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Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not for profit institutions; and
State, Local or Tribal Government.
Total
respondents
Frequency
Total
responses
Average time
per response
Estimated total
burden
PRICING ..............................................................................
OUTLET ROTATION: ..........................................................
35,921
12,932
8.7773
1
315,289
12,932
0.33
1.0
104,045
12,932
TOTAL ..........................................................................
48,853
n/a
328,221
n/a
116,977
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.0.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 12th day of
February 2014.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2014–03488 Filed 2–14–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–24–P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2010–0048]
Standard on Powered Platforms for
Building Maintenance; 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 OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in its Standard on Powered
Platforms for Building Maintenance (29
CFR 1910.66).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by April
21, 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
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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–2010–0048, 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–
0048). 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:
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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
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).
Paragraph (e)(9) of the Powered
Platform for Building Maintenance
Standard requires that employers
develop and implement a written
emergency action plan for each type of
powered platform operation. The plan
must explain the emergency procedures
that workers are to follow if they
encounter a disruption of the power
supply, equipment failure, or other
emergency. Prior to operating a powered
platform, employers must notify
workers how they can learn about alarm
systems and emergency escape routes,
and emergency procedures that pertain
to the building at which they will be
working. Employers are to review with
each worker those parts of the
emergency action plan that the worker
must know to ensure their protection
during an emergency; these reviews
must occur when the worker receives an
initial assignment involving a powered
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platform operation and after the
employer revises the emergency action
plan.
According to paragraph (f)(5)(i)(C),
employers must affix a load rating plate
to a conspicuous location on each
suspended unit that states the unit’s
weight and its rated load capacity.
Paragraph (f)(5)(ii)(N) requires
employers to mount each emergency
electric operating device in a secured
compartment and label the device with
instructions for its use. After installing
a suspension wire rope, paragraphs
(f)(7)(vi) and (f)(7)(vii) mandate that
employers attach a corrosion-resistant
tag with specified information to one of
the wire rope fastenings if the rope is to
remain at one location. In addition,
paragraph (f)(7)(viii) requires employers
who resocket a wire rope to either stamp
specified information on the original tag
or put that information on a
supplemental tag and attach it to the
fastening.
Paragraphs (g)(2)(i) and (g)(2)(ii)
require that building owners, at least
annually, have a competent person:
Inspect the supporting structures of
their buildings; inspect and, if
necessary, test the components of the
powered platforms, including control
systems; inspect/test components
subject to wear (e.g., wire ropes,
bearings, gears, and governors); and
certify these inspections and tests.
Under paragraph (g)(2)(iii), building
owners must maintain and, on request,
disclose to OSHA a written certification
record of these inspections/tests. This
record must include the date of the
inspection/test, the signature of the
competent person who performed it,
and the number/identifier of the
building support structure and
equipment inspected/tested.
Paragraph (g)(3)(i) mandates that
building owners have a competent
person inspect and, if necessary, test
each powered platform facility
according to the manufacturer’s
recommendations every 30 days, or
prior to use if the work cycle is less than
30 days. Under paragraph (g)(3)(ii),
building owners must maintain and, on
request, disclose to the Agency a written
certification record of these inspections/
tests. This record is to include the date
of the inspection/test, the signature of
the competent person who performed it,
and the number/identifier of the
powered platform facility inspected/
tested.
According to paragraph (g)(5)(iii),
building owners must have a competent
person thoroughly inspect suspension
wire ropes for a number of specified
conditions once a month, or before
placing the wire ropes into service if the
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ropes are inactive for 30 days or longer.
Paragraph (g)(5)(v) requires building
owners to maintain and, on request,
disclose to OSHA a written certification
record of these monthly inspections;
this record must consist of the date of
the inspection, the signature of the
competent person who performed it,
and the number/identifier of the wire
rope inspected.
Paragraph (i)(1)(ii) requires that all
workers who operate working platforms
be trained in the following: (A)
Recognition of, and preventive measures
for, the safety hazards associated with
their individual work tasks; (B) general
recognition and prevention of safety
hazards associated with the use of
working platforms; (C) emergency action
plan procedures required in paragraph
(e)(9) of this section; (D) work
procedures required in paragraph
(i)(1)((iv) of this section; (E) personal fall
arrest system inspection, care, use and
system performance. Paragraph
(1)(1)(iii) requires that training of
workers in the operation and inspection
of working platforms be performed by a
competent person. Paragraph (i)(1)(iv)
requires that written work procedures
for the operation, safe use and
inspection of working platforms be
provided for worker training.
Upon completion of this training,
paragraph (i)(1)(v) specifies that
employers must prepare a written
certification that includes the identity of
the worker trained, the signature of the
employer or the trainer, and the date the
worker completed the training. In
addition, the employer must maintain a
worker’s training certificate for the
duration of their employment and, on
request, make it available to OSHA.
