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Effective Date: This notice is effective
April 27, 2007.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 22nd day
of February, 2007.
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[FR Doc. E7–8108 Filed 4–26–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0022]
Standard on Occupational Exposure to
Noise (Noise); 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 OBM approval of the
information collection requirements
contained in its Noise Standard (29 CFR
1910.95). The information collection
requirements specified in the Noise
Standard protect employees from
suffering material hearing impairment.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by June
26, 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 loner
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,
Docket No. OSHA–2007–0022, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N–2625,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries
(hand, express mail, messenger, and
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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–
2007–0022). 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
(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 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
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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 extent feasible
unnecessary duplication of efforts in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The information collection
requirements specified in the Noise
Standard protect employees from
suffering material hearing impairment.
The information collection requirements
of the Noise Standard include
conducting noise monitoring; notifying
employees when they are exposed at or
above an 8-hour time-weighted average
of 85 decibels; providing employees
with initial and annual audiograms;
notifying employees of a loss in hearing
based on comparing audiograms;
training employees on the effects of
noise, hearing protectors, and
audiometric examinations; maintaining
records of workplace noise exposure
and employee audiograms; and allowing
employees, OSHA, and NIOSH access to
materials and records required by the
Standard.
II. Special Issues for Comments
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
The Agency is requesting a reduction
in burden hours from 5.18 million to an
estimated 2.85 million. The reduction is
a result of reducing the number of
participating employers and employees
in manufacturing industries by 25%.
OSHA will summarize the comments
submitted in response to this notice,
and will include this summary in the
request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Noise Standard (29 CFR
1910.95).
OMB Number: 1218–0048.
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Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 379,512.
Frequency: On occasion; annually.
Total Responses: 16,610,221.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from 2 minutes to notify employees
when noise exposure exceeds the 8-hour
time-weighted average of 85 decibels to
1 hour for employees in small
establishments to take audiometric
examinations.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
2,853,730 hours.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $40,993,579.
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 the
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2007–0022).
You may supplement electronic
materials by uploading document files
electronically. If you wish to mail
additional materials in reference to an
electronic or a 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 coyrighted
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
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available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
for information about materials not
available through the Web site, and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate
docket submissions.
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Dated: April 23, 2007.
Mary Ann Hadyka,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E7–8062 Filed 4–26–07; 8:45 am]
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V. Authority and Signature
Edwin G. Goulke, 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 23,
2007.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 07–2081 Filed 4–26–07; 8:45 am]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION
Information Security Oversight Office
National Industrial Security Program
Policy Advisory Committee: Notice of
Meeting
In accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app
2) and implementing regulation 41 CFR
101.6, announcement is made for the
following committee meeting:
Name of Committee: National Industrial
Security Program Policy Advisory Committee
(NISPPAC).
Date of Meeting: May 16, 2007.
Time of Meeting: 10 a.m.–12 noon.
Place of Meeting: National Archives and
Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Archivist’s Reception Room,
Room 105, Washington, DC 20408.
Purpose: To discuss National Industrial
Security Program policy matters.
This meeting will be open to the public.
However, due to space limitations and access
procedures, the name and telephone number
of individuals planning to attend must be
submitted to the Information Security
Oversight Office (ISOO) no later than
Thursday, April 26, 2007. ISOO will provide
additional instructions for gaining access to
the location of the meeting.
For Further Information Contact: Patrick
Viscuso, Senior Program Analyst,
Information Security Oversight Office,
National Archives Building, 700
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC
20408, telephone number (202) 387–5313.
Supplementary Information:
Agenda
(1) Industry Presentation;
(2) NISP Signatory Update; and
(3) General Open Forum.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Advisory Committee for Computer and
Information Science and Engineering;
Notice of Meeting
In accordance with Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, as
amended), the National Science
Foundation announces the following
meeting:
Name: Advisory Committee for Computer
and Information Science and Engineering
(#1115).
Date/Time: May 11, 2007; 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Place: National Science Foundation, 4201
Wilson Boulevard, Room 1120, Arlington,
Virginia.
Type of Meeting: Open (Teleconference).
Contact Person: Rita Koch, National
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Arlington, VA 22230, (703) 292–8900.
If you are attending the meeting and need
access to the NSF, please contact the
individual listed above so your name may be
added to the building access list.
Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice
concerning the NSF programs in computer
and information science and engineering.
Agenda: Discussion of current programs,
initiatives and future budget cycle.
Dated: April 24, 2007.
Susanne Bolton,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E7–8058 Filed 4–26–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2007-0022]
Standard on Occupational Exposure to Noise (Noise); 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 OBM approval of the information collection requirements
contained in its Noise Standard (29 CFR 1910.95). The information
collection requirements specified in the Noise Standard protect
employees from suffering material hearing impairment.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
June 26, 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 loner
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, Docket No. OSHA-2007-0022,
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. to 4:45 p.m., e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number for the ICR (OSHA-2007-0022). 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 (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 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
extent feasible unnecessary duplication of efforts in obtaining
information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The information collection requirements specified in the Noise
Standard protect employees from suffering material hearing impairment.
The information collection requirements of the Noise Standard include
conducting noise monitoring; notifying employees when they are exposed
at or above an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels; providing
employees with initial and annual audiograms; notifying employees of a
loss in hearing based on comparing audiograms; training employees on
the effects of noise, hearing protectors, and audiometric examinations;
maintaining records of workplace noise exposure and employee
audiograms; and allowing employees, OSHA, and NIOSH access to materials
and records required by the Standard.
II. Special Issues for Comments
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
The Agency is requesting a reduction in burden hours from 5.18
million to an estimated 2.85 million. The reduction is a result of
reducing the number of participating employers and employees in
manufacturing industries by 25%. OSHA will summarize the comments
submitted in response to this notice, and will include this summary in
the request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Noise Standard (29 CFR 1910.95).
OMB Number: 1218-0048.
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Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 379,512.
Frequency: On occasion; annually.
Total Responses: 16,610,221.
Average Time per Response: Varies from 2 minutes to notify
employees when noise exposure exceeds the 8-hour time-weighted average
of 85 decibels to 1 hour for employees in small establishments to take
audiometric examinations.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,853,730 hours.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $40,993,579.
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 the ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2007-0022). You
may supplement electronic materials by uploading document files
electronically. If you wish to mail additional materials in reference
to an electronic or a 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 coyrighted 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 Web site, and for assistance in using the
Internet to locate docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
Edwin G. Goulke, 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 23, 2007.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 07-2081 Filed 4-26-07; 8:45 am]
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