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implementing a written compliance
program, implementing medical
surveillance of workers, providing
examining physicians with specific
information, ensuring that workers
receive a copy of their medical
surveillance results, maintaining
workers’ exposure monitoring and
medical surveillance records for specific
periods, and providing access to these
records to the workers who are the
subject of the records, the worker’s
representative, and other designated
parties.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
• Whether the proposed collection of
information 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
collection of information 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.
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III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting an adjustment
decrease of 8,309 burden hours (from
84,307 to 75,998 burden hours). The
reduction is primarily the result of the
determination that training delivery
does not constitute a collection of
information under PRA–95. The Agency
estimates an increase in the number of
exposed workers based upon updated
data. As a result, the operation and
maintenance costs have increased from
$4,799,475 to $5,407,985, a total
increase of $608,510 due to increased
cost estimates for exposure monitoring
sampling and medical exams.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Cadmium in General Industry
(29 CFR 1910.1027).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0185.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 49,734.
Frequency of Response: On occasion;
Quarterly; Biennially; Semi-annually;
Annually.
Total Responses: 236,630.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from 5 minutes (.08 hour) to maintain
records to 1.5 hours to complete a
medical examination.
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Estimated Total Burden Hours:
75,998.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $5,407,985.
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; or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for this
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2012–0005).
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 their
social security number 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,
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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 8, 2015.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0747]
Blasting and the Use of Explosives;
Extension of the Office of Management
and Budget Approval of Information
Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
OSHA solicits public
comments concerning its proposal to
extend the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in the Standard on Blasting
and the Use of Explosives (29 CFR part
1926, subpart U).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
August 10, 2015.
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–2011–0747, 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
SUMMARY:
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docket number (OSHA–2011–0747) 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, 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
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unnecessary duplication of efforts in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The Standard on Blasting and the Use
of Explosives (29 CFR part 1926, subpart
U) specifies a number of paperwork
requirements. The following is a brief
description of the collection of
information requirements contained in
the Subpart.
General Provisions (§ 1926.900)
§ 1926.900(d)—Paragraph (d) states
that employers must ensure that
explosives not in use are kept in a
locked magazine, unavailable to persons
not authorized to handle explosives.
The employer must maintain an
inventory and use record for all
explosives—in use and not in use. In
addition, the employer must notify the
appropriate authorities in the event of
any loss, theft, or unauthorized entry
into a magazine.
§ 1926.900(k)(3)(i)—Paragraph (k)(3)(i)
requires employers to display adequate
signs warning against the use of mobile
radio transmitters on all roads within
1,000 feet of blasting operations to
prevent the accidental discharge of
electric blasting caps caused by current
induced by radar, radio transmitters,
lightening, adjacent power lines, dust
storms, or other sources of extraneous
electricity. The employer must certify
and maintain a record of alternative
provisions made to adequately prevent
any premature firing of electric blasting
caps.
§ 1926.900(o)—Employers must notify
the operators and/or owners of overhead
power lines, communication lines,
utility lines, or other services and
structures when blasting operations will
take place in proximity to those lines,
services, or structures.
§ 1926.903(d)—The employer must
notify the hoist operator prior to
transporting explosives or blasting
agents in a shaft conveyance.
§ 1926.903(e)—Employers must
perform weekly inspections on the
electrical system of trucks used for
underground transportation of
explosives. The weekly inspection is to
detect any failure in the system which
would constitute an electrical hazard.
The most recent certification of
inspection must be maintained and
must include the date of inspection, a
serial number or other identifier of the
truck inspected, and the signature of the
person who performed the inspection.
§ 1926.905(t)—Under § 1926.905(t),
the blaster must maintain an accurate
and up-to-date record of explosives,
blasting agents, and blasting supplies
used in a blast. In addition, the
employer must also maintain an
accurate running inventory of all
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explosives and blasting agents stored for
the operation.
§ 1926.909(a)—Employers must post a
code of blasting signals at one or more
conspicuous places at the operation site.
Additionally, all employees shall
familiarize themselves with the code
and conform to it at all times. Danger
signs warning of blasting agents shall
also be placed at suitable locations.
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 an overall
adjustment increase of 372 burden
hours (from 1,294 hours to 1,666 hours).
