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TABLE 1—PROPOSED LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN ITSNA’S NRTL SCOPE OF
RECOGNITION—Continued
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III. Preliminary Findings on the
Application
ITSNA submitted an acceptable
application for expansion of its scope of
recognition. OSHA’s review of the
application file, and pertinent
documentation, indicate that ITSNA can
meet the requirements prescribed by 29
CFR 1910.7 for expanding its
recognition to include the addition of
these seven test standards for NRTL
testing and certification listed above.
This preliminary finding does not
constitute an interim or temporary
approval of ITSNA’s application.
OSHA welcomes public comment as
to whether ITSNA meets the
requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for
expansion of its recognition as a NRTL.
Comments should consist of pertinent
written documents and exhibits.
Commenters needing more time to
comment must submit a request in
writing, stating the reasons for the
request. Commenters must submit the
written request for an extension by the
due date for comments. OSHA will limit
any extension to 10 days unless the
requester justifies a longer period.
OSHA may deny a request for an
extension if the request is not
adequately justified. To obtain or review
copies of the exhibits identified in this
notice, as well as comments submitted
to the docket, contact the Docket Office,
Room N–3508, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor, at the above address. These
materials also are available online at
https://www.regulations.gov under
Docket No. OSHA–2007–0039.
OSHA staff will review all comments
to the docket submitted in a timely
manner and, after addressing the issues
raised by these comments, will
recommend to the Assistant Secretary
for Occupational Safety and Health
whether to grant ITSNA’s application
for expansion of its scope of recognition.
The Assistant Secretary will make the
final decision on granting the
application. In making this decision, the
Assistant Secretary may undertake other
proceedings prescribed in Appendix A
to 29 CFR 1910.7.
OSHA will publish a public notice of
its final decision in the Federal
Register.
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IV. Authority and Signature
Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, authorized the
preparation of this notice. Accordingly,
the Agency is issuing this notice
pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 657(g)(2),
Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 1–2012
(77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012), and 29 CFR
1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC, on August 22,
2017.
Loren Sweatt,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0056]
Voluntary Protection Programs
Information; Extension of the Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB)
Approval of Information Collection
(Paperwork) Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
OSHA solicits public
comments concerning its proposal to
extend the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements
contained in Voluntary Protection
Programs Information.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
October 30, 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
SUMMARY:
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copy of your comments and attachments
to the OSHA Docket Office, OSHA
Docket No. OSHA–2011–0056 U.S.
Department of Labor, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration,
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 for the Information
Collection Request (ICR) (OSHA–2011–
0056). 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Hamel, Director, Office of
Partnerships and Recognition,
Directorate of Cooperative and State
Programs, OSHA, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N–3700, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW,, Washington, DC 20210;
telephone (202) 693–2213.
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 accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA
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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 Voluntary Protection Programs
(VPP) [47 FR 29025], adopted by OSHA,
established the efficacy of cooperative
action among government, industry and
labor to address employee safety and
health issues and to expand employee
protection. To qualify, employers must
meet OSHA’s safety and health
management criterion, which focuses on
comprehensive management programs
and active employee involvement to
prevent or control worksite safety and
health hazards. Employers who qualify
generally view OSHA standards as a
minimum level of safety and health
performance, and set their own more
stringent standards, wherever necessary,
to improve employee protection.
Prospective VPP worksites must submit
an application that includes:
• General applicant information (e.g.,
site, corporate, and collective bargaining
contact information).
• Injury and illness rate performance
information (i.e., number of employees
and/or applicable contractors onsite,
type of work performed and products
produced, North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) codes,
and Recordable Injury and Illness Case
Incidence Rate information).
• Safety and health management
program information (i.e., description of
the applicant’s safety and health
management programs including how
the programs successfully address
management leadership and employee
involvement, worksite analysis, hazard
prevention and control, and safety and
health training).
OSHA uses this information to
determine whether an applicant is ready
for a VPP onsite evaluation and as a
verification tool during VPP onsite
evaluations. Without this information,
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OSHA would be unable to determine
which sites are ready for VPP status.
Each current VPP applicant is also
required to submit an annual selfevaluation which addresses how that
applicant is continuing its adherence to
programmatic requirements.
In 2008, OSHA modified procedures
for VPP applicants, OSHA onsite
evaluations, and annual participant selfevaluations for applicants/participants
subject to OSHA’s Process Safety
Management (PSM) Standard.
Applicants who perform work that uses
or produces highly hazardous chemicals
exceeding specified limits covered
under the PSM standard must submit
responses to the PSM application
supplement along with their VPP
application.
