[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3156-3157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1329]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket Number ICR 98-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Acrylonitrile

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance 
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to 
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, 
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, 
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of 
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. 
Currently the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is 
soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension of the 
information collection request for the Acrylonitrile Standard 29 CFR 
1910.1045. A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) 
can be obtained by contacting the employee listed below in the 
addressee section of this notice. The Department of labor is 
particularly interested in comments which:
     evaluate whether the proposed collection of information 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
     evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and

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     minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
technique or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submissions of responses.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted by March 23, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be submitted to the Docket Office, Docket 
No. ICR 98-2, U.S. Department of labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210, telephone number (202) 219-7894. 
Written comments limited to 10 pages or less in length may also be 
transmitted by facsimile to (202) 219-5046.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adrian Corsey, Directorate of Health 
Standards Programs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Room N3718, telephone (202) 219-7075. Copies of 
the referenced information collection request are available for 
inspection and copying in the Docket Office and will be mailed 
immediately to persons who request copies by telephoning Barbara 
Bielaski at (202) 219-8076 or Adrian Corsey at (202) 219-7075. For 
electronic copies of the Information Collection Request on 
Acrylonitrile, contact OSHA's WebPage on the Internet at http://
www.osha.gov/ and click on standards.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Acrylonitrile standard and its information collection 
requirements is to provide protection for employees from the adverse 
health effects associated with occupational exposure to Acrylonitrile. 
The Standard requires that employers must establish and maintain a 
training and compliance program, including exposure monitoring and 
medical surveillance records. These records are used by employees, 
physicians, employers and the OSHA to determine the effectiveness of 
the employers' compliance efforts. Also the standard requires that OSHA 
have access to various records to ensure that employers are complying 
with the disclosure provisions of the Acrylonitrile Standard.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Acrylonitrile 29 CFR 1910.1045.
    OMB Number: 1218-0126.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Federal government, 
State and Local governments.
    Total Respondents: 26.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Responses: 25,602.
    Average Time per Response: Ranges from 5 minutes to maintain 
records to 1.5 hours for an employee to have a medical exam.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,621.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: -0-.
    Total initial annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or 
purchasing services): $311,360.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the information collection request. The comments will 
become a matter of public record.

    Dated: January 13, 1998.
Ray Donnelly,
Acting Deputy Director, Directorate of Health Standards Program.
[FR Doc. 98-1329 Filed 1-20-98; 8:45 am]
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