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apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are
also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974.’’
Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of
October 2009.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
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Employment and Training
Administration
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General Motors Company, Lordstown
Assembly Plant, Including On-Site
Leased Workers From Adroit Software
& Consulting, Inc., ACRO Service
Corporation, the Bartech Group and
Aerotek Automotive, Warren, OH;
Amended Certification Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (‘‘Act’’),
19 U.S.C. 2273, the Department of Labor
issued a Certification of Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on September 2, 2009,
applicable to workers of General Motors
Company, Lordstown Assembly Plant,
Warren, Ohio. The notice will be
published soon in the Federal Register.
At the request of the State Agency, the
Department reviewed the certification
for workers of the subject firm. The
workers assemble the Chevrolet Cobalt
and Pontiac G5. The workers are not
separately identifiable by vehicle.
The company reports that workers
leased from Adroit Software &
Consulting, Inc., Acro Service
Corporation, The Bartech Group and
Aerotek Automotive were employed onsite at the Warren, Ohio location of
General Motors Company, Lordstown
Assembly Plant.
The Department has determined that
these workers were sufficiently under
the control of the subject firm to be
considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the
Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased
from Adroit Software & Consulting, Inc.,
Acro Service Corporation, The Bartech
Group and Aerotek Automotive working
on-site at the Warren, Ohio location of
General Motors Company, Lordstown
Assembly Plant.
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The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–70,623 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of General Motors Company,
Lordstown Assembly Plant, including on-site
leased workers from Adroit Software &
Consulting, Inc., Acro Service Corporation,
The Bartech Group and Aerotek Automotive,
Warren, Ohio, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or
after May 18, 2008, through September 2,
2011, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from
employment on date of certification through
two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of
October 2009.
Richard Church,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
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eligibility requirements of the Trade Act
of 1974.
Conclusion
After careful review of the
application, I conclude that the claim is
of sufficient weight to justify
reconsideration of the U.S. Department
of Labor’s prior decision. The
application is, therefore, granted.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of
October 2009.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E9–25797 Filed 10–26–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0037]
Electrical Protective Equipment
Standard and the Electric Power
Generation, Transmission, and
Distribution Standard; Extension of the
Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) Approval of Information
Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–70,295]
Ultimizers, Inc., Boring, OR; Notice of
Affirmative Determination Regarding
Application for Reconsideration
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
By application dated September 21,
2009, a company official requested
administrative reconsideration of the
negative determination regarding
workers’ eligibility to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
applicable to workers and former
workers of the subject firm. The
determination was issued on September
9, 2009. The Notice of Determination
will soon be published in the Federal
Register.
The initial investigation resulted in a
negative determination based on the
finding that imports of optimizing
lumber cut-off saws, feeders, sorters and
scanners did not contribute importantly
to worker separations at the subject firm
and no shift of production to a foreign
source occurred.
In the request for reconsideration, the
petitioner provided additional
information regarding customers of the
subject firm and imports of optimizing
lumber cut-off saws, feeders, sorters and
scanners.
The Department has carefully
reviewed the request for reconsideration
and the existing record and has
determined that the Department will
conduct further investigation to
determine if the workers meet the
SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public
comments concerning its request for an
extension of the information collection
requirements specified in its standards
on Electrical Protective Equipment (29
CFR 1910.137) and Electric Power
Generation, Transmission, and
Distribution (29 CFR 1910.269).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
December 28, 2009.
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–2009–0037, U.S.
Department of Labor, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration,
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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 Information
Collection Requirements (ICR) (OSHA–
2009–0037). All comments, including
any personal information you provide,
are placed in the public docket without
change, and may be made available
online at https://www.regulations.gov.
For further information on submitting
comments see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading in the section of
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov
or the OSHA Docket Office at the
address above. All documents in the
docket (including this Federal Register
notice) are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index; however,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through the Web site.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You may 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:
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 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 Electrical Protective Equipment
Standard (29 CFR 1910.137) and the
Electric Power Generation,
Transmission, and Distribution
Standard (29 CFR 1910.269) specify
several paperwork requirements. The
following describes the information
collection requirements contained in the
Standards and addresses who will use
the 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 Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.)
authorizes information collection by
Training Certification
(§ 1910.269(a)(2)(vii))
This provision requires employers to
certify that each worker has received the
training specified in paragraph (a)(2) of
the Standard. Employers must provide
certification after a worker demonstrates
proficiency in the work practices
involved.
The training conducted under
paragraph (a)(2) of the Standard must
ensure that: workers are familiar with
the safety-related work practices, safety
procedures, and other procedures, as
well as any additional safety
requirements in the Standard that
pertain to their respective job
assignments; workers are familiar with
any other safety practices, including
applicable emergency procedures (such
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Electrical Protective Equipment
Standard (§ 1910.137)
Testing Certification
(§ 1910.137(b)(2)(xii))
Employers must certify that the
electrical protective equipment used by
their workers have passed the tests
specified in paragraphs (b)(2)(viii),
(b)(2)(ix), and (b)(2)(xi) of the Standard.
