MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION ISSUES NOTICE: PROPOSED EXTENSION OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS TO FIRE MORE THAN 20 BOREHOLES AND FOR USE OF NONPERMISSIBLE BLASTING UNITS, EXPLOSIVES, AND SHOT-FIRING UNITS; AND POSTING NOTICES OF MISFIRES

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued a notice called: Proposed Extension of Information Collection: Applications for Permits To Fire More than 20 Boreholes and for Use of Nonpermissible Blasting Units, Explosives, and Shot-Firing Units; and Posting Notices of Misfires.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on July 3 by Jessica Senk, Certifying Officer, Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Summary: The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program for all information collections, to provide the public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed collections of information, ...