[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 235 (Thursday, December 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63410-63414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30187]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

November 29, 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 on (202) 693-4129 or e-mail: [email protected].
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: Stuart Shapiro, OMB Desk Officer for 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).
    Title: Commercial Diving Operations--29 CFR 1910, Subpart T.
    OMB Number: 1218-0069.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government; and State, Local, or Tribal 
Government.
    Type of Response: Recordkeeping and Reporting.
    Frequency: On occasion and Annually.
    Number of Respondents: 3,000.

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                                                                             Average response   Estimated burden
                      Requirement                         Annual responses    time  (hours)          hours
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Sec.  1910.401(b):
    Phone..............................................              3,000               0.25                  0
    Written............................................              3,000               2.00                  0
Sec.  1910.420(a) and (b)..............................                300               1.00                300
Sec.  1910.420(a) and (b)..............................              3,000               0.05                150

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Sec.  1910.423(d)(1)...................................          1,500,000               0.08            120,000
Sec.  1910.423(d)(2)...................................            150,000               0.08             12,000
Sec.  1910.423(d)(3)...................................             16,500               0.08              1,320
Sec.  1910.423(e)......................................             16,500               1.00             16,500
Sec.  1910.430(a)......................................            180,000               0.05              9,000
Sec.  1910.430(b)(4)...................................              6,000               0.05                300
Sec.  1910.430(c)(1)(iii)..............................             20,000               0.05              1,000
Sec.  1910.430(f)(3)(ii)...............................                300               0.05                 15
Sec.  1910.430(g)(2)...................................             12,000               0.05                600
Sec.  1910.440(a)(2)...................................                165               0.17                 28
Sec.  1910.440(b)(1) and (b)(2)........................            193,135               0.03              5,794
Sec.  1910.440(b)(3)...................................          1,904,465               0.02             38,089
Sec.  1910.440(b)(4) and (b)(5)........................                601               0.50                301
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      Total............................................          4,005,966  .................            205,397
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    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: The Standards' paperwork requirements allow employers 
to deviate from established diving practices and tailor diving 
operations to unusually hazardous diving conditions, and to analyze 
diving records (including hospitalization and treatment records) for 
information they can use to improve diving operations. These 
requirements are also a direct and efficient means for employers to 
inform dive-team members about diving-related hazards, procedures to 
use in avoiding and controlling these hazards, and recognizing and 
treating diving-related illnesses and injuries. Additionally, employers 
can review equipment records to ensure that employees performed the 
required actions, and that the equipment is in safe working order.
    Disclosing the records to employees and their designated 
representatives permits them to identify operational and equipment 
conditions that may contribute to diving accidents or diving-related 
medical conditions. Moreover, the records provide the most efficient 
means for OSHA compliance officers to determine that employers are 
performing the regulatory requirements of the Standards.

    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
    Title: Fire Brigades.
    OMB Number: 1218-0075.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government; and State, Local, or Tribal 
Government.
    Type of Response: Recordkeeping and Third-party disclosure.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Number of Respondents: 8,391.
    Number of Annual Responses: 8,391.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 5 minutes to obtain a physician's 
certificate and 2 hours to develop an organizational statement.
    Total Burden Hours: 6,042.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: 29 CFR 1910.156 requires employers to develop an 
organized statement for fire brigades. The organizational statement 
describes what the fire brigade is expected to do, and will help 
employees understand their duties are as fire brigade members. It also 
informs OSHA compliance offices of the type of fire fighting that will 
be performed.

    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
    Title: Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in 
Laboratories.
    OMB Number: 1218-0131.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government; 
and State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Type of Response: Recordkeeping and Third-party disclosure.
    Frequency: On occasion; Annually; Semi-annually; and Quarterly.
    Number of Respondents: 41,900.

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                                                                             Average time per   Estimated burden
                      Requirement                         Annual responses  response  (hours)        hours
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Exposure Monitoring and Measurement....................             41,900               0.17              7,123
Employees Notification of Monitoring Results...........             41,900               0.08              3,352
Chemical Hygiene Plan--New.............................                750               8.00              6,000
Chemical Hygiene Plan--Existing........................             41,900               0.50             20,950
Information and Training...............................             15,970               1.00             15,970
Medical Surveillance, Medical Examination..............             63,880               0.75             47,910
Medical Surveillance, Medical Examination..............             31,940               1.50             47,910
Medical Surveillance, Medical Examination..............             31,940               2.25             71,865
Medical Surveillance, Information Provided to Physician            127,760               0.08             10,221
Medical Surveillance, Physician's Written Opinion......            127,760               0.08             10,221
Hazardous Identification...............................                  0               0.00                  0
Use of Respirators.....................................                  0               0.00                  0
Exposure Monitoring/Medical Records....................            169,660               0.08             13,573
Making Records and Documents Available to Employees or             173,063               0.08             13,845
 OSHA..................................................
Transferring Records to the National Institute of                      333               1.00                333
 Occupational Safety and Health........................
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    Totals.............................................            868,756  .................            269,273
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    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $18,235,000.
    Description: 29 CFR 1910.1450 requires employers to monitor 
employee exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories, to provide 
medical consultation and examinations, to train employees about the 
hazards of chemicals in their working areas, and to establish and 
maintain accurate records of employee exposure to hazardous chemicals 
in laboratories. These records are used by employers, employees, 
physicians, and the Government to ensure the health and safety of 
workers.

