[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 79921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32177]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; 30-Day Comment Request: Hazardous 
Waste Worker Training

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the NIEHS, the National Institutes of Health, 
has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request 
for review and approval of the information collection listed below. 
This proposed information collection was previously published in the 
Federal Register on September 16, 2015, Pages 55634-55635, and allowed 
60-days for public comment. No public comments were received. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public 
comment. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 
(NIEHS), National Institutes of Health, may not conduct or sponsor, and 
the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection 
that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 
1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974, 
Attention: NIH Desk Officer.
    Comment Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days 
of the date of this publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain a copy of the data 
collection plans and instruments, or request more information on the 
proposed project, contact: Joseph T. Hughes, Jr., Director, Worker 
Training Program, Division of Extramural Research and Training, NIEHS, 
P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 or call non-toll-free 
number (919) 541-0217 or Email your request, including your address to: 
[email protected]. Formal requests for additional plans and 
instruments must be requested in writing.
    Proposed Collection Hazardous Waste Worker Training--42 CFR part 
65, (NIEHS), 0925-0348, Expiration Date 12/31/2015--EXTENSION, National 
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes 
of Health (NIH).
    Need and Use of Information Collection: This request for OMB review 
and approval of the information collection is required by regulation 42 
CFR part 65(a)(6). The National Institute of Environmental Health 
Sciences (NIEHS) was given major responsibility for initiating a worker 
safety and health training program under Section 126 of the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) for hazardous waste 
workers and emergency responders. A network of non-profit organizations 
that are committed to protecting workers and their communities by 
delivering high-quality, peer-reviewed safety and health curricula to 
target populations of hazardous waste workers and emergency responders 
has been developed. In twenty-eight years (FY 1987-2015), the NIEHS 
Worker Training program has successfully supported 20 primary grantees 
that have trained more than 3.3 million workers across the country and 
presented over 194,000 classroom and hands-on training courses, which 
have accounted for nearly 39 million contact hours of actual training. 
Generally, the grant will initially be for one year, and subsequent 
continuation awards are also for one year at a time. Grantees must 
submit a separate application to have the support continued for each 
subsequent year. Grantees are to provide information in accordance with 
S65.4(a), (b), (c) and 65.6(a) on the nature, duration, and purpose of 
the training, selection criteria for trainees' qualifications and 
competency of the project director and staff, cooperative agreements in 
the case of joint applications, the adequacy of training plans and 
resources, including budget and curriculum, and response to meeting 
training criteria in OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency 
Response Regulations (29 CFR 1910.120). As a cooperative agreement, 
there are additional requirements for the progress report section of 
the application. Grantees are to provide their information in hard copy 
as well as enter information into the WTP Grantee Data Management 
System. The information collected is used by the Director through 
officers, employees, experts, and consultants to evaluate applications 
based on technical merit to determine whether to make awards.
    OMB approval is requested for 3 years. There are no costs to 
respondents other than their time. The total estimated annualized 
burden hours are 560.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                  Number of       Average time
             Type of respondent                  Number of      responses per    per response (    Total annual
                                                respondents       respondent       in hours)       burden hour
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Grantees....................................              20                2               14              560
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    Dated: December 15, 2015.
Jane M. Lambert,
Project Clearance Liaison, NIEHS.
[FR Doc. 2015-32177 Filed 12-22-15; 8:45 am]
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