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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0197]
Occupational Safety and Health State
Plans; Extension of the Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB’s)
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 request for an
extension of the OMB’s approval of the
collections of information associated
with its regulations and program
regarding State Plans for the
development and enforcement of state
occupational safety and health
standards (29 CFR parts 1902, 1953,
1954 and 1956).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
March 28, 2016.
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 these methods, you must submit
a copy of your comments and
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attachments to the OSHA Docket Office,
Docket No. OSHA–2011–0197,
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–2011–0197) 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 above
address. 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 Douglas
Kalinowski at the address below to
obtain a copy of the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Douglas Kalinowski, Directorate of
Cooperative and State Programs,
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N–3700, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210;
telephone: (202) 693–1978; email:
kalinowski.doug@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent (i.e., the State Plans)
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
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costs) is minimized, collection
instruments are understandable, and
OSHA’s estimate of the information
collection burden is accurate. Currently,
OSHA is soliciting comments
concerning the extension of the
information collection requirements
contained in the series of regulations
establishing requirements for the
submission, initial approval, continuing
approval, final approval, monitoring,
and evaluation of OSHA-approved State
Plans:
• 29 CFR part 1902, State Plans for
the Development and Enforcement of
State Standards;
• 29 CFR part 1953, Changes to State
Plans for the Development and
Enforcement of State Standards;
• 29 CFR part 1954, Procedures for
the Evaluation and Monitoring of
Approved State Plans; and
• 29 CFR part 1956, State Plans for
the Development and Enforcement of
State Standards Applicable to State and
Local Government Employees in States
Without Approved Private Employee
Plans.
Section 18 of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act (29 U.S.C. 667) offers an
opportunity to the states to assume
responsibility for the development and
enforcement of state standards through
the mechanism of an OSHA-approved
State Plan. Absent an approved plan,
states are precluded from enforcing
occupational safety and health
standards in the private sector with
respect to any issue for which Federal
OSHA has promulgated a standard.
Once approved and operational, the
state adopts standards and provides
most occupational safety and health
enforcement and compliance assistance
in the state under the authority of its
plan, instead of Federal OSHA. States
also must extend their jurisdiction to
cover state and local government
employees and may obtain approval of
State Plans limited in scope to these
workers. To obtain and maintain State
Plan approval, a state must submit
various documents to OSHA describing
its program structure and operation,
including any modifications thereto as
they occur, in accordance with the
identified regulations. OSHA funds 50
percent of the costs required to be
incurred by an approved State Plan,
with the state at least matching and
providing additional funding at its
discretion.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
D Whether the proposed information
collection requirements are necessary
for the proper performance of the
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Agency’s functions, including whether
the information is useful;
D 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;
D The quality, utility, and clarity of
the information collected; and
D Ways to minimize the burden on
participating states who must comply;
for example, by using automated or
other technological information
collection and transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
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OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
its approval of the collection of
information requirements associated
with its State Plan regulations. The
Agency is requesting an adjustment
increase to adjust the number of burden
hours associated with the
developmental steps necessary for states
in the developmental process, including
Maine, Illinois and the Virgin Islands.
Maine received initial approval on
August 5, 2015 and has been moved to
the developmental category. As a result,
the total burden hours have increased
slightly from 11,369 to 11,519 burden
hours (an increase of 150 burden hours).
The Agency will summarize the
comments submitted in response to this
notice and will include this summary in
its request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Occupational Safety and Health
State Plans.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0247.
Affected Public: Designated state
government agencies that are seeking or
have submitted and obtained approval
for State Plans for the development and
enforcement of occupational safety and
health. standards.
Number of Respondents: 28.
Frequency of Response: On occasion;
quarterly; annually.
Total Responses: 1,309.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from 30 minutes (.5 hour) to respond to
an information inquiry to 80 hours to
document state annual performance
goals.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
11,519.
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
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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
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0197).
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 OSHA 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,
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 January 21,
2016.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
Revision of OMB Circular No. A–119,
‘‘Federal Participation in the
Development and Use of Voluntary
Consensus Standards and in
Conformity Assessment Activities’’
Office of Management and
Budget, Executive Office of the
President.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) has revised Circular
A–119, ‘‘Federal Participation in the
Development and Use of Voluntary
Consensus Standards and in Conformity
Assessment Activities,’’ in light of
changes that have taken place in the
world of regulation, standards, and
conformity assessment since the
Circular was last revised in 1998. The
revised Circular is available at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg_
infopoltech.
SUMMARY:
Effective upon publication as of
January 27, 2016, OMB is making
revised Circular A–119 available to the
public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jasmeet Seehra, Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, at CircularA-119@
omb.eop.gov.
