[Federal Register: February 24, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 37)][Notices] [Page 9607-9608]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR-1218-0170(2006)]
Standard on 1,3-Butadiene; Extension of the Office of Management
and Budget's Approval of Information Collection Requirements
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comment concerning its request for an
extension of the information collection (paperwork) requirements
contained in the 1,3-Butadiene Standard (29 CFR 1910.1051).
DATES: Comments must be submitted by the following dates:
Hard copy: You comments must be submitted (postmarked or received)
by April 25, 2006.
Facsimile and electronic transmission: Your comments must be
received by April 25, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR-
1218-0170(2006), by any of the following methods.
Regular mail, express delivery, hand delivery, and messenger
service: Submit your comments and attachments to the OSHA Docket
Office, Room N-2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2350 (OSHA's TTY number
is (877) 889-5627). OSHA Docket Office and Department of Labor hours
are 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., e.t.
Facsimile: If your comments are 10 or fewer pages, including
attachments, you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-
1648.
Electronic: You may submit comments through the Internet at http://ecomments.osha.gov.
Follow instructions on the OSHA Web page for submitting comments.
Docket: For access to the docket to read or download comments or
background materials, such as the complete Information Collection
Request (ICR) (containing the Supporting Statement, OMB-83-I Form, and
attachments), go to OSHA's Web page at http://www.OSHA.gov. In
addition, the ICR, comments and submissions are available for
inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office at the address above.
You may also contact Todd Owen at the address below to obtain a copy of
the ICR. (For additional information on submitting comments, please see
the ``Public Participation'' heading in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamaa Hill, Directorate of Standards
and Guidance, OSHA, Room N-3609, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone: (202) 693-
2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information
collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (PRA-95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that
information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and costs)
is minimal, collection instruments are clearly understood, and OSHA's
estimate of the information collection burden is accurate. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the OSHA Act) (29 U.S.C.
651 et seq.) authorizes information collection by employers as
necessary or appropriate for enforcement of the OSH Act or for
developing information regarding the causes and prevention of
occupational injuries, illnesses, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). In
this regard, the 1,3-Butadiene Standard requires employers to monitor
employee exposure to 1,3-Butadiene; development and maintain compliance
and exposure-goal programs if employee exposures to 1,3-Butadiene are
above the Standard's permissable exposure limits or action level; label
respirator filter elements to indicate the date and time it is first
installed on the respirator; establish medical surveillance programs to
monitor employee health, and to provide employees with information
about their exposures and the health effects of exposure to 1,3-
Butadiene.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
Whether the proposed information collection requirements
are necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's functions,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
The accuracy of OSHA's estimate of the burden (time and
costs) of the information collection requirements, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
The quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collected; and
Ways to minimize the burden on employers who are to
respond, including 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.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting OMB to extend their approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the 1,3 Butadiene Standard. OSHA
will summarize the comments submitted in response to this notice, and
will include this summary in it's request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information
collection requirements.
Title: 1,3 Butadiene Standard (29 CFR 1910.1051).
OMB Number: 1218-0170.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; Federal government;
State, local and tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 115.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Responses: 3,532.
Average Time per Response: Time per response ranges from 15 seconds
(.004 hour) to write the date and time on each new cartridge label to 2
hours to complete a referral medical examination.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 955.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $90,552.
IV. Public Participation--Submission of Comments on This Notice and
Internet Access to Comments and Submissions
You may submit comments and supporting materials in response to
this notice by (1) hard copy, (2) FAX transmission (facsimile), or (3)
electronically through the OSHA Web page. Because of security-related
problems, there may be a significant delay in the receipt of comments
sent by regular mail. Please contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202)
693-2350 (TTY (877) 889-5627) for information about security procedures
concerning the delivery of submissions by express delivery, hand
delivery and courier service.
All comments, submissions and background documents are available
for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office at the above
address. Comments and submissions posted on OSHA's Web page are
available at http://www.OSHA.gov. Contact the OSHA Docket Office for
information about materials not available through the OSHA Web page and
for assistance using the Web page to locate docket submissions.
Electronic copies of this Federal Register notice as well as other
relevant documents are available on OSHA's Web page. Because
submissions become public, private information such as social security
numbers should not be submitted.
V. Authority and Signature
Jonathan L. Snare, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this
notice. The authority for this notice is the Paperwork Reduction act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. et seq.), and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 5-2002 (67
FR 65008).
Signed at Washington, DC, on February 21, 2006.
Jonathan L. Snare,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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