• Publication Date:
  • Publication Type:
    Notice
  • Fed Register #:
    82:19089-19090
  • Title:
    Requirements for the OSHA Training Institute Education Centers Program and the OSHA Outreach Training Program; Requesting the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
  [Federal Register Volume 82, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 25, 2017)]
  [Notices]
  [Pages 19089-19090]
  From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
  [FR Doc No: 2017-08242]


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  DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

  Occupational Safety and Health Administration

  [Docket No. OSHA-2009-0022]


  Requirements for the OSHA Training Institute Education Centers
  Program and the OSHA Outreach Training Program; Requesting the Office
  of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection
  (Paperwork) Requirements

  AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S.
  Department of Labor.

  ACTION: Request for public comments.

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  SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments concerning its proposal to extend the
  OMB approval of the information collection requirements contained in
  the OSHA Training Institute Education Centers Program and the OSHA
  Outreach Training Program.

  DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
  June 26, 2017.

  ADDRESSES:
      Electronically: You may submit comments and attachments
  electronically at
      http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal eRulemaking
  Portal. Follow the instructions online for submitting comments.
      Facsimile: If your comments, including attachments, are not longer
  than ten (10) pages, you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at
  (202) 693-1648.
      Mail, hand delivery, express mail, messenger, or courier service:
  When using this method, you must submit your comments and attachments
  to the OSHA Docket Office, (Docket No. OSHA-2009-0022), U.S. Department
  of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N-3653,
  200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries (hand,
  express mail, messenger, and courier service) are accepted during the
  Department of Labor's and Docket Office's normal business hours, 10:00
  a.m. to 3:00 p.m., e.t.
      Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and OSHA
  docket number (OSHA-2009-0022) for the Information Collection Request
  (ICR). All comments, including any personal information you provide,
  are placed in the public docket without change, and may be made
  available online at http://www.regulations.gov. For further information
  on submitting comments, see the "Public Participation" heading in the
  section of this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
      Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the
  docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov or the OSHA Docket Office at
  the address above. All documents in the docket (including this Federal
  Register notice) are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index;
  however, some information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly
  available to read or download from the Web site. All submissions,
  including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and
  copying at the OSHA Docket Office. You may contact Annette Braam,
  Assistant Director, Office of Training and Educational Programs, or Jim
  Brock, OSHA Training Institute Education Centers Program, at the
  address below to obtain a copy of the ICR.

  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Annette Braam, Assistant Director,
  Office of Training and Educational Programs, or Jim Brock, OSHA
  Training Institute Education Centers Program, Directorate of Training
  and Education, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, 2020 S. Arlington
  Heights Rd., Arlington Heights, IL. 60005-4102; Phone: (847) 759-7781.

  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) (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. Consistent
  with the authority of Section 21 of the OSH Act, the Agency created two
  educational programs, the OSHA Training Institute (OTI) Education
  Centers Program and the OSHA Outreach Training Program (Outreach).
      To be a participant in the OTI Education Centers Programs or the
  Outreach Training Program, an individual/organization must provide the
  Agency with certain information. The requested information is necessary
  to evaluate the applicant organization and to implement, oversee, and
  monitor the OTI Education Centers and Outreach Training Programs,
  courses and trainers. The 11 collection of information requirements are
  listed below.
      A. Application to become an OSHA Training Institute Education
  Center (OTI Education Center);
      B. OTI Education Centers Monthly Summary Report for the OTI
  Education Centers and the Outreach Training Program Monthly Summary
  Report;
      C. Statement of Compliance with Outreach Training Program
  Requirements;
      D. Outreach Training Program Report Forms (includes Construction,
  General
      Industry, Maritime, and Disaster Site);
      E. Online Outreach Training Program Report;
      F. Active Trainer List;
      G. OSHA Training Institute Student Survey (OSHA Form 49 11-05
  Edition) (OMB 1225-0059) (Attachment I, OSHA Form 49 11-05 Edition).
      H. Attendance Documentation for OTI Education Centers;
      I. Outreach Online Training Certification Statement
      J. Instructor and Staff Resumes (this includes anyone who may be
  assigned to conduct OSHA classes, contractor, subcontractor, employee,
  adjunct professor, etc.;
      K. Course Material upon Request by OSHA from OTI Education Centers.

  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 is useful;
       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 must comply-
  for example, by using automated or other technological information
  collection and transmission techniques.

  III. Proposed Actions

      OSHA is requesting a 1,621 burden hour adjustment increase as a
  result of increasing the number of courses offered and the number of
  students attending these courses. The Agency will summarize comments
  submitted in response to this notice and will include this summary in
  the request to OMB.
      Type of Review: Extension of a previously approved collection.
      Title: OSHA Training Institute (OTI) Education Centers Program, and
  OSHA Outreach Training Program Data Collection.
      OMB Control Number: 1218-0262.
      Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; Federal government;
  State, local and tribal governments.
      Number of Respondents: 385.
      Frequency: On occasion.
      Total Responses: 53,352.
      Average Time per Response: Ranges from 5 minutes for OTI Education
  Centers to provide OSHA a list of outreach trainers to 60 hours for a
  not-for-profit institution to prepare and submit an application to
  become an OTI Education Center.
      Estimated Total: Burden hours: 15,913.
      Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $0.

  IV. Public Participation--Submission of Comments on this Notice and
  Internet Access to Comments and Submissions

      You may submit comments in response to this document as follows:
  (1) Electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal
  eRulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile; or (3) by hard copy. All
  comments, attachments, and other material must identify the Agency name
  and the OSHA docket number for the ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2009-0022). You
  may supplement electronic submissions by uploading document files
  electronically. If you wish to mail additional materials in reference
  to an electronic or facsimile submission, you must submit them to the
  OSHA Docket Office (see the section of this notice titled ADDRESSES).
  The additional materials must clearly identify your electronic comments
  by your name, date, and the docket number so the Agency can attach them
  to your comments.
      Because of security procedures, the use of regular mail may cause a
  significant delay in the receipt of comments. For information about
  security procedures concerning the delivery of materials by hand,
  express delivery, messenger, or courier service, please contact the
  OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2350, TTY (877) 889-5627.
      Comments and submissions are posted without change at http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about
  submitting personal information such as social security numbers and
  date of birth. Although all submissions are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index, some information (e.g., copyrighted
  material) is not publicly available to read or download from this Web
  site. All submissions, including copyrighted material, are available
  for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. Information on
  using the http://www.regulations.gov Web site to submit comments and
  access the docket is available at the Web site's "User Tips" link.
  Contact the OSHA Docket Office for information about materials not
  available from the Web site, and for assistance in using the Internet
  to locate docket submissions.

  V. Authority and Signature

      Dorothy Dougherty, Deputy 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. 3506 et seq.) and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-2012
  (77 FR 3912).

      Dated: April 11, 2017.
  Dorothy Dougherty,
  Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
  [FR Doc. 2017-08242 Filed 4-24-17; 8:45 am]
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