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(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are
invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that agency receives
on or before November 16, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) if the
information will be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (4)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collection; and
(5) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anthony May by telephone at 202–693–
4129 (this is not a toll-free number), or
by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
101(a), 30 U.S.C. 811(a), allows MSHA
to promulgate standards that would
require operators to make and retain
records from which MSHA would then
collect information. Section 103(h), 30
U.S.C. 813(h), of the Federal Mine
Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine
Act), 30 U.S.C. 801 et seq., authorizes
MSHA to collect information necessary
to carry out its duty in protecting the
safety and health of miners. Title 30
CFR 57.3461 requires operators of
underground metal and nonmetal mines
to develop and implement a rock burst
control plan within 90 days after a rock
burst has been experienced. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
May 12, 2020 (85 FR 28038).
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 the OMB
approves it and displays a currently
valid OMB Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
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law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an ICR
cannot be for more than three (3) years
without renewal. The DOL notes that
information collection requirements
submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL–MSHA.
Title of Collection: Rock Burst Control
Plan, (Pertains to Underground Metal/
Nonmetal Mines).
OMB Control Number: 1219–0097.
Affected Public: Private Sector:
Businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 1.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 1.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
12.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: October 9, 2020.
Anthony May,
Management and Program Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0062]
Powered Industrial Trucks Standard;
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 the proposal to
extend the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in the Powered Industrial
Trucks Standard. The information
collection requirements address truck
design, construction and modification,
as well as certification of training and
evaluation for truck operators.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
December 15, 2020.
ADDRESSES:
SUMMARY:
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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–2011–0062, 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.,
ET. Please note: While OSHA’s Docket
Office is continuing to accept and
process submissions by regular mail,
due to the COVID–19 pandemic, the
Docket Office is closed to the public and
not able to receive submissions to the
docket by hand, express mail,
messenger, and courier service.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and the OSHA
docket number (OSHA–2011–0062) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). All comments, including any
personal information you provide, such
as social security number and date of
birth, 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 website. All
submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You may also contact Theda Kenney at
the address below to obtain a copy of
the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Seleda Perryman or Theda Kenney,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
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telephone (202) 693–2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of
the 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)
(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).
Paragraph (a)(4) of the Powered
Industrial Trucks Standard requires
employers to obtain the manufacturer’s
written approval before modifying a
truck in a manner that affects the
capacity and safe operation; if the
manufacturer grants such approval, the
employer must revise capacity,
operation, and maintenance instruction
plates, tags, and decals accordingly. For
front-end attachments not installed by
the manufacturer, paragraph (a)(5)
mandates that employers provide a
marker on the trucks that identifies the
attachment, as well as the weight of
both the truck and the attachment when
the attachment is at maximum elevation
with a laterally centered load. Paragraph
(a)(6) specifies that employers must
ensure that the markers required by
paragraphs (a)(3) through (a)(5) remain
affixed to the trucks and are legible.
Paragraphs (1)(4) and (1)(6) of the
Standard contain the paperwork
requirements necessary to certify the
evaluation and training provided to
powered industrial truck operators.
Accordingly, these paragraphs specify
the following requirements for
employers.
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• Paragraph (1)(4)(iii)—evaluate each
operator’s performance at least once
every three years.
• Paragraph (l)(6)—Certify that each
operator meets the training and
evaluation requirements specified by
paragraph (l). This certification must
include the operator’s name, the
training date, the evaluation date, and
the identity of the individual(s) who
performed the training and evaluation.
Requiring labels (markings) on
modified equipment notifies workers of
the conditions under which they can
safely operate powered industrial
trucks, thereby preventing such hazards
as fires and explosions caused by poorly
designed electrical systems, rollovers/
tipovers that result from exceeding a
truck’s stability characteristics, and
falling loads that occur when loads
exceed the lifting capacities of
attachments. Certification of worker
training and evaluation provides a
means of informing employers that their
workers received the training and
demonstrated the performance
necessary to operate a truck within the
capacity and control limitations. By
ensuring that workers operate only
trucks that are in proper working order,
and do so safely, employers prevent
possible severe injury or death of truck
operators and other workers who are in
the vicinity of the trucks. Finally, these
paperwork requirements are the most
efficient means for an OSHA
compliance officer to determine that an
employer properly notified workers
about the design and construction of,
and modifications made to, the trucks
they are operating, and that an employer
provided them with the required
training.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
• Whether the proposed information
collection requirements 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
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.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is proposing to increase the
existing burden hour estimate of the
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collection of information requirements
specified by the Standard. In this regard,
the agency is proposing to increase the
current burden hour estimate from
427,866 hours to 450,023 hours, a total
increase of 22,257 hours. An increase in
the number of powered industrial truck
operators from 1,210,679 to 1,276,055
resulted in this increase. The agency
will summarize the comments
submitted in response to this notice and
will include this summary in the
request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Powered Industrial Trucks (29
CFR 1910.178).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0242.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 1,276,055.
