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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 202–693–9440 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

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This ICR concerns provisions for
Hazardous Conditions Complaints.
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: 1219–0014.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit entity.
Number of Annual Respondents:
2,249.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Annual Responses: 2,249.
Annual Time Burden: 450 hours.
Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper
Costs: $0.
MSHA Form: Hazardous Conditions
Complaint (Web Only Instrument).
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 D. Senk,
Certifying Officer, Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025–18538 Filed 9–24–25; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Mine Safety and Health Administration

I. Background

[OMB Control No. 1219–0041]

A. Legal Authority

Proposed Extension of Information
Collection: Program To Prevent
Smoking in Hazardous Areas of
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 ‘‘Program to Prevent
Smoking in Hazardous Areas of
Underground Coal Mines.’’
DATES: All comments must be received
on or before November 24, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the
information collection requirements of
this notice may be sent by any of the
methods listed below. Please note that
comments received after the deadline
will not be considered.
• Federal E-Rulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
for docket number MSHA–2025–0071.
• 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 202–693–9440 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jessica D. Senk, Acting Director, Office
of Standards, Regulations, and
Variances, MSHA, at
MSHA.information.collections@dol.gov
(email); (202) 693–9440 (voice); or (202)
693–9441 (facsimile). These are not tollfree numbers.
SUMMARY:

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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
(MNM) 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 collected
under the ICR titled ‘‘Program to
Prevent Smoking in Hazardous Areas of
Underground Coal Mines.’’ This
information collection is intended to
ensure persons entering the
underground area of the mine do not
carry smoking materials, matches, or
lighters and determine the mine
operator’s compliance with the
requirement to institute a smoking
prevention program.
Burden costs associated with the ICR
include developing and submitting
smoking prevention programs for
MSHA’s approval.
The associated standards that
authorize the collection of information
are described below.
1. Developing Smoking Prevention
Programs
Under 30 CFR 75.1702, no person is
allowed to smoke, carry smoking
materials, matches, or lighters
underground, or smoke in or around oil
houses, explosives magazines, or other
surface areas where such practice may

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cause a fire or explosion. The operator
must institute a program, approved by
the Secretary, to ensure that any person
entering the underground area of the
mine does not carry smoking materials,
matches, or lighters.
2. Submitting Smoking Prevention
Programs
Under 30 CFR 75.1702–1, programs to
ensure that any person entering the
underground area of the mine does not
carry smoking materials, matches, or
lighters must be submitted to the
District Manager for approval.

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II. Desired Focus of Comments
MSHA is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed information
collection titled ‘‘Program to Prevent
Smoking in Hazardous 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 ICR 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 202–693–9440 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.

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III. Current Actions
This ICR concerns provisions for
Program to Prevent Smoking in
Hazardous 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 ICR
from the previous ICR.
Type of Review: Extension, without
change, of a currently approved
collection.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
OMB Number: 1219–0041.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit entity.
Number of Annual Respondents: 24.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Annual Responses: 25.
Annual Time Burden: 13 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 ICR; they will become a matter
of public record and be available at
https://www.reginfo.gov.

soliciting comments on the information
collection titled ‘‘Ventilation Plan and
Main Fan Maintenance Record.’’
DATES: All comments must be received
on or before November 24, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the
information collection requirements of
this notice may be sent by any of the
methods listed below. Please note that
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–
2025–0055.
• 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Jessica D. Senk, Acting Director, Office
of Standards, Regulations, and
Variances, MSHA, at
MSHA.information.collections@dol.gov
(email); (202) 693–9440 (voice); or (202)
693–9441 (facsimile). These are not tollfree numbers.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Mine Safety and Health Administration

I. Background

[OMB Control No. 1219–0016]

A. Legal Authority

Jessica D. Senk,
Certifying Officer, Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025–18543 Filed 9–24–25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–43–P

Proposed Extension of Information
Collection: Ventilation Plan and Main
Fan Maintenance Record
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

SUMMARY:

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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
(MNM) 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

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