[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 192 (Friday, October 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 57486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25106]


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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 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 (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 (OSHA), 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 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.
    Title: Standard on Walking-Working Surfaces--29 CFR part 1910 
Subpart D.
    OMB Number: 1218-0199.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Type of Response: Recordkeeping and Third party disclosure.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government; and State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 10,000.

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                                                                                      Average
               Information collection requirement                     Annual       response time   Annual burden
                                                                     responses        (hours)          hours
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Load Limit Marking--29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1)........................           2,100            0.33             693
Marking of Portable Metal Ladders Having Defects--29 CFR                  10,000            0.05             500
 1910.26(c)(2)(vii).............................................
Maintaining and Disclosing Drawings and Specifications of                      0            0.00               0
 Outrigger Scaffolds Designed by a Registered Professional
 Engineer--29 CFR 1910.28(e)(3).................................
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    Total.......................................................          12,100  ..............           1,193
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    Total Annualized capital/startup: $0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: The collections of information contained in the 
Walking-Working Surfaces standard are necessary to protect workers from 
the collapse of overloaded floors and the failure of defective portable 
metal ladders.
    Paragraph 1910.22(d)(1) requires that load limits approved by the 
building official be marked on plates supplied and securely affixed by 
the owner of the building, or his duly authorized agent, in a 
conspicuous place in each space to which they relate. The plates are 
not to be removed or defaced but, if lost, removed, or defaced, they 
shall be replaced by the owner or his agent.
    Under paragraph 1910.26(c)(2)(vii), ladders having defects are to 
be marked and taken out of service until repaired by either the 
maintenance department or the manufacturer.
    Paragraph 1910.28(e)(3) requires that outrigger scaffolds designed 
by a registered professional engineer be constructed and erected in 
accordance with table D-16 of this section. A copy of the detailed 
drawings and specifications showing the sizes and spacing of members 
shall be kept on the job.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-25106 Filed 10-2-03; 8:45 am]
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