[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 193 (Monday, October 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57710-57711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25268]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

September 30, 2003.
    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 
each individual 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:
    * 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.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Ethylene Oxide (EtO).
    OMB Number: 1218-0108.
    Frequency: On occasion; Quarterly; Semi-annually; and Annually.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government; 
and State, local, or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 5,667.
    Number of Annual Responses: 252,395.
    Estimated Time Per Response: Varies from 5 minutes to 2 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 43,972.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $6,582,909.
    Description: The information-collection requirements specified in 
the Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Standard (29 CFR 1910.1047) protect employees 
from the adverse health effects that may result from their exposure to 
EtO. The major information-collection requirements of the EtO Standard 
include notifying employees of their EtO exposures, implementing a 
written compliance program, providing examining physicians with 
specific information, ensuring that employees receive a copy of their 
medical-examination results, maintaining employees' exposure-monitoring 
and medical records for specific periods, and providing access to these 
records by OSHA, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health, the affected employees, and their authorized representatives.

    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: 4,4'-Methylenedianiline Construction--29 CFR 1926.60.
    OMB Number: 1218-0183.
    Frequency: On occasion; Quarterly; Semi-annually; and Annually.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government; 
and State, local, or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 66.
    Number of Annual Responses: 3,962.
    Estimated Time Per Response: Varies from 1 minute to 2 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,609.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $80,437.
    Description: The purpose of 29 CFR 1926.60 and its information 
collection requirements is to provide protection for employees from 
adverse health effects associated with occupational exposure to 4,4'-
Methylenedianiline. Employers must monitor exposure, keep employee 
exposures within the permissible exposure limits, provide employees 
with medical examinations and training, and establish and maintain 
employee exposure-monitoring and medical records.

    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: 4,4'-Methylenedianiline General Industry--29 CFR 1910.1050.
    OMB Number: 1218-0184.
    Frequency: On occasion; Quarterly; Semi-annually; and Annually.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government; 
and State, local, or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 15.
    Number of Annual Responses: 581.
    Estimated Time Per Response: Varies from 1 minute to 2 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 295.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $19,037.

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    Description: The purpose of 29 CFR 1910.1050 and its information 
collection requirements is to provide protection for employees from 
adverse health effects associated with occupational exposure to 4,4'-
Methylenedianiline. Employers must monitor exposure, keep employee 
exposures within the permissible exposure limits, provide employees 
with medical examinations and training, and establish and maintain 
employee exposure-monitoring and medical records.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Electrical Protective Equipment (1910.137) and Electric 
Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution (1910.269).
    OMB Number: 1218-0190.
    Frequency: On occasion; Semi-annually; and Annually.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government; and State, local, or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 12,195.
    Number of Annual Responses: 548,886.
    Estimated Time Per Response: Varies from 1 minute to 15 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 22,685.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: Under 29 CFR 1910.137(b)(2)(xii), employers must 
certify that the electrical protective equipment used by their 
employees passed the tests specified in paragraphs (b)(2)(viii), 
(b)(2)(ix), and (b)(2)(xi) of the standard. The certification must 
identify the equipment that passed the tests and the dates of the 
tests. This provision helps ensure that electrical protective equipment 
is reliable and safe for employee use and will provide adequate 
protection against electric shock. In addition, certification helps 
OSHA to determine if employers are in compliance with the equipment-
testing requirements of the standard.
    Section 1910.269(a)(2)(vii) requires employers to certify that each 
employee received the training specified in paragraph (a)(2) of the 
standard. Employers must provide certification after an employee 
demonstrates proficiency in the work practices involved. This 
certification requirement helps employers monitor the training their 
employees received and helps OSHA determine if employers provided the 
required training to their employees.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-25268 Filed 10-3-03; 8:45 am]
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