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Agency 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
standards.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Electrical Standards for
Construction (29 CFR part 1926, subpart
K) and General Industry (29 CFR part
1910, subpart S).
OMB Number: 1218–0130.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; Federal
Government; State, local, or tribal
governments.
Number of Respondents: 500,000.
Frequency of Response: Occasionally.
Total Responses: 2,331,135.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from three minutes (.08 hour) to post
and construct each sign to four hours to
document a hazardous classified
location by a certified electrical
engineer.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
151,172.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $7,500.

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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–2008–0017).
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
at (202) 693–2350 (TTY (877) 889–
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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 website, 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. 5–2007 (72 FR 31159).
Signed at Washington, DC, on July 1, 2008.
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–2008–0021]

Standard on Vinyl Chloride; 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 proposal to
extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in the Standard on Vinyl
Chloride (29 CFR 1910.1017).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
September 8, 2008.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit
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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,
Docket No. OSHA–2008–0021, 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–
2008–0021). 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 Web site.
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,

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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 OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et
seq.) authorizes information collection
by employers as necessary or
appropriate for enforcement of the OSH
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).
The Standard specifies a number of
paperwork requirements. The following
is a brief description of the collection of
information requirements contained in
the Vinyl Chloride (VC) Standard.
(A) Exposure Monitoring
(§ 1910.1017(d))
Paragraph 1910.1017(d)(2) requires
employers to conduct exposure
monitoring at least quarterly if the
results show that employee exposures
are above the permissible exposure limit
(PEL), while those exposed at or above
the Action Level (AL) must be
monitored no less than semiannually.
Paragraph (d)(3) requires that employers
perform additional monitoring
whenever there has been a change in VC
production, process or control that may
result in an increase in the release of
VC.

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(B) Written Compliance Plan
(§ 1910.1017(f)(2) and (f)(3))
Paragraph (f)(2) requires employers
whose engineering and work practice
controls cannot sufficiently reduce
employee VC exposures to a level at or
below the PEL to develop and
implement a plan for doing so.
Paragraph (f)(3) requires employers to
develop this written plan and provide it
upon request to OSHA for examination
and copying. These plans must be
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(C) Medical Surveillance
(§ 1910.1017(k))
Paragraph (k) requires employers to
develop a medical surveillance program
for employees exposed to VC in excess
of the action level. Examinations must
be provided in accordance with this
paragraph at least annually. Employers
must also obtain, and provide to each
employee, a copy of a physician’s
statement regarding the employee’s
suitability for continued exposure to
VC, including use of protective
equipment and respirators, if
appropriate.
(D) Recordkeeping (§ 1910.1017(m))
Employers must maintain employee
exposure and medical records. The VC
standard requires that employers make
available monitoring, measuring, and
medical records at the request of the
Assistant Secretary (usually an OSHA
compliance officer).
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 that OMB extend
its approval of the collection of
information requirements contained in
the Standard on Vinyl Chloride (29 CFR
1910.1017). The Agency is requesting to
reduce its current burden hour estimate
associated with the Standard from 1,758
hours to 712 hours for a total reduction
of 1,046 hours. This decrease (based on
new data obtained by the Agency) is a
result of reducing the number of VC and
PVC establishments from 77 to 32
establishments. The Agency will
include this summary in its request to
OMB to extend the approval of these
collection of information requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Vinyl Chloride (29 CFR
1910.1017).
OMB Number: 1218–0010.

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Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 32.
Total Responses: 1,108.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies
from 5 minutes (.08 hour) for employers
to maintain records to 12 hours for
employers to update their compliance
plans.
Total Burden Hours: 1,758.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $48,928.
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
Webpage. 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 Webpage are available at
http://www.OSHA.gov. Contact the
OSHA Docket Office for information
about materials not available through
the OSHA Webpage and for assistance
using the Webpage to locate docket
submissions.
Electronic copies of this Federal
Register notice as well as other relevant
documents are available on OSHA’s
Webpage. 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. 5–2007 (72 FR 31159).
Signed at Washington, DC, on July 1, 2008.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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