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Underground Coal Mine Fire Protection

1219-0054 60-Day FRN Published 5-29-2025

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https://www.usitc.gov/documents/
handbook_on_filing_procedures.pdf,
elaborates upon the Commission’s
procedures with respect to filings.
In accordance with §§ 201.16(c) and
207.3 of the rules, each document filed
by a party to the investigations must be
served on all other parties to the
investigations (as identified by either
the public or BPI service list), and a
certificate of service must be timely
filed. The Secretary will not accept a
document for filing without a certificate
of service.
Certification.—Pursuant to § 207.3 of
the Commission’s rules, any person
submitting information to the
Commission in connection with these
investigations must certify that the
information is accurate and complete to
the best of the submitter’s knowledge. In
making the certification, the submitter
will acknowledge that any information
that it submits to the Commission
during these investigations may be
disclosed to and used: (i) by the
Commission, its employees and Offices,
and contract personnel (a) for
developing or maintaining the records
of these or related investigations or
reviews, or (b) in internal investigations,
audits, reviews, and evaluations relating
to the programs, personnel, and
operations of the Commission including
under 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3; or (ii) by
U.S. government employees and
contract personnel, solely for
cybersecurity purposes. All contract
personnel will sign appropriate
nondisclosure agreements.
Authority: These investigations are
being conducted under authority of title
VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice
is published pursuant to § 207.12 of the
Commission’s rules.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: May 22, 2025.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2025–09656 Filed 5–28–25; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Securities
Lending by Employee Benefit Plans,
Prohibited Transaction Exemption
2006–16
Notice of availability; request
for comments.

ACTION:

The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting this Employee
Benefits Security Administration

SUMMARY:

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(EBSA)-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 the agency
receives on or before June 30, 2025.
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:
Michael Howell by telephone at 202–
693–6782, or by email at DOL_PRA_
PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2006,
the Department promulgated a final
class exemption, PTE 2006–16, which
amended and replaced the exemptions
previously provided under PTE 81–6
and PTE 82–63. The final exemption
incorporates the exemptions into one
renumbered exemption and expands the
categories of exempted transactions to
include securities lending to foreign
banks and foreign broker-dealers that
are domiciled in specified countries and
to allow the use of additional forms of
collateral, all subject to specified
conditions outlined in the exemption.
Among other conditions, the class
exemption requires a bank or brokerdealer that borrows securities from a
plan to provide the lending fiduciary
with its most recent audited financial
statement and its most recent unaudited
statement if the unaudited statement is
more recent than the audited financial
statement. The borrower must also
represent, at the time the loan is
negotiated, that there has been no
material adverse change in its financial
condition since the date of the most
recent financial statement provided to
the plan that has not been disclosed to
the lending fiduciary. The exemption
also requires the loan be made pursuant
to a written loan agreement. Individual
agreements are not required for each
transaction; rather the compensation
agreement may be made in the form of
a master agreement covering a series of
transactions. For additional substantive
information about this ICR, see the
related notice published in the Federal
Register on January 6, 2025 (90 FR 671).
Comments are invited on: (1) whether
the collection of information is
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the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) 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; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collection; and
(4) 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.
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–EBSA.
Title of Collection: Securities Lending
by Employee Benefit Plans, Prohibited
Transaction Exemption 2006–16.
OMB Control Number: 1210–0065.
Affected Public: Private sector.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 208.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 8,320.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
450 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $93,683.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Michael Howell,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2025–09587 Filed 5–28–25; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
[OMB Control No. 1219–0054]

Proposed Extension of Information
Collection: Underground Coal Mine
Fire Protection
Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.

AGENCY:

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ACTION:

Request for public comments.

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 entitled Underground Coal
Mine Fire Protection.
DATES: All comments must be received
on or before July 28, 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–
2025–0015.
• 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:

S.
Aromie Noe, 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 toll-free
numbers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background
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
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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 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
governs paperwork burdens imposed by
Federal agencies on the public for using
identical questions to collect
information from 10 or more persons.
Paperwork burden is defined 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, policies and
procedures of information collection are
established to control paperwork
burdens imposed by Federal agencies on
the public, including evaluating public
comments.
B. Information Collection
To fulfill the statutory mandate of
promoting miners’ health and safety,
MSHA requires information under the
information collection request (ICR)
titled ‘‘Underground Coal Mine Fire
Protection.’’ The information collection
is intended for MSHA to ensure mine
operators keep proper records for the
examination and testing of firefighting
equipment, automatic fire sensor and
warning device systems, fire hydrants
and fire hoses, and fire suppression
devices. It is also intended to ensure
that mine operators certify the
emergency response training for the
designated responsible persons and
maintain mine emergency evacuation
and firefighting programs of instruction.
Burden and costs associated with this
ICR include:
1. examining chemical extinguishers
and recording dates;
2. updating maps or schematic with
locations of sensors of automatic fire
warning devices;
3. functional testing the warning
signals and calibrating sensors in
automatic fire sensor and warning
device systems;
4. testing each fire hydrant and fire
hose;
5. certifying mine emergency
evacuation response training; and
6. submitting mine emergency
evacuation and firefighting program of
instruction for MSHA approval.
Below are described the relevant
safety and information collection
requirements.

