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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 1219-0138	ICR Reference No: 201004-1219-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200705-1219-001
Agency/Subagency: DOL/MSHA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Safety Standards for Underground Coal Mine Ventilation - Belt Entry Used as an Intake Air Course to Ventilate Working Sections and Areas Where Mechanized Mining Equipment is Being Installed...
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 10/01/2010
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/31/2010
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2013	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2010
Responses	251	0	44,768
Time Burden (Hours)	4,255	0	9,083
Cost Burden (Dollars)	40,664	0	87,137

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	251	44,768	-44,517
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	4,255	9,083	-4,828
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	40,664	87,137	-46,473

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The number of reported information collections has increased, because MSHA has disaggregated the various portions of this request in order to improve the quality of its burden estimates. Respondents: There has been a decrease of 24 respondents (45 to 21) because the number of underground coal mines using belt air has decreased since 2007. Responses: There has been a decrease of 44,517 responses (44,768 to 251) because the number of underground coal mines using belt air has decreased since 2007. Hours: There has been a decrease of 4,828 hours (9,083 to 4,255) because the number of underground coal mines using belt air has decreased since 2007. Costs: There has been a decrease of $45,473 in annual costs ($87,137 to 40,644) because the number of underground coal mines using belt air has decreased since 2007.