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during the use of the 3M Versaflo TR–
800 or CleanSpace EX taken into or used
inby the last open crosscut, or in areas
where methane may enter the air
current.
(l) Neither the 3M Versaflo TR–800
nor the CleanSpace EX shall be used if
methane is detected in concentrations at
or above 1.0 percent. When 1.0 percent
or more of methane is detected while
the 3M Versaflo TR–800 or CleanSpace
EX is being used, the equipment shall be
de-energized immediately and the
equipment withdrawn outby the last
open crosscut.
(m) ICG Beckley, LLC shall use only
the 3M TR–830 Battery Pack, which
meets lithium battery safety standard
UL 1642 or IEC 62133 in the 3M
Versaflo TR–800. The petitioner shall
use only the CleanSpace EX Power Unit
which meets lithium battery safety
standard UL 1642 or IEC 62133 in the
CleanSpace EX.
(n) The battery packs shall be
‘‘changed out’’ in intake air outby the
last open crosscut. Before each shift
when the 3M Versaflo TR–800 or
CleanSpace EX is to be used, all
batteries and power units for the
equipment shall be charged sufficiently
so that they are not expected to be
replaced on that shift.
(o) The following maintenance and
use conditions shall apply to equipment
containing lithium-type batteries:
(1) Always correctly use and maintain
the lithium-ion battety packs. Neither
the 3M TR–830 Battery Pack nor the
CleanSpace EX Power Unit shall be
disassembled or modified by anyone
other than persons permitted by the
manufacturer of the equipment.
(2) The 3M TR–830 Battery Pack shall
only be charged in an area free of
combustible material, readily
monitored, and located on the surface of
the mine. The 3M TR–830 Battery Pack
is to be charged by either:
(i) 3MTM Battery Charger Kit TR–
641N, which includes one 3M Charger
Cradle TR–640 and one 3M Power
Supply TR–941N, or
(ii) 3M 4-Station Battery Charger Kit
TR–644N, which includes four 3M
Charger Cradles TR–640 and one 3M 4Station Battery Charger Base/Power
Supply TR–944N.
(3) The CleanSpace EX Power Unit is
to be charged only by the CleanSpace
Battery Charger EX, Product Code PAF–
0066.
(4) The batteries shall not be allowed
to get wet. This does not preclude
incidental exposure of sealed battery
packs.
(5) The batteries shall not be used,
charged, or stored in locations where
the manufacturer’s recommended
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temperature limits are exceeded. The
batteries shall not be placed in direct
sunlight or used or stored near a source
of heat.
(p) Personnel engaged in the use of
the 3M Versaflo TR–800 and
CleanSpace EX PAPRs shall be properly
trained to recognize the hazards and
limitations associated with the use of
the equipment in areas where methane
could be present. Additionally,
personnel shall be trained regarding
proper procedures for donning Self
Contained Self Rescuers (SCSRs) during
a mine emergency while wearing the 3M
Versaflo TR–800 or CleanSpace EX. The
mine operator shall submit proposed
revisions to update the Mine Emergency
Evacuation and Firefighting Program of
Instruction under 30 CFR 75.1502 to
address this issue.
(q) Within 60 days after the PDO
granted by MSHA becomes final, ICG
Beckley Pocahontas Mine shall submit
proposed revisions for its approved 30
CFR part 48 training plans to the Mine
Safety and Health Enforcement District
Manager. These proposed revisions
shall specify initial and refresher
training regarding the terms and
conditions stated in the PDO granted by
MSHA. When training is conducted on
the terms and conditions in the PDO
granted by MSHA, an MSHA Certificate
of Training (Form 5000–23) shall be
completed. Comments shall be included
on the Certificate of Training indicating
that the training received was for use of
the 3M Versaflo TR–800 or CleanSpace
EX.
(r) All personnel who shall be
involved with or affected by the use of
the 3M Versaflo TR–800 or CleanSpace
EX shall receive training in accordance
with 30 CFR 48.7 on the requirements
of the PDO granted by MSHA within 60
days of the date the PDO becomes final.
Such training shall be completed before
any 3M Versaflo TR–800 or CleanSpace
EX can be taken into or used inby the
last open crosscut. The operator shall
keep a record of such training and
provide such record to MSHA upon
request.
