[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 103 (Thursday, May 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32052-32054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11413]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2009-0022]


Requirements for the OSHA Training Institute Education Centers 
Program and the OSHA Outreach Training Program; Requesting 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 comments concerning the proposal to extend the 
OMB approval of the information collection requirements contained in 
the OSHA Training Institute Education Centers Program and the OSHA 
Outreach Training Program.

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DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by 
July 27, 2020.

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 ten (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 your comments and attachments 
to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. OSHA-2009-0022, U.S. Department 
of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N-3653, 
200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries (hand, 
express mail, messenger, and courier service) are accepted during 
Docket Office's normal business hours, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., ET.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and OSHA 
docket number (OSHA-2009-0022) for the Information Collection Request 
(ICR). All comments, including any personal information you provide, 
such as social security number and date of birth, 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 above address. 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 website. All submissions, 
including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and 
copying at the OSHA Docket Office. You may contact Annette Braam, 
Assistant Director, Office of Training and Educational Programs, or Jim 
Brock, OSHA Training Institute Education Centers Program, at the below 
address below to obtain a copy of the ICR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Annette Braam, Assistant Director, 
Office of Training Programs and Administration, or Jim Brock, Program 
Coordinator, OSHA Training Institute Education Centers Program, 
Directorate of Training and Education, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, 
Phone: (847) 759-7781.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The Department of Labor, as part of the 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 accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (PRA) (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. Consistent 
with the authority of Section 21 of the OSH Act, the agency created two 
educational programs, the OSHA Training Institute (OTI) Education 
Centers Program and the OSHA Outreach Training Program (Outreach).
    To be a participant in the OTI Education Centers Programs or the 
Outreach Training Program, an individual/organization must provide the 
agency with certain information. The requested information is necessary 
to evaluate the applicant organization and to implement, oversee, and 
monitor the OTI Education Centers and Outreach Training Programs, 
courses and trainers. The 11 collection of information requirements are 
listed below.
    A. Application to become an OSHA Training Institute Education 
Center (OTI Education Center);
    B. OTI Education Centers Monthly Summary Report for the OTI 
Education Centers and the Outreach Training Program Monthly Summary 
Report;
    C. Statement of Compliance with Outreach Training Program 
Requirements;
    D. Outreach Training Program Report Forms (includes Construction, 
General Industry, Maritime, and Disaster Site);
    E. Online Outreach Training Program Report;
    F. Active Authorized Outreach Trainer List;
    G. OSHA Training Institute Student Survey (OSHA Form 49 11-05 
Edition) (OMB 1225-0059) (Attachment I, OSHA Form 49 11-05 Edition);
    H. Attendance Documentation for OTI Education Centers;
    I. Outreach Online Training Certification Statement;
    J. Instructor and Staff Resumes (this includes anyone who may be 
assigned to conduct OSHA classes, contractor, subcontractor, employee, 
adjunct professor, etc.; and
    K. Course Material upon Request by OSHA from OTI Education Centers.

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 requesting a 385 burden hour adjustment increase (from 
15,913 to 16,298) as a result of increasing the number of courses 
offered and the number of students attending these courses. The agency 
will summarize comments submitted in response to this notice and will 
include this summary in the request to OMB.
    Type of Review: Extension of a previously approved collection.
    Title: OSHA Training Institute (OTI) Education Centers Program, and 
OSHA Outreach Training Program Data Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1218-0262.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; Federal government; 
State, local and tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 312.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Responses: 56,694.
    Average Time per Response: Ranges from 3 minutes for OTI Education 
Centers to provide OSHA a list of outreach trainers to 60 hours for a 
not-for-profit institution to prepare and submit an application to 
become an OTI Education Center.
    Estimated Total:
    Burden hours: 16,298.
    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:

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(1) Electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile; 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-2009-0022). 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 
website. All submissions, including copyrighted material, are available 
for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. Information on 
using the http://www.regulations.gov website to submit comments and 
access the docket is available at the website's ``User Tips'' link. 
Contact the OSHA Docket Office for information about materials not 
available from the website, and for assistance in using the internet to 
locate docket submissions.

V. Authority and Signature

    Loren Sweatt, Principal Deputy 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.
Loren Sweatt,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety 
and Health.
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