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unobligated balance for the DW
program, ETA subtracts the total DW
obligations amount from the state’s total
PY 2015 DW allotment (Note: for this
process, ETA adds DW allotted funds
transferred to the Navajo Nation back to
Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah local
DW authorized amounts).
2. Excluding state administrative
costs: Section 683.135 of the regulations
provides that the recapture calculations
exclude the reserve for state
administration which is part of the DW
statewide activities. States do not report
data on state administrative amounts
authorized and obligated on the ETA
9130 financial reports. In the
preliminary calculation, to determine
states potentially liable for recapture,
ETA estimates the DW portion of the
state administrative amount authorized
by calculating the five percent
maximum amount for state DW
administrative costs using the DW state
allotment amounts (excluding any
recapture/reallotment that occurred).
ETA treats 100 percent of the state’s
estimated amount authorized for
administration as obligated, although
the estimate of state administration
obligations is limited by reported
statewide activities obligations overall.
3. Follow-up with states potentially
liable for recapture: ETA requests that
those states potentially liable for
recapture provide additional data on
state administrative amounts which are
not regularly reported on the PY 2015
and FY 2016 statewide activities
reports. The additional information
requested includes the amount of
statewide activities funds the state
authorized and obligated for state
administration as of June 30, 2016. If a
state provides actual state DW
administrative costs, authorized and
obligated, in the comments section of
revised ETA 9130 reports, this data
replaces the estimates. Based on the
requested actual data submitted by
potentially liable states on revised
reports, ETA reduces the DW total
allotment for these states by the amount
states indicate they authorized for state
administrative costs. Likewise, ETA
reduces the DW total obligations for
these states by the portion actually
obligated for state administration.
4. Recapture calculation: States
(including those adjusted by actual state
administrative data) with unobligated
balances exceeding 20 percent of the
total PY 2015 DW allotment amount
(including PY 2015 ‘‘base’’ funds and
FY 2016 ‘‘advance’’ funds) will have
their PY 2016 DW funding (from the FY
2017 ‘‘advance’’ portion) reduced
(recaptured) by the amount of the
excess.
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5. Reallotment calculation: Finally,
states with unobligated balances which
do not exceed 20 percent (eligible states)
will receive a share of the total
recaptured amount (based on their share
of the total PY 2015 (including their PY
2015 ‘‘base’’ and FY 2016 ‘‘advance’’
amount DW allotments) in their PY
2016 DW funding (in the FY 2017
‘‘advance’’ portion).
Signed at Washington, DC, this March 15,
2017.
Byron Zuidema,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for the
Employment and Training Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2017–0005]
Electric Power Generation,
Transmission, and Distribution
Standards for Construction and
General Industry and Electrical
Protective Equipment Standards for
Construction and General Industry;
Extension of the Office of Management
and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of
Collections of Information
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 collections of
information specified in its standards on
the Electric Power Generation,
Transmission, and Distribution for
Construction and General Industry and
Electrical Protective Equipment
Standards for Construction and General
Industry.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by June
5, 2017.
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
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to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No.
OSHA–2017–0005, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N–3653,
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, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.,
e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number (OSHA–2017–0005) 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 through 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:
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 collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (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
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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 Electrical Protective Equipment
Standard (29 CFR 1926.97 and 29 CFR
1910.137) and the Electric Power
Generation, Transmission, and
Distribution Standard (29 CFR 1926 and
29 CFR 1910.269) specify several
collections of information. The
following describes the collections of
information contained in the standards
and addresses who will use the
information.
Electrical Protective Equipment
Standard (§§ 1926.97 and 1910.137)
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Testing Certification
(§§ 1926.97(c)(2)(xii) and
1910.137(c)(2)(xii))
Employers must certify that the
electrical protective equipment used by
their workers have passed the tests
specified in paragraphs (c)(2)(vii)(D),
(c)(2)(viii), (c)(2)(ix), and (c)(2)(xi) of the
standards. The certification must
identify the equipment that passed the
tests and the dates of the tests. The two
standards require testing: Periodically
(generally, every 6 months for rubber
insulating gloves and every 12 months
for most other types of rubber insulating
equipment); after any repairs; and before
the equipment is returned to service
after any inspection finds certain
defects. In addition, the employer must
test rubber insulating gloves before
reuse after employees use them without
protector gloves and must certify that
testing. These performance-based
standards ensure that employers
maintain the most recent test records for
equipment that passes the required tests
without specifying precisely how the
employer must maintain those records.
Electric Power Generation,
Transmission, and Distribution
Standard (§§ 1926.950 and 1910.269)
Host Employer Responsibilities
(§§ 1926.950(c)(1) and 1910.269(a)(3)(i))
Before work begins, the host employer
must inform the contract employers of:
The characteristics of the host
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employer’s installation listed;
conditions listed in paragraphs of this
section that are known to the host
employer; information about the design
and operation of the host employer’s
installation that the contract employer
needs to make the assessments required
by this section; and any other
information about the design and
operation of the host employer’s
installation that is known by the host
employer, that the contract employer
requests, and that is related to the
protection of the contract employer’s
employees.
