[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 5507-5510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3118]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1926, and 1928


Office of Management and Budget Control Numbers Under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is 
adding new sections to its Safety and Health Regulations for General 
Industry, Construction and Shipyard Employment. These new sections will 
be used to consolidate and display all of the control numbers assigned 
by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for ``approved'' 
information collection requirements. OSHA is also identifying 
information collection requirements found in certain of its other 
regulations and displaying the OMB control number at the end of each 
section containing a collection of information. None of the 
requirements are new; they have been promulgated by OSHA at various 
times over the past 25 years. The display of OMB control numbers is 
required under the implementing rules and regulations of OMB and under 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 13, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Anne Cyr, Office of Information 
and Consumer Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration, Room N3647; 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20210 (202-219-8148, FAX 202-219-5986).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    OSHA has a number of provisions within its occupational safety and 
health standards that require employers to collect or prepare 
information. These types of provisions are broadly classified as 
``information collection requirements.'' All information collection 
requirements are subject to review and approval by OMB on not more than 
a three-year cycle. It should be noted that OSHA cannot impose a 
penalty on employers for violating collection of information 
(recordkeeping, reporting, etc.) requirements if the agency has failed 
to obtain OMB approval of the requirement. When OMB approves collection 
of information requirements, it issues a ``control number'' for the 
collection of information provision. All agencies are required to 
display [show to the public] the OMB control numbers so the public will 
know that OMB has given the agency approval to require the information 
[report, record, documentation, form, etc.] to be collected. In the 
past, OSHA has displayed the OMB control number by printing it at the 
end of each section or subpart in which the requirement to collect 
information appeared. However, to enable the public easily and readily 
to identify all of the collection of information requirements, OSHA is 
dedicating one section in part 1910 (Safety and Health Standards for 
General Industry), one section in part 1915 (Shipyard Employment 
Standards), and one section in part 1926 (Construction Safety and 
Health Standards) to list those requirements and show the OMB control 
number. As a result of this new format, the parenthetical notes and 
approval/control numbers now printed at the end of the individual 
sections or subparts can be removed. This procedure is not being used 
for collections of information in 29 CFR Parts 1917, 1918, 1919, and 
1928 because there are only one, two, or three collection of 
information 

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requirements in each of these parts and it would serve no useful 
purpose to dedicate a specific section for such a small number. In 
these CFR parts, OSHA will continue to display the OMB control number 
at the end of the section which contains the information collection 
requirement.
    None of the specific requirements to collect and provide 
information is new. The control numbers listed in this document were 
assigned previously by OMB; but not necessarily published in the 
regulations. This document makes no substantive change to the current 
OMB information collection budget or to any regulatory provision.

II. Exemption From Notice and Comment Procedures

    With regard to this action, OSHA has determined that it is not 
necessary to provide for public notice and comment under either section 
4 of the Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 553) or under section 
6(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. 655(b)). This 
action does not affect the substantive requirements or coverage of the 
standards themselves. Furthermore, this document does not modify or 
revoke existing rights or obligations, nor does it establish new ones. 
With this action, the Agency is only providing information. OSHA, 
therefore, finds that notice and public procedure are impracticable and 
unnecessary within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B). For the same 
reasons, OSHA also finds that, in accordance with 29 CFR 1911.5, good 
cause exists for dispensing with the public notice and comment 
procedures prescribed in section 6(b) of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act.

III. Exemption From Delayed Effective Date Requirement

    Under 5 U.S.C. 553, OSHA finds that there is good cause for making 
this document effective upon publication in the Federal Register. This 
display of control numbers simply provides additional information on 
the existing regulatory burden without increasing that burden.

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1926, 
and 1928

    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 8th day of February 1996.
Joseph A. Dear,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.

    Accordingly, pursuant to sections 4, 6(b) and 8(g) of the 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657), 
section 107 of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 
U.S.C. 333), Sec. 41 of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation 
Act (33 U.S.C. 941), Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 
and 29 CFR Part 1911, 29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1926, 
and 1928 are amended as set forth below.

