[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 142 (Monday, July 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45623-45624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18627]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR-1218-0103(2000)]


Ionizing Radiation; Proposed Extension of the Office of 
Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information-Collection 
(Paperwork) Requirements; Comment Request

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 Ionizing radiation 
Standard for general industry. (29 CFR 1910.1096).

REQUEST FOR COMMENT: The Agency has a particular interest in 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 or other technological information-
collection and -transmission techniques.

DATES: Submit written comments on or before September 22, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket No. 
ICR-1218-0103(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. Commenters may 
transmit written comments of 10 pages or less in length by facsimile to 
(202) 693-1648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd R. Owen, Directorate of Policy, 
Occupational Safety and Health

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Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3641, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., 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 in the Ionizing radiation 
Standard is available for inspection and copying in the Docket Office, 
or you may request a mailed copy by telephoning Todd R. Owen at (202) 
693-2444. For electronic copies of the ICR on the Ionizing radiation 
Standard, contact OSHA on the Internet at http://www.osha.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 OSHA's 
estimate of the information burden is correct. The Occupational Safety 
and Health Act of the 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).
    The information-collection requirements specified in the Ionizing 
radiation Standard protect employees from the adverse health effects 
that may result from their exposure to ionizing radiation. The 
information-collection requirements of the Ionizing radiation Standard 
include employers phoning OSHA when radiation exposure incidents expose 
employees over radiation limits stated in the Standard; sending written 
reports of radiation over exposure to OSHA; maintaining employee 
exposure records; and furnishing exposure records to employees upon 
request.

II. Proposed Actions

    OSHA proposes to extend OMB's approval of the collection of 
information (paperwork) requirements contained in the Ionizing 
radiation Standard. 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 Ionizing radiation Standard.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information-
collection requirements.
    Title: Ionizing Radiation (29 CFR 1910.1096).
    OMB Number: 1218-0103.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal government; 
State, Local or Tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 15,859.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Responses: 258,745.
    Average Time per Response: Varies from 5 minutes to maintain 
radiation-exposure records to 15 minutes for employers to prepare a 
written report of employee overexposure for submission to OSHA.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 42,491.
    Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $2,093,388.

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) and Secretary of Labor's Order No 6-96 (62 FR 111).

    Signed at Washington, D.C., on July 18, 2000.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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