[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12814-12815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4901]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR-1218-0172(2001)]


Student Data Form; Extension of the Office of Management and 
Budget's 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 public comment concerning its request to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the 
information-collection requirements specified in its Student Data Form.

DATES: Submit written comments on or before April 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR 
1218-0020(2001), OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-
2350. Commenters may transmit written comments of 10 pages or less by 
facsimile to: (202) 693-1648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Bencheck, Division of Training 
and Educational Programs, OSHA Office of Training and Education, 1555 
Times Drive, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018; telephone: (847) 297-4810; e-
mail: [email protected]; or facsimile: (847) 297-4874. A copy 
of the Agency's Information-Collection Request (ICR) supporting the 
need for the information collections specified in the Student Data Form 
is available for inspection and copying in the Docket Office, or by 
requesting a copy from Todd Owen at (202) 693-2444. For electronic 
copies of this ICR, 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 (e.g., employer) burden, conducts a 
preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an 
opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information-
collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (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.
    Section 21 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the 
``OSH Act'') (29 U.S.C. 670) authorizes the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration (``OSHA'' or the ``Agency'') to conduct education 
and training courses. These courses must ensure an adequate number of 
qualified personnel to fulfill the purposes of the Act, provide them 
with short-term training, inform them of the importance and proper use 
of safety and health equipment, and train employers and employees to 
recognize, avoid, and prevent unsafe and unhealthful working 
conditions, occupational education and training courses.
    Under Section 21 of the Act, the OSHA Training Institute (the 
``Institute'') provides basic, intermediate, and advanced training and 
education in occupational safety and health for Federal and State 
compliance officers, Agency professionals and technical-support 
personnel, employers, employees, organizations representing employees 
and employers, educators who develop curricula and teach occupational 
safety and health courses, and representatives of professional safety 
and health groups. The Institute provides courses on occupational 
safety and health at its national training facility in Des Plaines, 
Illinois.
    Students attending Institute courses complete a one-page Student 
Data Form (OSHA Form 182, 5/98 edition) on the first day of class. The 
form provides information under five major categories titled ``Course 
Information,'' ``Personal Data,'' ``Employer Data,'' ``Emergency 
Contacts,'' and ``Student Groups.'' The OSHA Office of Training and 
Education (the ``Office'') compiles, for each fiscal year, the 
following information from the ``Course Information'' and ``Student 
Groups'' categories: Total student attendance at the Institute; the 
number of students attending each training course offered by the 
Institute; and the types of students attending these courses (for 
example, students from Federal or State occupational safety and health 
agencies). The Office uses this information to demonstrate, in an 
accurate and timely manner, that the Agency is providing the training 
and employee education mandated by Section 21 of the Act. OSHA also 
uses this information to evaluate training, and to make decisions 
regarding program/course revisions, budget support, and tuition costs.
    The Agency uses the information collected under the ``Course 
Information,'' ``Personal Data,'' and ``Employer Data'' to identify 
private-sector students so that it can collect tuition costs from them 
or their employers as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701 (``Fees and Charges 
for Government Services and Things of Value''); Office of Management 
and Budget Circular A-25 (``User Charges''); and 29 CFR part 1949 
(``Office of Training and Education, Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration''). The information in the ``Personal Data'' and 
Emergency Contacts'' categories permits OSHA to contact students who 
are residing in local hotels/motels if an emergency arises at their 
home or place of employment, and to alert supervisors/alternate 
contacts of a trainee's injury or illness.

II. Special Issues for Comment

    The Agency has a particular interest in comments on the following 
issues:
     Whether the proposed 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.

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III. Proposed Actions

    OSHA proposes to extend OMB's approval of the collection-of-
information (paperwork) requirements specified in the Student Data 
Form. The Agency will summarize the comments submitted in response to 
this notice, and will include this summary, along with the comments, in 
its request to OMB to extend the approval of these information-
collection requirements.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information-
collection requirements.
    Title: Student Data Form.
    OMB Number: 1218-0172.
    Affected Public: Individuals; business or other for-profit 
organizations; Federal government; State, Local, or Tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 5,000.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Responses: 5,000.
    Average Time Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 417 hours.
    Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $8,092.

IV. Authority and Signature

    R. Davis Layne, Acting 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 3-2000 (65 FR 
50017).

    Signed at Washington, DC, on February 23, 2001.
R. Davis Layne,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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