[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 86 (Friday, May 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR-1218-0220(2002)]


Shipyard Employment Standards (29 CFR Part 1915); Extension of 
the Office of Management and Budget's Approval of Information-
Collection (Paperwork) Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Request for comment.

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SUMMARY: OSHA requests comment concerning its proposed extension of the 
information-collection requirements specified by its Shipyard 
Employment Standards (29 CFR part 1915). OSHA also requests comment on 
the proposed decrease in burden hours associated with the information 
collected. The paperwork provision of the Standard specifies a 
requirement for testing hooks (29 CFR 1915.113(b)(1)) and for examining 
and testing portable air receivers and other unfired pressure vessels 
(29 CFR 1915.172(d)) used in shipyards. The employer must prepare a 
certification record to certify that the tests were performed as 
specified in the Standard. The purpose of the requirement is to reduce 
employees' risk of death or serious injury by ensuring that equipment 
is in safe operating condition.

DATES: Submit written comments on or before July 2, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket No. 
ICR-1218-0220(2002), 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: Theda Kenney, Directorate of Safety 
Standards Program, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3609, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-
2222. A copy of the Agency's Information-Collection Request (ICR) 
supporting the need for the information collection specified by the 
Shipyard Employment Standards is available for inspection and copying 
in the Docket Office, or by requesting a copy from Theda Kenney at 
(202) 693-2222, or Todd Owen at (202) 693-2444. For electronic copies 
of the ICR, contact OSHA on the Internet at http://www.osha.gov 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 costs) 
is minimal, collection instruments are understandable, and OSHA's 
estimate of the information-collection burden is correct.
    The Standard specifies two paperwork requirements. The following 
sections describe who uses the information collected under each 
requirement, as well as how they use it. The purpose of these 
requirements is to reduce employees' risk of death or serious injury by 
ensuring that equipment has been tested and is in safe operating 
condition.
     Test Records for Hooks (paragraphs 1915.113(b)(1)). This 
paragraph requires that the manufacturer's recommendations be followed 
in determining the safe working loads of the various sizes and types of 
hooks. If the manufacturer's recommendations are not available, the 
hook must be tested to twice the intended safe working load before it 
is initially put into use. The employer must maintain and keep readily 
available a certification record which includes the date of such test, 
the signature of the person who performed the test, and the identifier 
for the hook which was tested.
     Examination and Test Records for Unfired Pressure Vessels 
(paragraph 1915.172(d)). This paragraph requires that portable, unfired 
pressure vessels be examined quarterly by a competent person and 
subjected to a yearly hydrostatic pressure test. A certification record 
of such examinations and tests shall be maintained.
    The records are used to assure that equipment has been properly 
tested. The records also provide the most efficient means for the 
compliance officers to determine that an employer is complying with the 
Standard.

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 
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.

III. Proposed Actions

    OSHA proposes to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) 
approval of the collection-of-information requirements specified by the 
Shipyard Employment Standards (29 CFR part 1915). 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 
these information-collection requirements.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently-approved information-
collection requirement.
    Title: Shipyard Employment Standards (29 CFR part 1915).
    OMB Number: 1218-0220.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal government; State, local, or tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 800.
    Frequency of Recordkeeping: On occasion.
    Average Time per Response: Varies from 20 minutes to 35 minutes.
    Total Annual Hours Requested: 4,416 hours.
    Total Annual Costs (O&M): $0.

IV. Authority and Signature

    John L. Henshaw, 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 April 30, 2002.
John L. Henshaw,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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