[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50469-50470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19523]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

July 26, 2002.
    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 
this 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: 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.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Servicing Multi-Piece and Single-Piece Rim Wheels--29 CFR 
1910.177(d)(3)(iv).
    OMB Number: 1218-0219.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; State, Local, or Tribal Government; and Federal 
Government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Type of Response: Recordkeeping and Third-party disclosure.
    Number of Respondents: 8.
    Number of Responses: 8.
    Average Time per Response: 5 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: 29 CFR 1910/177(d)(3)(iv) specifies one paperwork 
requirement. The following section describes who uses the information 
collected under the requirement, as well as how they use it. The 
purpose of the requirement is to reduce employees' risk of death or 
serious injury by ensuring that restraining devices used by them during 
the servicing of multi-piece and single piece rim wheels are in safe 
operating condition. Based on previous ICR approvals, OSHA has 
determined that the training requirements in paragraphs (c), (f), and 
(g) of the Standard are not collection-of-information requirements 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
    Certification of Repair (paragraph (d)(3)(iv)) requires that when 
restraining devices and barriers are removed from service because they 
have been found to be defective, they shall not be returned to service 
until they are repaired and reinspected. If the repair is of a 
structural nature, the manufacturer or a Registered Professional 
Engineer must certify that the strength requirements specified in 
(d)(3)(i) of the standard have been met.
    The certification records are used to assure that equipment has 
been properly repaired. The certification record also provide the most 
efficient means for the compliance officers to determine that an 
employer is complying with the Standard.
    Agency: Occupational safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Shipyard Employment Standards--29 CFR 1915.113(b)(1) and 
1915.172(d).
    OMB Number: 1218-0220.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government; and Federal 
Government.
    Frequency: Quarterly and Annually.
    Type of Response: Recordkeeping and Third-party disclosure.
    Number of Respondents: 800.
    Number of Responses: 16,320.
    Average Time per Response: 30 minutes to examine and test hooks; 15 
minutes to quarterly examine unfired pressure vessels; and 20 minutes 
to conduct a yearly hydrostatic pressure test of vessels and to 
generate, maintain, and disclose a certificate or a record of test 
results.
    Annual Burden Hours: 4,416.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: 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 hyddrostatic 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 
Standards.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Telecommunications, Training Certification--29 CFR 
1910.168(c).
    OMB Number: 1218-0225.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; State, Local, or Tribal Government; and Federal 
Government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Type of Response: Recordkeeping and Third-party disclosure.
    Number of Respondents: 306.
    Number of Responses: 107,138.
    Average Time per Response: 2 minutes for existing employees and 4 
minutes for new employees.

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    Annual Burden Hours: 7,487.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: The Standard specifies one information-collection 
requirement. The following section describes who uses the information 
collected under the requirement, as well as how they use it. The 
purpose of this requirement is to ensure that employees have been 
trained as required by the standard to prevent risk of death or serious 
injury.
    Under the paperwork requirement specified by paragraph (c) of the 
Standard, employers must certify that his or her employees have been 
trained as specified by the performance-language training provision of 
the standard. Specifically, employers must prepare a certification 
record which includes the identity of the person trained, the signature 
of the employer or the person who conducted the training, and the date 
the training was completed. The certification record shall be prepared 
at the completion of training and shall be maintained on file for the 
duration of the employee's employment. The information collected would 
be used by employers as well as compliance officers to determine that 
employees have been trained according to the requirements set forth in 
29 CFR 1910.268(c).

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer,
[FR Doc. 02-19523 Filed 8-1-02; 8:45 am]
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