[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1128-1130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00198]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2010-0025]
Hydrostatic Testing Provision of the Standard on Portable Fire
Extinguishers; 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 Hydrostatic
Testing Provision of the Standard on Portable Fire Extinguishers.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
March 11, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit comments and attachments
electronically at http://www.regualtions.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 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-2010-0025) 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.
The collection of information contained in the Hydrostatic Testing
Provision of the Portable Fire Extinguishers Standard are necessary to
reduce workers' risk of death or serious injury by ensuring that
portable fire extinguishers are in safe operating condition. The
following paragraphs describe who uses the information in the testing
certification record, as well as how they use it.
Test Records (Sec. 1910.157(f)(16))
Paragraph (f)(16) requires employers to develop and maintain a
certification record of hydrostatic testing of portable fire
extinguishers. The certification record must include the date of
inspection, the signature of the person who performed the test, and the
serial number (or other identifier) of the fire extinguisher that was
tested.
Disclosure of Test Certification Records
The certification record must be made available to the Assistant
Secretary or his/her representative upon request. The certification
record provides assurance to employers, workers, and OSHA compliance
officers that the fire extinguishers have been hydrostatically tested
in accordance with and at the intervals specified in Sec.
1910.157(f)(16), thereby ensuring that they will operate properly in
the event workers need to use them. Additionally, these records provide
the most efficient means for the compliance officers to determine that
an employer is complying with the hydrostatic testing provision.
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 Hydrostatic Testing Provision of
the Standard on Portable Fire Extinguishers. OSHA will retain the
current number of burden hours of 504,377 for this Information
Collection Request. There are no adjustments or program changes.
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: Hydrostatic Testing Provision of the Standard on Portable
Fire Extinguishers (29 CFR 1910.157(f)(16)).
OMB Control Number: 1219-0218.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits, farms.
Number of Respondents: 5,869,911.
Number of Responses: 5,217,699.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimate Total Burden Hours: 504,377.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $210,664,596.
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), 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 (OSHA-1218-0218). You may supplement
electronic submissions by uploading document files electronically.
Comments and submissions are posted without change at http://www.regulation.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, 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.
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