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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. ICR–1218–0199(2006)]
Walking-Working Surfaces 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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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public
comment concerning its request for an
extension of the information collection
requirements specified by its standard
on Walking-Working Surfaces (29 CFR
part 1910, subpart D).
DATES: Comments must be submitted by
the following dates:
Hard copy. Your comments must be
submitted (postmarked or received) by
November 13, 2006.
Facsimile and electronic
transmission: Your comments must be
received by November 13, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You must submit
comments, identified by OSHA Docket
No. ICR–1218–0199(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 Support
Statement, OMB–83–1 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
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information on submitting comments,
please see the ‘‘Public Participation’’
section in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
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 (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 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 Act also requires that OSHA obtain
such information with minimum burden
upon employers, especially those
operating small businesses, and to
reduce to the maximum extent feasible
unnecessary duplication of efforts in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The collections of information
contained in the Walking-Working
Surfaces standard are necessary to
protect employees from the collapse of
overloaded floors, and outrigger
scaffolds, and the failure of defective
portable metal ladders.
Paragraph 1910.22(d)(1) requires that
load limits approved by the building
official be marked on plates supplied
securely affixed by the owner of the
building, or his duly authorized agent,
in a conspicuous place in each space to
which they relate. The plates are not to
be removed or defaced but, if lost,
removed, or defaced, they shall be
replaced by the owner or his agent.
Under paragraph 1910.26(c)(2)(vii),
ladders having defects are to be marked
and taken out of service until repaired
by either the maintenance department
or the manufacturer.
Paragraph 1910.28(e)(3) specifies that
unless outrigger scaffolds are designed
by a licensed professional engineer, they
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shall be constructed and erected in
accordance with table D–16 of this
section. A copy of the detailed drawings
and specifications showing the sizes
and spacing of members shall be kept on
the job.
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 is requesting OMB to extend
their approval of the collection of
information requirements contained in
the Standard on Walking-Working
Surfaces (29 CFR part 1910, subpart D).
The Agency is requesting to retain its
previous burden hour estimate of 1,193
hours. The Agency will summarize the
comments submitted in response to this
notice, and will include this summary
in its request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved information
collection requirements.
Title: Walking-Working Surfaces
Standard (29 CFR part 1910, subpart D.
OMB Number: 1218–0199.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 12,100.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from three minutes (.05 hour) to mark a
defective ladder to 20 minutes (.33
hour) to secure the load limit marking
sign and to post it.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,193.
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 Web
page. Because of security-related
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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 September 8,
2006.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice (06–065)]
NASA International Space Station
Independent Safety Task Force
Meeting
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration announces a
forthcoming meeting of the International
Space Station Independent Safety Task
Force (IISTF).
DATES: Thursday, October 5, 2006, 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Friday, October 6, 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Daylight Time.
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NASA Lyndon B. Johnson
Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway,
Bldg. 1, Room 966, Houston, TX 77058.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms.
Melissa Y. Gard, IISTF Executive
Director, National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, Lyndon B.
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
77058, telephone (281) 244–7980, e-mail
melissa.y.gard@nasa.gov.
This
meeting will be open to the public up
to the seating capacity of the room [∼20
public seats]. Seating will be on a firstcome basis.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
—This will be a fact-finding and report
writing session.
Attendees will be requested to sign a
register and to comply with NASA
security requirements, including the
presentation of a valid picture ID, before
receiving an access badge. Foreign
nationals attending this meeting will be
required to provide the following
information: full name; gender; date/
place of birth; citizenship; visa/green
card information (number, type,
expiration date); passport information
(number, country, expiration date);
employer/affiliation information (name
of institution, address, country, phone);
title/position of attendee. To expedite
admittance, attendees should provide
identifying information in advance by
contacting Ms. Jana Schultz via e-mail at
jana.t.schultz@nasa.gov or by telephone
at (281) 244–7913 by September 25,
2006. If e-mailing, please include
‘‘IISTF’’ in the subject line.
Members of the public may make five
minute verbal presentations to the Task
Force on the subject of International
Space Station safety. All those wishing
to make such a statement in front of the
Task Force are requested to contact Ms.
Jana Schultz via e-mail at
jana.t.schultz@nasa.gov or by telephone
at (281) 244–7913 by September 25,
2006. If e-mailing, please include
‘‘IISTF’’ in the subject line. If public
requests to speak are received, they will
be heard during the first 30 minutes on
October 5, 2006, meeting on a first-come
basis. Any member of the public is
permitted to file a written statement
with the Task Force at the time of the
meeting. Verbal presentations and
written comments should be limited to
the subject of International Space
Station safety.
