[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 200 (Thursday, October 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65428-65429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22765]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and
Distribution Standards for Construction and General Industry and
Electrical Protective Equipment for Construction and General
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)-sponsored information
collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives
on or before November 16, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
the search function.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Crystal Rennie by telephone at 202-
693-0456, or by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority granted by the
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), OSHA published a rule
covering construction work involving electric power transmission and
distribution lines and equipment (29 CFR part 1926, subpart V), general
industry work involving electric power generation, transmission, and
distribution lines and equipment (29 CFR 1910.269), and electrical
protective equipment for both construction work and general industry
work (29 CFR 1926.97 and 29 CFR 1910.137, respectively) to ensure safe
work practices for workers performing maintenance and repair in and
around electric power lines and equipment. For additional substantive
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the
Federal Register on June 26, 2020 (85 FR 38391).
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 the OMB approves it 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
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL-OSHA.
Title of Collection: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and
Distribution Standards for Construction and General Industry and
Electrical Protective Equipment for Construction and General.
OMB Control Number: 1218-0253.
Affected Public: Private Sector-- Businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,593.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 1,992,283.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 380,735 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Crystal Rennie,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-22765 Filed 10-14-20; 8:45 am]
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