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Department’s Office of Worker
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Failure to collect this information
would prevent timely and accurate
reimbursement to employers, hinder the
documentation of disbursement from
the Fund, and obstruct implementation
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0037]
Construction Fall Protection Systems
Criteria and Practices and Training
Requirements; 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
comments concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
contained in the construction standards
on Fall Protection Systems Criteria and
Practices (29 CFR 1926.502) and
Training Requirements (29 CFR
1926.503). The Fall Protection Systems
Criteria and Practices Standard allows
employers to develop alternative
procedures to the use of conventional
fall protection systems when the
systems are infeasible or create a greater
hazard. The alternative procedures
(plan) must be written. Also, employers
who use safety net systems may certify
that the installation meets the
Standard’s criteria in lieu of performing
a drop-test on the net. The Training
Requirements Standard requires
employers to prepare training
certification records for their employees.
The plan and certification records
ensure that employers comply with the
requirements to protect employees from
falls.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by May
29, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
Electronically: You may submit
comments and attachments
electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
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Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the
instructions online for submitting
comments.
Facsimile: If your comments,
including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages, you may fax them to the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.
Mail, hand delivery, express mail,
messenger, or courier service: When
using this method, you must submit
three copies of your comments and
attachments to the OSHA Docket Office,
OSHA Docket No. OSHA–2007–0037,
U.S. Department of Labor, Room N–
2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries
(hand, express mail, messenger, and
courier service) are accepted during the
Department of Labor’s and Docket
Office’s normal business hours, 8:15
a.m.–4:45 p.m., e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number for this ICR (OSHA
Docket No. OSHA–2007–0037). All
comments, including any personal
information you provide, are placed in
the public docket without change, and
may be made available online at
https://www.regulations.gov. For further
information on submitting comments,
see the ‘‘Public Participation’’ heading
in the section of this notice titled
‘‘Supplementary Information.’’
Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov
or the OSHA Docket Office at the
address above. All documents in the
docket (including this Federal Register
notice) are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index; however,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through the website.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You also may contact Todd Owen at the
address below to obtain a copy of the
ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jamaa N. Hill or Todd Owen, 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
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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 minimized, collection
instruments are understandable, and
OSHA’s estimate of the information
collection burden is correct. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
the 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).
The Standards on Construction Fall
Protection Systems Criteria and
Practices (29 CFR 1926.502) and
Training Requirements (29 CFR
1926.503) ensure that employers
provide the required fall protection for
their employees. Accordingly, these
standards have the following paperwork
requirements: Paragraphs (c)(4)(ii) and
(k) of 29 CFR 1926.502, which specify
certification of safety nets and
development of fall protection plans,
respectively, and paragraph (b) of 29
CFR 1926.502, which requires
employers to certify training records.
The training certification requirement
specified in paragraph (b) of 29 CFR
1926.503 documents the training
provided to employees potentially
exposed to fall hazards. A competent
person must train these employees to
recognize fall hazards and in the use of
procedures and equipment that
minimize these hazards. An employer
must verify compliance with this
training requirement by preparing and
maintaining a written certification
record that contains the: Name or other
identifier of the employee receiving the
training; the date(s) of the training; and
the signature of the competent person
who conducted the training or of the
employer.
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
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technological information collection
and transmission techniques.
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III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
its approval of the collection of
information requirements contained in
the construction standards on Fall
Protection Systems Criteria and
Practices (29 CFR 1926.502) and
Training Requirements (29 CFR
1926.503). OSHA is requesting a
396,975 hour reduction, from 894,394
hours to 497,419 as a result of new
information indicating estimates that of
the number of safety net certifications,
safety net installations, and fall
protection plans should be lowered. The
Agency will summarize the comments
submitted in response to this notice,
and will include this summary in its
request to OMB to extend the approval
of these information collection
requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection requirements.
Title: Construction Fall Protection
Systems Criteria and Practices (29 CFR
1926.502) and Training Requirements
(29 CFR 1926.503).
OMB Number: 1218–0197.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 301,178.
Frequency of Recordkeeping: On
occasion.
Total Responses: 6,039,818.
