DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR 1910 and 1926

Office of Management and Budget Control Numbers Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is announcing that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has extended its approval for a number of information collection requirements in OSHA's health standards. OSHA sought approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and, as required by that Act, is announcing the approval numbers and expiration dates for those requirements. OSHA is also correcting the approval number for one collection and correcting the citation number for two collections.

DATES: This rule is effective April 8, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adrian Corsey, Directorate of Health Standards Programs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N3718, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 219-7075 extension 105.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following chart lists the collections of information requirements in the health standards that have been approved by OMB recently.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), OSHA provided a period of public comment on all of the collections and submitted a request for OMB approval. OMB renewed its approval for the collections of information under their existing approval number as shown above. OSHA is also correcting two errors in its tables at Sec. 1910.8 which lists OMB approval numbers for collections of information in the general industry and an error in the table in Sec. 1926.5 which lists OMB approval numbers for collections of information in the construction industry. Specifically, Sec. 1910.20 and Sec. 1910.96 should be listed as Sec. 1910.1020 and Sec. 1910.1096, respectively, and the control number assigned to the collection at Sec. 1926.1101 is 1218-0134. Under 5 CFR 1320.5(b), an Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information, unless the collection display's a valid OMB control number.

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Parts 1910 and 1926

Occupational safety and health, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

Authority and Signature

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

Signed on the 31st day of March, 1998.

Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.

Accordingly, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration amends 29 CFR parts 1910 and 1926 as set forth below.

PART 1910--[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for Subpart A of part 1910 continues to read as follows:

Authority: Secs. 4, 6, 8 of the 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), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), or 6-96 (62 FR 111) as applicable. Section 1910.7 and 1910.8 also issued under 29 CFR part 1911.

Sec. 1910.8 [AMENDED]

2. In Sec. 1910.8, the table is amended by removing 1910.20 and 1910.96 and adding the following entries in numerical order, to read as follows:

Sec. 1910.8 OMB control numbers under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

1910.1020....................................1218-0065

1910.1096....................................1218-0103

PART 1926--[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for Subpart A of part 1926 continues to read as follows:

Authority: Section 107, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (Construction Safety Act) (40 U.S.C. 333); secs. 4, 6, 8, Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657); Secretary of Labor's Order 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), or 1-90 (55 FR 9033), as applicable; 29 CFR part 1911.

Sec. 1926.5 [Amended]

2. In Sec. 1926.5, the table is amended to correct the control number for the entry at 1926.1101 to read as follows:

1926.1101....................................1218-0134

[FR Doc. 98-9058 Filed 4-7-98; 8:45 am]

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