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data or detailed results of tests will
accompany such approval. If a notice of
disapproval is issued, it will be
accompanied by details of the defects,
resulting in disapproval, with a view to
possible correction.
5. Manufacturers Recordkeeping
Certificates
Under 30 CFR 74.14(b), a certificate of
approval will be accompanied by a list
of the drawings and specifications
covering the details of design and
construction of the pump unit of a
CMDPSU or of the CPDM, upon which
the certificate of approval is based. The
applicant must keep exact duplicates of
the drawings and specifications
submitted to MSHA relating to the
pump unit of the CMDPSU or the
CPDM, which has received a certificate
of approval. The approved drawings and
specifications must adhere exactly to
the production of the certified CMDPSU
including the pump unit, or of the
CPDM, for commercial purposes. In
addition, the applicant must observe the
procedures for, and keep records of, the
control of component parts as MSHA
may in writing require as a condition of
approval.
6. Manufacturers Making Changes After
Certification
Under 30 CFR 74.17(b), if a change is
proposed in a pump unit of a certified
CMDPSU or in electrical components of
a CPDM, the approval of MSHA with
respect to intrinsic safety must be
obtained in accordance with the
required procedures.
Mine operators’ burden and costs
associated with recordkeeping and
reporting requirements of CMDPSU and
CPDM sampling are included in a
separate ICR under OMB Control
Number 1219–0011 titled ‘‘Respirable
Coal Mine Dust Sampling’’.

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II. Desired Focus of Comments
MSHA is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed information
collection titled ‘‘Coal Mine Dust
Sampling Devices.’’ 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

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• 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 ICR is available on https://
www.regulations.gov. MSHA cautions
commenters 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, 200 Constitution Avenue
NW, Room C3522, Washington, DC
20210. 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 section of this notice.
III. Current Actions
This ICR concerns provisions for Coal
Mine Dust Sampling Devices. MSHA
has updated the data with respect to the
number of respondents, responses, time
burden, and burden costs supporting
this ICR from the previous ICR.
Type of Review: Extension, without
change, of a currently approved
collection.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
OMB Number: 1219–0147.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit entity.
Number of Annual Respondents: 1.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Number of Annual Responses: 1.
Annual Time Burden: 41 hours.
Annual Other Burden Costs:
$301,810.
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 ICR; they will become a matter
of public record and be available at
https://www.reginfo.gov.
Jessica Senk,
Certifying Officer, Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
[OMB Control No. 1219–0140]

Proposed Extension of Information
Collection: High-Voltage Continuous
Mining Machine Standards for
Underground Coal 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
consultation program for all information
collections to provide the 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 titled ‘‘High-Voltage
Continuous Mining Machine Standards
for Underground Coal Mines.’’
DATES: All comments must be received
on or before September 2, 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.
• Federal E-Rulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments for docket number MSHA–
2025–0038.
• Mail/Hand Delivery: DOL–MSHA,
Office of Standards, Regulations, and
Variances, 200 Constitution Avenue
NW, Room C3522, Washington, DC
20210. 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.
SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jessica Senk, Acting Director, Office of
Standards, Regulations, and Variances,
MSHA, at
[email protected]
(email); (202) 693–9440 (voice); or (202)

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693–9441 (facsimile). These are not tollfree numbers.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background

