[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12353-12354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5895]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR-1218-0172(2004)]


Student Data Form; Extension of the Office of Management and 
Budget's Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements

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

ACTION: Request for comment.

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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments concerning its proposal to extend OMB 
approval of the information collection requirements contained in its 
Student Data Form.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by the following dates:
    Hard Copy: Your comments must be submitted (postmarked or received) 
by May 17, 2004.
    Facsimile and electronic transmission: Your comments must be 
received by May 17, 2004.

ADDRESSES: 
    I. Submission of Comments. Regular mail, express delivery, hand 
delivery, and messenger service: Submit your comments and attachments 
to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. ICR 1218-0172(2004), Room N-2625, 
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20210. OSHA Docket Office and Department of Labor hours of operation 
are 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., EST.
    Facsimile: When your comments, including any attachments, are 10 
pages or fewer, you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 
693-1648. You must include the docket number, ICR 1218-0172(2004), in 
your comments.
    Electronic: You may submit comments, but not attachments, through 
the Internet at http://ecomments.osha.gov/.
    You may submit comments in response to this document by (1) hard 
copy, (2) fax transmission (facsimile), or (3) electronically through 
the OSHA webpage. Please note you cannot attach materials such as 
studies or journal articles to electronic comments. When you have 
additional materials, you must submit three copies of them to the OSHA 
Docket Office at the address above. The additional materials must 
clearly identify your electronic comments by name, date, subject and 
docket number so we can attach them to your comments. Because of 
security-related problems, a significant delay may occur in the receipt 
of comments by regular mail. Please contact the OSHA Docket Office at 
(202) 693-2350 for information about security procedures concerning the 
delivery of materials by express delivery, hand delivery and messenger 
service.
    II. Obtaining Copies of the Supporting Statement for the 
Information Collection Request. The Supporting Statement for the 
Information Collection Request is available for downloading from OSHA's 
Web site at www.osha.gov. The Supporting Statement is available for 
inspection and copying in the OSHA Docket Office at the address listed 
above. A printed copy of the Supporting Statement can be obtained by 
contacting Todd Owen at (202) 693-1941.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail Butler, Division of 
Administration and Training Information, OSHA Office of Training and 
Education, 1555 Times Drive, Des Plaines, IL 60018; telephone (847) 
297-4810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce 
paperwork and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a 
preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an 
opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information 
collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (PRA-95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that 
information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and costs) 
is minimized, collection instruments are understandable, and OSHA's 
estimate of the information collection burden is correct.
    Section 21 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the 
``OSH Act'') (29 U.S.C. 670) authorizes the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration (``OSHA'' or the ``Agency'') to conduct education 
and training courses. These courses must ensure an adequate number of 
qualified personnel to fulfill the purposes of the Act, provide them 
with short-term training, inform them of the importance and proper use 
of safety and health equipment, and train employers and employees to 
recognize, avoid, and prevent unsafe and unhealthful working 
conditions, occupational education and training courses.
    Under Section 21 of the Act, the OSHA Training Institute (the 
``Institute'') provides basic, intermediate, and advanced training and 
education in occupational safety and health for Federal and State 
compliance officers, Agency professionals and technical-support 
personnel, employers, employees, organizations representing employees 
and employers, educators who develop curricula and teach occupational 
safety and health courses, and representatives of professional safety 
and health groups. The Institute provides courses on occupational 
safety and health at its national training facility in Des Plaines, 
Illinois.
    Students attending Institute courses complete the one-page Student 
Data Form (OSHA Form 182, 5/98 edition) on the first day of class. The 
form provides information under five major categories titled ``Course 
Information,'' ``Personal Data,'' ``Employer Data,'' ``Emergency 
Contacts,'' and ``Students Groups.'' The OSHA Office of Training and 
Education (the ``Office'') compiles, for each fiscal year, the 
following information from the ``Course Information'' and ``Student 
Groups'' categories: Total student attendance at the Institute; the 
number of students attending each training course offered by the 
Institute; and the types of students attending these courses (for 
example, students from Federal or State occupational safety and health 
agencies). The Office uses this information to demonstrate, in an 
accurate and timely manner, that the Agency is providing the training 
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employee education mandated by Section 21 of the Act. OSHA also uses 
this information to evaluate training output, and to make decisions 
regarding program/course revisions, budget support, and tuition costs.
    The Agency uses the information collected under the ``Course 
Information,'' ``Personal Data,'' and ``Employer Data'' to identify 
private-sector students so that it can collect tuition costs from them 
or their employers as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701 (``Fees and Charges 
for Government Services and Things of Value''); Office of Management 
and Budget Circular A-25 (``User Charges''); and 29 CFR part 1949 
(``Office of Training and Education, Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration''). The information in the ``Personal Data'' and 
``Emergency Contacts'' categories permits OSHA to contact students who 
are residing in local hotels/motels if an emergency arises at their 
home or place of employment, and to alert supervisors/alternate 
contacts of a trainee's injury or illness.

II. Special Issues for Comment

    OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
     Whether the proposed information collection 
requirements are necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's 
functions, including whether the information is useful;
     The accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the 
burden (time and costs) of the information-collection requirements, 
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     The quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information collected; and
     Ways to minimize the burden on employers who 
must comply; for example, by using automated or other technological 
information-collection and -transmission techniques.

III. Proposed Actions

    OSHA proposes to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) 
approval of the collection of information requirements contained in 
Student Data Form. The Agency will summarize the comments submitted in 
response to this notice, and will include this summary in its request 
to OMB to extend the approval of these information collection 
requirements.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection requirement.
    Title: Student Data Form.
    OMB Number: 1218-0172.
    Affected Public: Individuals; business or other for-profit 
organizations; Federal government; State, Local, or Tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 5,000.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Responses: 5,000.
    Average Time Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 417 hours.
    Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $-0-.

IV. 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 March 11th, 2004.
John L. Henshaw,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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