[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61369-61370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29413]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR-1218-0085 (2000)]
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 (OSHA); Labor.
ACTION: Notice of an opportunity for public comment.
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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments concerning the extension of, and
increase in, the information collection requirements contained in the
13 Carcinogens Standard (29 CFR 1910.1003, 29 CFR 1915.1003, and 29 CFR
1926.1103).
Request for Comment
The Agency is particularly interested in 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 January 10, 2000.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket No.
ICR-1218-0085 (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: Todd R. Owen, Directorate of Policy,
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N-3627, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC
20210; telephone: (202) 693-2444. A copy of the Agency's Information
Collection Request (ICR) supporting the need for the information
collection requirements in the 13 Carcinogens Standard is available for
inspection and copying in the Docket Office, or mailed on request by
telephoning Todd R. Owen or Barbara Bielaski at (202) 693-2444. For
electronic copies of the ICR on the 13 Carcinogens Standard, contact
OSHA on the Internet at http://www.osha-slc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTRY 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.) In this regard, the information collection
requirements in the 13 Carcinogens Standard provides protection for
employees from the adverse health effects associated with occupational
exposure to 13 carcinogenic chemicals. This information collection
request (ICR) covers the following carcinogens: 4-Nitrobiphenyl
(Sec. 1910.1003), alpha-Naphthlamine (Sec. 1910.1004), methyl
chloromethyl ether (Sec. 1910.1006), 3,'-Dichlorobenzidine (and its
salts) (Sec. 1910.1007), bis-Chloromethyl ether (Sec. 1910.1008), beta-
Naphthylamine (Sec. 1910.1009), Benzidine (Sec. 1910.1010), 4-
Aminodiphenyl (Sec. 1910.1011), Ethyleneimine (Sec. 1910.1012), beta-
Propiolactone (Sec. 1910.1013), 2-Acetylaminofluorene (Sec. 1910.1014),
4-Dimethylaminoazo-benzene (Sec. 1910.1015), and N-Nitrosodimethylamine
(Sec. 1910.1016).
II. Proposed Actions
OSHA proposes to extend the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval for the collections of information (paperwork) contained in
the 13 Carcinogens Standard at 29 CFR 1910.1003, 1915.1003, 1926.1103.
The 13 Carcinogens Standard requires employers to develop signs and
labels to warn employees about the hazards associated with the 13
carcinogens. Also, employers must notify OSHA Area Directors of new
regulated areas, changes to regulated areas, and incidents that occur
in regulated areas. Employers must establish and implement a medical
surveillance program for employees assigned to enter regulated areas.
This program must inform employees of their medical examination results
and provide them with access to their medical records. In addition,
employers must retain employee medical records for specified time
periods and provide these records to the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health under certain circumstances.
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 13 Carcinogens Standard.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information
collection requirements.
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Title: The 13 Carcinogens Standard.
OMB Number: 1218-0085.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal government;
state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 97.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Time per response ranges from
approximately 5 minutes (for employers to maintain records) to 5 hours
(for employers to develop emergency/incident reports).
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,798.
Estimated Cost: (Operation and Maintenance): $86,226.
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 3 day of November 1999.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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