[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51551-51553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13366]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2011-0190]


Shipyard Employment Standards; 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 Shipyard 
Employment Standards. The purpose of the collection of information 
(paperwork) provisions of the Standards is to reduce worker's risk of 
death or serious injury by ensuring that equipment has been tested and 
is in safe operating condition.

DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by 
August 19, 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

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docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov. Documents in the 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 websites. 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-2011-0190) 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, 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 is a description of the collection of information 
requirements specified in the Shipyard Employment Standards. The 
purpose of the collection of information (paperwork) provisions of the 
standards is to reduce worker's risk of death or serious injury by 
ensuring that equipment has been tested and is in safe operating 
condition.
    Manila rope and manila-rope slings (paragraph 1915.112(a)(1))--The 
employer must ensure that manila rope and manila-rope slings have 
permanently affixed and legible identification markings as prescribed 
by the manufacturer that indicate the recommended safe working load for 
the type(s) of hitch(es) used, the angle upon which it is based, and 
the number of legs if more than one.
    Wire rope and wire-rope slings (paragraph 1915.112(b)(1)(i))--The 
employer must ensure that wire rope and wire-rope slings have 
permanently affixed and legible identification markings as prescribed 
by the manufacturer that indicate the recommended safe working load for 
the type(s) of the hitch(es) used, the angle upon which it is based, 
and the number of legs if more than one.
    Chain and chain slings (paragraph 1915.112(c)(1)(i)--The employer 
must ensure that chain and chain slings have permanently affixed and 
legible identification markings as prescribed by the manufacturer that 
indicate the recommended safe working load for the type(s) of hitch(es) 
used, the angle upon which it is based, and the number of legs if more 
than one.
    Chain and chain slings (paragraph 1915.112(c)(2)--The employer 
shall visually inspect all slings chains, including end fastenings, 
before being used on the job, as well as every three months. The 
inspection shall include inspection for wear, defective welds, 
deformation, and increase in length or stretch. Each chain shall bear 
an indication of the month in which it was thoroughly inspected.
    Shackles (paragraph 1915.113(a)(1))--The employer must ensure that 
shackles have permanently affixed and legible identification markings 
as prescribed by the manufacturer that indicate the recommended safe 
working load.
    Test Records for Hooks (paragraph 1915.113(b)(1))--This paragraph 
requires that the manufacturer's recommendations be followed in 
determining the safe working loads of the various sizes and types of 
hooks. If the manufacturer's recommendations are not available, the 
hook must be tested to twice the intended safe working load before it 
is initially put into use. The employer must maintain and keep readily 
available a certification record which includes the date of such test, 
the signature of the person who performed the test, and an identifier 
for the hook which was tested.
    The records are used to assure that equipment has been properly 
tested. The records also provide the most efficient means for the 
compliance officers to determine that an employer is complying with the 
Standard.
    Mobile Crawler or Truck Cranes Used on a Vessel (paragraph 
1915.115(c))--This paragraph requires that the maximum manufacturer's 
rated safe working loads for the various working radii of the boom and 
the maximum and minimum radii at which the boom may be safely used with 
and without outriggers shall be conspicuously posted near the controls 
and shall be visible to the operator.
    Examination and Test Records for Unfired Pressure Vessels 
(paragraphs 1915.172(b) and (d))--Paragraph (b) requires that portable, 
unfired pressure vessels not built to the requirements of the American 
Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, 
Section VIII, Rules for Construction of Unfired Pressure Vessels, 1963 
be examined quarterly by a competent person and subjected to a yearly 
hydrostatic pressure test. A certification record of such examinations 
and tests shall be maintained as specified by paragraph (d).

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, and 
transmission techniques.

III. Proposed Actions

    OSHA is requesting that OMB extend the approval of the information 
collection requirements contained in the

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Shipyard Employment Standards. The agency is requesting an adjustment 
decrease in burden from 10,379 hours to 9,538 hours, a difference of 
841 hours. This adjustment decrease is due to the decrease in the 
number of establishments.
    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: Shipyard Employment Standard.
    OMB Control Number: 1218-0220.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profits.
    Number of Respondents: 4,674.
    Number of Responses: 24,637.
    Frequency of Responses: Varies.
    Average Time per Response: Varies.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 9,538.
    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; or (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. All comments, attachments, and 
other material must identify the agency name and the OSHA docket number 
for the ICR (OSHA-2011-0190). You may supplement electronic submission 
by uploading document files electronically.
    Comments and submissions are posted without change at https://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 https://www.regulations.gov index, some information (e.g., copyrighted 
material) is not publicly available to read or download from this 
website. All submission, 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, on June 11, 2024.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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