As a result of the growth in the
construction industry, OSHA increased
the number of sites, from 160 to 201,
that would develop and certify an
alternative plan when signs are
infeasible to prevent premature
detonation. In addition, OSHA took into
account the burden for all employers to
maintain their alternative plan at the
201 sites having such plans. These
increases offset the minor reduction in
burden hours resulting from excluding
burden hours for employers to provide
the alternative plans to OSHA during a
compliance inspection. Such inspection
activities are not covered by the PRA
(see 5 CFR 1320.4). In addition, the
Agency also increased the number of
instances where trucks transport
explosives underground, from one to
four jobs.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Blasting and the Use of
Explosives (29 CFR part 1926, subpart
U).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0217.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits.
Total Number of Respondents: 201.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Total Number of Responses: 818.
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Average Time per Response: Time
varies from 5 minutes (.08 hour) to
notify a hoist operator of blasting agents
to 8 hours to develop an alternative plan
if an employer is unable to display
adequate signs warning against the use
of mobile radio transmitters during
blasting operations.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,666.
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
(Docket No. OSHA–2011–0747) the ICR.
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 number 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
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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 3911,
January 25, 2012).
Signed at Washington, DC, on June 8, 2015.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION
SAFETY BOARD
Investigative Hearing
On Tuesday, June 23, 2015, the
National Transportation Safety Board
(NTSB) will convene a two-day
investigative hearing to gather
additional factual information for the
ongoing investigation of the Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Metrorail (WMATA) train 302 that
encountered heavy smoke in the tunnel
between the L’Enfant Plaza Station and
the Potomac River Bridge on January 12,
2015. The NTSB Chairman Christopher
Hart will preside over the investigative
hearing. The Board of Inquiry consists
of Chairman Hart, Vice Chairman DinhZarr and Members Sumwalt and
Weener.
On January 12, 2015, about 3:15 p.m.
eastern standard time, Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
(WMATA) Metrorail train 302 stopped
after encountering an accumulation of
heavy smoke while traveling
southbound in a tunnel between the
L’Enfant Plaza Station and the Potomac
River Bridge. After stopping, the rear car
of the train was about 386 feet from the
south end of the L’Enfant Plaza Station
platform.
A following train, stopped at the
L’Enfant Plaza Station at about 3:23
p.m., and was also affected by the heavy
smoke. This train stopped about 100 feet
short of the south end of the platform.
Passengers of both trains, as well as
passengers on the station platforms,
were exposed to the heavy smoke.
Both Metrorail trains involved in this
incident consisted of six passenger cars
and were about 450 feet in length. As a
result of the smoke, 86 passengers were
transported to local medical facilities for
treatment; another nine people sought
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medical attention. There was one
passenger fatality.
The investigative hearing will discuss
the following issue areas:
• State of WMATA’s Infrastructure;
• Emergency Response Efforts;
• WMATA’s Organizational Culture;
and
• Federal Transit Administration and
Tri-State Oversight Committees Efforts
for Public Transportation safety.
Parties to the hearing will include the
Federal Transit Administration,
WMATA, Tri-State Oversight
Committee, Amalgamated Transit
Union, International Association of Fire
Fighters, and District of Columbia (DC)
Emergency Services, which includes
three DC departments.
At the start of the hearing, the public
docket will be opened. Included in the
docket are photographs, interview
transcripts, and other documents.
Order of Proceedings
1. Opening Statement by the Chairman
of the Board of Inquiry
2. Introduction of the Board of Inquiry
and Technical Panel
3. Introduction of the Parties to the
Hearing
4. Introduction of Exhibits by Hearing
Officer
5. Overview of the incident and the
investigation by Investigator-InCharge
6. Calling of Witnesses by Hearing
Officer and Examination of Witness
by Board of Inquiry, Technical
Panel, and Parties
7. Closing Statement by the Chairman of
the Board of Inquiry
The hearing docket is DCA15FR004.
The Investigative Hearing will be held
in the NTSB Board Room and
Conference Center, located at 429
L’Enfant Plaza E, SW., Washington, DC,
on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 and
Wednesday, June 24, 2015, beginning at
9:00 a.m. The public can view the
hearing in person or by live webcast at
www.ntsb.gov. Webcast archives are
generally available by the end of the
next day following the hearing, and
webcasts are archived for a period of 3
months from after the date of the event.
Individuals requiring reasonable
accommodation and/or wheelchair
access directions should contact Ms.
Rochelle Hall at (202) 314–6305 or by
email at Rochelle.Hall@ntsb.gov by
Friday, June 19, 2015.
