[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 219 (Thursday, November 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67465-67466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26870]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2011-0190]


Shipyard Employment Standards; 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 OMB approval of the information collection requirements 
contained in the Shipyard Employment Standards of Subpart G--Gear and 
Equipment for Rigging and Materials Handling (29 CFR 1915.112(a)(1), 29 
CFR 1915.112(b)(1)(i), 29 CFR 1915.112(c)(1)(i), 29 CFR 1915.112(c)(2), 
29 CFR 1915.113(a)(1), 29 CFR 1915.113(b)(1) and 29 CFR 1915.115(c)) 
and Subpart K--Portable, Unfired Pressure Vessels, Drums and 
Containers, Other than Ship's Equipment (29 CFR 1915.172(d)). The 
purpose of the collection of information (paperwork) provisions of the 
Standards is to reduce workers' risk of death or serious injury by 
ensuring that equipment has been tested and is in safe operating 
condition.

DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by 
January 12, 2015.

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-2011-0190, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 
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 the 
OSHA docket number (OSHA-2011-0190) 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.
    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 (PRA 95) (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).
    Manila rope and manila-rope slings (paragraph 1915.112(a)(1))--The 
employer must ensure that manila rope and manila-rope slings have 
permanently affixed and legible identification markings as prescribed 
by the manufacturer that indicate the recommended safe working load for 
the type(s) of hitch(es) used, the angle upon which it is based, and 
the number of legs if more than one.
    Wire rope and wire-rope slings (paragraph 1915.112(b)(1)(i))--The 
employer must ensure that wire rope and wire-rope slings have 
permanently affixed and legible identification markings as prescribed 
by the manufacturer that indicate the recommended safe working load for 
the type(s) of hitch(es) used, the angle upon which it is based, and 
the number of legs if more than one.
    Chain and chain slings (paragraph 1915.112(c)(1)(i))--The employer 
must ensure that chain and chain slings have permanently affixed and 
legible identification markings as prescribed by the manufacturer that 
indicate the recommended safe working load for the type(s) of hitch(es) 
used, the angle upon which it is based, and the number of legs if more 
than one.
    Chain and chain slings (paragraph 1915.112(c)(2))--The employer 
shall visually inspect all sling chains, including end fastenings, 
before being used on the job, as well as every three months. The 
inspection shall include inspection for wear, defective welds, 
deformation and increase in length or stretch. Each chain shall bear an 
indication of the month in which it was thoroughly inspected.
    Shackles (paragraph 1915.113(a)(1))--The employer must ensure that 
shackles have permanently

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affixed and legible identification markings as prescribed by the 
manufacturer that indicate the recommended safe working load.
    Test Records for Hooks (paragraph 1915.113(b)(1))--This paragraph 
requires that the manufacturer's recommendations be followed in 
determining the safe working loads of the various sizes and types of 
hooks. If the manufacturer's recommendations are not available, the 
hook must be tested to twice the intended safe working load before it 
is initially put into use. The employer must maintain and keep readily 
available a certification record which includes the date of such test, 
the signature of the person who performed the test, and an identifier 
for the hook which was tested.
    The records are used to assure that equipment has been properly 
tested. The records also provide the most efficient means for the 
compliance officers to determine that an employer is complying with the 
Standard.
    Mobile Crawler or Truck Cranes Used on a Vessel (paragraph 
1915.115(c))--This paragraph requires that the maximum manufacturer's 
rated safe working loads for the various working radii of the boom and 
the maximum and minimum radii at which the boom may be safely used with 
and without outriggers shall be conspicuously posted near the controls 
and shall be visible to the operator.
    Examination and Test Records for Unfired Pressure Vessels 
(paragraph 1915.172(b)and(d))--This paragraph requires that portable, 
unfired pressure vessels not built to the requirements of the American 
Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, 
Section VIII, Rules for Construction of Unfired Pressure Vessels, 1963 
be examined quarterly by a competent person and subjected to a yearly 
hydrostatic pressure test. A certification record of such examinations 
and tests shall be maintained.

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

    OSHA is proposing to increase the existing burden hour estimate for 
the collection of information requirements specified by the Standards 
from 3,162 hours to 9,773 hours, a total increase of 6,611 hours. In 
this ICR, the scope of the maritime standards in 29 CFR 1915 for 
slings, shackles, and hooks are based on the Final Economic Analysis 
for the Final Rule revising subpart F of 29 CFR part 1915 prepared by 
OSHA's Office of Regulatory Analysis. As a result of the Final Rule, 
the revision of the standard applies to all shipyard employment which 
is defined in Sec.  1915.4(i) as ship repairing, shipbuilding, 
shipbreaking, and related employment. Also, upon further analysis, the 
Agency identified two new collections of information contained in the 
Standard under paragraphs Sec. Sec.  1915.112(c)(2) and 1915.115(c)(1). 
The Agency will summarize any comments submitted in response to this 
notice and will include this summary in its request to OMB.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Shipyard Employment Standards (29 CFR part 1915).
    OMB Number: 1218-0220.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; Not-for-profit 
organizations; Federal Government; State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 2,759.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Average Time per Response: Varies from 2 minutes (.03 hour) to 
maintain a certification record to 35 minutes (.58 hour) to obtain 
certain information from a manufacturer.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 9,773.
    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-2011-0190). 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.
    Because of 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 
date 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 from 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 from 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 November 7, 2014.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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