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Issued: November 26, 2024.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request;
Respiratory Protection 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 January 2, 2025.
ADDRESSES: 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: The
Respiratory Protection Standard
requires employers to develop a written
respiratory protection program, provide
medical surveillance, fit test employees,
obtain certificates of analysis on
cylinders, change sorbent beds and
filters, to inspect emergency-use
respirators, mark emergency-use
respirator storage compartments, and
maintain accurate employee records for
fit testing and medical surveillance. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
September 6, 2024 (89 FR 72899).
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,
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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
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: Respiratory
Protection Standard.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0099.
Affected Public: Private Sector—
Businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 733,538.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 28,796,953.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
8,502,430 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $416,350,792.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Nicole Bouchet,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0197]
Occupational Safety and Health State
Plans; Extension of the Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB)
Approval of Information Collection
(Paperwork) Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:
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OSHA solicits public
comments concerning its request to
extend OMB’s approval of information
collection regarding the State Plans
program and regulations for the
development and enforcement of state
occupational safety and health
standards.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
February 3, 2025.
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 websites.
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–2011–0197) 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:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of a
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent (i.e., the State plans)
burden, conducts a preclearance process
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
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(PRA–95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This
program ensures that information is in
the desired format, the reporting burden
(time and costs) is minimal, the
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and OSHA’s estimate of the
information collection burden is
accurate. OSHA is soliciting comments
concerning the extension of the
information collection requirements
contained in the series of regulations
establishing requirements for the
submission, initial approval, continuing
approval, final approval, monitoring,
and evaluation of OSHA-approved State
Plans:
• 29 CFR part 1902, State Plans for
the Development and Enforcement of
State Standards;
• 29 CFR part 1953, Changes to State
Plans for the Development and
Enforcement of State Standards;
• 29 CFR part 1954, Procedures for
the Evaluation and Monitoring of
Approved State Plans; and
• 29 CFR part 1956, State Plans for
the Development and Enforcement of
State Standards Applicable to State and
Local Government Employees in States
Without Approved Private Employee
Plans.
Section 18 of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act (29 U.S.C. 667) offers an
opportunity to the states to assume
responsibility for the development and
enforcement of state standards through
the mechanism of an OSHA-approved
State Plan. Absent an approved plan,
states are precluded from enforcing
occupational safety and health
standards in the private sector with
respect to any issue for which Federal
OSHA has promulgated a standard.
Once approved and operational, the
state adopts standards and provides
most occupational safety and health
enforcement and compliance assistance
in the state under the authority of its
plan, instead of Federal OSHA. States
also must extend their jurisdiction to
cover state and local government
employees and may obtain approval of
State Plans limited in scope to these
workers. To obtain and maintain State
Plan approval, a state must submit
various documents to OSHA describing
program structure and operation,
including any modifications thereto as
they occur, in accordance with the
identified regulations. OSHA funds 50
percent of the costs required to be
incurred by an approved State Plan,
with the state at least matching and
providing additional funding at its
discretion.
• 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, and
transmission techniques.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
You may submit comments in
response to this document as follows:
(1) electronically at https://
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III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
the approval of the information
collection requirements contained in
Occupational Safety and Health State
Plans.
The agency is requesting an
adjustment increase to adjust the
number of burden hours associated with
the developmental steps necessary for
certain states in the developmental
process, including Maine,
Massachusetts and Illinois. In addition,
the number of Complaints About State
Program Administration (CASPAs) and
State Plan Changes were modified to
depict more realistically the current
trends in these numbers. As a result, the
total burden hours have increased from
11,055 to 11,370 (an increase of 315
burden hours).
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 data collection.
Title: Occupational Safety and Health
State Plans.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0247.
Affected Public: State, Local, and
Tribal, Governments.
Number of Respondents: 29.
Number of Responses: 1,299.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion;
Quarterly; Annually.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
11,370.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $0.
IV. Public Participation—Submission of
Comments on This Notice and Internet
Access to Comments and Submissions
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www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal; or (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.
All comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
ICR (OSHA–2011–0197). You may
supplement electronic submission 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
submission, 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, on November
26, 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-2011-0197]
Occupational Safety and Health State Plans; Extension of the
Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information
Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comments concerning its request to extend
OMB's approval of information collection regarding the State Plans
program and regulations for the development and enforcement of state
occupational safety and health standards.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
February 3, 2025.
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 websites. 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-2011-0197) 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 a continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent (i.e., the State plans) burden, conducts a
preclearance process 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
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(PRA-95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that
information is in the desired format, the reporting burden (time and
costs) is minimal, the collection instruments are clearly understood,
and OSHA's estimate of the information collection burden is accurate.
OSHA is soliciting comments concerning the extension of the information
collection requirements contained in the series of regulations
establishing requirements for the submission, initial approval,
continuing approval, final approval, monitoring, and evaluation of
OSHA-approved State Plans:
29 CFR part 1902, State Plans for the Development and
Enforcement of State Standards;
29 CFR part 1953, Changes to State Plans for the
Development and Enforcement of State Standards;
29 CFR part 1954, Procedures for the Evaluation and
Monitoring of Approved State Plans; and
29 CFR part 1956, State Plans for the Development and
Enforcement of State Standards Applicable to State and Local Government
Employees in States Without Approved Private Employee Plans.
Section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C.
667) offers an opportunity to the states to assume responsibility for
the development and enforcement of state standards through the
mechanism of an OSHA-approved State Plan. Absent an approved plan,
states are precluded from enforcing occupational safety and health
standards in the private sector with respect to any issue for which
Federal OSHA has promulgated a standard. Once approved and operational,
the state adopts standards and provides most occupational safety and
health enforcement and compliance assistance in the state under the
authority of its plan, instead of Federal OSHA. States also must extend
their jurisdiction to cover state and local government employees and
may obtain approval of State Plans limited in scope to these workers.
To obtain and maintain State Plan approval, a state must submit various
documents to OSHA describing program structure and operation, including
any modifications thereto as they occur, in accordance with the
identified regulations. OSHA funds 50 percent of the costs required to
be incurred by an approved State Plan, with the state at least matching
and providing additional funding at its discretion.
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, and
transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend the approval of the information
collection requirements contained in Occupational Safety and Health
State Plans.
The agency is requesting an adjustment increase to adjust the
number of burden hours associated with the developmental steps
necessary for certain states in the developmental process, including
Maine, Massachusetts and Illinois. In addition, the number of
Complaints About State Program Administration (CASPAs) and State Plan
Changes were modified to depict more realistically the current trends
in these numbers. As a result, the total burden hours have increased
from 11,055 to 11,370 (an increase of 315 burden hours).
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 data collection.
Title: Occupational Safety and Health State Plans.
OMB Control Number: 1218-0247.
Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal, Governments.
Number of Respondents: 29.
Number of Responses: 1,299.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion; Quarterly; Annually.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 11,370.
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; or (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. All comments, attachments, and
other material must identify the agency name and the OSHA docket number
for the ICR (OSHA-2011-0197). You may supplement electronic submission
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 submission, 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, on November 26, 2024.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2024-28305 Filed 12-2-24; 8:45 am]
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