# 2025-09156: Labor Renews Miners’ Respirator Records in Routine Safety Paperwork

2025-09156, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Respirator Program Records, is a Federal Register notice from Labor Department published 2025-05-22, effective The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency receives on or before June 23, 2025.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-22).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-09156
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Respirator Program Records
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Labor Department
- Citation: 90 FR 21951
- Published: 2025-05-22
- Effective: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency receives on or before June 23, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-22

## In one line

Labor Renews Miners’ Respirator Records in Routine Safety Paperwork

## Summary

The Department of Labor wants to keep making sure miners stay safe by collecting important records about respirators, like when they’re given out and how well they fit. They’re asking for public feedback on this paperwork by June 23, 2025, to keep things clear and easy. This helps protect miners without adding extra hassle or costs.

## Abstract

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

## Effects PRIA read

- Mine Operators Must Keep Respirator Records: cost, low. If you run a mining business, MSHA requires you to keep respirator program records such as written standard operating procedures for selection and use, the date each respirator was issued, and fit-test results. The information-collection is assigned OMB Control Number 1219-0048 and the agency estim…
- Records Support Miners' Health and Safety: benefit, medium. MSHA is collecting respirator program records to carry out its duty to protect the safety and health of miners. The collection specifically covers written procedures, issuance dates of respirators, and fit-test results and is open for public comment through June 23, 2025.

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## Sources
- [2025-09156 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/22/2025-09156/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-for-omb-review-comment-request-respirator)
- [2025-09156 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-22/pdf/2025-09156.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-09156 (as of 2026-10-22).