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suggestions, or need a copy of the
proposed information collection
instrument with instructions or
additional information, please contact
Dawn Cauraugh, Office of Enforcement
Operations, 1301 New York Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20530, (202) 353–
3993, dawn.cauraugh.usdoj.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written
comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning
the proposed collection of information
are encouraged. Your comments should
address one or more of the following
four points:
—Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Bureau of Justice
Statistics, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
—Evaluate whether and if so how the
quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected can be
enhanced; 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.
Abstract: Under the Gambling Devices
Act of 1962 (15 U.S.C. 1171–1178)
mandates that the Department of Justice
register all entities that participate in
the interstate commerce of gambling
devices. Registration involves the
collection of certain information from
the respondent, as specified in the Act.
Overview of This Information
Collection
1. Type of Information Collection:
Extension of a previously approved
collection.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection:
Request for Registration Under the

Gambling Act of 1962 (15 U.S.C. 1171–
1178).
3. The agency form number, if any,
and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
OMB No. 1123–0010 (7/31/2017); Office
of Enforcement Operations.
4. Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as the
obligation to respond: Affected Public
Primary: Business or other for-profit.
Other: Not-for-profit institutions,
individuals or household, and State,
Local, or Tribe Government. The form
can be used by any entity required to
register under the Gambling Devices Act
of 1962 (15 U.S.C. 1171–1178).
5. An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: It is estimated that 7,800
respondents will complete each form
within approximately 5 minutes.
6. An estimate of the total annual
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: There are an estimated 650
total annual burden hours associated
with this collection.

TOTAL BURDEN HOURS
Number of
respondents

Activity

Total annual
responses

Time per
response
(min)

Total annual
burden
(hours)

Form ....................................................................................

7,800

1/annually ......

7,800

5

650

Unduplicated Totals ......................................................

7,800

1/annually ......

7,800

5

650

If additional information is required
contact: Darwin Arceo, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W–218,
Washington, DC.
Dated: November 6, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jacquelyn Graham, Staff Assistant to the
Chairman, U.S. Parole Commission, 90
K Street NE, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC
20530, (202) 346–7010.

[FR Doc. 2024–26320 Filed 11–7–24; 4:15 pm]

Parole Commission

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Sunshine Act Meeting
DATE AND TIME:

1. Approval of June 12, 2024, Meeting
Minutes.
2. Verbal Updates since the June
Meeting from the Acting Chairman,
Commissioner, Acting Chief of Staff/
Case Operations Administrator, Case
Services Administrator, Acting
Executive Officer, and General Counsel.

Dated: November 6, 2024.
Patricia K. Cushwa,
Chairman (Acting), U.S. Parole Commission.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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Frequency

Thursday, November 14,

at 1:00 p.m.
U.S. Parole Commission, 90 K
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PLACE:

STATUS:

Open.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
[OMB Control No. 1219–0131]

Proposed Extension of Information
Collection; Training Plans, New Miner
Training, Newly-Hired Experienced
Miner Training
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 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

SUMMARY:

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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 Training Plans, New Miner
Training, Newly-hired Experienced
Miner Training.
DATES: All comments must be received
on or before January 13, 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–
2024–0035.
• 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.
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:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

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A. Legal Authority
Section 103(h) of the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977 as
amended (Mine Act), 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.
Section 2 of the Mine Act, 30 U.S.C.
801, recognizes that education and
training is an important element of
federal efforts to make the nation’s
mines safe. These provisions are
intended to ensure that miners will be
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their health and safety, with the
ultimate goal of reducing the occurrence
of injury and illness in the nation’s
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 entitled Training
Plans, New Miner Training, NewlyHired Experienced Miner Training. The
information collection is intended to
ensure that mine operators possess
appropriate training plans and maintain
records of the mandatory requirements
for training and retraining miners and
other persons at shell dredging, sand,
gravel, surface stone, surface clay,
colloidal phosphate, or surface
limestone mines.
1. Training Plans
Mine operators are required to
develop and implement a written
training plan for approval by MSHA,
that contains effective programs for:
training new miners and newly hired
experienced miners, training miners for
new tasks, annual refresher training,
and site-specific hazard awareness
training. Miners are better protected
when receiving timely and complete
training described in the operators’
written training plan.
Under 30 CFR 46.2(l), operators can
be either a production-operator or an
independent contractor whose
employees perform services at a mine. A
production-operator is defined as any
owner, lessee, or other person who
operates, controls, or supervises a mine
(30 CFR 46.2(m)), and an independent
contractor is any entity that contracts to
perform services at a mine(30 CFR
46.2(e)).
Under 30 CFR 46.2(g), a miner is
defined as any person, including any
operator or supervisor, who works at a
mine and is engaged in mining
operations. This definition includes
independent contractors and employees
of independent contractors who are
engaged in mining operations; and any
construction worker who is exposed to
hazards of mining operations. The
definition of ‘‘miner’’ does not include
scientific workers; delivery workers;
customers (including commercial overthe-road truck drivers); vendors; or
visitors. This definition also does not
include maintenance or service workers
who do not work at a mine site for
frequent or extended periods. Following
are information collection requirements
at each step of the development of a
training plan.

