[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 121 (Monday, June 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52513-52514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13705]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Beryllium Standard for General Industry
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Occupational
Safety & 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 the agency
receives on or before July 24, 2024.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202-
693-0213, or by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The standard requires employers to monitor
employee exposure to beryllium and beryllium compounds, to establish
and implement a written control plan, to conduct medical surveillance,
to provide personal protective equipment, to train workers about the
hazards faced working in and around beryllium, and to establish and
maintain accurate records of worker exposure to beryllium and beryllium
compounds. These records are used by employers, workers, physicians,
and the Government to ensure that workers are not harmed by exposure to
beryllium. For additional substantive information about this ICR, see
the related notice published in the Federal Register on March 12, 2024
(89 FR 17882).
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) 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; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) 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.
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: Beryllium Standard for General Industry.
OMB Control Number: 1218-0267.
Affected Public: Private Sector--Businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,538.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 52,596.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 32,587 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $6,365,761.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Nicole Bouchet,
Certifying Official.
[FR Doc. 2024-13705 Filed 6-21-24; 8:45 am]
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