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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 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.
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) governs paperwork burdens
imposed on the public by Federal
agencies for using identical questions to
collect information from 10 or more
persons. The PRA defines paperwork
burden in 44 U.S.C. 3502(2) as time,
effort, or financial resources expended
to generate, maintain, or provide
information to or for a Federal agency.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3507, the PRA also
establishes policies and procedures of
information collection for controlling
paperwork burdens imposed by Federal
agencies on the public, including
evaluating public comments.
B. Information Collection
To fulfill its statutory mandate to
promote miners’ health and safety,
MSHA requires information under the
information collection request (ICR)
titled ‘‘High-Voltage Continuous Mining
Machine Standards for Underground
Coal Mines.’’ The information collection
is intended to ensure that underground
coal mine operators conduct necessary
examinations and tests relating to
hazardous conditions encountered by
miners working with and around highvoltage continuous mining machines
(HVCMMs). The records of these
examinations and tests are critical to
decisions that impact the health and
safety of miners working with and
around HVCMMs.
Requirements in 30 CFR part 75
provide for the safe use of HVCMMs for
those underground coal mine operators
that choose to use an HVCMM. These
requirements for examination,
maintenance, and recordkeeping on
HVCMMs reduce the risk of fire,
electrical shock, ignition, and other
operational hazards.
Burden costs associated with the ICR
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(i) Examinations and corrective
actions prior to tramming HVCMM in
and out of the mine and from section to
section;
(ii) Locking out and tagging of highvoltage trailing cables; and
(iii) Examinations, corrective actions,
and recordkeeping of HVCMMs.
Authorization and the associated rule
text are described below.
1. Examinations and Corrective Actions
Prior to Tramming HVCMMs In and Out
of the Mine and From Section to Section
Under 30 CFR 75.829(b)(1), prior to
tramming the HVCMM, a qualified
person must activate the ground-fault
and ground-wire monitor test circuits of
the power sources (medium-voltage
power source and step-up transformer)
to assure that the corresponding circuitinterrupting device opens the circuit.
Corrective actions and recordkeeping
resulting from these tests must be in
accordance with paragraphs 75.832(f)
and (g).
Under 30 CFR 75.829(b)(2), prior to
tramming the HVCMM and where
applicable, a person designated by the
mine operator must activate the test
circuit for the grounded-phase detection
circuit on the HVCMM to assure that the
detection circuit is functioning
properly. Corrective actions resulting
from these tests must be in accordance
with paragraph 75.832(f).
Under 30 CFR 75.832(f), when
examinations or tests of equipment
reveal a risk of fire, electrical shock,
ignition, or operational hazard, the
equipment must be immediately
removed from service or repaired.
Under 30 CFR 75.832(g)(1), at the
completion of examinations required for
HVCMMs under 30 CFR 75.832(a),
ground-fault test circuit verification
under 30 CFR 75.832(b), and groundwire monitor examinations and tests
under 30 CFR 75.832(c), the person
conducting the examinations and tests
must:
(i) Certify by signature and date that
the examinations and tests have been
conducted.
(ii) Make a record of any unsafe
condition found.
Under 30 CFR 75.832(g)(2), any
corrective actions must be recorded by
the person taking the corrective action.
Under 30 CFR 75.832(g)(3), these
records must be countersigned by the
mine foreman or equivalent mine
official by the end of the mine foreman’s
or equivalent mine official’s next
regularly scheduled working shift.
Under 30 CFR 75.832(g)(4), records
must be maintained in a secure book
that is not susceptible to alteration or
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is secure and not susceptible to
alteration.
Under 30 CFR 75.832(g)(5),
certifications and records must be kept
for at least 1 year and must be made
available for inspection by authorized
representatives of the Secretary and
representatives of miners.
2. Locking Out and Tagging of HighVoltage Trailing Cables
Under 30 CFR 75.831(a), prior to
performing electrical work, other than
troubleshooting and testing, on the highvoltage trailing cable or HVCMM, a
qualified person must de-energize the
power center and follow procedures
specified:
(i) If a trailing cable disconnecting
switch is provided:
(a) Open and ground the power
conductors, lock out and tag the
disconnecting switch; and
(b) Lock out and tag the plug to the
power receptacle.
(ii) If a trailing cable disconnecting
switch is not provided and a cable
coupler is used as a disconnecting
device:
(a) Remove the plug from the power
receptacle and connect it to the
grounding receptacle;
(b) Lock out and tag the plug to the
grounding receptacle; and
(c) Place a dust cover over the power
receptacle.
Under 30 CFR 75.831(b), during
troubleshooting and testing, the deenergized high-voltage cable may be
disconnected from the power center
only for that period of time necessary to
locate the defective condition. Prior to
troubleshooting and testing trailing
cables, a qualified person must perform
the following:
(i) If a trailing cable disconnecting
switch is provided:
(a) Open and ground power
conductors and lock out and tag the
disconnecting switch;
(b) Disconnect the plug from the
power receptacle;
(c) Lock out and tag the plug; and
(d) Place a dust cover over the power
receptacle.
(ii) If a trailing cable disconnecting
switch is not provided and a cable
coupler is used as a disconnecting
device:
(a) Remove the plug from the power
receptacle and connect it to the
grounding receptacle to ground the
power conductors;
(b) Remove the plug from the
grounding receptacle and install a lock
and tag on the plug; and
(c) Place a dust cover over the power
receptacle.
Under 30 CFR 75.831(d), before any
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compartment of the power center,
except for troubleshooting and testing
energized circuits as specified in 30 CFR
75.831(c) regarding troubleshooting and
testing limitations, a qualified person
must:
(i) De-energize affected circuits;
(ii) Open the corresponding
disconnecting switch, lock it out, and
tag it to assure the circuit is isolated;
(iii) Visually verify that the contacts
of the disconnecting switch are open
and grounded; and
(iv) Discharge all high-voltage
capacitors and circuits.
Under 30 CFR 75.831(e)(1), when
more than one qualified person is
performing electrical work, including
troubleshooting and testing, each person
must install an individual lock and tag.
Each lock and tag must be removed only
by the persons who installed them.
Under 30 CFR 75.831(e)(2), if the
person who installed the lock and tag is
unavailable, the lock and tag may be
removed by a person authorized by the
operator, provided that:
(i) The authorized person is a
qualified person; and
(ii) The mine operator assures that the
person who installed the lock and tag is
aware that the lock and tag have been
removed.

