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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. ICR 1218–0228(2005)]
Forging Machines; Extension of the
Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) Approval of Information
Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public
comment concerning its request for an
extension of the information collection
requirements contained in its standard
on Forging Machines (29 CFR 1910.218).
DATES: Comments must be submitted by
the following dates:
Hard copy: Your comments must be
submitted (postmarked or received) by
August 1, 2005.
Facsimile and electronic
transmission: Your comments must be
received by August 1, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR–
1218–0228(2005), by any of the
following methods:
Regular mail, express delivery, hand
delivery, and messenger service: Submit
your comments and attachments to the
OSHA Docket Office, Room N–2625,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington
DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–2350
(OSHA’s TTY number is (877) 889–
5627). OSHA Docket Office and
Department of Labor hours are 8:15 a.m.
to 4:45 p.m., ET.
Facsimile: If your comments are 10
pages or fewer in length, including
attachments, you may fax them to the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.
Electronic: You may submit
comments through the Internet at
https://ecomments.osha.gov. Follow the
instructions on the OSHA Web page for
submitting comments.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read or download comments or
background materials, such as the
complete Information Collection
Request (ICR) (containing the
Supporting Statement, OMB–83–I Form,
and attachments), go to OSHA’s Web
page at https://www.OSHA.gov. In
addition, the ICR, comments and
submissions are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office
at the address above. You also may
contact Theda Kenney at the address
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below to obtain a copy of the ICR. For
additional information on submitting
comments, please see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Theda Kenney or Todd Owen,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
OSHA, Room N–3609, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,
telephone: (202) 693–2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent (i.e., employer) burden,
conducts a preclearnace 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–95) (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. The Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the 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 (29 U.S.C. 657).
The Standard on Forging Machines
(29 CFR 1910.218) (the Standard)
specifies several paperwork
requirements. The following sections
describe who uses the information
collected under each requirement, as
well as how they use it. The purpose
these requirements is to reduce
employees’ risk of death or serious
injury by ensuring that forging machines
used by them are in safe operating
condition, and that they are able to
clearly and properly identify manually
operated valves and switches.
Inspection of Forging Machines,
Guards, and Point-of-Operation
Protection Devices (paragraphs (a)(2)(i)
and (a)(2)(ii)). Paragraph (a)(2)(i)
requires employers to establish periodic
and regular maintenance safety checks,
and to develop and keep a certification
record of each inspection. The
certification record must include the
date of inspection, the signature of the
person who performed the inspection,
and the serial number (or other
identifier) of the forging machine
inspected. Under paragraph (a)(2)(ii),
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employers are to schedule regular and
frequent inspections of guards and
point-of-operation protection devices,
and prepare a certification record of
each inspection that contains the date of
the inspection, the signature of the
person who performed the inspection,
and the serial number (or other
identifier) of the equipment inspected.
These inspection certification records
provide assurance to employers,
employees, and OSHA compliance
officers that forging machines, guards,
and point-of-operation protection
devices have been inspected, assuring
that they will operate properly and
safely, thereby preventing impact injury
and death to employees during forging
operations. These records also provide
the most efficient means for the
compliance officers to determine that an
employer is complying with the
Standard.
Identification of Manually Controlled
Valves and Switches (paragraphs (c),
(h)(3), (i)(1) and (i)(2)). These
paragraphs require proper and clear
identification of manually operated
valves and switches on presses,
upsetters, boltheading equipment, and
rivet-making machines, respectively.
Marking valves and switches provide
information to employees to ensure that
they operate the forging machines
correctly and safely.
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 proposes to extend the Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
approval of the collection of information
(paperwork) requirements necessitated
by the Standard on Forging Machines
(29 CFR 1910.218). In its extension
request, OSHA also is proposing to
reduce the total burden hours for these
requirements from 244,868 hours to
187,264 hours. The Agency will include
this summary in its request to OMB to
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extend the approval of the collection of
information requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved information
collection requirements.
Title: Forging Machines (29 CFR
1910.218).
OMB Number: 1218–0228.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Not-for-profit organizations;
Federal Government; State, Local, or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 27,700.
Frequency of Response: Bi-weekly.
Average Time Per Response: Varies
from 2 minutes (.03 hour) for an
employer to disclose certification
records to 8 minutes (.13 hour) for a
manufacturing worker to conduct an
inspection of each forging machine and
guard or point-of-operation protection
device bi-weekly.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
187,264.
