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employers to conduct employee
exposure monitoring; notify the
employees of their benzene exposures;
implement a written compliance
program; implement medicalsurveillance of employees; and provide
protection for employees from the
adverse health effects associated with
exposure to benzene.

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II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
• Whether the proposed information
collection requirements are necessary
for the proper performance of the
Agency’s functions, including whether
the information is useful;
• The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of
the burden (time and costs) for 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 or other
technological information collection
and transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is proposing to extend the
information collection requirements in
the Benzene Standard. The information
collection requirements specified in the
Benzene Standard protect employees
from the adverse health effects that may
result from occupational exposure to
benzene. The major information
collection requirements in the standard
include conducting employee exposure
monitoring, notifying employees of their
benzene exposures, implementing a
written compliance program,
implementing medical surveillance of
employees, providing examining
physicians with specific information,
ensuring that employees receive a copy
of their medical-surveillance results,
maintaining employees’ exposuremonitoring and medical records for
specific periods, and providing access to
these records by OSHA, the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health, the employee who is the subject
of the records, the employee’s
representative, and other designated
parties.
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 Benzene
Standard (29 CFR 1910.1028).
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently-approved information
collection requirement.

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Title: Benzene Standard (29 CFR
1910.1028).
OMB Number: 1218–0129.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits, Federal Government, State, local
or tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 13,498.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Responses: 265,429.
Average Time per Response: Time per
response ranges from 5 minutes to
maintain records to 4 hours to complete
a referral medical examination.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
125,209.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $8,133,499.
IV. Public Participation—Submission of
Comments on This Notice and Internet
Access to Comments and Submissions
You may submit comments and
supporting materials in response to this
notice by (1) hard copy, (2) FAX
transmission (facsimile), or (3)
electronically through the OSHA Web
page. Because of security-related
problems, there may be a significant
delay in the receipt of comments by
regular mail. Please contact the OSHA
Docket Office at (202) 693–2350 (TTY
(877) 889–5627) for information about
security procedures concerning the
delivery of submissions by express
delivery, hand delivery and courier
service.
All comments, submissions and
background documents are available for
inspection and copying at the OSHA
Docket Office at the above address.
Comments and submissions posted on
OSHA’s Web page are available at
http://www.OSHA.gov. Contact the
OSHA Docket Office for information
about materials not available through
the OSHA Web page and for assistance
using the Web page to locate docket
submissions.
Electronic copies of this Federal
Register notice as well as other relevant
documents are available on OSHA’s
Web page. Since all submissions
become public, private information such
as social security numbers should not be
submitted.
V. Authority and Signature
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., 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
et seq.), and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 5–2002 (67 FR 65008).

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Signed at Washington, DC, on May 18,
2006.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 06–4823 Filed 5–23–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. ICR–1218–0215(2006)]

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Standards for Shipyard Employment;
Extension of the Office of Management
and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of
Information Collection (Paperwork)
Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public
comment concerning its request for an
extension of the information collection
requirements specified by its standards
on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
for Shipyard Employment (29 CFR part
1915, subpart I).
DATES: Comments must be submitted by
the following dates:
Hard copy: Your comments must be
submitted (postmarked or received) by
July 24, 2006.
Facsimile and electronic
transmission: Your comments must be
received by July 24, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR–
1218–0215(2006), by any of the
following methods:
Regular mail, express delivery, hand
delivery, and messenger service: Submit
your comments and attachments to the
OSHA Docket Office, Room N–2625,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–2350
(OSHA’s TTY number is (877) 889–
5627). OSHA Docket Office and
Department of Labor hours are 8:15 a.m.
to 4:45 p.m., e.t.
Facsimile: If your comments are 10
pages or fewer, including attachments,
you may fax them to the OSHA Docket
Office at (202) 693–1648.
Electronic: You may submit
comments through the Internet at
http://ecomments.osha.gov. Follow
instructions on the OSHA Web page for
submitting comments.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read or download comments or
background materials, such as the
complete Information Collection
Request (ICR) (containing the

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Supporting Statement, OMB–83–I Form,
and attachments), go to OSHA’s Web
page at http://www.OSHA.gov. In
addition, the ICR, comments and
submissions are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office
at the address above. You may also
contact Theda Kenney at the address
below to obtain a copy of the ICR. For
additional information on submitting
comments, please see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ section in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Theda Kenney or Todd Owen,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
OSHA, Room N–3609, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210;
telephone (202) 693–2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background

