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[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0055]
Steel Erection; 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
SUMMARY:
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extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in the Standard on Steel
Erection (29 CFR part 1926, subpart R).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
August 18, 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.
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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–2011–0055, 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 (OSHA–2011–0055) 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
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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 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).
Section 1926.752(a)(1). Description of
the requirement. Based on the results of
a specified method for testing fieldcured samples, the controlling
contractor must provide the steel erector
with written notification that the
concrete in the footings, piers, and
walls, or the mortar in the masonry
piers and walls, is at 75% of its
minimum compressive-design strength
or has sufficient strength to support
loads imposed during steel erection.
Note: This is not and will not be
enforced for mortar in piers and walls
until OSHA defines an appropriate
substitute or until an appropriate
American Society for Testing and
Materials (ASTM) test method is
developed.
Sections 1926.752(a)(2) and
1926.755(b)(1). Description of the
requirements. Under § 1926.752(a)(2),
the controlling contractor, before it
authorizes commencement of steel
erection, must notify the steel erector in
writing that any repairs, replacements,
and modifications to anchor bolts (rods)
have been made in accord with
§ 1926.755(b)(1) which requires that the
controlling contractor obtain approval
from the project structural engineer of
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record for the repairs, replacements, and
modifications.
Section 1926.753(c)(5). Description of
the requirement. Employers must not
deactivate safety latches on hooks or
make them inoperable except for the
situation when a qualified rigger
determines that it is safer to hoist and
place purlins and single joists by doing
so; or except when equivalent
protection is provided in the sitespecific erection plan.
Section 1926.753(e)(2). Description of
the requirement. Employers must have
the maximum capacity of the total
multiple-lift rigging assembly, as well as
each of its individual attachment points,
certified by the manufacturer or a
qualified rigger.
Sections 1926.755(b)(2) and
1926.755(b)(1). Description of the
requirements. Under § 1926.755(b)(2),
throughout steel erection the controlling
contractor must notify the steel erector
in writing of additional repairs,
replacements, and modifications of
anchor bolts (rods); § 1926.755(b)(1)
requires that these repairs, replacements
and modifications not be made without
approval from the project structural
engineer of record.
Section 1926.757(a)(4). Description of
the requirement. If steel joists at or near
columns span more than 60 feet,
employers must set the joists in tandem
with all bridging installed. However, the
employer may use an alternative
method of erection if a qualified person
develops the alternative method, it
provides equivalent stability, and the
employer includes the method in the
site-specific erection plan.
Section 1926.757(a)(7). Description of
the requirement. Employers must not
modify steel joists or steel joist girders
in a way that affects their strength
without the approval of the project
structural engineer of record.
Sections 1926.757(a)(9) and
1926.758(g). Description of the
requirements. An employer can use a
steel joist, steel joist girder, purlin, or
girt as an anchorage point for a fall
arrest system only with the written
approval of a qualified person.
Section 1926.757(e)(4)(i). Description
of the requirement. An employer must
install and anchor all bridging on joists
and attach all joist bearing ends before
placing a bundle of decking on the
joists, unless: A qualified person
determines that the structure or portion
of the structure is capable of supporting
the bundle, the employer documents
this determination in the site-specific
erection plan and follows the additional
requirements specified in
§ 1926.757(e)(4)(ii)–(vi).
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Section 1926.760(e) and (e)(1).
Description of the requirement. The
steel erector can leave its fall protection
at the jobsite after completion of the
erection activity only if the controlling
contractor or its authorized
representative directs the steel erector to
do so and inspects and accepts
responsibility for the fall protection.
Section 1926.761. Description of the
requirement. Employers must have
qualified persons provide training to all
workers exposed to fall hazards. This
training is to include: Recognition of fall
hazards at the worksite; use and
operation of guardrail systems, personal
fall arrest systems, positioning device
systems, fall restraint systems, safety net
systems, and other fall protection
implemented at the worksite; correct
procedures for erecting, maintaining,
disassembling, and inspecting these fall
protection systems; procedures that
prevent falls to lower levels, and
through or into holes and openings in
walking-working surfaces; and the fall
protection requirements of this Subpart.
In addition, employers are to provide
special training to workers engaged in
multiple-lift rigging procedures (i.e., to
recognize multi-lift hazards and in the
proper procedures and equipment to
perform multiple lifts), connector
procedures (i.e., to identify connector
hazards and in the requirements of
§§ 1926.756(c) and 1926.760(b)), and
controlled decking zone (CDZ)
procedures (i.e., knowledge of CDZ
hazards and in the requirements of
§§ 1926.754(e) and 1926.760(c)).