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1–1. Develop Training Plans
Under 30 CFR 46.3(a), the operator
must develop and implement a written
plan, approved by MSHA, that contains
effective programs for training new
miners and newly hired experienced
miners, training miners for new tasks,
annual refresher training, and sitespecific hazard awareness training.
The approval process is described in
30 CFR 46.3(b) through (i). Under 30
CFR 46.3(b), a training plan is
considered approved by MSHA if it
contains, at a minimum, the following
information:
(1) The name of the productionoperator or independent contractor,
mine name(s), and MSHA mine
identification number(s) or independent
contractor identification number(s);
(2) The name and position of the
person designated by the operator who
is responsible for the health and safety
training at the mine;
(3) A general description of the
teaching methods and the course
materials that are to be used in the
training program, including the subject
areas to be covered and the approximate
time or range of time to be spent on each
subject area;
(4) A list of the persons and/or
organizations who will provide the
training, and the subject areas in which
each person and/or organization is
competent to instruct; and
(5) The evaluation procedures used to
determine the effectiveness of training.
1–2. Submit Proposed Training Plans to
MSHA and Notify Miners or Miners’
Representatives
Under 30 CFR 46.3(c), a plan that
does not include the minimum
information specified in 30 CFR 46.3
must be submitted to and approved by
the Regional Manager, Educational Field
Services Division, or designee, for the
region in which the mine is located. The
operator also may voluntarily submit a
plan for Regional Manager approval.
The operator must notify miners or their
representatives when they submit a plan
for Regional Manager approval. Within
two weeks of receipt or posting of the
plan, miners and their representatives
may also request review and approval of
the plan by the Regional Manager and
must notify the operator of such request.
1–3. Provide Proposed Training Plans to
Miners or Miners’ Representatives
Under 30 CFR 46.3(d), the operator
must provide the miners’ representative,
if any, with a copy of the plan at least
2 weeks before the plan is implemented
or, if they request MSHA approval of the
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submit the plan to the Regional Manager
for approval. At mines where no miners’
representative has been designated, the
operator must post a copy of the plan at
the mine or provide a copy to each
miner at least 2 weeks before they
implement the plan or submit it to the
Regional Manager for approval.
1–4. Miners or Miners’ Representatives
Submit Written Comments on Training
Plans
Under 30 CFR 46.3(e), within 2 weeks
following the receipt or posting of the
training plan provided to the miners or
their representatives under 30 CFR
46.3(d), miners or their representatives
may submit written comments on the
plan to the operator, or to the Regional
Manager, as appropriate.
1–5. Provide Approved Training Plans
to Miners and Miners’ Representatives
Under 30 CFR 46.3(g), the operator
must provide the miners’ representative,
if any, with a copy of the approved plan
within one week after approval. At
mines where no miners’ representative
has been designated, the operator must
post a copy of the plan at the mine or
provide a copy to each miner within one
week after approval.
1–6. Submit Appeals for MSHA
Decision
Under 30 CFR 46.3(h), if the operator,
miners, or miners’ representatives wish
to appeal a decision of the Regional
Manager, the operator must send the
appeal, in writing, to the Director for
Educational Policy and Development
within 30 calendar days after
notification of the Regional Manager’s
decision. The Director will issue a final
decision of the Agency within 30
calendar days after receipt of the appeal.

