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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 183 / Monday, September 21, 2020 / Notices
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 64,325.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
32,163 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $37,309.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: September 15, 2020.
Anthony May,
Management and Program Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2020–20771 Filed 9–18–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Records
of Tests and of Examinations of
Personnel Hoisting Equipment
Notice of availability; request
for comments.

ACTION:

The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting this Mine Safety
and Health Administration (MSHA)sponsored information collection
request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval 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 October 21, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anthony May by telephone at 202–693–
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or
by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
are invited on: (1) Whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Department, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) if the information
will be processed and used in a timely
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency’s
estimates of the burden and cost of the
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the

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information collection; and (5) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
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. Under
Title 30 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), MSHA has
requirements that address hoists and
appurtenances, including wire rope,
used for hoisting persons. The
requirements address both metal and
nonmetal surface and underground
mines (30 CFR parts 56 and 57); and
underground coal and surface work
areas of underground coal mines (30
CFR parts 75 and 77). Sections 56/
57.19022 and 75/77.1432 requires the
diameter of newly installed wire rope to
be measured at least once in every third
interval of the rope’s active length to
establish a baseline for subsequent
semiannual measurements. A record of
the measurements is required to be
made and retained until the rope is
retired from service. Sections 56/
57.19023 and 75/77.1433 require the
wire rope to be visually examined at
least every fourteen days for visible
structural damage, corrosion, and
improper lubrication or dressing. If the
examination reveals weakening portions
of the rope, the weakened portions must
be monitored daily for further
deterioration until retirement criteria
require that the rope be removed from
service. The person conducting the
examination must certify that the
examination was made and the record
must be retained for one year. Sections
56/57.19121 requires the person
conducting the inspection, test or
examination of hoisting equipment
certify that these activities have been
done. Any unsafe conditions must be
noted in a record and dated. All
certifications and records must be
retained for one year. Section 75.1400–
2 requires a record to be made of tests
conducted on safety catches. Safety
catches are the last means to stop,
safely, a falling conveyance in the event
of rope or equipment failure. Sections
75.1400–4 and 77.1404 require a record
to be made of each daily examination.

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If any unsafe condition is found during
the examination, the person conducting
the examination must make a record of
the condition. All certifications and
records must be retained for one year.
Section 77.1906 requires a daily
examination of hoists used for shaft
sinking. If any unsafe condition is found
during the examination, the person
conducting the examination must make
a record of the condition. All
certifications and records must be
retained for one year. For additional
substantive information about this ICR,
see the related notice published in the
Federal Register on March 25, 2020 (85
FR 16961).
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 the OMB
approves it 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 OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an ICR
cannot be for more than three (3) years
without renewal. The DOL notes that
information collection requirements
submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL–MSHA.
Title of Collection: Records of Tests
and of Examinations of Personnel
Hoisting Equipment.
OMB Control Number: 1219–0034.
Affected Public: Private Sector:
Businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 225.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 61,366.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
5,133 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $270,000.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: September 15, 2020.
Anthony May,
Management and Program Analyst.
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