[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43736-43737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20620]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR-99-15]


Shipyard Certification Records (29 CFR 1915.113(b)(1) and 
1915.172(d)); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) 
Approval of an Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirement

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA); Labor.

ACTION: Notice of an opportunity for public comment.

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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments concerning the proposed increase in 
estimated burden hours and extension of the shipyards certification 
record requirements contained in 29 CFR 1916.113(b) and 1915.172(d).

REQUEST FOR COMMENT:
    The Agency seeks comments on the following issues:
     Whether the information collection requirements are 
necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's functions, 
including whether the information is useful;
     The accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden (time 
and costs) of the information collection requirements, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     The quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
collected; and
     Ways to minimize the burden on employers who must comply; 
for example, by using automated, electronic, mechanical, and other 
technological information and transmission collection techniques.

DATES: Submit written comments on or before October 12, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket No. 
ICR-99-15, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, US Department 
of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
10210; telephone: (202) 693-2350. Commenters may transmit written 
comments of 10 pages or less in length by facsimile to (202) 693-1648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theda Kenney, Directorate of Safety 
Standards Program, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, US 
Department of Labor, Room N-3605, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2222. A copy of the Agency's 
Information Collection Request (ICR) supporting the need for the 
information collection requirements in 29 CFR 1915.113(b) and 
1915.172(d) (shipyard certification records) is available for 
inspection and copying in the Docket Office, or mailed on request by 
telephoning Theda Kenney at (202) 693-2222 or Barbara Bielaski at (202) 
693-2444. For electronic copies of the ICR, contact OSHA on the 
Internet at http://www/osha-slc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    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 continuing information 
collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1994 (PRA-95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that 
information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and costs) 
is minimal, collection instruments are clearly understood, and OSHA's 
estimate of the information collection burden is correct.
    The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act) authorizes 
information collection by employers as necessary or appropriate for 
enforcement of the Act or for developing information regarding the 
causes and prevention of occupational injuries, illnesses,and 
accidents. (29 U.S.C. 657.) In this regard, the information collection 
requirements contained in 29 CFR 1915.113(b)(1) and 29 CFR 1915.172(d) 
(shipyard certification records) ensures that employers properly inform 
employees about the condition of shackles and hooks, and portable air 
receivers and other unfired pressure vessels, in shipyards. Failure of 
the employer to collect and distribute the information collected under 
this requirement will affect significantly OSHA's effort to control and 
reduce injuries and fatalities in shipyards.

II. Proposed Actions

    OSHA proposes to increase its earlier estimate of 1,846 burden 
hours for the information collection requirements in 29 CFR 1915.113(b) 
and 1915.172(d) (shipyard certification records) to 4,461 burden hours.
    OSHA will summarize the comments submitted in response to this 
notice,

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and will include this summary in the request to OMB to extend the 
approval of the information collection requirement contained in the 
above provisions.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information 
collection requirement.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Shipyard Certification Records (29 CFR 1915.113(b)(1) and 
1915.172(d)).
    OMB Number: 1218-0220.
    Affected Public: Business or other-for-profit; Federal government, 
state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 900.
    Frequency: Varies (on occasion, quarterly, annually).
    Average Time per Response: Varies for 3 minutes (0.05 hours) to 20 
minutes (0.33 hour).
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,461.

III. Authority and Signature

    Charles N. Jeffress, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 
Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this notice. The 
authority for this notice is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3506), Secretary of Labor's Order No. 6-96 (62 FR 111), and 29 
CFR part 911.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 4th day of August 1999.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 99-20620 Filed 8-10-99; 8:45 am]
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