[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 2014)][Notices][Pages 29207-29208]
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[FR Doc No: 2014-11750]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Portable Fire Extinguishers Standard
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sponsored information
collection request (ICR) titled, ``Portable Fire Extinguishers
Standard,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval for continued use, without change, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Public
comments on the ICR are invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives
on or before June 20, 2014.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation;
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency
of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained free of charge
from the RegInfo.gov Web site at
http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201404-1218-003
(this link will only become active on the day following publication of
this notice) or by contacting Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-4129,
TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by email at
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Submit comments about this request by mail or courier to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-
OSHA, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202-395-6881 (this is not a toll-free
number); or by email: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. Commenters are
encouraged, but not required, to send a courtesy copy of any comments
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor--OASAM, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Attn: Departmental Information
Compliance Management Program, Room N1301, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; or by email: DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at
202-693-4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by
email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks to extend PRA authority for
the Portable Fire Extinguishers Standard information collection
codified in regulations 29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3). The Standard requires an
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHAct) covered employer to subject
each portable fire extinguisher to an annual maintenance inspection and
to record the date of the inspection. The regulation requires the
employer to retain the inspection record
for one year after the last entry or for the life of the shell,
whichever is less, and to make the record available to the OSHA, on
request. This recordkeeping requirement assures employees and OSHA
compliance officers that any portable fire extinguisher located in the
workplace will operate normally in case of fire; in addition, this
requirement provides evidence to an OSHA compliance officer during an
inspection that the employer performed the required maintenance checks
on the portable fire extinguishers. The OSHAct authorizes this
information collection. See 29 U.S.C. 651, 657.
This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and
the public is generally not required to respond to an information
collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA and displays
a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any
other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that
does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and
1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this information collection
under Control Number 1218-0238.
OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3)
years without renewal, and the current approval for this collection is
scheduled to expire on May 31, 2014. The DOL seeks to extend PRA
authorization for this information collection for three (3) more years,
without any change to existing requirements. The DOL notes that
existing information collection requirements submitted to the OMB
receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review. For
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related
notice published in the Federal Register on December 10, 2013 (78 FR
74167).
Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in
the ADDRESSES section within 30 days of publication of this notice in
the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate
consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number 1218-0238.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
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: DOL-OSHA.
Title of Collection: Portable Fire Extinguishers Standard.
OMB Control Number: 1218-0238.
Affected Public: Private Sector--businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,380,750.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 1,380,750.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 69,038 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $20,193,469.
Dated: May 15, 2014.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-11750 Filed 5-20-14; 8:45 am]
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