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Powered Platforms for Building Maintenance (29 CFR 10/05/2007,
1910.66).
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Presence Sensing Device Initiation (PSDI) (29 CFR 03/29/2007,
1910.217(h)).
0027.
Procedures for the Handling of Discrimination Com- 09/18/2007,
plaints under Federal Employee Protection Statutes.
0071.
Rigging Equipment for Material Handling (29 CFR 06/22/2007,
1926.251).
0055.
Storage and Handling of Anhydrous Ammonia (29 08/16/2007,
CFR 1910.111).
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The Hydrostatic Testing Provision of the Standard on 06/18/2007,
Portable
Fire
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(29
CFR
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require a response to a collection of
information unless the collection
displays a valid OMB control number
and the agency informs respondents that
they are not required to respond to the
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
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 April 8,
2008.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2008–0004]
Occupational Exposure to Hazardous
Chemicals in Laboratories Standard;
Extension of the Office of Management
and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of
Information Collection (Paperwork)
Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public
comment concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
specified by the Occupational Exposure
to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories
Standard (§ 1910.1450).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by June
13, 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,
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OSHA Docket No. OSHA–2008–0004,
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.,
ET.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number (OSHA–2008–0004) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). 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 may also contact Jamaa Hill at the
address below to obtain a copy of the
ICR.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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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 OSH 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 entitled ‘‘Occupational
Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in
Laboratories’’ (29 CFR 1910.1450; the
‘‘Standard’’) applies to laboratories that
use hazardous chemicals in accordance
with the Standard’s definitions for
‘‘laboratory use of hazardous chemicals’’
and ‘‘laboratory scale.’’ The Standard
requires these laboratories to maintain
employee exposures at or below the
permissible exposure limits specified
for the hazardous chemicals in 29 CFR
part 1910, subpart Z. They do so by
developing a written Chemical Hygiene
Plan (CHP) that describes: Standard
operating procedures for using
hazardous chemicals; hazard control
techniques; equipment reliability
measures; employee information-andtraining programs; conditions under
which the employer must approve
operations, procedures, and activities
before implementation; and medical
consultations and examinations. The
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responsible for implementing the CHP,
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and specifies the procedures used to
provide additional protection to
employees exposed to particularly
hazardous chemicals.
Other information collection
requirements of the Standard include:
Documenting exposure monitoring
results; notifying employees in writing
of these results; presenting specified
information and training to employees;
establishing a medical surveillance
program for overexposed employees;
providing required information to the
physician; obtaining the physician’s
written opinion on using proper
respiratory equipment and establishing,
maintaining, transferring, and disclosing
exposure monitoring and medical
records. These collection of information
requirements, including the CHP,
control employee overexposure to
hazardous laboratory chemicals, thereby
preventing serious illnesses and death
among employees exposed to such
chemicals.
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 proposing to extend the
information collection requirements
contained in the Occupational Exposure
to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories
Standard (29 CFR 1910.1450). The
Agency is requesting to increase its
current burden hour total from 270,636
hours to 281,419 hours for a total
increase of 10,783 hours. The
adjustment is primarily a result of an
increase in the number of facilities
being monitored (from 43,300 to 45,616)
and the number of employees covered
by the Standard (from 1,598,385 to
1,660,408) based on updated data
obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau
and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The
Agency will summarize the comments
submitted in response to this notice,
and will include this summary in the
request to OMB to extend the approval
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of the information collection
requirements contained in the Standard.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection requirement.
Title: Occupational Exposure to
Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories.
OMB Number: 1218–0131.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; not-for-profit institutions;
Federal government; State, local, or
Tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 45,616.
Frequency of Response: Annually;
monthly; on occasion.
Total Responses: 911,446.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from 5 minutes (.08 hour) for a variety
of requirements (e.g., for an office clerk
to develop and post exposure
monitoring results) to 8 hours for an
employer to develop a Chemical
Hygiene Plan.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
281,419.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $35,978,301.
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–2008–0004).
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
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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.
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 April 8,
2008.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION
Records Schedules; Availability and
Request for Comments
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of
proposed records schedules; request for
comments.
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AGENCY:
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
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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 May 14,
2008. 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year
Federal agencies create billions of
records on paper, film, magnetic tape,
and other media. To control this
accumulation, agency records managers
prepare schedules proposing retention
periods for records and submit these
schedules for NARA’s approval, using
the Standard Form (SF) 115, Request for
Records Disposition Authority. These
schedules provide for the timely transfer
into the National Archives of
historically valuable records and
authorize the disposal of all other
records after the agency no longer needs
them to conduct its business. Some
schedules are comprehensive and cover
all the records of an agency or one of its
major subdivisions. Most schedules,
however, cover records of only one
office or program or a few series of
records. Many of these update
previously approved schedules, and
some include records proposed as
permanent.
