[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22279-22281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08777]
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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 the proposal to
extend OMB approval of the information collection requirements
contained in the Shipyard Employment Standards. 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 28, 2021.
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.
Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov. Documents in the docket are
listed in the http://www.regulations.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 through the OSHA
Docket Office. Contact the OSHA Docket Office for assistance in
locating docket submissions.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and the
OSHA docket number (OSHA-2011-0190) for the Information Collection
Request (ICR). OSHA will place comments and requests to speak,
including personal information, in the public docket, which may be
available online. Therefore, OSHA cautions interested parties about
submitting personal information such as social security numbers and
birthdates. For further information on submitting comments, see the
``Public Participation'' heading in the section of this notice titled
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
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 a 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, the reporting burden (time and costs) is
minimal, the 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 OSHA to obtain such information with a minimum burden upon
employers, especially those operating small businesses, and to reduce
to the maximum extent feasible unnecessary duplication of efforts in
obtaining said information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The following sections describe who uses the information collected
under each requirement, as well as how they use it. The purpose of
these requirements is to reduce employees' risk of death or serious
injury by ensuring that equipment has been tested and is in safe
operating condition.
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 sling chains, including end fastenings,
before being used on the job, as well as every three months. The
inspection shall include inspection for wear, defective welds,
deformation and 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 assure 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.
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.
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. A certification record of such examinations
and tests shall be maintained as specified by 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 decrease in the existing burden
hour estimates for the collection of information requirements specified
by the Standards from 11,813 hours to 10,610 hours, a total difference
of 1,203 hours. This decrease is due to a change in the number of
establishments. In this ICR, the scope of the maritime standards in 29
CFR 1915 for slings, shackles, and hooks are based on the Final
Economic Analysis for the Final Rule revising subpart F of 29 CFR part
1915 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 the 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: 4,726.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Various.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 10,522.
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. 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 receive submissions to
the docket by hand, express mail, messenger, and courier service. 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.
Due to security procedures, the use of regular mail may cause a
significant delay in the receipt of comments.
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 at (202) 693-2350, (TTY (877) 889-5627)
for information about materials not available from the website, and for
assistance in using the internet to locate docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
James S. Frederick, Acting 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 19, 2021.
James S. Frederick,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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