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I. Background
The Federal Coal Mine Health and
Safety Act of 1969, as amended, 30
U.S.C. 923(b) and 20 CFR 725.544 (c),
the Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Program Act of
2000, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7385j–2
and 20 CFR 30.510 through 30.520, and
the Federal Employees’ Compensation
Act, 5 U.S.C. 8129(b) and 20 CFR
10.430–10.441, provide for the recovery
or waiver of overpayments of benefits to
beneficiaries. The OWCP–20 is used by
OWCP examiners to ascertain the
financial condition of the beneficiary
who has been overpaid to determine the
present and potential income and assets
available for collection proceedings. The
questionnaire also provides a means for
the beneficiary to explain why he/she is
not at fault for the overpayment. If this
information were not collected, Black
Lung, EEOICPA and FECA would have
little basis to decide on collection
proceedings. This information
collection is currently approved for use
through November 30, 2006.
The Department of Labor is
particularly interested in comments
which:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
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III. Current Actions
The Department of Labor seeks
approval for the extension of this
information collection in order to carry
out its responsibility under the law to
resolve overpayments under the Acts.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards
Administration.
Title: Overpayment Recovery
Questionnaire.
OMB Number: 1215–0144.
17:08 May 23, 2006
Dated: May 19, 2006.
Ruben Wiley,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and
Internal Control, Division of Financial
Management, Office of Management,
Administration and Planning, Employment
Standards Administration.
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II. Review Focus
VerDate Aug<31>2005
Agency Number: OWCP–20.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Total Respondents: 4,020.
Total Responses: 4,020.
Time per Response: 45–75 minutes,
average 1 hour.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,020.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $1,688.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. ICR–1218–0129(2006)]
Standard on Benzene; 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
comments concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
contained in its Benzene Standard (29
CFR 1910.1028). The Standard protects
employees from adverse health effects
from occupational exposure to benzene.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by
the following dates:
Hard Copy: Your comments must be
submitted (postmarked or received) by
July 24, 2006.
Facsimile and electronic
transmission: Your comments must be
received by July 24, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR–
1218–0129(2006), by any of the
following methods:
Regular mail, express delivery, hand
delivery, and messenger service: Submit
your comments and attachments to the
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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., e.t.
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.
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 Jamaa Hill 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:
Jamaa Hill, Directorate of Standards and
Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of
Labor, 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) 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). In this regard,
the Benzene standard requires
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employers to conduct employee
exposure monitoring; notify the
employees of their benzene exposures;
implement a written compliance
program; implement medicalsurveillance of employees; and provide
protection for employees from the
adverse health effects associated with
exposure to benzene.
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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) for 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 is proposing to extend the
information collection requirements in
the Benzene Standard. The information
collection requirements specified in the
Benzene Standard protect employees
from the adverse health effects that may
result from occupational exposure to
benzene. The major information
collection requirements in the standard
include conducting employee exposure
monitoring, notifying employees of their
benzene 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 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.
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 contained in the Benzene
Standard (29 CFR 1910.1028).
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently-approved information
collection requirement.
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Title: Benzene Standard (29 CFR
1910.1028).
OMB Number: 1218–0129.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits, Federal Government, State, local
or tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 13,498.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Responses: 265,429.
Average Time per Response: Time per
response ranges from 5 minutes to
maintain records to 4 hours to complete
a referral medical examination.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
125,209.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $8,133,499.
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
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., 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).
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Signed at Washington, DC, on May 18,
2006.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. ICR–1218–0215(2006)]
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Standards for Shipyard Employment;
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 specified by its standards
on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
for Shipyard Employment (29 CFR part
1915, subpart I).
DATES: Comments must be submitted by
the following dates:
Hard copy: Your comments must be
submitted (postmarked or received) by
July 24, 2006.
Facsimile and electronic
transmission: Your comments must be
received by July 24, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR–
1218–0215(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., e.t.
Facsimile: If your comments are 10
pages or fewer, 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
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR-1218-0129(2006)]
Standard on Benzene; 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 comments concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the information collection requirements
contained in its Benzene Standard (29 CFR 1910.1028). The Standard
protects employees from adverse health effects from occupational
exposure to benzene.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by the following dates:
Hard Copy: Your comments must be submitted (postmarked or received)
by July 24, 2006.
Facsimile and electronic transmission: Your comments must be
received by July 24, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR-
1218-0129(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., e.t.
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.
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 Jamaa Hill 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: Jamaa Hill, Directorate of Standards
and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, 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) 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). In this regard, the Benzene standard
requires
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employers to conduct employee exposure monitoring; notify the employees
of their benzene exposures; implement a written compliance program;
implement medical-surveillance of employees; and provide protection for
employees from the adverse health effects associated with exposure to
benzene.
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) for 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 is proposing to extend the information collection requirements
in the Benzene Standard. The information collection requirements
specified in the Benzene Standard protect employees from the adverse
health effects that may result from occupational exposure to benzene.
The major information collection requirements in the standard include
conducting employee exposure monitoring, notifying employees of their
benzene 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 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.
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 contained in
the Benzene Standard (29 CFR 1910.1028).
Type of Review: Extension of a currently-approved information
collection requirement.
Title: Benzene Standard (29 CFR 1910.1028).
OMB Number: 1218-0129.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits, Federal Government,
State, local or tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 13,498.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Responses: 265,429.
Average Time per Response: Time per response ranges from 5 minutes
to maintain records to 4 hours to complete a referral medical
examination.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 125,209.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $8,133,499.
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
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., 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 18, 2006.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 06-4823 Filed 5-23-06; 8:45 am]
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