[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48209-48210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22850]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR-99-22]


Forging Machines (Inspection Certification Records); 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 extension of 
the information collection requirements (inspection certification 
records) contained in the standard on Forging Machines, 29 CFR 
1910.218(a)(2)(i) and (a)(2)(ii).

Request for Comment

    The Agency seeks comments on the following issues:
     Whether the information collection requirements are 
necessary for the

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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-99-22, 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 (inspection certification records) 
contained in the standard on Forging Machines (29 CFR 1910.218) 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/complinks.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 (the inspection certification records) in the standard on 
Forging Machines (29 CFR 1910.218) ensures that employers perform 
periodic and regular maintenance checks on forging machines to ensure 
safe operating conditions for employees.

II. Proposed Actions

    OSHA proposes to retain its earlier estimate of 244,868 burden 
hours for the provisions pertaining to the inspection certification 
records in the standard on Forging Machines (29 CFR 1910.218(a)(2)(i) 
and (a)(2)(ii)).
    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: Forging Machines, Inspection Certification Records (29 CFR 
1910.218(a)(2)(i) and (a)(2)(ii)).
    OMB Number: 1218-0228.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal government; 
state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 27,700.
    Frequency: Bi-weekly.
    Average Time per Response: 10 minutes (0.17 hour).
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 244,868.

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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