[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40660-40661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15176]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

June 28, 2004.
    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 ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
contacting the Department of Labor (DOL). 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 currently approved collection.
    Title: Application for Training Grant.
    OMB Number: 1218-0020.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Type of Response: Reporting.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 250.
    Number of Annual Responses: 250.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 59.25 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 14,813.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: Section 21 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
of 1970 (the Act) (29 U.S.C. 670) authorizes the OSHA to conduct 
directly, or through grants and contracts, 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.
    Under section 21 of the Act, OSHA awards grants to non-profit 
organizations to provide part of the required training. To obtain such 
as grant, an organization must complete the training grant application. 
OSHA uses the information in this application to evaluate: The 
organization's competence to provide the proposed training (including 
the qualifications of the personnel who manage and implement the 
training); the goals and objectives of the proposed training program; a 
workplan that describes in detail the tasks that the organization will 
implement to meet these goals and objectives; the appropriateness of 
the proposed costs; and compliance with Federal regulations governing 
nonprocurement debarment and suspension, maintaining a drug-free 
workplace, and lobbying activities. Also required is a program summary 
that Agency officials use to review and evaluate the highlights of the 
overall proposal.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Title: Standard on the Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/
Tagout).
    OMB Number: 1218-0150.
    Frequency: On occasion; annually; and initially.
    Type of Response: Recordkeeping and third party disclosure.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government; and State, local, or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 818,532.
    Number of Annual Responses: 94,647,166.
    Estimated Time Per Response: Varies from 15 seconds for an employer 
or authorized employee to notify affected employees prior to applying, 
and after removing, a lockout/tagout device from a machine or equipment 
to 80 hours for certain employers to develop energy-control procedures.
    Total Burden Hours: 3,421,527.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: The purpose of the information collection requirements 
in 29 CFR 1910.147 is to control the release of hazardous energy while 
employees service, maintain, or repair machines or equipment when 
activation, start up, or release of energy from an energy source is 
possible; proper control of hazardous energy prevents death and serious 
injury among these employees.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Title: Material Hoists, Personnel Hoists, and Elevators; Posting 
Requirements.
    OMB Number: 1218-0231.
    Frequency: On occasion and Quarterly.
    Type of Response: Recordkeeping and third party disclosure.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government; and State, local, or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 26,547.
    Number of Annual Responses: 130,467.
    Estimated Time Per Response: Varies from 2 minutes for a supervisor 
to disclose test and inspection certification records to 30 minutes for 
a construction worker to obtain and post information for hoists.
    Total Burden Hours: 30,282.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: The information collection requirements in 29 CFR 
1926.552 are designed to protect employees who operate and work around 
personnel hoists.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Title: Rigging Equipment for Material Handling.
    OMB Number: 1218-0233.
    Frequency: On occasion and Annually.
    Type of Response: Recordkeeping and third party disclosure.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government; and State, local, or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 132,737.
    Number of Annual Responses: 301,619.
    Estimated Time Per Response: Varies from 3 minutes for an employer 
to maintain and disclose a certificate to 30 minutes for employer to 
acquire information and make a tag for a sling.
    Total Burden Hours: 56,335.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: The information-collection requirements contained in 
29 CFR 1926.251 paragraphs (b)(1), (b)(6)(i), (b)(6)(ii), (c)(15)(ii), 
(e)(1)(i), (ii), and (iii), and (f)(2) of the Rigging Equipment for 
Construction Standard require affixing identification tags or markings 
on rigging equipment; developing and maintaining inspection records; 
and retaining proof-testing certificates. The purpose of each of these 
requirements is to prevent employees from using defective or 
deteriorated equipment, thereby reducing their risk of death or serious 
injury caused by equipment failure during material handling.

Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-15176 Filed 7-2-04; 8:45 am]
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