Once in the VPP, the participant is
required to submit an annual selfevaluation detailing its continued
adherence to programmatic
requirements. Applicants covered under
the PSM standard are required to submit
a PSM questionnaire, a supplemental
document, as part of their annual
submission. OSHA needs this
information to ensure that the
participant remains qualified to
participate in the VPP between onsite
evaluations. Without this information,
OSHA would be unable to determine
whether applicants are maintaining
excellent safety and health management
programs during this interim period.
In 2009, with the publication of the
Federal Register Notice (FRN) (74 FR
927, January 9, 2009), VPP revised its
traditional focus on individual fixed
worksites (site-based) by adding two
new ways to participate: mobile
workforce and corporate. A significant
reorganization of the program helped
clarify the multiple participation
options now available.
Employees of VPP participants may
apply to participate in the Special
Government Employee (SGE) Program.
The SGE Program offers private and
public sector safety and health
professionals and other qualified
participants the opportunity to
exchange ideas, gain new perspectives,
and grow professionally while serving
as full-fledged team members on
OSHA’s VPP onsite evaluations and
helping OSHA with other VPP-related
activities. In this capacity, SGEs may
review company documents, assist with
worksite walkthroughs, interview
employees, assist in preparing VPP
onsite evaluation reports, assist the
Regional VPP Manager with the review
of a site’s VPP application or annual
self-evaluation report, co-instruct the
SGE course or VPP application
workshop, and mentor potential or
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current VPP sites. Potential SGEs must
submit an application that includes:
• SGE Eligibility Information Sheet
(i.e., applicant’s name, professional
credentials, site/corporate contact
information, qualifying activities
participation, etc.);
• Current Resume;
• Confidential Financial Disclosure
Report (OGE Form 450).
• Optional Application for Federal
Employment (OF 612).
OSHA uses the SGE Eligibility
Information Sheet to ensure that the
potential SGE works at a VPP site and
meets the minimum eligibility
qualifications. The resume is required to
provide a detailed description of their
current duties and responsibilities as
they relate to safety and health and the
implementation of an effective safety
and health management program. The
OGE Form 450 is used to ensure that
SGEs do not participate on onsite
evaluations at VPP sites in which they
have a financial interest.
OSHA Challenge is designed to reach
and guide employers and companies in
all major industry groups who are
strongly committed to improving their
safety and health management programs
and possibly pursuing recognition in the
VPP. The Challenge Administrator’s
application is used to: (1) Conduct a
preliminary analysis of the applicant’s
knowledge of safety and health
management programs; and (2) make a
determination regarding the applicant’s
qualifications to become a Challenge
Administrator. Once a Challenge
Administrator is approved, the
program’s Administrator will review
each Challenge candidate’s application/
annual submissions to ensure that all
necessary information is provided, prior
to forwarding them to OSHA’s National
Office for analysis and acceptance.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
• Whether the information collection
requirements are necessary for the
proper performance of the Agency’s
functions, including whether the
information is useful;
• The accuracy of the Agency’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.
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III. Proposed Actions
OSHA proposes to extend OMB’s
approval of the collection of information
(paperwork) requirements necessitated
by the Voluntary Protection Programs.
The Agency is requesting an adjustment
decrease in the burden hours from
134,475 hours to 90,863 hours; a total
decrease of 43,612 hours. The decrease
is the result of the VPP Participation
Evaluation Report Site-Based Mobile
Workforce Corporate in managing
participants is no longer needed. The
Agency will summarize the comments
submitted in response to this notice,
and will include this summary in its
request to OMB to extend the approval
of these information collection
requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Voluntary Protection Programs
Information.
OMB Number: 1218–0239.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; individuals or households;
Federal government; state, local or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents:
VPP
273 Applications
55 Process Safety Management
Applications Questionnaire-A
1,406 Annual Self-Evaluations
55 (PSM) Annual Self-Evaluations/
Supplemental Questionnaire B
Challenge
3 Challenge Administrator’s
Applications
27 Challenge Participant’s
Applications
143 Challenge Annual SelfEvaluations
Special Government Employees
348 SGE Eligibility Information
Sheets
261 Resumes
87 OF–612
1616 Confidential Financial
Disclosure Forms (OGE-Form 450)
Total Respondents: 4,274.
Frequency: Various.
