[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 48209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22849]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR-99-21]


Manlifts (Inspection Certifications) 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 
estimated burden hours, and the extension of the inspection 
certification records contained in the Manlift Standard, 29 CFR 
1910.68(e)(3).

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 November 1, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket No. 
ICR-99-21, 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, 200 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 collection requirements 
in 29 CFR 1910.68(e)(3) (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 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 1910.68(e)(3) (inspection 
certification records) will ensure that manlifts are in safe operating 
condition, and all safety devices, such as belt switches, are working 
properly. The failure of belts or switches could cause serious injury 
or death to an employee.

II. Proposed Actions

    OSHA proposes a minimal decrease in its earlier estimate of burden 
hours from 51,005 to 51,000 for the information collection requirements 
in 29 CFR 1910.68(e)(3) (inspection certification records).
    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 provision.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information 
collection requirement.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Manlifts (Inspection Certifications) (29 CFR 1910.68(e)(3)).
    OMB Number: 1218-0226.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal government; state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Frequency: Varies (monthly, daily).
    Average Time per Response: Varies from 5 minutes (0.08 hour) to 69 
minutes (1.15 hours).
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 51,000.

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 27th day of August 1999.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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