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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2012–0040]
The Standard on 4,4′—
Methylenedianiline for General
Industry 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.
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 Standard on 4,4′—
Methylenedianiline for General
Industry.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by June
5, 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.
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 OSHA
docket number (OSHA–2012–0040) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). OSHA will place all comments,
including any personal information, in
the public docket, which may be made
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.
DATES:
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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
desired format, reporting burden (time
and costs) is minimal, the collection
instruments are clearly understood, and
OSHA’s estimate of the information
collection burden is accurate. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (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 effort in obtaining
information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The following sections describe who
uses the information collected under
each requirement, as well as how they
use it. The purpose of these
requirements specified in the 4,4′—
Methylenedianiline Standard for
General Industry (the ‘‘MDA Standard’’)
(29 CFR 1910.1050) protect workers
from the adverse health effects that may
result from their exposure to MDA,
including cancer, liver, and skin
disease. The major paperwork
requirements specify that employers
must perform initial, periodic, and
additional exposure monitoring; notify
each worker in writing of their results
as soon as possible but no longer than
five (5) days after receiving exposure
monitoring results; and routinely
inspect the hands, face, and forearms of
each worker potentially exposed to
MDA for signs of dermal exposure to
MDA. Employers must also establish a
written compliance program; institute a
respiratory protection program in
accordance with OSHA’s Respiratory
Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134);
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and to develop a written emergency
plan for any construction operation that
could have an MDA emergency (i.e., an
unexpected and potentially hazardous
release of MDA).
Employers must label any material or
products containing MDA, including
containers used to store MDAcontaminated protective clothing and
equipment. They also must inform
personnel who launder MDAcontaminated clothing of the
requirement to prevent release of MDA,
while personnel who launder or clean
MDA-contaminated protective clothing
or equipment must receive information
about the potentially harmful effects of
MDA. In addition, employers are to post
warning signs at entrances or access
ways to regulated areas, as well as train
workers exposed to MDA at the time of
their initial assignment, and at least
annually thereafter.
Other paperwork provisions of the
MDA standard require employers to
provide workers with medical
examinations, including initial,
periodic, emergency and follow-up
examinations. As part of the medical
surveillance program, employers must
ensure that the examining physician
receives specific written information,
and that they obtain from the physician
a written opinion regarding the worker’s
medical results and exposure
limitations.
The MDA standard also specifies that
employers are to establish and maintain
exposure monitoring and medical
surveillance records for each worker
who is subject to these respective
requirements, make any required record
available to OSHA compliance officers
and the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH) for examination and copying,
and provide exposure monitoring and
medical surveillance records to workers
and their designated representatives.
Finally, employers who cease to do
business within the period specified for
retaining exposure monitoring and
medical surveillance records, and who
have no successor employer, must
notify NIOSH at least 90 days before
disposing of the records and transmit
the records to NIOSH if so requested.
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
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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 that OMB extend
the approval of the information
collection requirements contained in
4,4′—Methylenedianiline for General
Industry. The agency is requesting to
maintain previously approved burden
hours calculations for this proposed
ICR, which is 317 burden hours. The
agency estimated an overall increase in
the estimated number of covered
establishments in specific industry
sectors in the prior ICR and is not going
to change the estimates for this request.
OSHA is not requesting an adjustment
for the Capital Costs, which is $25,740,
due to the increased cost of the samples
and the CPI.
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.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: 4,4′—Methylenedianiline
Standard for General Industry (29 CFR
1910.1050).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0184.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Not-for-profit organizations;
Federal Government; State, Local, or
Tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 10.
Number of Responses: 584.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 317.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $25,740.
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); if your comments,
including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages you may fax them to the
OSHA Docket Office at 202–693–1648;
or (3) by hard copy. Please note: While
OSHA’s Docket Office is continuing to
accept and process submissions by
regular mail due to the COVID–19
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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. All comments, attachments, and
other material must identify the agency
name and the OSHA docket number for
the ICR OSHA–2012–0040. 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.
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 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 at
(202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–5627)
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. 8–2020 (85 FR 58393).
