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gather information necessary to meet the
objective data requirements required
specified by paragraph
§ 1910.1027(d)(2)(iii) of the Standard.
The Agency will summarize the
comments submitted in response to this
notice, and will include this summary
in its request to OMB to extend its
approval of these information collection
requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved information
collection requirements.
Title: Cadmium in General Industry
Standard.
OMB Number: 1218–0185.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal government; State, local,
or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 53,161.
Frequency: On occasion; quarterly;
semi-annually; annually.
Average Time Per Response: Varies
from five minutes (.08 hour) for several
provisions (e.g., maintaining an
employee’s exposure-monitoring or
medical-surveillance record, providing
information about an employee to the
physician) to 1.5 hours to review and
update a compliance program or
administer an employee medical
examination.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
121,177.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $6,190,817.
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
(887) 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
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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 at Washington, DC, on October 21,
2005.
Jonathan L. Snare,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. ICR–1218–0186 (2006)]
The Cadmium in Construction
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.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public
comment concerning its request for an
extension of the information collection
requirements contained in the Cadmium
in Construction Standard (29 CFR
1926.1127). This standard controls
occupational exposure to cadmium,
thereby preventing serious disease (e.g.,
lung cancer, prostate cancer, kidney
disease) and death among exposed
employees.
Comments must be submitted by
the following dates:
Hard copy: Your comments must be
submitted (postmarked or received) by
December 27, 2005.
Facsimile and electronic
transmission: Your comments must be
received by December 27, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR–
1218–0186 (2006), 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,
DATES:
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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 final rule for the Standards
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Improvement Project—Phase II (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 Cadmium
in Construction Standard (§ 1910.1027;
‘‘the Standard’’). These revisions
included: removing the word ‘‘signed’’
that appeared in paragraph (1)(10) of the
Standard; and allowing employers the
option of posting employee-monitoring
results, or individually informing each
employee of these results. These
changes reduced paperwork burden
hours while maintaining worker
protection and improving consistency
among standards.
The information collection
requirements specified in the Standard
protect employees from the adverse
health effects that may result from their
exposure to Cadmium. The major
information collection requirements in
the Standard include conducting
employee exposure monitoring,
notifying employees of their cadmium
exposures, implementing a written
compliance program, implementing
medical surveillance of employees,
providing examining physicians with
specific information, ensuring that
employees receive a copy of their
medical-surveillance results,
maintaining employees’ exposuremonitoring and medical-surveillance
records for specific periods, and
providing access to these records by
OSHA, the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, the
employee who is the subject of the
records, the employee’s representative,
and other designated parties.
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.
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III. Proposed Actions
OSHA proposes to extend OMB’s
approval of these information collection
requirements necessitated by the
Cadmium in Construction Standard (29
CFR 1926.1127). The Agency will
include a summary of the comments
submitted in response to this notice in
its request to OMB to extend the
approval of these collections of
information requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved information
collections requirements.
Title: Cadmium in Construction
Standard.
OMB Number: 1218–0186.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal government; State, local
or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 10,000.
Frequency: On occasion; quarterly;
semi-annually; annually.
Average Time Per Response: Varies
from two minutes (.03 hour) for a
secretary to compile and maintain
training records to 1.5 hours to
administer employee medical
examinations.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
39,311.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $1,657,460.
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
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
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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 October 21,
2005.
Jonathan L. Snare,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR-1218-0186 (2006)]
The Cadmium in Construction 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
Cadmium in Construction Standard (29 CFR 1926.1127). This standard
controls occupational exposure to cadmium, thereby preventing serious
disease (e.g., lung cancer, prostate cancer, kidney disease) and death
among exposed employees.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by the following dates:
Hard copy: Your comments must be submitted (postmarked or received)
by December 27, 2005.
Facsimile and electronic transmission: Your comments must be
received by December 27, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR-
1218-0186 (2006), 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 final rule for the Standards
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Improvement Project--Phase II (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 Cadmium in Construction Standard (Sec.
1910.1027; ``the Standard''). These revisions included: removing the
word ``signed'' that appeared in paragraph (1)(10) of the Standard; and
allowing employers the option of posting employee-monitoring results,
or individually informing each employee of these results. These changes
reduced paperwork burden hours while maintaining worker protection and
improving consistency among standards.
The information collection requirements specified in the Standard
protect employees from the adverse health effects that may result from
their exposure to Cadmium. The major information collection
requirements in the Standard include conducting employee exposure
monitoring, notifying employees of their cadmium exposures,
implementing a written compliance program, implementing medical
surveillance of employees, providing examining physicians with specific
information, ensuring that employees receive a copy of their medical-
surveillance results, maintaining employees' exposure-monitoring and
medical-surveillance records for specific periods, and providing access
to these records by OSHA, the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, the employee who is the subject of the records, the
employee's representative, and other designated parties.
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 OMB's approval of these information
collection requirements necessitated by the Cadmium in Construction
Standard (29 CFR 1926.1127). The Agency will include a summary of the
comments submitted in response to this notice in its request to OMB to
extend the approval of these collections of information requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information
collections requirements.
Title: Cadmium in Construction Standard.
OMB Number: 1218-0186.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; Federal government;
State, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 10,000.
Frequency: On occasion; quarterly; semi-annually; annually.
Average Time Per Response: Varies from two minutes (.03 hour) for a
secretary to compile and maintain training records to 1.5 hours to
administer employee medical examinations.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 39,311.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $1,657,460.
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 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 at Washington, DC, on October 21, 2005.
Jonathan L. Snare,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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