[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 24814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11932]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Hazardous Waste Worker 
Training

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment 
on proposed data collection projects, the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the National Institutes of 
Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval.

Proposed Collection

    Title: Hazardous Waste Worker Training--42 CFR part 65. Type of 
Information Collection Request: Revision of OMB No. 0925-0348, 
expiration date 09/30/98. Need and Use of Information Collection: This 
request for OMB review and approval of the information collection is 
required by regulation 42 CFR part 65(a)(6). The National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has been given major 
responsibility for initiating a worker safety and health training 
program under Section 126 of the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) for hazardous waste workers and 
emergency responders. A network of non-profit organizations that are 
committed to protecting workers and their communities by delivering 
high-quality, peer-reviewed safety and health curricula to target 
populations of hazardous waste workers and emergency responders has 
been developed.
    During the first ten years of the NIEHS Worker Training program (FY 
1987-97), the NIEHS has successfully supported 20 primary grantees who 
have trained over 1,140,000 workers across the country and presented 
nearly 60,000 classroom and hands-on training courses, which have 
accounted for almost 20 million contact hours of actual training. 
Generally, the grant will initially be for one year, and subsequent 
continuation awards are also for one year at a time.
    Grantees must submit a separate application to have the support 
continued for each subsequent year. Grantees are to provide information 
in accordance with S65.4 (a), (b), (c), and 65.6(a) on the nature, 
duration, and purpose of the training, selection criteria for trainees' 
qualifications, and competency of the project director and staff, 
cooperative arrangements in the case of joint applications, the 
adequacy of training plans and resources, including budget and response 
to meeting training criteria in OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and 
Emergency Response Regulations (29 CFR 1910.120 and 29 CFR 1910.121). 
The information collection is used by the Director through officers, 
employees, experts, and consultants to evaluate applications based on 
technical merit to determine whether to make awards. Frequency of 
Response: Biannual. Affected Public: Non-profit organizations. Type of 
Respondents: Grantees. The annual reporting burden is as follows: 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 20; Estimated Number of Responses per 
Respondent: 2; Average Burden Hours per Response: 8; and Estimated 
Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 320. The annualized costs to 
respondents is estimated at: $7,000. There are no Capital Costs, 
Operating Costs and/or Maintenance Costs to report.

Request for Comments

    Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies should address one or more of the following points: (1) 
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the function of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) 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; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including the 
use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To request more information on the proposed 
project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact: Joseph T. Hughes, Jr., Director, Worker Education 
and Training Program, Division of Extramural Research and Training, 
NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 or call non-
toll-free number (919) 541-0217 or E-mail your request, including your 
address to [email protected].

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their full effect if received on or before July 
6, 1998.

    Dated: April 22, 1998.
Samuel Wilson,
Deputy Director, NIEHS.
[FR Doc. 98-11932 Filed 5-4-98; 8:45 am]
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