[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 160 (Friday, August 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43268-43272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20719]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

July 31, 2001.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public 
information collection requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). A copy of 
each individual ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be 
obtained by calling the Department of Labor. To obtain documentation 
contact Darrin King at (202) 693-4129 or E-Mail to [email protected].
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: Stuart Shapiro, OMB Desk OSHA, Office of Management and 
Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 ((202) 395-7316), within 30 
days from the date of this publication in the Federal Register.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

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    Title: Gear Certification--29 CFR Part 1919.
    OMB Number: 1218-0003.
    Frequency: On occasion; Annually; and Quadrennially.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government; and State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Total: 76.
    Number of Respondents: 80.

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                                                                                      Average
           Form/activity                 Annual               Frequency            response time   Burden hours
                                        responses                                     (hours)
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OSHA-70............................              80  On occasion................             .75              60
OSHA-71............................               0  Annually...................               0               0
OSHA-72............................               0  Quadrennial................               0               0
Record keeping.....................             260  Annually...................             .06              16
                                    ----------------                                             ---------------
    Total..........................             340                                                           76
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    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annualized costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $692,782.
    Description: The information collection requirements contained in 
the Gear Certification Standard (29 CFR part 1919) address the burden 
hours associated with gathering information to complete three forms, 
the OSHA 70, OSHA 71, and OSHA 72, that are required by OSHA's maritime 
employment regulations. These maritime regulations require employers to 
have an OSHA 71 Form issued for equipment found to be in a safe 
condition and the OSHA 72 Form issued for equipment that is unsafe. 
These forms are issued by third parties who have applied to OSHA, on 
the OSHA 70 Form, for accreditation to certificate gear used in 
maritime employment.
    The OSHA 70 Form is used by applicants seeking accreditation from 
OSHA to be able to test or examine certain equipment and material 
handling devices, as required under the maritime regulations, part 1917 
(Marine Terminals), and part 1918 (Longshoring). The OSHA 70 Form 
application for accreditation provides an easy means for companies to 
apply for accreditation.
    The OSHA 71 Form is required to be issued by those accredited by 
OSHA to employers in the maritime industry to make known that certain 
equipment and material handling devices are safe to use or operate. The 
OSHA 72 Form is required to be issued by those accredited by OSHA to 
employers in the maritime industry when the equipment or material 
handing device is found to be unsafe to use.
    The collection of the information needed to complete these forms is 
necessary to provide an effective and efficient means of enabling 
employers and employees to determine if cargo gear, equipment and/or 
other material handling devices are safe to use.

    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
    Title: Concrete and Masonry Construction.
    OMB Number: 1218-0095.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Total Burden Hours: 22,400 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 280,000.
    Annual Responses: 280,000.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 0.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annualized costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: The concrete and masonry construction standard 
(Sec. 1926.703(a)(2)) requires that employers retain drawings or plans 
for cast-in-place concrete construction, including all revisions, for 
the jack layout, formwork (including shoring equipment), working decks, 
and scaffolds at the jobsite.

    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
    Title: Design of Cave-in Protection Systems.
    OMB Number: 1218-0137.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Total Burden Hours: 20,011.
    Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Annual Reponses: 10,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 11 hours.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annualized costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $306,500.
    Description: In OSHA's construction standard for excavations, 29 
CFR 1926, Subpart P, employers are required to protect employees from 
cave-in hazards by using one of several protective systems. The 
information required to be collected by this standard is used by 
employers or engineers to design proper cave-in systems that will 
support the walls of the excavation or trench.

    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
    Title: Course Evaluation.
    OMB Number: 1218-0173.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Federal Government; State, Local 
or Tribal Government.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,716.
    Number of Respondents: 16,300.
    Annual Responses: 16,300.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 10 minutes.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annualized costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: Information collected on the Course Evaluation Form 
from the students completing OSHA Training Institute and Education 
Center training courses is used to evaluate course usefulness, 
effectiveness, quality, and content and to make course improvements.

    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
    Title: Methlene Chloride--1910.1052.
    OMB Number: 1218-0179.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government; 
and State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Total Burden Hours: 101,816.
    Number of Respondents: 95,921.

