[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 226 (Monday, November 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74765-74767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-25716]
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No. OSHA-2011-0028]
Grain Handling Facilities; 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 the proposal to
extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements contained in the standard on Grain
Handling Facilities.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
January 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit comments and attachments
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov,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, OSHA Docket No. OSHA-2011-0028,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N-3653, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Please note: While OSHA's Docket Office is continuing to accept and
process submissions by regular mail, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the
Docket Office is closed to the public and not able to received
submissions to the docket by hand, express mail, messenger, and courier
service.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and the
OSHA docket number (OSHA-2011-0028) for the Information Collection
Request (ICR). All comments, including any personal information you
provide, such as social security numbers and date of birth, are placed
in the public docket without change, and may be made available online
at http://www.regulations.gov.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.gov or the OSHA Docket Office at
the above address. All documents in the docket (including this Federal
Register notice) are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov.gov index;
however, some information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly
available to read or download through 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 below phone number to obtain a copy of the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seleda Perryman 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 the 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 (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 effort in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The Grain Handling Facilities Standard specifies a number of
paperwork requirements. The following sections describe who uses the
information collected under each requirement as well as how they use
it. The purpose of the requirements is to reduce employees' risk of
death or serious injury while working in grain handling facilities.
Paragraph (d) of the Standard requires the employer to develop and
implement an emergency action plan so that employees will be aware of
the appropriate actions to take in the event of an emergency.
Paragraph (e)(1) requires that employers provide training to
employees at least annually and when changes in job assignment will
expose them to new hazards. Paragraph (f)(1) requires the employer to
issue a permit for all hot work. Under paragraph (f)(2) the permit
shall certify that the requirements contained in 1910.272(a) have been
implemented prior to beginning the hot work operations and shall be
kept on file until completion of the hot work operation.
Paragraph (g)(1)(i) requires the employer to issue a permit for
entering bins, silos, or tanks unless the employer or the employer's
representative is present during the entire operation. The permit shall
certify that the precautions contained in paragraph (g) have been
implemented prior to employees entering bins, silos, or tanks and shall
be kept on file until completion of the entry operations.
Paragraph (g)(1)(ii) requires that the employer de-energize,
disconnect, lockout and tag, block off, or otherwise prevent operation
of all mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment which
presents a danger to employees inside grain storage structures.
Paragraphs (i)(1) and (i)(2) require the employer to inform
contractors performing work at the grain handling facility of known
potential fire and explosion hazards related to the contractor's work
and work area, and to explain to the contractor the applicable
provisions of the emergency action plan.
Paragraph (j)(1) requires the employer to develop and implement a
written housekeeping program that establishes the frequency and
method(s) determined to best reduce accumulations of fugitive grain
dust on ledges, floors, equipment, and other exposed surfaces.
Under paragraph (m)(1), the employer is required to implement
preventive maintenance procedures consisting of regularly scheduled
inspections of at least the mechanical and safety control equipment
associated with dryers, grain stream processing equipment, dust
collection equipment including filter collectors, and bucket elevators.
Paragraph (m)(3) requires a certification be maintained of each
inspection. Paragraph (m)(4) requires the employer to implement
procedures for the use of tags and locks which will prevent the
inadvertent application of energy or motion to equipment being
repaired, serviced, or adjusted.
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
The agency is requesting an increase in the current burden hours
from 57,428 to 57,837 (an increase of 409 hours). This increase is due
to the increase of grain handling facilities from 14,782 to 14,940.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
Title: Grain Handling Facilities Standard (29 CFR 1910.272).
OMB Control Number 1218-0206.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 89,640.
Responses: 105,635.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Various.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 57,837.
Estimated Cost (Operational 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.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-2011-0028). 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.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.gov index, some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to read or download through 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.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, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor
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) and Secretary of
Labor's Order No. 1-2012 (77 FR 3912).
Signed at Washington, DC, on November 17, 2020.
Loren Sweatt,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor Occupational Safety and
Health.
[FR Doc. 2020-25716 Filed 11-20-20; 8:45 am]
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