(s) ICG Beckley, LLC shall provide
annual retraining to all personnel who
shall be involved with or affected by the
use of the 3M Versaflo TR–800 or
CleanSpace EX in accordance with 30
CFR 48.8. The operator shall train new
miners on the requirements of the PDO
granted by MSHA in accordance with 30
CFR 48.5 and shall train experienced
miners on the requirements of the PDO
in accordance with 30 CFR 48.6. The
operator shall keep a record of such
training and provide such record to
MSHA upon request.
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(t) ICG Beckley, LLC shall post the
PDO granted by MSHA in unobstructed
locations on the bulletin boards and/or
in other conspicuous places where
notices to miners are ordinarily posted
for a period of not less than 60
consecutive days.
The miners at Beckley Pocahontas
Mine are not represented by a labor
organization and there are no
representatives of the miners at the
mine. The petition is posted at the mine.
The petitioner asserts that the
alternative method proposed will at all
times guarantee no less than the same
measure of protection afforded the
miners under the mandatory standard.
Song-ae Aromie Noe,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations,
and Variances.
[FR Doc. 2025–04718 Filed 3–19–25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4520–43–P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2010–0037]
Welding, Cutting, and Brazing
Standard; Extension of the Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB)
Approval of Information Collection
(Paperwork) Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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 Welding, Cutting, and
Brazing Standard.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by May
19, 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
SUMMARY:
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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–2010–0037) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). OSHA will place all comments,
including any personal information, in
the public docket, which may be made
available online. Therefore, OSHA
cautions interested parties about
submitting personal information such as
social security numbers and birthdates.
For further information on submitting
comments, see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading in the section of
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Seleda Perryman, Directorate of
Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S.
Department of Labor; telephone (202)
693–2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of
the continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent (i.e.,
employer) burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to
provide the public with an opportunity
to comment on proposed and
continuing information collection
requirements in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program
ensures that information is in the
desired format, reporting burden (time
and costs) is minimal, the collection
instruments are clearly understood, and
OSHA’s estimate of the information
collection burden is accurate. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.)
authorizes information collection by
employers as necessary or appropriate
for enforcement of the OSH Act or for
developing information regarding the
causes and prevention of occupational
injuries, illnesses, and accidents (29
U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act also requires
that OSHA obtain such information
with minimum burden upon employers,
especially those operating small
businesses, and to reduce to the
maximum extent feasible unnecessary
duplication of effort in obtaining
information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The following section describes who
uses the information collected under
each requirement, as well as how they
use it. The purpose of the requirements
is to ensure that employers evaluate the
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hazards associated with welding,
cutting, and brazing and ensure that
adequate measures are taken to make
the process safe.
Section 1910.255(e) requires that a
periodic inspection of resistance
welding equipment be made by
qualified maintenance personnel, and
that a certification record be generated
and maintained. The certification shall
include the date of the inspection, the
signature of the person who performed
the inspection and the serial number, or
other identifier, for the equipment
inspected. The record shall be made
available to an OSHA inspector upon
request. The maintenance inspection
ensures that welding equipment is in
safe operating condition while the
maintenance record provides evidence
to workers and agency compliance
officers that employers performed the
required inspections.
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 the
Welding, Cutting, and Brazing Standard.
The agency is requesting an adjustment
increase in burden from 5,619 to 5,960
hours, a difference of 341 hours. The
adjustment increase is due to an
increase in the number of welders,
cutters, solders, and brazers in general
industry going from 21,070 to 22,352
workers. The total number of responses
went from 84,280 to 89,408, an increase
of 5,128 responses as a result of the
change in respondents.
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.
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Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Welding, Cutting, and Brazing
Standard.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0207.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 22,352.
Number of Responses: 89,408.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,960.
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 (Docket No. OSHA–2010–0037).
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
Scott C. Ketcham, 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 March 10,
2025.
