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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Drug Enforcement Administration
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. DEA–392]
[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0024]
Importer of Controlled Substances
Registration: Penick Corporation
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Office of Management and Budget
Approval of Information Collection
(Paperwork) Requirements
ACTION:
Notice of registration.
Penick Corporation applied to
be registered as an importer of certain
basic classes of narcotic controlled
substances. The DEA grants Penick
Corporation registration as an importer
of those controlled substances.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By notice
dated May 28, 2014, and published in
the Federal Register on June 4, 2014, 79
FR 32316, Penick Corporation, 33
Industrial Park Road, Pennsville, New
Jersey 08070, applied to be registered as
an importer of certain basic classes of
controlled substances. Comments and
requests for hearings on applications to
import narcotic raw material are not
appropriate. 72 FR 3417 (January 25,
2007).
The Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) has considered
the factors in 21 U.S.C. 823, 952(a) and
958(a) and determined that the
registration of Penick Corporation to
import the basic classes of controlled
substances is consistent with the public
interest and with United States
obligations under international treaties,
conventions, or protocols in effect on
May 1, 1971. The DEA investigated the
company’s maintenance of effective
controls against diversion by inspecting
and testing the company’s physical
security systems, verifying the
company’s compliance with state and
local laws, and reviewing the company’s
background and history.
Therefore, pursuant to 21 U.S.C.
952(a) and 958(a), and in accordance
with 21 CFR 1301.34, the above-named
company is granted registration as an
importer of the basic classes of narcotic
controlled substances listed:
SUMMARY:
Controlled substance
Schedule
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Opium, raw (9600) .......................
Poppy Straw Concentrate (9670)
II
II
The company plans to import the
listed controlled substances to
manufacture bulk controlled substance
intermediates for sale to its customers.
Dated: August 11, 2014.
Joseph T. Rannazzisi,
Deputy Assistant Administrator.
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Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
OSHA solicits public
comments concerning its proposal to
obtain Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for the
information collection requirements
contained in Sections 6(b)6(A), 6(b)6(B),
6(b)6(C), 6(d), and 16 of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (the OSH Act), and 29 CFR
1905.10, 1905.11, and 1905.12. These
statutory and regulatory provisions
specify the requirements for submitting
applications to OSHA for temporary,
experimental, permanent, and national
defense variances.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent or received) by
October 20, 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, Docket No.
OSHA–2009–0024, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N–2625,
200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries
(hand, express mail, messenger, and
courier service) are accepted during the
Department of Labor’s and Docket
Office’s normal business hours, 8:15
a.m. to 4:45 p.m., e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and the OSHA
docket number (OSHA–2009–0024) 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
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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 materials 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 publically 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 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 correct format, reporting burden
(time and costs) is minimal, collection
instruments are clearly understandable,
and OSHA’s estimate of the information
collection burden is correct. 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).
Sections 6(b)6(A), 6(b)6(B), 6(b)6(C),
6(d), and 16 of the OSH Act, and 29 CFR
1905.10, 1905.11, and 1905.12, specify
the procedures that employers must
follow to apply for a variance from the
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requirements of an OSHA standard.
OSHA uses the information collected
under these procedures to: (1) Evaluate
the employer’s claim that the alternative
means of compliance would provide
affected employees with the requisite
level of health and safety protection; (2)
assess the technical feasibility of the
alternative means of compliance; (3)
determine that the employer properly
notified affected employees of the
variance application and their right to a
hearing; and (4) verify that the
application contains the administrative
information required by the applicable
variance regulation.
Currently, no specific forms are
available for preparing variance
applications and other documents that
may accompany variance applications.
OSHA is developing new forms to assist
employers in preparing variance
applications that comply with the
information collection requirements
contained in the OSH Act and variance
regulations.
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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 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 OMB approval of
the information collection (paperwork)
requirements contained in Sections
6(b)6(A), 6(b)6(B), 6(b)6(C), 6(d), and 16
of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970, and 29 CFR 1905.10,
1905.11, and 1905.12. These statutory
and regulatory provisions specify the
requirements for submitting
applications to OSHA for temporary,
experimental, permanent, and national
defense variances.
OSHA is also requesting OMB
approval to develop and use variance
application forms for the four types of
variances specified by the OSH Act and
variance regulations. The four types of
variances are: temporary variances
(Section 6(b)(6)(A) of the Act; 29 U.S.C.
