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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 156 / Tuesday, August 17, 2021 / Notices
valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5a and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for three 3
years. OMB authorization for an ICR
cannot be for more than three 3 years without renewal. The DOL notes that information collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
Agency: DOLOSHA.
Title of Collection: Respiratory Protection Standard.
OMB Control Number: 12180099.
Affected Public: Private Sector:
Businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 699,048.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 27,655,682.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
8,400,365 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $406,397,821.88.

Regulations, and Variances, 201 12th Street South, Suite 4E401, Arlington, Virginia 222025452, Attention: Jessica D. Senk, Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances. Persons delivering documents are required to check in at the receptionists desk in Suite 4E401. Individuals may inspect copies of the petition and comments during normal business hours at the address listed above.
MSHA will consider only comments postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service or proof of delivery from another delivery service such as UPS or Federal Express on or before the deadline for comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jessica D. Senk, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances at 202693
9440 voice, Senk.Jessica@dol.gov email, or 2026939441 facsimile.
These are not toll-free numbers.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 101c of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations CFR part 44 govern the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for modification.

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507a1D.

I. Background
Crystal Rennie, Senior PRA Analyst.

Section 101c of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 Mine Act allows the mine operator or representative of miners to file a petition to modify the application of any mandatory safety standard to a coal or other mine if the Secretary of Labor determines that:
1. An alternative method of achieving the result of such standard exists which will at all times guarantee no less than the same measure of protection afforded the miners of such mine by such standard; or 2. The application of such standard to such mine will result in a diminution of safety to the miners in such mine.
In addition, sections 44.10 and 44.11
of 30 CFR establish the requirements for filing petitions for modification.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standard Mine Safety and Health Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This notice includes the summary of a petition for modification submitted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration MSHA by the party listed below.
DATES: All comments on the petition must be received by MSHAs Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances on or before September 16, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments including the docket number of the petition by any of the following methods:
1. Electronic Mail: zzMSHAcomments@dol.gov. Include the docket number of the petition in the subject line of the message.
2. Facsimile: 2026939441.
3. Regular Mail or Hand Delivery:
MSHA, Office of Standards,
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II. Petition for Modification Docket Number: M2021026C.
Petitioner: Marion County Coal Resources, Inc., 151 Johnnycake Road, Metz, West Virginia Zip 26585.
Mine: Marion County Mine, MSHA ID
No. 4601433, located in Marion County, West Virginia.
Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 751700
Oil and gas wells.
Modification Request: The petitioner requests a modification of the existing standard, 30 CFR 75.1700, as it relates to oil and gas wells at the mine. The operator is petitioning to plug two gas wells in the Marcellus shale.

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The petitioner states that:
a The Marion County Mine desires to plug two unconventional gas wells in the Marcellus shale not covered by the Consent Order at docket No. 2017
MSA06. These are:
1 The Esther Clark 1H Marcellus Gas Well American Petroleum Institute API : 4706101616; and 2 The Esther Clark 3H Marcellus Gas Well API : 4706101623.
b The Marion County Mine employs approximately 712 miners and produces approximately 25,000 tons of bituminous coal per day from the Pittsburgh 8 coal seam with an average mine height of 84 inches. At this time, there are no coal seams being mined stratigraphically down section from the Pittsburgh seam. The mine is accessed through one slope and eight airshafts.
The mine operates three production shifts per day, five days per week, on three working sectionsone longwall, an advancing gate section, and a mains section utilizing continuous mining machines. The mine liberates 9,000,000
cubic feet of methane on a daily basis.
c On July 5, 2018, MSHA and Marion County entered into a settlement concerning the contest of certain conditions in a Proposed Decision and Order concerning 30 CFR 75.1700 at docket No. 2017MSA06. That agreement specifically excluded certain types of wells as follows:
Unconventional wells in the Marcellus and Utica, and all other unconventional shale oil and gas wells are not subject to this modification.
The petitioner proposes the following alternative method:
a District Manager approval required.
1 The mine operator shall maintain a safety barrier of 300 feet in diameter around the Esther Clark 1H and 3H Gas Wells until the District Manager approves to proceed with mining.
2 Prior to mining within the safety barrier around these wells, the mine operator shall provide to the District Manager a sworn affidavit or declaration executed by the company official who is in charge of health and safety at the mine stating that all mandatory procedures for cleaning out, preparing, and plugging each gas well have been completed. The affidavit or declaration must be accompanied by all logs, electronic or otherwise, described below in section b 7 and any other records the District Manager requires.
3 This petition applies to all types of underground coal mining at the mine.
b The petitioner proposes to use the following mandatory procedures, when cleaning out and preparing the Ester
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