[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 48767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20080]


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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC)

SUMMARY: The Executive Director, OSHRC invites comments on the 
submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
September 7, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Stuart Shapiro, 
Office of Management and Budget, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, D.C. 20503 or should be electronically mailed to 
the internet address [email protected].

SUPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. requires that the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) provide interested Federal agencies and the public opportunity to 
comment on information collection requests. OMB may amend or waive the 
requirement for public consultation to the extent that public 
participation in the approval process would defeat the purpose of the 
information collection, violate State or Federal law, or substantially 
interfere with any agency's ability to perform its statutory 
obligations. The Executive Director published a notice containing 
proposed information collection request in the Federal Register date 
May 31, 2000. The proposed information collection included: (1) Type of 
review requested, (2) Title, (3) Summary of the collection, (4) 
Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information, (5) 
Respondents and frequency of collection, and (6) Reporting and 
recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment.

    Dated: August 3, 2000.
Patricia A. Randle,
Executive Director, Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Type of Review: New.
    Title: Evaluation of ``E-Z Trial.
    OMB Number: New.
    Frequency: Once.
    Affected Public: Employers and/or their representatives, and labor 
organizations who have been involved in cases with the Review 
Commission.
    Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:
    Responses: 100
    Burden hours: 75
    Abstract: The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission 
(OSHRC) published a rule in the Federal Register dated August 14, 1995 
establishing the ``E-Z Trial'' program. The rule was subsequently 
amended to eliminate the sunset provisions in the original rule and to 
revise the procedural rules governing the ``E-Z Trial'' program 
effective July 31, 1997. We are evaluating the program as modified 
effective July 31, 1997. The evaluation will involve surveying 
employers and employer representatives regarding their satisfaction 
with the fairness and efficiency of the process. The evaluation will 
also analyze data on the rate at which ``E-Z Trial'' cases go to a 
hearing, and on the length and cost of hearings. Finally, the 
evaluation will study the cycle times of these cases as compared to 
those of conventional cases. Information will also be gathered from 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) staff and from the 
Solicitor of Labor.
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