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all funds have been expended or the
grant period has expired. Quarterly
financial reports are due 30 days after
the end of each calendar year quarter.
Grantees must use ETA’s Online
Electronic Reporting System.
Quarterly Progress Reports
The grantee must submit a quarterly
data and narrative progress report to the
designated Federal Project Officer
within 30 days after the end of each
calendar year quarter. Copies are to be
submitted electronically providing a
detailed account of activities
undertaken during that quarter. The
Department may require additional data
elements to be collected and reported on
either a regular basis or special request
basis. Grantees must agree to meet the
Department’s reporting requirements.
Reports must include the following
information for the grassroots grantees.
• The number of participants served
per quarter (new/intake and total).
• The number of One-Stop Career
Center clients referred to the grantee.
• Number of grantee participants
referred to the One-Stop.
• The total number of volunteer hours
committed to the grant program.
• Number of participants placed in
post-secondary education or advanced
training.
• Number of participants placed in a
job.
• Average hourly wages at the time of
job placement.
• Of the participants placed in a job
since the beginning of the grant, how
many were continuously employed for 3
months.
• Of the participants placed in a job
since the beginning of the grant, how
many were continuously employed for 6
months.
• Other goals submitted with the
grant application or additional goals
developed for the program.
• Demographic information.
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Final Report
A draft final report must be submitted
no later than 60 days prior to the
expiration date of the grant. This report
must summarize project activities,
employment outcomes, and related
results of the project, and should
thoroughly document the project
solution approach. After responding to
ETA’s questions and comments on the
draft report, three copies of the final
report must be submitted no later than
the grant expiration date. Grantees must
agree to use a designated format
specified by the Department to prepare
the final report.
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Part VII. Agency Contacts
Any technical questions regarding
this SGA should be faxed to Linda
Forman at DOL, Fax number (202) 693–
2705 (not a toll-free number). You must
specifically address your fax to the
attention of Linda Forman and should
include the following: SGA/DFA PY 06–
11, a contact name, fax, and telephone
number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Linda Forman, at (202) 693–3416 (not a
toll-free number). This announcement is
also being made available on https://
www.grants.gov.
Part VIII. Other Information
OMB Information Collection No. 1205–
0458
Expires September 30, 2009
According to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are
required to respond to a collection of
information unless such collection
displays a valid OMB control number.
Public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated to
average 20 hours per response,
including time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data
sources, gathering and maintaining the
data needed, and completing and
reviewing the collection of information.
Send comments regarding the burden
estimated or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including
suggestions for reducing this burden, to
the U.S. Department of Labor, attention:
OMB Desk Officer for ETA, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503. PLEASE DO
NOT RETURN YOUR COMPLETED
APPLICATION TO THE OMB. SEND IT
TO THE ADDRESS PROVIDED IN PART
IV (3) OF THIS SOLICITATION. This
information is being collected for the
purpose of awarding a grant. The
information collected through this
‘‘Solicitation for Grant Applications’’
will be used by the Department of Labor
to ensure that grants are awarded to the
applicant best suited to perform the
functions of the grant. Submission of
this information is required in order for
the applicant to be considered for award
of this grant. Unless otherwise
specifically noted in this
announcement, information submitted
in the respondent’s application is not
considered to be confidential.
Resources
DOL maintains a number of Webbased resources that may be of
assistance to applicants. The Web page
for the Department’s Center for FaithBased & Community Initiatives (https://
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www.dol.gov/cfbci) is a valuable source
of background on this initiative.
America’s Service Locator
(www.servicelocator.org) provides a
directory of our nation’s One-Stop
Career Centers. ETA maintains a Web
page https://www.servicelocator.org/
wibcontacts), which contains contact
information for the state and local
Workforce Investment Boards.
Applicants are encouraged to review
‘‘Understanding the Department of
Labor Solicitation for Grant
Applications and How to Write an
Effective Proposal’’, which can be found
at (https://www/dol.gov/cfbci/
sgabrochure.htm). Applicants may also
wish to review the current two-year
Workforce Investment Act plan for the
state in which they are located. Access
to these plans may be found at https://
www.doleta.gov.gov/usworkforce/WIA/
planstatus.cfm. For a basic
understanding of the grants process and
basic responsibilities of receiving
Federal grant support, please see
‘‘Guidance for Faith-Based and
Community Organizations on Partnering
with the Federal Government’’, found at
(www.fbci.gov).
Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of
March 2007.
Eric D. Luetkenhaus,
Grant Officer, Employment and Training
Administration.
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BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0026]
Asbestos in General Industry;
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
specified in its Asbestos in General
Industry Standard (29 CFR 1910.1001).
The Standard protects employees from
the adverse health effects that may
result from occupational exposure to
Asbestos in General Industry, including
asbestosis, an emphysema-like
condition; lung cancer; mesothelioma;
and gastrointestinal cancer.
