[Federal Register: January 19, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 12)][Notices] [Page 3123-3125]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request
January 12, 2006.
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 the Department of Labor (DOL). To obtain documentation,
contact 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: Asbestos in Construction Standard (29 CFR 1926.1101).
OMB Number: 1218-0134.
Frequency: On occasion 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: 286,821.
Number of Annual Responses: 53,719,202.
Estimated Time Per Response: Varies from 5 minutes to maintain
records to 17.3 hours to train a competent person.
Total Burden Hours: 5,569,658.
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $30,730,200.
Description: The information collection requirements specified in
the Asbestos in Construction Standard protect employees from the
adverse health effects that may result from asbestos exposure. The
major information collection requirements of the Asbestos in
Construction Standard include: implementing an exposure-monitoring
program that informs employees of their exposure-monitoring results;
and at multi-employer worksites, notification of other onsite employers
by employers establishing regulated areas for the type of work
performed with asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) and/or presumed
asbestos-containing materials (PACMs); the requirements that pertain to
regulated areas; and the measures they can use to protect their
employees from asbestos overexposure. Other provisions associated with
paperwork requirements include: evaluating and certifying alternative
control methods for Class I and Class II asbestos work and informing
laundry personnel of the requirement to prevent release of airborne
asbestos above the time-weighted average and excursion limit;
notification by employers and building/facility owners of designated
personnel and employees regarding the presence, location, and quantity
of ACMs and/or PACMs; using information, data, and analyses to
demonstrate that PACM does not contain asbestos; posting signs in
mechanical rooms/areas that employees may enter and that contain ACMs
and PACMs, informing them of the identity and location of these
materials and work practices that prevent disturbing the materials;
posting warning signs demarcating regulated areas; and affixing warning
labels to asbestos-containing products and to containers holding such
products. Additional provisions of the Standard that contain paperwork
requirements include: developing specific information and training
programs for employees; providing medical surveillance for employees
potentially exposed to ACMs and/or PACMs, including administering an
employee medical questionnaire, providing information to the examining
physician, and providing the physician's written opinion to the
employee; maintaining records of objective data used for exposure
determinations, employee exposure-monitoring and medical surveillance
records, training records, the record (i.e., information, data, and
analyses) used to demonstrate that PACM does not contain asbestos, and
notifications made and received by building/facility owners regarding
the content of ACMs and PACMs; making specified records (e.g.,
exposure-monitoring and medical surveillance records) available to
designated parties; and transferring exposure-monitoring and medical
surveillance records to the National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health on cessation of business.
These paperwork requirements permit employers, employees and their
designated representatives, OSHA, and other specified parties to
determine the effectiveness of an employer's asbestos-control program.
It provides notification to building owners, subsequent building
owners, contractors and employees of the presence of asbestos so that
precautions can be taken to protect workers. It provides for monitoring
and medical surveillance to assure that exposures are kept low and
early symptoms are detected. Accordingly, the requirements ensure that
employees exposed to asbestos receive all of the protection afforded by
the Standard.
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
Title: Asbestos in Shipyards (29 CFR 1915.1001).
OMB Number: 1218-0195.
Frequency: On occasion; 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: 19.
Number of Annual Responses: 2,210.
Estimated Time Per Response: Varies from 5 minutes to maintain
records to 17.3 hours for training a competent person.
Total Burden Hours: 1,426.
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing
services): $33,635.
Description: Several provisions of the Standard specify paperwork
requirements, including: Implementing an exposure-monitoring program
that informs employees of their exposure-monitoring results; and, at
multi-employer worksites, notification of other onsite employers by
employers establishing regulated areas of the type of work performed
with asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) and/or presumed asbestos-
containing materials (PACMs), the requirements that pertain to
regulated areas, and the measures they can use to protect their
employees from asbestos overexposure. Other provisions associated with
paperwork requirements include: Evaluating and certifying alternative
control methods for Class I and Class II asbestos work and, for Class I
asbestos work, a requirement to send a copy of the evaluation and
certification to the OSHA national office; informing laundry personnel
of the requirement to prevent release of airborne asbestos above the
time-weighted average and excursion limit; notification by employers
and building/facility owners of designated personnel and employees
regarding the presence, location, and quantity of ACMs and/or PACMs;
using information, data, and analyses to demonstrate that PACM does not
contain asbestos; posting signs in mechanical rooms/areas that
employees may enter and that contain ACMs and PACMs, informing them of
the identity and location of these materials and work practices that
prevent disturbing the materials; posting warning signs demarcating
regulated areas; and affixing warning labels to asbestos-containing
products and to containers holding such products.
Additional provisions of the Standard that contain paperwork
requirements include: Developing specific information and training
programs for employees; providing medical surveillance for employees
potentially exposed to ACMs and/or PACMs, including administering an
employee medical questionnaire, providing information to the examining
physician, and providing the physician's written opinion to the
employee; maintaining records of objective data used for exposure
determinations, employee exposure-monitoring and medical-surveillance
records, training records, the record (i.e., information, data, and
analyses) used to demonstrate that PACM does not contain asbestos, and
notifications made and received by building/facility owners regarding
the content of ACMs and PACMs; making specified records (e.g.,
exposure-monitoring and medical-surveillance records) available to
designated parties; and transferring exposure-monitoring and medical-
surveillance records to the National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health on cessation of business.
Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-534 Filed 1-18-06; 8:45 am]
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