The certification must identify the
equipment that passed the tests and the
dates of the tests. This provision ensures
that electrical protective equipment is
reliable and safe for worker use and will
provide adequate protection against
electrical hazards. In addition,
certification enables OSHA to determine
if employers are in compliance with the
equipment testing requirements of the
Standard.
Electric Power Generation,
Transmission, and Distribution
Standard (§ 1910.269)
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as pole top and manhole rescue),
addressed specifically by this Standard
that relate to their work and are
necessary for their safety; and qualified
workers have the skills and techniques
necessary to distinguish exposed live
parts from other parts of electric
equipment, can determine the nominal
voltage of the exposed live parts, know
the minimum approach distances
specified by the standard for voltages
when exposed to them, and understand
the proper use of special precautionary
techniques, personal protective
equipment, insulating and shielding
materials, and insulated tools for
working on or near exposed and
energized parts of electric equipment.
Workers must receive additional
training or retraining if: The supervision
and annual inspections required by the
Standard indicate that they are not
complying with the required safetyrelated work practices; new technology
or equipment, or revised procedures,
require the use of safety-related work
practices that differ from their usual
safety practices; and they use safetyrelated work practices that are different
than their usual safety practices while
performing job duties.
The training requirements of the
Standard inform workers of the safety
hazards of electrical exposure and
provide them with the understanding
required to minimize these safety
hazards. In addition, workers must
receive proper training in safety-related
work practices, safety procedures, and
other safety requirements specified in
the Standard. The required training,
therefore, provides information to
workers that enable them to recognize
how and where electrical exposures
occur, and what steps to take, including
work practices, to limit such exposure.
The certification requirement specified
by paragraph (a)(2)(vii) of the Standard
helps employers monitor the training
their workers received and helps OSHA
determine if employers provided the
required training to their workers.
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
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• Ways to minimize the burden on
employers who must comply; for
example, by using automated or other
technological information collection
and transmission techniques.
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III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
its approval of the collection of
information requirements contained in
the Standards on Electrical Protective
Equipment (29 CFR 1910.137), and
Electric Power Generation,
Transmission, and Distribution (29 CFR
1910.269). The Agency is proposing to
increase the burden hours in the
currently approved information
collection request from 30,533 hours to
34,208 hours (a total increase of 3,675
hours). The increase is a result of an
increase in the number of affected
workers from 227,683 to 275,000.
The 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 information
collection.
Title: Electrical Protective Equipment
(29 CFR 1910.137) and Electric Power
Generation, Transmission, and
Distribution (29 CFR 1910.269).
OMB Number: 1218–0190.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 20,765.
Frequency: On occasion; semiannually; annually.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from one minute (.02 hour) for a clerical
employee to maintain training
certification records to 15 minutes (.25
hour) to test a batch of gloves or sleeves.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
34,208.
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–2009–0037).
You may supplement electronic
submissions by uploading document
files electronically. If you wish to mail
additional materials in reference to an
electronic or facsimile submission, you
must submit them to the OSHA Docket
Office (see the section of this notice
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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 website 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 Web site, and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate
docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
Jordan Barab, Acting 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 31160).
Signed at Washington, DC, this 22nd day
of October 2009.
Jordan Barab,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–63,747]
Hynix Semiconductor Manufacturing
America, Inc., Including On-Site
Leased Workers From Securitas
Security Sytems, Global Tech Building
Services Corp., Air Liquide Electronics
U.S. LP and Lam Research
Corporation, Eugene, Oregon;
Amended Certification Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance and Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273), and
Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26
U.S.C. 2813), as amended, the
Department of Labor issued a
Certification of Eligibility to Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance on August 20, 2008,
applicable to workers of Hynix
Semiconductor Manufacturing America,
Inc., Eugene, Oregon. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on
September 3, 2008 (73 FR 51529). The
certification was amended on October
30, 2008 to include on-site leased
workers from Securitas Security
Systems and Global Tech Building
Services Corp. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on
November 7, 2008 (73 FR 66273). A
second certification was amended on
January 13, 2009 to include on-site
leased workers from Air Liquide
Electronics U.S. LP. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on
February 2, 2009 (74 FR 5866).
At the request of the petitioners, the
Department reviewed the certification
for workers of the subject firm. The
workers are engaged in the production
of Dynamic Random Access Memory
(DRAM) wafers.
New information shows that leased
workers of Lam Research Corporation
were employed on-site at the Eugene,
Oregon location of Hynix
Semiconductor Manufacturing America,
Inc. The Department has determined
that these workers were sufficiently
under the control of the subject firm.
Based on these findings, the
Department is amending this
certification to include leased workers
of Lam Research Corporation working
on-site at the Eugene, Oregon location of
the subject firm.