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Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by June
4, 2007.
ADDRESSES: 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–2007–0026,
U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration,
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. to 4:45 p.m.,
e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number for the ICR (OSHA–
2007–0026). 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 Web site.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You also may contact Jamaa N. Hill 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:
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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 OSH 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 OSH 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 basic purpose of the information
collection requirements in the Standard
is to document that employers in
general industry are providing their
employees with protection from
hazardous asbestos exposure. Asbestos
exposure results in asbestosis, an
emphysema-like condition; lung cancer;
mesothelioma; and gastrointestinal
cancer.
Several provisions of the Standard
specify paperwork requirements,
including: Implementing an exposure
monitoring program that notifies
employees of their exposure monitoring
results; establishing a written
compliance program; and informing
laundry personnel of the requirement to
prevent release of airborne asbestos
above the time-weighted average and
excursion limit. Other provisions
associated with paperwork requirements
include: Maintaining records of
information obtained concerning the
presence, location, and quantity of
asbestos-containing materials (ACMs)
and/or presumed asbestos-containing
materials (PACMs) in a building/facility;
notifying housekeeping employees of
the presence and location of ACMs and
PACMs in areas they may contact
during their work; posting warning
signs demarcating regulated areas;
posting signs in mechanical rooms/areas
that employees may enter and that
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contain ACMs and PACMs, informing
them of the identity and location of
these materials and work practices that
prevent disturbing the materials; and
affixing warning labels to asbestoscontaining products and to containers
holding such products. Additional
provisions that contain paperwork
requirements include: Developing
specific information and training
programs for employees; using
information, data, and analyses to
demonstrate that PACM does not
contain asbestos; providing medical
surveillance for employees potentially
exposed to ACMs and/or PACMs,
including administering an employee
medical questionnaire, providing
information to the examining physician,
and providing the physician’s written
opinion to the employee; maintaining
exposure monitoring records, objective
data used for exposure determinations,
and medical surveillance; making
specified records (e.g., exposure
monitoring and medical surveillance
records) available to designated parties;
and transferring exposure monitoring
and medical surveillance records to the
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) on cessation
of business, if so requested by NIOSH.
These paperwork requirements permit
employers, employees and their
designated representatives, OSHA, and
other specified parties to determine the
effectiveness of an employer’s asbestoscontrol program. Accordingly, the
requirements ensure that employees
exposed to asbestos receive all of the
protection afforded by the Standard.
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 to protect
employees, 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 its
approval of the information collection
requirements specified by the Standard
on Asbestos in General Industry. The
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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 a
currently approved collection.
Title: Asbestos in General Industry (29
CFR 1910.1001).
OMB Number: 1218–0133.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 243.
Frequency: Annually; semi-annually.
Total Responses: 65,048.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from 5 minutes to maintain records to
1.5 hours for employees to receive
training or medical evaluations.
Estimated Total
Burden Hours: 23,849.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $1,625,143.
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 Docket No. OSHA–2007–
0026). 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 website.
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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 website’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.
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 April 2,
2007.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. E7–6367 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
Tennessee Valley Authority Browns
Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3
Docket Nos. 50–259, 50–260, and 50–
296 Exemption
1.0
Background
The Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA, the licensee) is the holder of
Facility Operating Licenses DPR–33,
DPR–52, and DPR–68, which authorize
operation of the Browns Ferry Nuclear
Plant, Units 1, 2 and 3. The license
provides, among other things, that the
facility is subject to all rules,
regulations, and orders of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC, the
Commission) now or hereafter in effect.
The facility consists of three boilingwater reactors located in Limestone
County in Alabama.
2.0
Request/Action
On November 19, 1980, the
Commission published a new Appendix
R to Title 10 to the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50 regarding
fire protection features of nuclear power
plants (45 FR 76602). Section 50.48(a)
requires that each operating nuclear
power plant have a fire protection plan
which satisfies General Design Criterion
(GDC) 3, ‘‘Fire protection,’’ in Appendix
A, ‘‘General Design Criteria for Nuclear
Power Plants,’’ to 10 CFR Part 50. The
approved fire protection plan is the plan
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required to satisfy 10 CFR 50.48(a).
Specific fire protection features deemed
necessary to ensure this capability are
delineated in Appendix R to 10 CFR
Part 50. Section III of Appendix R
contains 15 subsections, lettered A
through O, each of which specifies the
requirements for a particular aspect of
fire protection features at nuclear power
plants. The Browns Ferry units are
required to comply with the provisions
of Sections III.G and III.J and III.O.
