Inorganic Arsenic Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements, 42389-42390 [05-14537]
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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:
from their exposure to IA. The IA
Standard requires employers to: monitor
employees’ exposure to inorganic
arsenic; monitor employee health;
develop and maintain employee
exposure-monitoring and medical
records; and provide employees with
information about their exposures and
the adverse health effects of exposure to
inorganic arsenic.
AGENCY:
I. Background
SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public
comment concerning its request for an
extension of the information collection
requirements contained in the Inorganic
Arsenic Standard.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by
the following dates:
Hard copy: Your comments must be
submitted (postmarked or received) by
September 20, 2005.
Facsimile and electronic
transmission: Your comments must be
received by September 20, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR–
1218–0104(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
The Department of Labor, as part of its
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–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).
On January 5, 2005, OSHA published
the Standards Improvement 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 contained in
the Inorganic Arsenic (IA) Standard, 29
CFR 1910.1018. These revisions
included: reducing the frequency of
medical examinations and updating
compliance plans; allowing employers
the option to post employee exposuremonitoring results instead of requiring
individual notification; and 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. This burden reduction
was taken on an earlier ICR.
The information collection
requirements remaining in the IA
Standard protect employees from the
adverse health effects that may result
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.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. ICR–1218–0104(2005)]
Inorganic Arsenic Standard; 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.
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II. Special Issues for Comment
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA proposes to extend the Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
approval of these collections of
information (paperwork) requirements
necessitated by the IA Standard. The
Agency will include this summary in its
request to OMB to extend the approval
of these collections of information
requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved information
collection requirements.
Title: Inorganic Arsenic Standard.
OMB Number: 1218–0104.
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) to maintain
records to 1.67 hours to complete a
medical examination.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,861.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $396,322.
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
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 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 July 19,
2005.
Jonathan L. Snare,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. ICR–1218–0220(2005)]
Shipyard Employment Standards;
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 Shipyard
Employment Standards (29 CFR
1915.113(b)(1) and 29 CFR 1915.172(d)).
DATES: Comments must be submitted by
the following dates:
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Hard copy: Your comments must be
submitted (postmarked or received) by
September 20, 2005.
Facsimile and electronic
transmission: Your comments must be
received by September 20, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR–
1218–0220(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 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 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)).
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Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
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 specifies two
paperwork requirements. The following
sections describe who uses the
information collected under each
requirement, as well as how they use it.
The purpose of these requirements is to
reduce employees’ risk of death or
serious injury by ensuring that
equipment has been tested and is in safe
operating condition.
• 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 the such
test, the signature of the person who
performed the test, and the identifier for
the hook which was tested.
• Examination and Test Records for
Unfired Pressure Vessels (paragraph
1915.172(d)).
This paragraph requires that portable,
unfired pressure vessels not built to the
requirements of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers Boiler and
Pressure Vessel Code, Section VII, 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.
The records were used to assure that
equipment has been properly tested.
The records also provided the most
efficient means for the compliance
officers to determine that an employer is
complying with the Standard. However,
based on information provided to the
Agency, OSHA does not believe that
there are any unfired pressure vessels
not built to the requirements of the
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Code, Section VIII, Rules for
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR-1218-0104(2005)]
Inorganic Arsenic Standard; 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 the
Inorganic Arsenic Standard.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by the following dates:
Hard copy: Your comments must be submitted (postmarked or received)
by September 20, 2005.
Facsimile and electronic transmission: Your comments must be
received by September 20, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR-
1218-0104(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 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-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).
On January 5, 2005, OSHA published the Standards Improvement
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 contained in the Inorganic Arsenic (IA) Standard, 29 CFR
1910.1018. These revisions included: reducing the frequency of medical
examinations and updating compliance plans; allowing employers the
option to post employee exposure-monitoring results instead of
requiring individual notification; and 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. This burden reduction was taken on an earlier ICR.
The information collection requirements remaining in the IA
Standard protect employees from the adverse health effects that may
result from their exposure to IA. The IA Standard requires employers
to: monitor employees' exposure to inorganic arsenic; monitor employee
health; develop and maintain employee exposure-monitoring and medical
records; and provide employees with information about their exposures
and the adverse health effects of exposure to inorganic arsenic.
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 these collections of information (paperwork) requirements
necessitated by the IA Standard. The Agency will include this summary
in its request to OMB to extend the approval of these collections of
information requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information
collection requirements.
Title: Inorganic Arsenic Standard.
OMB Number: 1218-0104.
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) to
maintain records to 1.67 hours to complete a medical examination.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,861.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $396,322.
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 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 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 July 19, 2005.
Jonathan L. Snare,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 05-14537 Filed 7-21-05; 8:45 am]
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