[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 48209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22849]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR-99-21]
Manlifts (Inspection Certifications) 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.
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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments concerning the proposed decrease in
estimated burden hours, and the extension of the inspection
certification records contained in the Manlift Standard, 29 CFR
1910.68(e)(3).
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 1, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket No.
ICR-99-21, 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
in 29 CFR 1910.68(e)(3) (inspection certification records) 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 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.) In this regard, the information collection
requirements contained in 29 CFR 1910.68(e)(3) (inspection
certification records) will ensure that manlifts are in safe operating
condition, and all safety devices, such as belt switches, are working
properly. The failure of belts or switches could cause serious injury
or death to an employee.
II. Proposed Actions
OSHA proposes a minimal decrease in its earlier estimate of burden
hours from 51,005 to 51,000 for the information collection requirements
in 29 CFR 1910.68(e)(3) (inspection certification records).
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 provision.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information
collection requirement.
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Title: Manlifts (Inspection Certifications) (29 CFR 1910.68(e)(3)).
OMB Number: 1218-0226.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; Federal government; state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 3,000.
Frequency: Varies (monthly, daily).
Average Time per Response: Varies from 5 minutes (0.08 hour) to 69
minutes (1.15 hours).
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 51,000.
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 27th day of August 1999.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 99-22849 Filed 9-1-99; 8:45 am]
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