NTSB Media Contact: Mr. Peter
Knudson—Peter.Knudson@ntsb.gov
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2011-0747]
Blasting and the Use of Explosives; 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
extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements specified in the Standard on
Blasting and the Use of Explosives (29 CFR part 1926, subpart U).
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
August 10, 2015.
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-2011-0747,
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
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docket number (OSHA-2011-0747) 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, Room N-3609, 200 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone: (202) 693-2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information
collection requirements in accord with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (PRA-95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that
information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and costs)
is minimal, collection instruments are clearly understood, and OSHA's
estimate of the information collection burden is accurate. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651
et seq.) authorizes information collection by employers as necessary or
appropriate for enforcement of the OSH Act or for developing
information regarding the causes and prevention of occupational
injuries, illnesses, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 657).
The OSH Act also requires that OSHA obtain such information with
minimum burden upon employers, especially those operating small
businesses, and to reduce to the maximum extent feasible unnecessary
duplication of efforts in obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The Standard on Blasting and the Use of Explosives (29 CFR part
1926, subpart U) specifies a number of paperwork requirements. The
following is a brief description of the collection of information
requirements contained in the Subpart.
General Provisions (Sec. 1926.900)
Sec. 1926.900(d)--Paragraph (d) states that employers must ensure
that explosives not in use are kept in a locked magazine, unavailable
to persons not authorized to handle explosives. The employer must
maintain an inventory and use record for all explosives--in use and not
in use. In addition, the employer must notify the appropriate
authorities in the event of any loss, theft, or unauthorized entry into
a magazine.
Sec. 1926.900(k)(3)(i)--Paragraph (k)(3)(i) requires employers to
display adequate signs warning against the use of mobile radio
transmitters on all roads within 1,000 feet of blasting operations to
prevent the accidental discharge of electric blasting caps caused by
current induced by radar, radio transmitters, lightening, adjacent
power lines, dust storms, or other sources of extraneous electricity.
The employer must certify and maintain a record of alternative
provisions made to adequately prevent any premature firing of electric
blasting caps.
Sec. 1926.900(o)--Employers must notify the operators and/or
owners of overhead power lines, communication lines, utility lines, or
other services and structures when blasting operations will take place
in proximity to those lines, services, or structures.
Sec. 1926.903(d)--The employer must notify the hoist operator
prior to transporting explosives or blasting agents in a shaft
conveyance.
Sec. 1926.903(e)--Employers must perform weekly inspections on the
electrical system of trucks used for underground transportation of
explosives. The weekly inspection is to detect any failure in the
system which would constitute an electrical hazard. The most recent
certification of inspection must be maintained and must include the
date of inspection, a serial number or other identifier of the truck
inspected, and the signature of the person who performed the
inspection.
Sec. 1926.905(t)--Under Sec. 1926.905(t), the blaster must
maintain an accurate and up-to-date record of explosives, blasting
agents, and blasting supplies used in a blast. In addition, the
employer must also maintain an accurate running inventory of all
explosives and blasting agents stored for the operation.
Sec. 1926.909(a)--Employers must post a code of blasting signals
at one or more conspicuous places at the operation site. Additionally,
all employees shall familiarize themselves with the code and conform to
it at all times. Danger signs warning of blasting agents shall also be
placed at suitable locations.
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 an overall adjustment increase of 372
burden hours (from 1,294 hours to 1,666 hours). As a result of the
growth in the construction industry, OSHA increased the number of
sites, from 160 to 201, that would develop and certify an alternative
plan when signs are infeasible to prevent premature detonation. In
addition, OSHA took into account the burden for all employers to
maintain their alternative plan at the 201 sites having such plans.
These increases offset the minor reduction in burden hours resulting
from excluding burden hours for employers to provide the alternative
plans to OSHA during a compliance inspection. Such inspection
activities are not covered by the PRA (see 5 CFR 1320.4). In addition,
the Agency also increased the number of instances where trucks
transport explosives underground, from one to four jobs.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Blasting and the Use of Explosives (29 CFR part 1926,
subpart U).
OMB Control Number: 1218-0217.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Total Number of Respondents: 201.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Total Number of Responses: 818.
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Average Time per Response: Time varies from 5 minutes (.08 hour) to
notify a hoist operator of blasting agents to 8 hours to develop an
alternative plan if an employer is unable to display adequate signs
warning against the use of mobile radio transmitters during blasting
operations.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,666.
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 (Docket No. OSHA-2011-0747) the ICR. 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 number 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 3911, January 25, 2012).
Signed at Washington, DC, on June 8, 2015.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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