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(12) After a well has been intersected
and the working place determined safe,
continue mining inby the well at a
distance sufficient to permit adequate
ventilation around the area of the
wellbore.
(13) No person will be permitted in
the area of the cut-through operation
except those actually engaged in the
mining operation, mine management,
representative of the miners, personnel
from MSHA, and personnel from the
appropriate State agency.
(14) A certified official will directly
supervise the cut-through operation and
only the certified official in charge will
issue instructions concerning the cutthrough operation.
(15) Locate non-sparking (brass) tools
on the working section in the event they
are needed to expose and examine cased
wells.
(16) Alert all personnel in the mine to
the planned intersection of the well
prior to their going underground if the
planned intersection is to occur during
their shift. Repeat this warning for all
shifts until the well has been mined
through. Mining may be conducted in
other working sections during the
intersection of the well.
(17) The responsible person required
in 30 CFR 75.1501 will be responsible
for well intersection emergencies. The
responsible person will review the well
intersection procedures prior to any
planned intersection.
Within 60 days after this petition
becomes final, the petitioner will submit
proposed revisions for its approved part
48 training plan to the DM.
Within 30 days after this petition
becomes final, the petitioner will submit
proposed revisions for its approved
mine emergency evacuation and
firefighting plan required in 30 CFR
75.1501. The petitioner will revise the
plans to include the hazards and
evacuation procedures to be used for
well intersections. All underground
miners will be trained in this revised
plan within 30 days of the DM’s
approval of the revised evacuation plan.
Such training may be done in a weekly
safety meeting or other type of
appropriate setting.
The petitioner asserts that the
proposed alternative method will at all
times guarantee no less than the same
measure or protection afforded by the
existing standard.
Docket Number: M–2013–051–C.
Petitioner: Jim Walter Resources, Inc.,
3000 Riverchase Galleria, Suite 1700,
Birmingham, Alabama 35244.
Mines: No. 4 Mine, MSHA I.D. No.
01–01247 and No. 7 Mine, MSHA I.D.
No. 01–01401, located in Tuscaloosa
County, Alabama.
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Regulation Affected: 30 CFR
75.1506(a)(3) (Refuge alternatives).
Modification Request: The petitioner
requests a modification of the existing
standard to permit the continued use of
its currently deployed refuge
alternatives chambers in the No. 4 and
No. 7 Mines past December 31, 2013,
provided that they are refurbished or
replaced as soon as practicable
thereafter.
The petitioner asserts that: (1)
Compliance with the standard’s current
December 31, 2013, deadline (to the
possible) will result in a diminution of
safety to miners; and (2) allowing the
use of its currently deployed units will
at all times in the foreseeable future
guarantee no less than the same measure
of protection afforded the miners by the
standard. The petitioner states that:
(1) MineARC refuge chambers are
currently in use at the No. 4 and No. 7
Mines.
(2) The MineARC refuge chamber is
the only commercially available refuge
model to incorporate both a powerless
carbon dioxide/carbon monoxide (CO2/
CO) scrubber as well as an intrinsically
safe air conditioning system (refrigerant
R744) housed within the same
constructed unit.
(3) The use of MineARC refuge
chambers at No. 4 and No. 7 Mines has
been continuously approved in the
Mines’ Emergency Response Plans
(ERPs) since February 2009.
(4) The MineARC refuge chambers are
currently undergoing 30 CFR Part 7
approval.
(5) MineARC’s efforts to obtain Part 7
approval have been in good faith and
delays in receiving Part 7 approval are
common throughout the industry as
reflected by the current absence of
approved chambers.
(6) In addition to the pending 30 CFR
Part 7 approval process, the MineARC
refuge chambers in use at the No. 4 and
No. 7 Mines must be refurbished to
comply with the directives of MSHA’s
Program Policy Letter No. P11–V–17.
(7) On April 4, 2013, MineARC
informed the petitioner that MineARC
will be unable to refurbish or replace all
of the petitioners units prior to
December 31, 2013, for the petitioner to
comply with 30 CFR 75.1506(a)(3) and/
or the requirements of MSHA’s Program
Policy Letter No. P11–V–17.
(8) Replacing the currently deployed
MineARC refuge chambers by December
31, 2013, with non-air conditioned,
MSHA-approved refuge chambers is not
feasible and/or would place the miners
at significant and greater risk in any
emergency.
(9) The only way to guarantee no less
than the same measure of safety to the
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miners as afforded by the standard prior
to December 31, 2013, is for MSHA to
approve continued deployment of its
MineARC refuge chambers until their
replacement with like units and/or
refurbishment of current units as soon
as practicable.
(10) Without instant granting of this
petition, it will be impossible to submit
the currently deployed MineARC
chambers for approval by the District
Manager in its ERPs under 30 CFR
75.1507 for January 2014 and later use.
(11) Granting of this petition will in
no way limit the authority of the District
Manager to require appropriate
measures in Jim Walter Resources’ ERPs
to assure timely replacement of its
current MineARC chambers with fullycompliant refurbished units.
The petitioner asserts that the
proposed alternative method will at all
times guarantee no less than the same
measure of protection afforded by the
existing standard.
Dated: November 19, 2013.
George F. Triebsch,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations and
Variances.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2010–0025]
Thy Hydrostatic Testing Provision of
the Portable Fire Extinguishers
Standard; Extension of the Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB)
Approval of the 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
contained in the Hydrostatic Testing
provision of the Portable Fire
Extinguishers Standard for General
Industry (29 CFR 1910.157(f)(16)).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
January 24, 2014.
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.
