[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 54 (Monday, March 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15018-15019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6724]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR1218-0233(2000)]


Rigging Equipment--Proof Testing of Welded End Wire Rope 
Attachment; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) 
Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements

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 extension of the 
information collection requirements contained in the standard on 
Rigging Equipment--Proof-testing of Welded End Wire Rope Attachment (29 
CFR 251(c)(15)(ii)).
    The Agency is particularly interested in comments on the following:
     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 May 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR1218-
0233 (2000), 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. You may transmit 
written comments 10 pages or less in length by facsimile to (202) 693-
1648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Martinez, Directorate of 
Policy, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department 
of Labor, Room N-3605, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 
20210; telephone: (202) 693-2444. A copy of the Agency's Information 
Collection Request (ICR) supporting the need for the information 
collection requirements on Rigging Equipment--Proof-testing of

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Welded End Wire Rope attachments is available for inspection and 
copying in the Docket Office, or you may request a mailed copy by 
telephoning Kathleen Martinez at (202) 693-2444 or Todd Owen at (202) 
693-2444. For electronic copies of the ICR on Rigging Equipment--Proof-
testing of Welded End Wire Rope Attachment (29 CFR 251(c)(15)(ii), 
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 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 cost) 
is minimal, collection instruments clearly understood, and the impact 
of information collection requirements on respondents can be properly 
assessed. 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).

II. Proposed Actions

    Paragraph (c)(15)(ii) of 29 CFR 1926.251 requires employers to 
retain a certificate of proof-test from the manufacturer. The retention 
of manufacturer certifies is necessary to assure proof-testing of the 
welded end wire rope attachment and also to assure testing of all 
welded end attachments at twice their rated capacity.
    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 Rigging Equipment--Proof testing of Welded End Wire Rope Attachment 
(29 CFR 251(c)(15)(ii)).
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information 
collection requirements.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Rigging Equipment--Proof testing of Welded End Wire Rope 
Attachment (29 CFR 251(c)(15)(ii)).
    OMB Number: 1218-0233.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal government; 
state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 18,940.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Average Time per Response: 5 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden House: 1,515 hours.

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 11.

    Signed at Washington, D.C., this 14 day of March 2000.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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