Paragraph (c)(4)(ii) of Appendix G to
Subpart R. Description of the
requirement. This mandatory appendix
duplicates the regulatory requirements
of § 1926.502 (‘‘Fall protection systems
criteria and practices’’), notably the
requirements specified in paragraph
(c)(4)(ii). This paragraph addresses the
certification of safety nets as an option
available to employers who can
demonstrate that performing a drop test
on safety nets is unreasonable. This
provision allows such employers to
certify that their safety nets, including
the installation of the nets, protect
workers at least as well as safety nets
that meet the drop test criteria. The
employer must complete the
certification process prior to using the
net for fall protection, and the certificate
must include the following information:
Identification of the net and the type of
installation used for the net; the date the
certifying party determined that the net
and its installation would meet the
drop-test criteria; and the signature of
the party making this determination.
The most recent certificate must be
available at the jobsite for inspection.
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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
The Agency is requesting that OMB
extend its approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the
Standard on Steel Erection (29 CFR part
1926, subpart R). The Agency is
requesting an adjustment decrease of
2,203 burden hours (from 23,602 hours
to 21,399 hours). This decrease is due to
a decline in worksites associated with
this subpart from 15,578 to 13,864.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Steel Erection (29 CFR part
1926, subpart R).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0241.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 13,864.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion,
annually; triennially.
Number of Responses: 72,317.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from one minute (.02 hour) for a
controlling contractor to inform a steel
erector to leave fall protection at the
jobsite to five hours for a project
engineer to do research and analysis to
provide approval for modifications to
steel joists or joist girders.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
21,399.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $0.
IV. Public Participation—Submission of
Comments on This Notice and Internet
Access to Comments and Submissions
You may submit comments in
response to this document as follows:
(1) Electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by
facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
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ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0055).
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
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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 June 13,
2014.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION
[NARA–2014–038]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA).
ACTION: Notice of information collection
renewal request.
AGENCY:
NARA is giving public notice
that the agency has submitted to OMB
for approval the information collection
described in this notice. NARA invites
the public to comment on the proposed
information collection pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to OMB at the address below
on or before July 21, 2014 to be assured
of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Mr.
Nicholas A. Fraser, Desk Officer for
NARA, Office of Management and
Budget, New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202–395–
5167; or electronically mailed to
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the proposed information
collections and supporting statements
should be directed to Tamee Fechhelm
at telephone number 301–837–1694 or
fax number 301–713–7409.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13), NARA invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to comment on proposed
information collections. NARA
published a notice of proposed
collection for this information collection
on April 9, 2014 (79 FR 19656 and
19657). No comments were received.
NARA has submitted the described
information collection to OMB for
approval.
In response to this notice, comments
and suggestions should address one or
more of the following points: (a)
Whether the proposed information
collection is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of NARA;
(b) the accuracy of NARA’s estimate of
the burden of the proposed information
collection; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
the use of information technology; and
(e) whether small businesses are
affected by this collection. In this
notice, NARA is soliciting comments
SUMMARY:
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concerning the following information
collection:
Title: Order Forms for Genealogical
Research in the National Archives.
OMB number: 3095–0027.
Agency form numbers: NATF Forms
84, 85, and 86.
Type of review: Regular.
Affected public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated number of respondents:
13,525.
Estimated time per response: 10
minutes.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
2,254.
Abstract: NARA receives a large
volume of requests for these records and
needs to obtain specific information
from the researcher to search for the
sought records. Using a standard form to
for the requests and the needed
information is necessary for NARA to
handle the volume of requests in a
timely fashion. As a convenience, the
form also allows researchers to provide
credit card information to authorize
billing and expedited mailing of the
copies. You can also use Order Online!
(https://www.archives.gov/research_
room/obtain_copies/military_and_
genealogy_order_forms.html) to
complete the forms and order the
copies.
Dated: June 11, 2014.
Swarnali Haldar,
Acting Executive for Information Services/
CIO.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2011-0055]
Steel Erection; 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 the Standard on Steel Erection (29 CFR part 1926, subpart
R).
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
August 18, 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-2011-0055,
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 (OSHA-2011-0055) 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 (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 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).
Section 1926.752(a)(1). Description of the requirement. Based on
the results of a specified method for testing field-cured samples, the
controlling contractor must provide the steel erector with written
notification that the concrete in the footings, piers, and walls, or
the mortar in the masonry piers and walls, is at 75% of its minimum
compressive-design strength or has sufficient strength to support loads
imposed during steel erection. Note: This is not and will not be
enforced for mortar in piers and walls until OSHA defines an
appropriate substitute or until an appropriate American Society for
Testing and Materials (ASTM) test method is developed.
Sections 1926.752(a)(2) and 1926.755(b)(1). Description of the
requirements. Under Sec. 1926.752(a)(2), the controlling contractor,
before it authorizes commencement of steel erection, must notify the
steel erector in writing that any repairs, replacements, and
modifications to anchor bolts (rods) have been made in accord with
Sec. 1926.755(b)(1) which requires that the controlling contractor
obtain approval from the project structural engineer of
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record for the repairs, replacements, and modifications.
Section 1926.753(c)(5). Description of the requirement. Employers
must not deactivate safety latches on hooks or make them inoperable
except for the situation when a qualified rigger determines that it is
safer to hoist and place purlins and single joists by doing so; or
except when equivalent protection is provided in the site-specific
erection plan.