    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
    Title: Cadmium in General Industry-- 29 CFR 1910.1027.
    OMB Number: 1218-0185.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government; 
and State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Type of Response: Recordkeeping.
    Frequency: On occasion, Semi-annually, and Annually.
    Number of Respondents: 53,161.

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                                                                             Average response   Requested burden
           Information collection requirement             Annual responses    time  (hours)          hours
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Exposure Monitoring:
    Initial Monitoring.................................                  0               0.00                  0
    Objective Data.....................................                167               1.00                167
    Monitoring Frequency (Periodic Monitoring).........             14,261               0.50              7,131
    Additional Monitoring..............................                143               0.50                 72
    Employee Notification of...........................
Monitoring Results.....................................            142,898               0.08             11,432
Compliance Program:
    Review and Update Plan.............................              5,052               1.50              7,578
    Compliance Plan for Plants above the Permissible                 9,622               1.00              9,622
     Exposure Level....................................
Respiratory Protection (Respiratory Program and                          0               0.00                  0
 Respirator Fit-Testing)...............................
Emergency Situations...................................                  0               0.00                  0
Notification of Laundry Personnel......................                  0               0.00                  0
Medical Surveillance:
    Initial Examination................................             35,653               1.50             53,480
Additional Examinations................................                285               1.50                428
Biological Monitoring..................................              1,110               0.75                833
Information Provided to Physician......................             37,048               0.08              2,964
Physician's Written Medical Opinion....................             37,048               0.08              2,964
Communication of Cadmium Hazards to Employees:
    Warning Signs and Warning Labels...................                  0               0.00                  0
    Employee Information and Training..................             21,659               1.00             21,659
Recordkeeping..........................................                  0               0.00                  0
Training Records.......................................             21,490               0.08              1,719
Making Records Available to OSHA or Employees..........             52,615               0.08              4,210
Transfer of Records....................................                  0               0.00                  0
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      Total............................................            379,051  .................            124,259
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    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $6,190,692.
    Description: The information collection requirements specified in 
the Cadmium in General Industry Standard (Sec. 1910.1027; ``the 
Standard'') protect employees from the adverse health effects that may 
result from occupational exposure to cadmium. The major information 
collection requirements in the Standard include conducting employee 
exposure monitoring, notifying employees of their cadmium exposures, 
implementing a written compliance program, implementing medical 
surveillance of employees, providing examining physicians with specific 
information, ensuring that employees receive a copy of their medical 
surveillance results, maintaining employees' exposure monitoring and 
medical surveillance records for specific periods, and providing access 
to these records by OSHA, the National Institute of Occupational Safety 
and Health, the employee who is the subject of the records, the 
employee's representative, and other designated parties.

    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
    Title: Standard on Walking-Working Surfaces--29 CFR Part 1910, 
Subpart D.
    OMB Number: 1218-0199.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government; and State, Local, or Tribal 
Government.
    Type of Response: Recordkeeping and Third-party disclosure.
    Frequency: Initially and On occasion.
    Number of Respondents: 10,100.
    Number of Annual Responses: 10,100.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 3 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 505.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: The following provisions of the Standards on Walking-
Working Surfaces (29 CFR part 1910, subpart D; ``the Standards'') 
specify collection of information requirements: Secs. 1910.22(b)(2), 
1910.22(d)(1), 1910.26(c)(2)(vii), and 1910.28(e)(3). These provisions 
require employers to: Permanently mark aisles and passageways in 
buildings; post signs in a conspicuous location that show floor-loading 
limits approved by the building official, and replace these signs if 
lost, removed, or defaced; mark defective ladders and remove them from 
service until repaired; and, if a registered professional engineer 
designs an outrigger scaffold, construct and erect it according to this 
design, and maintain at the jobsite a copy of the detailed

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drawings and specifications showing the sizes and spacing of members. 
These paperwork requirements prevent serious injury and death among 
employees by notifying them of: Clearance limits in aisles and 
passageways to avoid improper use (and resulting impact) by mechanical-
handling equipment; maximum loadings to prevent floor collapse; 
defective ladders that could become unstable or collapse during use; 
and proper construction and erection of outrigger scaffolds to avoid 
instability or collapse.

