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Consent Decree. The settlement
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Defendant pay $150,000, provide
$50,000 worth of construction materials
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Mines, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90–11–
Issued: August 6, 2010.
3–128/7.
By order of the Commission.
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Marilyn R. Abbott,
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Secretary to the Commission.
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Under the Comprehensive
Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov),
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6, 2010, a proposed Consent Decree in
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costs incurred and to be incurred by the
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Superfund Site in northern Idaho. The
Occupational Safety and Health
proposed Consent Decree grants the
Administration
Defendant a covenant not to sue for
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the Site. The United States Department
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of the Interior, the United States
(OMB) Approval of Information
Department of Agriculture, and the
Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
Coeur d’Alene Tribe are trustees of
injured natural resources at the Site, and AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health
the Tribe is a party to the proposed
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ACTION:
Request for public comment.
The Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) is
soliciting public comments concerning
the collection of information about the
safety and health practices of private
sector establishments in agriculture
(with 10 or more workers) and nonagriculture industries, as well as public
sector establishments in those states
with OSHA-approved safety and health
programs (State Plan states).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
October 12, 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–2010–0033, 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 Information
Collection Request (ICR) (OSHA–2010–
0033). 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
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and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You may contact Todd Owen or Theda
Kenney at the address below to obtain
a copy of the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Todd Owen or Theda Kenney,
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 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 Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) is undertaking a
rulemaking effort directed toward
requiring employers to establish injury
and illness prevention programs to
monitor and more effectively implement
practices to mitigate workplace hazards,
thereby reducing the incidence of
employee injuries and illnesses. OSHA
believes that widespread
implementation of such programs will
substantially improve overall workplace
safety and health conditions.
To gain information needed to
support this rulemaking effort, OSHA is
proposing to conduct a statistical survey
of private sector establishments in nonagricultural industries. The goal of the
survey is to develop industry-specific,
statistically accurate estimates of the
current prevalence of a variety of
baseline safety and health practices that
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may be elements of injury and illness
prevention programs among
establishments. OSHA also proposes to
conduct case study interviews in two
sectors: (1) establishments in the
agriculture sector to assess the
prevalence of safety and health practices
among farms with more than 10
workers; and (2) interviews with
government officials in State Plan states
to assess safety and heath practices
among agencies and departments
operated by state and local governments
in State Plan states.
In addition to the statistical survey
(Baseline Safety and Health Practices)
described above—which also includes
‘‘case studies’’ in two industry sectors
that could not be adequately sampled by
the survey methodology—the Agency is
proposing to conduct as many as 50 site
visits to employers. These employers
could potentially be affected by a new
standard that could require a
management program or system to
address workplace hazards. Site visits
would collect information on current
employer practices (much like the
information collected in the ‘‘case
studies’’ and the survey questionnaire
itself), but also solicit information from
employers on how they would comply
with such a regulation and what time or
costs would be required to do so. Site
visit reports capture much richer detail
about employer conditions than the
survey instrument, reflecting variations
of employer size and industry sector.
These site visits would be conducted
either by OSHA personnel or a
contractor under the agency’s direction.
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 OMB approval of
the collection of information
(paperwork) requirements contained in
the Baseline Safety and Health Practices
Survey. The hour burden of the
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information collection effort for the
study is 4,177 hours. The burden hour
estimates are based on tests of the length
of time each type of respondent is likely
to need to respond to the survey
questions. The total cost to respondents
is $213,153. This is a one-time data
collection effort.
OSHA will summarize the comments
submitted in response to this notice,
and will include this summary in its
request to OMB to approve the
information collection requirements in
the Baseline Safety and Health Practices
Survey.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Title: Baseline Safety and Health
Practices.
OMB Number: 1218–0NEW.
Affected Public: Private businesses;
state and local government entities in
State plan states.
Number of Respondents: Statistical
Survey—14,202; Case Studies—85
(agriculture and government sectors
combined); Site visits—50.
Frequency: Nonrecurring.
Estimated Time Per Response:
Statistical Survey—30 minutes (0.5
hour); Case Studies—30 minutes (0.5
hour) for agricultural establishments, 60
minutes (1 hour) for state and local
governments; Site visits—2 hours.
