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The Joint Board for the
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree
Under the Clean Air Act; the Clean
Water Act; the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act; the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-ToKnow Act; and the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
Notice is hereby given that on October
8, 2010, a proposed Consent Decree in
United States and State of Missouri v.
The Doe Run Resources Corporation, et
al., Civil Action 4:10-cv-1895 was
lodged with the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of
Missouri.
In this action the United States and
the State of Missouri sought civil
penalties and injunctive relief for
environmental violations of the Clean
Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q; the
Missouri Air Conservation Law, Chapter
643, RSMo; the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901–
6992k; the Missouri Hazardous Waste
Management Law, §§ 260.350–260.434,
RSMo; the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.
1251–1387; the Missouri Clean Water
Law, Chapter 644, RSMo; the
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Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. 11001–
11050; and the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42
U.S.C. 9601–9603 at several of the
mining, milling, and smelting facilities
located in Missouri owned and operated
by The Doe Run Resources Corporation,
The Doe Run Resources Corporation
d/b/a ‘‘The Doe Run Company’’, and The
Buick Resource Recycling Facility, LLC
(‘‘Defendants’’). To resolve the United
States’ and State’s claims the
Defendants will pay a civil penalty of $7
million. The penalty will be paid in a
$3.5 million payment to the United
States and a $1.5 million payment to the
state of Missouri, with an additional $1
million plus interest to be paid to the
state each year for the next two years.
The settlement also requires Doe Run to
establish financial assurance trust funds
for the cleanup of the following active
or former mining and milling facilities:
Brushy Creek, Buick, Fletcher,
Sweetwater, Viburnum, and West Fork.
Doe Run will also take steps to address
RCRA violations at certain facilities;
finalize and come into compliance with
more stringent Clean Water Act permits
at 10 of its facilities, including
Herculaneum, Glover, Brushy Creek,
Buick Mill, Fletcher, Sweetwater,
Viburnum, West Fork, Mine #35
(Casteel), and Buick Resource Recycling;
and will spend an estimated $5.8
million on stream mitigation activities
along 8.5 miles of Bee Fork Creek, an
impaired waterway near Doe Run’s
Fletcher mine and mill facility. At four
facilities, Buick Mine, Brushy Creek,
Fletcher, and Sweetwater, Doe Run will
also enclose the lead concentrate
handling, loading, and storage areas
under negative pressure with emissions
routed to a baghouse. The company will
also spend $2 million on community
mitigation projects over the next four
years.
In addition, instead of installing
pollution control technologies needed to
reduce sulfur dioxide and lead
emissions as required by the Clean Air
Act, Doe Run has made a business
decision to shut down its lead smelter
in Herculaneum, Mo., by Dec. 31, 2013.
The company will also provide an
initial $8.14 million in financial
assurance to guarantee cleanup work at
the Herculaneum facility.
The Department of Justice will receive
for a period of 30 days from the date of
this publication comments relating to
the Consent Decree. Comments should
be addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and either e-mailed
to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or
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mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20044–7611, and should refer to United
States, et al. v. The Doe Run Resources
Corporation, et al., D.J. Ref. 90–5–2–1–
07390/1. Commenters may request an
opportunity for a public meeting in the
affected area, in accordance with
Section 7003(d) of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, 42
U.S.C. 6973.
The Consent Decree may be examined
at the Office of the United States
Attorney, Eastern District of Missouri,
Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse,
111 South 10th Street, Room 20.333, St.
Louis, MO 63102 Tel.: (314) 539–2200
and at EPA Region 7, 901 N. 5th Street,
Kansas City, KS 66101, Tel: 1–800–223–
0425.
During the public comment period,
the Consent Decree, may also be
examined on the following Department
of Justice Web site, https://
www.usdoj.gov/enrd/
Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the
Consent Decree may also be obtained by
mail from the Consent Decree Library,
P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of
Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611 or
by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia
Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov),
fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone
confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In
requesting a copy from the Consent
Decree Library, please enclose a check
to cover the 25 cents per page
reproduction costs in the amount of
$43.50 (for Decree without appendices)
or $113.25 (for Decree with appendices)
payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by email or fax, forward a check in that
amount to the Consent Decree Library at
the stated address.
Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement
Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2010–0041]
Logging Operations; Extension of the
Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) Approval of Information
Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
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OSHA solicits public
comments concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in its Standard on Logging
Operations (29 CFR 1910.266).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
December 14, 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 a
copy of your comments and attachments
to the OSHA Docket Office, OSHA
Docket No. OSHA–2010–0041, 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 requirements (ICR) (OSHA–
2010–0041). 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 Theda Kenney at
the address below to obtain a copy of
the ICR.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Theda Kenney or Todd Owen,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room
N–3609, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)
693–2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent (i.e., employer) burden,
conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and continuing information collection
requirements in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program
ensures that information is in the
desired format, reporting burden (time
and costs) is minimal, collection
instruments are clearly understood, and
OSHA’s estimate of the information
collection burden is accurate. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et
seq.) authorizes information collection
by employers as necessary or
appropriate for enforcement of the 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).
Paragraph (f)(1)(iii) of the Standard
requires the employer to assure that
operating and maintenance instructions
are available on machines or in the area
where the machine is being operated.
Paragraph (g)(3) requires the employer
to assure that operating and
maintenance instructions are available
in each vehicle.
Paragraph (i)(1) of the Standard
requires employers to provide training
for each employee, including
supervisors. To meet this requirement,
employers must conduct the training at
the frequencies specified by paragraph
(i)(2). Paragraph (i)(3) specifies that an
worker’s/supervisor’s training must
consist of the following elements: Safe
work practices, including the use,
operation, and maintenance of tools,
machines, and vehicles the worker/
supervisor uses or operates, as well as
procedures, practices, and requirements
of the employer’s worksite; recognition
and control of health and safety hazards
associated with the worker’s/
supervisor’s specific work tasks and
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logging operations in general; and the
requirements of the Standard.
Paragraph (i)(10)(i) specifies that
employers must verify that they are in
compliance with the training
requirements in paragraph (i). This
certification must be in writing and
provide the following information: The
name/identifier of the worker/
supervisor; the date(s) of the training;
and either the signature of the employer
or the individual who conducted the
training. Paragraph (i)(10)(ii) requires
employers to maintain the most recent
certification for training completed by
an employee/supervisor.
Training workers/supervisors in safe
work practices and to recognize and
control the safety and health hazards
associated with their work tasks and
overall logging operations enables them
to prevent serious accidents by using
specific procedures and equipment in a
safe manner to avoid or to control
dangerous exposures to these hazards.
Establishing and maintaining written
certification of the training that each
worker/supervisor has received (i.e., job
and first aid) assures the employer that
the training specified by the Standard
has been conducted, and at the required
frequencies. With regard to first-aid
training, the certification assures that
the worker’s/supervisor’s training
certificate is currently valid. In addition,
these records provide the most efficient
means for an OSHA compliance officer
to determine whether an employer
performed the required training at the
necessary and appropriate frequencies.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
• Whether the proposed information
collection requirements are necessary
for the proper performance of the
Agency’s functions, including whether
the information is useful;
• The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of
the burden (time and costs) of the
information collection requirements,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• The quality, utility, and clarity of
the information collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden on
employers who must comply; for
example, by using automated or other
technological information collection
and transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
its approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the
Standard on Logging Operations (29
CFR 1910.266). The Agency is
requesting to decrease its existing
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burden hours from 31,286 hours to
25,957 for a total decrease of 5,329
hours. This decrease is the result of
updated data which shows a decrease in
the number of logging establishments.
The Agency will summarize the
comments submitted in response to this
notice and will include this summary in
the request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Logging Operations (29 CFR
1910.266).
OMB Number: 1218–0198.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 10,038.
Frequency of Recordkeeping: Initially;
on occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from 1 minute (.02 hour) to maintain
training certification records to 3 hours
to conduct initial training.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
25,957.
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–2010–0041).
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
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. 4–2010 (75 FR 55355).
Signed in Washington, DC, on October 12,
2010.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
activities related to the production of
spun yarn.
The company reports that workers
leased from The Pollard Agency and
PFMI were employed on-site at the
Bainbridge, Georgia location of Propex
Operating Company, 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 The Pollard Agency and PFMI
working on-site at the Bainbridge,
Georgia location of Propex Operating
Company, LLC.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–74,548 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Propex Operating Company,
LLC, including on-site leased workers from
Ambassador Personnel, The Pollard Agency
and PFMI, Bainbridge, Georgia, who became
totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 18, 2009,
through September 10, 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 at Washington, DC this 1st day of
October 2010.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
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Employment and Training
Administration
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[TA–W–74,548]
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Propex Operating Company, LLC,
Including On-Site Leased Workers
From Ambassador Personnel, the
Pollard Agency and PFMI, Bainbridge,
Georgia; Amended Certification
Regarding Eligibility To Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training
Administration
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 10, 2010,
applicable to workers of Propex
Operating Company, LLC, including onsite leased workers from Ambassador
Personnel, Bainbridge, Georgia. The
notice was published in the Federal
Register on September 23, 2010 (75 FR
57982).