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1–7. Make Training Plans Available for
Inspection and Examination
Under 30 CFR 46.3(i), the operator
must make available at the mine a copy
of the current training plan for
inspection by MSHA and for
examination by miners and their
representatives. If the training plan is
not maintained at the mine, the operator
must have the capability to provide the
plan within one business day upon
request by MSHA, miners, or their
representatives.
2. Training Records
Mine operators are required to
conduct the following mandatory
training: training new miners, training
newly hired experienced miners,
training miners for new tasks, annual
refresher training, and site-specific
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operators are required to make a record
of and certify each type of training
records. The discussion below is
organized by the type of training
records.
2–1. New Miner Training
Section 30 CFR 46.5 sets forth the
provisions for the mandatory
requirements for new miners training.
Under 30 CFR 46.2(i), new miner means
a person who is beginning employment
as a miner with a mine operator and
who is not an experienced miner.
Under 30 CFR 46.5(a), the operator
must provide each new miner with no
less than 24 hours of training as
prescribed by:
(1) 30 CFR 46.5(b): Training before a
new miner begins work at the mine,
such as an introduction to the work
environment and instruction on the
recognition and avoidance of electrical
hazards and other hazards present at the
mine;
(2) 30 CFR 46.5(c): Training no later
than 60 calendar days after a new miner
begins work at the mine, such as an
instruction and demonstration on the
use, care, and maintenance of selfrescue and respiratory devices, if used
at the mine and a review of first aid
methods; and
(3) 30 CFR 46.5(d): Training no later
than 90 calendar days after a new miner
begins work at the mine on any other
subjects that promote occupational
health and safety for miners at the mine.
Miners who have not received the full
24 hours of new miner training must
work where an experienced miner can
observe that the new miner is
performing his or her work in a safe and
healthful manner.
Under 30 CFR 46.9(c)(1), the operator
must make a record for new miner
training, no later than:
(1) when the miner begins work at the
mine as required under 30 CF 46.5(b);
(2) 60 calendar days after the miner
begins work at the mine as required
under 30 CFR 46.5(c); and
(3) 90 calendar days after the miner
begins work at the mine as required
under 30 CFR 46.5(d), if applicable.
Under 30 CFR 46.9(d)(1), the operator
must ensure that all records of training
are certified by the person designated in
the MSHA-approved training plan and a
copy provided to the miner upon
completion of the 24 hours of new
miner training.
2–2. Newly Hired Experienced Miner
Training
Section 30 CFR 46.6 sets forth the
provisions for the mandatory
requirements for newly hired
experienced miners training. Under 30

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CFR 46.2(j), newly hired experienced
miner means an experienced miner who
is beginning employment with a mine
operator. Experienced miners are a
person who has completed 24 hours of
new miner training and who has at least
12 cumulative months of surface mining
or equivalent experience. Experienced
miners who move from one mine to
another, such as drillers and blasters,
but who remain employed by the same
operator are not considered newly hired
experienced miners.
Under 30 CFR 46.6(a), the operator
must provide each newly hired
experienced miner with trainings as
prescribed by paragraphs (b) and (c) that
includes:
(1) 30 CFR 46.6(b): Training before a
newly hired experienced miner begins
work at the mine, such as an
introduction to the work environment
and instruction on the recognition and
avoidance of electrical hazards and
other hazards present at the mine; and
(2) 30 CFR 46.6(c): Training no later
than 60 calendar days after a newly
hired experienced miner begins work at
the mine, such as an instruction and
demonstration on the use, care, and
maintenance of self-rescue and
respiratory devices, if used at the mine.
Under 30 CFR 46.9(c)(2), the operator
must make a record for newly hired
experienced miner training, no later
than:
(1) when the miner begins work at the
mine as required under 30 CFR 46.6(b);
and
(2) 60 calendar days after the miner
begins work at the mine under 30 CFR
46.6(c).
Under 30 CFR 46.9(d)(2), the operator
must ensure that all records of training
are certified by the person designated in
the MSHA-approved training plan and a
copy provided to the miner upon
completion of newly hired experienced
miner training.
2–3. New Task Training
Section 30 CFR 46.7 sets forth the
provisions for the mandatory
requirements for new task training.
New Task Training—Reassigned Tasks
Under 30 CFR 46.7(a), the operator
must provide to any miner that is
reassigned to a new task in which he or
she has no previous work experience
with training in the health and safety
aspects of the task to be assigned,
including the safe work procedures of
such task, information about the
physical and health hazards of
chemicals in the miner’s work area, the
protective measures a miner can take
against these hazards, and the contents
of the mine’s HazCom program. This

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training must be provided before the
miner performs the new task.
New Task Training—Changes in
Assigned Tasks
Under 30 CFR 46.7(b), if a change
occurs in a miner’s assigned task that
affect the health and safety risks
encountered by the miner, the operator
must provide the miner with new task
training that addresses the change.
Under 30 CFR 46.9(c)(3), the operator
must make a record upon completion of
new task training. Under 30 CFR
46.9(d)(3), the operator must ensure that
all records of training are certified by
the person designated in the MSHAapproved training plan and a copy
provided to the miner at least once
every 12 months for new task training,
or upon request by the miner, if
applicable.

