1219-0026 60-Day FRN Published 12-27-2024

Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 248 / Friday, December 27, 2024 / Notices
OMB Number: 1219–0030.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Annual Respondents: 6.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Annual Responses: 3,960.
Annual Time Burden: 2,112 hours.
Annual Other Burden Costs $6,000.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
proposed information collection
request; they will become a matter of
public record and be available at https://
www.reginfo.gov.

• Federal E-Rulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments for docket number MSHA–
2024–0067.
• 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.
• 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.

Song-ae Aromie Noe,
Certifying Officer, Mine Safety and Health
Administration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mine Safety and Health Administration

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:

[OMB Control No. 1219–0026]

I. Background

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BILLING CODE 4510–43–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Proposed Extension of Information
Collection; Ground Control for Surface
Coal Mines and Surface Work Areas of
Underground Coal Mines
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor
(DOL), 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 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
entitled Ground Control for Surface Coal
Mines and Surface Work Areas of
Underground Coal Mines.
DATES: All comments must be received
on or before February 25, 2025.
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.

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A. Legal Authority
Section 103(h) of the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine
Act) as amended, 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.
B. Information Collection
In order to fulfill the statutory
mandates to promote miners’ health and
safety, MSHA requires the collection of
information under the information
collection request titled ‘‘Ground
Control for Surface Coal Mines and
Surface Work Areas of Underground
Coal Mines.’’ The information collection
is intended to ensure that mine
operators are properly maintaining the
highwalls, pits, and spoil banks of
surface coal mines and underground
coal mines with surface work areas so
that a safe environment is provided for
mine employees, management, and
others who visit the mine property.
Mine operators are required to (1)
develop ground control plans for
highwalls, pits, and spoil banks and (2)
submit the ground control plans. Details
on the two requirements are following:

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1. Development of Ground Control Plans
of Highwalls, Pits and Spoil Banks
Under 30 CFR 77.1000, each operator
must establish and follow a ground
control plan for the safe control of all
highwalls, pits and spoil banks, which
must be consistent with prudent
engineering design and will ensure safe
working conditions. The mining
methods employed by the operator must
be selected to ensure highwall and spoil
bank stability.
2. Submission of Ground Control Plans
Under 30 CFR 77.1000–1, the mine
operator must file a copy of the ground
control plan, and revisions thereof, with
the MSHA District Office in which the
mine is located, and must identify: the
name and location of the mine; the
MSHA identification number if known;
and the name and address of the mine
operator.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
MSHA is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed information
collection titled ‘‘Ground Control for
Surface Coal Mines and Surface Work
Areas of Underground Coal 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
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 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

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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.
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
This information collection request
concerns provisions for Ground Control
for Surface Coal Mines and Surface
Work Areas of Underground Coal
Mines. MSHA has updated the data
with respect to the number of
respondents, responses, time burden,
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: 1219–0026.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Annual Respondents: 349.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Annual Responses: 349.
Annual Time Burden: 2,398 hours.
Annual Other Burden Costs: $663.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
proposed information collection
request; they will become a matter of
public record and be available at https://
www.reginfo.gov.
Song-ae Aromie Noe,
Certifying Officer, Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
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BILLING CODE 4520–43–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0025]

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UL LLC: Grant of Expansion of
Recognition
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA
announces the final decision to expand
the scope of recognition for UL LLC as
a Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory (NRTL).

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The expansion of the scope of
recognition becomes effective on
December 27, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information regarding this notice is
available from the following sources:
Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank
Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of
Communications, U.S. Department of
Labor, telephone: (202) 693–1999;
email: [email protected].
General and technical information:
Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director,
Office of Technical Programs and
Coordination Activities, Directorate of
Technical Support and Emergency
Management, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor, phone: (202) 693–2300 or
email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:

I. Notice of Final Decision
OSHA hereby gives notice of the
expansion of the scope of recognition of
UL LLC (UL), as a NRTL. UL’s
expansion covers the addition of one
test site to the NRTL scope of
recognition.
OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies
that the organization meets the
requirements specified in 29 CFR
1910.7. Recognition is an
acknowledgment that the organization
can perform independent safety testing
and certification of the specific products
covered within the scope of recognition.
Each NRTL’s scope of recognition
includes (1) the type of products the
NRTL may test, with each type specified
by the applicable test standard and (2)
the recognized site(s) that has/have the
technical capability to perform the
product-testing and productcertification activities for test standards
within the NRTL’s scope. Recognition is
not a delegation or grant of government
authority; however, recognition enables
employers to use products approved by
the NRTL to meet OSHA standards that
require product testing and certification.
The agency processes applications by
a NRTL for initial recognition, as well
as for an expansion or renewal of
recognition, following requirements in
Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This
appendix requires that the agency
publish two notices in the Federal
Register in processing an application. In
the first notice, OSHA announces the
application and provides the
preliminary finding. In the second
notice, the agency provides the final
decision on the application. These
notices set forth the NRTL’s scope of
recognition or modifications of that
scope. OSHA maintains an
informational web page for each NRTL,

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including UL, which details that NRTL’s
scope of recognition. These pages are
available from the OSHA website at
https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
index.html.
UL submitted an application, dated
November 29, 2022 (OSHA–2009–0025–
0066), to expand recognition as a NRTL
to include one additional test site
located at: Uiwang (LAB), Obongsandan
1-Ro, 42, Uiwang-Si, Gyeonggi-Do
Uiwang 16079, South Korea. OSHA staff
performed an on-site review of UL’s
testing facilities at UL Uiwang on May
8–9, 2024, in which assessors found
some nonconformances with the
requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7. UL has
addressed these issues sufficiently, and
OSHA staff has preliminarily
determined that OSHA should grant the
application.
OSHA published the preliminary
notice announcing UL’s expansion
application in the Federal Register on
October 25, 2024 (89 FR 85249). The
agency requested comments by
November 12, 2024, but it received no
comments in response to this notice.
OSHA is now proceeding with this
notice to grant expansion to UL’s scope
of recognition.
To obtain or review copies of all
public documents pertaining to the UL
expansion application, go to
www.regulations.gov or contact the
Docket Office (202) 693–2350 (TTY
(877) 889–5627. Docket No. OSHA–
2009–0025 contains all materials in the
record containing UL’s recognition.
II. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff examined UL’s expansion
application, conducted a detailed onsite assessment, and examined other
pertinent information. Based on review
of this evidence, OSHA finds that UL
meets the requirements of 29 CFR
1910.7 for expansion of recognition,
subject to the specified limitations and
conditions. OSHA, therefore, is
proceeding with this final notice to
grant UL’s scope of recognition. OSHA
limits the expansion of UL’s recognition
to include the site at Uiwang, Korea as
listed above. OSHA’s recognition of the
site limits UL to performing product
testing and certifications only to the test
standards for which the site has the
proper capability and programs, and for
test standards in UL’s scope of
recognition. This limitation is consistent
with the recognition that OSHA grants
to other NRTLs that operate multiple
sites.
A. Conditions
In addition to those conditions
already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, UL

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