[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 172 (Thursday, September 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56857-56858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22615]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR-1218-0244(2002)]


OSHA Strategic Partnership Program for Worker Safety and Health

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 
requests comments concerning the proposed extension of information-
collection requirements specified in the OSHA Strategic Partnership 
Program for Worker Safety and Health (OSPP).

DATES: Comments must be submitted by the following dates:
    Hard copy: Your comments must be submitted (postmarked or sent) by 
November 4, 2002.
    Facsimile and electronic transmission: Your comments must be sent 
by November 4, 2002.
    (Please see the Supplementary Information below for additional 
information on submitting comments.)

ADDRESSES:

I. Submission of Comments

    Regular mail, express delivery, hand-delivery, and messenger 
service: Submit your comments and attachments to the OSHA Docket 
Office, Docket No. ICR-1218-0244(2002), Room N-2625, U.S. Department of 
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. OSHA Docket 
Office and Department of Labor hours of operation are 8:15 a.m. to 
4:45p.m., EST.
    Facsimile: If your comments, including any attachments, are 10 
pages or fewer, you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 
693-1648. You must include the docket number of this document, Docket 
No. ICR-1218-0244(2002), in your comments.
    Electronic: You may submit comments, but not attachments, through 
the Internet at http://ecomments.osha.gov/.
    (Please see the Supplementary Information below for additional 
information on submitting comments.)

II. Obtaining Copies of Supporting Statement for the Information 
Collection

    The Supporting Statement for the Information Collection is 
available for downloading from OSHA's Web site at http://www.osha.gov. 
The supporting statement is available for inspection and copying in the 
OSHA Docket Office, at the address listed above. A printed copy of the 
supporting statement can be obtained by contacting Cathy Oliver at 
(202) 693-2213 or Todd Owen at (202) 693-2444.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Oliver, Directorate of 
Cooperative and State Programs, Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N3700, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, (202) 693-2208.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Submission of Comments on This Notice and Internet Access to 
Comments and Submissions

    You may submit comments in response to this document by (1) hard 
copy, (2) FAX transmission (facsimile), or (3) electronically through 
the OSHA webpage. Please note that you cannot attach materials such as 
studies or journal articles to electronic comments. If you have 
additional materials, you must submit three copies of them to the OSHA 
Docket Office at the address above. The additional materials must 
clearly identify your electronic comments by name, date, subject and 
docket number so we can attach them to your comments. Because of 
security-related problems there may be a significant delay in the 
receipt of comments by regular mail. Please contact the OSHA Docket 
Office at (202) 693-2350 for information about security procedures 
concerning the delivery of materials by express delivery, hand delivery 
and messenger service.

II. Background

    The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce 
paperwork and respondent burdens, conducts a pre-clearance 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)). OSHA will be requesting approval from the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for certain information collection 
requirements contained in the Strategic Partnerships for Worker Safety 
and Health. This notice initiates the process for OSHA to request OMB 
approval. The need to collect information in order to gauge program 
success is an integral part of OSHA's strategic planning processes, and 
partnerships, like other agency activities, are required to regularly 
provide information to the agency. The agency uses this information to 
assess the effectiveness of its programs, identify needed improvements, 
and ensure that its resources are being used to good and effective 
purpose.

III. Special Issues for Comment

    OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
    [sbull] Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the Agency's functions, including whether 
the information will have practical utility;
    [sbull] 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; and
    [sbull] The quality, utility, and clarity of the information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.

IV. Proposed Actions

    OSHA proposed to extend OMB's approval of the collection of 
information requirements specified in 5 CFR 1320.8(d). OSHA 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 
the information-collection requirements for the OSPP. The burden hour 
increase is a result of the increasing number of partnerships.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information-
collection requirement.
    Title: OSHA Strategic Partnership Program for Worker Safety and 
Health (OSPP).
    OMB Number: 1218-0244.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal government, State, local or tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 4410.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Average time per Response: 11 hours.
    Estimating Total Burden Hours: 49,194.

Authority and Signature

    This document was prepared under the direction of John L. Henshaw, 
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
    This action is taken pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of August, 2002.
John L. Henshaw,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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