# 2025-09269: Mine Operators Must Keep Tabs on Their Underground Fans

2025-09269, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Main Fan Operation and Inspection (I-A, II-A, III, and V-A Mines), is a Federal Register notice from Labor Department published 2025-05-23; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-22).

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- As of: 2026-10-22
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-09269
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Main Fan Operation and Inspection (I-A, II-A, III, and V-A Mines)
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Labor Department
- Citation: 90 FR 22117
- Published: 2025-05-23
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-22

## In one line

Mine Operators Must Keep Tabs on Their Underground Fans

## Summary

The Department of Labor wants to keep underground mine fans safe by checking their pressure daily and saving the records for a year. They’re asking for public feedback on this info collection by June 23, 2025. This helps make sure fans work right, protecting 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

- Daily pressure checks protect underground miners: benefit, high. All underground metal and nonmetal gassy mines must have pressure-recording systems on main fans, and the fans must be examined daily while operating if persons are underground. The pressure-recording systems show whether the fans are working correctly, which supports safer conditions for miners.
- Paperwork and cost burden for mine operators: cost, high. The information collection for main fan operation and inspection (OMB Control Number 1219-0026) applies to the private sector and is estimated to involve 6 respondents, 3,960 responses, 2,112 annual burden hours, and $6,000 total estimated annual other costs. Pressure recordings must be retained fo…

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## Sources
- [2025-09269 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/23/2025-09269/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-for-omb-review-comment-request-main-fan)
- [2025-09269 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-23/pdf/2025-09269.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-09269 (as of 2026-10-22).