SUMMARY:
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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–2010–0025, 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 the OSHA
docket number for the Information
Collection Request (ICR) (OSHA–2010–
0025). 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:
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:
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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
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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 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 collections of information
contained in the Hydrostatic Testing
Provision of the Portable Fire
Extinguishers Standard are necessary to
reduce workers’ risk of death or serious
injury by ensuring that portable fire
extinguishers are in safe operating
condition. The following paragraphs
describe who uses the information in
the testing certification record, as well
as how they use it.
Test Records (§ 1910.157(f)(16))
Paragraph (f)(16) requires employers
to develop and maintain a certification
record of hydrostatic testing of portable
fire extinguishers. The certification
record must include the date of
inspection, the signature of the person
who performed the test, and the serial
number (or other identifier) of the fire
extinguisher that was tested.
Disclosure of Test Certification Records
The certification record must be
available to the Assistant Secretary or
his/her representative upon request. The
certification record provides assurance
to employers, workers, and OSHA
compliance officers that the fire
extinguishers have been hydrostatically
tested in accord with and at the
intervals specified in § 1910.157(f)(16),
thereby ensuring that they will operate
properly in the event workers need to
use them. Additionally, these records
provide the most efficient means for the
compliance officers to determine that an
employer is complying with the
hydrostatic testing provision.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
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• 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 cost) 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
Hydrostatic Testing Provision of the
Portable Fire Extinguishers Standard for
General Industry (29 CFR
1910.157(f)(16)). OSHA is proposing to
increase the burden hours in its
currently approved information
collection request from 124,084 burden
hours to 125,986 burden hours (a total
increase of 1,902 hours). This increase
is due to updated data showing an
increase in the number of firms affected
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.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: The Hydrostatic Testing
Provision of the Portable Fire
Extinguishers Standard (29 CFR
1910.157(f)(16)).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0218.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Responses: 9,205,000.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Ranges
from one minute (.02 hour) to maintain
the certification records to 33 minutes
(.55 hour) to test an extinguisher, and
generate and maintain the certification
record.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
125,986 hours.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $16,952,542.
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.regualtions.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by
facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
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material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2010–0025).
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 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
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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 November
19, 2013.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2010–0038]
Rigging Equipment for Material
Handling; 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 OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
contained in paragraphs (b)(1), (b)(6)(i),
(b)(6)(ii), (c)(15)(ii), (e)(1)(i), (ii), and (iii)
and (f)(2) of the Standard on Rigging
Equipment for Material Handling (29
CFR 1926.251). These paragraphs
require affixing identification tags or
markings on rigging equipment,
developing and maintaining inspection
records, and retaining proof-testing
certificates.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
January 24, 2014.
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–2010–0038, 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) (Docket No.
OSHA 2010–0038). All comments,
including any personal information you
provide, are placed in the public docket
without change, and may be made
available online at https://
DATES:
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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 accord 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 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 OSHA to 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 (b)(1) requires that alloy
steel chains have permanently affixed
durable identification tags stating size,
grade, rated capacity and sling
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2010-0025]
Thy Hydrostatic Testing Provision of the Portable Fire
Extinguishers Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and
Budget's (OMB) Approval of the 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 contained in the Hydrostatic
Testing provision of the Portable Fire Extinguishers Standard for
General Industry (29 CFR 1910.157(f)(16)).
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
January 24, 2014.
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.
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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-2010-0025, 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 the
OSHA docket number for the Information Collection Request (ICR) (OSHA-
2010-0025). 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: 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 accord 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 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 collections of information contained in the Hydrostatic Testing
Provision of the Portable Fire Extinguishers Standard are necessary to
reduce workers' risk of death or serious injury by ensuring that
portable fire extinguishers are in safe operating condition. The
following paragraphs describe who uses the information in the testing
certification record, as well as how they use it.
Test Records (Sec. 1910.157(f)(16))
Paragraph (f)(16) requires employers to develop and maintain a
certification record of hydrostatic testing of portable fire
extinguishers. The certification record must include the date of
inspection, the signature of the person who performed the test, and the
serial number (or other identifier) of the fire extinguisher that was
tested.
Disclosure of Test Certification Records
The certification record must be available to the Assistant
Secretary or his/her representative upon request. The certification
record provides assurance to employers, workers, and OSHA compliance
officers that the fire extinguishers have been hydrostatically tested
in accord with and at the intervals specified in Sec. 1910.157(f)(16),
thereby ensuring that they will operate properly in the event workers
need to use them. Additionally, these records provide the most
efficient means for the compliance officers to determine that an
employer is complying with the hydrostatic testing provision.
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
cost) 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 Hydrostatic Testing Provision
of the Portable Fire Extinguishers Standard for General Industry (29
CFR 1910.157(f)(16)). OSHA is proposing to increase the burden hours in
its currently approved information collection request from 124,084
burden hours to 125,986 burden hours (a total increase of 1,902 hours).
This increase is due to updated data showing an increase in the number
of firms affected 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.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: The Hydrostatic Testing Provision of the Portable Fire
Extinguishers Standard (29 CFR 1910.157(f)(16)).
OMB Control Number: 1218-0218.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits.
Number of Responses: 9,205,000.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Ranges from one minute (.02 hour) to
maintain the certification records to 33 minutes (.55 hour) to test an
extinguisher, and generate and maintain the certification record.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 125,986 hours.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $16,952,542.
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.regualtions.gov, which is the Federal
eRulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
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material must identify the Agency name and the OSHA docket number for
the ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2010-0025). 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 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 November 19, 2013.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2013-28074 Filed 11-22-13; 8:45 am]
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