Emergency action plans allow
employers and workers to anticipate,
and effectively respond to, emergencies
that may arise during powered platform
operations. Affixing load rating plates to
suspended units, instructions to
emergency electric operating devices,
and tags to wire rope fasteners prevent
workplace injuries by providing
information to employers and workers
regarding the conditions under which
they can safely operate these system
components. Requiring building owners
to establish and maintain written
certification of inspections and testing
conducted on the supporting structures
of buildings, powered platform systems,
and suspension wire ropes provides
employers and workers with assurance
that they can operate safely from the
buildings using equipment that is in
safe operating condition.
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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 Powered Platforms for
Building Maintenance (29 CFR 1910.66).
The Agency is requesting an adjustment
decrease in the number of burden hours
from 135,656 to 130,764, a total
decrease of 4,892 burden hours. The
decrease is due to the removal of burden
hours related to training. 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: Standard on Powered Platforms
for Building Maintenance (29 CFR
1910.66).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0121.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 900.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from 2 minutes (.03 hour) to disclose
certification records to 4 hours to
inspect/test both a powered platform
facility and its suspension wire ropes,
and to prepare the certification record.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
130,764.
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
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material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2010–0048).
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 from 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 from 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 February 12,
2014.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2014–03462 Filed 2–14–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–26–P
discount rates in Appendix C are to be
used for cost-effectiveness analysis,
including lease-purchase analysis, as
specified in the revised Circular. They
do not apply to regulatory analysis.
The revised discount rates will
be in effect through December 2014.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gideon F. Lukens, Office of Economic
Policy, Office of Management and
Budget, (202) 395–3316.
Dates: February 4, 2014.
Aviva R. Aron-Dine,
Associate Director for Economic Policy, Office
of Management and Budget.
Attachment
OMB Circular No. A–94
Appendix C
(Revised December 2013)
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness
Analysis of Federal Programs
Office of Management and
Budget.
ACTION: Revisions to Appendix C of
OMB Circular A–94.
AGENCY:
The Office of Management
and Budget revised Circular A–94 in
1992. The revised Circular specified
certain discount rates to be updated
annually when the interest rate and
inflation assumptions used to prepare
the Budget of the United States
Government were changed. These
discount rates are found in Appendix C
of the revised Circular. The updated
discount rates are shown below. The
SUMMARY:
Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness, Lease
Purchase, and Related Analyses
Effective Dates. This appendix is updated
annually. This version of the appendix is
valid for calendar year 2014. A copy of the
updated appendix can be obtained in
electronic form through the OMB home page
at https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars_
a094/a94_appx-c/. The text of the Circular is
found at https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
circulars_a094/, and a table of past years’
rates is located at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/
assets/a94/dischist.pdf. Updates of the
appendix are also available upon request
from OMB’s Office of Economic Policy (202–
395–3316).
Nominal Discount Rates. A forecast of
nominal or market interest rates for calendar
year 2014 based on the economic
assumptions for the 2015 Budget is presented
below. These nominal rates are to be used for
discounting nominal flows, which are often
encountered in lease-purchase analysis.
NOMINAL INTEREST RATES ON TREASURY NOTES AND BONDS OF SPECIFIED MATURITIES
[in percent]
3-Year
5-Year
7-Year
10-Year
20-Year
30-Year
1.0
1.9
2.5
3.0
3.6
3.9
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Real Discount Rates. A forecast of real
interest rates from which the inflation
premium has been removed and based on the
economic assumptions from the 2015 Budget
is presented below. These real rates are to be
used for discounting constant-dollar flows, as
is often required in cost-effectiveness
analysis.
REAL INTEREST RATES ON TREASURY NOTES AND BONDS OF SPECIFIED MATURITIES
[in percent]
3-Year
5-Year
7-Year
10-Year
20-Year
¥0.7
0.0
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2010-0048]
Standard on Powered Platforms for Building Maintenance; 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 Powered Platforms for Building Maintenance
(29 CFR 1910.66).
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
April 21, 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-2010-0048,
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-
2010-0048). 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 (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).
Paragraph (e)(9) of the Powered Platform for Building Maintenance
Standard requires that employers develop and implement a written
emergency action plan for each type of powered platform operation. The
plan must explain the emergency procedures that workers are to follow
if they encounter a disruption of the power supply, equipment failure,
or other emergency. Prior to operating a powered platform, employers
must notify workers how they can learn about alarm systems and
emergency escape routes, and emergency procedures that pertain to the
building at which they will be working. Employers are to review with
each worker those parts of the emergency action plan that the worker
must know to ensure their protection during an emergency; these reviews
must occur when the worker receives an initial assignment involving a
powered
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platform operation and after the employer revises the emergency action
plan.
