2544 Federal Register/Vol. 73, No. 10/Tuesday, January 15, 2008/Notices Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of standards require that the agency sites. All impoundments and hazardous January, 2008. approve prudently engineered design refuse piles are required by the Elliott S. Kushner, plans for dams and their standards to be constructed and Certifying Officer, Division of Trade impoundments, as well as the plans for operated in an approved manner. In Adjustment Assistance. hazardous refuse piles that are routinely addition, coal mine operators frequently [FR Doc. E8–593 Filed 1–14–08; 8:45 am] constructed by coal mine operators. revise construction plans to Plan revisions are also required to be BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P accommodate mining conditions, cycles submitted for approval. In addition, the or markets. Since these revisions to the standards also require plans when one structures can adversely affect a great DEPARTMENT OF LABOR of these sites is to be abandoned. And number of people, such changes are plans are required when spontaneous required to be planned in a prudent Mine Safety and Health Administration fires erupt and need to be extinguished manner and approved by the agency. at the burning site. Records of weekly Fire extinguishing plans are only Proposed Information Collection inspections and instrument monitoring Request Submitted for Public required from an operator when a are also required to ensure that the sites Comment and ...
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Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of All impoundments and hazardous sites.standards require that the agency January, 2008. piles are required by the refuseapprove prudently engineered design Elliott S. Kushner, standards to be constructed andplans for dams and their Certifying Officer, Division of Trade operated in an approved manner. Inimpoundments, as well as the plans for Adjustment Assistance. coal mine operators frequently addition,hazardous refuse piles that are routinely [FR Doc. E8–593 Filed 1–14–08; 8:45 am] revise construconstructed by coal mine operators. l n BILLING CODE 4510–FN–Pevprticooiisotanasnaarsemoosdlaucqceormidneirniteotmtbiednocgyc,snoiesclanPl submitted for approval. In addition, the or markets. Since these revisions to the standards also require plans when one DEPARTMENT OF LABOR can adversely affect a great structuresof these sites is to be abandoned. And la Mine Safety and Health Administrationpanserdhwneerrqeiueousfirspontaneendnatpureseuingtiexebtodhsdeofmbernucahushcel,epporeuieqrreaesngdennalpebotddentmaninapruparpvodeenrnadenag.cyybeth Proposed Information Collectionat the burning site. Records of weekly Request Submitted for Publicirqureymrofedsnalpgnlnoerapontasuscaneoeparnaohwneotrrrcu,edubmooitsahncoslaeragiuqerosmntmeruinoritonnosceitnitsnadinsptatehstiseurgendiithosienesruirFtextehComment and Recommendations; Refuse Piles and Impoundingremain safe. Finally, the mine operators Structures, Recordkeeping andcedantoreprustatslaunnanatubmitosredequiosrelaradanethctedtoextinguipooirenthatrtoaitrfsiicdietraanosnoitcepnsIe.irfhetshtasnatcoisneporiis,baseklyngloer Reporting Requirements weguarantees that the site is being ACTION:e.oticctruiedcstonerugalitetrhteonrdcoacnitwceanehthtseilbarofgnolerntlvaiNt(famiopnumdstableshedand approved plan, and the site has not been en s SUMMARY:r,boLafsaiticipperveiDtaypahcTtiemtincosteriesmqereriu,)29eraeuratthtodnseesin19changaear.erltdedinurthgocertsnitcuyno part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burdenII.CDuersriernetdlyF,othceusMoifnCeoSmafmeteyntasnnaspahlraehptrode,Huctrnsconowknunno,atteecandpayortftionflaw,hasntoavdreesylaff conducts a preclearance consultation