DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Part 1910 [Docket No. S-760-B]

RIN 1218-AB27

Accreditation of Training Programs for Hazardous Waste Operations

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a notice February 10, 1992 (57 FR 4858) reopening the record on its proposed rule on Accreditation of Training Programs for Hazardous Waste Operations. The notice requested further public comments only on the final report of a survey conducted by OSHA which collected information on the number, type and characteristics of training programs for hazardous waste and emergency response workers.

OSHA has received requests to extend the comment period established in the February 10, 1992 notice for an additional two months to gather data relevant to the survey's findings. OSHA is granting that request and is extending the comment deadline of March 26, 1992 established in its February notice for an additional two months until May 26, 1992. OSHA is granting this extension to provide interested parties with the additional time necessary to gather data relevant to the survey and for organizations to collate individual comments received from their members. Comments are only requested on the survey and data relevant to it. See the February 10, 1992 FEDERAL REGISTER notice for further information.

DATE: Comments must be postmarked by May 26, 1992.

ADDRESSES: 1. Copies of the report are available at or upon either telephone or written request to the Docket Office, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N-2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: (202) 523-7894.

2. Written comments on the report should be submitted in quadruplicate to the Docket Office, Docket No. S-760-B, OSHA Room N-2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James F. Foster, Office of Information and Consumer Affairs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N-3647, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20210, 202-523-8151.

Signed at Washington, DC this 28th day of February, 1992.

Dorothy L. Strunk
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor

[FR Doc. 92-5234 Filed 3-5-92; 8:45 am]