[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 58724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25780]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Numbers Under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice, Announcement of OMB approval of information collection 
requirements.

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SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 
announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has extended 
its approval for a number of information collection requirements found 
in certain sections of 29 CFR parts 1910 and 1915. OSHA sought approval 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA-95), and, as required by 
that Act, is announcing the approval numbers and expiration dates for 
those requirements.

EFFECTIVE DATES: This notice is effective October 10, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd Owen or Theda Kenney, Directorate 
of Standards and Guidance, Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3609, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693-2222.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a series of Federal Register notices, the 
Agency announced its request to OMB to renew its current extensions of 
approval for various information collection (paperwork) requirements in 
its safety and health standards for General Industry and Shipyard 
Employment. In these Federal Register announcements, the Agency 
provided 60-day comment periods for the public to respond to OSHA's 
burden hour and cost estimates.
    In accordance with PRA-95 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), OMB renewed its 
approval for these information collection requirements and assigned OMB 
control numbers to these requirements. The table below provides the 
following information for each of these OMB-approved requirements: The 
title of the collection; the date of the Federal Register notice; the 
Federal Register Reference (date, volume, and leading page); OMB;s 
control number; and the new expiration date.

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                                                   Date of Federal Register
                   Title                        publication, Federal Register       OMB control     Expiration
                                              reference, and OSHA docket number         No.            date
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Presence Sensing Device Initiation (PSDI)    1/22/2003, 68 FR 3038, Docket No.         1218-0143      05/31/2004
 (29 CFR 1910.217(h).                         1218-0143(2003).
1,3-Butadiene (29 CFR 1910.1051)...........  03/11/2003, 68 FR 11592 Docket No.        1218-0170      07/31/2006
                                              1218-0170(2003).
Benzene, (29 CFR 1910.1028)................  03/20/2003, 68 FR 13732 Docket No.        1218-0129      07/31/2006
                                              1218-0129(2003).
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for      03/24/2003, 68 FR 14260 Docket No.        1218-0215      07/31/2006
 Shipyard Employment (29 CFR part 1915,       1218-0215(2003).
 Subpart I).
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for      03/24/2003 68 FR 14262 Docket No.         1218-0205      08/31/2006
 General Industry (29 CFR part 1910,          1218-0205(2003).
 Subpart I).
Reports of Injuries to Employees Operation   03/31/2003, 68 FR 15484 Docket No.        1218-0070      07/31/2006
 Mechanical Power Presses (29 CFR             1218-0070(2003).
 1910.217(g)).
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    In accordance with 5 CFR 1320.5(b), an agency cannot conduct, 
sponsor, or require a response to a collection of information unless: 
The collection displays a valid OMB control number; and the Agency 
informs respondents that they are not required to respond to the 
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.

Authority and Signature

    John L. Henshaw, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 
Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this notice. The 
authority for this notice is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3506), and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 5-2002 (67 FR 65008).

    Signed at Washington, DC on October 7th, 2003
John L. Henshaw,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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