[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34894-34895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15370]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0060; Docket No. 2019-0003; Sequence No. 20]
Submission for OMB Review; Accident Prevention Plans
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the
Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a revision
and renewal of a previously approved information collection requirement
regarding accident prevention plans.
DATES: Submit comments on or before August 19, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing this burden to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, NEOB, Washington,
DC 20503. Additionally submit a copy to GSA by any of the following
methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: This website provides the
ability to type short comments directly into the comment field or
attach a file for lengthier comments. Go to http://www.regulations.gov
and follow the instructions on the site.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20405.
ATTN: Lois Mandell/IC 9000-0060, Accident Prevention Plans.
Instructions: All items submitted must cite Information Collection
9000-0060, Accident Prevention Plans. Comments received generally will
be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any
personal and/or business confidential information provided. To confirm
receipt of your comment(s), please check www.regulations.gov,
approximately two-to-three days after submission to verify posting
(except allow 30 days for posting of comments submitted by mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst,
at telephone 202-969-7207, or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. OMB Control Number, Title, and Any Associated Form(s)
9000-0060, Accident Prevention Plans.
B. Needs and Uses
The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause at 52.236-13,
Accident Prevention, requires Federal construction contractors to
provide and maintain work environments and procedures which will
safeguard the public and Government personnel, property, materials,
supplies, and equipment exposed to contractor operations and
activities; avoid interruptions of Government operations and delays in
project completion dates; and control costs in the performance of the
contract.
For these purposes on contracts for construction or dismantling,
demolition, or removal of improvements, the contractor is required to
provide appropriate safety barricades, signs, and signal lights; comply
with the standards issued by the Secretary of Labor at 29 CFR part 1926
and 29 CFR part 1910; and ensure that any additional measures the
contracting officer determines to be reasonably necessary for the
purposes are taken.
Whenever the contracting officer becomes aware of any noncompliance
with these requirements or any condition which poses a serious or
imminent danger to health or safety, the contracting officer shall
provide a notice to the contractor and request immediate corrective
action. Per FAR 36.513, the contracting officer should inform the
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Administration (OSHA), or other
cognizant Federal, State, or local officials, of instances where the
contractor has been notified to take immediate action to correct
serious or imminent dangers. With regard to recordkeeping, the OSH Act
specifies that ``[e]ach employer shall make, keep and preserve, and
make available to the Secretary . . . such records . . . as the
Secretary . . . may prescribe by
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regulation as necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of this Act
. . . .'' (29 U.S.C. 657(c)(1)). Accordingly, OSHA has received the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) clearance for a number of related
OMB Control Nos.
When performance is on a Government facility or will involve work
of a long duration or hazardous nature, before commencing the work, the
contractor must submit a written proposed plan for implementing this
clause, as required by alternate I of the clause. The plan shall
include an analysis of the significant hazards to life, limb, and
property inherent in contract work performance and a plan for
controlling those hazards.
C. Annual Burden
Respondents: 362.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 362.
Hours per Response: 22.
Total Burden Hours: 7,964.
D. Public Comment
A 60-day notice was published in the Federal Register at 84 FR
18039, on April 29, 2019. No comments were received.
Obtaining Copies: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information
collection documents from the General Services Administration,
Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, Washington,
DC 20405, telephone 202-501-4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-
0060, Accident Prevention Plans, in all correspondence.
Dated: July 16, 2019.
Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, Office of Governmentwide
Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Governmentwide Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019-15370 Filed 7-18-19; 8:45 a.m.]
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