[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33183-33184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13801]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

May 27, 2003.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public 
information collection request (ICR) 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 
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 (this is not a toll-free number) or E-Mail: 
[email protected].
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503 (202-395-7316 / this is not a toll-free number), 
within 30 days from the date of this publication in the Federal 
Register.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
    [sbull] 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;
    [sbull] 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;
    [sbull] Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    [sbull] Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who

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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: Benzene.
    OMB Number: 1218-0129.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Type of Response: Recordkeeping and third party disclosure.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal government; 
and State, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 13,498.

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                                                                                      Average
               Information collection requirement                     Annual       response time   Annual burden
                                                                     responses        (hours)          hours
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Exposure Monitoring:
    Initial, Periodic, and Additional Monitoring................               0            0.00               0
    Initial Exposure-Monitoring Results.........................               0            0.00               0
    Periodic Exposure-Monitoring Results........................          20,247            0.08           1,620
    Additional Exposure-Monitoring Results......................           1,350            0.08             108
Written Compliance Plan.........................................           6,749            0.50           3,375
Respiratory Protection (Fit Testing)............................               0            0.00               0
Medical Surveillance:
    Medical Examinations:
        Initial Medical Examinations............................          10,800            2.00          21,600
        Periodic Examinations...................................          41,647            2.00          83,294
        Additional Examinations and Referrals...................             109            4.00             436
    Information Provided to Physician...........................          52,556            0.08           4,204
    Provide Physician's Written Opinion to employee.............          52,556            0.08           4,204
Communication of Benzene Hazards:
    Signs and Labels............................................               0            0.00               0
    Material Safety Data Sheets.................................               0            0.00               0
    Employee Information and Training...........................               0            0.00               0
Record keeping:
    Exposure Monitoring Results:
        Periodic Monitoring Records.............................          20,247            0.08           1,620
        Additional Monitoring Records...........................           1,350            0.08             108
    Medical Records.............................................          52,556            0.08           4,204
    Records Availability........................................           5,256            0.08             420
    Federal Access..............................................               4            0.08               1
    Records Transfer............................................               3            1.00               3
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            Totals..............................................         265,428  ..............         125,197
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    Total Annualized capital/startup: $0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $8,179,958.
    Description: OSHA is proposing to extend the information-collection 
requirements specified in the Benzene Standard (29 CFR 1910.1028). The 
information-collection requirements specified in the Benzene Standard 
protect employees from the adverse health effects that may result from 
occupational exposure to benzene. The major information-collection 
requirements in the Standard include conducting employee exposure 
monitoring, notifying employees of their benzene 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 for Occupational 
Safety and Health, the employee who is the subject of the records, the 
employee's representative, and other designated parties.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-13801 Filed 6-2-03; 8:45 am]
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