[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36000-36001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17221]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR-1218-0151(2001)]


Cranes and Derricks Standard for Construction: Posting Weight and 
Load Capacity of Personnel Platforms; Extension of the Office of 
Management of 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 public comment concerning its request to extend 
OMB approval of the information-collection requirements specified by 
paragraph (g)(4)(ii)(I) of the Cranes and Derricks Standard for 
Construction (29 CFR 1926.550). This paragraph requires employers to 
post a plate or other permanent marking that indicates the weight of a 
personnel-

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hoisting platform and its rated-load capacity or maximum intended load.

DATES: Submit written comments on or before September 10, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket No. 
ICR-1218-0151(2001), OSHA, 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 by 
facsimile to (202) 693-1648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen M. Martinez, Directorate of 
Policy, Office of Regulatory Analysis, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, 
Room N-3609, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; 
telephone (202) 693-1953. A copy of the Agency's Information-Collection 
Request (ICR) supporting the need for the information collections 
specified by paragraph (g)(4)(ii)(I) of the Cranes and Derricks 
Standard for Construction (Sec. 1926.550) 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 the ICR contact OSHA 
on the Internet at http://www.osha.gov/comp-links.html and select 
``Information Collection Requests.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   

I. Background

    The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce 
paperwork and respondent (i.e., 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 (PRA-95)(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that 
information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and cost) 
is minimal, collection instruments are understandable, and OSHA's 
estimate of the information-collection burden is correct.
    Paragraph (g)(4)(ii)(I) of the Cranes and Derricks Standard for 
Construction (Sec. 1926.550) requires employers to post conspicuously 
with a plate or other permanent marking the weight and rated load 
capacity or maximum intended load of each platform used to raise and 
lower employees to a worksite using a crane or derrick. This 
requirement helps employers to avoid exceeding the lifting capacity of 
such platforms and the cranes or derrick being used to lift the 
platforms. Therefore, this requirement can prevent the platform, crane, 
or derrick from collapsing and causing serious injury or death to 
employees on or below the platform.

II. Special Issues for Comment

    OSHA 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 OSHA's estimate of the burden (time and 
cost) 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.

III. Proposed Actions

    OSHA is requesting to extend OMB's previous approval of the 
recordkeeping (paperwork) requirement specified in paragraph 
(g)(4)(ii)(I) of the Cranes and Derricks Standard for Construction 
(Sec. 1926.550). the Agency will summarize the comments submitted in 
response to this notice, and will include this summary in its request 
to OMB to extend the approval of this information-collection 
requirement.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information-
collection requirements.
    Title: Cranes and Derricks Standard for Construction: Posting 
Weight and Load Capacity of Personnel Platforms.
    OMB Number: 1218-0151.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal government; State, local, or tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 2,750 (platforms).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Average Time per Response: 5 minutes (.08 hour) to post or mark a 
platform.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 229.
    Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $0.

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).

    Dated: Signed at Washington, DC on July 3, 2001.
R. Davis Layne,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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