Federal Register: December 28, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 249)
DOCID: FR Doc 01-31855
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of fee adjustments.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Fee Adjustments for Testing, Evaluation, and Approval of Mining Products
DATES: This fee schedule is effective from January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
This notice revises the user fees for MSHA's Approval and Certification Center (A&CC). Fees compensate MSHA for the costs incurred for testing, evaluating, and approving certain products for use in underground mines. The 2002 fees are based on MSHA's actual expenses for fiscal year 2001. The fees reflect changes both in MSHA's approval processing operations and in the costs to process approval actions.
SUMMARY:
Mining products; testing, evaluation, and approval; user fee adjustments,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Background
On May 8, 1987 (52 FR 17506), MSHA published a final rule, 30 CFR
Part 5Fees for Testing, Evaluation, and Approval of Mining Products. The rule established specific procedures for calculating,
administering, and revising user fees. MSHA has revised its fee
schedule for 2001 in accordance with the procedures of that rule. This
new fee schedule is included below. For approval applications
postmarked before January 1, 2002, MSHA will continue to calculate fees
under the previous (2001) fee schedule, published on December 28, 2000. Fee Computation
In general, MSHA computed the 2002 fees based on fiscal year 2001 data. We calculated a weightedaverage, direct cost for all the services provided during fiscal year 2001 in the processing of requests for testing, evaluation, and approval of certain products for use in underground mines. From this cost, we calculated a single hourly rate to apply uniformly across all of the product approval categories during 2002.
Signed in Arlington, Virginia, this 19th day of December, 2001. Dave D. Lauriski,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
Fee Schedule Effective January 1, 2002
[Based on FY 2001 data]
Hourly
Action title rate
Fees for Testing, Evaluation, and Approval of all Mining $57
Products \1\..................................................
Retesting for Approval as a Result of PostApproval Product .......
Audit \2\..................................................... 30 CFR PART 15EXPLOSIVES TESTING
Permissibility Tests for Explosives:
Weighin..................................................... 462
Physical Exam: First size.................................... 325
Chemical Analysis............................................ 1,977
Air GapMinimum Product Firing Temperature.................. 460
Air GapRoom Temperature.................................... 352
Pendulum Friction Test....................................... 163
Detonation Rate................................................ 352
Gallery Test 7................................................. 7,436
Gallery Test 8................................................. 5,533
Toxic Gases (Large Chamber).................................... 805 Permissibility Tests for Sheathed Explosives:
Physical Examination......................................... 128
Chemical Analysis............................................ 1,044
Gallery Test 9............................................... 1,944
Gallery Test 10.............................................. 1,944
Gallery Test 11.............................................. 1,944
Gallery Test 12.............................................. 1,944
Drop Test.................................................... 648
Temperature Effects/Detonation............................... 672
Toxic Gases.................................................. 580
\1\ Full approval fee consists of evaluation cost plus applicable test costs.
\2\ Fee based upon the approval schedule in effect at the time of retest.
Note: When the nature of the product requires that we test and
evaluate it at a location other than our premises, you must
reimburse us for the traveling, subsistence, and incidental expenses
of our representative in accordance with standardized government
travel regulations. This reimbursement is in addition to the fees charged for evaluation and testing.
[FR Doc. 0131855 Filed 122701; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 451043P
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Steven J. Luzik, Chief, Approval and Certification Center (A&CC), 3045472029 or 3045470400.