1219-0073 60-day FRN Published 7-12-2024

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Mine Mapping and Records of Opening, Closing, and Reopening of Mines

1219-0073 60-day FRN Published 7-12-2024

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On July 8, 2024, the Department of
Justice lodged a proposed consent
decree with the United States District
Court for the District of Colorado in the
lawsuit entitled United States and State
of Colorado v. Enterprise Gas
Processing, LLC, et al., Civil Action No.
1:24–cv–1878.
The United States and the State of
Colorado jointly filed this lawsuit under
the Clean Air Act against Defendants
Enterprise Gas Processing, LLC and
Enterprise Products Operating LLC,
alleging violations of leak detection and
repair requirements at a natural gas
processing plant in Colorado. The
complaint seeks injunctive relief and
civil penalties for the defendants’
alleged failures to monitor and repair
leaking equipment at the natural gas
processing plant. The consent decree
requires the defendants to perform
injunctive relief to address the alleged
violations, and pay a $1,000,000 civil
penalty. The civil penalty will be split
evenly between the United States and
the State of Colorado.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
consent decree. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to
United States and State of Colorado v.
Enterprise Gas Processing, LLC, et al.,
D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–2–1–11933. All
comments must be submitted no later
than thirty (30) days after the
publication date of this notice.
Comments may be submitted either by
email or by mail:
To submit
comments:

Send them to:

By email .......

pubcomment-ees.enrd@
usdoj.gov.
Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ–ENRD, P.O. Box
7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
[OMB Control No. 1219–0073]

Proposed Extension of Information
Collection; Mine Mapping and Records
of Opening, Closing, and Reopening of
Mines
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:

The Department of Labor
(DOL), as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, conducts a pre-clearance
request for comment 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 request
helps to ensure 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.
The Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) is soliciting
comments on the information collection
for Mine Mapping and Records of
Opening, Closing, and Reopening of
Mines.

SUMMARY:

All comments must be received
on or before September 10, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the
information collection requirements of
this notice may be sent by any of the
methods listed below. Please note that
late comments received after the
deadline will not be considered.
• Federal E-Rulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments for docket number MSHA–
2024–0010.
• Mail/Hand Delivery: DOL–MSHA,
Office of Standards, Regulations, and
Variances, 201 12th Street South, 4th
Floor West, Arlington, VA 22202–5452.
Before visiting MSHA in person, call
202–693–9455 to make an appointment,
in keeping with the Department of
DATES:

Any comments submitted in writing
may be filed in whole or in part on the
public court docket without notice to
the commenter.
During the public comment period,
the consent decree may be examined
and downloaded at this Justice
Department website: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
If you require assistance accessing the
consent decree, you may request
assistance by email or mail to the

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Jason Dunn,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.

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Labor’s COVID–19 policy. Special
health precautions may be required.
• MSHA will post all comments as
well as any attachments, except for
information submitted and marked as
confidential, in the docket at https://
www.regulations.gov.
S.
Aromie Noe, Director, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
MSHA, at
[email protected]
(email); (202) 693–9440 (voice); or (202)
693–9441 (facsimile). These are not tollfree numbers.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

I. Background
Section 103(h) of the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977, as
amended (Mine Act), 30 U.S.C. 813(h),
authorizes the Mine Safety and Health
Administration (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(a), authorizes
the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) 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, metal, and nonmetal
mines.
In order to fulfill the statutory
mandates to promote miners’ health and
safety, MSHA requires the collection of
information associated with Mine
Mapping and Records of Opening,
Closing, and Reopening of Mines. The
information collection addressed by this
notice is intended to ensure that
operators maintain up-to-date, accurate
mine maps that are available for review
and contain the information needed to
identify the best alternatives for action
during an emergency operation. Coal
mine operators routinely use maps to
develop safe and effective mine plans,
including accurate, up-to-date disaster
maps, which mine emergency personnel
can use to locate refuges for miners and
identify sites of explosion potential.
Mine maps are schematic depictions
of critical mine infrastructure, such as
water, power, transportation,
ventilation, and communication
systems. Mine maps describe the
current status of an operating mine or
provide crucial information about a
closed mine that is being reopened. The
maps provide essential information for
MSHA to plan and conduct mandatory
inspections and to review and approve
mandatory mine plans including a
proposed roof control plan and mine
ventilation plan, and permits.
Additionally, during a disaster, maps

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can be crucial to the safety of the
emergency personnel who must enter a
mine to begin a search for survivors.
Emergency personnel can use the maps
to figure out where stationary
equipment is placed and where the
ground is secured, so that they can
quickly begin a rescue operation.
Under 30 CFR parts 75 and 77, mine
operators are required to collect
information for mapping of mines and
for opening, closing, and reopening of
mines. MSHA requires mine operators
to develop, update, and provide
certified coal mine maps and any
revisions and supplements. Operators
are also required to provide MSHA
access to inspect mine maps and to file
mine closure maps.
Under section 312 of the Mine Act, 30
U.S.C. 872, the operator of a coal mine
is required to have a fireproof repository
of an accurate and up-to-date mine map
drawn on scale. The map must identify
areas of the mine which have been
pillared, worked out, or abandoned
which are inaccessible or cannot be
entered safely and on which no
information is available.

