DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of OMB Approval

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is announcing that two collections of information have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This document announces the OMB approval numbers and expiration dates.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Renee Carter, Office of General Industry Compliance Assistance, Directorate of Compliance Programs, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693-1850.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of November 7, 1997, (62 FR 60284-60285), and February 3, 1998, (63 FR 5572-5573), the Agency announced its intent to request revision of a currently approved collection for the Procedures for Handling of Discrimination Complaints Under Federal Employee Protection Statutes (29 CFR part 24) and a reinstatement of its OMB approval for the Notice of Alleged Safety and Health Hazards, OSHA-7 Form. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), OMB has approved both information collections and assigned OMB control number 1218-0236 to the Procedures for Handling of Discrimination Complaints Under Federal Employee Protection Statutes and number 1218-0064 to the Notice of Alleged Safety and Health Hazards, OSHA-7 Form. The approvals expire April 30, 2001 and September 30, 2001, respectively.

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 displays a valid control number.

Dated: November 19, 1998.

Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98-31785 Filed 11-27-98; 8:45 am]

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