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Because comments will not be edited to
remove any identifying information,
MSHA cautions the commenter against
including any information in the
submission that should not be publicly
disclosed.
The public also may examine publicly
available documents at MSHA, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350,
Arlington, VA 22209–3939.
Questions about the information
collection requirements may be directed
to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice.

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III. Current Actions
The information obtained from
applicants will be used to determine
compliance with MSHA’s safety and
health standards.
MSHA has updated the number of
respondents and responses, as well as
the total burden hours and burden costs
supporting this information collection
request.
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 without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
Title: Coal Mine Rescue Teams;
Arrangements for Emergency Medical
Assistance and Transportation for
Injured Persons; Agreements; Reporting
Requirements; Posting Requirements.
OMB Number: 1219–0144.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Total Number of Respondents: 477.
Frequency: Various.
Total Number of Responses: 21,379.
Total Burden Hours: 3,345 hours.
Total Annual Respondent or
Recordkeeper Cost: $786,928.
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: June 10, 2013.
George F. Triebsch,
Certifying Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Mine Safety and Health Administration

I. Background

Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Safety Standards
for Underground Coal Mine
Ventilation—Belt Entry Used as an
Intake Air Course To Ventilate Working
Sections and Areas Where Mechanized
Mining Equipment Is Being Installed or
Removed
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: 60-Day Notice.
AGENCY:

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 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
information collections related to the
provisions of 30 CFR 75.350, 75.351,
75.352 and 75.371.
DATES: All comments must be
postmarked or received by midnight
Eastern Standard Time on August 13,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the
information collection requirements of
this notice must be clearly identified
with ‘‘OMB 1219–0138’’ and sent to the
Mine Safety and Health Administration
(MSHA). Comments 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 for docket number [MSHA–
2013–0138].
• Regular Mail or Hand Delivery:
MSHA, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances, 1100
Wilson Boulevard, 21st Floor, Room
2350, Arlington, VA 22209–3939.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sheila McConnell, Deputy Director,
Office of Standards, Regulations, and
Variances, MSHA, at
[email protected] (email);
202–693–9440 (voice); or 202–693–9441
(facsimile).

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Under MSHA standards, MSHA
allows operators to use air from a belt
air course to ventilate a working section,
or an area where mechanized mining
equipment is being installed or
removed, only under certain conditions.
The belt air use must be evaluated and
approved by the district manager in the
mine ventilation plan and operators
must follow a number of other
requirements that provide additional
protection.
Section 75.350(b) requires that the
mine operator must include in a
ventilation plan a justification that the
use of air from a belt entry would afford
at least the same measure of protection
as where belt haulage entries are not
used. The plan also must include
information regarding point feeds and
regulators and designated areas for dust
and air velocity measurements.
Sections 75.351(b)(3) and 75.351(b)(4)
require a mine operator to post a map
or schematic, at a designated surface
location, which shows the locations and
type of Atmospheric Monitoring System
(AMS) sensors at each location and the
intended air flow direction at these
locations. This map or schematic must
be updated within 24 hours of any
change in this information. Contact
information for AMS and other
appropriate personnel also must be
posted at this location.
Section 75.351(j) requires approval of
the CO ambient levels, and the means to
determine those levels, in the mine
ventilation plan.
Section 75.351(m) permits a mine to
incorporate time delays into the AMS,
or to use other methods for reducing
non-fire alerts and alarm levels,
provided they are specified and
approved in the mine ventilation plan.
Permission for such time delays, or
other methods of reducing non-fire
alerts and alarms, would be granted
based on associated documentation that
justifies these changes.
Sections 75.351(n)(2) and 75.351(n)(3)
require that alarms for AMS be tested
every seven days and CO, smoke, or
methane sensors be calibrated, every 31
days, respectively.
Section 75.351(o)(1)(i) requires that a
record be made if the AMS emits an
alert or alarm signal. The record would
consist of the date, time, location, and
type of sensor, and the reason for its
activation.
Section 75.351(o)(1)(ii) requires that,
if an AMS malfunctions, a record be
made of the date, the extent and cause
of the malfunction, and the corrective

