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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]
AGENCY:
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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
SUMMARY:
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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://
DATES:
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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–2011–0860) 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 and 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).
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The 13 Carcinogens Standard (29 CFR
1910.1003) specifies several paperwork
requirements. The following is a brief
description of the collection of
information requirements contained in
the 13 Carcinogens Standard:
establishing and implementing a
medical surveillance program for
workers assigned to enter regulated
areas; informing workers of their
medical examination results; and
providing workers with access to their
medical records. Further, employers
must retain worker medical records for
specified time periods and make them
available upon request to OSHA and
NIOSH.
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, and
transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
the approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the
13 Carcinogens Standard (29 CFR
1910.1003). The agency is requesting an
adjustment increase in the burden hours
from 1,609 hours to 1,740 hours, a
difference of 131 hours. This increase is
due to a slight increase in the number
of establishments effected by the
standard. The agency is also requesting
an adjustment cost increase of $34,716
from $307,164 to $341,880. The increase
results from an increase in the number
of workers receiving medical
examinations, and an increase in costs
for medical examinations.
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: 13 Carcinogens Standard.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0085.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
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Number of Respondents: 770.
Number of Responses: 2,536.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from five minutes (for employers to
maintain records) to two hours (for
worker medical surveillance).
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,740.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $341,880.
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) to the OSHA docket, if
your comments including attachments,
are not longer than 10 page, at (202)
693–1948. 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–2011–0860).
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)
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Signed at Washington, DC, on October 24,
2024.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION
[NARA–24–0023; NARA–2025–003]
Public Comment Procedures
Records Schedules; Availability and
Request for Comments
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of
proposed records schedules; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA)
publishes notice of certain Federal
agency requests for records disposition
authority (records schedules). We
publish notice in the Federal Register
and on regulations.gov for records
schedules in which agencies propose to
dispose of records they no longer need
to conduct agency business. We invite
public comments on such records
schedules.
SUMMARY:
We must receive responses on
the schedules listed in this notice by
December 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: To view a records schedule
in this notice, or submit a comment on
one, use the following address: https://
www.regulations.gov/docket/NARA-240023/document. This is a direct link to
the schedules posted in the docket for
this notice on regulations.gov. You may
submit comments by the following
method:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. On the
website, enter either of the numbers
cited at the top of this notice into the
search field. This will bring you to the
docket for this notice, in which we have
posted the records schedules open for
comment. Each schedule has a
‘comment’ button so you can comment
on that specific schedule. For more
information on regulations.gov and on
submitting comments, see their FAQs at
https://www.regulations.gov/faq.
If you are unable to comment via
regulations.gov, you may email us at
request.schedule@nara.gov for
instructions on submitting your
comment. You must cite the control
number of the schedule you wish to
comment on. You can find the control
number for each schedule in
parentheses at the end of each
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schedule’s entry in the list at the end of
this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eddie Germino, Strategy and
Performance Division, by email at
regulation_comments@nara.gov or at
301–837–3758. For information about
records schedules, contact Records
Management Operations by email at
request.schedule@nara.gov or by phone
at 301–837–1799.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
We are publishing notice of records
schedules in which agencies propose to
dispose of records they no longer need
to conduct agency business. We invite
public comments on these records
schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C.
3303a(a), and list the schedules at the
end of this notice by agency and
subdivision requesting disposition
authority.
In addition, this notice lists the
organizational unit(s) accumulating the
records or states that the schedule has
agency-wide applicability. It also
provides the control number assigned to
each schedule, which you will need if
you submit comments on that schedule.
We have uploaded the records
schedules and accompanying appraisal
memoranda to the regulations.gov
docket for this notice as ‘‘other’’
documents. Each records schedule
contains a full description of the records
at the file unit level as well as their
proposed disposition. The appraisal
memorandum for the schedule includes
information about the records.
