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likely; and (vi) The travel time on foot
from the working face through the
primary escapeway is less than fifteen
minutes. The petitioner further states
that damp and wet conditions occur in
the entire mine, and historically, fires in
anthracite mines have not been a
significant hazard as a result of the low
volatile matter of the coal, which is
reflected in numerous granted petitions
for modification relating to firefighting.
The petitioner asserts that the
proposed alternative method will in no
way provide less than the same measure
of protection than that afforded the
miners under the existing standard.
Dated: March 18, 2008.
Jack Powasnik,
Deputy Director, Office of Standards,
Regulations, and Variances.
[FR Doc. E8–5908 Filed 3–21–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–43–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2007–0086]

Respiratory Protection Standard;
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:

OSHA solicits public
comment concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
specified by the Respiratory Protection
Standard (29 CFR 1910.134).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by May
23, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Electronically: You may
submit comments and attachments
electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the
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,
OSHA Docket No. OSHA–2007–0086,
U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration,

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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–
2007–0086). 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 Jamaa Hill at the
address below to obtain a copy of the
ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jamaa N. Hill 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
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 accurate. The Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act)
(29 U.S.C. 651 et. seq.) authorizes
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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 businesses, and to
reduce to the maximum extent feasible
unnecessary duplication of efforts in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The Respiratory Protection Standard
(29 CFR 1910.134; hereafter, ‘‘the
Standard’’) contains information
collection requirements that require
employers to: develop a written
respirator program; conduct employee
medical evaluations and provide followup medical evaluations to determine the
employee’s ability to use a respirator;
provide the physician or other licensed
health care professional with
information about the employee’s
respirator and the conditions under
which the employee will use the
respirator; and administer fit tests for
employees who will use negative-or
positive-pressure, tight-fitting
facepieces. In addition, employers must
ensure that employees store emergencyuse respirators in compartments clearly
marked as containing emergency-use
respirators. For respirators maintained
for emergency use, employers must
label or tag the respirator with a
certificate stating the date of the
inspection, the name of the individual
who made the inspection, the findings
of the inspection, required remedial
action, and the identity of the respirator.
The Standard also requires employers
to ensure that cylinders used to supply
breathing air to respirators have a
certificate of analysis from the supplier
stating that the breathing air meets the
requirements for Type 1—Grade D
breathing air; such certification assures
employers that the purchased breathing
air is safe. Compressors used to supply
breathing air to respirators must have a
tag containing the most recent change
date and the signature of the individual
authorized by the employer to perform
the change. Employers must maintain
this tag at the compressor. These tags
provide assurance that the compressors
are functioning properly.
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

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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.
III. Proposed Actions
Because of security procedures, the
OSHA is proposing to extend the
information collection requirements
use of regular mail may cause a
contained in the Respiratory Protection
significant delay in the receipt of
Standard (29 CFR 1910.134). The
comments. For information about
Agency is requesting to increase its
security procedures concerning the
current burden hour total from
delivery of materials by hand, express
6,551,314 hours to 7,159,601 for a total
delivery, messenger, or courier service,
increase of 608,287 hours. The Agency
please contact the OSHA Docket Office
will summarize the comments
at (202) 693–2350 (TTY (877) 889–
submitted in response to this notice,
5627).
and will include this summary in the
Comments and submissions are
request to OMB to extend the approval
posted
without change at: http://
of the information collection
requirements contained in the Standard. www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
cautions commenters about submitting
The Agency will summarize the
comments submitted in response to this personal information such as social
notice and will include this summary in security numbers and date of birth.
Although all submissions are listed in
the request to OMB.
the http://www.regulations.gov index,
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved information
some information (e.g., copyrighted
collection requirement.
material) is not publicly available to
Title: Respiratory Protection Standard. read or download through this Web site.
OMB Number: 1218–0099.
All submissions, including copyrighted
Affected Public: Business or other for- material, are available for inspection
profits; not-for-profit institutions;
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
Federal government; State, local, or
Information on using the http://
tribal governments.
www.regulations.gov Web site to submit
Number of Respondents: 639,623.
comments and access the docket is
Frequency of Response: Annually;
available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’
monthly; on occasion.
link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
Total Responses: 22,547,185.
for information about materials not
Average Time per Response: Varies
available through the website, and for
from 5 minutes (.08 hour) to mark a
storage compartment or protective cover assistance in using the Internet to locate
docket submissions.
to 8 hours for large employers to gather
and prepare information to develop a
V. Authority and Signature
written plan.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Assistant
7,159,601.
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Safety and Health, directed the
Maintenance): $164,751,553.
preparation of this notice. The authority
IV. Public Participation—Submission of for this notice is the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506
Comments on This Notice and Internet
et. seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
Access to Comments and Submissions
No. 5–2007 (72 FR 31159).
You may submit comments in
response to this document as follows:
Signed at Washington, DC, on March 17,
(1) Electronically at http://
2008.
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
facsimile (Fax); or (3) by hard copy. All
Safety and Health.
comments, attachments, and other
[FR Doc. E8–5837 Filed 3–21–08; 8:45 am]
material must identify the Agency name
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and the OSHA docket number for the
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2007–0086).
You may supplement electronic
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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
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of pending NRC action to
submit an information collection
request to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) and solicitation of public
comment.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The NRC is preparing a
submittal to OMB for review of
continued approval of information
collections under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Information pertaining to the
requirement to be submitted:
1. The Title of the Information
Collection: 10 CFR Part 54,
‘‘Requirements for Renewal of Operating
Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants.’’
2. Current OMB Approval Number:
3150–0155.
3. How Often the Collection Is
Required: There is a one-time
application for any licensee wishing to
renew its nuclear power plant’s
operating license. There is a one-time
requirement for each licensee with a
renewed operating license to submit a
commitment completion letter. All
holders of renewed licenses must
perform yearly recordkeeping.
4. Who Is Required or Asked to
Report: Commercial nuclear power
plant licensees who wish to renew their
operating licenses and holders of
renewed licenses.
5. The Number of Annual
Respondents: 50 (10 responses and 40
recordkeepers).
6. The Number of Hours Needed
Annually to Complete the Requirement
or Request: 544,940 hours (504,940
hours reporting plus 40,000 hours
recordkeeping).
7. Abstract: Title 10, Part 54,
establishes license renewal
requirements for commercial nuclear
power plants and describes the
information that licensees must submit
to the NRC when applying for a license
renewal. The application must contain
information on how the licensee will
manage the detrimental effects of agerelated degradation on certain plant
systems, structures, and components so
as to continue the plant’s safe operation
during the renewal term. The NRC
needs this information to determine
whether the licensee’s actions will be
effective in assuring the plant’s
continued safe operation.

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