[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 53 (Monday, March 21, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13370-13371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5500]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Part 1915

RIN 1218-AB51


Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment; Approval of Information 
Collection Requirements

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

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval of information collection requirements.

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SUMMARY: OSHA is announcing that the collections of information 
contained in the Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment Standard (29 
CFR part 1915, subpart P) have been approved by OMB under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. The OMB approval number is 1218-0248.

DATES: Effective March 21, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd Owen, OSHA, Directorate of 
Standards and Guidance, Room N3609, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-
2222.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OSHA published a final rule for Fire 
Protection in Shipyard Employment on September 15, 2004, at 69 FR 55668 
to provide increased protection for shipyard employment workers from 
the hazards of fire on vessels and vessel sections and at related land-
side facilities. The final rule became effective on December 14, 2004. 
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal 
Register notice for the final rule stated that compliance with the 
collection of information requirements was not required until those 
collections of information had been approved by OMB and until the 
Department of Labor published a notice in the Federal Register 
announcing the OMB control number assigned by OMB. Under 5 CFR 
1320.5(b), an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information unless: (1) The collection of information displays a 
currently valid OMB control number; and (2) the agency informs the 
potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information 
that such persons are not required to respond to the collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    On September 19, 2004, the Agency submitted the Fire Protection in

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Shipyard Employment (29 CFR part 1915, subpart P) information 
collection request to OMB for approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). On November 30, 2004, OMB 
approved the collections of information and assigned OMB Control Number 
1218-0248. The approval for the collection expires on November 30, 
2007. The approved collections of information are:

1915.501--General Provisions

    Paragraph (d)(1) Multi-employer worksites, Host employer 
responsibilities.
    Paragraph (d)(2) Multi-employer worksites, Contract employer 
responsibilities.

1915.502--Fire Safety Plan

    Paragraph (a) Employer responsibilities (to create a fire safety 
plan).
    Paragraph (b) Plan elements.
    Paragraph (c) Reviewing the plan with employees.
    Paragraph (d) Additional employer requirements.

1915.504--Fire Watches

    Paragraph (a) Written fire watch policy.

1915.505--Fire Response

    Paragraph (a) Employer responsibilities (written fire response 
policy).
    Paragraph (b) Required written policy information.
    Paragraph (d) Organization of internal fire response functions.

1915.506--Hazards of Fixed Extinguishing Systems on Board Vessels and 
Vessel Sections

    Paragraph (b) Requirements for automatic and manual systems.

1915.507--Land-Side Fire Protection Systems

    Paragraph (c) General requirements for fixed extinguishing systems.

1915.508--Training

    Paragraph (a) Training Frequency.
    Paragraph (b) Training for all employees.
    Paragraph (c) Additional training requirements for employees 
expected to fight incipient stage fires.
    Paragraph (d) Additional training requirements for employees 
designated to perform fire response activities.
    Paragraph (e) Additional training requirements for employees 
assigned to fire watch duty.
    Paragraph (f) Records.

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 1915

    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

Authority and Signature

    Jonathan L. Snare, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Occupational Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this 
document. The authority for this document is the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506), Secretary of Labor's Order No. 5-2002 (67 
FR 65008).

    Signed in Washington, DC on March 15, 2005.
Jonathan L. Snare,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.

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Accordingly, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration amends 
29 CFR part 1915, as set forth below.

PART 1915--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 1915 continues to read in part as 
follows:

    Authority: Sec.  41, Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation 
Act (33 U.S.C. 941); Secs. 4, 6, 8, Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657); Secretary of Labor's Order 
No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 
(55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), or 5-2002 (67 
FR 65008) as applicable.
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2. In Sec.  1915.8, the table is amended by adding the entries for the 
following sections, in numerical order, to read as follows:


Sec.  1915.8 OMB  Control numbers under the Paperwork Reduction Act

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1915.501(d)................................................    1218-0248
1915.502(a)................................................    1218-0248
1915.502(b)................................................    1218-0248
1915.502(c)................................................    1218-0248
1915.502(d)................................................    1218-0248
1915.504(a)................................................    1218-0248
1915.505(a)................................................    1218-0248
1915.505(b)................................................    1218-0248
1915.505(d)................................................    1218-0248
1915.506(b)................................................    1218-0248
1915.507(c)................................................    1218-0248
1915.508(a)................................................    1218-0248
1915.508(b)................................................    1218-0248
1915.508(c)................................................    1218-0248
1915.508(d)................................................    1218-0248
1915.508(e)................................................    1218-0248
1915.508(f)................................................    1218-0248
 

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