Occupational Safety and Health Administration Conflict of Interest (COI) and Disclosure Form; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements, 37581-37582 [2023-12208]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0042]
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration Conflict of Interest
(COI) and Disclosure Form; 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 request to
extend the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval of information
collection. Regarding the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
Conflict of Interest (COI) and Disclosure
Form.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
August 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit
comments, including attachments,
electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov, 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
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Docket Number for this Federal Register
notice (OSHA–2009–0042). OSHA will
place comments, 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
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).
OSHA conducts peer reviews of a
draft product for quality by specialists
in the field who were not involved in
producing the draft. The selection of
participants in a peer review is based on
expertise, considering their
independence and any actual or
potential conflicts of interest. The Office
of Management and Budget published
the Final Information Quality Bulletin
for Peer Review on December 15, 2004.
The Bulletin states ‘‘. . . the agency
must address reviewers’ potential
conflicts of interest (including those
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stemming from ties to regulated
businesses and other stakeholders) and
independence from the agency.’’ The
Bulletin requires agencies to adopt or
adapt the committee selection policies
employed by the National Academy of
Sciences (NAS) when selecting peer
reviewers who are not government
employees. To fulfill this requirement,
OSHA has developed a Conflict of
Interest (COI) and Disclosure Form,
based on NAS’ Conflict of Interest
Disclosure form. This form will be used
to determine whether a conflict exists
for a potential peer review panel
member.
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
There are no changes in burden hours
from the previous Information
Collection Request for obtaining the
necessary background information and
disclosure of conflict-of-interest
information to ensure that invited
experts are not compromised.
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: Occupational Safety and Health
Administration Conflict of Interest (COI)
and Disclosure Form.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0255.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households.
Number of Respondents: 36.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: OSHA
estimates it will take thirty minutes (30/
60 hour) to complete the short version
of the COI form, and one (1) hour to
complete the long version of the COI
form.
Estimated Total Number of
Responses: 36.
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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 27.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $0.
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION
BOARD
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
material must identify the agency name
and the OSHA Docket Number for this
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2009–0042).
You may supplement electronic
submissions by uploading document
files electronically.
Comments and submissions are
posted without change at https://
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
cautions commenters about submitting
personal information, such as their
social security number 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
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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 at Washington, DC, on May 25,
2023.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Reinstatement and Revision
of a Previously Approved Information
Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY:
Merit Systems Protection
Board.
30-Day notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
The U.S. Merit Systems
Protection Board (MSPB) is seeking to
reinstate and revise a previously
approved information collection in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995. The
Information Collection Request (ICR)
will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
pursuant to the PRA for review and
clearance. This information collection,
entitled, ‘‘Generic Clearance Request for
Voluntary Customer Surveys,’’ OMB
Control No. 3124–0012, is part of
MSPB’s efforts to improve customer
service delivery. The information
collection instruments consist of short
customer-focused surveys distributed
through Qualtrics, MSPB’s survey
platform. MSPB is requesting public
comments. The purpose of this notice is
to allow 30 days for public comment
after submission of the collection to
OMB.
SUMMARY:
Consideration will be given to all
comments received by July 10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the proposed information collection
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB. Comments
should be addressed to the Desk Officer
for the Merit Systems Protection Board
and sent via electronic mail to
oira.submission@omb.eop.gov.
All comments must reference OMB
Control No. 3124–0012. All submissions
will be posted, without change, to
MSPB’s website (www.mspb.gov) and
will include any personal information
you provide. Therefore, submitting this
information makes it public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D.
Fon Muttamara, Chief Privacy Officer, at
privacy@mspb.gov or (202) 653–7200.
You may submit written questions to
the Office of the Clerk of the Board by
any of the following methods: by email
to privacy@mspb.gov or by mail to Clerk
of the Board, U.S. Merit Systems
Protection Board, 1615 M Street NW,
Washington, DC 20419. Please reference
OMB Control No. 3124–0012 with your
questions.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MSPB
intends to request approval for a
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reinstatement and revision of a
previously approved information
collection and seeks a three-year
renewal of its MSPB’s ‘‘Generic
Clearance Request for Voluntary
Customer Surveys,’’ OMB Control No.
3124–0012, which was previously
published in the Federal Register on
March 28, 2023, at 88 FR 18349 with a
60-day public comment period. No
comments were received. The purpose
of this 30-day notice is to notify the
public that MSPB will submit the
information collection abstracted below
to OMB for review and clearance.
Title: Agency Information Collection
Activities; Reinstatement and Revision
of a Previously Approved Information
Collection.
OMB Number: 3124–0012.
Type of Information Collection: This
is a request for reinstatement and
revision of a previously approved
information collection.
ICR Status: MSPB intends to request
approval for reinstatement and revision
of a previously approved information
collection from OMB under the PRA of
1995. An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
Abstract of Proposed Collection: This
collection is part of MSPB’s compliance
efforts pursuant to Executive Order
12862, ‘‘Setting Customer Service
Standards,’’ which mandates that
agencies identify their customers and
survey them to determine the kind and
quality of services they want and their
level of satisfaction with existing
services. Responses to any collection of
information under this ICR are
voluntary.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households; Businesses and
Organizations.
Estimated Total Number of
Respondents: 600.
Estimated Frequency of Responses:
Once per year.
Estimated Total Average Number of
Responses for Each Respondent: Once
per year.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 300.
Estimated Total Cost: $11,370.
Comments: Comments should be
submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES
caption above. Comments are solicited
to: (a) evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of MSPB,
including whether the information shall
have practical utility; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of MSPB’s estimate of the
burden of the collection of information;
(c) enhance the quality, utility, and
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2009-0042]
Occupational Safety and Health Administration Conflict of
Interest (COI) and Disclosure Form; 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 request to extend
the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of information
collection. Regarding the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Conflict of Interest (COI) and Disclosure Form.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
August 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit comments, including attachments,
electronically at https://www.regulations.gov, 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-2009-0042).
OSHA will place comments, 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 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).
OSHA conducts peer reviews of a draft product for quality by
specialists in the field who were not involved in producing the draft.
The selection of participants in a peer review is based on expertise,
considering their independence and any actual or potential conflicts of
interest. The Office of Management and Budget published the Final
Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review on December 15, 2004. The
Bulletin states ``. . . the agency must address reviewers' potential
conflicts of interest (including those stemming from ties to regulated
businesses and other stakeholders) and independence from the agency.''
The Bulletin requires agencies to adopt or adapt the committee
selection policies employed by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
when selecting peer reviewers who are not government employees. To
fulfill this requirement, OSHA has developed a Conflict of Interest
(COI) and Disclosure Form, based on NAS' Conflict of Interest
Disclosure form. This form will be used to determine whether a conflict
exists for a potential peer review panel member.
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
There are no changes in burden hours from the previous Information
Collection Request for obtaining the necessary background information
and disclosure of conflict-of-interest information to ensure that
invited experts are not compromised.
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: Occupational Safety and Health Administration Conflict of
Interest (COI) and Disclosure Form.
OMB Control Number: 1218-0255.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Number of Respondents: 36.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: OSHA estimates it will take thirty
minutes (30/60 hour) to complete the short version of the COI form, and
one (1) hour to complete the long version of the COI form.
Estimated Total Number of Responses: 36.
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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 27.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $0.
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 material must identify the agency name
and the OSHA Docket Number for this ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2009-0042).
You may supplement electronic submissions by uploading document files
electronically.
Comments and submissions are posted without change at https://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about
submitting personal information, such as their social security number
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
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 at Washington, DC, on May 25, 2023.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2023-12208 Filed 6-7-23; 8:45 am]
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