Contract Employer Responsibilities
(§§ 1926.950(c)(2) and 1910.269(a)(3)(ii))
Contract employers must ensure that
each of its employees is instructed in
the hazardous conditions relevant to the
employee’s work that the contract
employer is aware of as a result of
information communicated to the
contract employer by the host employer;
before work begins, the contract
employer must advise the host employer
of any unique hazardous conditions
presented by the contract employer’s
work; and the contract employer must
advise the host employer of any
unanticipated hazardous conditions
found during the contract employer’s
work that the host employer did not
mention. The contract employer shall
provide this information to the host
employer within two working days after
discovering the hazardous condition.
Job Briefing (§§ 1926.952(a)(1) and
1910.269(c)(1)(i))
In assigning an employee or a group
of employees to perform a job, the
employer must provide the employee in
charge of the job with all available
information that relates to the
determination of existing characteristics
and conditions required by
(§§ 1926.950(d) and1910.269(a)(4)).
Engineering Analyses To Determine
Maximum Anticipated Per-Unit
Transient Overvoltage
(§§ 1926.960(c)(1)(ii) and
1910.269(l)(3)(ii))
The employer must determine the
maximum anticipated per-unit transient
overvoltage, phase-to-ground, through
an engineering analysis or assume a
maximum anticipated per-unit transient
overvoltage, phase-to-ground, in
accordance with the tables listed. When
the employer uses portable protective
gaps to control the maximum transient
overvoltage, the value of the maximum
anticipated per-unit transient
overvoltage, phase-to-ground, must
provide for five standard deviations
between the statistical sparkover voltage
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of the gap and the statistical withstand
voltage corresponding to the electrical
component of the minimum approach
distance. The employer must make
available upon request to employees
and to the Assistant Secretary or
designee for examination and copying;
any engineering analysis conducted to
determine maximum anticipated perunit transient overvoltage.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
• Whether the proposed collections of
information 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
collections of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
• The quality, utility, and clarity of
the information collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden on
employers who must comply; for
example, by using automated or other
technological information collection
and transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
its approval of the collections of
information contained in the Standards
on Electric Power Generation,
Transmission, and Distribution for
Construction and General Industry (29
CFR part 1926, subpart V and 29 CFR
1910.269) and the Electrical Protective
Equipment Standards for Construction
and General Industry (29 CFR 1926.97
and 29 CFR 1910.137). The Agency is
proposing to decrease the burden hours
in the currently approved information
collection request from 452,091 hours to
365,094 hours (a total decrease of 86,997
hours). The decrease is a result of a
determination that the estimated
number of establishments affected has
declined. Also, the decrease is due to
the removal of burden hours associated
with OSHA requests to access records
from employers. Usually, OSHA
requests access to records during an
inspection. Information collected by the
Agency during the investigation is not
subject to the PRA under 5 CFR
1320.4(a)(2). Therefore, OSHA takes no
burden or cost for OSHA requests to
access records in this Supporting
Statement. 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 information
collection.
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Title: Electric Power Generation,
Transmission, and Distribution
Standards for Construction and General
Industry and Electrical Protective
Equipment for Construction and
General.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0253.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 19,746.
Total Responses: 952,348.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion;
semi-annually; annually.
Average Time per Response: Various.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
365,094.
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–2017–0005).
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 that 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 dates 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 through this Web site.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
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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 through the Web site, and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate
docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
Dorothy Dougherty, Deputy 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 March 28,
2017.
Dorothy Dougherty,
Deputy 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–2009–0035]
The Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Standard
(Extension of the Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB)
Approval of Collections of Information
(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 Ethylene Oxide
Standard (EtO).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by June
5, 2017.
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
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using this method, you must submit
your comments and attachments to the
OSHA Docket Office, (Docket No.
OSHA–2009–0035), Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N–3653,
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, 10:00
a.m. to 3:00 p.m., e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and the OSHA
docket number (OSHA–2009–0035) 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 also may 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)
(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
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2017-0005]
Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution
Standards for Construction and General Industry and Electrical
Protective Equipment Standards for Construction and General Industry;
Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of
Collections of Information
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 collections of information specified in its standards
on the Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution for
Construction and General Industry and Electrical Protective Equipment
Standards for Construction and General Industry.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
June 5, 2017.
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-2017-0005,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N-3653, 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, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number (OSHA-2017-0005) 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 through 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: 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 collections of
information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (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
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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 Electrical Protective Equipment Standard (29 CFR 1926.97 and 29
CFR 1910.137) and the Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and
Distribution Standard (29 CFR 1926 and 29 CFR 1910.269) specify several
collections of information. The following describes the collections of
information contained in the standards and addresses who will use the
information.