At the request of a company official,
the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject
firm. The workers are engaged in
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Warner Chilcott Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Including On-Site Leased Workers
From Adecco Engineering and
Technical, Norwich, New York;
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 10, 2010,
applicable to workers of Warner Chilcott
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Norwich, New
York. The notice was published in the
Federal Register on September 23, 2010
(75 FR 57982).
At the request of a petitioner, the
Department reviewed the certification
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2010-0041]
Logging Operations; 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 comments.
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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the information collection requirements
specified in its Standard on Logging Operations (29 CFR 1910.266).
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
December 14, 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 a copy of your comments and
attachments to the OSHA Docket Office, OSHA Docket No. OSHA-2010-0041,
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 requirements (ICR) (OSHA-
2010-0041). 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 Theda Kenney at
the address below to obtain a copy of the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theda Kenney or Todd Owen, Directorate
of Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3609,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)
693-2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information
collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that
information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and costs)
is minimal, collection instruments are clearly understood, and OSHA's
estimate of the information collection burden is accurate. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651
et seq.) authorizes information collection by employers as necessary or
appropriate for enforcement of the 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).
Paragraph (f)(1)(iii) of the Standard requires the employer to
assure that operating and maintenance instructions are available on
machines or in the area where the machine is being operated. Paragraph
(g)(3) requires the employer to assure that operating and maintenance
instructions are available in each vehicle.
Paragraph (i)(1) of the Standard requires employers to provide
training for each employee, including supervisors. To meet this
requirement, employers must conduct the training at the frequencies
specified by paragraph (i)(2). Paragraph (i)(3) specifies that an
worker's/supervisor's training must consist of the following elements:
Safe work practices, including the use, operation, and maintenance of
tools, machines, and vehicles the worker/supervisor uses or operates,
as well as procedures, practices, and requirements of the employer's
worksite; recognition and control of health and safety hazards
associated with the worker's/supervisor's specific work tasks and
logging operations in general; and the requirements of the Standard.
Paragraph (i)(10)(i) specifies that employers must verify that they
are in compliance with the training requirements in paragraph (i). This
certification must be in writing and provide the following information:
The name/identifier of the worker/supervisor; the date(s) of the
training; and either the signature of the employer or the individual
who conducted the training. Paragraph (i)(10)(ii) requires employers to
maintain the most recent certification for training completed by an
employee/supervisor.
Training workers/supervisors in safe work practices and to
recognize and control the safety and health hazards associated with
their work tasks and overall logging operations enables them to prevent
serious accidents by using specific procedures and equipment in a safe
manner to avoid or to control dangerous exposures to these hazards.
Establishing and maintaining written certification of the training
that each worker/supervisor has received (i.e., job and first aid)
assures the employer that the training specified by the Standard has
been conducted, and at the required frequencies. With regard to first-
aid training, the certification assures that the worker's/supervisor's
training certificate is currently valid. In addition, these records
provide the most efficient means for an OSHA compliance officer to
determine whether an employer performed the required training at the
necessary and appropriate frequencies.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
Whether the proposed information collection requirements
are necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's functions,
including whether the information is useful;
The accuracy of OSHA's estimate of the burden (time and
costs) of the information collection requirements, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
The quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collected; and
Ways to minimize the burden on employers who must comply;
for example, by using automated or other technological information
collection and transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend its approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the Standard on Logging Operations
(29 CFR 1910.266). The Agency is requesting to decrease its existing
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burden hours from 31,286 hours to 25,957 for a total decrease of 5,329
hours. This decrease is the result of updated data which shows a
decrease in the number of logging establishments. The Agency will
summarize the comments submitted in response to this notice and will
include this summary in the request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Logging Operations (29 CFR 1910.266).
OMB Number: 1218-0198.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 10,038.
Frequency of Recordkeeping: Initially; on occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies from 1 minute (.02 hour) to
maintain training certification records to 3 hours to conduct initial
training.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 25,957.
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-2010-0041). 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. 4-2010
(75 FR 55355).
Signed in Washington, DC, on October 12, 2010.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2010-25978 Filed 10-14-10; 8:45 am]
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