[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 44962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21431]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR-99-17]


Derricks (Inspection Certification Records) and 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 decrease in, 
and extension of, the information collection requirements (inspection 
certification records) contained in the standard on Derricks (29 CFR 
1910.181).
    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 18, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket No. 
ICR-99-17, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20210; 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 Programs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. 
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 1910.181 (inspection 
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.gov/
comp-links.html, and click on ``Information Collection Requests.''

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 1995 (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 are 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). The major purpose of the information 
collection requirements in 29 CFR 1910.181 are to provide information 
for properly maintaining derricks and, therefore, to ensure safe 
operating conditions for employees. Specifically, employers must 
establish certification records to demonstrate that derrick inspections 
comply with the requirements specified in the standard. Failure of the 
employer to collect and distribute the information collected under the 
requirements contained in the standard will affect significantly OSHA's 
effort to control and reduce injuries and fatalities in the workplace.

II. Proposed Actions

    OSHA proposes to decrease its earlier estimate of 28,508 burden 
hours for the information collection requirements in 29 CFR 1910.181 
(g)(1) and (g)(3) to 28,500 burden hours.
    OSHA will summarize the comments submitted in response to this 
notice, and will include this summary in the request to OMB to extend 
the approval of the information collection requirements contained in 
the above provisions.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information 
collection requirement.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Derricks (Inspection Certifications) (29 CFR 1910.181 (g)(1) 
and (g)(3)).
    OMB Number: 1218-0222.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal government; 
state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Frequency: Monthly; semi-annually.
    Average Time per Response: 15 minutes (0.25 hour).
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 28,500.

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 1911.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 12th day of August 1999.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 99-21431 Filed 8-17-99; 8:45 am]
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