Total Burden Hours: Statistical
Survey—4,022; Case Studies—55; Site
Visits—100.
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 e-Rulemaking Portal; (2) by
facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
materials must identify the Agency
name and the OSHA docket number for
the ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2010–0033).
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
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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 publically 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 through 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 this 6th day
of August 2010.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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Records Schedules; Availability and
Request for Comments
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Administration (NARA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of
proposed records schedules; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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
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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
which agencies propose to destroy
records not previously authorized for
disposal or reduce the retention period
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
September 13, 2010. 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: request.schedule@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.
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
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2010-0033]
Baseline Safety and Health Practices; Office of Management and
Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork)
Requirements
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
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ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is
soliciting public comments concerning the collection of information
about the safety and health practices of private sector establishments
in agriculture (with 10 or more workers) and non-agriculture
industries, as well as public sector establishments in those states
with OSHA-approved safety and health programs (State Plan states).
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
October 12, 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-2010-0033,
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 Information Collection Request (ICR) (OSHA-2010-
0033). 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 or Theda
Kenney at the address below to obtain a copy of the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd Owen or Theda Kenney, 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 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 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is
undertaking a rulemaking effort directed toward requiring employers to
establish injury and illness prevention programs to monitor and more
effectively implement practices to mitigate workplace hazards, thereby
reducing the incidence of employee injuries and illnesses. OSHA
believes that widespread implementation of such programs will
substantially improve overall workplace safety and health conditions.
To gain information needed to support this rulemaking effort, OSHA
is proposing to conduct a statistical survey of private sector
establishments in non-agricultural industries. The goal of the survey
is to develop industry-specific, statistically accurate estimates of
the current prevalence of a variety of baseline safety and health
practices that may be elements of injury and illness prevention
programs among establishments. OSHA also proposes to conduct case study
interviews in two sectors: (1) establishments in the agriculture sector
to assess the prevalence of safety and health practices among farms
with more than 10 workers; and (2) interviews with government officials
in State Plan states to assess safety and heath practices among
agencies and departments operated by state and local governments in
State Plan states.
In addition to the statistical survey (Baseline Safety and Health
Practices) described above--which also includes ``case studies'' in two
industry sectors that could not be adequately sampled by the survey
methodology--the Agency is proposing to conduct as many as 50 site
visits to employers. These employers could potentially be affected by a
new standard that could require a management program or system to
address workplace hazards. Site visits would collect information on
current employer practices (much like the information collected in the
``case studies'' and the survey questionnaire itself), but also solicit
information from employers on how they would comply with such a
regulation and what time or costs would be required to do so. Site
visit reports capture much richer detail about employer conditions than
the survey instrument, reflecting variations of employer size and
industry sector. These site visits would be conducted either by OSHA
personnel or a contractor under the agency's direction.
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 OMB approval of the collection of information
(paperwork) requirements contained in the Baseline Safety and Health
Practices Survey. The hour burden of the
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information collection effort for the study is 4,177 hours. The burden
hour estimates are based on tests of the length of time each type of
respondent is likely to need to respond to the survey questions. The
total cost to respondents is $213,153. This is a one-time data
collection effort.
OSHA will summarize the comments submitted in response to this
notice, and will include this summary in its request to OMB to approve
the information collection requirements in the Baseline Safety and
Health Practices Survey.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Title: Baseline Safety and Health Practices.
OMB Number: 1218-0NEW.
Affected Public: Private businesses; state and local government
entities in State plan states.
Number of Respondents: Statistical Survey--14,202; Case Studies--85
(agriculture and government sectors combined); Site visits--50.
Frequency: Nonrecurring.
Estimated Time Per Response: Statistical Survey--30 minutes (0.5
hour); Case Studies--30 minutes (0.5 hour) for agricultural
establishments, 60 minutes (1 hour) for state and local governments;
Site visits--2 hours.
Total Burden Hours: Statistical Survey--4,022; Case Studies--55;
Site Visits--100.
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
e-Rulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other materials must identify the Agency
name and the OSHA docket number for the ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2010-
0033). 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 publically 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 through 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 this 6th day of August 2010.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2010-19869 Filed 8-11-10; 8:45 am]
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