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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0862]
Standard on Hazardous Waste
Operations and Emergency Response
(HAZWOPER); 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:
OSHA solicits public
comments concerning its proposal to
extend the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements
specified by the Hazardous Waste
Operations and Emergency Response
(HAZWOPER) Standard (29 CFR
1910.120).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by June
29, 2012.
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, Docket No.
OSHA–2011–0862, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 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
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docket number (OSHA–2011–0862) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). All comments, including any
personal information you provide, are
placed in the public docket without
change, and may be made available
online at https://www.regulations.gov.
For further information on submitting
comments see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading in the section of
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov
or the OSHA Docket Office at the
address above. All documents in the
docket (including this Federal Register
notice) are listed in the https://www.
regulations.gov index; however, some
information (e.g., copyrighted material)
is not publicly available to read or
download from 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 accord 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
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reduce to the maximum extent feasible
unnecessary duplication of efforts in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The HAZWOPER Standard specifies a
number of collection of information
(paperwork) requirements. Employers
can use the information collected under
the HAZWOPER rule to develop the
various programs the Standard requires
and to ensure that their workers are
trained properly about the safety and
health hazards associated with
hazardous waste operations and
emergency response to hazardous waste
releases. OSHA will use the records
developed in response to this Standard
to determine adequate compliance with
the Standard’s safety and health
provisions. The employer’s failure to
collect and distribute the information
required in this Standard will affect
significantly OSHA’s effort to control
and reduce injuries and fatalities. Such
failure would also be contrary to the
direction Congress provided in the
Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act (SARA).
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
The Agency is requesting an
adjustment in the burden hours of 1,381
hours from 1,199,954 to 1,198,573
hours. The adjustment in burden hours
is primarily due to a decrease in the
number of sites covered by the
Standard.
The Agency will summarize the
comments submitted in response to this
notice and will include this summary in
the request to OMB to extend the
approval of the information collection
requirements contained in the Standard.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Hazardous Waste Operations
and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)
Standard (29 CFR 1910.120).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0202.
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Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Not-for-profit organizations;
Federal Government; State, Local, or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 30,125.
Total Responses: 1,205,700.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from one minute (.02 hour) to maintain
a certification record to 24 hours for
initial employee training.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
1,198,573.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $3,059,864.
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–2011–0862).
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 dates 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.
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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, Ph.D., 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. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).
Signed at Washington, DC, on April 25,
2012.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION
BOARD
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection
AGENCY:
Merit Systems Protection
Board.
ACTION:
Notice.
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the
U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board
(MSPB) announces that it is planning to
submit a request for a three-year
extension of an Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). Before
submitting this ICR to OMB for review
and approval, MSPB is soliciting
comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as
described below.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before June 29, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information to
William D. Spencer, Merit Systems
Protection Board, 1615 M Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20419.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Dr. DeeAnn Batten
at (202) 254–4495 or
deeann.batten@mspb.gov.
Under the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal
agencies must obtain approval from
OMB for each collection of information
they conduct or sponsor. The MSPB
intends to ask for a three-year renewal
of its Generic Clearance Request for
Voluntary Customer Surveys, OMB
Control No. 3124–0012. Executive Order
12862, ‘‘Setting Customer Service
Standards,’’ mandates that agencies
identify their customers and survey
them to determine the kind and quality
of services they want and their level of
satisfaction with existing services and
products.
In this regard, we are soliciting
comments on the public reporting
burden. The reporting burden for the
collection of information on this request
is estimated to vary from 5 minutes to
45 minutes, with an average of 30
minutes, including time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data
sources, gathering and maintaining the
data needed, and completing and
reviewing the collection of information.
In the estimated annual reporting
burden listed below, the reason that the
annual number of respondents differs
from the number of total annual
responses is that our experience shows
that only about 50% of those invited to
participate in our voluntary customer
surveys avail themselves of that
opportunity.
In addition, the MSPB invites
comments on (1) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of MSPB’s
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of MSPB’s estimate of
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2011-0862]
Standard on Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
(HAZWOPER); 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 the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements specified by the Hazardous Waste
Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Standard (29 CFR
1910.120).
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
June 29, 2012.
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, Docket No. OSHA-2011-0862,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, 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 (OSHA-2011-0862) for the Information Collection Request
(ICR). All comments, including any personal information you provide,
are placed in the public docket without change, and may be made
available online at https://www.regulations.gov. For further information
on submitting comments see the ``Public Participation'' heading in the
section of this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov or the OSHA Docket Office at
the address above. All documents in the docket (including this Federal
Register notice) are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index;
however, some information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly
available to read or download from 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 accord 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 HAZWOPER Standard specifies a number of collection of
information (paperwork) requirements. Employers can use the information
collected under the HAZWOPER rule to develop the various programs the
Standard requires and to ensure that their workers are trained properly
about the safety and health hazards associated with hazardous waste
operations and emergency response to hazardous waste releases. OSHA
will use the records developed in response to this Standard to
determine adequate compliance with the Standard's safety and health
provisions. The employer's failure to collect and distribute the
information required in this Standard will affect significantly OSHA's
effort to control and reduce injuries and fatalities. Such failure
would also be contrary to the direction Congress provided in the
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA).
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
The Agency is requesting an adjustment in the burden hours of 1,381
hours from 1,199,954 to 1,198,573 hours. The adjustment in burden hours
is primarily due to a decrease in the number of sites covered by the
Standard.
The Agency will summarize the comments submitted in response to
this notice and will include this summary in the request to OMB to
extend the approval of the information collection requirements
contained in the Standard.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)
Standard (29 CFR 1910.120).
OMB Control Number: 1218-0202.
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Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; Not-for-profit
organizations; Federal Government; State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 30,125.
Total Responses: 1,205,700.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies from one minute (.02 hour) to
maintain a certification record to 24 hours for initial employee
training.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,198,573.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $3,059,864.
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-2011-0862). 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
dates 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, Ph.D., 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. 1-2012
(77 FR 3912).
Signed at Washington, DC, on April 25, 2012.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2012-10348 Filed 4-27-12; 8:45 am]
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