[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 44 (Friday, March 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10476-10477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4952]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

February 27, 2004.
    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 
each ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
contacting the Department of Labor (DOL). To obtain documentation, 
contact Ira Mills on 202-693-4122 (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 DOL, 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: Formaldehyde (1910.1048).
    OMB Number: 1218-0145.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Business of other for-profit; Federal Government; 
and State, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 133,196.
    Number of Annual Responses: 1,798,738.
    Estimated Time Per Response: Varies from 5 minutes for employers to 
maintain exposure monitoring and medical records for each employee to 1 
hour for employees to receive a medical examination.
    Total Burden Hours: 490,412 hours.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $52,058,424.
    Description: The information collection requirements specified in 
the Formaldehyde Standard protect employees from the adverse health

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effects that may result from their exposure to Formaldehyde. The major 
information collection requirements of the Formaldehyde Standard 
require employers to perform exposure monitoring to determine employees 
exposure to Formaldehyde, notifying employees of their Formaldehyde 
exposures, providing examining physicians with specific information, 
ensuring that employees receive a copy of their medical examination 
results, training, 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.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-4952 Filed 3-4-04; 8:45 am]
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