Average Time per Response: Time per
response ranges from 5 minutes (.08
hour) to certify a safety net to 1 hour to
develop a fall protection plan.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
497,419.
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 in
response to this document as follows:
(1) Electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by
facsimile; or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for this
ICR (OSHA–2007–0037). You may
supplement electronic submissions by
uploading document files electronically.
If you wish to mail additional materials
in reference to an electronic or facsimile
submission, you must submit them to
the OSHA Docket Office (see the section
of this notice titled ADDRESSES). The
additional materials must clearly
identify your electronic comments by
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your full name, date, and docket
number so the Agency can attach them
to your comments.
Because of security procedures, the
use of regular mail may cause a
significant delay in the receipt of
comments. For information about
security procedures concerning the
delivery of materials by hand, express
delivery, messenger, or courier service,
please contact the OSHA Docket Office
at (202) 693–2350 (TTY (877) 889–
5627).
Comments and submissions are
posted without change at https://
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
cautions commenters about submitting
personal information such as social
security numbers and date of birth.
Although all submissions are listed in
the https://www.regulations.gov index,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through this Web site.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
Information on using the https://
www.regulations.gov Web site to submit
comments and access the docket is
available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
for information about materials not
available through the website, and for
assistance in using the internet to locate
docket submissions.
Electronic copies of this Federal
Register document are available at
https://www.regulations.gov. This
document, as well as news releases and
other relevant information, also are
available at OSHA’s Web page at https://
www.osha.gov.
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 March 20,
2007.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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Records Schedules; Availability and
Request for Comments
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA).
AGENCY:
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Notice of availability of
proposed records schedules; request for
comments.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA)
publishes notice at least once monthly
of certain Federal agency requests for
records disposition authority (records
schedules). Once approved by NARA,
records schedules provide mandatory
instructions on what happens to records
when no longer needed for current
Government business. They authorize
the preservation of records of
continuing value in the National
Archives of the United States and the
destruction, after a specified period, of
records lacking administrative, legal,
research, or other value. Notice is
published for records schedules in
which agencies propose to destroy
records not previously authorized for
disposal or reduce the retention period
of records already authorized for
disposal. NARA invites public
comments on such records schedules, as
required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).
DATES: Requests for copies must be
received in writing on or before April
27, 2007 (Note that the new time period
for requesting copies has changed from
45 to 30 days after publication). Once
the appraisal of the records is
completed, NARA will send a copy of
the schedule. NARA staff usually
prepare appraisal memorandums that
contain additional information
concerning the records covered by a
proposed schedule. These, too, may be
requested and will be provided once the
appraisal is completed. Requesters will
be given 30 days to submit comments.
ADDRESSES: You may request a copy of
any records schedule identified in this
notice by contacting the Life Cycle
Management Division (NWML) using
one of the following means:
Mail: NARA (NWML), 8601 Adelphi
Road, College Park, MD 20740–6001.
E-mail: requestschedule@nara.gov.
FAX: 301–837–3698.
Requesters must cite the control
number, which appears in parentheses
after the name of the agency which
submitted the schedule, and must
provide a mailing address. Those who
desire appraisal reports should so
indicate in their request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laurence Brewer, Director, Life Cycle
Management Division (NWML),
National Archives and Records
Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road,
College Park, MD 20740–6001.
Telephone: 301–837–1539. E-mail:
records.mgt@nara.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2007-0037]
Construction Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices and
Training Requirements; 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 the construction standards on Fall Protection Systems
Criteria and Practices (29 CFR 1926.502) and Training Requirements (29
CFR 1926.503). The Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices
Standard allows employers to develop alternative procedures to the use
of conventional fall protection systems when the systems are infeasible
or create a greater hazard. The alternative procedures (plan) must be
written. Also, employers who use safety net systems may certify that
the installation meets the Standard's criteria in lieu of performing a
drop-test on the net. The Training Requirements Standard requires
employers to prepare training certification records for their
employees. The plan and certification records ensure that employers
comply with the requirements to protect employees from falls.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
May 29, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Electronically: You may submit comments and attachments
electronically at https://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions online for submitting
comments.
Facsimile: If your comments, including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages, you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-
1648.
