[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 157 (Monday, August 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49597-49598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20546]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR-1218-0216(2000)]


Manufacturer's Certification of Modifications Made to 
Construction Aerial Lifts; 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 proposed reduction in 
the burden hours and extension of the information-collection 
requirements contained in the Aerial Lifts Standard (29 CFR 
1926.453(a)(2)).

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 October 13, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Dock Office, Docket No. ICR-
12218-0216(2000), Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Room N-2625,

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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: Kathleen M. Martinez, Directorate of 
Policy, Occupational Safety and Health 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 Aerial Lifts Standard is available for 
inspection and copying in the Docket Office, or you may request a 
mailed copy by telephoning Kathleen M. Martinez at (202) 694-2444. For 
electronic copies of the ICR on the Aerial Lifts 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 the 
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 are 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 only information-collection requirement in the Aerial Lifts 
Standard is a certification provision, paragraph (a)(2). This provision 
requires an employer who modifies an aerial lift for uses not 
documented by the lift manufacturer to obtain from that manufacturer, 
or an equivalent entity (such as nationally-recognized laboratory), a 
written certificate stating that: The modification conforms to the 
applicable provisions of ANSI A92.2-1969 and the Aerial Lifts Standard; 
and the modified aerial lift is at least as safe as it was before 
modification.

II. Proposed Action

    OSHA proposes to reduce the burden hours and extend the collection-
of-information (paperwork) requirement in the Aerial Lifts Standard. 
Regarding the reduced paperwork requirement, the Agency decreased the 
estimated amount of time for maintaining and disclosing the 
certification record from 5 minutes to 3 minutes. After obtaining 
comments to this proposal, OSHA will summarize the comments and will 
include this summary in its request to OMB to extend the approval of 
the information-collection requirement in the Aerial Lifts Standard.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information-
collection requirements.
    Title: Aerial Lifts (29 CFR 1926.453(a)(2)).
    OMB Number: 1218-0216.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government; 
State, Local or Tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 60.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Average Time Per Response: 3 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 3 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) and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 6-96 (62 FR 11).

    Signed at Washington, DC on August 4, 2000.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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