PART 1910--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for Subpart A of part 1910 is revised to 
read as follows:

    Authority: Secs. 4, 6, 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657); Secretary of Labor's Order 
No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736) or 1-
90 (55 FR 9033), as applicable.
    Sections 1910.7 and 1910.8 also issued under 29 CFR part 1911.

    2. Subpart A of part 1910 is amended by adding a new Sec. 1910.8 to 
read as follows:


Sec. 1910.8  OMB control numbers under the Paperwork Reduction Act

    The following sections or paragraphs each contain a collection of 
information requirement which has been approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget under the control number listed.

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                                                                  OMB   
                       29 CFR citation                          control 
                                                                  No.   
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1910.7......................................................   1218-0147
1910.20.....................................................   1218-0065
1910.23.....................................................   1218-0199
1910.66.....................................................   1218-0121
1910.67(b)..................................................   1218-0210
1910.68.....................................................   1218-0210
1910.95.....................................................   1218-0048
1910.96.....................................................   1218-0103
1910.106(b).................................................   1218-0210
1910.111....................................................   1218-0208
1910.119....................................................   1218-0200
1910.120....................................................   1218-0202
1910.132....................................................   1218-0205
1910.134....................................................   1218-0099
1910.142....................................................   1218-0096
1910.145....................................................   1218-0132
1910.146....................................................   1218-0203
1910.147....................................................   1218-0150
1910.156....................................................   1218-0075
1910.157(e)(3)..............................................   1218-0210
1910.157(f)(16).............................................   1218-0210
1910.177(d)(3)(iv)..........................................   1218-0210
1910.179(j)(2)(iii) and (iv)................................   1218-0210
1910.179(m)(1) and (m)(2)...................................   1218-0210
1910.180(d)(6)..............................................   1218-0210
1910.180(g)(1) and (g)(2)(ii)...............................   1218-0210
1910.181(g)(1) and (g)(3)...................................   1218-0210
1910.184(e)(4), (f)(4) and (i)(8)(ii).......................   1218-0210
1910.217(e)(1)(i) and (ii)..................................   1218-0210
1910.217(g).................................................   1218-0070
1910.217(h).................................................   1218-0143
1910.218(a)(2)(i) and (ii)..................................   1218-0210
1910.252(a)(2)(xiii)(c).....................................   1218-0207
1910.255(e).................................................   1218-0210
1910.266....................................................   1218-0198
1910.268....................................................   1218-0210
1910.269....................................................   1218-0190
1910.272....................................................   1218-0206
1910.420....................................................   1218-0069
1910.421....................................................   1218-0069
1910.423....................................................   1218-0069
1910.430....................................................   1218-0069
1910.440....................................................   1218-0069
1910.1001...................................................   1218-0133
1910.1003...................................................   1218-0085
1910.1004...................................................   1218-0084
1910.1006...................................................   1218-0086
1910.1007...................................................   1218-0083
1910.1008...................................................   1218-0087
1910.1009...................................................   1218-0089
1910.1010...................................................   1218-0082
1910.1011...................................................   1218-0090
1910.1012...................................................   1218-0080
1910.1013...................................................   1218-0079
1910.1014...................................................   1218-0088
1910.1015...................................................   1218-0044
1910.1016...................................................   1218-0081
1910.1017...................................................   1218-0010
1910.1018...................................................   1218-0104
1910.1025...................................................   1218-0092
1910.1027...................................................   1218-0185
1910.1028...................................................   1218-0129
1910.1029...................................................   1218-0128
1910.1030...................................................   1218-0180
1910.1043...................................................   1218-0061
1910.1044...................................................   1218-0101
1910.1045...................................................   1218-0126
1910.1047...................................................   1218-0108
1910.1048...................................................   1218-0145
1910.1050...................................................   1218-0184
1910.1200...................................................   1218-0072
1910.1450...................................................   1218-0131
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Secs. 1910.7, 1910.20, 1910.66, 1910.95, 1910.96, 1910.134, 1910.142, 
1910.145, 1910.147, 1910.156, 1910.217, 1910.272, 1910.420, 1910.421, 
1910.423, 1910.430, 1910.440, 1910.1001, 1910.1003, 1910.1004, 
1910.1006-1910.1018, 1910.1025, 1910.1027-1910.1030, 1910.1043-
1910.1045, 1910.1047, 1910.1048, 1910.1050, 1910.1200 and 
1910.1450  [Amended]