Section III.G.2 of Appendix R to 10 CFR
Part 50 requires that where cables or
equipment of redundant trains of
systems necessary to achieve and
maintain hot shutdown conditions are
located within the same fire area outside
of primary containment, one of the
following means of ensuring that one of
the redundant trains is free of fire
damage shall be provided:
a. Separation of cables and equipment
and associated non-safety circuits of
redundant trains by a fire barrier having
a 3-hour rating. Structural steel forming
a part of or supporting such fire barriers
shall be protected to provide fire
resistance equivalent to that required of
the barrier;
b. Separation of cables and equipment
and associated non-safety circuits of
redundant trains by a horizontal
distance of more than 20 feet with no
intervening combustible or fire hazards.
In addition, fire detectors and an
automatic fire suppression system shall
be installed in the fire area; or
c. Enclosure of cable and equipment
and associated non-safety circuits of one
redundant train in a fire barrier having
a 1-hour rating. In addition, fire
detectors and an automatic fire
suppression system shall be installed in
the fire area;
By letter dated October 26, 2006, as
supplemented by a letter dated January
11, 2007, the licensee requested a
revision to an exemption from 10 CFR
50 Appendix R, III.G.2. For the items
specified in this exemption request, the
licensee has selected III.G.2.b as the
option for compliance with Appendix R,
Section II.G.2. The exemption involves
allowing intervening combustible
materials, for example, fire hazards
(480V reactor building (RB) vent boards
1B, 2B, and 3B; small panels in Units 1,
2, and 3, and 1-hour rated Thermo-Lag
330–1 electrical raceway fire barrier
(ERFB) material), in the specified 20 feet
of separation protected with fire
detection and automatic water-based
fire suppression between redundant
safe-shutdown trains.
The redundant trains are separated by
a horizontal distance of 20 feet with
intervening combustibles in certain fire
zones in the Units 1, 2, and 3 RBs.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2007-0026]
Asbestos in General Industry; 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
specified in its Asbestos in General Industry Standard (29 CFR
1910.1001). The Standard protects employees from the adverse health
effects that may result from occupational exposure to Asbestos in
General Industry, including asbestosis, an emphysema-like condition;
lung cancer; mesothelioma; and gastrointestinal cancer.
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DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
June 4, 2007.
ADDRESSES: 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-
0026, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, 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. to 4:45 p.m., e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number for the ICR (OSHA-2007-0026). 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 Web site. All submissions,
including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and
copying at the OSHA Docket Office. You also may contact Jamaa N. Hill
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 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 OSH 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 OSH 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 basic purpose of the information collection requirements in the
Standard is to document that employers in general industry are
providing their employees with protection from hazardous asbestos
exposure. Asbestos exposure results in asbestosis, an emphysema-like
condition; lung cancer; mesothelioma; and gastrointestinal cancer.
Several provisions of the Standard specify paperwork requirements,
including: Implementing an exposure monitoring program that notifies
employees of their exposure monitoring results; establishing a written
compliance program; and informing laundry personnel of the requirement
to prevent release of airborne asbestos above the time-weighted average
and excursion limit. Other provisions associated with paperwork
requirements include: Maintaining records of information obtained
concerning the presence, location, and quantity of asbestos-containing
materials (ACMs) and/or presumed asbestos-containing materials (PACMs)
in a building/facility; notifying housekeeping employees of the
presence and location of ACMs and PACMs in areas they may contact
during their work; posting warning signs demarcating regulated areas;
posting signs in mechanical rooms/areas that employees may enter and
that contain ACMs and PACMs, informing them of the identity and
location of these materials and work practices that prevent disturbing
the materials; and affixing warning labels to asbestos-containing
products and to containers holding such products. Additional provisions
that contain paperwork requirements include: Developing specific
information and training programs for employees; using information,
data, and analyses to demonstrate that PACM does not contain asbestos;
providing medical surveillance for employees potentially exposed to
ACMs and/or PACMs, including administering an employee medical
questionnaire, providing information to the examining physician, and
providing the physician's written opinion to the employee; maintaining
exposure monitoring records, objective data used for exposure
determinations, and medical surveillance; making specified records
(e.g., exposure monitoring and medical surveillance records) available
to designated parties; and transferring exposure monitoring and medical
surveillance records to the National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health (NIOSH) on cessation of business, if so requested by NIOSH.
These paperwork requirements permit employers, employees and their
designated representatives, OSHA, and other specified parties to
determine the effectiveness of an employer's asbestos-control program.
Accordingly, the requirements ensure that employees exposed to asbestos
receive all of the protection afforded by the Standard.
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 to
protect employees, 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 its approval of the information
collection requirements specified by the Standard on Asbestos in
General Industry. The
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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 a currently approved collection.
Title: Asbestos in General Industry (29 CFR 1910.1001).
OMB Number: 1218-0133.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 243.
Frequency: Annually; semi-annually.
Total Responses: 65,048.
Average Time per Response: Varies from 5 minutes to maintain
records to 1.5 hours for employees to receive training or medical
evaluations.
Estimated Total
Burden Hours: 23,849.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $1,625,143.
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 Docket No. OSHA-2007-
0026). 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
website. 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 website'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.
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 April 2, 2007.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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