and splices for damage, and assure
guarding is provided where required.
Under 30 CFR 75.832(d)(2), at the
beginning of each shift that the HVCMM
is energized, a person designated by the
mine operator must de-energize and
visually inspect the high-voltage trailing
cable for damage to the outer jacket.
This inspection must be conducted from
the HVCMM to the following locations:
(i) The last open crosscut;
(ii) Within 150 feet of the working
place during retreat or second mining;
or
(iii) Up to 150 feet from the HVCMM
when the machine is used in outby
areas.
Under 30 CFR 75.832(e), when a
grounded-phase test circuit is provided
on an HVCMM, a person designated by
the mine operator must activate the test
circuit at the beginning of each
production shift to assure that the
detection circuit is functioning
properly.

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, 200 Constitution Avenue
NW, Room C3522, Washington, DC
20210. 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 section of this notice.

B. Corrective Actions

III. Current Actions

Under 30 CFR 75.832(f), when
examinations or tests of equipment
reveal a risk of fire, electrical shock,
ignition, or operational hazard, the
equipment must be immediately
removed from service or repaired.

3. Examinations, Corrective Actions,
and Recordkeeping of HVCMMs

C. Certification and Recordkeeping

This information collection request
concerns provisions for High-Voltage
Continuous Mining Machine Standards
for 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: 1219–0140.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit entity.
Number of Annual Respondents: 3.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Annual Responses: 4,070.
Annual Time Burden: 124 hours.
Annual Other Burden Costs: $0.
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.

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Under 30 CFR 75.832(a), at least once
every 7 days, a qualified person must
examine each HVCMM to verify that
electrical protection, equipment
grounding, permissibility, cable
insulation, and control devices are
properly installed and maintained.
Under 30 CFR 75.832(b), at least once
every 7 days, and prior to tramming the
HVCMM, a qualified person must
activate the ground-fault test circuit to
verify that it will cause the
corresponding circuit-interrupting
device to open.
Under 30 CFR 75.832(c), at least once
every 7 days, and prior to tramming the
HVCMM, a qualified person must
examine and test each HVCMM groundwire monitor circuit to verify that it will
cause the corresponding circuitinterrupting device to open.
Under 30 CFR 75.832(d)(1), once each
day during the shift that the HVCMM is
first energized, a qualified person must
de-energize and inspect the entire
length of the high-voltage trailing cable
from the power center to the HVCMM.
The inspection must include
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Results of examinations, tests, and
corrective actions are recorded under 30
CFR 75.832(g).
II. Desired Focus of Comments
MSHA is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed information
collection titled ‘‘High-Voltage
Continuous Mining Machine Standards
for Underground Coal Mines.’’ MSHA is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• Evaluate whether the information
collection 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
information collection, 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
information collection on those who are
to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of

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Jessica Senk,
Certifying Officer, Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
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