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4. Changes to Fee Schedule. The
effective date of this fee schedule is
thirty days after the publication of the
Assistant Secretary’s notice in the
Federal Register. A NRTL or applicant
pays fees according to the fee schedule
in effect on the date the agency receives
an application or commences an on-site
assessment.
V. Paperwork Reduction Act
Requirements
The revisions adopted in this notice
contains collections of information (also
referred to as ‘‘paperwork’’
requirements) that are subject to review
by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq., and OMB’s regulations at
5 CFR part 1320. The purposes of the
PRA include enhancing the quality and
utility of information the Federal
government requires and minimizing
the information collection burden on
affected entities. The PRA requires
certain actions before an agency can
adopt or revise a collection of
information, including publishing a
summary of the collection of
information and a brief description of
the need for and proposed use of the
information. The PRA defines
‘‘collection of information’’ to mean,
‘‘the obtaining, causing to be obtained,
soliciting, or requiring the disclosure to
third parties or the public, of facts or
opinions by or for an agency, regardless
of form or format’’ (44 U.S.C.
3502(3)(A)).
Under the PRA, a Federal agency may
not conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it is approved by
OMB under the PRA and displays a
currently valid OMB control number (44
U.S.C. 3507). Also, notwithstanding any
other provisions of law, no person shall
be subject to penalty for failing to
comply with a collection of information
if the collection of information does not
display a currently valid OMB control
number (44 U.S.C. 3512).
As required by 5 CFR 1320.8(d),
OSHA published a Federal Register
notice on December 28, 2016 (81 FR
95650, Docket No. OSHA–2010–0007)
requesting comments from the public
and other interested parties on proposed
revisions to the Information Collection
Requirements approved by OMB as part
of the NRTL Program’s Paperwork
Package. The notice was part of a
preclearance consultation program that
provided interested parties with an
opportunity to comment on the current
request for OMB approval of
modification of the existing Paperwork
Reduction Act package by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). The
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previous approval of the existing
information collection requirements by
OMB and the request for modification of
that approval both addressed the
information collection requirements
found in the NRTL Program
requirements (29 CFR 1910.7) (OMB
Control Number 1218–0147).
The Federal Register notice generated
two comments from the public. Both
comments are available on
regulations.gov under docket number
OSHA–2010–0007. OSHA responded to
these comments in a Supporting
Statement for the Revised Information
Collection Requirements. A copy of the
revised Information Collection
Requirements, with applicable
supporting documentation, including a
description of the likely respondents,
frequency of response, and estimated
total burden, may be obtained free of
charge from the RegInfo.gov website at
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=1218-0147.
On June 29, 2018, the Department of
Labor submitted to OMB for approval
the proposed revisions to the
Information Collection Requirements
(83 FR 30779). OMB provided approval
of this submission on November 29,
2018.
Agency: DOL—OSHA.
Title of Collection: Definition and
Requirements of a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (29 CFR
1910.7).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0147.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 20.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 140.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
1,523 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $718,836.
VI. Final Decision
OSHA will no longer follow the
existing NRTL Program Directive
procedures for accepting and reviewing
applications, as described in section
III.B. of this notice. Instead, OSHA
adopts the proposed streamlined
procedures for accepting and reviewing
applications, with one minor, nonsubstantive change, as described in
section III.C. of this notice.
OSHA also adopts the proposed
revised fee schedule, as described in
sections IV.B, IV.C, and IV.D of this
notice, without change. Moreover, as
described in sections IV.B, IV.C, and
IV.D of this notice, the revised fee
schedule adopted herein replaces
OSHA’s existing fee schedule.
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Authority and Signature
Loren Sweatt, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20210, 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 September
12, 2019.
Loren Sweatt,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Occupational Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Veterans’ Employment and Training
Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request: VETS’
Competitive Grant Program Reporting
Notice of availability; request
for comments.
ACTION:
VETS is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed revision of certain information
the agency collects from grant
recipients. Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal
agencies are required to publish a notice
in the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information and
to allow 60 days for public comment in
response to the notice.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
written comments received by
November 18, 2019.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this Information
Collection Request (ICR) with applicable
supporting documentation, including a
description of the likely respondents,
proposed frequency of response, and
estimated total burden, may be obtained
for free by contacting Rebekah Haydin
by telephone at (972) 850–4720 (this is
not a toll-free number) or by email at
Haydin.Rebekah@dol.gov.