Number of Responses: 2,526,588.
Frequency of Reponses: On occasion;
annually; triennially.
Average Time per Response: Ranges
from two minutes to mark an approved
truck to 30 minutes to perform an
evaluation.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
450,023.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $256,626.
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
materials must identify the agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0062).
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).
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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 from this website. All
submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
Information on using the https://
www.regulations.gov website to submit
comments and access the docket is
available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
for information about materials not
available from the website, and for
assistance in using the internet to locate
docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
Loren Sweatt, Principal 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 October 9,
2020.
Loren Sweatt,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Occupational Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library
Services
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Request: Evaluation of the
Reopening Archives, Libraries, and
Museums (REALM) Project
Institute of Museum and
Library Services, National Foundation
for the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Notice, request for comments,
collection of information.
AGENCY:
The Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS), 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
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Reduction Act. This pre-clearance
consultation 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
can be properly assessed. The purpose
of this notice is to solicit comments
concerning a plan to conduct a research
study entitled ‘‘Evaluation of the
Reopening Archives, Libraries, and
Museums (REALM) Project’’. A copy of
the proposed information collection
request can be obtained by contacting
the individual listed below in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before
December 11, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Connie
Bodner, Ph.D., Director, Office of Grants
Policy and Management, Institute of
Museum and Library Services, 955
L’Enfant Plaza North, SW, Suite 4000,
Washington, DC 20024–2135. Dr.
Bodner can be reached by telephone at
202–653–4636, by email at cbodner@
imls.gov, or by teletype (TTY/TDD) for
persons with hearing difficulty at 202–
653–4614.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marvin Carr, Ph.D., Senior Advisor,
Office of Digital and Information
Strategy, Institute of Museum and
Library Services, 955 L’Enfant Plaza
North, SW, Suite 4000, Washington, DC
20024–2135. Dr. Carr can be reached by
telephone at 202–653–4752, by email at
mcarr@imls.gov, or by teletype (TTY/
TDD) for persons with hearing difficulty
at 202–653–4614.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IMLS is
particularly interested in comments that
help the agency to:
• 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
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information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
I. Background
The Institute of Museum and Library
Services is the primary source of federal
support for the nation’s libraries and
museums. We advance, support, and
empower America’s museums, libraries,
and related organizations through grant
making, research, and policy
development. Our vision is a nation
where museums and libraries work
together to transform the lives of
individuals and communities. To learn
more, visit www.imls.gov.
II. Current Actions
The Institute of Museum and Library
Services (IMLS) is proposing an
evaluation of the Reopening Archives,
Libraries, and Museums (REALM)
Project. The REALM Project convenes
individuals from Institute of Museum
and Library Services (IMLS), OCLC Inc.
(OCLC), Battelle, and several key actors
in the libraries, archives, and museums
(LAM) field to bring their expertise and
on-the-ground experience together to
develop science-based information
about how materials can be handled to
mitigate COVID–19 exposure to staff
and visitors of LAM institutions as
COVID–19 restrictions begin lifting
across the country. This project extends
the guidance available from the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) by providing information that is
specifically relevant to LAM
institutions.
Given that LAM institutions work
with physical materials that are often
circulated among the public, LAM
institutions have unique concerns about
how they can optimize their operations
while minimizing the potential for
spreading the Coronavirus. This
evaluation will be focused on
understanding the extent to which the
professionals from LAM institutions
have found that the REALM Project’s
research test results and toolkit
resources have met their needs. Data
will be collected through a survey of
organizations that have used the test
results and toolkit developed by the
REALM project.
Agency: Institute of Museum and
Library Services.
Title: Evaluation of the Reopening
Archives, Libraries, and Museums
Project.
OMB Number: 3137–NEW.
Agency Number: 3137.