Scott C. Ketcham,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2025–04713 Filed 3–19–25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–26–P
POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. MC2025–1223 and K2025–
1222; MC2025–1224 and K2025–1223;
MC2025–1225 and K2025–1224; MC2025–
1226 and K2025–1225; MC2025–1227 and
K2025–1226; MC2025–1228 and K2025–
1227; MC1229 and K2025–1228; MC2025–
1230 and K2025–1229]
New Postal Products
Postal Regulatory Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Commission is noticing a
recent Postal Service filing for the
Commission’s consideration concerning
a negotiated service agreement. This
notice informs the public of the filing,
invites public comment, and takes other
administrative steps.
DATES: Comments are due: March 24,
2025.
SUMMARY:
Submit comments
electronically via the Commission’s
Filing Online system at https://
www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit
comments electronically should contact
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section by
telephone for advice on filing
alternatives.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at
202–789–6820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Public Proceeding(s)
III. Summary Proceeding(s)
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I. Introduction
Pursuant to 39 CFR 3041.405, the
Commission gives notice that the Postal
Service filed request(s) for the
Commission to consider matters related
to Competitive negotiated service
agreement(s). The request(s) may
propose the addition of a negotiated
service agreement from the Competitive
product list or the modification of an
existing product currently appearing on
the Competitive product list.
The public portions of the Postal
Service’s request(s) can be accessed via
the Commission’s website (https://
www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of
the Postal Service’s request(s), if any,
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can be accessed through compliance
with the requirements of 39 CFR
3011.301.1
Section II identifies the docket
number(s) associated with each Postal
Service request, if any, that will be
reviewed in a public proceeding as
defined by 39 CFR 3010.101(p), the title
of each such request, the request’s
acceptance date, and the authority cited
by the Postal Service for each request.
For each such request, the Commission
appoints an officer of the Commission to
represent the interests of the general
public in the proceeding, pursuant to 39
U.S.C. 505 and 39 CFR 3000.114 (Public
Representative). Section II also
establishes comment deadline(s)
pertaining to each such request.
The Commission invites comments on
whether the Postal Service’s request(s)
identified in Section II, if any, are
consistent with the policies of title 39.
Applicable statutory and regulatory
requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3632, 39
U.S.C. 3633, 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR
part 3035, and 39 CFR part 3041.
Comment deadline(s) for each such
request, if any, appear in Section II.
Section III identifies the docket
number(s) associated with each Postal
Service request, if any, to add a
standardized distinct product to the
Competitive product list or to amend a
standardized distinct product, the title
of each such request, the request’s
acceptance date, and the authority cited
by the Postal Service for each request.
Standardized distinct products are
negotiated service agreements that are
variations of one or more Competitive
products, and for which financial
models, minimum rates, and
classification criteria have undergone
advance Commission review. See 39
CFR 3041.110(n); 39 CFR 3041.205(a).
Such requests are reviewed in summary
proceedings pursuant to 39 CFR
3041.325(c)(2) and 39 CFR
3041.505(f)(1). Pursuant to 39 CFR
3041.405(c)–(d), the Commission does
not appoint a Public Representative or
request public comment in proceedings
to review such requests.
II. Public Proceeding(s)
1. Docket No(s).: MC2025–1223 and
K2025–1222; Filing Title: USPS Request
to Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground
Advantage Contract 641 to the
Competitive Product List and Notice of
Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing
Acceptance Date: March 14, 2025; Filing
Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR
1 See Docket No. RM2018–3, Order Adopting
Final Rules Relating to Non-Public Information,
June 27, 2018, Attachment A at 19–22 (Order No.
4679).
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3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; Public
Representative: Christopher Mohr;
Comments Due: March 24, 2025.
2. Docket No(s).: MC2025–1224 and
K2025–1223; Filing Title: USPS Request
to Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground
Advantage Contract 642 to the
Competitive Product List and Notice of
Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing
Acceptance Date: March 14, 2025; Filing
Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR
3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; Public
Representative: Jennaca Upperman;
Comments Due: March 24, 2025.
3. Docket No(s).: MC2025–1225 and
K2025–1224; Filing Title: USPS Request
to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority
Mail & USPS Ground Advantage
Contract 1344 to the Competitive
Product List and Notice of Filing
Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance
Date: March 14, 2025; Filing Authority:
39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 3035.105, and
39 CFR 3041.310; Public Representative:
Almaroof Agoro; Comments Due: March
24, 2025.