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                                                                                      Average
                           Requirement                                Annual       response time   Burden hours
                                                                     responses        (hours)
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Exposure Monitoring (1910.1052(d))
    Initial Determination (1910.1052(d)(2)).....................           3,829             .33           1,264
    Periodic Monitoring (1910.1052(d)(3)).......................          51,114             .33          16,868
    Additional Monitoring (1910.1052(d)(4)).....................          25,948             .33           8,563
    Employee Notification of Monitoring Results (1910.1052(d)             80,891             .08           6,471
     (5)).......................................................
Medical Surveillance (1910.1052(j))
    Initial Surveillance (1910.1052(j)(4)(i))...................           3,570               1           3,570
    Periodic Medical Surveillance (1910.1052(j)(4)(ii)).........          47,592               1          47,592
    Information to Physician or Other Health Care Professional--           3,570             .25             893
     Initial Medical Examinations (1910.1052(j)(8)).............
    Information to Physician or Other Health Care Professional--          47,592             .08           3,807
     Periodic Medical Examinations (1910.1052(j)(8))............
    Information to Physician or Other Health Care Professional--             474             .08              38
     Medical Removal Protection Examinations (1910.1052(j)(8))..
    Medical Removal Protection--Second Additional Examination                474               1             474
     (1910.1052(j)(11)).........................................
Recordkeeping (1910.1052(m))
    Exposure Measurements (1910.1052(m)(2)).....................          86,635             .08           6,931
    Medical Surveillance (1910.1052(m)(3))......................          51,636             .08           4,131
    Availability--Employee Access...............................          13,827             .08           1,106
    Availability--Federal Access................................           1,343             .08             107
    Transfer of Records (1910.1052(m)(5)).......................             1 1               1
      Total.....................................................         418,496                         101,816
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    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annualized costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $23,700,000.
    Description: The purpose of this Standard and the associated 
information collection requirements is to provide protection for 
employees from the adverse health effects associated with occupational 
exposure to methylene chloride. Employers are required to monitor 
employee exposure, reduce employee exposures to within the permissible 
exposure limits, provide medical examinations, training and other 
information.

    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
    Title: Cadmium in Construction.
    OMB Number: 1218-0186.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Number of Respondents: 10,000.

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                                                                      Annual          Average
                           Requirement                               response      response time   Burden hours
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Exposure Monitoring (1926.1127(d))
    Initial Monitoring..........................................          10,000             .25           2,500
    Reporting Exposures Below the Action Level..................         189,000             .08          15,120
    Periodic Monitoring.........................................           6,999              .5           3,500
    Additional Monitoring.......................................             500              .5             250
    Employee Notification of Monitoring Results.................          21,500             .08           1,720
Compliance Program (1926.1127(f)(5))............................           1,000              .5             500
Medical Surveillance (1926.1127(l))
    Initial Examinations........................................           3,750             1.5           5,625
    Biological Monitoring.......................................          14,500             .25           3,625
    Information Provided to Physician and Test..................          11,000             .08             880
    Physician's Written Opinion.................................          11,000             .08             880
Employee Information and Training (1926.1127(m)(4)).............           3,500               1           3,500
Recordkeeping (1926.1127(n))
    Training Records............................................          70,000             .03           2,100
    Availability, Federal Access................................             140             .08              11
    Availability, Employee Access...............................           7,000             .08             560
      Total.....................................................         349,889                          40,771
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    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annualized costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $2,237,460.
    Description: The Cadmium standard and its information collection 
requirements provide protection for employees from the adverse health 
effects associated with occupational exposure to Cadmium. The Standard 
requires that employers establish a compliance program, including 
exposure monitoring and medical records. These records are used by 
employees, physicians, employers and OSHA to determine the 
effectiveness of the employers' compliance efforts. The standard also 
requires that OSHA have access to various records to ensure that 
employers are complying with the disclosure provisions.

    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
    Title: Grain Handling Facilities--29 CFR 1910.272.

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    OMB Number: 1218-0206.
    Frequency: On occasion; Monthly; and Annually.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government; and State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 23,770.

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                                                                      Annual          Average
                           Requirement                               responses     response time   Burden hours
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Emergency Action Plan--1910.272(d), Housekeeping Program--                   486               3           1,458
 1910.272(j), and Procedures for Tags and Locks--1910.272(m)(4).
Hot Work Permit--1910.272(f)(1).................................         475,400             .08          38,032
Permit for Entering Bins, Silos, or Tanks, Issuing Permits--              13,200             .08           1,056
 1910.272(f)(1)(i)..............................................
Permit for Entering Bins, Silos, or Tanks, Affixing Tag--                 52,800             .03           1,584
 1910.272(f)(1)(i)..............................................
Deenergization of Equipment, Using Permits--1910.272(g)(1)(ii)..          79,500             .08           6,360
Deenergization of Equipment, Affixing Tags--1910.272(g)(1)(ii)..          79,500             .03           2,385
Preventive Maintenance Inspections/Certification Record, Bulk            167,700             .08          13,416
 Raw Grain Dryers--1910.272(m)..................................
Preventive Maintenance Inspections/Certification Record, Grain           368,940             .08          29,515
 Stream Processing Equipment--1910.272(m).......................
Preventive Maintenance Inspections/Certification Record, Dust            285,240             .08          22,819
 Collection--1910.272(m)........................................
Preventive Maintenance Inspections/Certification Record, Bucket          251,400             .08          20,112
 Elevators--1910.272(m).........................................
    Total.......................................................       1,774,166  ..............         136,737
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Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.

