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upon the expiration of the period for
filing entries of appearance.
Limited disclosure of business
proprietary information (BPI) under an
administrative protective order (APO)
and BPI service list.—Pursuant to
section 207.7(a) of the Commission’s
rules, the Secretary will make BPI
gathered in these investigations
available to authorized applicants
representing interested parties (as
defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(9)) who are
parties to the investigations under the
APO issued in the investigation,
provided that the application is made
not later than seven days after the
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. A separate service list will be
maintained by the Secretary for those
parties authorized to receive BPI under
the APO.
Conference.—The Commission’s
Director of Operations has scheduled a
conference in connection with these
investigations for 9:30 a.m. on February
21, 2008, at the U.S. International Trade
Commission Building, 500 E Street,
SW., Washington, DC. Parties wishing to
participate in the conference should
contact Elizabeth Haines (202–205–
3200) not later than February 15, 2008,
to arrange for their appearance. Parties
in support of the imposition of
countervailing and antidumping duties
in these investigations and parties in
opposition to the imposition of such
duties will each be collectively
allocated one hour within which to
make an oral presentation at the
conference. A nonparty who has
testimony that may aid the
Commission’s deliberations may request
permission to present a short statement
at the conference.
Written submissions.—As provided in
sections 201.8 and 207.15 of the
Commission’s rules, any person may
submit to the Commission on or before
February 26, 2008, a written brief
containing information and arguments
pertinent to the subject matter of the
investigations. Parties may file written
testimony in connection with their
presentation at the conference no later
than three days before the conference. If
briefs or written testimony contain BPI,
they must conform with the
requirements of sections 201.6, 207.3,
and 207.7 of the Commission’s rules.
The Commission’s rules do not
authorize filing of submissions with the
Secretary by facsimile or electronic
means, except to the extent permitted by
section 201.8 of the Commission’s rules,
as amended, 67 FR 68036 (November 8,
2002). Even where electronic filing of a
document is permitted, certain
documents must also be filed in paper
form, as specified in II(C) of the
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Commission’s Handbook on Electronic
Filing Procedures, 67 Fed. Reg. 68168,
68173 (November 8, 2002).
In accordance with sections 201.16(c)
and 207.3 of the rules, each document
filed by a party to the investigation must
be served on all other parties to the
investigations (as identified by either
the public or BPI service list), and a
certificate of service must be timely
filed. The Secretary will not accept a
document for filing without a certificate
of service.
Authority: These investigations are being
conducted under authority of title VII of the
Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published
pursuant to section 207.12 of the
Commission’s rules.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: January 31, 2008.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
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BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2008–0001]
Grain Handling Facilities; Extension of
the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) Approval of
Information Collection (Paperwork)
Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public
comment concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in the Standard on Grain
Handling Facilities (29 CFR 1910.272).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by April
7, 2008.
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,
Docket No. OSHA–2008–0001, U.S.
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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–
2008–0001). 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 may also contact Theda Kenney at
the address below to obtain a copy of
the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Theda Kenney 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
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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 Standard specifies a number of
paperwork requirements. The following
sections describe who uses the
information collected under each
requirement as well as how they use it.
The purpose of the requirements is to
reduce employees’ risk of death or
serious injury while working in grain
handling facilities.
Paragraph (d) of the Standard requires
the employer to develop and implement
an emergency action plan so that
employees will be aware of the
appropriate actions to take in the event
of an emergency.
Paragraph (e)(1) requires that
employers provide training to
employees at least annually and when
changes in job assignment will expose
them to new hazards.
Paragraph (f)(1) requires the employer
to issue a permit for all hot work. Under
paragraph (f)(2) the permit shall certify
that the requirements contained in
1910.272(a) have been implemented
prior to beginning the hot work
operations and shall be kept on file until
completion of the hot work operation.