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2–4. Annual Refresher Training
Section 30 CFR 46.8 sets forth the
provisions for the mandatory
requirements for new miners training.
Under 30 CFR 46.8(a), the operator must
provide each miner with no less than 8
hours of annual refresher training:
(1) No later than 12 months after
miner begins working at the mine; and
(2) Thereafter no later than 12 months
after the previous annual fresher
training.
Under 30 CFR 46.8(b), the refresher
training must include instruction on any
changes at the mine that could
adversely affect the miner’s health and
safety. Under 30 CFR 46.8(c), refresher
training must also address other health
and safety subjects that are relevant to
mining operations at the mine.
Recommended subjects include
applicable health and safety
requirements; information about the
physical and health hazards of
chemicals in the miner’s work area; and
water hazards, pits, and spoil banks.
Under 30 CFR 46.9(c)(4), the operator
must make a record after each session of
annual refresher training. Under 30 CFR
46.9(d)(4), the operator must ensure that
all records of training are certified by
the person designated in the MSHAapproved training plan and a copy
provided to the miner upon completion
of the 8 hours of annual refresher
training.
2–5. Site-Specific Hazard Awareness
Training
Section 30 CFR 46.11 sets forth the
provisions for the mandatory
requirements for site-specific hazard
awareness training.
Under 30 CFR 46.11(a), the operator
must provide site-specific hazard
awareness training before any person

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specified in 30 CFR 46.11(b) and (c) is
exposed to mine hazards.
Under 30 CFR 46.11(b), the operator
must provide site-specific hazard
awareness training, as appropriate, to
any person who is not a miner but is
presented at a mine site, including:
(1) Office or staff personnel;
(2) Scientific workers;
(3) Delivery workers;
(4) Customers, including commercial
over-the-road truck drivers;
(5) Construction workers or
employees of independent contractors
who are not miners;
(6) Maintenance or service workers
who do not work at the mine site for
frequent or extended periods; and
(7) Vendors or visitors.
Under 30 CFR 46.11(c), the operator
must provide miners, such as drillers or
blasters, who move from one mine to
another mine while remaining
employed by the same mine operator
with site-specific hazard awareness
training for each mine.
Under 30 CFR 46.11(d), site-specific
hazard awareness training is
information or instructions on the
hazards a person could be exposed to
while at the mine, as well as applicable
emergency procedures. The training
must address site-specific health and
safety risks, such as unique geologic or
environmental conditions, recognition
and avoidance of hazards such as
electrical and powered-haulage hazards,
traffic patterns and control, and
restricted areas; and warning and
evacuation signals, evacuation and
emergency procedures, or other special
safety procedures.
Under 30 CFR 46.11(e), the operator
may provide site-specific hazard
awareness training through the use of
written hazard warnings, oral
instruction, signs and posted warnings,
walkaround training, or other
appropriate means that alert persons to
site-specific hazards at the mine.
Under 30 CFR 46.11(f), site-specific
hazard awareness training is not
required for any person who is
accompanied at all times by an
experienced miner who is familiar with
hazards specific to the mine site.
Under 30 CFR 46.9(c)(5), the operator
must make a record upon completion by
miners of site-specific hazard awareness
training.
Under 30 CFR 46.9(d)(5), the operator
must ensure that all records of training
are certified by the person designated in
the MSHA-approved training plan and a
copy provided to the miner upon
completion by miners of site-specific
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2–6. Independent Contractor Training
Under 30 CFR 46.12(a), the
production-operator has primary
responsibility for ensuring that sitespecific hazard awareness training is
given to employees of independent
contractors who are required to receive
such training under 30 CFR 46.11. Each
production-operator must provide
information to each independent
contractor who employs a person at the
mine on site-specific mine hazards and
the obligation of the contractor to
comply with the regulations, including
the requirements of 30 CFR part 46.
Under 30 CFR 46.12(b), independent
contractors who employ a miner at the
mine has primary responsibility for
complying with 30 CFR 46.3 through
46.10, including providing new miner
training, newly hired experienced miner
training, new task training, and annual
refresher training. The independent
contractor must inform the productionoperator of any hazards of which the
contractor is aware that may be created
by the performance of the contractor’s
work at the mine.
2–7. Training Records
Under 30 CFR 46.9, the operator must
make a record of and certify each type
of training detailed below to document
that each miner has received their
required training. Under 30 CFR 46.9(a),
the operator must make a record of and
certify on MSHA Form 5000–23 that
each miner has received the training
required in 30 CFR 46. The operator
can, but is not required to, record the
miner’s training on MSHA Form 5000–
23, Certificate of Training. MSHA Form
5000–23 is the mandatory approved
form for Part 48 training associated with
information collection request under
OMB Control Number 1219–0009.
Alternatively, the operator can record
and certify on a form that contains the
following information listed in 30 CFR
46.9(b), including:
(1) The printed full name of the
person trained;
(2) The type of training, the duration
of the training, the date the training was
received, the name of the competent
person who provided the training;
(3) The name of the mine or
independent contractor, MSHA mine
identification number or independent
contractor identification number, and
location of training (if an institution, the
name and address of the institution).);
(4) The statement, ‘‘False certification
is punishable under section 110(a) and
(f) of the Federal Mine Safety and
Health Act,’’ printed in bold letters and
in a conspicuous manner; and
(5) A statement signed by the person
designated in the MSHA-approved