We will post comments, including
any personal information and
attachments, to the public docket
unchanged. Because comments are
public, you are responsible for ensuring
that you do not include any confidential
or other information that you or a third
party may not wish to be publicly
posted. If you want to submit a
comment with confidential information
or cannot otherwise use the
regulations.gov portal, you may contact
request.schedule@nara.gov for
instructions on submitting your
comment.
We will consider all comments
submitted by the posted deadline and
consult as needed with the Federal
agency seeking the disposition
authority. After considering comments,
we may or may not make changes to the
proposed records schedule. The
schedule is then sent for final approval
by the Archivist of the United States.
After the schedule is approved, we will
post on regulations.gov a ‘‘Consolidated
Reply’’ summarizing the comments,
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responding to them, and noting any
changes we made to the proposed
schedule. You may elect at
regulations.gov to receive updates on
the docket, including an alert when we
post the Consolidated Reply, whether or
not you submit a comment. If you have
a question, you can submit it as a
comment, and can also submit any
concerns or comments you would have
to a possible response to the question.
We will address these items in
consolidated replies along with any
other comments submitted on that
schedule.
We will post schedules on our
website in the Records Control Schedule
(RCS) Repository, at https://
www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/rcs,
after the Archivist approves them. The
RCS contains all schedules approved
since 1973.
Background
Each year, Federal agencies create
billions of records. To control this
accumulation, agency records managers
prepare schedules proposing retention
periods for records and submit these
schedules for NARA’s approval. Once
approved by NARA, records schedules
provide mandatory instructions on what
happens to records when no longer
needed for current Government
business. The records schedules
authorize agencies to preserve records of
continuing value in the National
Archives or to destroy, after a specified
period, records lacking continuing
administrative, legal, research, or other
value. Some schedules are
comprehensive and cover all the records
of an agency or one of its major
subdivisions. Most schedules, however,
cover records of only one office or
program or a few series of records. Many
of these update previously approved
schedules, and some include records
proposed as permanent.
Agencies may not destroy Federal
records without the approval of the
Archivist of the United States. The
Archivist grants this approval only after
thorough consideration of the records’
administrative use by the agency of
origin, the rights of the Government and
of private people directly affected by the
Government’s activities, and whether or
not the records have historical or other
value. Public review and comment on
these records schedules is part of the
Archivist’s consideration process.
Schedules Pending
1. Department of Energy, Southeastern
Power Administration, Environmental
Retention Program (DAA–0388–2024–
0007).
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2011-0860]
The 13 Carcinogens Standard; Extension of the Office of
Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection
(Paperwork) Requirements
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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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 the13 Carcinogens
Standard.
DATES: 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://
[[Page 86375]]
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-2011-0860) 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 and 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 13 Carcinogens Standard (29 CFR 1910.1003) specifies several
paperwork requirements. The following is a brief description of the
collection of information requirements contained in the 13 Carcinogens
Standard: establishing and implementing a medical surveillance program
for workers assigned to enter regulated areas; informing workers of
their medical examination results; and providing workers with access to
their medical records. Further, employers must retain worker medical
records for specified time periods and make them available upon request
to OSHA and NIOSH.
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, and
transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend the approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the 13 Carcinogens Standard (29
CFR 1910.1003). The agency is requesting an adjustment increase in the
burden hours from 1,609 hours to 1,740 hours, a difference of 131
hours. This increase is due to a slight increase in the number of
establishments effected by the standard. The agency is also requesting
an adjustment cost increase of $34,716 from $307,164 to $341,880. The
increase results from an increase in the number of workers receiving
medical examinations, and an increase in costs for medical
examinations.
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: 13 Carcinogens Standard.
OMB Control Number: 1218-0085.
Affected Public: Business or other for- profits.
Number of Respondents: 770.
Number of Responses: 2,536.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies from five minutes (for employers
to maintain records) to two hours (for worker medical surveillance).
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,740.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $341,880.
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) to the OSHA docket, if your
comments including attachments, are not longer than 10 page, at (202)
693-1948. 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-2011-0860). 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)
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Signed at Washington, DC, on October 24, 2024.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2024-25173 Filed 10-29-24; 8:45 am]
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