[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 20 (Friday, January 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4674-4675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2355]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket Number ICR 98-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; 4,4' -Methylenedianiline in General Industry

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

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the 4,4'-Methylenedianiline Standard 29 CFR 1910.1050
    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
     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 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submissions of responses.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted by March 31, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be submitted to the Docket Office, Docket 
No. ICR 98-4, 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, Occupation 
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 Adrian Corsey at (202) 219-7075 extension 105 or 
Barbara Bielaski at (202) 219-8076 extension 142. For electronic copies 
of the Information Collection Request on 4,4'-Methylenedianiline, 
contact OSHA's WebPage on the Internet at http://www.osha.gov/ and 
click on standards.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The 4,4'-Methylenedianiline standard and its information collection 
requirements is to provide protection for employees from the adverse 
health effects associated with occupation exposure to 4,4'-
Methylenedianiline. The standard requires that employers establish a 
compliance program, including exposure monitoring and medical 
surveillance records These records are used by employees, physicians, 
employers and 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 4,4'Methylenedianiline Standard.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: 4,4'-Methylenedianiline 29 CFR 1910.1050.
    OMB Number: 1218-0184.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Federal government, 
State and Local governments.
    Total Respondents: 18.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Responses: 1175.
    Average Time per Response: Ranges from 5 minutes to maintain 
records to 2 hours to monitor employee exposure.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 710.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: 0.
    Total initial annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or 
purchasing services): $26,616.
    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 22, 1998.
Adam Finkel,
Director, Directorate of Health Standards Programs.
[FR Doc. 98-2355 Filed 1-29-98; 8:45 am]
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