The schedules listed in this notice are
media neutral unless specified
otherwise. An item in a schedule is
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media neutral when the disposition
instructions may be applied to records
regardless of the medium in which the
records are created and maintained.
Items included in schedules submitted
to NARA on or after December 17, 2007,
are media neutral unless the item is
limited to a specific medium. (See 36
CFR 1228.24(b)(3).)
No Federal records are authorized for
destruction without the approval of the
Archivist of the United States. This
approval is granted only after a
thorough consideration of their
administrative use by the agency of
origin, the rights of the Government and
of private persons directly affected by
the Government’s activities, and
whether or not they have historical or
other value.
Besides identifying the Federal
agencies and any subdivisions
requesting disposition authority, this
public notice lists the organizational
unit(s) accumulating the records or
indicates agency-wide applicability in
the case of schedules that cover records
that may be accumulated throughout an
agency. This notice provides the control
number assigned to each schedule, the
total number of schedule items, and the
number of temporary items (the records
proposed for destruction). It also
includes a brief description of the
temporary records. The records
schedule itself contains a full
description of the records at the file unit
level as well as their disposition. If
NARA staff has prepared an appraisal
memorandum for the schedule, it too
includes information about the records.
Further information about the
disposition process is available on
request.
Schedules Pending
1. Department of Agriculture, Rural
Development (N1–221–08–1, 22 items,
15 temporary items). Records relating to
a program which provides grants and
loans for rural telecommunications
projects. Proposed for permanent
retention are special studies and reports,
loan docket files and supporting data,
records of technical standards
committees, and records relating to
approved grants.
2. Department of the Army, Agencywide (N1-AU–08–1, 3 items, 2
temporary items). Master file and
standard reports associated with an
electronic information system used to
report sexual assault and prevention
data. Data includes information on the
victim and perpetrator, nature of the
incident, actions taken, and final
results. Proposed for permanent
retention are annual reports on sexual
assaults.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2008-0004]
Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories
Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)
Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comment concerning its proposal to extend
OMB approval of the information collection requirements specified by
the Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories
Standard (Sec. 1910.1450).
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
June 13, 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-2008-
0004, 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., ET.
Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number (OSHA-2008-0004) for the Information Collection Request
(ICR). 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 may also contact Jamaa Hill at
the address below to obtain a copy of the ICR.
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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 OSH 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 entitled ``Occupational Exposure to Hazardous
Chemicals in Laboratories'' (29 CFR 1910.1450; the ``Standard'')
applies to laboratories that use hazardous chemicals in accordance with
the Standard's definitions for ``laboratory use of hazardous
chemicals'' and ``laboratory scale.'' The Standard requires these
laboratories to maintain employee exposures at or below the permissible
exposure limits specified for the hazardous chemicals in 29 CFR part
1910, subpart Z. They do so by developing a written Chemical Hygiene
Plan (CHP) that describes: Standard operating procedures for using
hazardous chemicals; hazard control techniques; equipment reliability
measures; employee information-and-training programs; conditions under
which the employer must approve operations, procedures, and activities
before implementation; and medical consultations and examinations. The
CHP also designates personnel responsible for implementing the CHP, and
specifies the procedures used to provide additional protection to
employees exposed to particularly hazardous chemicals.
Other information collection requirements of the Standard include:
Documenting exposure monitoring results; notifying employees in writing
of these results; presenting specified information and training to
employees; establishing a medical surveillance program for overexposed
employees; providing required information to the physician; obtaining
the physician's written opinion on using proper respiratory equipment
and establishing, maintaining, transferring, and disclosing exposure
monitoring and medical records. These collection of information
requirements, including the CHP, control employee overexposure to
hazardous laboratory chemicals, thereby preventing serious illnesses
and death among employees exposed to such chemicals.
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 proposing to extend the information collection requirements
contained in the Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in
Laboratories Standard (29 CFR 1910.1450). The Agency is requesting to
increase its current burden hour total from 270,636 hours to 281,419
hours for a total increase of 10,783 hours. The adjustment is primarily
a result of an increase in the number of facilities being monitored
(from 43,300 to 45,616) and the number of employees covered by the
Standard (from 1,598,385 to 1,660,408) based on updated data obtained
from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The
Agency will summarize the comments submitted in response to this
notice, and will include this summary in the request to OMB to extend
the approval of the information collection requirements contained in
the Standard.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information
collection requirement.
Title: Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in
Laboratories.
OMB Number: 1218-0131.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; not-for-profit
institutions; Federal government; State, local, or Tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 45,616.
Frequency of Response: Annually; monthly; on occasion.
Total Responses: 911,446.
Average Time per Response: Varies from 5 minutes (.08 hour) for a
variety of requirements (e.g., for an office clerk to develop and post
exposure monitoring results) to 8 hours for an employer to develop a
Chemical Hygiene Plan.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 281,419.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $35,978,301.
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-2008-0004). 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
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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.
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 April 8, 2008.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E8-7785 Filed 4-11-08; 8:45 am]
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