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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0043]
Access to Employee Exposure and
Medical Records; Extension of the
Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) Approval of Information
Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
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AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public
comments concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
contained in its Regulation on Access to
Employee Exposure and Medical
Records (29 CFR 1910.1020).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked or received) by June 25,
2010.
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–2009–0043, U.S.
Department of Labor, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration,
Room N–2625, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,
telephone (202) 693–2350, (OSHA’s
TTY number is (877) 889–5627).
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.,
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Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number for the Information
Collection Request (ICR) (OSHA–2009–
0043). 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 Todd Owen at the
address below to obtain a copy of the
ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jamaa N. Hill, 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 cost) 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
the 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 Act also
requires that OSHA obtain such
information with minimum burden
upon employers, especially those
operating small businesses, and to
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reduce to the maximum extent feasible
unnecessary duplication of efforts in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
Under the authority granted by the
Act, OSHA published a health
regulation governing access to worker
exposure monitoring data and medical
records. This regulation does not require
employers to collect any information or
to establish any new systems of records.
Rather, it requires that employers
provide workers, their designated
representatives, and OSHA with access
to worker exposure monitoring and
medical records, and any analyses
resulting from these records that
employers must maintain under OSHA’s
toxic chemical and harmful physical
agent standards. In this regard, the
regulation specifies requirements for
record access, record retention, worker
information, trade secret management,
and record transfer. Accordingly, the
Agency attributes the burden hours and
costs associated with exposure
monitoring and measurement, medical
surveillance, and the other activities
required to generate the data governed
by the regulation to the health standards
that specify these activities; therefore,
OSHA did not include these burden
hours and costs in the ICR.
Access to exposure and medical
information enables workers and their
designated representatives to become
directly involved in identifying and
controlling occupational health hazards,
as well as managing and preventing
occupationally-related health
impairment and disease. Providing the
Agency with access to the records
permits it to ascertain whether or not
employers are complying with the
regulation, as well as the recordkeeping
requirements of its other health
standards; therefore, OSHA access
provides additional assurance that
workers and their designated
representative are able to obtain the data
they need to conduct their analyses.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
• Whether the proposed information
collection requirements are necessary
for the proper performance of the
Agency’s functions to protect workers,
including whether the information is
useful;
• The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of
the burden (time and costs) of the
information collection requirement,
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
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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 specified by
the Regulation on Access to Employee
Exposure and Medical Records (29 CFR
1910.1020). The Agency is requesting to
decrease its current burden hour total
from 720,187 hours to 664,993, a total
decrease of 55,194 hours. This decrease
is the result of the Agency using the
latest NAICS codes covered by the
Regulation to update the number of
establishments. The number of
establishments decreased from
5,108,244 to 4,790,859. The Agency will
summarize the comments submitted in
response to this notice, and will include
this summary in its request to OMB to
extend the approval of these
information collection requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Access to Employee Exposure
and Medical Records (29 CFR
1910.1020).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0065.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal government; State, local,
or tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 690,591.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from five minutes (.08 hour) for
employers to provide OSHA with access
to records to 10 minutes (.17 hour) to
maintain worker records.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
664,993 hours.
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 notice 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–2009–0043).
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,
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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.
V. Authority and Signature
David Michaels, PhD, MPH, 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, on April 20,
2010.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–72,483]
Maysteel, LLC Including On-Site
Leased Workers From Staff One,
Badger Tech, Boyd Hunter, Seek, QPS,
and Service First, Menomonee Falls,
WI; 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 March 12, 2010, applicable to
workers of Maysteel, LLC, including onsite leased workers from Staff One,
Badger Tech, Boyd Hunter, Seek, and
QPS, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. The
notice will soon be published in the
Federal Register.
At the request of the State Agency, the
Department reviewed the certification
for workers of the subject firm. The
workers are engaged in activities related
to the production of metal enclosures.
The company reports that workers
leased from Service First were
employed on-site at the Menomonee
Falls, Wisconsin location of Maysteel,
LLC. 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 Service First working on-site at the
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin location
of Maysteel, LLC.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–72,483 is hereby issued as
follows:
‘‘All workers of Maysteel, LLC, including
on-site leased workers from Staff One, Badger
Tech, Boyd Hunter, Seek, QPS, and Service
First, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, who
became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 21, 2008,
through March 12, 2012, and all workers in
the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the 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 in Washington, DC, this 13th day of
April 2010.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2009-0043]
Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records; Extension of the
Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information
Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the information collection requirements
contained in its Regulation on Access to Employee Exposure and Medical
Records (29 CFR 1910.1020).
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked or received) by June 25,
2010.
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-2009-0043,
U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210, telephone (202) 693-2350, (OSHA's TTY number is (877) 889-
5627). 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 Request (ICR) (OSHA-2009-
0043). 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 Todd Owen at the
address below to obtain a copy of the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamaa N. Hill, 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 cost)
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 the 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
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).
Under the authority granted by the Act, OSHA published a health
regulation governing access to worker exposure monitoring data and
medical records. This regulation does not require employers to collect
any information or to establish any new systems of records. Rather, it
requires that employers provide workers, their designated
representatives, and OSHA with access to worker exposure monitoring and
medical records, and any analyses resulting from these records that
employers must maintain under OSHA's toxic chemical and harmful
physical agent standards. In this regard, the regulation specifies
requirements for record access, record retention, worker information,
trade secret management, and record transfer. Accordingly, the Agency
attributes the burden hours and costs associated with exposure
monitoring and measurement, medical surveillance, and the other
activities required to generate the data governed by the regulation to
the health standards that specify these activities; therefore, OSHA did
not include these burden hours and costs in the ICR.
Access to exposure and medical information enables workers and
their designated representatives to become directly involved in
identifying and controlling occupational health hazards, as well as
managing and preventing occupationally-related health impairment and
disease. Providing the Agency with access to the records permits it to
ascertain whether or not employers are complying with the regulation,
as well as the recordkeeping requirements of its other health
standards; therefore, OSHA access provides additional assurance that
workers and their designated representative are able to obtain the data
they need to conduct their analyses.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
Whether the proposed information collection requirements
are necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's functions to
protect workers, including whether the information is useful;
The accuracy of OSHA's estimate of the burden (time and
costs) of the information collection requirement, 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
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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 specified by the Regulation on Access to
Employee Exposure and Medical Records (29 CFR 1910.1020). The Agency is
requesting to decrease its current burden hour total from 720,187 hours
to 664,993, a total decrease of 55,194 hours. This decrease is the
result of the Agency using the latest NAICS codes covered by the
Regulation to update the number of establishments. The number of
establishments decreased from 5,108,244 to 4,790,859. The Agency will
summarize the comments submitted in response to this notice, and will
include this summary in its request to OMB to extend the approval of
these information collection requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records (29 CFR
1910.1020).
OMB Control Number: 1218-0065.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; Federal government;
State, local, or tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 690,591.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies from five minutes (.08 hour) for
employers to provide OSHA with access to records to 10 minutes (.17
hour) to maintain worker records.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 664,993 hours.
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 notice 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-2009-0043). 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.
V. Authority and Signature
David Michaels, PhD, MPH, 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, on April 20, 2010.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2010-9544 Filed 4-23-10; 8:45 am]
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