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training plan for the mine as responsible
for health and safety training, that states
‘‘I certify that the above training has
been completed.’’
Under 30 CFR 46.9(f), when a miner
leaves the operator’s employment, the
operator must provide each miner with
a copy of his or her training records and
certificates upon request.
Under 30 CFR 46.9(g), the operator
must make available at the mine a copy
of each miner’s training records and
certificates for inspection by MSHA and
for examination by miners and their
representatives. If training certificates
are not maintained at the mine, the
operator must be able to provide the
certificates upon request to MSHA,
miners, or their representatives.
Under 30 CFR 46.9(h), the operator
must maintain copies of training
certificates and training records for each
currently employed miner during his or
her employment, except for records and
certificates of annual refresher training
which must be maintained for only two
years. The operator must maintain
copies of training certificates and
training records for at least 60 calendar
days after a miner terminates
employment.
Under 30 CFR 46.9(i), the operator is
not required to make records of sitespecific hazard awareness training to
persons who are not miners. However,
the operator, must be able to provide
evidence to MSHA, upon request, that
the training was provided, such as the
training materials that are used; copies
of written information distributed to
persons upon their arrival at the mine,
or visitor log books that indicate that
training has been provided.
The information collection request
under a currently approved OMB
Control Number 1219–0009, Certificate
of Training, covers the mandatory
requirements for submitting and
obtaining approval of programs for
training and retraining miners working
in underground mines (30 CFR part 48
Subpart A). The request also covers
similar requirements for miners working
at surface mines and surface areas of
underground mines (30 CFR part 48
Subpart B). That information collection
request under does not apply to training
and retraining of miners at shell
dredging, sand, gravel, surface stone,
surface clay, colloidal phosphate, and
surface limestone mines. The provisions
of 30 CFR part 46 set forth the
mandatory requirements for training
and retraining miners and other persons
for these miners.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
MSHA is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed information

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collection related to Training Plans,
New Miner Training, Newly-Hired
Experienced Miner Training. 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
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 Training Plans,
New Miner Training, Newly-Hired
Experienced Miner Training. 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: 1219–0131.

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Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Annual Respondents:
10,872.
Frequency: On occasion.
Number of Annual Responses:
2,275,623.
Annual Time Burden: 157,458 hours.
Annual Other Burden Costs:
$351,967.
MSHA Form: Electronic Training Plan
Advisor.
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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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 50–397; NRC–2024–0160]

Energy Northwest; Columbia
Generating Station; Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; issuance.
AGENCY:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is considering
issuance of an amendment to Renewed
Facility Operating License No. NPF–21,
issued on May 22, 2012, held by Energy
Northwest for the operation of Columbia
Generating Station (Columbia) located
in Benton County, Washington, on land
leased from the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE). The proposed
amendment would revise the Columbia
Emergency Plan by changing the
emergency response organization (ERO)
staffing plan. The NRC staff evaluated
the potential environmental effects of
the proposed action (license amendment
request) and is issuing an environmental
assessment (EA) and finding of no
significant impact (FONSI).
DATES: The EA and FONSI referenced in
this document are available on
November 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2024–0160 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may obtain publicly available
SUMMARY:

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