99-22338. Submission for OMB review; comment request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 166 (Friday, August 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46956-46957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22338]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB review; comment request

August 23, 1999.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following 
information collection requests (ICRs) (see below) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35). A copy of each individual ICR, with applicable supporting 
documentation, may be obtained by calling the Department of Labor, 
Departmental Clearance Officer, Ira Mills [phone], ext. 143 or 
E-Mail to [e-mail].
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for BLS, DM, ESA, ETA, MSHA, OSHA, 
PWBA, or VETS, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, 
DC 20503 [phone], by September 27, 1999.
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary 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 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemical (29 
CFR 1910.119).
    OMB Number: 1218-0200.
    Frequency: Varies (on occasion, annually).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government, State, local or tribal.
    Number of Respondents: 192,865.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: Varies from 5 minutes (0.08 hr.) To 
146.5 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 73,111,180.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: 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 Process Safety Management of 
Highly Hazardous Chemicals Standards (29 CFR 1910.119) prevent or 
minimize the consequences of accidents involving highly hazardous 
chemicals.

    Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
    Title: Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) 
(29 CFR 1910.120).
    OMB Number: 1218-0202.
    Frequency: Varies (on occasion, annually).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not for-profit 
institutions; Federal Government, State, local or tribal.
    Number of Respondents: 38,363.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: Varies from 5 minutes (0.08 hr.) To 
64 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,592,338.
    Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $5,045,430.00.
    Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): $0.
    Description: The standard on Hazardous Waste and Emergency Response 
(HAZWOPER) (29 CFR 1910.120) regulates the safety and

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health of employees engaged in hazardous waste site operations and 
emergency response to the release of hazardous substances from their 
containers. It was mandated by Congress under section 126 of the 
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA). Worker 
populations covered by the rule include workers at Superfund clean-
sites and similar operations, workers at EPA permitted disposal sites, 
and emergency response workers at those sites, firefighters, emergency 
medical service personnel, police, and others involved in hazardous 
substance emergency response. Employers can use the information 
collected under the rule to develop the various programs the standard 
requires and to ensure that their employees are trained properly about 
the safety and health hazards associated with hazardous waste 
operations and emergency response to hazardous waste releases. OSHA 
will use the records developed in response to this standard to ensure 
adequate compliance with the safety and health provisions. The 
employer's failure to collect and distribute the information required 
in this standard will affect significantly OSHA's effort to control and 
reduce injuries and fatalities. Such failure would also be contrary to 
the direction Congress provided in SARA.
Maureen Hill,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
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