655; 29 CFR 1905.10); experimental
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variances (Section 6(b)(6)(C) of the Act;
29 U.S.C. 655); permanent variances
(Section 6(d) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 655;
29 CFR 1905.11); and national defense
variances (Section 16 of the Act; 29
U.S.C. 665; 29 CFR 1905.12). The
variance regulations specify the
information that employers must
provide when requesting one of these
variances. The variance application
forms would organize and clarify the
information collection requirements for
each type of variance by specifying the
requirements in comprehensible
language, and providing explanatory
material. Employers applying for a
variance could download and complete
the applicable form from OSHA’s Web
site. The forms would expedite the
application process for employers, and
ensure that the information on the
application is complete and accurate.
The Agency is proposing to retain its
previous burden hour estimate of 366
hours. The Agency will summarize the
comments submitted in response to this
notice, and will include this summary
in its request to OMB to approve these
information collection requirements and
variance application forms.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Variance Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0265.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits and not-for-profit
institutions.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Number of Respondents: 12.
Total Responses: 12.
Average Time per Response: Ranges
from 2 hours for an employer to
assemble the application documents to
16 hours to locate and assemble
information required to complete an
application.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 366.
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
materials must identify the Agency
name and the OSHA docket number for
the ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2009–0024).
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
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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 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 August 14,
2014.
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-2009-0024]
Variance Regulations; Extension of the Office of Management and
Budget 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
obtain Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the
information collection requirements contained in Sections 6(b)6(A),
6(b)6(B), 6(b)6(C), 6(d), and 16 of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970 (the OSH Act), and 29 CFR 1905.10, 1905.11, and 1905.12.
These statutory and regulatory provisions specify the requirements for
submitting applications to OSHA for temporary, experimental, permanent,
and national defense variances.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent or received) by
October 20, 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, Docket No. OSHA-2009-0024,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Deliveries (hand, express mail, messenger, and courier service) are
accepted during the Department of Labor's and Docket Office's normal
business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and the
OSHA docket number (OSHA-2009-0024) 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 materials 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
publically 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 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 correct format, reporting burden (time and costs)
is minimal, collection instruments are clearly understandable, and
OSHA's estimate of the information collection burden is correct. 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).
Sections 6(b)6(A), 6(b)6(B), 6(b)6(C), 6(d), and 16 of the OSH Act,
and 29 CFR 1905.10, 1905.11, and 1905.12, specify the procedures that
employers must follow to apply for a variance from the
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requirements of an OSHA standard. OSHA uses the information collected
under these procedures to: (1) Evaluate the employer's claim that the
alternative means of compliance would provide affected employees with
the requisite level of health and safety protection; (2) assess the
technical feasibility of the alternative means of compliance; (3)
determine that the employer properly notified affected employees of the
variance application and their right to a hearing; and (4) verify that
the application contains the administrative information required by the
applicable variance regulation.
Currently, no specific forms are available for preparing variance
applications and other documents that may accompany variance
applications. OSHA is developing new forms to assist employers in
preparing variance applications that comply with the information
collection requirements contained in the OSH Act and variance
regulations.
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 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 OMB approval of the information collection
(paperwork) requirements contained in Sections 6(b)6(A), 6(b)6(B),
6(b)6(C), 6(d), and 16 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970, and 29 CFR 1905.10, 1905.11, and 1905.12. These statutory and
regulatory provisions specify the requirements for submitting
applications to OSHA for temporary, experimental, permanent, and
national defense variances.
OSHA is also requesting OMB approval to develop and use variance
application forms for the four types of variances specified by the OSH
Act and variance regulations. The four types of variances are:
temporary variances (Section 6(b)(6)(A) of the Act; 29 U.S.C. 655; 29
CFR 1905.10); experimental variances (Section 6(b)(6)(C) of the Act; 29
U.S.C. 655); permanent variances (Section 6(d) of the Act; 29 U.S.C.
655; 29 CFR 1905.11); and national defense variances (Section 16 of the
Act; 29 U.S.C. 665; 29 CFR 1905.12). The variance regulations specify
the information that employers must provide when requesting one of
these variances. The variance application forms would organize and
clarify the information collection requirements for each type of
variance by specifying the requirements in comprehensible language, and
providing explanatory material. Employers applying for a variance could
download and complete the applicable form from OSHA's Web site. The
forms would expedite the application process for employers, and ensure
that the information on the application is complete and accurate.
The Agency is proposing to retain its previous burden hour estimate
of 366 hours. The Agency will summarize the comments submitted in
response to this notice, and will include this summary in its request
to OMB to approve these information collection requirements and
variance application forms.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Variance Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 1218-0265.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits and not-for-profit
institutions.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Number of Respondents: 12.
Total Responses: 12.
Average Time per Response: Ranges from 2 hours for an employer to
assemble the application documents to 16 hours to locate and assemble
information required to complete an application.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 366.
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 materials must identify the Agency
name and the OSHA docket number for the ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2009-
0024). 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 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 August 14, 2014.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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