    Total Annualized costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: Paragraph (d) of 29 CFR 1910.272 (the standard) 
requires the employer to develop and implement an emergency action plan 
so that employees will be aware of the appropriate actions to take in 
the event of an emergency.
    Paragraph (e)(1) requires that employers provide training to 
employees at least annually and when changes in job assignment will 
expose them to new hazards.
    Paragraph (f)(1) requires the employer to issue a permit for all 
hot work. Under paragraph (f)(2) the permit shall certify that the 
requirements contained in 1910.252(a) have been implemented prior to 
beginning the hot work operations and shall be kept on file until 
completion of the hot work operation.
    Paragraph (g)(1)(i) requires the employer to issue a permit for 
entering bins, silos, or tanks unless the employer or the employer's 
representative is present during the entire operation. The permit shall 
certify that the precautions contained in paragraph (g) have been 
implemented prior to employees entering bins, silos or tanks and shall 
be kept on file until completion of the entry operations. Paragraph 
(m)(4) requires the employer to implement procedures for the use of 
tags and locks which will prevent the inadvertent application of energy 
or motion to equipment being repaired, serviced, or adjusted.
    Paragraphs (i)(1) and (i)(2) require the employer to inform 
contractors performing work at the grain handling facility of known 
potential fire and explosion hazards related to the contractor's work 
and work area and to explain to the contractor the applicable 
provisions of the emergency action plan.
    Paragraph (j)(1) requires the employer to develop and implement a 
written housekeeping program that establishes the frequency and 
method(s) determined best to reduce accumulations of fugitive grain 
dust on ledges, floors, equipment, and other exposed surfaces.
    The purpose of the housekeeping program is to require employers to 
have a planned course of action for the control and reduction of dust 
in grain handling facilities reducing the fuel available in a grain 
facility. The housekeeping program must specify in writing the 
frequency that housekeeping will be performed and the dust control 
methods that the employer believes will best reduce dust accumulations 
in the facility.
    Under paragraph (m)(1), the employer is required to implement 
preventive maintenance procedures consisting of regularly scheduled 
inspections of at least the mechanical and safety control equipment 
associated with dryers, grain stream processing equipment, dust 
collection equipment including filter collectors, and bucket elevators. 
Paragraph (m)(3) requires a certification be maintained of each 
inspection.

    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
    Title: Welding, Cutting, and Brazing `` 29 CFR 1910, Subpart Q.
    OMB Number: 1218-0207.
    Frequency: Semi-annually.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government; and State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Total Burden Hours: 8,119.
    Number of Respondents: 25,373.
    Annual Responses: 101,492.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: Approximately 7 minutes to perform 
an inspection and generate an inspection certification record; 
approximately 3 minutes to maintain and disclose a certification 
record.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annualized costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: Section 1910.255(e) of the Welding, Cutting and 
Brazing Standard requires employers to inspect resistance welding 
equipment periodically. A certification record is to be generated and 
maintained which includes the date of the inspection, the signature of 
the person who performed the inspection and the serial number, or other 
identifier, for the equipment inspected. The record shall be made 
available to an OSHA inspector upon request. The maintenance inspection 
ensures that welding equipment are in safe operating condition while 
the maintenance record provides evidence to employees and Agency 
compliance officers that employers performed the required inspections.

    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

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    Title: Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) Application Information.
    OMB Number: 1218-0239.
    Frequency: On occasion, 1 time and 1 time every 3 years.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Individuals or households; Federal Government; and State, 
Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 957.

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                                                                                          Estimated
                                               Annual                                      annual       Burden
           Information collection            responses        Frequency of response        burden       hours
                                                                                           hours
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VPP Application...........................          171  1 time.......................          200       34,200
Annual Evaluation.........................          711  Annually.....................           20       14,220
VPP Volunteers, General Eligibility                  75  Every 3 years................          .13  ...........
 Information Sheet.
VPP Volunteers, Waiver of Claims Against             75  Every 3 years................          -0-          -0-
 the Government.
VPP Volunteers, Department of Labor                  75  Every 3 years................          .17           13
 Request for Name Check (DL-68).
    Total.................................        1,107                                                   48,433
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    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annualized costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: The information collection is necessary to determine 
if the applicant has a safety and health program that should qualify 
for participation in one of OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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