Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - FedReg E8-25980 - Proposed Information Collection Request

64986 Federal Register/Vol. 73, No. 212/Friday, October 31, 2008/Notices Title 30 CFR 75.373 and 75.1721 III. Current Actions reopening of inactive or abandoned mines. require that after a mine is abandoned Mine operators are required to Type of Review: Extension. or declared inactive and before it is conduct surveying such that mine maps Agency: Mine Safety and Health reopened, mine operations shall not are maintained accurate and up-to-date, Administration. begin until MSHA has been notified and the maps must be revised every 6 Title: Requirements for the has completed an inspection. Standard months and certified accurate by a Preparation and Maintenance of 75.1721 specifies that the notification be registered engineer or surveyor and to Accurate and Up-to-Date Mine Maps in writing and lists specific information, submit copies of the certified (pertains to underground and surface preliminary arrangements and mine underground maps to MSHA annually coal mines). plans which must be submitted to the and an up-to-date and revised mine OMB Number: 1219–0073. MSHA District Manager. closure map whenever an operator Recordkeeping: Annual or on permanently closes or abandons a coal II. Desired Focus of Comments occasion. mine, or temporarily closes a coal mine Affected Public: Business or other for- Currently, the Mine Safety and Health for a period of more than 90 days, he or profit. she shall promptly notify the Secretary Administration (MSHA) is soliciting ...