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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.
• 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
Affected Public: Program staff,
program partners, and participants of
the Scaling Apprenticeship Through
Sector-Based Strategies grants, Closing
the Skills Gap grants, and Transitioning
Service Member Apprenticeship
demonstration. Additionally,
apprenticeship placement counselors of
the Transitioning Service Member
Apprenticeship demonstration.
Comments submitted in response to
this request will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
other forms of information technology—
for example, permitting electronic
submission of responses.
III. Current Actions: At this time, DOL
is requesting clearance for the baseline
survey and informed consent of
participants; baseline survey and
informed consent of staff; interview
guide for program staff; interview guide
for program partners; focus group guide
for participants; interview guide for
apprenticeship placement counselors;
and focus group guide for military
participants.
Type of Review: New information
collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290–0NEW.
ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Type of instrument
(form/activity)
Number of
responses per
respondent
Number of
respondents
Baseline survey and consent—program participants ..........
Baseline survey and consent—program staff ......................
Interview guide—program staff ............................................
Interview guide—program partners .....................................
Focus group guide—program participants ..........................
Interview guide—military apprenticeship placement counselors ................................................................................
Focus group guide—military participants ............................
1 5,000
Total ..............................................................................
Total number
of responses
Average
burden time
per response
(hours)
Estimated
burden hours
1
25
1
1
1
5,000
5,000
28
42
70
0.25
0.25
1.0
1.0
1.5
1,250
1,250
28
42
105
5 16
1
1
6
16
1.0
1.5
6
24
5,362
........................
10,162
........................
2,705
2 200
3 28
3 42
4 70
6
1 Assumes
5,000 participants randomized every year.
200 staff assist in participant randomization every year, each serving 25 participants.
7 sites visited per year with 4 program staff and 6 partner interviews per site.
4 Assumes 1 focus group with 10 participants per each site visited.
5 Assumes 1 focus group with 6 participants in each of 8 sites, spread over three years.
2 Assumes
3 Assumes
Christina Yancey,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of
Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, Employer
Adoption of Voluntary Health and
Safety Standards, New Collection
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection; request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor
(DOL), as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, conducts a preclearance
consultation program to provide the
general public and federal agencies with
an opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95). This program helps to ensure
that 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 on respondents
is properly assessed. Currently, the
Department of Labor is soliciting
comments concerning the collection of
data about Employer Adoption of
Voluntary Health and Safety Standards.
A copy of the proposed Information
Collection Request (ICR) can be
obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the addressee section of this
notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before
February 18, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either one of the following methods:
Email: ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov;
Mail or Courier: Chayun Yi, Chief
Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–2312, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
PO 00000
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DC 20210. Instructions: Please submit
one copy of your comments by only one
method. All submissions received must
include the agency name and OMB
Control Number identified above for
this information collection. Comments,
including any personal information
provided, become a matter of public
record. They will also be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB
approval of the information collection
request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chayun Yi by email at
ChiefEvaluationOffice@dol.gov or by
phone at (202) 693–5084.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I.
Background: In recent years, a number
of national and international
organizations have developed voluntary
consensus-based standards designed to
help organizations manage workplace
safety and health in a systematic way.
The first of these, Occupational Health
and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS)
18001, was published in 1999. After its
adoption in 2007 as an official British
standard, OHSAS 18001 gained broader
acceptance worldwide. In 2005, the U.S.
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published its first national standard,
ANSI/AIHA Z10, which was revised in
2012. Most recently, in 2018, the
International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) published an
international standard, ISO 45001.
All of these are based on principles
such as those found in ISO 9001, a
standard that help organizations manage
quality, and ISO 14001, a standard
focused on environmental management.
Each promotes a continuous process in
which the organization establishes
goals, implements programs and actions
to achieve those goals, monitors and
evaluates its performance and progress,
and makes adjustments to improve the
system and its performance.
Organizations that adopt these
standards may choose to have their
conformance certified by an accredited
third party auditor.
The Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) of
the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is
conducting a study to assess employers’
adoption of voluntary consensus-based
safety and health standards. The goal of
this study is to better understand how
these voluntary standards are developed
and administered, the types of
organizations that adopt such standards
and their motivation for doing so, the
perceived and actual benefits and costs
of their adoption, their relationship to
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) standards, and
the extent to which the standards
promote compliance. OSHA’s Voluntary
Protection Program (VPP) is not
included in this study because unlike
the standards described above it was not
developed through a voluntary industry
consensus process.
As part of this effort, CEO intends to
collect data from employers who have
adopted these standards. Specifically,
CEO intends to collect information on:
1. The types of employers that adopt
these standards and their motivation for
doing so. This will include information
that characterize the demographics of
the companies that adopt these
standards (size, industry sector, etc.)
and their health and safety practices.
2. The perceived and actual benefits
and costs of adopting voluntary
standards. This will include information
on the perceived or actual changes in
injuries or illnesses, workplace safety,
employee morale, productivity,
turnover, profitability. CEO will also
collect information on the costs of
implementing these programs.