Average Time per Response:
VPP General
200 hours for VPP Applications
20 hours for VPP Annual Evaluations
Process Safety Management
40 hours for Applications
20 hours for Annual Evaluations
Challenge
5 hours for Challenge Administrator’s
Applications
10 hours for Challenge Candidate
Applications
20 hours for Challenge Annual
Evaluations
Special Government Employees (SGE)
10 minutes (.17 hour) for SGE
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Eligibility Information Sheet
30 minutes (.50 hour) for SGE Resume
40 minutes for Optional Form 612
1 hour for Confidential Financial
Disclosure Form
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
90,863.
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–2011–0056).
You may supplement electronic
submissions by uploading document
files electronically. If you wish to mail
additional materials in reference to an
electronic or facsimile submission, you
must submit them to the OSHA Docket
Office (see the section of this notice
titled ADDRESSES). The additional
materials must clearly identify your
electronic comments by your name,
date, and the docket number so the
Agency can attach them to your
comments.
Because of security procedures, the
use of regular mail may cause a
significant delay in the receipt of
comments. For information about
security procedures concerning the
delivery of materials by hand, express
delivery, messenger, or courier service,
please contact the OSHA Docket Office
at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–
5627).
Comments and submissions are
posted without change at https://
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
cautions commenters about submitting
personal information such as social
security numbers and date of birth.
Although all submissions are listed in
the https://www.regulations.gov index,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download 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.
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V. Authority and Signature
Loren Sweatt, 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 August 22,
2017.
Loren Sweatt,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2011-0056]
Voluntary Protection Programs Information; Extension of the
Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information
Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to
extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements contained in Voluntary Protection
Programs Information.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
October 30, 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, OSHA Docket No. OSHA-2011-0056
U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, 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 for the Information Collection Request (ICR) (OSHA-2011-
0056). 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Hamel, Director, Office of
Partnerships and Recognition, Directorate of Cooperative and State
Programs, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3700, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW,, Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2213.
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 accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (PRA
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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 Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) [47 FR 29025], adopted by
OSHA, established the efficacy of cooperative action among government,
industry and labor to address employee safety and health issues and to
expand employee protection. To qualify, employers must meet OSHA's
safety and health management criterion, which focuses on comprehensive
management programs and active employee involvement to prevent or
control worksite safety and health hazards. Employers who qualify
generally view OSHA standards as a minimum level of safety and health
performance, and set their own more stringent standards, wherever
necessary, to improve employee protection. Prospective VPP worksites
must submit an application that includes:
General applicant information (e.g., site, corporate, and
collective bargaining contact information).
Injury and illness rate performance information (i.e.,
number of employees and/or applicable contractors onsite, type of work
performed and products produced, North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS) codes, and Recordable Injury and Illness Case Incidence
Rate information).
Safety and health management program information (i.e.,
description of the applicant's safety and health management programs
including how the programs successfully address management leadership
and employee involvement, worksite analysis, hazard prevention and
control, and safety and health training).
OSHA uses this information to determine whether an applicant is
ready for a VPP onsite evaluation and as a verification tool during VPP
onsite evaluations. Without this information, OSHA would be unable to
determine which sites are ready for VPP status.
Each current VPP applicant is also required to submit an annual
self-evaluation which addresses how that applicant is continuing its
adherence to programmatic requirements.
In 2008, OSHA modified procedures for VPP applicants, OSHA onsite
evaluations, and annual participant self-evaluations for applicants/
participants subject to OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM)
Standard. Applicants who perform work that uses or produces highly
hazardous chemicals exceeding specified limits covered under the PSM
standard must submit responses to the PSM application supplement along
with their VPP application.
Once in the VPP, the participant is required to submit an annual
self-evaluation detailing its continued adherence to programmatic
requirements. Applicants covered under the PSM standard are required to
submit a PSM questionnaire, a supplemental document, as part of their
annual submission. OSHA needs this information to ensure that the
participant remains qualified to participate in the VPP between onsite
evaluations. Without this information, OSHA would be unable to
determine whether applicants are maintaining excellent safety and
health management programs during this interim period.
In 2009, with the publication of the Federal Register Notice (FRN)
(74 FR 927, January 9, 2009), VPP revised its traditional focus on
individual fixed worksites (site-based) by adding two new ways to
participate: mobile workforce and corporate. A significant
reorganization of the program helped clarify the multiple participation
options now available.