Mail, hand delivery, express mail, messenger, or courier service:
When using this method, you must submit three copies of your comments
and attachments to the OSHA Docket Office, OSHA Docket No. OSHA-2007-
0037, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries (hand, express mail, messenger,
and courier service) are accepted during the Department of Labor's and
Docket Office's normal business hours, 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m., e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number for this ICR (OSHA Docket No. OSHA-2007-0037). All
comments, including any personal information you provide, are placed in
the public docket without change, and may be made available online at
https://www.regulations.gov. For further information on submitting
comments, see the ``Public Participation'' heading in the section of
this notice titled ``Supplementary Information.''
Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov or the OSHA Docket Office at
the address above. All documents in the docket (including this Federal
Register notice) are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index;
however, some information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly
available to read or download through the website. All submissions,
including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and
copying at the OSHA Docket Office. You also may contact Todd Owen at
the address below to obtain a copy of the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamaa N. Hill or Todd Owen,
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 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that
information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and costs)
is minimized, collection instruments are understandable, and OSHA's
estimate of the information collection burden is correct. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of the 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).
The Standards on Construction Fall Protection Systems Criteria and
Practices (29 CFR 1926.502) and Training Requirements (29 CFR 1926.503)
ensure that employers provide the required fall protection for their
employees. Accordingly, these standards have the following paperwork
requirements: Paragraphs (c)(4)(ii) and (k) of 29 CFR 1926.502, which
specify certification of safety nets and development of fall protection
plans, respectively, and paragraph (b) of 29 CFR 1926.502, which
requires employers to certify training records. The training
certification requirement specified in paragraph (b) of 29 CFR 1926.503
documents the training provided to employees potentially exposed to
fall hazards. A competent person must train these employees to
recognize fall hazards and in the use of procedures and equipment that
minimize these hazards. An employer must verify compliance with this
training requirement by preparing and maintaining a written
certification record that contains the: Name or other identifier of the
employee receiving the training; the date(s) of the training; and the
signature of the competent person who conducted the training or of the
employer.
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
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technological information collection and transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend its approval of the collection
of information requirements contained in the construction standards on
Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices (29 CFR 1926.502) and
Training Requirements (29 CFR 1926.503). OSHA is requesting a 396,975
hour reduction, from 894,394 hours to 497,419 as a result of new
information indicating estimates that of the number of safety net
certifications, safety net installations, and fall protection plans
should be lowered. The Agency will summarize the comments submitted in
response to this notice, and will include this summary in its request
to OMB to extend the approval of these information collection
requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information
collection requirements.
Title: Construction Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices
(29 CFR 1926.502) and Training Requirements (29 CFR 1926.503).
OMB Number: 1218-0197.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 301,178.
Frequency of Recordkeeping: On occasion.
Total Responses: 6,039,818.
Average Time per Response: Time per response ranges from 5 minutes
(.08 hour) to certify a safety net to 1 hour to develop a fall
protection plan.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 497,419.
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 in response to this document as follows:
(1) Electronically at https://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal
eRulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile; or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for this ICR (OSHA-2007-0037). You may
supplement electronic submissions by uploading document files
electronically. If you wish to mail additional materials in reference
to an electronic or facsimile submission, you must submit them to the
OSHA Docket Office (see the section of this notice titled Addresses).
The additional materials must clearly identify your electronic comments
by your full name, date, and docket number so the Agency can attach
them to your comments.
Because of security procedures, the use of regular mail may cause a
significant delay in the receipt of comments. For information about
security procedures concerning the delivery of materials by hand,
express delivery, messenger, or courier service, please contact the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 889-5627).
Comments and submissions are posted without change at https://
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about
submitting personal information such as social security numbers and
date of birth. Although all submissions are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index, some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to read or download through this
Web site. All submissions, including copyrighted material, are
available for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
Information on using the https://www.regulations.gov Web site to submit
comments and access the docket is available at the Web site's ``User
Tips'' link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office for information about
materials not available through the website, and for assistance in
using the internet to locate docket submissions.
Electronic copies of this Federal Register document are available
at https://www.regulations.gov. This document, as well as news releases
and other relevant information, also are available at OSHA's Web page
at https://www.osha.gov.
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 March 20, 2007.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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