[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50544-50545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24266]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR-99-18]
Inspection Certification Records for Slings; Extension of the
Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of an Information
Collection (Paperwork) Requirement
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA); Labor.
ACTION: Notice of an opportunity for public comment.
SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments concerning the proposed increase, and
extension of, the information collection requirements (inspection and
certification records) contained in the standard on Slings, 29 CFR
1910.184(e)(3)(i), (e)(4), (f)(4)(ii), (g)(1), (g)(8)(ii), and
(i)(8)(ii).
Request for Comment
The Agency seeks 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 November 16, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket No.
ICR-99-18, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW,
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: Theda Kenney, Directorate of Safety
Standards Programs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N-3605, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-2222. A copy of the Agency's
Information Collection Request (ICR) supporting the need for the
information collection requirements (inspection certification records)
contained in the standard on Slings (29 CFR 1910.184) is available for
inspection and copying in the Docket Office, or mailed on request by
telephoning Theda Kenney at (202) 693-2222 or Barbara Bielaski at (202)
693-2444. For electronic copies of the ICR, contact OSHA on the
Internet at http://www.osha.gov/comp-links.html, and click on
``Information Collection Requests.''
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
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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.) The information collection requirements
(the inspection and certification records) in the standard on Slings
(29 CFR 1910.184) require employers to: Generate and maintain records
regarding the inspection of alloy steel chain slings, obtain and retain
certificates showing that the equipment manufacturer (or equivalent
entity) proof tested new, repaired, or reconditioned alloy steel chain
slings, wire rope slings that have welded end attachments, and repaired
synthetic web slings. These requirements also specify that employers
affix a durable marking to metal mesh slings stating the rated capacity
for the vertical basket hitch and choker hitch loadings, repaired metal
mesh slings must indicate the date and type of repair, as well as the
person or organization performing the repair, using permanent marking
or tagging, or by maintaining a written record.
II. Proposed Actions
OSHA proposes to increase its earlier estimate of 1,071 burden
hours to 21,435 burden hours for the provisions requiring inspection
and certification records in the standard on Slings (29 CFR 1910.184).
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 above standard.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information
collection requirement.
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Title: Inspection and Certification Records for Slings (29 CFR
1910.184).
OMB Number: 1218-0223.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions; Federal government; state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 155,675.
Frequency: Annually.
Average Time per Response: Varies from three minutes (0.05 hour) to
15 minutes (0.25 hour).
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 21,435.
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).
Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of September 1999.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 99-24266 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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