Employees of VPP participants may apply to participate in the
Special Government Employee (SGE) Program. The SGE Program offers
private and public sector safety and health professionals and other
qualified participants the opportunity to exchange ideas, gain new
perspectives, and grow professionally while serving as full-fledged
team members on OSHA's VPP onsite evaluations and helping OSHA with
other VPP-related activities. In this capacity, SGEs may review company
documents, assist with worksite walkthroughs, interview employees,
assist in preparing VPP onsite evaluation reports, assist the Regional
VPP Manager with the review of a site's VPP application or annual self-
evaluation report, co-instruct the SGE course or VPP application
workshop, and mentor potential or current VPP sites. Potential SGEs
must submit an application that includes:
SGE Eligibility Information Sheet (i.e., applicant's name,
professional credentials, site/corporate contact information,
qualifying activities participation, etc.);
Current Resume;
Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450).
Optional Application for Federal Employment (OF 612).
OSHA uses the SGE Eligibility Information Sheet to ensure that the
potential SGE works at a VPP site and meets the minimum eligibility
qualifications. The resume is required to provide a detailed
description of their current duties and responsibilities as they relate
to safety and health and the implementation of an effective safety and
health management program. The OGE Form 450 is used to ensure that SGEs
do not participate on onsite evaluations at VPP sites in which they
have a financial interest.
OSHA Challenge is designed to reach and guide employers and
companies in all major industry groups who are strongly committed to
improving their safety and health management programs and possibly
pursuing recognition in the VPP. The Challenge Administrator's
application is used to: (1) Conduct a preliminary analysis of the
applicant's knowledge of safety and health management programs; and (2)
make a determination regarding the applicant's qualifications to become
a Challenge Administrator. Once a Challenge Administrator is approved,
the program's Administrator will review each Challenge candidate's
application/annual submissions to ensure that all necessary information
is provided, prior to forwarding them to OSHA's National Office for
analysis and acceptance.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
Whether the information collection requirements are
necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's functions,
including whether the information is useful;
The accuracy of the Agency'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.
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III. Proposed Actions
OSHA proposes to extend OMB's approval of the collection of
information (paperwork) requirements necessitated by the Voluntary
Protection Programs. The Agency is requesting an adjustment decrease in
the burden hours from 134,475 hours to 90,863 hours; a total decrease
of 43,612 hours. The decrease is the result of the VPP Participation
Evaluation Report Site-Based Mobile Workforce Corporate in managing
participants is no longer needed. The Agency will summarize the
comments submitted in response to this notice, and will include this
summary in its request to OMB to extend the approval of these
information collection requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Voluntary Protection Programs Information.
OMB Number: 1218-0239.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; individuals or
households; Federal government; state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents:
VPP
273 Applications
55 Process Safety Management Applications Questionnaire-A
1,406 Annual Self-Evaluations
55 (PSM) Annual Self-Evaluations/Supplemental Questionnaire B
Challenge
3 Challenge Administrator's Applications
27 Challenge Participant's Applications
143 Challenge Annual Self-Evaluations
Special Government Employees
348 SGE Eligibility Information Sheets
261 Resumes
87 OF-612
1616 Confidential Financial Disclosure Forms (OGE-Form 450)
Total Respondents: 4,274.
Frequency: Various.
Average Time per Response:
VPP General
200 hours for VPP Applications
20 hours for VPP Annual Evaluations
Process Safety Management
40 hours for Applications
20 hours for Annual Evaluations
Challenge
5 hours for Challenge Administrator's Applications
10 hours for Challenge Candidate Applications
20 hours for Challenge Annual Evaluations
Special Government Employees (SGE)
10 minutes (.17 hour) for SGE Eligibility Information Sheet
30 minutes (.50 hour) for SGE Resume
40 minutes for Optional Form 612
1 hour for Confidential Financial Disclosure Form
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 90,863.
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-2011-0056). You
may supplement electronic submissions by uploading document files
electronically. If you wish to mail additional materials in reference
to an electronic or facsimile submission, you must submit them to the
OSHA Docket Office (see the section of this notice titled ADDRESSES).
The additional materials must clearly identify your electronic comments
by your name, date, and the docket number so the Agency can attach them
to your comments.
Because of security procedures, the use of regular mail may cause a
significant delay in the receipt of comments. For information about
security procedures concerning the delivery of materials by hand,
express delivery, messenger, or courier service, please contact the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2350, (TTY (877) 889-5627).
Comments and submissions are posted without change at https://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about
submitting personal information such as social security numbers and
date of birth. Although all submissions are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index, some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to read or download 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
Loren Sweatt, 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 August 22, 2017.
Loren Sweatt,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2017-18427 Filed 8-29-17; 8:45 am]
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