[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21155-21157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08183]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2010-0009]


Presence Sensing Device Initiation (PSDI) Standard; Extension of 
the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information 
Collection (Paperwork) Requirements

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

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to 
extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the 
information collection requirements specified in the Presence Sensing 
Device Initiation (PSDI) Standard (29 CFR 1910.217(h)).

DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by 
June 10, 2013.

ADDRESSES:
    Electronically: You may submit comments and attachments 
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions online for submitting 
comments.
    Facsimile: If your comments, including attachments, are not longer 
than 10 pages, you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-
1648.
    Mail, hand delivery, express mail, messenger, or courier service: 
When using this method, you must submit a copy of your comments and 
attachments to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. OSHA-2010-0009, 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of 
Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. 
Deliveries (hand, express mail, messenger, and courier service) are 
accepted during the Department of Labor's and Docket Office's normal 
business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., e.t.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and OSHA 
docket number (OSHA-2010-0009) for the Information Collection Request 
(ICR). All comments, including any personal information you provide, 
are placed in the public docket without change, and may be made 
available online at http://www.regulations.gov. For further information 
on submitting comments see the ``Public Participation'' heading in the 
section of this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

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    Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the 
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov or the OSHA Docket Office at 
the address above. All documents in the docket (including this Federal 
Register notice) are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index; 
however, some information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly 
available to read or download from the Web site. All submissions, 
including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and 
copying at the OSHA Docket Office. You may also contact Theda Kenney at 
the address below to obtain a copy of the ICR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theda Kenney or Todd Owen, 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. 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 accord 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 accurate. The Occupational Safety 
and Health Act of 1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) authorizes 
information collection by employers as necessary or appropriate for 
enforcement of the OSH Act or for developing information regarding the 
causes and prevention of occupational injuries, illnesses, and 
accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act also requires that OSHA obtain 
such information with minimum burden upon employers, especially those 
operating small businesses, and to reduce to the maximum extent 
feasible unnecessary duplication of efforts in obtaining information 
(29 U.S.C. 657).
    Description of the requirements. A number of paragraphs in the 
Standard contain paperwork requirements. These requirements include: 
Certifying brake-monitor adjustments, alternatives to photoelectric 
presence sensing devices (PSDs), safety system design and installation, 
and worker training; annual recertification of safety systems; 
establishing and maintaining the original certification and validation 
records as well as the most recent recertification and revalidation 
records; affixing labels to test rods and to certified and recertified 
presses; and notifying an OSHA-recognized third-party validation 
organization when a safety system component fails, the employer 
modifies the safety system, or a point-of-operation injury occurs.
    Use and purpose of the requirements. Requiring employers to certify 
brake-monitor adjustments, alternatives to photoelectric PSDs, and 
safety system design and installation, and to recertify safety systems 
annually, provides the employer, systems engineers, maintenance 
personnel, and other workers with reliable information regarding the 
status and operating characteristics of the presses, which they can use 
to determine that the systems are operating according to the 
requirements of the Standard. The training certification requirement 
assures employers that workers receive the training specified by the 
Standard at the required frequencies and, therefore, can safely operate 
a PSDI-equipped mechanical power press. Specifying that employers 
establish and maintain for each press the original certification and 
validation records, as well as the most recent recertification and 
revalidation records, allows employers, engineers, maintenance 
personnel, and other workers to determine if the presses are operating 
within required specifications, thereby ensuring that the presses 
remain in safe operating condition.
    Having employers affix labels to test rods provides information to 
workers about the minimum object sensitivity of the sensing field, 
thereby allowing them to use the test rods in determining that a field 
is operating correctly. The provision specifying that employers affix 
labels to certified and recertified presses gives assurance to 
employers and workers that the presses meet the requirements of the 
Standard and, therefore, that workers can operate them safely.
    Requiring employers to notify an OSHA-recognized third-party 
validation organization when a safety system component fails, or a 
point-of-operation injury occurs, permits these organizations to 
identify and correct design problems in the safety systems. Having 
employers inform these organizations of modifications made to safety 
systems allows the organizations to review the modifications and 
determine if the presses will continue to operate safely.
    By complying with these paperwork requirements, employers ensure 
that PSDI-equipped mechanical power presses are in safe working order, 
thereby preventing severe injury and death to press operators and other 
workers who work near this equipment. In addition, these records 
provide the most efficient means for an OSHA compliance officer to 
determine that an employer performed the requirements and that the 
equipment is safe.

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 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.

III. Proposed Actions

    To date, OSHA has not recognized a third-party organization to 
validate employer and manufacturer certifications that their PSDI 
equipment and practices meet the requirements of the Standard. 
Therefore, the Agency cannot attribute burden hours and cost to the 
paperwork requirements of the Standard.
    OSHA is proposing that OMB approve the information collection 
requirements specified by the Standard so that it can enforce these 
requirements if employers obtain third-party certification/validation; 
thus, the Agency reports no program changes or adjustments and requests 
that it be allowed to retain its previous estimate of one burden hour 
should the requirements of the standard be implemented.
    The Agency will summarize the comments submitted in response to 
this notice and will include this summary in the request to OMB to 
extend the approval of the information collection requirements 
contained in the Standard.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Presence Sensing Device Initiation (PSDI) (29 CFR 
1910.217(h)).
    OMB Control Number: 1218-0143.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; Not-for-profit 
organizations;

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Federal Government; State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 0.
    Total Responses: 0.
    Frequency: Initially; Annually; On occasion.
    Average Time per Response: 0.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1.
    Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $0.

IV. Public Participation--Submission of Comments on This Notice and 
Internet Access to Comments and Submissions

    You may submit comments in response to this document as follows: 
(1) Electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All 
comments, attachments, and other material must identify the Agency name 
and the OSHA docket number for the ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2010-0009). You 
may supplement electronic submissions by uploading document files 
electronically. If you wish to mail additional materials in reference 
to an electronic or facsimile submission, you must submit them to the 
OSHA Docket Office (see the section of this notice titled ADDRESSES). 
The additional materials must clearly identify your electronic comments 
by your name, date, and the docket number so the Agency can attach them 
to your comments.
    Due to security procedures, the use of regular mail may cause a 
significant delay in the receipt of comments. For information about 
security procedures concerning the delivery of materials by hand, 
express delivery, messenger, or courier service, please contact the 
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2350, (TTY (877) 889-5627). Comments 
and submissions are posted without change at http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about 
submitting personal information such as social security numbers and 
dates of birth. Although all submissions are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index, some information (e.g., copyrighted 
material) is not publicly available to read or download through this 
Web site.
    All submissions, including copyrighted material, are available for 
inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. Information on using 
the http://www.regulations.gov Web site to submit comments and access 
the docket is available at the Web site's ``User Tips'' link. Contact 
the OSHA Docket Office for information about materials not available 
through the Web site, and for assistance in using the Internet to 
locate docket submissions.

V. Authority and Signature

    David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, 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 et seq.) and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-2012 
(77 FR 3912).

    Signed at Washington, DC, on April 3, 2013.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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