    3. Remove the parenthetical note relating to the OMB control number 
that appears at the end of each of the following sections: 1910.7; 
1910.20; 1910.66; 1910.95; 1910.96; 1910.134; 1910.142; 1910.145; 
1910.147; 1910.156; 1910.217; 1910.272; 1910.420; 1910.421; 1910.423; 
1910.430; 1910.440; 1910.1001; 1910.1003; 1910.1004; 1910.1006 through 
1910.1018; 1910.1025; 1910.1027 through 1910.1030; 1910.1043 through 
1910.1045; 1910.1047; 1910.1048; 1910.1050; 1910.1200; 1910.1450.

PART 1915--[AMENDED]

    4. The authority citation for part 1915 continues to read in part 
as follows:

    Authority: Sec. 41, Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation 
Act (33 U.S.C. 941); Secs. 4, 6, 8, Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657); Secretary of Labor's Order 
No. 12-71 (36 FR 

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8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736) or 1-90 (55 FR 9033), as 
applicable; 29 CFR part 1911.
* * * * *
    5. Part 1915 is amended by adding a new Sec. 1915.8 to Subpart A to 
read as follows:


Sec. 1915.8  OMB control numbers under the Paperwork Reduction Act

    The following sections or paragraphs contain a collection of 
information requirement which has been approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget under the control number listed.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  OMB   
                       29 CFR citation                          control 
                                                                  No.   
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1915.11--1915.16............................................   1218-0011
1915.113....................................................   1218-0210
1915.152....................................................   1218-0099
1915.172....................................................   1218-0210
1915.1001...................................................   1218-0195
1915.1003...................................................   1218-0085
1915.1004...................................................   1218-0084
1915.1006...................................................   1218-0086
1915.1007...................................................   1218-0083
1915.1008...................................................   1218-0087
1915.1009...................................................   1218-0089
1915.1010...................................................   1218-0082
1915.1011...................................................   1218-0090
1915.1012...................................................   1218-0080
1915.1013...................................................   1218-0079
1915.1014...................................................   1218-0088
1915.1015...................................................   1218-0044
1915.1016...................................................   1218-0081
1915.1017...................................................   1218-0010
1915.1018...................................................   1218-0104
1915.1025...................................................   1218-0092
1915.1027...................................................   1218-0185
1915.1028...................................................   1218-0129
1915.1030...................................................   1218-0180
1915.1044...................................................   1218-0101
1915.1045...................................................   1218-0126
1915.1047...................................................   1218-0108
1915.1048...................................................   1218-0145
1915.1050...................................................   1218-0184
1915.1120...................................................   1218-0065
1915.1200...................................................   1218-0072
1915.1450...................................................   1218-0131
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Secs. 1915.1001, 1915.1003, 1915.1004, 1915.1006-1915.1018, 1915.1025, 
1915.1028, 1915.1030, 1915.1044, 1915.1045, 1915.1047, 1915.1048, 
1915.1050, 1915.1120 and 1915.1450  [Amended]

    6. Remove the parenthetical note relating to the OMB control number 
that appears at the end of the following sections: 1915.1001, 
1915.1003, 1915.1004, 1915.1006 through 1915.1018, 1915.1025, 
1915.1028, 1915.1030, 1915.1044, 1915.1045, 1915.1047, 1915.1048, 
1915.1050, 1915.1120, and 1915.1450.

