3939.
(4) Hand Delivery or Courier: MSHA,
Office of Standards, Regulations, and
Variances, 1100 Wilson Boulevard,
Room 2350, Arlington, VA 22209–3939.
Sign in at the receptionist’s desk on the
21st floor.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mario Distasio, Chief of the Economic
Analysis Division, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances, MSHA, at
[email protected] (e-mail), 202–
693–9445 (voice mail), 202–693–9441
(facsimile).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
30 CFR part 77, subpart C, sets forth
standards for surface installations. More
specifically, these sections address
refuse piles (30 CFR 77.215), and
impoundments (30 CFR 77.216).
Impoundments are structures that can
retain water, sediment, or slurry or any
combination of materials; and refuse
piles are deposits of coal mine waste
(other than overburden or spoil) that are
removed during mining operations or
separated from mined coal and
deposited on the surface. The failure of
these structures can have a devastating
affect on a community. To avoid or
minimize such disasters, standards have
been promulgated for the design,
construction, and maintenance of these
structures; for annual certifications; for
certification for hazardous refuse piles;
for the frequency of inspections; and the
methods of abandonment for
impoundments and impounding
structures.
Section 103(e) of the Mine Act directs
the Secretary of Labor not to impose an
unreasonable burden on small
businesses when obtaining any
information under the Mine Act. This
information collection does not have a
significant impact on a substantial
number of small entities.
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 the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information has practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
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 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.
A copy of the information collection
request can be obtained by contacting

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the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
section of this
notice, or viewed on the Internet by
selecting ‘‘Rules & Regs’’, and then
selecting ‘‘FedReg.Docs’’. On the next
screen, select ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act
Supporting Statement’’ to view
documents supporting the Federal
Register notice.
INFORMATION CONTACT

III. Current Actions
This notice contains the request for an
extension of the existing collection of
information in 30 CFR 77.215(j),
77.215–2, 77.215–3, 77.215–4, 77.216–2,
77.216–3, 77.216–4, and 77.216–5.
MSHA does not intend to publish the
results from this information collection
and is not seeking approval to either
display or not display the expiration
date for the OMB approval of this
information collection.
There are no certification exceptions
identified with this information
collection and the collection of this
information does not employ statistical
methods.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
OMB Number: 1219–0015.
Frequency: Variable.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Cost to Federal Government:
$535,953.
Total Burden Respondents: 642.
Total Number of Responses: 10,422.
Total Burden Hours: 30,579 hours.
Total Hour Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $7,782,240.
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.
Dated: February 11, 2011.
Roslyn B. Fontaine,
Acting Director, Office of Standards,
Regulations and Variances, Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011–3593 Filed 2–16–11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–43–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
[OMB Control No. 1219–0127]

Proposed Extension of Existing
Information Collection on
Qualification/Certification Program and
Man Hoist Operators Physical Fitness
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of request for public
comments.
AGENCY:

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