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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 172 / Thursday, September 7, 2023 / Notices qualified mechanic trained to perform the examination. (g) Prior to towing operation, testing of the brakes and steering shall be performed at a protected location. The test shall include fully pressurizing the air system to ensure the brakes function properly and depleting the air system to ensure the ‘‘fail safe’’ brakes re-apply at the proper pressures. (h) All qualified mechanics shall be trained to perform the installation of the power pack to tow a vehicle. (i) Loaded haul trucks shall not be towed. Loads shall be dumped or otherwise removed prior to towing. (j) Prior to towing operations, the route of travel shall be cleared of traffic and all persons in the affected area notified. (k) No more than 60 days after this Proposed Decision and Order (PDO) becomes final, the petitioner shall submit revisions to its approved 30 CFR part 48 training plan that address the requirements in the PDO to the MSHA District Manager. In support of the proposed alternative method, the petitioner submitted task training instructions on the operation of the Kubota Model D1105, serial number 1GZ1802, engine driven hydraulic power pack. The petitioner asserts that the alternate method proposed will at all times guarantee no less than the same measure of protection afforded the miners under the mandatory standard. Song-ae Aromie Noe, Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances. [FR Doc. 2023–19227 Filed 9–6–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4520–43–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Occupational Safety and Health Administration [Docket No. OSHA–2011–0862] Hazardous Wastes Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) 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. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 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 Hazardous Wastes SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:19 Sep 06, 2023 Jkt 259001 Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Standard. DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by November 6, 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–2011–0862) 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, 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 PO 00000 Frm 00121 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 61619 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 HAZWOPER standard specifies a number of collections of information (paperwork) requirements. Employers can use the information collected under the HAZWOPER rule to develop the various programs the standard requires and to ensure that their workers are trained properly about the safety and health hazards associated with hazardous waste operations and emergency response to hazardous waste releases. OSHA will use the records developed in response to this standard to determine adequate compliance with the standard’s safety and health provisions. The employer’s failure to collect and distribute the information required in this standard will affect significantly OSHA’s effort to control and reduce injuries and fatalities. Such failure would also be contrary to the direction Congress provided in Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA). 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. E:\FR\FM\07SEN1.SGM 07SEN1 61620 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 172 / Thursday, September 7, 2023 / Notices III. Proposed Actions ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 OSHA is requesting that OMB extend the approval of the information collection requirements contained in the Standard on Hazardous Wastes Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER). The agency is requesting an adjustment decrease of 9,293 burden hours (from 260,295 hours to 251,002 hours). This decrease is due to a slight decline in the number of emergency response organizations from 29,727 to 27,186, a decrease of 2,541 organizations. 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: Hazardous Wastes Operations and Emergency Response. OMB Control Number: 1218–0202. Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Not-for-profit organizations, Federal Government; State, Local, or Tribal Government. Number of Respondents: 27,186. Number of Responses: 1,399,634. Frequency of: On occasion. Average Time per Response: Varies. Estimated Total Burden Hours: 251,002. Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $3,769,483. 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. James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES National Endowment for the Arts Arts Advisory Panel Meetings National Endowment for the 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. All comments, attachments, and other material must identify the agency name and the OSHA docket number for the ICR (OSHA– 2011–0862). 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 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 Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held by teleconference or videoconference. DATES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for individual meeting times and dates. All meetings are Eastern time and ending times are approximate: ADDRESSES: National Endowment for the Arts, Constitution Center, 400 7th St. SW, Washington, DC 20506. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Further information with reference to these meetings can be obtained from David Travis, Office of Guidelines & Panel Operations, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC, 20506; travisd@arts.gov, or call 202–682–5001. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The closed portions of meetings are for the purpose of Panel review, discussion, evaluation, and recommendations on financial assistance under the National Jkt 259001 [FR Doc. 2023–19296 Filed 9–6–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7537–01–P NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Sunshine Act Meetings Arts. ACTION: Notice of meetings. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00122 Fmt 4703 Each Wednesday of every month through Fiscal Year 2024 at 2:00 p.m. Changes in date and time will be posted at www.nlrb.gov. TIME AND DATE: BILLING CODE 4510–26–P AGENCY: 19:19 Sep 06, 2023 Dated: September 1, 2023. David Travis, Specialist, National Endowment for the Arts. [FR Doc. 2023–19313 Filed 9–6–23; 8:45 am] IV. Public Participation—Submission of Comments on This Notice and Internet Access to Comments and Submissions VerDate Sep<11>2014 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, including information given in confidence to the agency. In accordance with the determination of the Chair of March 11, 2022, these sessions will be closed to the public pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 10. The upcoming meetings are: NEA Leadership Project Panel (review of applications): This meeting will be closed. Date and time: September 26, 2023; 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Sfmt 9990 Meetings will be held via videoconferencing technology. If Board meetings resume in person, the Board will meet in the Board Agenda Room, No. 5065, 1015 Half St. SE, Washington, DC. Any in-person meetings will be noted at www.nlrb.gov. PLACE: STATUS: Closed. Pursuant to § 102.139(a) of the Board’s Rules and Regulations, the Board or a panel thereof will consider ‘‘the issuance of a subpoena, the Board’s participation in a civil action or proceeding or an arbitration, or the initiation, conduct, or disposition . . . of particular representation or unfair labor practice proceedings under section 8, 9, or 10 of the [National Labor Relations] Act, or any court proceedings collateral or ancillary thereto.’’ See also 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(10). MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Roxanne L. Rothschild, Executive Secretary, 1015 Half Street SE, Washington, DC 20570. Telephone: (202) 273–1940. Dated: September 5, 2023. Roxanne L. Rothschild, Executive Secretary, National Labor Relations Board. [FR Doc. 2023–19440 Filed 9–5–23; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 7545–01–P E:\FR\FM\07SEN1.SGM 07SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 172 (Thursday, September 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61619-61620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19313]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2011-0862]


Hazardous Wastes Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) 
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 Hazardous Wastes 
Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Standard.

DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by 
November 6, 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-2011-0862) 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, 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 HAZWOPER standard specifies a number of collections of 
information (paperwork) requirements. Employers can use the information 
collected under the HAZWOPER rule to develop the various programs the 
standard requires and to ensure that their workers are trained properly 
about the safety and health hazards associated with hazardous waste 
operations and emergency response to hazardous waste releases. OSHA 
will use the records developed in response to this standard to 
determine adequate compliance with the standard's safety and health 
provisions. The employer's failure to collect and distribute the 
information required in this standard will affect significantly OSHA's 
effort to control and reduce injuries and fatalities. Such failure 
would also be contrary to the direction Congress provided in Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA).

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.

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III. Proposed Actions

    OSHA is requesting that OMB extend the approval of the information 
collection requirements contained in the Standard on Hazardous Wastes 
Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER). The agency is requesting 
an adjustment decrease of 9,293 burden hours (from 260,295 hours to 
251,002 hours). This decrease is due to a slight decline in the number 
of emergency response organizations from 29,727 to 27,186, a decrease 
of 2,541 organizations.
    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: Hazardous Wastes Operations and Emergency Response.
    OMB Control Number: 1218-0202.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; Not-for-profit 
organizations, Federal Government; State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 27,186.
    Number of Responses: 1,399,634.
    Frequency of: On occasion.
    Average Time per Response: Varies.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 251,002.
    Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $3,769,483.

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. All comments, 
attachments, and other material must identify the agency name and the 
OSHA docket number for the ICR (OSHA-2011-0862). 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 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.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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