CEO intends to compare these data to
information from other sources on the
companies that have not adopted
voluntary safety and health management
systems.
This Federal Register Notice provides
the opportunity to comment on CEO’s
proposed data collection and the
approach that CEO plans to use in
collecting these data.
II. Desired Focus of Comments:
Currently, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the
above data collection for its study to
assess employer adoption of voluntary
health and safety programs. DOL is
particularly interested in comments that
do the following:
Æ Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
Æ evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s burden estimate of the
proposed information collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions;
Æ enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
Æ 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—
for example, permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions: At this time, the
Department of Labor is requesting
clearance for a survey of companies that
have adopted voluntary safety and
health management systems.
Type of Review: New information
collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290–0NEW.
Affected Public: Companies that have
adopted voluntary safety and health
management systems.
Comments submitted in response to
this request will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Type of instrument
(form/activity)
Employer Survey ..................................................................
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Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of
Labor.
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invited.
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[FR Doc No: 2019-27330]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, Employer Adoption of Voluntary Health and
Safety Standards, New Collection
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of Information Collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and
federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95). This program helps to ensure that
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 on
respondents is properly assessed. Currently, the Department of Labor is
soliciting comments concerning the collection of data about Employer
Adoption of Voluntary Health and Safety Standards. A copy of the
proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) can be obtained by
contacting the office listed below in the addressee section of this
notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before February 18, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either one of the following
methods: Email: [email protected]; Mail or Courier: Chayun
Yi, Chief Evaluation Office, OASP, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-
2312, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210. Instructions:
Please submit one copy of your comments by only one method. All
submissions received must include the agency name and OMB Control
Number identified above for this information collection. Comments,
including any personal information provided, become a matter of public
record. They will also be summarized and/or included in the request for
OMB approval of the information collection request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chayun Yi by email at
[email protected] or by phone at (202) 693-5084.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background: In recent years, a number of
national and international organizations have developed voluntary
consensus-based standards designed to help organizations manage
workplace safety and health in a systematic way. The first of these,
Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS) 18001, was
published in 1999. After its adoption in 2007 as an official British
standard, OHSAS 18001 gained broader acceptance worldwide. In 2005, the
U.S.
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published its first national standard, ANSI/AIHA Z10, which was revised
in 2012. Most recently, in 2018, the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) published an international standard, ISO 45001.
All of these are based on principles such as those found in ISO
9001, a standard that help organizations manage quality, and ISO 14001,
a standard focused on environmental management. Each promotes a
continuous process in which the organization establishes goals,
implements programs and actions to achieve those goals, monitors and
evaluates its performance and progress, and makes adjustments to
improve the system and its performance. Organizations that adopt these
standards may choose to have their conformance certified by an
accredited third party auditor.
The Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) of the U.S. Department of Labor
(DOL) is conducting a study to assess employers' adoption of voluntary
consensus-based safety and health standards. The goal of this study is
to better understand how these voluntary standards are developed and
administered, the types of organizations that adopt such standards and
their motivation for doing so, the perceived and actual benefits and
costs of their adoption, their relationship to Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) standards, and the extent to which the
standards promote compliance. OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program (VPP)
is not included in this study because unlike the standards described
above it was not developed through a voluntary industry consensus
process.
As part of this effort, CEO intends to collect data from employers
who have adopted these standards. Specifically, CEO intends to collect
information on:
1. The types of employers that adopt these standards and their
motivation for doing so. This will include information that
characterize the demographics of the companies that adopt these
standards (size, industry sector, etc.) and their health and safety
practices.
2. The perceived and actual benefits and costs of adopting
voluntary standards. This will include information on the perceived or
actual changes in injuries or illnesses, workplace safety, employee
morale, productivity, turnover, profitability. CEO will also collect
information on the costs of implementing these programs.
CEO intends to compare these data to information from other sources
on the companies that have not adopted voluntary safety and health
management systems.
This Federal Register Notice provides the opportunity to comment on
CEO's proposed data collection and the approach that CEO plans to use
in collecting these data.
II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Department of Labor
is soliciting comments concerning the above data collection for its
study to assess employer adoption of voluntary health and safety
programs. DOL is particularly interested in comments that do the
following:
[cir] Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
[cir] evaluate the accuracy of the agency's burden estimate of the
proposed information collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions;
[cir] enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
[cir] 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--for example, permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions: At this time, the Department of Labor is
requesting clearance for a survey of companies that have adopted
voluntary safety and health management systems.
Type of Review: New information collection request.
OMB Control Number: 1290-0NEW.
Affected Public: Companies that have adopted voluntary safety and
health management systems.
Comments submitted in response to this request will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a
matter of public record.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours
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Average burden
Number of Number of Total number of time per Estimated
Type of instrument (form/activity) respondents responses per responses response burden hours
respondent (hours)
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Employer Survey.................................................... 1,000 1 1,000 0.50 500
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Christina Yancey,
Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2019-27330 Filed 12-18-19; 8:45 am]
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