Paragraph (g)(1)(i) requires the
employer to issue a permit for entering
bins, silos, or tanks unless the employer
or the employer’s representative is
present during the entire operation. The
permit shall certify that the precautions
contained in paragraph (g) have been
implemented prior to employees
entering bins, silos or tanks and shall be
kept on file until completion of the
entry operations.
Paragraph (g)(1)(ii) requires that the
employer deenergize, disconnect,
lockout and tag, block-off or otherwise
prevent operation of all mechanical,
electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic
equipment which presents a danger to
employees inside grain storage
structures.
Paragraphs (i)(1) and (i)(2) require the
employer to inform contractors
performing work at the grain handling
facility of known potential fire and
explosion hazards related to the
contractor’s work and work area and to
explain to the contractor the applicable
provisions of the emergency action plan.
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Paragraph (j)(1) requires the employer
to develop and implement a written
housekeeping program that establishes
the frequency and method(s)
determined best to reduce
accumulations of fugitive grain dust on
ledges, floors, equipment, and other
exposed surfaces.
Under paragraph (m)(1), the employer
is required to implement preventive
maintenance procedures consisting of
regularly scheduled inspections of at
least the mechanical and safety control
equipment associated with dryers, grain
stream processing equipment, dust
collection equipment including filter
collectors, and bucket elevators.
Paragraph (m)(3) requires a certification
be maintained of each inspection.
Paragraph (m)(4) requires the employer
to implement procedures for the use of
tags and locks which will prevent the
inadvertent application of energy or
motion to equipment being repaired,
serviced, or adjusted.
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 that OMB extend
its approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the
Standard on Grain Handling Facilities
(29 CFR 1910.272). The Agency is
requesting to reduce its current burden
hour estimate associated with this
Standard from 73,572 hours to 70,355
hours for a total reduction of 3,217
hours. The Agency 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: Grain Handling Facilities
Standard (29 CFR 1910.272).
OMB Number: 1218–0206.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 19,121.
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Total Responses: 1,343,420.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies
from 1 minute (.02 hour) to maintain
certification records to 3 hours to
modify action plans/housekeeping
programs/tag and lock procedures.
Total Burden Hours: 70,355.
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 (Fax); 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–2008–0001).
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 name,
date, and the 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 Web site, and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate
docket submissions.
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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. 5–2007 (72 FR 31159).
Signed at Washington, DC, on January 30,
2008.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0087]
Standard on Commercial Diving
Operations; 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 proposal to
extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in its Standard on Commercial
Diving Operations (29 CFR part 1910,
subpart T).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by April
7, 2008.
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–2007–0087,
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
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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–
2007–0087). 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 may also contact Theda Kenney at
the address below to obtain a copy of
the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Theda Kenney 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
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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 Subpart contains a number of
paperwork requirements. The following
paragraphs describe these requirements.
Section 1910.401(b). Allows
employers to deviate from the
requirements of the Subpart to the
extent necessary to prevent or minimize
a situation that is likely to cause death,
serious physical harm, or major
environmental damage (but not
situations in which purely economic or
property damage is likely to occur).
They must notify the OSHA Area
Director within 48 hours of taking such
action; this notification must describe
the situation responsible for the
deviation and the extent of the deviation
from the requirements. On request of the
Area Director, employers must submit
this information in writing.
Sections 1910.410(a)(3) and (a)(4).
Paragraph (a)(3) requires employers to
train all dive team members in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first
aid (i.e., the American Red Cross
standard course or equivalent), while
paragraph (a)(4) specifies that employers
train dive team members exposed to
hyperbaric conditions, or who control
exposure of other employees to such
conditions, in diving-related physics
and physiology.
Sections 1910.420(a). Under
paragraph (a), employers must develop
and maintain a safe practices manual
and make it available to each dive team
member at the dive location. In
addition, for each diving mode used at
the dive location, the manual must
contain: Safety procedures and
checklists for diving operations;
assignments and responsibilities of the
dive team members; equipment
procedures and checklists; and
emergency procedures for fire,
equipment failures, adverse
environmental conditions, and medical
illness and injury.