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 and
supporting materials in response to this
notice by (1) hard copy, (2) fax
transmission (facsimile), or (3)
electronically through the OSHA
Webpage. Because of security-related
problems, a significant delay may occur
in the receipt of comments by regular
mail. Please contact the OSHA Docket
Office at (202) 693–2350 (TTY (877)
889–5627) for information about
security procedures concerning the
delivery of submissions by express
delivery, hand delivery, and courier
service.
All comments, submissions and
background documents are available for
inspection and copying at the OSHA
Docket Office at the above address.
Comments and submissions posted on
OSHA’s Webpage are available at
https://www.OSHA.gov. Contact the
OSHA Docket Office for information
about materials not available through
the OSHA Webpage and for assistance
using the Webpage to locate docket
submissions.
Electronic copies of this Federal
Register notice as well as other relevant
documents are available on OSHA’s
Webpage. Since all submissions become
public, private information such as
social security numbers should not be
submitted.
V. Authority and Signature
Jonathan L. Snare, Acting Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, directed the
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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. 5–2002 (67 FR 65008).
Signed at Washington, DC, on May 24,
2005.
Jonathan L. Snare,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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Notice of Permit Applications Received
Under the Antarctic Conservation Act
of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541)
National Science Foundation.
Notice of permit applications
received under the Antarctic
Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law
95–541.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The National Science
Foundation (NSF0 is required to publish
notice of permit applications received to
conduct activities regulated under the
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978.
NSF has published regulations under
the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title
45 part 670 of the Code of Federal
Regulations. This is the required notice
of permit applications received.
DATES: Interested parties are invited to
submit written data, comments, or
views with respect to this permit
application by July 1, 2005. This
application may be inspected by
interested parties at the Permit Office,
address below.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to Permit Office, Room 755,
Office of Polar Programs, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson
Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nadene G. Kennedy at the above
address or (703) 292–7405.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Science Foundation, as
directed by the Antarctic Conservation
Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541), as
amended by the Antarctic Science,
Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996,
has developed regulations for the
establishment of a permit system for
various activities in Antarctica and
designation of certain animals and
certain geographic areas requiring
special protection. The regulations
establish such a permit system to
designate Antarctic Specially Protected
Areas.
The applications received are as
follows:
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1. Applicant
(Permit Application No. 2006–014)
W. Berry Lyons, Byrd Polar Research
Center, Ohio State University, 1090
Carmack Road, Columbus, OH
43210509.
Activity for Which Permit is Requested
Take and Enter an Antarctic Specially
Protected Area. The applicant proposes
to enter the Canada Glacier, Lake
Fryxell Antarctic Specially Protected
Area (ASPA #131) to continue fieldwork
associated with the Long-Term
Ecological Research (LTER) program
studying the McMurdo Dry Valleys. The
applicant plans to continue operation of
the previously installed, continuously
recording stream gauge station, perform
maintenance, conduct stream flow
measurements, and collect water, soil
and moss samples to study in-stream
biogeochemical processes.
Location
Canada Glacier, Lake Fryxell (ASPA
#131).
Dates
October 1, 2005 to February 28, 2011.
Nadene G. Kennedy,
Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
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Science and Engineering; Notice of
Meeting
In accordance with Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, as
amended), the National Science
Foundation announces the following
meeting:
Name: Advisory Committee for
International Science and Engineering
(25104).
Date/Time: June 16, 2005: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30
p.m. June 17, 2005: 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon.
Place: National Science Foundation, 4201
Wilson Boulevard, Room 730, Arlington VA.
Type of Meeting: Open.
Contact Person: John Duvall, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Arlington VA, 22230; (703) 292–8710. If you
are attending the meeting and need access to
the NSF, please contact the individual listed
above so that your name may be added to the
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Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice,
recommendations, and oversight on research,
education and related activities involving the
U.S. science and engineering community
working within a global context and NSF’s
role in international science and engineering.
Agenda:
June 16, 2005.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR 1218-0228(2005)]
Forging Machines; 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 comment.
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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comment concerning its request for an
extension of the information collection requirements contained in its
standard on Forging Machines (29 CFR 1910.218).
DATES: Comments must be submitted by the following dates:
Hard copy: Your comments must be submitted (postmarked or received)
by August 1, 2005.
Facsimile and electronic transmission: Your comments must be
received by August 1, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR-
1218-0228(2005), by any of the following methods:
Regular mail, express delivery, hand delivery, and messenger
service: Submit your comments and attachments to the OSHA Docket
Office, Room N-2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2350 (OSHA's TTY number
is (877) 889-5627). OSHA Docket Office and Department of Labor hours
are 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., ET.