PART 1917--[AMENDED]

    7. The authority citation for part 1917 continues to read in part 
as follows:

    Authority: Sec. 41, Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation 
Act (33 U.S.C. 941); Secs. 4, 6, 8, Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657); Secretary of Labor's Order 
No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736) or 1-
90 (55 FR 9033), as applicable; 29 CFR part 1911.
* * * * *


Sec. 1917.28  [Amended]

    8. Add a parenthetical note at the end of Sec. 1917.28 to read as 
follows:

(Section 1917.28 contains a collection of information which has been 
approved by the Office of Management and Budget under OMB Control 
No. 1218-0072.)


Sec. 1917.50  [Amended]

    9. Revise the parenthetical note at the end of Sec. 1917.50 to read 
as follows:

(Section 1917.50 contains a collection of information which has been 
approved by the Office of Management and Budget under OMB Control 
No. 1218-0003)


Secs. 1917.23, 1917.24, 1917.25, and 1917.116  [Amended]

    10. Remove the parenthetical note relating to the OMB control 
number that appears at the end of the following sections: 1917.23; 
1917.24; 1917.25; and 1917.116.

PART 1918--[AMENDED]

    11. The general authority citation for part 1918 is revised to read 
as follows:

    Authority: Sec. 41, Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation 
Act (33 U.S.C. 941); Secs. 4, 6, 8, Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657); Secretary of Labor's Order 
No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736) or 1-
90 (55 FR 9033), as applicable; 29 CFR part 1911.
* * * * *


Sec. 1918.90  [Amended]

    12. Add a parenthetical note at the end of Sec. 1918.90 to read as 
follows:

(Section 1918.90 contains a collection of information which has been 
approved by the Office of Management and Budget under OMB Control 
No. 1218-0072)

PART 1919--[AMENDED]

    13. The authority citation for part 1919 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority: Sec. 41, Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation 
Act (33 U.S.C. 941); Secs. 4, 6, 8, Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657); Secretary of Labor's Order 
No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736) or 1-
90 (55 FR 9033), as applicable; 29 CFR part 1911.


Sec. 1919.3  [Amended]

    14. Add a parenthetical note at the end of Sec. 1919.3 to read as 
follows:

(Section 1919.3 contains a collection of information which has been 
approved by the Office of Management and Budget under OMB Control 
No. 1218-0003.)


Sec. 1919.51  [Amended]

    15. Add a parenthetical note at the end of Sec. 1919.51 to read as 
follows:

(Section 1919.51 contains a collection of information which has been 
approved by the Office of Management and Budget under OMB Control 
No. 1218-0003)


Sec. 1919.90  [Amended]

    16. Add a parenthetical note at the end of Sec. 1919.90 to read as 
follows:

(Section 1919.90 contains a collection of information which has been 
approved by the Office of Management and Budget under OMB Control 
No. 1218-0003)

PART 1926--[AMENDED]

    17. The authority citation for subpart A of part 1926 is revised to 
read as follows:

    Authority: Sec. 107, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards 
Act (Construction Safety Act) (40 U.S.C. 333); Secs. 4, 6, 8. 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 
657); Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 
25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), of 1-90 (55 FR 9033), as applicable; 29 
CFR part 1911.

    18. Part 1926 is amended by adding a new Sec. 1926.5 to read as 
follows:


Sec. 1926.5  OMB control numbers under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

    The following sections or paragraphs each contain a collection of 
information requirement which has been approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget under the control number listed.