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The Department of Labor, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent (i.e., employer) burden,
conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and continuing information collection
requirements in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (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 accurate. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (the Act) (29 U.S.C. 615 et seq.)
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 Act also requires that
OSHA obtain such information with
minimum burden upon employers,
especially those operating small
business, and to reduce to the maximum
extent feasible unnecessary duplication
of efforts in obtaining information (29
U.S.C. 657).
Part 1915 subpart I specifies several
paperwork requirements.1 The
following describe the information
collection requirements:
Hazard Assessment and Verification
(29 CFR 1915.152(b)). Paragraph (b)
requires that the employer assess work
activities to determine whether there are
1 This Information Collection Request (ICR) does
not include burden hours and costs associated with
the information collection requirements in the
standard on Respiratory Protection (29 CFR
1915.154), which has been addressed in a separate
ICR. See OMB Control NO. 1218–0099.

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hazards present, or likely to be present,
which necessitate the employee’s use of
PPE. If such hazards are present, or
likely to be present, the employer must:
(1) Select the type of PPE that will
protect the affected employee from the
hazards identified in the occupational
hazard assessment; (2) communicate
selection decisions to affected
employees; (3) select PPE that properly
fits each affected employee; and (4)
verify that the required occupational
hazard assessment has been performed.
The verification document must contain
the following information: Occupation,
the date(s) of the hazard assessment,
and the name of the person performing
the hazard assessment.
Training and Verification (29 CFR
1915.152(e)). Paragraph (e)(1) requires
that the employer provide training to
each employee who is required to use
PPE and paragraph (e)(3) requires
retraining under certain circumstances.
Paragraph (e)(4) requires that the
employer verify that each affected
employee has received the PPE training.
The verification must contain the
following information: Name of each
employee trained, the date(s) of training,
and the type of training the employee
received.
The part 1915 standards on PPE
protection for the eyes and face
(§ 1915.153), head (§ 1915.155), feet
(§ 1915.156), hands and body
(§ 1915.157), lifesaving equipment
(§ 1915.158), personal fall arrest systems
(§ 1915.159), and positioning device
systems (§ 1915.160) do not contain any
separate information collections
requirements.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
• Whether the proposed information
collection requirements are necessary
for the proper performance of the
Agency’s functions, including whether
the information is useful;
• The accuracy of OSHA’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 or other
technological information collection
and transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting OMB to extend
their approval of the collection of
information requirements contained in
the standards on Personal Protective

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Equipment for Shipyard Employment
(29 CFR part 1915, subpart I). The
Agency is requesting an increase in
burden hours for the existing collection
of information requirements from 1,761
to 2,041 (a total increase of 280 hours).
The Agency will summarize the
comments submitted in response to this
notice, and will include this summary
in its request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved information
collection requirements.
Title: Personal Protective Equipment
Standards for Shipyard Employment (29
CFR part 1915, subpart I).
OMB Number: 1218–0215.
Affected Public: Business or other-forprofits; Federal Government; State,
local, or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 639.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from one minute (.02 hour) to maintain
training documentation to 5 minutes
(.08 hour) to document a hazard
reassement.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,041.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $0.
IV. Public Participation—Submission of
Coments on This Notice and Internet
Access to Comments and Submissions
You may submit comments and
supporting materials in response to this
notice by (1) Hard copy, (2) FAX
transmission (facsimile), or (3)
electronically through the OSHA Web
page. Because of security-related
problems, there may be a significant
delay in the receipt of comments by
regular mail. Please contact the OSHA
Docket Office at (202) 693–2350 (TTY
(877) 889–5627) for information about
security procedures concerning the
delivery of submissions by express
delivery, hand delivery, and courier
service.
All comments, submissions, and
background documents are available for
inspection and copying at the OSHA
Docket Office at the above address.
Comments and submissions posted on
OSHA’s Web page are available at
http://www.OSHA.gov. Contact the
OSHA Docket Office for information
about materials not available through
the OSHA Web page and for assistance
using the Web page to locate docket
submissions.
Electronic copies of this Federal
Register notice as well as other relevant
documents are available on OSHA’s
Web page. Since all submissions
become public, private information such
as social security numbers should not be
submitted.

