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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 1219-0009	ICR Reference No: 202007-1219-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201708-1219-004
Agency/Subagency: DOL/MSHA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Training Plans and Records of Training, for Underground Miners and Miners Working at Surface Mines and Surface Areas of Underground Mines
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 with change	Conclusion Date: 05/26/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 03/18/2021
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2024	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2021
Responses	143,145	0	123,186
Time Burden (Hours)	14,773	0	13,964
Cost Burden (Dollars)	468,122	0	371,118

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	143,145	123,186	19,959
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	14,773	13,964	809
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	468,122	371,118	97,004

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: There are no program changes. There is an increase in the estimated number of respondents (from 1,526 to 5,828) due to MSHA, in the prior ICR, inadvertently counting only a subset of respondents who submitted new or revised training plans and omitting many other respondents who carried out Part 48 training. Responses increased from 123,186 to 143,145, burden hours increased from 13,964 to 14,773, and burden cost increased from $371,118 to $468,122 due to the increase in respondents. The prior ICR omitted an estimate of the number of contractors to the metal/nonmetal mining industry who provided part 48 training to their employees.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $951,089

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Nicole Bouchet 202-693-0213 nicole.bouchet@dol.gov