programtoprovidethegeneralpubliccAodmmimneinsttrsactioonnce(rMniSnHgAt)hiespsroolicitindgtahneddcaermtifsiictea.tiTohneeannsnurueasltshtaattutshreeportandFederalagencieswithantensionftheinformationcpoollseectionineconfirmthatthe opportunity to comment on proposed ex o and/orcontainingcollectionsofraenqduIirmepmoeunntdremleatnedtotheRefusePilessciotemipsainnya’iththerdancewncocgsredevornpepas information in accordance with the t Structures, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Recordkeeping and Reporting engineering plan. An abandonment pla (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This Requirements. MSHA is particularly approved by the agency ensures that a program helps to ensure that requested interested in comments that: hazardous site is not left in place after data can be provided in the desired• mining activity has ceased. allEvaluate whether the proposed format,reportingburden(timeandfcoolltehcetipornoopfeirnpfeorrfmoratmioannciesonfecMesSsHarAy’sTneofRypew:evieExtension. financial resources) is minimized, r collectioninstrumentsareclearlyifnufnocrtimoantis,oinnhclausdpirnagctiwchaeltuhteirlitthye;AdTAmtigilne:icsIty:rmufesynadeRynafateenSiMalthdHe.noitaetafSngdiunpo understood, and the impact of collection•Evaluate the accuracy of MSHA’s Piles, Reporting Requirements, requirements on respondents can be ti teof the burden of the proposed properly assessed. es ma DATES:,noitamnidulcniethgdilieemrfehtClogohtdodyanclolectionofinforebuStimmmoctsennobororefOtiMfiBcaNtiuonmsbaern:ecRod9121–dkee5.0r1.ping0 March 17, 2008. va ty o ADDRESSES:Send comments to Debbie ass•ethencneahtoohsdmtegestSugteid;onsumupstedPublic:ecRpieedkor:gnffABuisenssortoehrrfoey3.sra Ferraro, Records Management Branch, 1100WilsonBoulevard,Room2141,iqnufaolritmya,tiuotinlittoy,baencdolclleacrtiteyd;ofanthdeprofite.c Arlington, VA 22209–3939. Commenters are encouraged to send their comments•Address the use of appropriateCite etc:30 CFR oncomputerdisk,orviae-mailtooatuhteormtaetcehdn,oelloegcitcraolnicco,llmecetcihoannical,orSecTtoito/anlRseR7fe7es.rp2eo1nn5cdea/enFndtos:r7m67./92.61.2 ferraro.debbie@dol.gov. or other forms of information techniquesMs. Ferraro can be reached at (202) 693–9821 (voice), or (202) 693– (9801 (facsimile). technology,e.g., permitting electronicTotal Responses:11,054. submissions of responses) to minimizeTotal Burden Hours:32,081. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:the burden of the collection ofTot l Burden Cost:.06,416,8$6 Contact the employee listed in the information on those who are toa ADDRESSESsection of this notice. submitted in response to respond. Comments SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: this notice will be summarized and/orA copy of the proposed information I. BackgroundattcnightemelpoyeelistedinteerhnseuqactebnbtoneaibydonccctioollelcnifoehtseButdogfetrfaOpipfreovcoalufdaeMdaniengtehmetnraeqdun The Coal Mine Health and Safety ActADDRESSESsection of this notice or information collection request; they will of 1969 was amended by the Federal viewed on the Internet Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 b:/y/accessing the also become a matter of public record. after the Buffalo Creek dam failure inwMwSwH.Amshhoam.geopv/a)gnae(hdttspntgiecel‘‘Rules002.8nuJay,araydfoihs01htigin,atton,VirtArlingaedatD 1972 in West Virginia. The refuse pile‘‘ andimpoundstandards,Title30CFRaDnodcs.R’’egs’’ Fed Reg, and then selectingDavid L. Meyer, sections 77.215 and 77.216 had beendministration and enacted earlier in 1975 and wereIII. Current Actions.tnemeganMafoAcieOfftor,irecD incorporated into the Act. Additional There are approximately 646 coal[FR Doc. E8–534 Filed 1–14–08; 8:45 am] parts of these Sections were mine impounding structures and 46BILLING CODE 4510–43–P promulgated and enacted in 1992. The hazardous refuse piles, for a total of 692
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