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• 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–OASAM.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Title of Collection: Department of
Labor Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
OMB Control Number: 1225–0088.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households; State Local, and Tribal
Governments; and Private Sector—
businesses or other for-profits, farms,
and not for profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
380,000.
Frequency: Once.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
380,000.
Estimated Average Time per
Response: Various, averaging 6 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 38,000 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost
Burden: $0.
Dated: June 12, 2017.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017–12490 Filed 6–15–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
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Proposed Extension of Information
Collection; Mine Accident, Injury, and
Illness Report and Quarterly Mine
Employment and Coal Production
Report
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: 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

SUMMARY:

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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 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 on the
information collection for the Mine
Accident, Injury, and Illness Report and
Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal
Production Report.
DATES: All comments must be received
on or before August 15, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the
information collection requirements of
this notice 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–
2017–0016.
• Regular Mail: Send comments to
USDOL–MSHA, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th
Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington,
VA 22202–5452.
• Hand Delivery: USDOL—Mine
Safety and Health Administration, 201
12th Street South, Suite 4E401,
Arlington, VA 22202–5452. Sign in at
the receptionist’s desk on the 4th floor
via the East elevator.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sheila McConnell, Director, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
MSHA, at
[email protected]
(email); (202) 693–9440 (voice); or (202)
693–9441 (facsimile).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 103(h) of the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine
Act), 30 U.S.C. 813(h), authorizes
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, authorizes the Secretary of
Labor 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 or other mines.
The reporting and recordkeeping
provisions in 30 CFR part 50,
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Illnesses, Employment and Coal
Production in Mines, are essential
elements in MSHA’s Congressional
mandate to reduce work-related injuries
and illnesses among the nation’s miners.
Section 50.10 requires mine operators
and independent contractors to
immediately notify MSHA in the event
of an accident. This immediate
notification is critical to MSHA’s timely
investigation and assessment of the
cause of the accident.
Section 50.11 requires that the mine
operator or independent contractor
investigate each accident and
occupational injury and prepare a
report. The mine operator or
independent contractor may not use
MSHA Form 7000–1 as the investigation
report, except if the operator or
contractor employs fewer than 20
miners and the injury is not related to
an accident.
Section 50.20 requires mine operators
and independent contractors to report
each accident, injury, and illness to
MSHA on Form 7000–1 within 10
working days after an accident or injury
has occurred or an occupational illness
has been diagnosed. The use of MSHA
Form 7000–1 provides for uniform
information gathering across the mining
industry.
Section 50.30 requires that all mine
operators and independent contractors
working on mine property report
employment to MSHA quarterly on
Form 7000–2, and that coal mine
operators and independent contractors
also report coal production.
Accident, injury, and illness data,
when correlated with employment and
production data, provide information
that allows 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 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.
Section 103(d) of the Mine Act
mandates that each accident be
investigated by the operator to
determine the cause and means of
preventing a recurrence. Records of
such accidents and investigations must
be kept and made available to the
Secretary or his authorized
representative and the appropriate State
agency. Section 103(h) requires

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operators to keep any records and make
any reports that are reasonably
necessary for MSHA to perform its
duties under the Mine Act. Section
103(j) requires operators to notify
MSHA of the occurrence of an accident
and to take appropriate measures to
preserve any evidence that would assist
in the investigation into the causes of
the accident.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
MSHA is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed information
collection related to the Mine Accident,
Injury, and Illness Report and Quarterly
Mine Employment and Coal Production
Report. 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 http://
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 www.regulations.gov and
www.reginfo.gov.
The public may also examine publicly
available documents at USDOL-Mine
Safety and Health Administration, 201
12th South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, VA
22202–5452. Sign in at the receptionist’s
desk on the 4th floor via the East
elevator.
Questions about the information
collection requirements may be directed
to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION section of this notice.
III. Current Actions
This request for collection of
information contains provisions for the
Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness
Report and Quarterly Mine Employment
and Coal Production Report. MSHA has
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number of respondents, responses,
burden hours, and burden costs
supporting this information collection
request.
Type of Review: Extension, without
change, of a currently approved
collection.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
OMB Number: 1219–0007.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 24,958.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Responses: 118,417.
Annual Burden Hours: 162,326 hours.
Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper
Cost: $2,617.
MSHA Forms: MSHA Form 7000 1,
Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness
Report; MSHA Form 7000 2, Quarterly
Mine Employment and Coal Production
Report.
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.
Sheila McConnell,
Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017–12541 Filed 6–15–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Safety and Health Administration
(MSHA) is soliciting comments on the
information collection for Examinations
and Testing of Electrical Equipment,
Including Examination, Testing, and
Maintenance of High Voltage Longwalls.
DATES: All comments must be received
on or before August 15, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the
information collection requirements of
this notice 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–
2017–0017.
• Regular Mail: Send comments to
USDOL–MSHA, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th
Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington,
VA 22202–5452.
• Hand Delivery: USDOL—Mine
Safety and Health Administration, 201
12th Street South, Suite 4E401,
Arlington, VA 22202–5452. Sign in at
the receptionist’s desk on the 4th floor
via the East elevator.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sheila McConnell, Director, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
MSHA, at
[email protected]
(email); (202) 693–9440 (voice); or (202)
693–9441 (facsimile).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Mine Safety and Health Administration

I. Background

[OMB Control No. 1219–0116]

The Federal Mine Safety and Health
Act of 1977 (Mine Act) and 30 CFR parts
75 and 77, mandatory safety standards
for coal mines, make this collection of
information necessary. Subsection
103(h) of the Mine Act, 30 U.S.C.
813(h), authorizes MSHA to collect
information necessary to carry out its
duty in protecting the safety and health
of miners.
Inadequate maintenance of electric
equipment is a major cause of serious
electrical accidents in the coal mining
industry. It is imperative that mine
operators adopt and follow an effective
maintenance program to ensure that
electric equipment is maintained in a
safe operating condition to prevent
electrocutions, mine fires and mine
explosions. MSHA regulations require
the mine operator to establish an
electrical maintenance program by
specifying minimum requirements for
the examination, testing, and
maintenance of electric equipment. The
regulations also contain recordkeeping
requirements that help operators in
implementing an effective maintenance
program.

Proposed Extension of Information
Collection; Examinations and Testing
of Electrical Equipment, Including
Examination, Testing, and
Maintenance of High Voltage
Longwalls
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: 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
collections of information in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. 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

SUMMARY:

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