Signed at Washington, DC, on March 29,
2023.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2012-0040]
The Standard on 4,4'--Methylenedianiline for General Industry 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 Standard on 4,4'--
Methylenedianiline for General Industry.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
June 5, 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.
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 OSHA
docket number (OSHA-2012-0040) for the Information Collection Request
(ICR). OSHA will place all comments, including any personal
information, in the public docket, which may be made 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 desired format, reporting burden (time and costs)
is minimal, the collection instruments are clearly understood, and
OSHA's estimate of the information collection burden is accurate. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (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 effort in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The following sections describe who uses the information collected
under each requirement, as well as how they use it. The purpose of
these requirements specified in the 4,4'--Methylenedianiline Standard
for General Industry (the ``MDA Standard'') (29 CFR 1910.1050) protect
workers from the adverse health effects that may result from their
exposure to MDA, including cancer, liver, and skin disease. The major
paperwork requirements specify that employers must perform initial,
periodic, and additional exposure monitoring; notify each worker in
writing of their results as soon as possible but no longer than five
(5) days after receiving exposure monitoring results; and routinely
inspect the hands, face, and forearms of each worker potentially
exposed to MDA for signs of dermal exposure to MDA. Employers must also
establish a written compliance program; institute a respiratory
protection program in accordance with OSHA's Respiratory Protection
Standard (29 CFR 1910.134);
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and to develop a written emergency plan for any construction operation
that could have an MDA emergency (i.e., an unexpected and potentially
hazardous release of MDA).
Employers must label any material or products containing MDA,
including containers used to store MDA-contaminated protective clothing
and equipment. They also must inform personnel who launder MDA-
contaminated clothing of the requirement to prevent release of MDA,
while personnel who launder or clean MDA-contaminated protective
clothing or equipment must receive information about the potentially
harmful effects of MDA. In addition, employers are to post warning
signs at entrances or access ways to regulated areas, as well as train
workers exposed to MDA at the time of their initial assignment, and at
least annually thereafter.
Other paperwork provisions of the MDA standard require employers to
provide workers with medical examinations, including initial, periodic,
emergency and follow-up examinations. As part of the medical
surveillance program, employers must ensure that the examining
physician receives specific written information, and that they obtain
from the physician a written opinion regarding the worker's medical
results and exposure limitations.
The MDA standard also specifies that employers are to establish and
maintain exposure monitoring and medical surveillance records for each
worker who is subject to these respective requirements, make any
required record available to OSHA compliance officers and the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for examination
and copying, and provide exposure monitoring and medical surveillance
records to workers and their designated representatives. Finally,
employers who cease to do business within the period specified for
retaining exposure monitoring and medical surveillance records, and who
have no successor employer, must notify NIOSH at least 90 days before
disposing of the records and transmit the records to NIOSH if so
requested.
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
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend the approval of the information
collection requirements contained in 4,4'--Methylenedianiline for
General Industry. The agency is requesting to maintain previously
approved burden hours calculations for this proposed ICR, which is 317
burden hours. The agency estimated an overall increase in the estimated
number of covered establishments in specific industry sectors in the
prior ICR and is not going to change the estimates for this request.
OSHA is not requesting an adjustment for the Capital Costs, which is
$25,740, due to the increased cost of the samples and the CPI.
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.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: 4,4'--Methylenedianiline Standard for General Industry (29
CFR 1910.1050).
OMB Control Number: 1218-0184.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; Not-for-profit
organizations; Federal Government; State, Local, or Tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 10.
Number of Responses: 584.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 317.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $25,740.
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); if your comments, including
attachments, are not longer than 10 pages you may fax them to the OSHA
Docket Office at 202-693-1648; or (3) by hard copy. 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. All comments,
attachments, and other material must identify the agency name and the
OSHA docket number for the ICR OSHA-2012-0040. 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.
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 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 at (202) 693-2350, (TTY (877) 889-5627)
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. 8-2020
(85 FR 58393).
Signed at Washington, DC, on March 29, 2023.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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