[Federal Register: October 4, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 191)][Notices] [Page 57898-57899]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request
September 23, 2005.
The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public
information collection requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of
each ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by
contacting Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number)
or e-mail: king.darrin@dol.gov.
Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, 202-395-7316 (this is not a toll-free number),
within 30 days from the date of this publication in the Federal
Register.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
Title: Cotton Dust (29 CFR 1910.1043).
OMB Number: 1218-0061.
Frequency: On occasion; biennially; semi-annually; and annually.
Type of Response: Recordkeeping and third party disclosure.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government;
and State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 535.
Number of Annual Responses: 185,384.
Estimated Time Per Response: Varies from 5 minutes to maintain a
required record to 2 hours to conduct exposure monitoring.
Total Burden Hours: 70,318.
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $6,526,314.
Description: The information collection requirements specified in
the Cotton Dust Standard (29 CFR 1910.1043) protect employees from the
adverse health effects that may result from their exposure to Cotton
Dust. The major information collection requirements of the Cotton Dust
Standard include: Performing exposure monitoring, including initial,
periodic, and additional monitoring; notifying each employee of their
exposure monitoring results either individually in writing or by
posting; implementing a written compliance program; and establishing a
respiratory protection program in accordance with OSHA's Respiratory
Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134).
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
Title: Inorganic Arsenic (29 CFR 1910.1018).
OMB Number: 1218-0104.
Frequency: On occasion; quarterly; semi-annually; and annually.
Type of Response: Recordkeeping; reporting; and third party
disclosure.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government;
and State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 42.
Number of Annual Responses: 15,928.
Estimated Time Per Response: Varies from 5 minutes to maintain
records to 1.67 hours to complete a medical examination.
Total Burden Hours: 4,861.
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $396,322.
Description: The information collection requirements in the
Inorganic Arsenic (IA) Standard (29 CFR 1910.1018) protect employees
from the adverse health effects that may result from their exposure to
IA. The IA Standard requires employers to: Monitor employees' exposure
to inorganic arsenic; monitor employee health; develop and maintain
employee exposure-monitoring and medical records; and provide employees
with information about their exposures and the adverse health effects
of exposure to inorganic arsenic.
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
Title: Acrylonitrile (29 CFR 1910.1045).
OMB Number: 1218-0126.
Frequency: On occasion; quarterly; semi-annually; and annually.
Type of Response: Recordkeeping; reporting; and third party
disclosure.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government;
and State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 23.
Number of Annual Responses: 7,946.
Estimated Time Per Response: Varies from 5 minutes to provide
information to the examining physician to 1.5 hours to conduct medical
examinations.
Total Burden Hours: 3,237.
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $173,652.
Description: The Acrylonitrile Standard (the ``AN'' standard), and
its information collection requirements, is designed to provide
protection for employees from the adverse health effects associated
with occupational exposure to Acrylonitrile. The major information
collection requirements of the AN Standard include: notifying employees
of their AN exposures, implementing a written compliance program,
providing examining physicians with specific information, ensuring that
employees receive a copy of their medical examination results,
maintaining employee's exposure-monitoring and medical records for
specific periods, and providing access to these records by OSHA, the
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the affected
employees, and designated representatives.
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection
Title: Servicing Multi-Piece and Single Piece Rim Wheels (29 CFR
1910.177).
OMB Number: 1218-0219
Frequency: On occasion.
Type of Response: Recordkeeping and third party disclosure.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions; Federal Government; and State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 8.
Number of Annual Responses: 8.
Estimated Time Per Response: 3 minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 1.
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $0.
Description: The purpose of 29 CFR 1910.177 is to reduce employees'
risk of death or serious injury by ensuring that restraining devices
used by them during the servicing of multi-piece rim wheels are in safe
operating condition. Specifically, the certification records required
by paragraph (d)(3)(iv) are used to assure that equipment has been
repaired properly. The certification records also provide the most
efficient means for OSHA compliance officers to determine that an
employer is complying with the Standard.
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
Title: Telecommunications (Training Certification Records) (29 CFR
1910.268(c)).
OMB Number: 1218-0225.
Frequency: On occasion.
Type of Response: Recordkeeping and third party disclosure.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions; Federal Government; and State, Local, or Tribal
Government
Number of Respondents: 651
Number of Annual Responses: 140,050
Estimated Time Per Response: 2 minutes
Total Burden Hours: 4,202
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0
Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $0
Description: The Telecommunications Standard at 29 CFR 1910.268(c)
specifies one information collection requirement. The following section
describes who uses the information collected under the requirement as
well as how they use it. The purpose of this requirement is to ensure
that employees have been trained as required by the Standard to prevent
risk of death or serious injury.
Training (paragraph (c)). Under the paperwork requirement specified
by paragraph (c) of the Standard, employers must certify that his or
her employees have been trained as specified by the performance-
language training provision of the Standard. Specifically, employers
must prepare a certification record which includes the identity of the
person trained, the signature of the employer or the person who
conducted the training, and the date the training was completed. The
certification record shall be prepared at the completion of training
and shall be maintained on file for the duration of the employee's
employment. The information collected would be used by employers as
well as compliance officers to determine whether employees have been
trained according to the requirements set forth in 29 CFR 1910.268(c).
Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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