[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 166 (Friday, August 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46960-46961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22335]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR-99-20]


Telecommunications, Training Certification; 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, 
and extension of, the information collection requirements (training 
certification records) contained in the Telecommunications Standard, 29 
CFR 1910.268(c).

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 26, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket No. 
ICR-99-20, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, 
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, 2000 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210; telephone: 
(202) 693-2222. A copy of the Agency's Information Collection Request 
(ICR) supporting the need for the information

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collection requirements in 29 CFR 1910.268(c) (training 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 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.) Section 1910.268 requires that employees be 
trained in hazards associated with their work. Paragraph (c) of 
1910.268 requires that employers generate a record to certify the 
training was done. The record includes the name of the employee 
trained, the date the employee was trained and the signature of the 
employer or person who conducted the training.

II. Proposed Actions

    OSHA proposes to increase its earlier estimate of 17,118 burden 
hours for the information collection requirements in 29 CFR 1910.268(c) 
(training certification records) to 61,983 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 requirement contained in the 
above provision.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information 
collection requirement.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Telecommunications, Training Certification (29 CFR 
1910.268(c)).
    OMB Number: 1218-0225.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government; 
State, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 1,175,149.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Average Time Per Response: Varies from 3 minutes (0.05 hour) to 5 
minutes (0.08 hour).
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 61,963.

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 23 day of August 1999.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 99-22335 Filed 8-26-99; 8:45 am]
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