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                                                                  OMB   
                       29 CFR citation                          control 
                                                                  No.   
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1926.33.....................................................   1218-0065
1926.50.....................................................   1218-0093
1926.52.....................................................   1218-0048
1926.53.....................................................   1218-0103
1926.59.....................................................   1218-0072
1926.60.....................................................   1218-0183
1926.62.....................................................   1218-0189
1926.64.....................................................   1218-0200
1926.65.....................................................   1218-0202
1926.103....................................................   1218-0099
1926.152....................................................   1218-0210
1926.200....................................................   1218-0132
1926.250....................................................   1218-0093
1926.251....................................................   1218-0210
1926.403....................................................   1218-0130
1926.404....................................................   1218-0130
1926.405....................................................   1218-0130
1926.407....................................................   1218-0130
1926.408....................................................   1218-0130
1926.502....................................................   1218-0197
1926.503....................................................   1218-0197
1926.550(a)(1)..............................................   1218-0115
1926.550(a)(6)..............................................   1218-0113
1926.550(a)(11).............................................   1218-0054
1926.550(b)(2)..............................................   1218-0210
1926.550(g).................................................   1218-0151
1926.552....................................................  1218-0210 

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1926.652....................................................   1218-0137
1926.703....................................................   1218-0095
1926.800....................................................   1218-0067
1926.803....................................................   1218-0067
1926.900....................................................   1218-0210
1926.903....................................................   1218-0210
1926.1001...................................................   1218-0210
1926.1002...................................................   1218-0210
1926.1080...................................................   1218-0069
1926.1081...................................................   1218-0069
1926.1083...................................................   1218-0069
1926.1090...................................................   1218-0069
1926.1091...................................................   1218-0069
1926.1101...................................................   1218-0133
1926.1103...................................................   1218-0085
1926.1104...................................................   1218-0084
1926.1106...................................................   1218-0086
1926.1107...................................................   1218-0083
1926.1108...................................................   1218-0087
1926.1109...................................................   1218-0089
1926.1110...................................................   1218-0082
1926.1111...................................................   1218-0090
1926.1112...................................................   1218-0080
1926.1113...................................................   1218-0079
1926.1114...................................................   1218-0088
1926.1115...................................................   1218-0044
1926.1116...................................................   1218-0081
1926.1117...................................................   1218-0010
1926.1118...................................................   1218-0104
1926.1127...................................................   1218-0186
1926.1128...................................................   1218-0129
1926.1129...................................................   1218-0128
1926.1144...................................................   1218-0101
1926.1145...................................................   1218-0126
1926.1147...................................................   1218-0108
1926.1148...................................................   1218-0145
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Secs. 1926.33, 1926.50, 1926.53, 1926.60, 1926.62, 1926.65, 1926.98, 
1926.103, 1926.250, 1926.403-1926.405, 1926.407, 1926.408, 1926.550, 
1926.703, 1926.800, 1926.803, 1926.1080, 1926.1081, 1926.1083, 
1926.1090, 1926.1091, 1926.1101, 1926.1103, 1926.1104, 1926.1106-
1926.1118, 1926.1127, 1926.1128, 1926.1129, 1926.1144, 1926.1145, 
1926.1147, and 1926.1148  [Amended]

    19. Remove the parenthetical notes relating to the OMB control 
number that appear at the end of the following sections: 1926.33, 
1926.50, 1926.53, 1926.60, 1926.62, 1926.65, 1926.98, 1926.103, 
1926.250, 1926.403 through 1926.405, 1926.407, 1926.408, 1926.550, 
1926.703, 1926.800, 1926.803, 1926.1080, 1926.1081, 1926.1083, 
1926.1090, 1926.1091, 1926.1101, 1926.1103, 1926.1104, 1926.1106 
through 1926.1118, 1926.1127, 1926.1128, 1926.1129, 1926.1144, 
1926.1145, 1926.1147, and 1926.1148.

PART 1928--[AMENDED]

    20. The authority citation for part 1928 continues to read in part 
as follows:

    Authority: Secs. 6 and 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657); Secretary of Labor's Order 
No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736) or 1-
90 (55 FR 9033), as applicable; 29 CFR part 1911.
* * * * *


Sec. 1928.21  [Amended]

    21. Add a parenthetical note at the end of Sec. 1928.21 to read as 
follows.

(Section 1928.21 contains a collection of information which has been 
approved by the Office of Management and Budget under OMB Control 
No. 1218-0072)

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