[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 248 (Thursday, December 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89730-89732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28588]
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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; 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 specified in the Requirements for
the OSHA Training Institute Education Centers Program and the OSHA
Outreach Training Program.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
February 26, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit comments and attachments
electronically at https://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 https://www.regulations.gov. Documents in the
docket are listed in the https://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 at (202) 693-2350 (TTY
(877) 889-5627) for assistance in locating docket submissions.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and OSHA
docket number OSHA-2009-0022 for the Information Collection Request
(ICR). OSHA will place all comments, including any personal
information, in the public docket, which may be made 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 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, 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 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 following sections describe who uses the information collected
under each requirement, as well as how they use it. 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 eleven collection of information requirements
are listed below.
1. Application to become an OSHA Training Institute Education
Center (OTI Education Center).
2. OTI Education Centers Monthly Summary Report for the OTI
Education Centers and the Outreach Training Program Monthly Summary
Report;
3. Statement of Compliance with Outreach Training Program
Requirements;
4. Outreach Training Program Report Forms (includes Construction,
General Industry, Maritime, and Disaster Site);
5. Online Outreach Training Program Report;
6. Active Trainer List;
7. OSHA Training Institute Student Survey (OSHA Form 49 11-05
Edition) (OMB 1225-0059) (Attachment I, OSHA Form 49 11-05 Edition).
8. Attendance Documentation for OTI Education Centers;
9. Outreach Online Training Certification Statement
10. Instructor and Staff Resumes (this includes anyone who may be
assigned to conduct OSHA classes, contractor, subcontractor, employee,
adjunct professor, etc.; and
11. 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 to
protect workers, 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 that OMB extend the approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the Requirements for the OSHA
Training Institute Education Centers Program and the OSHA Outreach
Training Program. The agency is requesting an adjustment burden
increase of 464 hours (from 15,913 hours to 16,377 hours). This
increase is a result of an increase in the number of students trained
and courses offered through the program.
OSHA will summarize the comments submitted in response to this
notice and will include this summary in the request to OMB to extend
the approval of the information collection requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Requirements for the OSHA Training Institute Education
Centers Program and the OSHA Outreach Training Program.
OMB Control Number: 1218-0262.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; Federal government;
State, local and tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 26.
Number of Responses: 58,242.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 16,377.
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 https://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal
eRulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile (fax), if your comments, including
attachments, are not longer than 10 pages you may fax them to the OSHA
Docket Office at 202-693-1648; 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.
Comments and submissions are posted without change at https://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 https://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 https://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, 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. 8-2020
(85 FR 58393).
Signed at Washington, DC.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2023-28588 Filed 12-27-23; 8:45 am]
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