Submit written comments about this
ICR by mail or courier to the U.S.
Department of Labor, Veterans’
Employment and Training Service, 525
S. Griffin Street, #858, Dallas, TX 75202;
by email: Haydin.Rebekah@dol.gov; or
by fax: (972) 850–4716.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebekah Haydin, by telephone at (972)
850–4720 (this is not a toll-free number)
or by email at Haydin.Rebekah@dol.gov.
SUMMARY:
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The
Department of Labor, as part of
continuing efforts to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to
provide the general public and Federal
agencies an opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing collections
of information before submitting them
to the OMB for final approval. This
program helps to ensure requested data
can be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection
instruments are clearly understood, and
the impact of collection requirements
can be properly assessed.
The Department of Labor’s VETS
administers funds for the Homeless
Veterans’ Reintegration Program grants
to state, local, and tribal governments;
businesses and other for-profit and notfor-profit organizations on an annual
program year basis. These competitive
grants are codified under 38 U.S.C.
2021, 2021A, and 2023.
VETS provides funds to
competitively-awarded grantees through
annual Funding Opportunity
Announcements and option year
funding. The total number of grantees
varies based on the amount of available
funds, awarded in grants up to $500,000
each.
The Assistant Secretary for Veterans’
Employment and Training monitors and
supervises the distribution and use of
those funds as required by 38 U.S.C.
2021 (b). Additionally, and in
accordance with 38 U.S.C. 2021 (d), the
Secretary reviews performance and
provides a biennial report to Congress
on the program, including an evaluation
of the services furnished to veterans and
an analysis of the information we have
collected. VETS intends to request
approval for this information collection
that streamlines the annual funding
request process for grantees, reports the
use of grantee funds in sufficient detail
to allow interim adjustments that ensure
all appropriated funding is expended
properly, and provides data needed for
VETS’ biennial report to Congress.
The forms and reports collect required
programmatic and financial data from
grantees. The continued use of
standardized formats for collecting this
information helps to ensure that
requested data is provided in a uniform
way, reporting burdens are minimized,
the impact of collection requirements on
respondents are properly assessed,
collection instruments are clearly
understood by respondents, and the
information is easily consolidated for
posting in accordance with statutory
requirements.
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This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless it is
approved by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) under the PRA and
displays a currently valid OMB Control
Number. In addition, notwithstanding
any other provisions of law, no person
shall generally be subject to penalty for
failing to comply with a collection of
information that does not display a
valid Control Number. See 5 CFR
1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
As previously noted this request has
been classified as a revision. More
specifically, VETS intends to add the
VETS–704 Applicant Summary form
that will allow VETS to timely make
informed decisions about grant awards,
and to request certain additional
information on the VETS–701 Technical
Performance Report about the
participants grantees serve and the
services provided to those participants.
Interested parties are encouraged to
provide comments to the contact shown
in the ADDRESSES section. Comments
must be written to receive
consideration, and they will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval of the final ICR. In
order to help ensure appropriate
consideration, comments should
mention OMB Control Number 1293–
0014. Submitted comments will also be
a matter of public record for this ICR
and posted on the internet, without
redaction. VETS encourages
commenters not to include personally
identifiable information, confidential
business data, or other sensitive
statements/information in any
comments. VETS is particularly
interested in comments that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
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e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Agency: DOL–VETS.
Type of Review: Revision.
Title of Collection: VETS’ Competitive
Grant Program Reporting.
Forms:
1. VETS–700, Competitive Grants
(CG) Planned Goals Chart;
2. VETS–701, CG Technical
Performance Report (TPR);
3. VETS–702, CG Technical
Performance Narrative (TPN);
4. VETS–703, Stand Down After
Action Report (SDAAR) and;
5. VETS–704, Applicant Synopsis.
OMB Control Number: 1293–0014.
Affected Public: State, Local, and
Tribal Governments; Private Sector—
businesses or other for-profits and notfor-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,078.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
2,662.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 11,004.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost
Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Dated: Signed in Washington, DC, this 12th
day of September, 2019.
