DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR-97-1]

Reports of Injuries to Employees Operating Mechanical Power Presses (§ 1910.217(g); Announcement to OMB Approval of Information Collection Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice, Announcement of the OMB Approval of Information Collection Requirements.

SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is announcing that the collections of information on the reporting of injuries to employees operating mechanical power presses, § 1910.217(g), has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This document announces the OMB approval number and expiration date.

DATES: Effective October 31, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Bielaski, Directorate of Policy, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3627, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 219-8076, ext. 142.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of March 7, 1997 (62 FR 10592), the Agency announced its intent to request renewal of its current OMB approval for 29 CFR 1910.217(g), Reports of Injuries to Employees Operating Mechanical Power Presses. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), OMB has renewed its approval for the information collection and assigned OMB control number 1218-0070. The approval expires on May 31, 2000. Under 5 CFR 1320.5(b), and Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection displays a valid control number.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of October 1997.

John F. Martonik,
Acting Director, Directorate of Safety Standards Program.

[FR Doc. 97-28775 Filed 10-30-97; 8:45 am]