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an average of 7 hours per response, with
a total of 1,330 hours.
6. An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: There are an estimated 1,592
total annual burden hours associated
with this collection.
If additional information is required
contact: Robert Houser, Department
Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning
Staff, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Justice Management Division,
United States Department of Justice,
Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street
NE, Suite 3E.206, Washington, DC
20530.
Dated: December 5, 2022.
Robert Houser,
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and
Planning Staff, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, U.S. Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
Seleda Perryman or Theda Kenney,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor;
telephone (202) 693–2222.
[Docket No. OSHA–2012–0013]
Lead in General Industry 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 its proposal to
extend the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in its Standard on Lead in
General Industry.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
February 7, 2023.
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.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and OSHA
docket number (OSHA–2012–0013) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). OSHA will place all comments
and requests to speak, including
personal information you provide, in
the public docket without change,
which may be available online at https://
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www.regulations.gov. 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.
Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov
or the OSHA Docket Office. All
documents in the docket (including this
Federal Register notice) are listed in the
https://www.regulations.gov index;
however, some information (e.g.,
copyrighted material) is not publicly
available to read or download through
the website. All submissions, including
copyrighted material, are available for
inspection and copying through the
OSHA Docket Office. Contact the OSHA
Docket Office at (202) 693–2350, (TTY
(877) 889–5627) for assistance in
locating docket submissions.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent (i.e., employer) burden,
conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and continuing information collection
requirements in accord with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA–95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This
program ensures that information is in
the desired format, reporting burden
(time and costs) is minimal, collection
instruments are clearly understood, and
OSHA’s estimate of the information
collection burden is accurate. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et
seq.) authorizes information collection
by employers as necessary or
appropriate for enforcement of the OSH
Act or for developing information
regarding the causes and prevention of
occupational injuries, illnesses, and
accidents (See 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 effort in
obtaining information (See 29 U.S.C.
657).
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The Standard on Lead in General
Industry (29 CFR 1910.1025) requires
initial and periodic exposure
monitoring and measurements, medical
surveillance by physicians through
biological monitoring and examinations,
and recordkeeping and notification
obligations. These requirements help
protect workers from the adverse health
effects that may result from their
occupational involvement with lead,
and provide access to these records by
OSHA, the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, the
affected workers, and designated
representatives. The major information
collection requirements of this standard
include the following elements of the
Standard.
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 to protect workers,
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
The agency is requesting an adjusted
increase in burden hours, from
1,071,602 hours to 1,134,438 hours, a
difference of 62,836 hours. The increase
in burden is due to the increase in the
number of professional establishments,
going from 53,469 to 56,906, which
increased the number of exposed
employees by 46,166, from 767,878
employees to 814,044 employees. Also,
due to the decrease in the estimated
initial exposure monitoring, initial
medical examinations, as well as
decreased costs to perform biological
monitoring and medical examinations
under the standard, there is a decrease
in total operation and maintenance costs
of $21,775,260 (from $166,855,380 to
$145,080,120).
OSHA will summarize the comments
submitted in response to this notice and
will include this summary in the
request to OMB to extend the approval
of the information collection
requirements.
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Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Lead in General Industries
Standard (29 CFR 1910.1025).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0092.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal Government; State,
Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 56,906.
Number of Responses: 3,886,840.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
1,134,438.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $145,080,120.
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.
Please note: While OSHA’s Docket
Office is continuing to accept and
process submissions by hand, express
mail, messenger, and courier service, all
comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2012–0013).
You may supplement electronic
submissions by uploading document
files electronically. If you wish to mail
additional materials in reference to an
electronic or a 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.
Due to 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) 889–5672).
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 dates of birth.
Although all submissions are listed in
the https://www.regulations.gov index,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through this website.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
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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
James S. Frederick, 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 in Washington, DC, on December 2,
2022.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0042]
TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc.:
Application for Expansion of
Recognition
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this notice, OSHA
announces the application of TUV
Rheinland of North America, Inc., for
expansion of the scope of recognition as
a Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the
agency’s preliminary finding to grant
the application.
