00-17263. Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of OMB Approval

AGENCY:

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA); Labor.

ACTION:

Notice of approval.

SUMMARY:

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the Information Collection Request for the Hazard Communication Standard under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This document provides the OMB approval number and expiration date for this action.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Todd Owen, Directorate of Policy, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3627, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210, telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

In the Federal Register of August 11, 1999 (64 FR 43737), the Agency announced its request to OMB to renew its current approval for 29 CFR 1910.1200; 29 CFR 1915.1200, 29 CFR 1917.28, CFR 1918.90, 29 CFR 1926.1200, and 29 CFR 1928.21 the Hazard Communication Standard for the general, shipyard employment, marine-terminal, longshoring, construction, and agriculture industries. Consistent with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), OMB renewed its approval of the Information Collection Request for this Standard (OMB Control Number 1218-0072). This approval expires February 28, 2002. Under 5 CFR 1320.5(b), and Agency cannot conduct, sponsor, or require a response to a collection of information unless the collection displays a valid control number.

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 on June 30, 2000.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.