[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35962-35963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14148]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

May 30, 2000.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public 
information collection requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). A copy of 
each individual ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be 
obtained by calling the Department of Labor. To obtain documentation 
for BLS, ETA, PWBA, and OASAM contact Karin Kurz ((202) 219-5096 ext. 
159 or by E-mail to [email protected]). To obtain documentation for 
ESA, MSHA, OSHA, and VETS contact Darrin King ((202) 219-5096 ext. 151 
or by E-mail to [email protected]).
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs; Attn: OMB Desk Officer for BLS, DM, ESA, ETA, MSHA, OSHA, 
PWBA, or VETS, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, 
DC 20503 ((202) 395-7316), within 30 days from the date of this 
publication in the Federal Register.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Agency; Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
    Title: Reporting of Fatality and Multiple Hospitalization 
Incidents.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Number: 1218-0007.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions; farms; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 3,064.
    Total Annual Responses: 3,064.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Total Burden Hours: 766.
    Description: 29 CFR 1904.8 requires all workplace fatalities and 
incidents involving the in-patient hospitalization of three or more 
employees to be reported to OSHA within 8 hours of the incident. The 
information collected is used to schedule fatality/catastrophe 
investigations and inspections. OSHA's Field Inspection Reference 
Manual contains the prioritization scheme for the scheduling of Agency 
inspections. In this scheme, fatality/catastrophe inspections are 
second in priority only to inspections of reports of imminent danger.

    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
    Title: Cotton Dust (29 CFR 1910.1043).
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Number: 1218-0061.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal government; 
State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 457.
    Total Annual Responses: 280,655.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: Time for response ranges from 
approximately 5 minutes to provide information to the examining 
physician to 2 hours to conduct exposure monitoring.
    Total Burden Hours: 75,695 hours.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $6,059,756.
    Description: The information collection requirements specified in 
the Cotton Dust Standard provide protection for employees from the 
adverse health effects associated with exposure to cotton dust. In this 
regard, the Cotton Dust Standard requires employers to monitor 
employee's exposure to cotton dust, monitor employee health, and 
provide employees with information about their exposures and the health 
effects of exposure to cotton dust.

    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
    Title: Acrylonitrile (29 CFR 1910.1045).
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Number: 1218-0126.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government; 
State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 23.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: Varies from 5 minutes to provide 
information to the examining physician to 2 hours for employers to 
provide the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) area 
offices with information about Acrylonitrile (AN) emergencies.
    Total Annual Responses: 18,960.
    Total Burden Hours: 4,182 hours.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $197,314.
    Description: The information-collection requirements specified in 
the AN Standard protect employees from the adverse health effects that 
may result from their exposure to AN. The major information-collection 
requirements of the AN Standard include notifying employees of their AN 
exposures, implementing a written compliance program, providing 
examining physicians with specific information, ensuring that employees 
receive a copy of their medical-examination results, maintaining 
employees' exposure-monitoring and medical records for specific 
periods, and providing access to these records by OSHA, the National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the affected employees, 
and designated representatives.


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    Agency: Employment and Training Administration (ETA).
    Title: Petition for Adjustment Assistance/Solicitude DE Assistancia 
Para Ajuste.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Number: 1205-0192.
    Form Number: ETA 8560 (English) and ETA 9559 (Spanish).
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Number of Respondents: 1,400.
    Estimated Time Per respondent: 15 Minutes.
    Total Burden: 350 Hours.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: The petitions are used by American workers applying to 
the U.S. Department of Labor for eligibility to receive worker Trade 
Adjustment Assistance in accordance with provisions of the Trade Act of 
1974, as amended. The petition initiates an action by the Department of 
Labor to determine if the workers are eligible.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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