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Signed at Washington, DC, on October 21,
2024.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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personal information such as Social
Security number or date of birth.
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:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0747]
I. Background
Blasting and the Use of Explosives;
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 comment.
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 Standard on Blasting
and the use of Explosives.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
December 24, 2024.
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 (OSHA–2011–0747) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). OSHA will place comments,
including personal information, in the
public docket, which may be available
online. Therefore, OSHA cautions
interested parties about submitting
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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, 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 Standard on Blasting and the
Use of Explosives (29 CFR part 1926,
subpart U) specifies a number of
paperwork requirements. The following
is a brief description of the collection of
information requirements contained in
the Subpart.
General Provisions (§ 1926.900)
§ 1926.900(d)—Paragraph (d) states
that employers must ensure that
explosives not in use are kept in a
locked magazine, unavailable to persons
not authorized to handle explosives.
The employers must maintain an
inventory and use record of all
explosives—in use and not in use. In
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addition, the employer must notify the
appropriate authorities in the event of
any loss, theft, or unauthorized entry
into a magazine.
§ 1926.900(k)(3)(i)—Paragraph (k)(3)(i)
requires employers to display adequate
signs warning against the use of mobile
radio transmitters on all roads within
1,000 feet of blasting operations to
prevent the accidental discharge of
electric blasting caps caused by current
induced by radar, radio transmitters,
lighting, adjacent power lines, dust
storms, or other sources of extraneous
electricity. The employer must certify
and maintain a record of alternative
provisions made to adequately prevent
any premature firing of electric blasting
caps.
§ 1926.900(o)—Employers must notify
the operators and/or owners of overhead
power lines, communication lines,
utility lines, or other services and
structures when blasting operations will
take place in proximity to those lines,
services, or structures.
§ 1926.903(d)—The employer must
notify the hoist operator prior to
transporting explosives or blasting
agents in a shaft conveyance.
§ 1926.903(e)—Employers must
perform weekly inspections on the
electrical system of trucks used for
underground transportation of
explosives. The weekly inspection is to
detect any failure in the system which
would constitute an electrical hazard.
The most recent certification of
inspection must be maintained and
must include the date of inspection, a
serial number or other identifier of the
truck inspected, and the signature of the
person who performed the inspection.
§ 1926.905(t)—The employer blaster
must maintain an accurate and up-todate record of explosives, blasting
agents, and blasting supplies used in a
blast. The employer must also maintain
an accurate running inventory of all
explosives and blasting agents stored on
the operation.
§ 1926.909(a)—Employers must post a
code of blasting agents on one or more
conspicuous places at the operation. All
employees also shall familiarize
themselves with the code and conform
to it at all times. Danger signs warning
of blasting agents shall also be placed at
suitable locations.
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;
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• 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 the
Standard on Blasting and the use of
Explosives (29 CFR part 1926, subpart
U) U.S.C. 669). The agency is requesting
an adjustment decrease in the burden
hours amount from 1,602 hours to 1,427
hours, a difference of 175 hours. This
decrease is due to the change in the
number of affected sites due to general
economic growth.
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
currently approved collection.
Title: Standard on Blasting and the
use of Explosives.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0217.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 171.
Number of Responses: 758.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Various.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,426.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $0.
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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) at (202) 693–1648; or (3)
by hard copy. All comments,
attachments, and other materials must
identify the agency name and the OSHA
docket number for the ICR (Docket No.
OSHA–2011–0747). 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 date of birth.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
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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 through 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 October 18,
2024.
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–2019–0009]
DEKRA Certification 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 DEKRA
Certification Inc., as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES: The expansion of the scope of
recognition becomes effective on
October 25, 2024.
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 or
email meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
General and technical information:
Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director,
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Office of Technical Programs and
Coordination Activities, Directorate of
Technical Support and Emergency
Management, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor; telephone (202) 693–1911 or
email robinson.kevin@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Notice of Final Decision
OSHA hereby gives notice of the
expansion of the scope of recognition of
DEKRA Certification Inc. (DEKRA) as a
NRTL. DEKRA’s expansion covers the
addition of seventeen test standards to
the NRTL scope of recognition.
OSHA’s 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.
