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Standard on Vinyl Chloride; 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 29 CFR
1910.1017.
Comments must be submitted by
the following dates:
Hard copy: Your comments must be
submitted (postmarked or received) by
August 9, 2005.
Facsimile and electronic
transmission: Your comments must be
received by August 9, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR–
1218–0010(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 http:/
/ecomments.osha.gov. Follow
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,
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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 may also
contact Todd Owen 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:
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 efforts 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–95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
The 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)
On January 5, 2005, OSHA published
the Standards Improvements Project—
Phase II, Final rule (70 FR 1112). The
final rule removed and revised
provisions of standards that were
outdated, duplicative, unnecessary, or
inconsistent and clarified or simplified
regulatory language. The final rule
contained several revisions to
collections of information in the Vinyl
Chloride Standard.1 These revisions
included: Reducing the frequency of
1 The Office of Management and Budget approved
the reduction of 1,938 burden hours after reviewing
the Information Collection Request for the
Standards Improvements Project—Phase II Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, published October 31, 2002
(67 FR 66494). On January 5, 2005, when the final
rule was published (70 FR 1112) documentation
was submitted to OMB revising the reduction of
1,938 hours to 1,220 hours to reflect the increase
in time to conduct exposure monitoring.
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exposure monitoring, employee medical
examinations, and updating compliance
plans; allowing employers the option to
post employee exposure-monitoring
results instead of requiring individual
notification; eliminating the need for
employers to report emergencies to
OSHA and to notify OSHA when
establishing a regulated area. Those
changes reduced paperwork burden
hours while maintaining worker
protection and improving consistency
among standards. The following is a
brief description of the current
collection of information requirements
contained in the Vinyl Chloride
Standard.
(A) Exposure Monitoring
(§ 1910.1017(d))
Paragraph 1910.1017(d)(2) requires
employers to conduct exposure
monitoring at least quarterly if the
results show that employee exposures
are above the permissible exposure limit
(PEL), while those exposed at or above
the Action Level (AL) must be
monitored no less than semiannually.
Paragraph (d)(3) requires that employers
must perform additional monitoring
with samples to be taken whenever
there has been a change in VC
production, process or control that may
result in an increase in the release of
VC.
(B) Written Compliance Plan
(§ 1910.1017(f)(2) and (f)(3))
Paragraph (f)(2) requires employers
who cannot use engineering and workpractice controls immediately to reduce
employee VC exposures to a level at or
below the PEL to develop and
implement a plan for doing so.
Paragraph (f)(3) requires employers to
develop this written plan and provide it
upon request for examination and
copying to OSHA. These plans must be
updated annually.
(C) Medical Surveillance
(§ 1910.1017(k))
Paragraph (k) requires employers to
develop a medical surveillance program
for employees exposed to VC in excess
of the action level. Examinations must
be provided in accordance with this
paragraph at least annually. Employers
must also obtain, and provide to each
employee, a copy of a physician’s
statement regarding the employee’s
suitability for continued exposure to
VC, including use of protective
equipment and respirators if
appropriate.
(D) Recordkeeping (§ 1910.1017(m))
Employers must maintain employee
exposure and medical records. The VC
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standard requires that employers make
available monitoring, measuring, and
medical records at the request of the
Assistant Secretary (usually an OSHA
compliance officer).
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 collections of
information (paperwork) requirements
necessitated by the Standard on Vinyl
Chloride (29 CFR 1910.1017). The
Agency will summarize the comments
submitted in response to this notice and
include this summary in its request to
OMB to extend the approval of these
collections of information requirements
contained in the standards.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved information
collection requirements.
Title: Vinyl Chloride (29 CFR
1910.1017).
OMB Number: 1218–0010.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal Government; State, local
or tribal government.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time Per Response: Varies
from 5 minutes (.08 hour) for employers
to maintain records to 12 hours for
employers to update their compliance
plans.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,758.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $113,862.
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 Web
page. Because of security-related
problems, there may be a significant
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delay 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 Web page are available at
https://www.OSHA.gov. Contact the
OSHA Docket Office for information
about materials not available through
the OSHA Web page and for assistance
in using the Web page to locate docket
submissions.
Electronic copies of this Federal
Register notice as well as other relevant
documents are available on OSHA’s
Web page. 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 in Washington, DC, on June 3,
2005.
