Preclearance Federal Register Notices (July 2, 2007)

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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 126 / Monday, July 2, 2007 / Notices

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).
Signed at Washington, DC, on June 25,
2007.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0052]

Portable Fire Extinguishers (Annual
Maintenance Certification Record);
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.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public
comment concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in the Standard on Portable
Fire Extinguishers (Annual Maintenance
Certification Record) (29 CFR
1910.157(e)(3)).
Paragraph (e)(3) of the Standard
requires employers to: Inspect portable
fire extinguishers annually for normal
operation; record the maintenance date;
retain the maintenance record for one
year after the last entry or for the life of
the shell, whichever is less; and make
the record available to an OSHA
compliance officer upon request. The
annual maintenance inspection ensures
that portable fire extinguishers are in
safe operating condition in case of a fire,
while the maintenance record provides
evidence to employees and Agency
compliance officers that employers
performed the required inspections.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
August 31, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Electronically: You may
submit comments and attachments
electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the

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instructions online for submitting
comments.
Facsimile: If your comments,
including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages, you may fax them to the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.
Mail, hand delivery, express mail,
messenger, or courier service: When
using this method, you must submit
three copies of your comments and
attachments to the OSHA Docket Office,
Docket No. OSHA–2007–0052, U.S.
Department of Labor, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration,
Room N–2625, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Deliveries (hand, express mail,
messenger, and courier service) are
accepted during the Department of
Labor’s and Docket Office’s normal
business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.,
e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number for the ICR (OSHA–
2007–0052). All comments, including
any personal information you provide,
are placed in the public docket without
change, and may be made available
online at http://www.regulations.gov.
For further information on submitting
comments see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading in the section of
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, go to http://
www.regulations.gov or the OSHA
Docket Office at the address above. All
documents in the docket (including this
Federal Register notice) are listed in the
http://www.regulations.gov index;
however, some information (e.g.,
copyrighted material) is not publicly
available to read or download through
the website. All submissions, including
copyrighted material, are available for
inspection and copying at the OSHA
Docket Office. You may also contact
Theda Kenney at the address below to
obtain a copy of the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Theda Kenney or Todd Owen,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room
N–3609, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)
693–2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
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

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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 OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 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 OSH Act
also requires that OSHA obtain such
information with minimum burden
upon employers, especially those
operating small businesses, and to
reduce to the maximum extent feasible
unnecessary duplication of efforts in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
Section 1910.157(e)(3) specifies that
employers must subject each portable
fire extinguisher to an annual
maintenance inspection and record the
date of the inspection. In addition, this
provision requires employers to retain
the inspection record for one year after
the last entry or for the life of the shell,
whichever is less, and to make the
record available to OSHA on request.
This recordkeeping requirement assures
employees and Agency compliance
officers that portable fire extinguishers
located in the workplace will operate
normally in case of fire; in addition, this
requirement provides evidence of the
required extinguisher inspections to
OSHA compliance officers during a
workplace inspection.
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.

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III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
its approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the
Standard on Portable Fire Extinguishers
(Annual Maintenance Certification
Record) (29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3)). The
Agency is requesting to increase its
current burden hour estimate associated
with this Standard from 67,500 hours to
69,019 hours for a total increase of 1,519
hours. The Agency will summarize the
comments submitted in response to this
notice and will include this summary in
the request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Portable Fire Extinguishers
(Annual Maintenance Certification
Record) (29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3)).
OMB Number: 1218–0238.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 138,038.
Frequency: Annually.
Average Time per Response: 30
minutes (.50 hour) to perform and
record the required maintenance
inspection.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
69,019.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $19,878,208.

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IV. Public Participation—Submission of
Comments on this Notice and Internet
Access to Comments and Submissions
You may submit comments in
response to this document as follows:
(1) Electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by
facsimile (FAX); or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2007–0052).
You may supplement electronic
submissions by uploading document
files electronically. If you wish to mail
additional materials in reference to an
electronic or facsimile submission, you
must submit them to the OSHA Docket
Office (see the section of this notice
titled ADDRESSES). The additional
materials must clearly identify your
electronic comments by your name,
date, and the docket number so the
Agency can attach them to your
comments.
Because of security procedures, the
use of regular mail may cause a
significant delay in the receipt of
comments. For information about
security procedures concerning the
delivery of materials by hand, express
delivery, messenger, or courier service,
please contact the OSHA Docket Office

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at (202) 693–2350 (TTY (877) 889–
5627).
Comments and submissions are
posted without change at http://
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
cautions commenters about submitting
personal information such as social
security numbers and date of birth.
Although all submissions are listed in
the http://www.regulations.gov index,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through this website.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
Information on using the http://
www.regulations.gov Web site to submit
comments and access the docket is
available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
for information about materials not
available through the Web site, and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate
docket submissions.
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).
Signed at Washington, DC, on June 25,
2007.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
National Science Board—Committee
on Strategy and Budget; Sunshine Act
Meetings; Notice
The National Science Board’s
Committee on Strategy and Budget,
pursuant to NSF regulations (45 CFR
part 614), the National Science
Foundation Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1862n–5 and 1863(k)), and the
Government in the Sunshine Act (5
U.S.C. 552b), hereby gives notice in
regard to the scheduling of a meeting for
the transaction of National Science
Board business and other matters
specified, as follows:
Date and Time: Monday, July 23,
2007, 2 p.m.
Subject Matter: Discussion of the FY
2009 National Science Foundation
Budget.
Status: Closed.

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This meeting will be held by
teleconference originating from the
National Science Foundation, Room
1295, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA
22230. Please refer to the National
Science Board Web site (http://
www.nsf.gov/nsb) for information or
schedule updates, or contact: Annette
M. Dreher, National Science Board
Office, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington,
VA 22230. Telephone: (703) 292–7000.
Russell Moy,
Attorney Advisor.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Draft
NRC Staff Assessment of a Proposed
Agreement Between the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission and the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of a proposed Agreement
with the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: By letter dated November 9,
2006, Governor Edward G. Rendell of
Pennsylvania requested that the U. S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC
or Commission) enter into an Agreement
with the Commonwealth as authorized
by Section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended (Act).
Under the proposed Agreement, the
Commission would give up, and
Pennsylvania would take over, portions
of the Commission’s regulatory
authority exercised within the
Commonwealth. As required by the Act,
the NRC is publishing the proposed
Agreement for public comment. The
NRC is also publishing the summary of
an assessment by the NRC staff of the
Pennsylvania regulatory program.
Comments are requested on the
proposed Agreement, especially its
effect on public health and safety.
Comments are also requested on the
draft NRC staff assessment, the
adequacy of the Pennsylvania program,
and the Commonwealth’s program staff,
as discussed in this notice.
The proposed Agreement would
release (exempt) persons who possess or
use certain radioactive materials in
Pennsylvania from portions of the
Commission’s regulatory authority. The
Act requires that the NRC publish those
exemptions. Notice is hereby given that
the pertinent exemptions have been
previously published in the Federal

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