[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12354-12355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5896]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR-1218-0237(2004)]


Standard on Additional Requirements for Special Dipping and 
Coating Operations; 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 requests comments concerning its proposed extension of 
the information-collection requirements specified by the standard on 
Additional Requirements for Special Dipping and Coating Operations (29 
CFR 1910.126(g)(4)). The provision is to ensure that employers make 
employees aware of the minimum distance between goods being 
electrostatically deteared.

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 transmissions. 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 written comments and attachments to the OSHA 
Docket Office, Docket No. ICR-1218-0237 (2004), U.S. Department of 
Labor, Room N-2625, 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., e.s.t.
    Facsimile: If 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 1218-0237(2004), in 
your comments.
    Electronic: You may submit comments, but not attachments, through 
the Internet at http://ecomments.osha.gov.
    II. Obtaining Copies of the Support Statement for the Information 
Collection Request. The Supporting Statement for the Information 
Collection Request is available for downloading from OSHA's Web site at 
http://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 Theda Kenney at (202) 693-2222.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theda Kenney, Directorate of Standards 
and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3609, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-
2222.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Submission of Comments in This Notice and Internet Access to 
Comments and Submissions

    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. If 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 there may be a significant delay 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 material by express delivery, hand delivery 
and messenger service.

II. Background

    The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce 
paperwork

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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 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)).
    This program ensures that information is in the desired format, 
reporting burden (time and costs) is minimal, collection instruments 
are clearly understood, and OSHA's estimate of the information 
collection burden is correct. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
1970 (the ``Act'') authorizes information collection by employers 
regarding the causes and prevention of occupational injuries, 
illnesses, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 657).
    The standard on Additional Requirements for Special Dipping and 
Coating Operations, 29 CFR 1910.126(g)(4)), requires employers to post 
a conspicuous sign near each piece of electrostatic-detearing equipment 
that notifies employees of the minimum safe distance they must maintain 
between goods undergoing electrostatic detearing and the electrodes or 
conductors of the equipment used in the process. Doing so reduces the 
likelihood of igniting the explosive chemicals used in electrostatic-
detearing operations.

III. 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 to protect workers, including whether the information is 
useful;
     The accuracy of OSHA'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.

IV. Proposed Actions

    OSHA is proposing to extend the information-collection (paperwork) 
requirement specified in the standard on Additional Requirements for 
Special Dipping and Coating Operations (29 CFR 1910.126(g)(4)). OSHA 
will summarize the comments submitted in response to this notice, and 
will include this summary, along with the comments, in its request to 
OMB to extend the approval of these information-collection 
requirements.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information-
collection requirements.
    Title: Standard on Additional Requirements for Special Dipping and 
Coating Operations (29 CFR 1910.126(g)(4)).
    OMB Number: 1218-0237.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal government; state, local or tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 0.
    Frequency: Continuous.
    Total Responses: 0.
    Average Time Per Response: 0.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 0.

V. 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 11, 2004.
John L. Henshaw,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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