According to paragraph (f)(5)(i)(C), employers must affix a load
rating plate to a conspicuous location on each suspended unit that
states the unit's weight and its rated load capacity. Paragraph
(f)(5)(ii)(N) requires employers to mount each emergency electric
operating device in a secured compartment and label the device with
instructions for its use. After installing a suspension wire rope,
paragraphs (f)(7)(vi) and (f)(7)(vii) mandate that employers attach a
corrosion-resistant tag with specified information to one of the wire
rope fastenings if the rope is to remain at one location. In addition,
paragraph (f)(7)(viii) requires employers who resocket a wire rope to
either stamp specified information on the original tag or put that
information on a supplemental tag and attach it to the fastening.
Paragraphs (g)(2)(i) and (g)(2)(ii) require that building owners,
at least annually, have a competent person: Inspect the supporting
structures of their buildings; inspect and, if necessary, test the
components of the powered platforms, including control systems;
inspect/test components subject to wear (e.g., wire ropes, bearings,
gears, and governors); and certify these inspections and tests. Under
paragraph (g)(2)(iii), building owners must maintain and, on request,
disclose to OSHA a written certification record of these inspections/
tests. This record must include the date of the inspection/test, the
signature of the competent person who performed it, and the number/
identifier of the building support structure and equipment inspected/
tested.
Paragraph (g)(3)(i) mandates that building owners have a competent
person inspect and, if necessary, test each powered platform facility
according to the manufacturer's recommendations every 30 days, or prior
to use if the work cycle is less than 30 days. Under paragraph
(g)(3)(ii), building owners must maintain and, on request, disclose to
the Agency a written certification record of these inspections/tests.
This record is to include the date of the inspection/test, the
signature of the competent person who performed it, and the number/
identifier of the powered platform facility inspected/tested.
According to paragraph (g)(5)(iii), building owners must have a
competent person thoroughly inspect suspension wire ropes for a number
of specified conditions once a month, or before placing the wire ropes
into service if the ropes are inactive for 30 days or longer. Paragraph
(g)(5)(v) requires building owners to maintain and, on request,
disclose to OSHA a written certification record of these monthly
inspections; this record must consist of the date of the inspection,
the signature of the competent person who performed it, and the number/
identifier of the wire rope inspected.
Paragraph (i)(1)(ii) requires that all workers who operate working
platforms be trained in the following: (A) Recognition of, and
preventive measures for, the safety hazards associated with their
individual work tasks; (B) general recognition and prevention of safety
hazards associated with the use of working platforms; (C) emergency
action plan procedures required in paragraph (e)(9) of this section;
(D) work procedures required in paragraph (i)(1)((iv) of this section;
(E) personal fall arrest system inspection, care, use and system
performance. Paragraph (1)(1)(iii) requires that training of workers in
the operation and inspection of working platforms be performed by a
competent person. Paragraph (i)(1)(iv) requires that written work
procedures for the operation, safe use and inspection of working
platforms be provided for worker training.
Upon completion of this training, paragraph (i)(1)(v) specifies
that employers must prepare a written certification that includes the
identity of the worker trained, the signature of the employer or the
trainer, and the date the worker completed the training. In addition,
the employer must maintain a worker's training certificate for the
duration of their employment and, on request, make it available to
OSHA.
Emergency action plans allow employers and workers to anticipate,
and effectively respond to, emergencies that may arise during powered
platform operations. Affixing load rating plates to suspended units,
instructions to emergency electric operating devices, and tags to wire
rope fasteners prevent workplace injuries by providing information to
employers and workers regarding the conditions under which they can
safely operate these system components. Requiring building owners to
establish and maintain written certification of inspections and testing
conducted on the supporting structures of buildings, powered platform
systems, and suspension wire ropes provides employers and workers with
assurance that they can operate safely from the buildings using
equipment that is in safe operating condition.
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 Powered Platforms
for Building Maintenance (29 CFR 1910.66). The Agency is requesting an
adjustment decrease in the number of burden hours from 135,656 to
130,764, a total decrease of 4,892 burden hours. The decrease is due to
the removal of burden hours related to training. 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: Standard on Powered Platforms for Building Maintenance (29
CFR 1910.66).
OMB Control Number: 1218-0121.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 900.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies from 2 minutes (.03 hour) to
disclose certification records to 4 hours to inspect/test both a
powered platform facility and its suspension wire ropes, and to prepare
the certification record.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 130,764.
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
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material must identify the Agency name and the OSHA docket number for
the ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2010-0048). 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 from 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 from 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 February 12, 2014.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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