[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 57 (Thursday, March 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15652-15653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7139]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR1218-023-0231(2000)]


Construction Records for Tests and Inspections of Personnel 
Hoists; 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 
Construction Records for Test and Inspections of Personnel Hoists (29 
CFR 1926.552(c)(15)).
    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 22, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR1218-
0231(2000), Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
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, NW., Washington, D.C. 
20210; telephone: (202) 693-2444. A copy of the Agency's Information 
Collection Request (ICR) supporting the need for the information 
collection requirements on Construction Records for Tests and 
Inspections of Personnel Hoists 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 Construction Records for Test and 
Inspection for Personnel Hoists, 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 costs) 
is minimal, collection instruments clearly understood, and the impact 
of information collection requirements on respondents 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

    The certification record required in 29 CFR 1926.552(c)(15) is 
necessary to assure compliance with the requirement for personnel 
hoists. It assures that the hoists have initial, periodic, and regular 
maintenance checks. 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 Construction Records for Test and 
Inspections of Personnel Hoists (29 CFR 1926.552(c)(15)).
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information 
collection requirements.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Construction Records for Test and Inspections of Personal 
Hoists (29 CFR 1926.552(c)(15)).
    OMB Number: 1218-0231.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal government; 
state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 14,400.
    Frequency: Every 3 months.

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    Average Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 15,840.

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 17th day of March 2000.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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