Jonathan L. Snare,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR-1218-0010(2005)]
Standard on Vinyl Chloride; 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 29
CFR 1910.1017.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by the following dates:
Hard copy: Your comments must be submitted (postmarked or received)
by August 9, 2005.
Facsimile and electronic transmission: Your comments must be
received by August 9, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR-
1218-0010(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 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 may also contact Todd Owen 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: 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 efforts 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-95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
The 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)
On January 5, 2005, OSHA published the Standards Improvements
Project--Phase II, Final rule (70 FR 1112). The final rule removed and
revised provisions of standards that were outdated, duplicative,
unnecessary, or inconsistent and clarified or simplified regulatory
language. The final rule contained several revisions to collections of
information in the Vinyl Chloride Standard.\1\ These revisions
included: Reducing the frequency of
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exposure monitoring, employee medical examinations, and updating
compliance plans; allowing employers the option to post employee
exposure-monitoring results instead of requiring individual
notification; eliminating the need for employers to report emergencies
to OSHA and to notify OSHA when establishing a regulated area. Those
changes reduced paperwork burden hours while maintaining worker
protection and improving consistency among standards. The following is
a brief description of the current collection of information
requirements contained in the Vinyl Chloride Standard.
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\1\ The Office of Management and Budget approved the reduction
of 1,938 burden hours after reviewing the Information Collection
Request for the Standards Improvements Project--Phase II Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, published October 31, 2002 (67 FR 66494). On
January 5, 2005, when the final rule was published (70 FR 1112)
documentation was submitted to OMB revising the reduction of 1,938
hours to 1,220 hours to reflect the increase in time to conduct
exposure monitoring.
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(A) Exposure Monitoring (Sec. 1910.1017(d))
Paragraph 1910.1017(d)(2) requires employers to conduct exposure
monitoring at least quarterly if the results show that employee
exposures are above the permissible exposure limit (PEL), while those
exposed at or above the Action Level (AL) must be monitored no less
than semiannually. Paragraph (d)(3) requires that employers must
perform additional monitoring with samples to be taken whenever there
has been a change in VC production, process or control that may result
in an increase in the release of VC.
(B) Written Compliance Plan (Sec. 1910.1017(f)(2) and (f)(3))
Paragraph (f)(2) requires employers who cannot use engineering and
work-practice controls immediately to reduce employee VC exposures to a
level at or below the PEL to develop and implement a plan for doing so.
Paragraph (f)(3) requires employers to develop this written plan and
provide it upon request for examination and copying to OSHA. These
plans must be updated annually.
(C) Medical Surveillance (Sec. 1910.1017(k))
Paragraph (k) requires employers to develop a medical surveillance
program for employees exposed to VC in excess of the action level.
Examinations must be provided in accordance with this paragraph at
least annually. Employers must also obtain, and provide to each
employee, a copy of a physician's statement regarding the employee's
suitability for continued exposure to VC, including use of protective
equipment and respirators if appropriate.
(D) Recordkeeping (Sec. 1910.1017(m))
Employers must maintain employee exposure and medical records. The
VC standard requires that employers make available monitoring,
measuring, and medical records at the request of the Assistant
Secretary (usually an OSHA compliance officer).
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 collections of information (paperwork) requirements
necessitated by the Standard on Vinyl Chloride (29 CFR 1910.1017). The
Agency will summarize the comments submitted in response to this notice
and include this summary in its request to OMB to extend the approval
of these collections of information requirements contained in the
standards.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information
collection requirements.
Title: Vinyl Chloride (29 CFR 1910.1017).
OMB Number: 1218-0010.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; Federal Government;
State, local or tribal government.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time Per Response: Varies from 5 minutes (.08 hour) for
employers to maintain records to 12 hours for employers to update their
compliance plans.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,758.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $113,862.
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 Web page. Because of security-related
problems, there may be a significant delay 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 Web page are
available at https://www.OSHA.gov. Contact the OSHA Docket Office for
information about materials not available through the OSHA Web page and
for assistance in using the Web page to locate docket submissions.
Electronic copies of this Federal Register notice as well as other
relevant documents are available on OSHA's Web page. 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 in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2005.
Jonathan L. Snare,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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