DATES: Submit comments, information,
and documents in response to this
notice, or requests for an extension of
time to make a submission, on or before
December 27, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted as follows:
Electronically: You may submit
comments, including attachments,
electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov, the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Follow the online
instructions 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.
SUMMARY:
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Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov or the OSHA
Docket Office. All documents in the
docket (including this Federal Register
notice) are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index; however,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through the 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 (OSHA–2007–0042).
OSHA places comments and other
materials, including any personal
information, in the public docket
without revision, and these materials
will be available online at https://
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, the
agency cautions commenters about
submitting statements they do not want
made available to the public, or
submitting comments that contain
personal information (either about
themselves or others) such as Social
Security numbers, birth dates, and
medical data. For further information on
submitting comments, see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading in the section of
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Extension of comment period: Submit
requests for an extension of the
comment period on or before December
27, 2022 to the Office of Technical
Programs and Coordination Activities,
Directorate of Technical Support and
Emergency Management, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW, Room N–3653,
Washington, DC 20210, or by fax to
(202) 693–1644.
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2012-0013]
Lead in General Industry 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 its proposal to
extend the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements specified in its Standard on Lead
in General Industry.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
February 7, 2023.
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.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and OSHA
docket number (OSHA-2012-0013) for the Information Collection Request
(ICR). OSHA will place all comments and requests to speak, including
personal information you provide, in the public docket without change,
which may be available online at https://www.regulations.gov. 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.
Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov or the OSHA Docket Office. All
documents in the docket (including this Federal Register notice) are
listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index; however, some
information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly available to
read or download through the website. All submissions, including
copyrighted material, are available for inspection and copying through
the OSHA Docket Office. Contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-
2350, (TTY (877) 889-5627) for assistance in locating docket
submissions.
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 its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information
collection requirements in accord with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (PRA-95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that
information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and costs)
is minimal, collection instruments are clearly understood, and OSHA's
estimate of the information collection burden is accurate. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651
et seq.) authorizes information collection by employers as necessary or
appropriate for enforcement of the OSH Act or for developing
information regarding the causes and prevention of occupational
injuries, illnesses, and accidents (See 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 effort
in obtaining information (See 29 U.S.C. 657).
The Standard on Lead in General Industry (29 CFR 1910.1025)
requires initial and periodic exposure monitoring and measurements,
medical surveillance by physicians through biological monitoring and
examinations, and recordkeeping and notification obligations. These
requirements help protect workers from the adverse health effects that
may result from their occupational involvement with lead, and provide
access to these records by OSHA, the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, the affected workers, and designated
representatives. The major information collection requirements of this
standard include the following elements of the Standard.
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 to
protect workers, 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
The agency is requesting an adjusted increase in burden hours, from
1,071,602 hours to 1,134,438 hours, a difference of 62,836 hours. The
increase in burden is due to the increase in the number of professional
establishments, going from 53,469 to 56,906, which increased the number
of exposed employees by 46,166, from 767,878 employees to 814,044
employees. Also, due to the decrease in the estimated initial exposure
monitoring, initial medical examinations, as well as decreased costs to
perform biological monitoring and medical examinations under the
standard, there is a decrease in total operation and maintenance costs
of $21,775,260 (from $166,855,380 to $145,080,120).
OSHA will summarize the comments submitted in response to this
notice and will include this summary in the request to OMB to extend
the approval of the information collection requirements.
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Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Lead in General Industries Standard (29 CFR 1910.1025).
OMB Control Number: 1218-0092.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; Federal Government;
State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 56,906.
Number of Responses: 3,886,840.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,134,438.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $145,080,120.
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. Please
note: While OSHA's Docket Office is continuing to accept and process
submissions by hand, express mail, messenger, and courier service, all
comments, attachments, and other material must identify the agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2012-0013). You
may supplement electronic submissions by uploading document files
electronically. If you wish to mail additional materials in reference
to an electronic or a 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.
Due to 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) 889-5672).
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
dates of birth. Although all submissions are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index, some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to read or download through this
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
James S. Frederick, 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 in Washington, DC, on December 2, 2022.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2022-26755 Filed 12-8-22; 8:45 am]
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