Joseph S. Shellenberger,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Veterans’
Employment and Training Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Veterans' Employment and Training Service
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request: VETS'
Competitive Grant Program Reporting
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: VETS is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the
proposed revision of certain information the agency collects from grant
recipients. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal
agencies are required to publish a notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information and to allow 60 days
for public comment in response to the notice.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all written comments received by
November 18, 2019.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this Information Collection Request (ICR) with
applicable supporting documentation, including a description of the
likely respondents, proposed frequency of response, and estimated total
burden, may be obtained for free by contacting Rebekah Haydin by
telephone at (972) 850-4720 (this is not a toll-free number) or by
email at [email protected].
Submit written comments about this ICR by mail or courier to the
U.S. Department of Labor, Veterans' Employment and Training Service,
525 S. Griffin Street, #858, Dallas, TX 75202; by email:
[email protected]; or by fax: (972) 850-4716.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebekah Haydin, by telephone at (972)
850-4720 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at
[email protected].
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Labor, as part of
continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts
a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and
Federal agencies an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing collections of information before submitting them to the OMB
for final approval. This program helps to ensure requested data can be
provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood,
and the impact of collection requirements can be properly assessed.
The Department of Labor's VETS administers funds for the Homeless
Veterans' Reintegration Program grants to state, local, and tribal
governments; businesses and other for-profit and not-for-profit
organizations on an annual program year basis. These competitive grants
are codified under 38 U.S.C. 2021, 2021A, and 2023.
VETS provides funds to competitively-awarded grantees through
annual Funding Opportunity Announcements and option year funding. The
total number of grantees varies based on the amount of available funds,
awarded in grants up to $500,000 each.
The Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training
monitors and supervises the distribution and use of those funds as
required by 38 U.S.C. 2021 (b). Additionally, and in accordance with 38
U.S.C. 2021 (d), the Secretary reviews performance and provides a
biennial report to Congress on the program, including an evaluation of
the services furnished to veterans and an analysis of the information
we have collected. VETS intends to request approval for this
information collection that streamlines the annual funding request
process for grantees, reports the use of grantee funds in sufficient
detail to allow interim adjustments that ensure all appropriated
funding is expended properly, and provides data needed for VETS'
biennial report to Congress.
The forms and reports collect required programmatic and financial
data from grantees. The continued use of standardized formats for
collecting this information helps to ensure that requested data is
provided in a uniform way, reporting burdens are minimized, the impact
of collection requirements on respondents are properly assessed,
collection instruments are clearly understood by respondents, and the
information is easily consolidated for posting in accordance with
statutory requirements.
This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and
the public is generally not required to respond to an information
collection, unless it is approved by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) under the PRA and displays a currently valid OMB Control
Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no
person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information that does not display a valid Control
Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
As previously noted this request has been classified as a revision.
More specifically, VETS intends to add the VETS-704 Applicant Summary
form that will allow VETS to timely make informed decisions about grant
awards, and to request certain additional information on the VETS-701
Technical Performance Report about the participants grantees serve and
the services provided to those participants.
Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments to the
contact shown in the ADDRESSES section. Comments must be written to
receive consideration, and they will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval of the final ICR. In order to help ensure
appropriate consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number
1293-0014. Submitted comments will also be a matter of public record
for this ICR and posted on the internet, without redaction. VETS
encourages commenters not to include personally identifiable
information, confidential business data, or other sensitive statements/
information in any comments. VETS is particularly interested in
comments that:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Agency: DOL-VETS.
Type of Review: Revision.
Title of Collection: VETS' Competitive Grant Program Reporting.
Forms:
1. VETS-700, Competitive Grants (CG) Planned Goals Chart;
2. VETS-701, CG Technical Performance Report (TPR);
3. VETS-702, CG Technical Performance Narrative (TPN);
4. VETS-703, Stand Down After Action Report (SDAAR) and;
5. VETS-704, Applicant Synopsis.
OMB Control Number: 1293-0014.
Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments; Private
Sector--businesses or other for-profits and not-for-profit
institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,078.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 2,662.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,004.
Total Estimated Annual Other Cost Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Dated: Signed in Washington, DC, this 12th day of September,
2019.
Joseph S. Shellenberger,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Veterans' Employment and Training Service.
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