[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 248 (Thursday, December 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89730-89732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28588]


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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; Extension 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 Requirements for 
the OSHA Training Institute Education Centers Program and the OSHA 
Outreach Training Program.

DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by 
February 26, 2024.

ADDRESSES: 
    Electronically: You may submit comments and attachments 
electronically at https://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 https://www.regulations.gov. Documents in the

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docket are listed in the https://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-2009-0022 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).
    The following sections describe who uses the information collected 
under each requirement, as well as how they use it. 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 eleven collection of information requirements 
are listed below.
    1. Application to become an OSHA Training Institute Education 
Center (OTI Education Center).
    2. OTI Education Centers Monthly Summary Report for the OTI 
Education Centers and the Outreach Training Program Monthly Summary 
Report;
    3. Statement of Compliance with Outreach Training Program 
Requirements;
    4. Outreach Training Program Report Forms (includes Construction, 
General Industry, Maritime, and Disaster Site);
    5. Online Outreach Training Program Report;
    6. Active Trainer List;
    7. OSHA Training Institute Student Survey (OSHA Form 49 11-05 
Edition) (OMB 1225-0059) (Attachment I, OSHA Form 49 11-05 Edition).
    8. Attendance Documentation for OTI Education Centers;
    9. Outreach Online Training Certification Statement
    10. Instructor and Staff Resumes (this includes anyone who may be 
assigned to conduct OSHA classes, contractor, subcontractor, employee, 
adjunct professor, etc.; and
    11. 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 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 extend the approval of the information 
collection requirements contained in the Requirements for the OSHA 
Training Institute Education Centers Program and the OSHA Outreach 
Training Program. The agency is requesting an adjustment burden 
increase of 464 hours (from 15,913 hours to 16,377 hours). This 
increase is a result of an increase in the number of students trained 
and courses offered through the program.
    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: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Requirements for the OSHA Training Institute Education 
Centers Program and the OSHA Outreach Training Program.
    OMB Control Number: 1218-0262.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; Federal government; 
State, local and tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 26.
    Number of Responses: 58,242.
    Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
    Average Time per Response: Varies.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 16,377.
    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 https://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. 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.
    Comments and submissions are posted without change at https://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about 
submitting

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personal information such as social security numbers and dates of 
birth. Although all submissions are listed in the https://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 https://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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