Each NRTL’s scope of recognition
includes: (1) the type of products the
NRTL may test, with each type specified
by the applicable test standard; and (2)
the recognized site(s) that has/have the
technical capability to perform the
product-testing and productcertification activities for test standards
within the NRTL’s scope. Recognition is
not a delegation or grant of government
authority; however, recognition enables
employers to use products approved by
the NRTL to meet OSHA standards that
require product testing and certification.
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
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 a 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 DEKRA, which
details the NRTL’s scope of recognition.
These pages are available from the
OSHA website at https://www.osha.gov/
dts/otpca/nrtl/.
DEKRA submitted an application to
OSHA for expansion of the NRTL scope
of recognition on December 24, 2021
(OSHA–2019–0009–0007), requesting
the addition of twenty-nine recognized
testing standards. The application was
amended on February 1, 2023 (OSHA–
2019–0009–0008), removing eight
standards from the original request,
while adding an additional standard to
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2011-0747]
Blasting and the Use of Explosives; 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 comment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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
Blasting and the use of Explosives.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
December 24, 2024.
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 (OSHA-2011-0747) for the Information Collection
Request (ICR). 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 number or date of birth.
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, 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 Standard on
Blasting and the Use of Explosives (29 CFR part 1926, subpart U)
specifies a number of paperwork requirements. The following is a brief
description of the collection of information requirements contained in
the Subpart.
General Provisions (Sec. 1926.900)
Sec. 1926.900(d)--Paragraph (d) states that employers must ensure
that explosives not in use are kept in a locked magazine, unavailable
to persons not authorized to handle explosives. The employers must
maintain an inventory and use record of all explosives--in use and not
in use. In addition, the employer must notify the appropriate
authorities in the event of any loss, theft, or unauthorized entry into
a magazine.
Sec. 1926.900(k)(3)(i)--Paragraph (k)(3)(i) requires employers to
display adequate signs warning against the use of mobile radio
transmitters on all roads within 1,000 feet of blasting operations to
prevent the accidental discharge of electric blasting caps caused by
current induced by radar, radio transmitters, lighting, adjacent power
lines, dust storms, or other sources of extraneous electricity. The
employer must certify and maintain a record of alternative provisions
made to adequately prevent any premature firing of electric blasting
caps.
Sec. 1926.900(o)--Employers must notify the operators and/or
owners of overhead power lines, communication lines, utility lines, or
other services and structures when blasting operations will take place
in proximity to those lines, services, or structures.
Sec. 1926.903(d)--The employer must notify the hoist operator
prior to transporting explosives or blasting agents in a shaft
conveyance.
Sec. 1926.903(e)--Employers must perform weekly inspections on the
electrical system of trucks used for underground transportation of
explosives. The weekly inspection is to detect any failure in the
system which would constitute an electrical hazard. The most recent
certification of inspection must be maintained and must include the
date of inspection, a serial number or other identifier of the truck
inspected, and the signature of the person who performed the
inspection.
Sec. 1926.905(t)--The employer blaster must maintain an accurate
and up-to-date record of explosives, blasting agents, and blasting
supplies used in a blast. The employer must also maintain an accurate
running inventory of all explosives and blasting agents stored on the
operation.
Sec. 1926.909(a)--Employers must post a code of blasting agents on
one or more conspicuous places at the operation. All employees also
shall familiarize themselves with the code and conform to it at all
times. Danger signs warning of blasting agents shall also be placed at
suitable locations.
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;
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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 the Standard on Blasting and the
use of Explosives (29 CFR part 1926, subpart U) U.S.C. 669). The agency
is requesting an adjustment decrease in the burden hours amount from
1,602 hours to 1,427 hours, a difference of 175 hours. This decrease is
due to the change in the number of affected sites due to general
economic growth.
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 currently approved collection.
Title: Standard on Blasting and the use of Explosives.
OMB Control Number: 1218-0217.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 171.
Number of Responses: 758.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Various.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,426.
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) at (202) 693-1648; or (3) by
hard copy. All comments, attachments, and other materials must identify
the agency name and the OSHA docket number for the ICR (Docket No.
OSHA-2011-0747). 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
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 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 through 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 October 18, 2024.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2024-24793 Filed 10-24-24; 8:45 am]
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