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Health, authorized the preparation of
this notice under the authority granted
by 29 U.S.C. 655(b)(1) and 656(d), 5
U.S.C. App. 2, Secretary of Labor’s
Order No. 8–2020 (85 FR 58383), and 29
CFR part 1912.
Signed at Washington, DC, on December 8,
2022.
Douglas L. Parker,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0860]
The 13 Carcinogens Standards;
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
obtain the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval for the
information collection requirements
contained in the 13 Carcinogens
Standard.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent or received) by
February 14, 2022.
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.
Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov. Documents in the
docket 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 website.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
through the OSHA Docket Office.
Contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202)
693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–5627) for
assistance in locating docket
submissions.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and the OSHA
docket number for this Federal Register
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notice (OSHA–2011–0860). OSHA will
place comments and requests to speak,
including personal information, in the
public docket, which may be available
online. Therefore, OSHA cautions
interested parties about submitting
personal information such as Social
Security numbers and birthdates. For
further information on submitting
comments, see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading in the section of
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Seleda Perryman or Theda Kenney,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
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
correct format, reporting burden (time
and costs) is minimal, collection
instruments are clearly understandable,
and OSHA’s estimate of the information
collection burden is correct. The OSH
Act (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) authorizes
information collection by employers as
necessary or appropriate for
enforcement of the 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 information collection
requirements specified in the 13
Carcinogens Standard (29 CFR
1920.1003, 1915.1003, and 1926.1103)
protect workers from the adverse health
effects that may result from their
exposure to the specified carcinogens.
The following is a brief description of
the collection of information
requirements contained in the 13
Carcinogens Standard: Establishing and
implementing a medical surveillance
program for workers assigned to enter
regulated areas; informing workers of
their medical examination results; and
providing workers with access to their
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medical records. Further, employers
must retain worker medical records for
specified time periods and make them
available upon request to OSHA and
NIOSH.
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 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 requesting an adjustment increase
of 105.34 hours (from 1,504 hours to 1,609.34
hours). The increase is a result of a slight
growth in the number of establishments
affected by the Standard from 101 to 104
establishments. This results in an increase in
the number of workers receiving medical
examinations, from 695 to 716. The agency
is also requesting an adjustment cost increase
of $191,794, which is the result of an
increase in the cost of medical examinations
from $166 to $429. The cost of the physical
exam is $180 and the hospital fee for out-ofnetwork/uninsured patient is $249. This
explains the 61% increase in cost of the
medical cost.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently
approved collection.
Title: The 13 Carcinogens Standard (29
CFR 1910.1003, 1915.1003, and 1926.1103).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0085.
Affected Public: Businesses or other forprofits.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion,
annually.
Average Time per Response: Time per
response ranges from approximately 5
minutes (for employers to maintain records)
to 2 hours (for worker medical surveillance).
Number of Respondents: 1,640.
Total Responses: 1,640.
Burden Hours: 1,609.34.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $307,164.
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
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comments, attachments, and other
materials must identify the agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0860).
You may supplement electronic
submissions by uploading document
files electronically. 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. 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.
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 publically 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.
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V. Authority and Signature
Douglas L. Parker, 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 December 8,
2021.
Douglas L. Parker,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2010–0046]
QPS Evaluation Services, Inc.: Grant of
Expansion of Recognition
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this notice, OSHA
announces the final decision to expand
the scope of recognition for QPS
Evaluation Services, Inc. as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES: The expansion of the scope of
recognition becomes effective on
December 15, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information regarding this notice is
available from the following sources:
Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank
Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of
Communications, U.S. Department of
Labor, telephone: (202) 693–1999;
email: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
General and technical information:
Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director,
Office of Technical Programs and
Coordination Activities, Directorate of
Technical Support and Emergency
Management, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor, phone: (202) 693–2110 or
email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Notice of Final Decision
OSHA hereby gives notice of the
expansion of the scope of recognition of
QPS Evaluation Services, Inc. (QPS) as
a NRTL. QPS’s expansion covers the
addition of eleven test standards to the
NRTL scope of recognition.
OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies
that the organization meets the
requirements specified in 29 CFR
1910.7. Recognition is an
acknowledgment that the organization
can perform independent safety testing
and certification of the specific products
covered within the scope of recognition
and is not a delegation or grant of
government authority. As a result of
recognition, employers may use
products properly approved by the
NRTL to meet OSHA standards that
require testing and certification of the
products.
The agency processes applications by
a NRTL for initial recognition and for an
expansion or renewal of this
recognition, following requirements in
Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This
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appendix requires that the agency
publish two notices in the Federal
Register in processing an application. In
the first notice, OSHA announces the
application and provides a preliminary
finding. In the second notice, the agency
provides the final decision on the
application. These notices set forth the
NRTL’s scope of recognition or
modifications of that scope. OSHA
maintains an informational web page for
each NRTL, including QPS, which
details the NRTL’s scope of recognition.