P. Diane Rausch,
Advisory Committee Management Officer,
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice (06–066)]
NASA Advisory Council; Meeting.
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public
Law 92–463, as amended, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
announces a meeting of the NASA
Advisory Council. The agenda for the
meeting includes updates from each of
the Council committees, including
discussion and deliberation of potential
recommendations. The Council
Committees address NASA interests in
the following areas: Aeronautics, Audit
and Finance, Space Exploration, Human
Capital, Science, and Space Operations.
DATES: Thursday, October 12, 2006, 8
a.m.–4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Goddard Space Flight
Center (GSFC), Building 1, Rooms E100
D and E, 8800 Greenbelt Road,
Greenbelt, MD 20771–0001 (Note that
visitors will first need to go to the GSFC
Visitor’s Center to gain access.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Christopher Blackerby, Designated
Federal Official, National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, Washington,
DC 20546, 202/358–4688.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
meeting will be open to the public up
to the seating capacity of the room. All
U.S. citizens desiring to attend the
NASA Advisory Council Meeting at the
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
must provide their full name, company
affiliation (if applicable), place of birth,
and date of birth to the GSFC Security
Office no later than the close of business
on October 4, 2006. All non-U.S.
citizens must submit their name, current
address, citizenship, company
affiliation (if applicable) to include
address, telephone number, and their
title, place of birth, date of birth, U.S.
visa information to include type,
number, and expiration date, U.S. Social
Security Number (if applicable),
Permanent Resident Alien card number
and expiration date (if applicable), place
and date of entry into the U.S., and
Passport information to include Country
of issue, number, and expiration date to
the GSFC Security Office no later than
the close of business on September 29,
2006. If the above information is not
received by the noted dates, attendees
should expect a minimum delay of two
(2) hours. All visitors to this meeting
will report to the GSFC Visitor Center
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR-1218-0199(2006)]
Walking-Working Surfaces 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 specified by its
standard on Walking-Working Surfaces (29 CFR part 1910, subpart D).
DATES: Comments must be submitted by the following dates:
Hard copy. Your comments must be submitted (postmarked or received)
by November 13, 2006.
Facsimile and electronic transmission: Your comments must be
received by November 13, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You must submit comments, identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR-
1218-0199(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 Support Statement, OMB-83-1 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'' section in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
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 (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 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 Act also requires that OSHA obtain such
information with minimum burden upon employers, especially those
operating small businesses, and to reduce to the maximum extent
feasible unnecessary duplication of efforts in obtaining information
(29 U.S.C. 657).
The collections of information contained in the Walking-Working
Surfaces standard are necessary to protect employees from the collapse
of overloaded floors, and outrigger scaffolds, and the failure of
defective portable metal ladders.
Paragraph 1910.22(d)(1) requires that load limits approved by the
building official be marked on plates supplied securely affixed by the
owner of the building, or his duly authorized agent, in a conspicuous
place in each space to which they relate. The plates are not to be
removed or defaced but, if lost, removed, or defaced, they shall be
replaced by the owner or his agent.
Under paragraph 1910.26(c)(2)(vii), ladders having defects are to
be marked and taken out of service until repaired by either the
maintenance department or the manufacturer.
Paragraph 1910.28(e)(3) specifies that unless outrigger scaffolds
are designed by a licensed professional engineer, they shall be
constructed and erected in accordance with table D-16 of this section.
A copy of the detailed drawings and specifications showing the sizes
and spacing of members shall be kept on the job.
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 is requesting OMB to extend their approval of the collection
of information requirements contained in the Standard on Walking-
Working Surfaces (29 CFR part 1910, subpart D). The Agency is
requesting to retain its previous burden hour estimate of 1,193 hours.
The Agency will summarize the comments submitted in response to this
notice, and will include this summary in its request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information
collection requirements.
Title: Walking-Working Surfaces Standard (29 CFR part 1910, subpart
D.
OMB Number: 1218-0199.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 12,100.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies from three minutes (.05 hour) to
mark a defective ladder to 20 minutes (.33 hour) to secure the load
limit marking sign and to post it.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,193.
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 Web page. Because of security-related
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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 September 8, 2006.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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