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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Asbestos
in Construction Standard
Notice of availability; request
for comments.
ACTION:
The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting this Occupational
Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)sponsored information collection
request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are
invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that the agency
receives on or before November 29,
2024.
SUMMARY:
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202–
693–0213, or by email at DOL_PRA_
PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
standard requires employers to train
workers about the hazards of asbestos,
monitor worker exposure, provide
medical surveillance, and maintain
accurate records of worker exposure to
asbestos. These records are used by
employers, workers, and the
Government to ensure that workers are
not harmed by exposure to asbestos in
the workplace. For additional
substantive information about this ICR,
see the related notice published in the
Federal Register on August 12, 2024 (89
FR 65676).
Comments are invited on: (1) whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collection; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
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automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless the OMB
approves it and displays a currently
valid OMB Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an ICR
cannot be for more than three (3) years
without renewal. The DOL notes that
information collection requirements
submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL–OSHA.
Title of Collection: Asbestos in
Construction Standard.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0134.
Affected Public: Private Sector—
Businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 1,075,579.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 40,412,178.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
4,059,934 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $62,460,240.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Nicole Bouchet,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2024–25174 Filed 10–29–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities;
Comment Request
Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
program helps to ensure that requested
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data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of
the ‘‘Consumer Price Index Housing
Survey.’’ A copy of the proposed
information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the individual
listed below in the ADDRESSES section of
this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before December 30, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora
Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room G225,
2 Massachusetts Avenue NE,
Washington, DC 20212. Written
comments also may be transmitted by
email to BLS_PRA_Public@bls.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, at
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free
number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Under the direction of the Secretary of
Labor, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) is directed by law to collect,
collate, and report full and complete
statistics on the conditions of labor and
the products and distribution of the
products of the same; the Consumer
Price Index (CPI) is one of these
statistics. The collection of data from a
wide spectrum of housing units is
essential for the timely and accurate
calculation of the Housing component
of the CPI.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the
only index compiled by the U.S.
Government that is designed to measure
changes in the purchasing power of the
consumer’s dollar. The CPI is a measure
of the average change in prices over
time in a market basket of goods and
services. It is calculated monthly for two
population groups, one consisting of all
urban consumers (CPI–U), and the other
consisting of urban wage earners and
clerical workers (CPI–W). The CPI–U
represents the buying habits of over 90
percent of the population of the United
States, while the CPI–W represents
approximately 30 percent of the
population of the United States.
First, the CPI is used most widely as
a measure of inflation and serves as an
indicator of the effectiveness of
government economic policy. Second, it
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is also used as a deflator of other
economic series, that is, to adjust other
series for price changes and to translate
these series into inflation-free dollars.
Examples include retail sales, hourly
and weekly earnings, and components
of the Gross Domestic Product.
A third major use of the CPI is to
adjust dollar values. Over 2 million
workers are covered by collective
bargaining contracts, which provide for
increases in wage rates based on
increases in the CPI. At least nineteen
states and the District of Columbia have
laws that link the adjustment in State
minimum wage to the changes in the
CPI. The index affects the income of
more than 108 million people as a result
of statutory action: over 67 million
Social Security beneficiaries and over
41 million Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients,
among other programs. Changes in the
CPI also affect the cost of lunches for
over 30 million children who eat lunch
at school as part of the National School
Lunch Program (NSLP). Under the
National School Lunch Act and Child
Nutrition Act, national average
payments for those lunches and
breakfasts are adjusted annually by the
Secretary of Agriculture on the basis of
the change in the CPI series, ‘‘Food
away from Home.’’ Many private firms
and individuals use the CPI to keep
rents, royalties, alimony payments, and
child support payments in line with
changing prices. Since 1985, the CPI has
been used to adjust the Federal income
tax structure to prevent inflationinduced tax rate increases.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the
Consumer Price Index Housing Survey.
The CPI is the nation’s chief source of
information on retail price changes. The
BLS has made extensive efforts to
identify, from other government
agencies and the scientific literature,
other sources of data. To the BLS’s
knowledge, there is no duplication of
indexes and there is no other series
available which performs the function
of the CPI.
The CPI Housing Survey is the
nation’s primary source of information
on residential rent change. In addition,
the CPI Housing data must be timely
and available monthly. No other survey
is both as timely and geographically
comprehensive. The information
provided by the American Housing
Survey (AHS), Current Population
Survey (CPS) or American Community
Survey (ACS) does not meet the CPI’s
timeliness or geographic requirements.
Annual
number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility.
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Title of Collection: Consumer Price
Index Housing Survey.
OMB Number: 1220–0163.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households, Business or other for-profit.
Total annual
responses
Average
burden
(hours)
Estimated
total burden
(hours)
Screening .............................................................................
Initiation ................................................................................
Long Pricing .........................................................................
Short Pricing ........................................................................
Quality Reinterviews ............................................................