Section 1910.421(b). Under this
provision, employers are to keep at the
dive location a list of telephone or call
numbers for the following emergency
facilities and services: An operational
decompression chamber (if such a
chamber is not at the dive location);
accessible hospitals; available
physicians and means of emergency
transportation; and the nearest U.S.
Coast Guard Rescue Coordination
Center.
Section 1910.421(f). Requires
employers to brief dive team members
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2008-0001]
Grain Handling Facilities; 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 proposal to extend
OMB approval of the information collection requirements specified in
the Standard on Grain Handling Facilities (29 CFR 1910.272).
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
April 7, 2008.
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, Docket No. OSHA-2008-0001,
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-2008-0001). 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 may also contact Theda Kenney at
the address below to obtain a copy of the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theda Kenney 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
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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 Standard specifies a number of paperwork requirements. The
following sections describe who uses the information collected under
each requirement as well as how they use it. The purpose of the
requirements is to reduce employees' risk of death or serious injury
while working in grain handling facilities.
Paragraph (d) of the Standard requires the employer to develop and
implement an emergency action plan so that employees will be aware of
the appropriate actions to take in the event of an emergency.
Paragraph (e)(1) requires that employers provide training to
employees at least annually and when changes in job assignment will
expose them to new hazards.
Paragraph (f)(1) requires the employer to issue a permit for all
hot work. Under paragraph (f)(2) the permit shall certify that the
requirements contained in 1910.272(a) have been implemented prior to
beginning the hot work operations and shall be kept on file until
completion of the hot work operation.
Paragraph (g)(1)(i) requires the employer to issue a permit for
entering bins, silos, or tanks unless the employer or the employer's
representative is present during the entire operation. The permit shall
certify that the precautions contained in paragraph (g) have been
implemented prior to employees entering bins, silos or tanks and shall
be kept on file until completion of the entry operations.
Paragraph (g)(1)(ii) requires that the employer deenergize,
disconnect, lockout and tag, block-off or otherwise prevent operation
of all mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment which
presents a danger to employees inside grain storage structures.
Paragraphs (i)(1) and (i)(2) require the employer to inform
contractors performing work at the grain handling facility of known
potential fire and explosion hazards related to the contractor's work
and work area and to explain to the contractor the applicable
provisions of the emergency action plan.
Paragraph (j)(1) requires the employer to develop and implement a
written housekeeping program that establishes the frequency and
method(s) determined best to reduce accumulations of fugitive grain
dust on ledges, floors, equipment, and other exposed surfaces.
Under paragraph (m)(1), the employer is required to implement
preventive maintenance procedures consisting of regularly scheduled
inspections of at least the mechanical and safety control equipment
associated with dryers, grain stream processing equipment, dust
collection equipment including filter collectors, and bucket elevators.
Paragraph (m)(3) requires a certification be maintained of each
inspection. Paragraph (m)(4) requires the employer to implement
procedures for the use of tags and locks which will prevent the
inadvertent application of energy or motion to equipment being
repaired, serviced, or adjusted.
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 that OMB extend its approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the Standard on Grain Handling
Facilities (29 CFR 1910.272). The Agency is requesting to reduce its
current burden hour estimate associated with this Standard from 73,572
hours to 70,355 hours for a total reduction of 3,217 hours. The Agency
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: Grain Handling Facilities Standard (29 CFR 1910.272).
OMB Number: 1218-0206.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 19,121.
Total Responses: 1,343,420.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies from 1 minute (.02 hour) to
maintain certification records to 3 hours to modify action plans/
housekeeping programs/tag and lock procedures.
Total Burden Hours: 70,355.
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 (Fax); 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-2008-0001). 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 name, date, and the 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 Web site, and for assistance in
using the Internet to locate docket submissions.
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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. 5-2007 (72 FR
31159).
Signed at Washington, DC, on January 30, 2008.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E8-2060 Filed 2-4-08; 8:45 am]
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