The intent of the Department’s
certification is to include all workers
employed at Hynix Semiconductor
Manufacturing America, Inc., Eugene,
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2009-0037]
Electrical Protective Equipment Standard and the Electric Power
Generation, Transmission, and Distribution 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 comments concerning its request for an
extension of the information collection requirements specified in its
standards on Electrical Protective Equipment (29 CFR 1910.137) and
Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution (29 CFR
1910.269).
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
December 28, 2009.
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-2009-0037,
U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration,
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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 Information Collection Requirements (ICR) (OSHA-
2009-0037). All comments, including any personal information you
provide, are placed in the public docket without change, and may be
made available online at https://www.regulations.gov. For further
information on submitting comments see the ``Public Participation''
heading in the section of this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov or the OSHA Docket Office at
the address above. All documents in the docket (including this Federal
Register notice) are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index;
however, some information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly
available to read or download through the Web site. All submissions,
including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and
copying at the OSHA Docket Office. You may 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 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 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 Electrical Protective Equipment Standard (29 CFR 1910.137) and
the Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Standard
(29 CFR 1910.269) specify several paperwork requirements. The following
describes the information collection requirements contained in the
Standards and addresses who will use the information.
Electrical Protective Equipment Standard (Sec. 1910.137)
Testing Certification (Sec. 1910.137(b)(2)(xii))
Employers must certify that the electrical protective equipment
used by their workers have passed the tests specified in paragraphs
(b)(2)(viii), (b)(2)(ix), and (b)(2)(xi) of the Standard. The
certification must identify the equipment that passed the tests and the
dates of the tests. This provision ensures that electrical protective
equipment is reliable and safe for worker use and will provide adequate
protection against electrical hazards. In addition, certification
enables OSHA to determine if employers are in compliance with the
equipment testing requirements of the Standard.
Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Standard
(Sec. 1910.269)
Training Certification (Sec. 1910.269(a)(2)(vii))
This provision requires employers to certify that each worker has
received the training specified in paragraph (a)(2) of the Standard.
Employers must provide certification after a worker demonstrates
proficiency in the work practices involved.
The training conducted under paragraph (a)(2) of the Standard must
ensure that: workers are familiar with the safety-related work
practices, safety procedures, and other procedures, as well as any
additional safety requirements in the Standard that pertain to their
respective job assignments; workers are familiar with any other safety
practices, including applicable emergency procedures (such as pole top
and manhole rescue), addressed specifically by this Standard that
relate to their work and are necessary for their safety; and qualified
workers have the skills and techniques necessary to distinguish exposed
live parts from other parts of electric equipment, can determine the
nominal voltage of the exposed live parts, know the minimum approach
distances specified by the standard for voltages when exposed to them,
and understand the proper use of special precautionary techniques,
personal protective equipment, insulating and shielding materials, and
insulated tools for working on or near exposed and energized parts of
electric equipment.
Workers must receive additional training or retraining if: The
supervision and annual inspections required by the Standard indicate
that they are not complying with the required safety-related work
practices; new technology or equipment, or revised procedures, require
the use of safety-related work practices that differ from their usual
safety practices; and they use safety-related work practices that are
different than their usual safety practices while performing job
duties.
The training requirements of the Standard inform workers of the
safety hazards of electrical exposure and provide them with the
understanding required to minimize these safety hazards. In addition,
workers must receive proper training in safety-related work practices,
safety procedures, and other safety requirements specified in the
Standard. The required training, therefore, provides information to
workers that enable them to recognize how and where electrical
exposures occur, and what steps to take, including work practices, to
limit such exposure. The certification requirement specified by
paragraph (a)(2)(vii) of the Standard helps employers monitor the
training their workers received and helps OSHA determine if employers
provided the required training to their workers.
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
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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 collection
of information requirements contained in the Standards on Electrical
Protective Equipment (29 CFR 1910.137), and Electric Power Generation,
Transmission, and Distribution (29 CFR 1910.269). The Agency is
proposing to increase the burden hours in the currently approved
information collection request from 30,533 hours to 34,208 hours (a
total increase of 3,675 hours). The increase is a result of an increase
in the number of affected workers from 227,683 to 275,000.
The 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 information
collection.
Title: Electrical Protective Equipment (29 CFR 1910.137) and
Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution (29 CFR
1910.269).
OMB Number: 1218-0190.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 20,765.
Frequency: On occasion; semi-annually; annually.
Average Time per Response: Varies from one minute (.02 hour) for a
clerical employee to maintain training certification records to 15
minutes (.25 hour) to test a batch of gloves or sleeves.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 34,208.
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-2009-0037). You
may supplement electronic submissions by uploading document files
electronically. If you wish to mail additional materials in reference
to an electronic or facsimile submission, you must submit them to the
OSHA Docket Office (see the section of this notice titled ADDRESSES).
The additional materials must clearly identify your electronic comments
by your 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 website 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 Web site, and for assistance in
using the Internet to locate docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
Jordan Barab, Acting 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
31160).
Signed at Washington, DC, this 22nd day of October 2009.
Jordan Barab,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E9-25779 Filed 10-26-09; 8:45 am]
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