26,286
* 6,103
6,924
32,681
** 2,648
1
1
1
2
1
26,286
6,103
6,924
65,362
2,648
6/60
9/60
7/60
5/60
4/60
2,629
915
808
5,447
177
Unduplicated Total ........................................................
74,642
........................
107,323
........................
9,976
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* Initiation activity of 6,103 is included in the Screening number.
** Reinterview activity of 2,648 is included in the Pricing numbers.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they also
will become a matter of public record.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Signed at Washington, DC, on October 23,
2024.
Eric Molina,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Branch of Policy Analysis.
The 13 Carcinogens Standard;
Extension of the Office of Management
and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of
Information Collection (Paperwork)
Requirements
[FR Doc. 2024–25172 Filed 10–29–24; 8:45 am]
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Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0860]
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
OSHA solicits public
comments concerning the proposal to
extend the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the
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information collection requirements
specified in the13 Carcinogens
Standard.
Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
December 30, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit
comments, including 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://
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be
provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood,
and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed extension of the ``Consumer Price
Index Housing Survey.'' A copy of the proposed information collection
request can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in
the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
Addresses section of this notice on or before December 30, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room G225,
2 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20212. Written comments also
may be transmitted by email to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
at 202-691-7628 (this is not a toll free number). (See ADDRESSES
section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Under the direction of the Secretary of Labor, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is directed by law to collect, collate, and report
full and complete statistics on the conditions of labor and the
products and distribution of the products of the same; the Consumer
Price Index (CPI) is one of these statistics. The collection of data
from a wide spectrum of housing units is essential for the timely and
accurate calculation of the Housing component of the CPI.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the only index compiled by the
U.S. Government that is designed to measure changes in the purchasing
power of the consumer's dollar. The CPI is a measure of the average
change in prices over time in a market basket of goods and services. It
is calculated monthly for two population groups, one consisting of all
urban consumers (CPI-U), and the other consisting of urban wage earners
and clerical workers (CPI-W). The CPI-U represents the buying habits of
over 90 percent of the population of the United States, while the CPI-W
represents approximately 30 percent of the population of the United
States.
First, the CPI is used most widely as a measure of inflation and
serves as an indicator of the effectiveness of government economic
policy. Second, it
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is also used as a deflator of other economic series, that is, to adjust
other series for price changes and to translate these series into
inflation-free dollars. Examples include retail sales, hourly and
weekly earnings, and components of the Gross Domestic Product.
A third major use of the CPI is to adjust dollar values. Over 2
million workers are covered by collective bargaining contracts, which
provide for increases in wage rates based on increases in the CPI. At
least nineteen states and the District of Columbia have laws that link
the adjustment in State minimum wage to the changes in the CPI. The
index affects the income of more than 108 million people as a result of
statutory action: over 67 million Social Security beneficiaries and
over 41 million Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
recipients, among other programs. Changes in the CPI also affect the
cost of lunches for over 30 million children who eat lunch at school as
part of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Under the National
School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act, national average payments for
those lunches and breakfasts are adjusted annually by the Secretary of
Agriculture on the basis of the change in the CPI series, ``Food away
from Home.'' Many private firms and individuals use the CPI to keep
rents, royalties, alimony payments, and child support payments in line
with changing prices. Since 1985, the CPI has been used to adjust the
Federal income tax structure to prevent inflation-induced tax rate
increases.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
Consumer Price Index Housing Survey.
The CPI is the nation's chief source of information on retail price
changes. The BLS has made extensive efforts to identify, from other
government agencies and the scientific literature, other sources of
data. To the BLS's knowledge, there is no duplication of indexes and
there is no other series available which performs the function of the
CPI.
The CPI Housing Survey is the nation's primary source of
information on residential rent change. In addition, the CPI Housing
data must be timely and available monthly. No other survey is both as
timely and geographically comprehensive. The information provided by
the American Housing Survey (AHS), Current Population Survey (CPS) or
American Community Survey (ACS) does not meet the CPI's timeliness or
geographic requirements.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in
comments that:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility.
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used.
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected.
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
Title of Collection: Consumer Price Index Housing Survey.
OMB Number: 1220-0163.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households, Business or other for-
profit.
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Number of Estimated
Annual number responses per Total annual Average burden total burden
of respondents respondent responses (hours) (hours)
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Screening....................... 26,286 1 26,286 6/60 2,629
Initiation...................... * 6,103 1 6,103 9/60 915
Long Pricing.................... 6,924 1 6,924 7/60 808
Short Pricing................... 32,681 2 65,362 5/60 5,447
Quality Reinterviews............ ** 2,648 1 2,648 4/60 177
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Unduplicated Total.......... 74,642 .............. 107,323 .............. 9,976
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* Initiation activity of 6,103 is included in the Screening number.
** Reinterview activity of 2,648 is included in the Pricing numbers.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they also will become a
matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, on October 23, 2024.
Eric Molina,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Branch of Policy Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2024-25172 Filed 10-29-24; 8:45 am]
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