[Federal Register: December 30, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 249)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Fee Adjustments for Testing, Evaluation, and Approval of Mining
Products
AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice of fee adjustments.
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SUMMARY: This notice revises our [MSHA Approval and Certification
Center (A&CC)] user fees. Fees compensate us for the costs that we
incur for testing, evaluating, and approving certain products for use
in underground mines. We based the 2004 fees on our actual expenses for
fiscal year 2003. The fees reflect changes both in our approval
processing operations and in our costs to process approval actions.
DATES: This fee schedule is effective from January 1, 2004, through
December 31, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven J. Luzik, Chief, Approval and
Certification Center (A&CC), 304-547-2029 or 304-547-0400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 8, 1987 (52 FR 17506), we published a final rule, 30 CFR
Part 5--Fees for Testing, Evaluation, and Approval of Mining Products.
The rule established specific procedures for calculating,
administering, and revising user fees. We have revised our fee schedule
for 2004 in accordance with the procedures of that rule and include
this new fee schedule below. For approval applications postmarked
before January 1, 2004, we will continue to calculate fees under the
previous (2003) fee schedule, published on December 31, 2002.
Fee Computation
In general, we computed the 2004 fees based on fiscal year 2003
data. We calculated a weighted-average, direct
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cost for all the services that we provided during fiscal year 2003 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 2004.
Dated: December 18, 2003.
John R. Correll,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
Fee Schedule Effective January 1, 2004
[Based on FY 2003 data]
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Action title Hourly rate
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Fees for Testing, Evaluation, and Approval of all Mining $63
Products \1\..............................................
Retesting for Approval as a Result of Post-Approval Product
Audit \2\
30 CFR Part 15--Explosives Testing
Permissibility Tests for Explosives:
Weigh-in................................................. 462
Physical Exam: First size................................ 325
Chemical Analysis........................................ 1,977
Air Gap--Minimum Product Firing Temperature.............. 460
Air Gap--Room 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
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\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. 03-31798 Filed 12-29-03; 8:45 am]
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