Section 1926.753(e)(2). Description of the requirement. Employers
must have the maximum capacity of the total multiple-lift rigging
assembly, as well as each of its individual attachment points,
certified by the manufacturer or a qualified rigger.
Sections 1926.755(b)(2) and 1926.755(b)(1). Description of the
requirements. Under Sec. 1926.755(b)(2), throughout steel erection the
controlling contractor must notify the steel erector in writing of
additional repairs, replacements, and modifications of anchor bolts
(rods); Sec. 1926.755(b)(1) requires that these repairs, replacements
and modifications not be made without approval from the project
structural engineer of record.
Section 1926.757(a)(4). Description of the requirement. If steel
joists at or near columns span more than 60 feet, employers must set
the joists in tandem with all bridging installed. However, the employer
may use an alternative method of erection if a qualified person
develops the alternative method, it provides equivalent stability, and
the employer includes the method in the site-specific erection plan.
Section 1926.757(a)(7). Description of the requirement. Employers
must not modify steel joists or steel joist girders in a way that
affects their strength without the approval of the project structural
engineer of record.
Sections 1926.757(a)(9) and 1926.758(g). Description of the
requirements. An employer can use a steel joist, steel joist girder,
purlin, or girt as an anchorage point for a fall arrest system only
with the written approval of a qualified person.
Section 1926.757(e)(4)(i). Description of the requirement. An
employer must install and anchor all bridging on joists and attach all
joist bearing ends before placing a bundle of decking on the joists,
unless: A qualified person determines that the structure or portion of
the structure is capable of supporting the bundle, the employer
documents this determination in the site-specific erection plan and
follows the additional requirements specified in Sec.
1926.757(e)(4)(ii)-(vi).
Section 1926.760(e) and (e)(1). Description of the requirement. The
steel erector can leave its fall protection at the jobsite after
completion of the erection activity only if the controlling contractor
or its authorized representative directs the steel erector to do so and
inspects and accepts responsibility for the fall protection.
Section 1926.761. Description of the requirement. Employers must
have qualified persons provide training to all workers exposed to fall
hazards. This training is to include: Recognition of fall hazards at
the worksite; use and operation of guardrail systems, personal fall
arrest systems, positioning device systems, fall restraint systems,
safety net systems, and other fall protection implemented at the
worksite; correct procedures for erecting, maintaining, disassembling,
and inspecting these fall protection systems; procedures that prevent
falls to lower levels, and through or into holes and openings in
walking-working surfaces; and the fall protection requirements of this
Subpart. In addition, employers are to provide special training to
workers engaged in multiple-lift rigging procedures (i.e., to recognize
multi-lift hazards and in the proper procedures and equipment to
perform multiple lifts), connector procedures (i.e., to identify
connector hazards and in the requirements of Sec. Sec. 1926.756(c) and
1926.760(b)), and controlled decking zone (CDZ) procedures (i.e.,
knowledge of CDZ hazards and in the requirements of Sec. Sec.
1926.754(e) and 1926.760(c)).
Paragraph (c)(4)(ii) of Appendix G to Subpart R. Description of the
requirement. This mandatory appendix duplicates the regulatory
requirements of Sec. 1926.502 (``Fall protection systems criteria and
practices''), notably the requirements specified in paragraph
(c)(4)(ii). This paragraph addresses the certification of safety nets
as an option available to employers who can demonstrate that performing
a drop test on safety nets is unreasonable. This provision allows such
employers to certify that their safety nets, including the installation
of the nets, protect workers at least as well as safety nets that meet
the drop test criteria. The employer must complete the certification
process prior to using the net for fall protection, and the certificate
must include the following information: Identification of the net and
the type of installation used for the net; the date the certifying
party determined that the net and its installation would meet the drop-
test criteria; and the signature of the party making this
determination. The most recent certificate must be available at the
jobsite for inspection.
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 that OMB extend its approval of the
information collection requirements contained in the Standard on Steel
Erection (29 CFR part 1926, subpart R). The Agency is requesting an
adjustment decrease of 2,203 burden hours (from 23,602 hours to 21,399
hours). This decrease is due to a decline in worksites associated with
this subpart from 15,578 to 13,864.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Steel Erection (29 CFR part 1926, subpart R).
OMB Control Number: 1218-0241.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 13,864.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion, annually; triennially.
Number of Responses: 72,317.
Average Time per Response: Varies from one minute (.02 hour) for a
controlling contractor to inform a steel erector to leave fall
protection at the jobsite to five hours for a project engineer to do
research and analysis to provide approval for modifications to steel
joists or joist girders.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 21,399.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $0.
IV. Public Participation--Submission of Comments on This Notice and
Internet Access to Comments and Submissions
You may submit comments in response to this document as follows:
(1) Electronically at https://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal
eRulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
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ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2011-0055). 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 June 13, 2014.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-14330 Filed 6-18-14; 8:45 am]
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