Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Formaldehyde Standard, 76656-76657 [2013-30071]

Download as PDF 76656 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 243 / Wednesday, December 18, 2013 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Drug Enforcement Administration [OMB Number 1117–0024] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested: Reports of Suspicious Orders or Theft/Loss of Listed Chemicals/Machines ehiers on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES ACTION: 60-Day notice. The Department of Justice (DOJ), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until February 18, 2014. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10. If you have comments, especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time, suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact Ruth A. Carter, Chief, Policy Evaluation Analysis Section, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, 8701 Morrissette Drive, Springfield, VA 22152. Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of the following four points: —Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; —Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; —Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and —Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:27 Dec 17, 2013 Jkt 232001 Overview of This Information Collection (1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved collection. (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Reports of Suspicious Orders or Theft/ Loss of Listed Chemicals/Machines. (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: Notification of suspicious orders and thefts is provided in writing on an as needed basis and does not occur using a form. Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice. (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary: Business or other for-profit. Other: None. Abstract: Persons handling listed chemicals and tableting and encapsulating machines are required to report thefts, losses and suspicious orders pertaining to these items. These reports provide DEA with information regarding possible diversion to illicit drug manufacture. (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: DEA estimates that 300 persons respond as needed to this collection. Responses take 15 minutes. (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: DEA estimates that this collection takes 75 annual burden hours. If additional information is required contact: Jerri Murray, Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice Management Division, Department of Justice, Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., Suite 3W– 1407B, Washington, DC 20530. Dated: December 12, 2013. Jerri Murray, Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice. [FR Doc. 2013–30027 Filed 12–17–13; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Office of the Secretary Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Formaldehyde Standard PO 00000 Notice. Frm 00064 Fmt 4703 Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D). This ICR seeks to maintain PRA authority for the information collections specified in regulations 29 CFR 1910.1020 and –.1048. The Formaldehyde Standard requires a covered employer to monitor worker exposure, to notify workers of their formaldehyde exposures, to provide medical surveillances, to provide examining physicians with specific information, to ensure workers receive a copy of their medical examination results, to maintain SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BILLING CODE 4410–09–P ACTION: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Formaldehyde Standard,’’ to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for continued use, without change, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. DATES: Submit comments on or before January 17, 2014. ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation; including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained free of charge from the RegInfo.gov Web site at https:// www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201311–1218–001 (this link will only become active on the day following publication of this notice) or by contacting Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693–4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or sending an email to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. Submit comments about this request by mail or courier to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL–OSHA, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202– 395–6881 (this is not a toll-free number); or by email: OIRA_ submission@omb.eop.gov. Commenters are encouraged, but not required, to send a courtesy copy of any comments by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Attn: Departmental Information Compliance Management Program, Room N1301, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; or by email: DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693–4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at DOL_PRA_ PUBLIC@dol.gov. SUMMARY: Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\18DEN1.SGM 18DEN1 ehiers on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 243 / Wednesday, December 18, 2013 / Notices workers’ exposure monitoring and medical records for specific periods, and to provide the OSHA, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, affected workers, and their authorized representatives access to these records. Employers, workers, physicians, and the Government use these records to ensure exposure to benzene in the workplace does not harm workers. The Occupational Safety and Health Act authorizes this information collection. See 29 U.S.C. 651, 655, and 657. This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and the public is generally not required to respond to an information collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA and displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this information collection under Control Number 1218–0145. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3) years without renewal, and the current approval for this collection is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2013. The DOL seeks to extend PRA authorization for this information collection for three (3) more years, without any change to existing requirements. The DOL notes that existing information collection requirements submitted to the OMB receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review. For additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on August 23, 2013 (78 FR 52567). Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in the ADDRESSES section within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number 1218– 0145. The OMB is particularly interested in comments that: • Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; • Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:27 Dec 17, 2013 Jkt 232001 including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; • Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and • Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. Agency: DOL–OSHA. Title of Collection: Formaldehyde Standard. OMB Control Number: 1218–0145. Affected Public: Private Sector— businesses or other for-profits. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 84,931. Total Estimated Number of Responses: 904,202. Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 237,854. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $41,724,296. Dated: December 12, 2013. Michel Smyth, Departmental Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2013–30071 Filed 12–17–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–26–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Bureau of Labor Statistics Notice of Action AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Labor. ACTION: Notice of action. Effective with the release of PPI data for January 2014 in February 2014, BLS will transition from the Stage of Processing (SOP) aggregation system to the Final Demand-Intermediate Demand (FD–ID) aggregation system. This shift will result in significant changes to the PPI news release, as well as other documents available from PPI, including the PPI Detailed Report and PPI Handbook of Methods. DATES: The transition to the FD–ID system will occur with the release of January 2014 data, scheduled for release Wednesday, February 19, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Weinhagen, Producer Price Index, Bureau of Labor Statistics, telephone number 202–691–7709 (this is not a toll-free number), or by email to: weinhagen.jonathan@bls.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To expand the scope of coverage for the Producer SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 76657 Price Index (PPI), the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has developed an aggregation system that includes price changes for domestic goods, services, and construction sold to final demand and intermediate demand. The transition to the FD–ID system is the culmination of a long-standing PPI objective to improve the SOP aggregation system by incorporating PPIs for services, construction, government purchases, and exports. In comparison to the SOP system, the FD– ID system more than doubles current PPI coverage of the United States economy in its primary aggregate indexes to over 75 percent of in-scope domestic production. The FD–ID system was introduced as a set of experimental indexes in January 2011. Nearly all new FD–ID goods, services, and construction indexes provide historical data back to either November 2009 or April 2010, while the indexes for goods that correspond with the historical SOP indexes go back to the 1970s or earlier. To assist with the transition to the FD–ID system, PPI has been providing a version of the PPI news release based on the FD–ID model, starting with the publication of July 2013 data in August 2013. This document will be labeled ‘‘Experimental’’ through the December release in January 2014 and is being posted to the PPI Experimental FD–ID Aggregation System Web page (https:// www.bls.gov/ppi/ experimentalaggregation.htm) about two weeks after each month’s regular PPI release. That Web page also contains detailed methodological information for the FD–ID aggregation system. With the publication of January 2014 data in February 2014, the FD–ID version of the PPI news release will become the official news release document of record. A Federal Register Notice requesting comments pertaining to the FD–ID aggregation system was posted in the Federal Register Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Federal Register Volume 76, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 17, 2011), [Notices], [Pages 28467–28469], [FR Doc No: 2011–12042.] The FD–ID system will highlight the index for final demand, which measures price changes for goods, services, and construction sold to final demand: personal consumption, capital investment, government purchases, and exports. The composition of products in the final demand price index differs from that of the finished goods index in two major respects. First, it includes government purchases and exports. Second, it includes services and construction, which are not reflected in finished goods. E:\FR\FM\18DEN1.SGM 18DEN1