These pages are available from the
OSHA website at https://www.osha.gov/
dts/otpca/nrtl/.
QPS submitted an application, dated
January 30, 2020 (OSHA–2010–0046–
0015) to add eleven additional test
standards to QPS’s NRTL recognition.
OSHA staff performed a detailed
analysis of the application packet and
reviewed other pertinent information.
OSHA did not perform any on-site
reviews in relation to this application.
OSHA published the preliminary
notice announcing QPS’s expansion
application in the Federal Register on
August 16, 2021 (86 FR 45759). The
agency requested comments by August
31, 2021, but it received no comments
in response to this notice. OSHA is now
proceeding with this final notice to
grant expansion of QPS’s scope of
recognition.
To obtain or review copies of all
public documents pertaining to QPS’s
application, go to https://
www.regulations.gov or contact the
Docket Office at (202) 693–2350 (TTY
(877) 889–5627) for assistance in
locating docket submissions. Docket No.
OSHA–2010–0046 contains all materials
in the record concerning QPS’s
recognition.
II. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff examined QPS’s
expansion application, its capability to
meet the requirements of the test
standard, and other pertinent
information. Based on its review of this
evidence, OSHA finds that QPS meets
the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for
expansion of its recognition, subject to
the limitations and conditions listed in
this notice. OSHA, therefore, is
proceeding with this final notice to
grant this expansion to QPS’s scope of
recognition. OSHA limits the expansion
of QPS’s recognition to testing and
certification of products for
demonstration of conformance to the
test standards listed below in Table 1.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2011-0860]
The 13 Carcinogens Standards; 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
obtain the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for the
information collection requirements contained in the 13 Carcinogens
Standard.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent or received) by
February 14, 2022.
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.
Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov. Documents in the docket 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 website. All submissions, including
copyrighted material, are available for inspection through the OSHA
Docket Office. Contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2350, (TTY
(877) 889-5627) for assistance in locating docket submissions.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and the
OSHA docket number for this Federal Register notice (OSHA-2011-0860).
OSHA will place comments and requests to speak, including personal
information, in the public docket, which may be available online.
Therefore, OSHA cautions interested parties about submitting personal
information such as Social Security numbers and birthdates. For further
information on submitting comments, see the ``Public Participation''
heading in the section of this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seleda Perryman or Theda Kenney,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance, 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 correct format, reporting burden (time and costs)
is minimal, collection instruments are clearly understandable, and
OSHA's estimate of the information collection burden is correct. The
OSH Act (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) authorizes information collection by
employers as necessary or appropriate for enforcement of the 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 information collection requirements specified in the 13
Carcinogens Standard (29 CFR 1920.1003, 1915.1003, and 1926.1103)
protect workers from the adverse health effects that may result from
their exposure to the specified carcinogens. The following is a brief
description of the collection of information requirements contained in
the 13 Carcinogens Standard: Establishing and implementing a medical
surveillance program for workers assigned to enter regulated areas;
informing workers of their medical examination results; and providing
workers with access to their medical records. Further, employers must
retain worker medical records for specified time periods and make them
available upon request to OSHA and NIOSH.
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 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 requesting an adjustment increase of 105.34 hours (from
1,504 hours to 1,609.34 hours). The increase is a result of a slight
growth in the number of establishments affected by the Standard from
101 to 104 establishments. This results in an increase in the number
of workers receiving medical examinations, from 695 to 716. The
agency is also requesting an adjustment cost increase of $191,794,
which is the result of an increase in the cost of medical
examinations from $166 to $429. The cost of the physical exam is
$180 and the hospital fee for out-of-network/uninsured patient is
$249. This explains the 61% increase in cost of the medical cost.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: The 13 Carcinogens Standard (29 CFR 1910.1003, 1915.1003,
and 1926.1103).
OMB Control Number: 1218-0085.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion, annually.
Average Time per Response: Time per response ranges from
approximately 5 minutes (for employers to maintain records) to 2
hours (for worker medical surveillance).
Number of Respondents: 1,640.
Total Responses: 1,640.
Burden Hours: 1,609.34.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $307,164.
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
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comments, attachments, and other materials must identify the agency
name and the OSHA docket number for the ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2011-
0860). You may supplement electronic submissions by uploading document
files electronically. 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. 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.
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 publically 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
Douglas L. Parker, 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 December 8, 2021.
Douglas L. Parker,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2021-27123 Filed 12-14-21; 8:45 am]
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