96-744. Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1604-1605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-744]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice; proposed information collection request; submitted for 
public comment and recommendations.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burdens, is conducting a preclearance 
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections 
of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). 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 impact of collection requirements on 
respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration is soliciting comments concerning the 
proposed extension of approval for the paperwork requirements of 29 CFR 
1910.119, Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before March 22, 1996. 
Comments should:
    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; and
    Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who 
are to respond, including the use of 

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appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submissions of responses.

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be submitted to the Docket Office, Docket 
ICR-95-6, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, [phone]. Written comments 
limited to 10 pages or less may be transmitted by facsimile to (202) 
219-5046.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anne C. Cyr, Office of Information and Consumer Affairs, Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N3647, 
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, [phone]. 
Copies of the referenced information collection request are available 
for inspection and copying in the Docket Office and will be mailed 
immediately to persons who request copies by telephoning Vivian Allen 
at [phone]. For electronic copies, contact the Labor News 
Bulletin Board [phone]; or OSHA's WebPage on Internet at http://
www.osha.gov/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) currently 
has approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for certain 
information collection requirements contained in 29 CFR 1910.119. That 
approval will expire on June 30, 1996, unless OSHA applies for an 
extension of the OMB approval. This notices initiates the process for 
OSHA to request an extension of the current OMB approval.
    As part of OMB's and OSHA's continuing paperwork reduction effort, 
OSHA seeks to reduce the paperwork burden hours in 29 CFR 1910.119 
based on input from parties interested in the regulatory scope of that 
regulation. The purpose of this notice is to solicit public comment on 
OSHA's existing paperwork burden estimates from those interested 
parties and to seek public response to several questions related to the 
development of OSHA's estimates. Interested parties are requested to 
review OSHA's estimates which are based on information available during 
rulemaking, and to comment on their accuracy or appropriateness in 
today's workplace situation. OSHA bases its existing estimates upon 
information made available to the agency during the initial rulemaking 
effort for 29 CFR 1910.119 (February 24, 1992, 57 FR 6356); and is 
interested in learning whether it is outdated.

Current Action

    This notice requests an extension of the current OMB approval of 
the paperwork requirements in 29 CFR 1910.119, Process Safety 
Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals.
    Type of Review: Extension of existing approval.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor.
    Title: Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals.
    OMB Number: 1218-0200.
    Agency Number: Docket No. ICR-95-6.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 24,939.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 5,419.
    Total Burden Hours: 135,147,788.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: December 12, 1995.
Thomas H. Seymour,
Acting Director, Directorate of Safety Standards Programs.
[FR Doc. 96-744 Filed 1-19-96; 8:45 am]
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