[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5248-5249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01500]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Standard on 4,4'-Methylenedianiline for 
General Industry

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sponsored information 
collection request (ICR) titled, ``Standard on 4,4'-Methylenedianiline 
for General Industry'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval for continued use, without change, in accordance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the 
ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before February 28, 2020.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation; 
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency 
of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained free of charge 
from the RegInfo.gov website at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201912-1218-011 (this link will only become active 
on the day following publication of this notice) or by contacting 
Frederick Licari by telephone at 202-693-8073, TTY 202-693-8064, (these 
are not toll-free numbers) or by email at [email protected].
    Submit comments about this request by mail to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-
OSHA, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202-395-5806 (this is not a toll-free 
number); or by email: [email protected]. Commenters are 
encouraged, but not required, to send a courtesy copy of any comments 
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor--OASAM, Office of 
the Chief Information Officer, Attn: Departmental Information 
Compliance Management Program, Room N1301, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20210; or by email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frederick Licari by telephone at 202-
693-8073, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks to extend PRA authority for 
the Standard on 4,4'-Methylenedianiline for General Industry (29 CFR 
1910.1050) information collection. This program ensures that 
information is in the desired format, the reporting burden (time and 
costs) is minimal, the collection instruments are clearly understood, 
and OSHA's estimate of the information collection burden is accurate. 
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 
et seq.) authorizes information collection by employers as necessary or 
appropriate for enforcement of the Act or for developing information 
regarding the causes and prevention of occupational injuries, 
illnesses, and accidents (see 29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act also requires 
OSHA to obtain such information with a minimum burden upon employers, 
especially those operating small businesses, and to reduce to the 
maximum extent feasible unnecessary duplication of efforts in obtaining 
information (see 29 U.S.C. 657). The information collection 
requirements specified in the 4,4'- Methylenedianiline Standard for 
General Industry (the ``MDA Standard'') (29 CFR 1910.1050) protect 
workers from the adverse health effects that may result from their 
exposure to MDA, including cancer, liver, and skin disease. The major 
paperwork requirements specify that employers must perform initial, 
periodic, and additional exposure monitoring; notify each worker in 
writing of their results as soon as possible but no longer than five 
(5) days after receiving exposure monitoring results; and routinely 
inspect the hands, face, and forearms of each worker potentially 
exposed to MDA for signs of dermal exposure to MDA. Employers must 
also: Establish a written compliance program; institute a respiratory 
protection program in accordance with OSHA's Respiratory Protection 
Standard (29 CFR 1910.134); and to develop a written emergency plan for 
any construction operation that could have an MDA emergency (i.e., an 
unexpected and potentially hazardous release of MDA). Employers must 
label any material or products containing MDA, including containers 
used to store MDA-contaminated protective clothing and equipment. They 
also must inform personnel who launder MDA-contaminated clothing of the 
requirement to prevent release of MDA, while personnel who launder or 
clean MDA-contaminated protective clothing or equipment must receive 
information about the potentially harmful effects of MDA. In addition, 
employers are to post warning signs at entrances or access ways to 
regulated areas, as well as train workers exposed to MDA at the time of 
their initial assignment, and at least annually thereafter. Other 
paperwork provisions of the MDA standard require employers to provide 
workers with medical examinations, including initial, periodic, 
emergency and follow-up examinations. As part of the medical 
surveillance program, employers must ensure that the examining 
physician receives specific written information, and that they obtain 
from the physician a written opinion regarding the worker's medical 
results and exposure limitations. The MDA standard also specifies that 
employers are to establish and maintain exposure monitoring and

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medical surveillance records for each worker who is subject to these 
respective requirements, make any required record available to OSHA 
compliance officers and the National Institute for Occupational Safety 
and Health (NIOSH) for examination and copying, and provide exposure 
monitoring and medical surveillance records to workers and their 
designated representatives. Finally, employers who cease to do business 
within the period specified for retaining exposure monitoring and 
medical surveillance records, and who have no successor employer, must 
notify NIOSH at least 90 days before disposing of the records and 
transmit the records to NIOSH if so requested.
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless the OMB under the PRA approves it and displays a 
currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any 
other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to 
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that 
does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 
1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this information collection 
under Control Number 1218-0184.
    OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3) 
years without renewal, and the current approval for this collection is 
scheduled to expire on January 31, 2020. The DOL seeks to extend PRA 
authorization for this information collection for three (3) more years, 
without any change to existing requirements. The DOL notes that 
existing information collection requirements submitted to the OMB 
receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review. For 
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
notice published in the Federal Register on November 12, 2019 (84 FR 
61077).
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in 
the ADDRESSES section within thirty-(30) days of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate 
consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number 1218-0184. 
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility:
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used.
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    Agency: DOL-OSHA.
    Title of Collection: Standard on 4,4'-Methylenedianiline for 
General Industry (29 CFR 1910.1050).
    OMB Control Number: 1218-0184.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 574.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 319 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $24,180.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

    Dated: January 22, 2020.
Frederick Licari,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-01500 Filed 1-28-20; 8:45 am]
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