    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
    Title: Powered Industrial Trucks.
    OMB Number: 1218-0242.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government; and State, Local, or Tribal 
Government.
    Type of Response: Recordkeeping and Third-party disclosure.
    Frequency: On occasion; Initially; Triennially; and Annually.
    Number of Respondents: 999,000.

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                                                                             Average response   Estimated burden
                      Requirement                         Annual reponses     time  (hours)          hours
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Notification of Truck Approval.........................            199,800               0.08             15,984
Notification of Truck Modifications....................             49,950               0.08              3,996
Notification of Front--End Attachments.................             19,980               0.08              1,598
Inspection of Markers..................................                  0               0.00                  0
Operator Training--Initial Training....................             28,881               6.17            178,196
Operator Training--Refresher Training..................              9,627               2.17             20,891
Training Rehires.......................................             28,881               2.17             62,672
Operator Evaluation--Triennial Evaluations.............            513,438               0.58            297,794
Operator Evaluation--Evaluating Rehires................            231,047               0.25             57,762
Certifying Evaluation and Training.....................            539,110               0.34            183,298
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    Total..............................................          1,620,714  .................            822,191
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    Total Annualized Capital/Startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: Under the paperwork requirement specified by paragraph 
(a)(3) of 1910.178, employers must place a marker (e.g., label) on an 
approved truck indicating that a national testing laboratory accepted 
its design and construction.\1\ Paragraph (a)(4) requires that 
employers obtain the manufacturer's written approval before modifying a 
truck in a manner that affects its capacity and safe operation; if the 
manufacturer grants such approval, the employer must revise capacity, 
operation, and maintenance instruction plates, tags, and decals 
accordingly. For front-end attachments not installed by the 
manufacturer, paragraph (a)(5) mandates that employers provide a marker 
on the trucks that identifies the attachment, as well as the weight of 
both the truck and the attachment when the attachment is at maximum 
elevation with a laterally centered load. Paragraph (a)(6) specifies 
that employers must ensure that the markers required by paragraphs 
(a)(3) through (a)(5) remain affixed to trucks and are legible.
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    \1\ A national testing laboratory evaluates a truck's electrical 
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    Paragraphs (1)(1) through (1)(6) of 1910.178 contain the paperwork 
requirements necessary to certify the training provided to powered 
industrial truck operators. Accordingly, these paragraphs specify the 
following requirements for employers:
     Paragraph (1)(1)--Ensure that trainees successfully 
complete the training and evaluation requirements of paragraph (1) 
prior to operating a truck without direct supervision.
     Paragraph (1)(2)--Allow trainees to operate a truck only 
under the direct supervision of an individual with the knowledge, 
training, and experience to train operators and to evaluate their 
performance, and under conditions that do not endanger other employees. 
The training program must consist of formal instruction, practical 
training, and evaluation of the trainee's performance in the workplace.
     Paragraph (1)(3)--Provide the trainees with initial 
training on each of 22 specified topics, except on topics that the 
employer demonstrates do not apply to the safe operation of the 
truck(s) in the employer's workplace.
     Paragraphs (1)(4)(i) and (1)(4)(ii)--Administer refresher 
training and evaluation on relevant topics to operators found by 
observation or formal evaluation to operate a truck unsafely, involved 
in an accident or near-miss incident, or assigned to operate another 
type of truck, or if the employer identifies a workplace condition that 
could affect safe truck operations.
     Paragraph (1)(4)(iii)--Evaluate each operator's 
performance at least once every three years.
     Paragraph (1)(5)--Train rehires only in specific topics 
that they performed unsuccessfully during an evaluation and that are 
appropriate to the employer's truck(s) and workplace conditions.
     Paragraph (1)(6)--Certify that each operator meets the 
training and evaluation requirements specified by paragraph (1). This 
certification must include the operator's name, the training date, the 
evaluation date, and the identity of the individual(s) who performed 
the training and evaluation.
    Requiring markers notifies employees of the conditions under which 
they can safely operate powered industrial trucks, thereby, preventing 
such hazards as fires and explosions caused by poorly designed 
electrical systems, rollovers/tipovers that result from exceeding a 
truck's stability characteristics, and falling loads that occur when 
loads exceed the lifting capacities of attachments. Certification of 
training and evaluation provides a means of informing employers that 
their employees received the training, and demonstrated the performance 
necessary to operate a truck within its capacity and control 
limitations. Therefore, by ensuring that employees operate only trucks 
that are in proper working order, and do so safely, employers prevent 
severe injury and death to truck operators and other employees who are 
in the vicinity of the trucks. Finally, these paperwork requirements 
are the most efficient means for an OSHA compliance officer to 
determine that an employer properly notified employees regarding the 
design and construction of, and modifications made to, the trucks they 
are operating,

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and that an employer provided them with the required training.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-30187 Filed 12-5-01; 8:45 am]
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