[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 56812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27522]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR-1218-0215(2000)]
Personal Protective Equipment for Shipyard Employment; Extension
of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of an
Information Collection (Paperwork) Request
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA); Labor.
ACTION: Notice of an opportunity for public comment.
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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments concerning the proposed extension by
OMB of the information collection requirements contained in the
standard on Personal Protective Equipment for Shipyard Employment
(PPE), 29 CFR 1915.152(b)(4) and (e)(4).
Request for Comment
The Agency seeks comments on the following issues:
Whether the information collection requirements are
necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's functions,
including whether the information is useful;
The accuracy of the Agency'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, electronic, mechanical, and other
technological information and transmission collection techniques.
DATES: Submit written comments on or before December 20, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket No.
ICR-1218-0215(2000), Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-2350. Commenters may
transmit written comments of 10 pages or less in length by facsimile to
(202) 693-1648.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theda Kenney, Directorate of Safety
Standards Programs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N-3605, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-2222. A copy of the Agency's
Information Collection Request (ICR) supporting the need for the
information collection requirements contained in the standard on
Personal Protective Equipment for Shipyard Employment (29 CFR 1915.152)
is available for inspection and copying in the Docket Office, or mailed
on request by telephoning Theda Kenney at (202) 693-2222 or Barbara
Bielaski at (202) 693-2444. For electronic copies of the ICR, contact
OSHA on the Internet at
http://www.osha.gov/comp-links.html, and click on ``Information
Collection Requests.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information
collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (PRA-95) (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 correct.
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act) authorizes
information collection by employers as necessary or appropriate for
enforcement of the Act or for developing information regarding the
causes and prevention of occupational injuries, illnesses, and
accidents (29 U.S.C. 657.) The PPE for Shipyard Employment standard
requires that all affected employers conduct a hazard assessment and
make a determination regarding their need for PPE. This is a one-time
obligation unless conditions in the workplace change in such a way that
new or different hazards arise, thereby necessitating an updated or
revised hazard assessment. The employer must verify performance of the
required occupational hazard assessment through a document that
contains the following information: Occupation, the date(s) of the
hazard assessment, and the name of the person performing the hazard
assessment. The employer must also verify that each affected employee
received the required training through a document that contains the
following information: Name of each employee trained, the date(s) of
training, and type of training the employee received.
The information collection requirements (documentations) verify
that employers are in compliance with the standard. OSHA compliance
officers will require employers to disclose the required documentation
at the time of an inspection.
II. Proposed Actions
OSHA estimates that employers will expand 707 burden hours to
comply with the information collection requirements in 29 CFR
1915.152(b)(4) and (e)(4). This is a decrease of OSHA's earlier
estimate of 1,540 burden hours to comply with the information
collection requirements in the above provisions.
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 contained in
the above standard.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information
collection requirement.
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Title: Personal Protective Equipment for Shipyard Employment (29
CFR 1915.152).
OMB Number: 1218-0215.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions; Federal government; state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 8,000.
Frequency: Varies (on occasion, annually).
Average Time per Response: Varies from five minutes (0.08 hour) to
3 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 707.
III. Authority and Signature
Charles N. Jeffress, 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) and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 6-96 (62 FR 111).
Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of October 1999.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 99-27522 Filed 10-20-99; 8:45 am]
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