[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 39174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18598]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR 99-9]
Crawler, Locomotive, and Truck Cranes; 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 proposed reduction, and
extension of, the information collection requirements contained in the
standard on Crawler, Locomotive, and Truck Cranes (29 CFR
1926.550(b)(2)).
The Agency is particularly interested in comments on the following:
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 September 20, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR-99-9,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210;
telephone: (202) 693-2350. You may transmit written comments 10 pages
or less in length by facsimile to (202) 693-1648.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Martinez, Directorate of
Policy, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor, Room N-3605, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, 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 Crawler, Locomotive, and Truck Cranes
Standard is available for inspection and copying in the Docket Office,
or mailed on request by telephoning Kathleen Martinez at (202) 693-2444
or Barbara Bielaski at (202) 693-2444. For electronic copies of the ICR
on the Crawler, Locomotive, and Truck Cranes Standard, contact OSHA on
the Internet at http://www.osha-slc.gov.
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
information collection OSHA's estimate of the burden is correct. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act) (29 U.S.C. 657)
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.
II. Proposed Actions
The certification record required in 29 CFR 1926.550(b)(2) is
necessary to assure that employers conduct inspections of cranes and
that they retain a certification record on file until a new record is
prepared. 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 Crawler, Locomotive, and Truck Cranes Standard (29 CFR
1926.550(b)(2)).
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information
collection requirements.
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Title: Crawler, Truck and Locomotive Cranes (29 CFR
1926.550(b)(2)).
OMB Number: 1218-0232.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal government;
state, local, or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 94,000.
Frequency: Monthly.
Average Time per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 564,000.
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), Secretary of Labor's Order No. 6-96 (62 FR 111), and 29
CFR part 1911.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of July 1999.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 99-18598 Filed 7-20-99; 8:45 am]
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