4. Docket No(s).: MC2025–1226 and
K2025–1225; Filing Title: USPS Request
to Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground
Advantage Contract 643 to the
Competitive Product List and Notice of
Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing
Acceptance Date: March 14, 2025; Filing
Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR
3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; Public
Representative: Elsie Lee-Robbins;
Comments Due: March 24, 2025.
5. Docket No(s).: MC2025–1227 and
K2025–1226; Filing Title: USPS Request
to Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground
Advantage Contract 644 to the
Competitive Product List and Notice of
Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing
Acceptance Date: March 14, 2025; Filing
Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR
3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; Public
Representative: Kenneth Moeller;
Comments Due: March 24, 2025.
6. Docket No(s).: MC2025–1228 and
K2025–1227; Filing Title: USPS Request
to Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground
Advantage Contract 645 to the
Competitive Product List and Notice of
Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing
Acceptance Date: March 14, 2025; Filing
Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR
3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; Public
Representative: Arif Hafiz; Comments
Due: March 24, 2025.
7. Docket No(s).: MC2025–1229 and
K2025–1228; Filing Title: USPS Request
to Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground
Advantage Contract 646 to the
Competitive Product List and Notice of
Filing Materials Under Seal; Filing
Acceptance Date: March 14, 2025; Filing
Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR
3035.105, and 39 CFR 3041.310; Public
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2010-0037]
Welding, Cutting, and Brazing Standard; Extension of the Office
of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection
(Paperwork) Requirements
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comments concerning the proposal to
extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements specified in the Welding, Cutting,
and Brazing Standard.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
May 19, 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
[[Page 13217]]
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-2010-0037) for the Information Collection Request
(ICR). OSHA will place all comments, including any personal
information, in the public docket, which may be made available online.
Therefore, OSHA cautions interested parties about submitting personal
information such as social security numbers and birthdates.
For further information on submitting comments, see the ``Public
Participation'' heading in the section of this notice titled
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seleda Perryman, Directorate of
Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone (202)
693-2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of the continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information
collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that
information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and costs)
is minimal, the collection instruments are clearly understood, and
OSHA's estimate of the information collection burden is accurate. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et
seq.) authorizes information collection by employers as necessary or
appropriate for enforcement of the OSH Act or for developing
information regarding the causes and prevention of occupational
injuries, illnesses, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act also
requires that OSHA obtain such information with minimum burden upon
employers, especially those operating small businesses, and to reduce
to the maximum extent feasible unnecessary duplication of effort in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The following section describes who uses the information collected
under each requirement, as well as how they use it. The purpose of the
requirements is to ensure that employers evaluate the hazards
associated with welding, cutting, and brazing and ensure that adequate
measures are taken to make the process safe.
Section 1910.255(e) requires that a periodic inspection of
resistance welding equipment be made by qualified maintenance
personnel, and that a certification record be generated and maintained.
The certification shall include the date of the inspection, the
signature of the person who performed the inspection and the serial
number, or other identifier, for the equipment inspected. The record
shall be made available to an OSHA inspector upon request. The
maintenance inspection ensures that welding equipment is in safe
operating condition while the maintenance record provides evidence to
workers and agency compliance officers that employers performed the
required inspections.
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 the Welding, Cutting, and Brazing
Standard. The agency is requesting an adjustment increase in burden
from 5,619 to 5,960 hours, a difference of 341 hours. The adjustment
increase is due to an increase in the number of welders, cutters,
solders, and brazers in general industry going from 21,070 to 22,352
workers. The total number of responses went from 84,280 to 89,408, an
increase of 5,128 responses as a result of the change in respondents.
OSHA will summarize the comments submitted in response to this
notice and will include this summary in the request to OMB to extend
the approval of the information collection requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Welding, Cutting, and Brazing Standard.
OMB Control Number: 1218-0207.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 22,352.
Number of Responses: 89,408.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,960.
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 (Docket No. OSHA-2010-0037). 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
Scott C. Ketcham, 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 March 10, 2025.
Scott C. Ketcham,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2025-04713 Filed 3-19-25; 8:45 am]
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