[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15639-15641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07419]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2011-0190]
Shipyard Employment Standards; Extension of the Office of
Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection
(Paperwork) Requirements
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the information collection requirements
contained in the Shipyard Employment Standards of Subpart G--Gear and
Equipment for Rigging and Materials Handling and Subpart K--Portable,
Unfired Pressure Vessels, Drums and Containers, Other than Ship's
Equipment. The purpose of the collection of information (paperwork)
provisions of the Standards is to reduce workers' risk of death or
serious injury by ensuring that equipment has been tested and is in
safe operating condition.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
June 11, 2018.
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 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 a copy of your comments and
attachments to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. OSHA-2011-0190,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N-2625, 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., ET.
Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and the
OSHA docket number (OSHA-2011-0190) 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 website. All submissions,
including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and
copying at the OSHA Docket Office. You may also contact Theda Kenney at
the number below to obtain a copy of the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles McCormick or Theda Kenney,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor,
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) (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 OSH 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). The OSH Act also requires that OSHA obtain such
information with minimum burden upon employers, especially those
operating small businesses, and to reduce to the maximum extent
feasible unnecessary duplication of efforts in obtaining information
(29 U.S.C. 657).
Manila rope and manila-rope slings (paragraph 1915.112(a)(1))--The
employer must ensure that manila rope and manila-rope slings have
permanently affixed and legible identification markings as prescribed
by the manufacturer that indicate the recommended safe working load for
the type(s) of hitch(es) used, the angle upon which it is based, and
the number of legs if more than one.
Wire rope and wire-rope slings (paragraph 1915.112(b)(1)(i))--The
employer must ensure that wire rope and wire-rope slings have
permanently affixed and legible identification markings as prescribed
by the manufacturer that indicate the recommended safe working load for
the type(s) of hitch(es) used, the angle upon which it is based, and
the number of legs if more than one.
Chain and chain slings (paragraph 1915.112(c)(1)(i))--The employer
must ensure that chain and chain slings have permanently affixed and
legible identification markings as prescribed by the manufacturer that
indicate the recommended safe working load for the type(s) of hitch(es)
used, the angle upon which it is based, and the number of legs if more
than one.
Chain and chain slings (paragraph 1915.112(c)(2))--The employer
shall visually inspect all chain slings, including end fastenings,
before being used on the job, as well as every three months. The
employer shall inspect for wear, defective welds, deformation and an
increase in length or stretch. Each chain shall bear an indication of
the month in which it was thoroughly inspected.
Shackles (paragraph 1915.113(a)(1))--The employer must ensure that
shackles have permanently affixed and legible identification markings
as prescribed by the manufacturer that indicate the recommended safe
working load.
Test records for hooks (paragraph 1915.113(b)(1))--This paragraph
requires that the manufacturer's recommendations be followed in
determining the safe working loads of the various sizes and types of
hooks. If the manufacturer's recommendations are not available, the
hook must be tested to twice the intended safe working load before it
is initially put into use. The employer must maintain and keep readily
available a certification record which includes the date of such test,
the signature of the person who performed the test, and an identifier
for the hook which was tested.
The records are used to ensure that equipment has been properly
tested. The records also provide the most efficient means for the
compliance officers to determine that an employer is complying with the
Standard.
Chain falls and pull-lifts (paragraph 1915.114(a))--The employer
must ensure that all chain falls and pull-lifts are clearly marked to
show the capacity and the capacity must not be exceeded.
Mobile crawler or truck cranes used on a vessel (paragraph
1915.115(c))--This paragraph requires that the maximum manufacturer's
rated safe working loads for the various working radii of the boom and
the maximum and minimum radii at which the boom may be safely used with
and without outriggers, shall be conspicuously posted near the controls
and shall be visible to the operator.
General precautions (paragraph 1915.131(g))--The employer must
ensure that all headers, manifolds and widely spaced hose connections
on compressed air lines bear the word ``air''
in letters at least 1-inch high, which must be painted either on the
manifolds or separate hose connections, or on signs permanently
attached to the manifolds or connections. Grouped air connections may
be marked in one location.
Examination and test records for unfired pressure vessels
(paragraphs 1915.172(b) and (d))--Paragraph (b) requires that portable,
unfired pressure vessels not built to the requirements of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,
Section VIII, Rules for Construction of Unfired Pressure Vessels, 1963
be examined quarterly by a competent person, and subjected to a yearly
hydrostatic pressure test as defined by paragraph (b). A certification
record of such examinations and tests shall be maintained as specified
in paragraph (d).
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 an adjustment increase in the existing burden
hour estimate for the collection of information requirements specified
by the Standards from 9,773 hours to 11,813 hours, a total increase of
2,040 hours. This increase is due to an increase in the number of
establishments using this equipment. In this ICR, the scope of the
maritime standards in 29 CFR part 1915 for slings, shackles, and hooks
are based on the Final Economic Analysis for the Final Rule revising 29
CFR part 1915, subpart F prepared by OSHA's Office of Regulatory
Analysis. As a result of the Final Rule, the revision of the standard
applies to all shipyard employment which is defined in Sec. 1915.4(i)
as ship repairing, shipbuilding, shipbreaking, and related employment.
Also, upon further analysis, the Agency identified two new collections
of information contained in the Standard under paragraphs Sec. Sec.
1915.112(c)(2) and 1915.115(c)(1). The Agency will summarize any
comments submitted in response to this notice and will include this
summary in its request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Shipyard Employment Standards (29 CFR part 1915).
OMB Number: 1218-0220.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; Not-for-profit
organizations; Federal Government; State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 4,871.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Various.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 11,813.
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 (fax); 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-2011-0190). 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
dates 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
website.
All submissions, including copyrighted material, are available for
inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. Information on using
the http://www.regulations.gov website to submit comments and access
the docket is available at the website's ``User Tips'' link. Contact
the OSHA Docket Office for information about materials not available
from the website, and for assistance in using the internet to locate
docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
Loren Sweatt, 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).
Signed at Washington, DC, on April 5, 2018.
Loren Sweatt,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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