[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41503-41504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15305]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR-1218-0227(2002)]


Trucks Used Underground To Transport Explosives; Extension of the 
Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information-
Collection (Paperwork) Requirements

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

ACTION: Request for comment.

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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comment concerning its request to extend 
OMB approval of the information-collection requirements specified in 
paragraph (e) of the Underground Transportation of Explosives in 
Construction Standard (29 CFR 1926.903); this paragraph requires 
employers to inspect the trucks electrical system used to transport the 
explosives underground.

DATES: Submit written comments on or before August 19, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket No. 
ICR-1218-0227(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: Kathleen M. Martinez, Directorate of 
Policy, Office of Regulatory Analysis, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, 
Room N-3641, 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 the Underground Transportation of Explosive 
Standard is a 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 clearly understood, and OSHA's 
estimate of the information-collection burden is correct.
    The Underground Transportation of Explosives Standard (i.e., ``the 
Standard'') specifies the following paperwork requirement, as well as 
the rationale for the requirement.
     Trucks used Underground to Transport Explosives (paragraph 
(e)). Paragraph (e) requires the employer to inspect weekly the truck's 
electrical system used to transport explosives underground. The weekly 
inspection is to detect any failure in the system which would 
constitute an electrical hazard. In addition the employer must

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certify and maintain these records to show the compliance officer upon 
inspection.

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 proposes to extend OMB's previous approval of the 
recordkeeping (paperwork) requirement specified in paragraph (e) of the 
Underground Transportation of Explosives Standard (29 CFR 1926.903). 
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: Trucks used Underground to Transport Explosives.
    OMB Number: 1218-0227.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal government; State, local or tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 1.
    Frequency of Response: Weekly.
    Total Responses: 52.
    Average Time per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 9.
    Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): 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 June 11, 2002.
John L. Henshaw,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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