[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5041-5042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01561]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2010-0021]


Susan Harwood Training Grant Program; Revision 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 the proposal to 
extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the 
information collection requirements specified in the Susan Harwood 
Training Grant Program.

DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by 
March 27, 2023.

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.
    Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the 
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov. Documents in the docket are 
listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index; however, some 
information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly available to 
read or download through the website. All submissions, including 
copyrighted material, are available for inspection through the OSHA 
Docket Office. Contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2350 (TTY 
(877) 889-5627) for assistance in locating docket submissions.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and OSHA 
docket number (OSHA-2010-0021) for the Information Collection Request 
(ICR). OSHA will place all comments, including any personal 
information, in the public docket, which may be made available online. 
Therefore, OSHA cautions interested parties about submitting personal 
information such as social security numbers and birthdates.
    For further information on submitting comments, see the ``Public 
Participation'' heading in the section of this notice titled 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seleda Perryman or Theda Kenney, 
Directorate of Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor; 
telephone (202) 693-2222.

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, 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 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 effort in 
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
    Section 21 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the 
``OSH Act'') (29 U.S.C. 670) authorizes the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration (OSHA) to conduct directly, or through grants and 
contracts, education, and training courses. These courses must ensure 
an adequate number of qualified personnel to fulfill the purposes of 
the Act, provide them with short-term training, inform them of the 
importance and proper use of safety and health equipment, and train 
employers and workers to recognize, avoid, and prevent unsafe and 
unhealthful working conditions.
    Under Section 21, the agency awards training grants to nonprofit 
organizations to provide part of the training. Organizations that 
receive these grants must submit the Grantee Quarterly Progress Report 
(GQPR; OSHA 171, Revised 5/14) as required by the Department of Labor 
under 29 CFR 95.51. This regulation states that grant recipients 
(grantees) must submit progress reports to the awarding agency at least 
annually but no more than quarterly. The reports must contain a 
comparison of actual accomplishments with goals and objectives 
established for the reporting period and, if appropriate, the program's 
output.
    Therefore, the GQPR allows OSHA to monitor a grantee's performance 
and to determine if a recipient is using funds as specified in its 
grant application. After the grant recipient submits a GQPR, the agency 
compares the information provided by the grant recipient in the report 
to the quarterly milestones proposed by the grant recipient in the work 
plan and budget that accompanied its grant application.
    This information includes: identifier data (organization name, 
grant number, and period covered by the report); the date and location 
where the training occurred; the number of workers and employers 
attending training sessions provided by the organization during the 
quarter; the class length (in quarter hours); the language used to 
deliver the training; a description of the training provided; a 
narrative account of grant activities during the quarter (including 
capacity building activities, needs assessment activities, development 
of training materials/curriculum, evaluation activities, and other 
educational activities); and an evaluation of progress regarding 
planned versus actual work accomplished.
    Using this information, OSHA can determine if the grant recipient 
is meeting the proposed program goals and objectives, as described in 
the grant proposal, and is spending funds consistent with the proposed 
budget.
    The lack of disaggregated demographic data variables impedes 
efforts to measure and advance equity. Section 9 of the E.O. 13895 on 
Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through 
the Federal Government requires each

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agency to evaluate whether their policies produce racially inequitable 
results when implemented and make necessary changes to ensure 
underserved communities are adequately supported. Our first step is to 
collect disaggregated age, race, ethnicity, gender, and language 
datasets to make informed program decisions and strategies.
    Requiring these reports on a quarterly basis enables the agency to 
identify training and expenditure discrepancies in a timely fashion so 
that it can implement appropriate action. In addition, this information 
permits OSHA to assess a grant recipient's ability to meet projected 
milestones and expenditures.
    This ICR requests a revision to add race, ethnicity, and language 
to a currently approved data collection. By conducting an equity 
assessment to meet the requirements of Executive Order (E.O.) 13895 on 
Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through 
the Federal Government and the DOL Evidence Building Act Evaluation 
Plan, Project 38 (See Section 15).

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 to 
protect workers, 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 that OMB revise the approval of the information 
collection requirements contained in Susan Harwood Training Grant 
Program. The agency is requesting a program change from 6,160 hours to 
6,324 hours, a difference of 164 hours. This increase is due to the 
addition of the processing of the additional demographic data required 
for the data collection.
    OSHA will summarize the comments submitted in response to this 
notice and will include this summary in the request to OMB to extend 
the approval of the information collection requirements.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Susan Harwood Training Grant Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1218-0100.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profits.
    Number of Respondents: 93.
    Number of Responses: 372.
    Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
    Average Time per Response: Varies.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,324.
    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); if your comments, including 
attachments, are not longer than 10 pages you may fax them to the OSHA 
Docket Office at 202-693-1648. or (3) by hard copy. Please note: While 
OSHA's Docket Office is continuing to accept and process submissions by 
regular mail due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Docket Office is closed 
to the public and not able to receive submissions to the docket by 
hand, express mail, messenger, and courier service. All comments, 
attachments, and other material must identify the agency name and the 
OSHA docket number for the ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2010-0021). You may 
supplement electronic submissions by uploading document files 
electronically. If you wish to mail additional materials in reference 
to an electronic or a 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 that the agency can attach 
them to your comments.
    Due to security procedures, the use of regular mail may cause a 
significant delay in the receipt of comments.
    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 
dates 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 at (202) 693-2350, (TTY (877) 889-5627) 
for information about materials not available from the website, and for 
assistance in using the internet to locate docket submissions.

V. Authority and Signature

    James S. Frederick, 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. 8-2020 
(85 FR 58393).

    Signed at Washington, DC.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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