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1. Examining Chemical Extinguishers
and Recording
Under 30 CFR 75.1100–3, all
firefighting equipment must be
maintained in a usable and operative
condition. Chemical extinguishers must
be examined every 6 months and the
date of the examination must be written
on a permanent tag attached to the
extinguisher.
2. Updating Maps or Schematic With
Locations of Sensors of Automatic Fire
Warning Devices
Under 30 CFR 75.1103–5(a), when the
carbon monoxide level reaches 10 parts
per million above the established
ambient level at any sensor location,
automatic fire sensor and warning
device systems must provide an
effective warning signal at the following
locations: (1) At working sections and
other work locations where miners may
be endangered from a fire in the belt
entry; and (2) At a manned surface
location where personnel have an
assigned post of duty.
Under 30 CFR 75.1103–5(a)(2)(ii), the
manned surface location must have a
map or schematic that shows the
locations of sensors and the intended air
flow direction at the sensor locations.
This map or schematic must be updated
within 24 hours of any change in the
content.
3. Functional Testing the Warning
Signals and Calibrating Sensors in
Automatic Fire Sensor and Warning
Device Systems
Under 30 CFR 75.1103–8(a),
automatic fire sensor and warning
device systems must be examined at
least once each shift, when belts are
operated as part of a production shift. A
functional test of the warning signals
must be made at least once every seven
days. Examination and maintenance of
the systems must be done by a qualified
person.
Under 30 CFR 75.1103–8(b), a record
of the functional test must be
maintained by the operator and kept for
a period of one year.
Under 30 CFR 75.1103–8(c), sensors
must be calibrated in accordance with
the manufacturer’s calibration
instructions at intervals not to exceed 31
days. A record of the sensor calibrations
must be maintained by the operator and
kept for a period of one year.
4. Testing Fire Hydrants and Fire Hoses
Under 30 CFR 75.1103–11, each fire
hydrant must be tested by opening to
ensure that it is in operating condition,
and each fire hose must be tested, at
intervals not exceeding 1 year. A record

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of these tests must be maintained at an
appropriate location.
5. Certifying Mine Emergency Response
Training
Under 30 CFR 75.1501(a), for each
shift that miners work underground,
there must be in attendance a
responsible person designated by the
mine operator to take charge during
mine emergencies involving a fire,
explosion, or gas or water inundation.
Under 30 CFR 75.1501(a)(2), the
responsible person must be trained
annually in a course of instruction in
mine emergency response, as prescribed
by MSHA’s Office of Educational Policy
and Development. Further, under
75.1051(a)(3), the operator must certify
by signature and date after each
responsible person has completed the
training and keep the certification at the
mine for 1 year.

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6. Submitting Mine Emergency
Evacuation and Firefighting Program of
Instruction for MSHA Approval
Under 30 CFR 75.1502, each operator
of an underground coal mine must
adopt and follow a mine emergency
evacuation and firefighting program that
instructs all miners in the proper
procedures they must follow if a mine
emergency occurs.
Under 30 CFR 75.1502(a), the operator
must submit the program of instruction,
and any revisions, for approval to the
District Manager in which the mine is
located. Within 30 days of approval, the
operator must conduct training in
accordance with the revised program.
Additionally, under 30 CFR
75.1502(b), before implementing any
new or revised approved provision in
the program of instruction, the operator
must instruct miners regarding the
change.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
MSHA is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed information
collection titled ‘‘Underground Coal
Mine Fire Protection’’. 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
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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, 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 CONTACT section of this
notice.
III. Current Actions
This information collection request
concerns provisions for Underground
Coal Mine Fire Protection. 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: 1219–0054.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Annual Respondents: 148.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Annual Responses:
143,039.
Annual Time Burden: 15,878 hours.
Annual Other Burden Costs: $63.
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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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
[OMB Control No. 1219–0150]

Proposed Extension of Information
Collection: Pattern of Violations
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 Pattern of Violations.
DATES: All comments must be received
on or before July 28, 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–
2025–0013.
• 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:

S.
Aromie Noe, 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:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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