Facsimile: If your comments are 10 pages or fewer in length,
including attachments, you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at
(202) 693-1648.
Electronic: You may submit comments through the Internet at https://
ecomments.osha.gov. Follow the instructions on the OSHA Web page for
submitting comments.
Docket: For access to the docket to read or download comments or
background materials, such as the complete Information Collection
Request (ICR) (containing the Supporting Statement, OMB-83-I Form, and
attachments), go to OSHA's Web page at https://www.OSHA.gov. In
addition, the ICR, comments and submissions are available for
inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office at the address above.
You also may contact Theda Kenney at the address below to obtain a copy
of the ICR. For additional information on submitting comments, please
see the ``Public Participation'' heading in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theda Kenney or Todd Owen, Directorate
of Standards and Guidance, OSHA, Room N-3609, 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone: (202) 693-2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a
preclearnace 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-95) (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. The Occupational Safety and Health Act
of 1970 (the 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 (29
U.S.C. 657).
The Standard on Forging Machines (29 CFR 1910.218) (the Standard)
specifies several paperwork requirements. The following sections
describe who uses the information collected under each requirement, as
well as how they use it. The purpose these requirements is to reduce
employees' risk of death or serious injury by ensuring that forging
machines used by them are in safe operating condition, and that they
are able to clearly and properly identify manually operated valves and
switches.
Inspection of Forging Machines, Guards, and Point-of-Operation
Protection Devices (paragraphs (a)(2)(i) and (a)(2)(ii)). Paragraph
(a)(2)(i) requires employers to establish periodic and regular
maintenance safety checks, and to develop and keep a certification
record of each inspection. The certification record must include the
date of inspection, the signature of the person who performed the
inspection, and the serial number (or other identifier) of the forging
machine inspected. Under paragraph (a)(2)(ii), employers are to
schedule regular and frequent inspections of guards and point-of-
operation protection devices, and prepare a certification record of
each inspection that contains the date of the inspection, the signature
of the person who performed the inspection, and the serial number (or
other identifier) of the equipment inspected. These inspection
certification records provide assurance to employers, employees, and
OSHA compliance officers that forging machines, guards, and point-of-
operation protection devices have been inspected, assuring that they
will operate properly and safely, thereby preventing impact injury and
death to employees during forging operations. These records also
provide the most efficient means for the compliance officers to
determine that an employer is complying with the Standard.
Identification of Manually Controlled Valves and Switches
(paragraphs (c), (h)(3), (i)(1) and (i)(2)). These paragraphs require
proper and clear identification of manually operated valves and
switches on presses, upsetters, boltheading equipment, and rivet-making
machines, respectively. Marking valves and switches provide information
to employees to ensure that they operate the forging machines correctly
and safely.
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 proposes to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)
approval of the collection of information (paperwork) requirements
necessitated by the Standard on Forging Machines (29 CFR 1910.218). In
its extension request, OSHA also is proposing to reduce the total
burden hours for these requirements from 244,868 hours to 187,264
hours. The Agency will include this summary in its request to OMB to
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extend the approval of the collection of information requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information
collection requirements.
Title: Forging Machines (29 CFR 1910.218).
OMB Number: 1218-0228.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; Not-for-profit
organizations; Federal Government; State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 27,700.
Frequency of Response: Bi-weekly.
Average Time Per Response: Varies from 2 minutes (.03 hour) for an
employer to disclose certification records to 8 minutes (.13 hour) for
a manufacturing worker to conduct an inspection of each forging machine
and guard or point-of-operation protection device bi-weekly.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 187,264.
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 and supporting materials in response to
this notice by (1) hard copy, (2) fax transmission (facsimile), or (3)
electronically through the OSHA Webpage. Because of security-related
problems, a significant delay may occur in the receipt of comments by
regular mail. Please contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2350
(TTY (877) 889-5627) for information about security procedures
concerning the delivery of submissions by express delivery, hand
delivery, and courier service.
All comments, submissions and background documents are available
for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office at the above
address. Comments and submissions posted on OSHA's Webpage are
available at https://www.OSHA.gov. Contact the OSHA Docket Office for
information about materials not available through the OSHA Webpage and
for assistance using the Webpage to locate docket submissions.
Electronic copies of this Federal Register notice as well as other
relevant documents are available on OSHA's Webpage. Since all
submissions become public, private information such as social security
numbers should not be submitted.
V. Authority and Signature
Jonathan L. Snare, Acting 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. 5-
2002 (67 FR 65008).
Signed at Washington, DC, on May 24, 2005.
Jonathan L. Snare,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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