Respondents/Affected Public: Staff
from library, archive, and museum
sectors.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: TBD.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2011-0062]
Powered Industrial Trucks Standard; 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 the proposal to
extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements specified in the Powered Industrial
Trucks Standard. The information collection requirements address truck
design, construction and modification, as well as certification of
training and evaluation for truck operators.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
December 15, 2020.
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-2011-0062, 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., ET. Please note: While OSHA's
Docket Office is continuing to accept and process submissions by
regular mail, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Docket Office is closed
to the public and not able to receive submissions to the docket by
hand, express mail, messenger, and courier service.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and the
OSHA docket number (OSHA-2011-0062) for the Information Collection
Request (ICR). All comments, including any personal information you
provide, such as social security number and date of birth, 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 website. All submissions,
including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and
copying at the OSHA Docket Office. You may also contact Theda Kenney at
the address below to obtain a copy of the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seleda Perryman or Theda Kenney,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
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OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone (202) 693-2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of the 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) (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).
Paragraph (a)(4) of the Powered Industrial Trucks Standard requires
employers to obtain the manufacturer's written approval before
modifying a truck in a manner that affects the capacity and safe
operation; if the manufacturer grants such approval, the employer must
revise capacity, operation, and maintenance instruction plates, tags,
and decals accordingly. For front-end attachments not installed by the
manufacturer, paragraph (a)(5) mandates that employers provide a marker
on the trucks that identifies the attachment, as well as the weight of
both the truck and the attachment when the attachment is at maximum
elevation with a laterally centered load. Paragraph (a)(6) specifies
that employers must ensure that the markers required by paragraphs
(a)(3) through (a)(5) remain affixed to the trucks and are legible.
Paragraphs (1)(4) and (1)(6) of the Standard contain the paperwork
requirements necessary to certify the evaluation and training provided
to powered industrial truck operators. Accordingly, these paragraphs
specify the following requirements for employers.
Paragraph (1)(4)(iii)--evaluate each operator's
performance at least once every three years.
Paragraph (l)(6)--Certify that each operator meets the
training and evaluation requirements specified by paragraph (l). This
certification must include the operator's name, the training date, the
evaluation date, and the identity of the individual(s) who performed
the training and evaluation.
Requiring labels (markings) on modified equipment notifies workers
of the conditions under which they can safely operate powered
industrial trucks, thereby preventing such hazards as fires and
explosions caused by poorly designed electrical systems, rollovers/
tipovers that result from exceeding a truck's stability
characteristics, and falling loads that occur when loads exceed the
lifting capacities of attachments. Certification of worker training and
evaluation provides a means of informing employers that their workers
received the training and demonstrated the performance necessary to
operate a truck within the capacity and control limitations. By
ensuring that workers operate only trucks that are in proper working
order, and do so safely, employers prevent possible severe injury or
death of truck operators and other workers who are in the vicinity of
the trucks. Finally, these paperwork requirements are the most
efficient means for an OSHA compliance officer to determine that an
employer properly notified workers about the design and construction
of, and modifications made to, the trucks they are operating, and that
an employer provided them with the required training.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
Whether the proposed information collection requirements
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 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.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is proposing to increase the existing burden hour estimate of
the collection of information requirements specified by the Standard.
In this regard, the agency is proposing to increase the current burden
hour estimate from 427,866 hours to 450,023 hours, a total increase of
22,257 hours. An increase in the number of powered industrial truck
operators from 1,210,679 to 1,276,055 resulted in this increase. The
agency will summarize the comments submitted in response to this notice
and will include this summary in the request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Powered Industrial Trucks (29 CFR 1910.178).
OMB Control Number: 1218-0242.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 1,276,055.
Number of Responses: 2,526,588.
Frequency of Reponses: On occasion; annually; triennially.
Average Time per Response: Ranges from two minutes to mark an
approved truck to 30 minutes to perform an evaluation.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 450,023.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $256,626.
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 materials must identify the agency
name and the OSHA docket number for the ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2011-
0062). 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).
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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 from this
website. All submissions, including copyrighted material, are available
for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. Information on
using the https://www.regulations.gov website to submit comments and
access the docket is available at the website's ``User Tips'' link.
Contact the OSHA Docket Office for information about materials not
available from the website, and for assistance in using the internet to
locate docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
Loren Sweatt, Principal 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 October 9, 2020.
Loren Sweatt,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety
and Health.
[FR Doc. 2020-22884 Filed 10-15-20; 8:45 am]
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