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[FR Doc No: 2013-30071]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Formaldehyde Standard

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sponsored information 
collection request (ICR) titled, ``Formaldehyde Standard,'' to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for 
continued use, without change, in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

DATES: Submit comments on or before January 17, 2014.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation; 
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency 
of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained free of charge 
from the RegInfo.gov Web site at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201311-1218-001 (this link will only become active 
on the day following publication of this notice) or by contacting 
Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free 
number) or sending an email to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
    Submit comments about this request by mail or courier to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-
OSHA, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202-395-6881 (this is not a toll-free 
number); or by email: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. Commenters are 
encouraged, but not required, to send a courtesy copy of any comments 
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of the 
Chief Information Officer, Attn: Departmental Information Compliance 
Management Program, Room N1301, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210; or by email: DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at 
202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks to maintain PRA authority for 
the information collections specified in regulations 29 CFR 1910.1020 
and -.1048. The Formaldehyde Standard requires a covered employer to 
monitor worker exposure, to notify workers of their formaldehyde 
exposures, to provide medical surveillances, to provide examining 
physicians with specific information, to ensure workers receive a copy 
of their medical examination results, to maintain

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workers' exposure monitoring and medical records for specific periods, 
and to provide the OSHA, National Institute for Occupational Safety and 
Health, affected workers, and their authorized representatives access 
to these records. Employers, workers, physicians, and the Government 
use these records to ensure exposure to benzene in the workplace does 
not harm workers. The Occupational Safety and Health Act authorizes 
this information collection. See 29 U.S.C. 651, 655, and 657.
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA and displays 
a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any 
other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to 
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that 
does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 
1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this information collection 
under Control Number 1218-0145.
    OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3) 
years without renewal, and the current approval for this collection is 
scheduled to expire on December 31, 2013. The DOL seeks to extend PRA 
authorization for this information collection for three (3) more years, 
without any change to existing requirements. The DOL notes that 
existing information collection requirements submitted to the OMB 
receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review. For 
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
notice published in the Federal Register on August 23, 2013 (78 FR 
52567).
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in 
the ADDRESSES section within 30 days of publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate 
consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number 1218-0145. 
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    Agency: DOL-OSHA.
    Title of Collection: Formaldehyde Standard.
    OMB Control Number: 1218-0145.
    Affected Public: Private Sector--businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 84,931.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 904,202.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 237,854.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $41,724,296.

    Dated: December 12, 2013.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-30071 Filed 12-17-13; 8:45 am]
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