DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Part 1915

[Docket No. S-045]

RIN 1218-AA74

Personal Protective Equipment for Shipyard Employment; Effective Date and Office of Management and Budget Control Numbers Under Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Labor.

ACTION: Final rule: amendment; announcement of effective date and OMB approval of information collection requirements.

SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is announcing that the collections of information regarding 1915.152(b), hazard assessment and equipment selection, 1915.152(e), training, 1915.159(d), personal fall arrest systems training, and 1915.160(d), positioning device systems training have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This document announces the effective dates of those paragraphs and the OMB approval number 1218-0215. It also adds the OMB number to the CFR.

DATES: The amendment in this final rule and 1915.152 (b) and (e), 1915.159(d) and 1915.160(d) published at 61 FR 26352 and corrected at 61 FR 29957 are effective July 21, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chappell Pierce, Director, OSHA Office of Fire Protection Engineering and Systems Safety Standards, U.S. Department of Labor, N3609, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. 20210. Telephone (202) 219-7216, ext. 111.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of May 24, 1996, (61 FR 26322), the agency announced that the information collection request for the final rule on Personal Protective Equipment for Shipyards had been submitted to OMB for review and clearance. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), OMB has approved the information collection and assigned OMB control number 1218-0215. The approval expires on April 30, 2000. Under 5 CFR 1320.5(b), an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless: (1) The collection displays a valid control number; and (2) the agency informs potential persons who may respond to the collection of information that such persons are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Sections 1915.152(b) and (e), 1915.159(d) and 1915.160(d) are effective July 21, 1997.

Authority and Signature

This document was prepared under the direction of Gregory R. Watchman, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington , DC 20210.

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 1915

Hazardous substances, Longshore and harbor workers, Occupational safety and health, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Vessels.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of June 1997.

Gregory R. Watchman,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.

Accordingly, OSHA amends 29 CFR part 1915 as set forth below.

PART 1915 -- [AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for Part 1915 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 41, Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 941); secs. 4, 6, 8, Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657); Secretary of Labor's order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736) or 1-90 (55 FR 9033), as applicable; 29 CFR part 1911.

Section 1915.100 also issued under Section 29, Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act of 1990 (49 U.S.C. 1801-1891 and 5 U.S.C. 553).

2. Section 1915.8 is amended by removing the existing entry for 1910.152 and by adding (in numerical order) the following entities to read as follows:

1915.8 OMB control numbers under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

[FR Doc. 97-16116 Filed 6-19-97; 8:45 am]