[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 42458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16056]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

July 8, 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 
this 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: Welding, Cutting and Brazing (29 CFR 1910.255(e)).
    OMB Number: 1218-0207.
    Frequency: Periodic.
    Type of Response: Recordkeeping.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government; and State, local, or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 23,490.
    Number of Annual Responses: 94,289.
    Estimated Time Per Response: Varies from 1 minute to maintain the 
inspection certification record to 7 minutes to perform the inspection 
and to generate and maintain the inspection certification record.
    Total Burden Hours: 6,588.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: 29 CFR 1910.255(e) requires that a periodic inspection 
of resistance welding equipment be made by qualified maintenance 
personnel, and that a certification record be generated and maintained. 
The certification shall include the date of the inspection, the 
signature of the person who performed the inspection and the serial 
number, or other identifier, for the equipment inspected. The record 
shall be made available to an OSHA inspector upon request. The 
maintenance inspection ensures that welding equipment is in safe 
operating condition while the maintenance record provides evidence to 
employees and Agency compliance officers that employers performed the 
required inspections.

Ira L. Mills,
 Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-16056 Filed 7-14-04; 8:45 am]
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