DATES:
Public
Law 104–113, the ‘‘National Technology
Transfer and Advancement Act of
1995,’’ codified the existing policies in
A–119, ‘‘Federal Participation in the
Development and Use of Voluntary
Consensus Standards and in Conformity
Assessment Activities,’’ established
reporting requirements, and authorized
the National Institute of Standards and
Technology to coordinate conformity
assessment activities of the agencies. In
1998, OMB revised the Circular in order
to make the terminology of the Circular
consistent with the National Technology
Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995,
to issue guidance to the agencies on
making their reports to OMB, to direct
the Secretary of Commerce to issue
policy guidance for conformity
assessment, and to make changes for
clarity.
OMB has issued a revision of Circular
A–119 in light of changes that have
taken place in the world of regulation,
standards, and conformity assessment
since the Circular was last revised in
1998. The revised Circular is available
at https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
inforeg_infopoltech. OMB’s revisions
are meant to provide more detailed
guidance to agencies to take into
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2011-0197]
Occupational Safety and Health State Plans; Extension of the
Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) 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 request for an
extension of the OMB's approval of the collections of information
associated with its regulations and program regarding State Plans for
the development and enforcement of state occupational safety and health
standards (29 CFR parts 1902, 1953, 1954 and 1956).
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
March 28, 2016.
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 these methods, you must submit a copy of your comments and
attachments to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. OSHA-2011-0197,
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-2011-0197) 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 above address. 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 Douglas
Kalinowski at the address below to obtain a copy of the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Kalinowski, Directorate of
Cooperative and State Programs, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3700, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-1978; email:
kalinowski.doug@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent (i.e., the State Plans) 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 minimized, collection instruments are understandable, and OSHA's
estimate of the information collection burden is accurate. Currently,
OSHA is soliciting comments concerning the extension of the information
collection requirements contained in the series of regulations
establishing requirements for the submission, initial approval,
continuing approval, final approval, monitoring, and evaluation of
OSHA-approved State Plans:
29 CFR part 1902, State Plans for the Development and
Enforcement of State Standards;
29 CFR part 1953, Changes to State Plans for the
Development and Enforcement of State Standards;
29 CFR part 1954, Procedures for the Evaluation and
Monitoring of Approved State Plans; and
29 CFR part 1956, State Plans for the Development and
Enforcement of State Standards Applicable to State and Local Government
Employees in States Without Approved Private Employee Plans.
Section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C.
667) offers an opportunity to the states to assume responsibility for
the development and enforcement of state standards through the
mechanism of an OSHA-approved State Plan. Absent an approved plan,
states are precluded from enforcing occupational safety and health
standards in the private sector with respect to any issue for which
Federal OSHA has promulgated a standard. Once approved and operational,
the state adopts standards and provides most occupational safety and
health enforcement and compliance assistance in the state under the
authority of its plan, instead of Federal OSHA. States also must extend
their jurisdiction to cover state and local government employees and
may obtain approval of State Plans limited in scope to these workers.
To obtain and maintain State Plan approval, a state must submit various
documents to OSHA describing its program structure and operation,
including any modifications thereto as they occur, in accordance with
the identified regulations. OSHA funds 50 percent of the costs required
to be incurred by an approved State Plan, with the state at least
matching and providing additional funding at its discretion.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
[ssquf] Whether the proposed information collection requirements
are necessary for the proper performance of the
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Agency's functions, including whether the information is useful;
[ssquf] 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;
[ssquf] The quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collected; and
[ssquf] Ways to minimize the burden on participating states 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 collection
of information requirements associated with its State Plan regulations.
The Agency is requesting an adjustment increase to adjust the number of
burden hours associated with the developmental steps necessary for
states in the developmental process, including Maine, Illinois and the
Virgin Islands. Maine received initial approval on August 5, 2015 and
has been moved to the developmental category. As a result, the total
burden hours have increased slightly from 11,369 to 11,519 burden hours
(an increase of 150 burden hours). The Agency will summarize the
comments submitted in response to this notice and will include this
summary in its request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Occupational Safety and Health State Plans.
OMB Control Number: 1218-0247.
Affected Public: Designated state government agencies that are
seeking or have submitted and obtained approval for State Plans for the
development and enforcement of occupational safety and health.
standards.
Number of Respondents: 28.
Frequency of Response: On occasion; quarterly; annually.
Total Responses: 1,309.
Average Time per Response: Varies from 30 minutes (.5 hour) to
respond to an information inquiry to 80 hours to document state annual
performance goals.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 11,519.
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 ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2011-0197). 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 OSHA 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, 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 January 21, 2016.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2016-01537 Filed 1-26-16; 8:45 am]
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