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V. Authority and Signature
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Assistant
Sececretary 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
et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 5–2002 (67 FR 65008).
Signed at Washington, DC, on May 18,
2006.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 06–4824 Filed 5–23–06; 8:45 am]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
National Science Foundation.
Submission for OMB review;
comment request.

AGENCY:

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ACTION:

SUMMARY: The National Science
Foundation (NSF) has submitted the
following information collection
requirement to OMB for review and
clearance under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
13. This is the second notice for public
comment; the first was published in the
Federal Register at 71 FR 10997, and
one comment was received. NSF is
forwarding the proposed renewal
submission to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance
simultaneously with the publication of
this second notice. Comments regarding
(a) whether the collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; or (d) ways
to 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 should be
addressed to: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention:
Desk Officer for National Science
Foundation, 725 7th Street, NW., Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503, and to
Catherine Hines, Acting Reports
Clearance Officer, National Science
Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Suite 295, Arlington, Virginia 22230 or
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Comments regarding these information
collections are best assured of having
their full effect if received within 30
days of this notification. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by
calling 703–292–4414.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Catherine Hines at (703) 292–4414 or
send e-mail to [email protected].
Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,
Monday through Friday.
NSF may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless the
collection of information displays a
currently valid OMB control number
and the agency informs potential
persons who are to respond to the
collection of 2 information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comment: On March 3, 2006, we
published in the Federal Register (71
FR 10997) a 60-day notice of our intent
to request reinstatement of this
information collection authority from
OMB. In that notice, we solicited public
comments for 60 days ending May 2,
2006. One comment came from B.
Sachau of Florham Park, NJ, via e-mail
on March 9, 2006, in response to an
email request received March 3, 2006,
for a hard-copy publication for this
program, ‘‘Report on Evaluation of the
National Science Foundation’s Informal
Science Education Program.’’ Ms.
Sachau commented on the ‘‘heavy
spending’’ for this program but had no
specific suggestions for altering the data
collection plans.
Response: NSF believes that because
the comment does not contain
suggestions for altering the collection of
information for which NSF is seeking
OMB approval, NSF is proceeding with
the clearance request.
Title of Collection: Informal Science
Education (ISE) Management
Information System.
OMB Control No.: 3145–0158.
1. Abstract
This document has been prepared to
support the clearance of a Management
Information System for the Informal
Science Education (ISE) program. The
goals for the program are to encourage
and support projects that (1) engage the
interest of children and adults in
science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) in daily life so that
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technological literacy, mathematical
competence, problem-solving skills, and
the desire to learn; (2) bring together
individuals and organizations from the
informal and formal education
communities, as well as from the private
and public sectors, to strengthen STEM
education in all settings; and (3)
develop and implement innovative
strategies that 170 support the
development of a socially responsible
and informed public, and demonstrate
promise of increasing participation of
all citizens in STEM.
The ISE Management Information
System will be comprised of three webbased surveys, an initial survey that
obtains background information about
the ISE project, an annual survey, and
a final survey. The survey that obtains
background information would be
completed soon 4 after project grants are
awarded (i.e, within 45 days), the
annual would be completed at the end
of each program year, and the final
would be completed soon after the ISE
grant period has ended (i.e., within 45
days). Through the use of these three
surveys, the system will collect data
from each ISE-funded project about the
project, its grant recipient and partner
organizations, participants, activities,
deliverables, and impacts. Information
from the system will be used by ISE
program officers to evaluate the
collective impact of the ISE portfolio of
funded projects, to monitor projectrelated activities and projects’ progress
over time, and to obtain information
that can 171 inform the design of future
ISE projects.
2. Expected Respondents
The expected respondents are
principal investigators of any ISE
projects that have been funded since
2004.
3. Burden on the Public
During the first year of data
collection, the current year’s awardees
will be asked to report background data.
In addition, in only the first year,
awardees from the prior two years will
be asked to report baseline data and to
submit one annual report. The average
annual reporting burden for the baseline
and final reports is approximately 40
hours, and the reporting burden for the
annual report is approximately 24
hours. The total elements will be 4,560
burden hours for an average number of
150 respondents per year. The burden
on the public is negligible because the
collection is limited to project
participants that have received funding
from the ISE program.

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