Electrical Protective Equipment Standard (Sec. Sec. 1926.97 and
1910.137)
Testing Certification (Sec. Sec. 1926.97(c)(2)(xii) and
1910.137(c)(2)(xii))
Employers must certify that the electrical protective equipment
used by their workers have passed the tests specified in paragraphs
(c)(2)(vii)(D), (c)(2)(viii), (c)(2)(ix), and (c)(2)(xi) of the
standards. The certification must identify the equipment that passed
the tests and the dates of the tests. The two standards require
testing: Periodically (generally, every 6 months for rubber insulating
gloves and every 12 months for most other types of rubber insulating
equipment); after any repairs; and before the equipment is returned to
service after any inspection finds certain defects. In addition, the
employer must test rubber insulating gloves before reuse after
employees use them without protector gloves and must certify that
testing. These performance-based standards ensure that employers
maintain the most recent test records for equipment that passes the
required tests without specifying precisely how the employer must
maintain those records.
Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Standard
(Sec. Sec. 1926.950 and 1910.269)
Host Employer Responsibilities (Sec. Sec. 1926.950(c)(1) and
1910.269(a)(3)(i))
Before work begins, the host employer must inform the contract
employers of: The characteristics of the host employer's installation
listed; conditions listed in paragraphs of this section that are known
to the host employer; information about the design and operation of the
host employer's installation that the contract employer needs to make
the assessments required by this section; and any other information
about the design and operation of the host employer's installation that
is known by the host employer, that the contract employer requests, and
that is related to the protection of the contract employer's employees.
Contract Employer Responsibilities (Sec. Sec. 1926.950(c)(2) and
1910.269(a)(3)(ii))
Contract employers must ensure that each of its employees is
instructed in the hazardous conditions relevant to the employee's work
that the contract employer is aware of as a result of information
communicated to the contract employer by the host employer; before work
begins, the contract employer must advise the host employer of any
unique hazardous conditions presented by the contract employer's work;
and the contract employer must advise the host employer of any
unanticipated hazardous conditions found during the contract employer's
work that the host employer did not mention. The contract employer
shall provide this information to the host employer within two working
days after discovering the hazardous condition.
Job Briefing (Sec. Sec. 1926.952(a)(1) and 1910.269(c)(1)(i))
In assigning an employee or a group of employees to perform a job,
the employer must provide the employee in charge of the job with all
available information that relates to the determination of existing
characteristics and conditions required by (Sec. Sec. 1926.950(d)
and1910.269(a)(4)).
Engineering Analyses To Determine Maximum Anticipated Per-Unit
Transient Overvoltage (Sec. Sec. 1926.960(c)(1)(ii) and
1910.269(l)(3)(ii))
The employer must determine the maximum anticipated per-unit
transient overvoltage, phase-to-ground, through an engineering analysis
or assume a maximum anticipated per-unit transient overvoltage, phase-
to-ground, in accordance with the tables listed. When the employer uses
portable protective gaps to control the maximum transient overvoltage,
the value of the maximum anticipated per-unit transient overvoltage,
phase-to-ground, must provide for five standard deviations between the
statistical sparkover voltage of the gap and the statistical withstand
voltage corresponding to the electrical component of the minimum
approach distance. The employer must make available upon request to
employees and to the Assistant Secretary or designee for examination
and copying; any engineering analysis conducted to determine maximum
anticipated per-unit transient overvoltage.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
Whether the proposed collections of information 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 collections of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
The quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collected; and
Ways to minimize the burden on employers who must comply;
for example, by using automated or other technological information
collection and transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend its approval of the collections
of information contained in the Standards on Electric Power Generation,
Transmission, and Distribution for Construction and General Industry
(29 CFR part 1926, subpart V and 29 CFR 1910.269) and the Electrical
Protective Equipment Standards for Construction and General Industry
(29 CFR 1926.97 and 29 CFR 1910.137). The Agency is proposing to
decrease the burden hours in the currently approved information
collection request from 452,091 hours to 365,094 hours (a total
decrease of 86,997 hours). The decrease is a result of a determination
that the estimated number of establishments affected has declined.
Also, the decrease is due to the removal of burden hours associated
with OSHA requests to access records from employers. Usually, OSHA
requests access to records during an inspection. Information collected
by the Agency during the investigation is not subject to the PRA under
5 CFR 1320.4(a)(2). Therefore, OSHA takes no burden or cost for OSHA
requests to access records in this Supporting Statement. 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 information
collection.
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Title: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution
Standards for Construction and General Industry and Electrical
Protective Equipment for Construction and General.
OMB Control Number: 1218-0253.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 19,746.
Total Responses: 952,348.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion; semi-annually; annually.
Average Time per Response: Various.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 365,094.
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-2017-0005). 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 that 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
dates 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 through 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 through the Web site, and for assistance in
using the Internet to locate docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
Dorothy Dougherty, Deputy 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 March 28, 2017.
Dorothy Dougherty,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and
Health.
[FR Doc. 2017-06767 Filed 4-4-17; 8:45 am]
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