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action taken to return the system to
proper operating condition.
Section 75.351(o)(1)(iii) requires that
the persons doing the weekly test of
alert and alarm signals, the monthly
calibration, or maintenance of the
system make a record of these tests,
calibrations, or maintenance.
Section 75.351(o)(3) requires that all
records concerning the AMS be kept in
a book or electronically in a computer
system that is secure and not
susceptible to alteration.
Section 75.351(p) requires the mine
operator to keep these records for at
least one year at a surface location and
to make them available for inspection by
authorized representatives of the
Secretary and representatives of miners.
Section 75.351(q)(3) requires that a
record of annual AMS operator training
be kept. The record will include the
content of training, the person
conducting the training, and the date
the training is conducted. The record
needs to be maintained at the mine site
by the mine operator for at least one
year.
Sections 75.352(a), 75.352(b), and
75.352(c) require the designated AMS
operator or other appropriate personnel
to notify, investigate, or evacuate when
malfunction, alert, or alarm signals are
received.
Section 75.371(hh) requires reporting
within the mine ventilation plan of the
‘‘ambient level in parts per million of
carbon monoxide, and the method for
determining the ambient level, in all
areas where carbon monoxide sensors
are installed.’’ This provision is
impacted by § 75.351(j).
Section 75.371(kk) requires the
locations where air quantities are
measured as set forth in § 75.350(b)(6)
be included in the mine ventilation
plan.
Section 75.371(ll) requires the
locations and use of point feed
regulators, in accordance with Sections
75.350(c) and 75.350(d)(5), to be in the
mine ventilation plan.
Section 75.371(mm) requires the
location of any diesel-discriminating
sensor and additional carbon monoxide
or smoke sensors installed in the belt air
course to be included in the mine
ventilation plan.
Sections 75.371(nn), 75.371(oo), and
75.371(pp) require modification of the
mine ventilation plan to show the
length of the time delay or any other
method used for reducing the number of
non-fire related alert and alarm signals
from CO sensors, the lower alert and
alarm setting for CO sensors, and the
alternate instrument and the alert and
alarm levels associated with the
instrument, respectively.

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II. Desired Focus of Comments
MSHA is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of
the information collection related to the
Safety Standards for Underground Coal
Mine Ventilation—Belt Entry Used as an
Intake Air Course to Ventilate Working
Sections and Areas Where Mechanized
Mining Equipment is Being Installed or
Removed. 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
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.
OMB clearance requests are available
on MSHA’s Web site at http://
www.msha.gov under ‘‘Federal Register
Documents’’ on the right side of the
screen by selecting ‘‘New and Existing
Information Collections and Supporting
Statements’’. The document will be
available on MSHA’s Web site for 60
days after the publication date of this
notice, and on regulations.gov.
Comments submitted in writing or in
electronic form will be made available
for public inspection on regulations.gov.
Because comments will not be edited to
remove any identifying information,
MSHA cautions the commenter against
including any information in the
submission that should not be publicly
disclosed.
The public also may examine publicly
available documents at MSHA, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2350,
Arlington, VA 22209–3939.
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
applicants will be used to determine
compliance with safety and health
standards.

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MSHA has updated the number of
respondents and responses, as well as
the total burden hours and burden costs
supporting this information collection
request.
MSHA does not intend to publish the
results from this information collection
and is not seeking approval to 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 without
change of a currently approved
information collection.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
Title: Safety Standards for
Underground Coal Mine Ventilation—
Belt Entry Used as an Intake Air Course
to Ventilate Working Sections and Areas
Where Mechanized Mining Equipment
is Being Installed or Removed.
OMB Number: 1219–0138.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Total Number of Respondents: 21.
Frequency: Various.
Total Number of Responses: 251.
Total Burden Hours: 4,245 hours.
Total Annual Respondent or
Recordkeeper Cost: $343,624.
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: June 10, 2013.
George F. Triebsch,
Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013–14106 Filed 6–13–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Petitions for Modification of
Application of Existing Mandatory
Safety Standards
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: Section 101(c) of the Federal
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and
30 CFR Part 44 govern the application,
processing, and disposition of petitions
for modification. This notice is a
summary of petitions for modification
submitted to the Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) by the parties
listed below to modify the application

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