96-18625. Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38225-38226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18625]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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/or continuing 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [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 the 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 the information collection request 
for the Temporary Labor Camps standard 29 CFR 1910.142. A copy of the 
proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by 
contacting the employee listed below in the addressee section of this 
notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before September 23, 1996. The Department 
of Labor is particularly interested in comments which:

     evaluate whether the proposed collection of information 
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 through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
technique or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submissions of responses.

ADDRESSES: Comments are to be submitted to the Docket Office, Docket 
No. ICR 96-9, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone number [phone]. 
Written comments limited to 10 pages or less in length may also be 
transmitted by facsimile to [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anne C. Cyr, Office of Information and Consumer Affairs, Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-
3647, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: 
[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 of the Temporary 
Labor Camps Information Collection Request, contact the Labor News 
Bulletin Board, [phone]; or ISHA's WebPage on the Internet at 
http://www.osha.gov/.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Temporary Labor Camps standard and its information collection 
is designed to eliminate the incidence of communicable disease among 
Temporary Labor Camp residents. The standard requires camp 
superintendent to report immediately to the local health officer the 
name and address of any individual in the camp known to have or 
suspected of having a communicable disease, suspected food poisoning or 
an unusual prevalence of any illness in which fever, diarrhea, sore 
throat, vomiting, or jaundice is a prominent symptom.

II. Current Actions

    This notice requests an extension of the current OMB approval of 
the paperwork requirements in the Temporary Labor Camps Standard. 
Extension is necessary to provide continued protection to employees 
from the health hazards associated with the outbreak of communicable 
diseases.

    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Temporary Labor Camps.
    OMB Number: 1218-0096.
    Agency Number: Docket Number ICR 96-9.
    Affected Public: Business and other for-profit, Federal and State 
government, Local or Tribal governments.
    Total Respondents: 7,161.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Total Responses: 1,379.
    Average Time per Response: 5 minutes to report the incident to the 
local health officer.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 75.
    Estimated Capital, Operation/Maintenance Burden Cost: $0.

    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or 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: July 16, 1996.
Adam M. Finkel,
Director, Directorate of Health Standards Programs.
[FR Doc. 96-18625 Filed 7-22-96; 8:45 am]
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