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Underground Coal Mines
I. Notifications of Opening or
Reopening of Underground Coal Mines
Under 30 CFR 75.373, MSHA must be
notified and must complete an
inspection before an abandoned or
inactive mine can be reopened.
Under 30 CFR 75.1721(a), prior to
opening, reopening or reactivating a
mine, the operator of a new
underground coal mine or a mine which
has been abandoned or deactivated and
is to be reopened or reactivated, must
notify the Coal Mine Health and Safety
District Manager for the district in
which the mine is located of the
approximate date of the proposed or
actual date of opening, reopening, or
reactivating of the mine. The
preliminary plans, including a proposed
roof control plan, a proposed mine
ventilation plan, and a proposed plan
for sealing work-out areas as outlined in
30 CFR 75.372, must be submitted to the
District Manager in writing and include
the required contents listed in 30 CFR
75.1721(b) and (c).
Under 30 CFR 75.372(a), the operator
must submit to the District Manager
three copies of an up-to-date mine
ventilation map at intervals not
exceeding 12 months. The map must be
certified for its accuracy by a registered
engineer or surveyor. Information
shown on the mine ventilation map is
subject to approval by the District
Manager.
Under 30 CFR 75.372(c), MSHA
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satisfy the requirements for the
ventilation map, provided that all the
information required by the ventilation
map is contained on the map.
Information collection burden
associated with ventilation plans in
underground coal mines is reported in
ICR OMB control number 1219–0088.
II. Revisions of Mine Maps in
Underground Coal Mines
Under 30 CFR 75.1200, operator of an
underground coal mine is required to
have a fireproof repository of an
accurate and up-to-date mine map. The
required elements of the mine map are
listed in 30 CFR 75.1200 and 75.1200–
1.
Under 30 CFR 75.1200–2, the scale of
mine maps must not be less than 100 or
more than 500 feet to the inch. Also,
mine traverses must be advanced by
closed loop methods of traversing or
other equally accurate methods of
traversing.
Under 30 CFR 75.1201, mine maps
must be made or certified by a registered
engineer or surveyor of the State in
which the mine is located.
Under 30 CFR 75.1202, mine maps
must be kept up-to-date by temporary
notations (specified in 75.1202–1(b))
and be revised and supplemented at
intervals prescribed by the Secretary (no
more than 6 months as specified in 30
CFR 75.1202–1(a)) on the basis of a
survey made or certified by a registered
engineer or surveyor.
III. Availability of Mine Map
Under 30 CFR 75.1203, mine operator
is required to make the coal mine map
and any revision and supplement
available for inspection by MSHA
inspectors, by coal mine inspectors of
the State in which the mine is located,
by miners in the mine and their
representatives and by operators of
adjacent coal mines and by persons
owning, leasing, or residing on surface
areas of the mines or areas adjacent to
the mines. Upon request, the operator
must furnish to MSHA inspector one or
more copies of the map and any revision
and supplement. The coal mine operator
must keep the map or revision and
supplement confidential and must not
divulged its contents to any other
person, except to the extent necessary to
carry out the provisions of the Mine Act
and in connection with the functions
and responsibilities of MSHA.
IV. Filing of Mine Closure Maps in
Underground Coal Mines
Under 30 CFR 75.1204, coal mine
operator is required to promptly notify
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mine, or temporarily closes a coal mine
for a period of more than 90 days.
Within 60 days of the permanent
closure or abandonment of the mine, or,
when the mine is temporarily closed,
upon the expiration of a period of 90
days from the date of closure, the
operator must file with MSHA a copy of
the mine map revised and
supplemented to the date of the closure.
The mine map must be certified by a
registered surveyor or engineer of the
State in which the mine is located and
be available for public inspection.
Under 30 CFR 75.1204–1, coal mine
operators must give notice of mine
closures and file copies of maps with
the Coal Mine Safety and Health District
Office for the district in which the mine
is located.
Surface Coal Mines and Surface Work
Areas of Underground Coal Mines
I. Revisions of Mine Maps in Surface
Mines
Under 30 CFR 77.1200, the operator
must maintain an accurate and up-todate mine map, at or near the mine, in
an area chosen by the mine operator.
The map must be on a scale of not less
than 100 nor more than 500 feet to the
inch. The operator is required to have a
duplicate copy on file at a separate and
distinct location to minimize the danger
of destruction by fire or other hazard.
The information required on the mine
map is also listed in this section.
Under 30 CFR 77.1201, mine maps
must be made or certified by an
engineer or surveyor registered by the
State in which the mine is located.
Under 30 CFR 77.1202, the mine map
must be available for inspection by
MSHA.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
MSHA is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed information
collection related to Mine Mapping and
Records of Opening, Closing, and
Reopening of Mines. 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
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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 https://
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 https://
www.regulations.gov and https://
www.reginfo.gov.
The public may also examine publicly
available documents at DOL–MSHA,
Office of Standards, Regulations and
Variances, 201 12th Street South, 4th
Floor West, Arlington, VA 22202–5452.
Sign in at the receptionist’s desk on the
4th floor via the West elevator. Before
visiting MSHA in person, call 202–693–
9455 to make an appointment, in
keeping with the Department of Labor’s
COVID–19 policy. Special health
precautions may be required.
Questions about the information
collection requirements may be directed
to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION section of this notice.

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III. Current Actions
This information collection request
concerns provisions for Mine Mapping
and Records of Opening, Closing, and
Reopening of Mines. MSHA has
updated the data with respect to the
number of respondents, responses,
burden hours, and burden costs
supporting this information collection
request from the previous information
collection request.
Type of Review: Extension, without
change, of a currently approved
collection.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
OMB Number: 1219–0073.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Annual Respondents: 376.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Annual Responses: 1,540.
Annual Burden Hours: 8,308 hours.
Annual Burden Costs: $561,625.
Annual Other Burden Costs:
$5,134,836.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget approval of the proposed
information collection request; they will
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will be available at https://
www.reginfo.gov.
Song-Ae Aromie Noe,
Certifying Officer, Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
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