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hour per response = 295 hours). There
is no increase in the annual
recordkeeping and reporting burden.
If additional information is required
contact: Lynn Bryant, Clearance Officer,
United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy
and Planning Staff, Patrick Henry
Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: December 2, 2008.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United
States Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Employment Standards Administration
Announcement of Public Briefings on
Using the New H–2A Temporary
Agricultural Labor Certification
Program

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AGENCIES: Employment and Training
Administration; Wage and Hour
Division, Employment Standards
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: The Office of Foreign Labor
Certification (OFLC) in the Department
of Labor’s Employment & Training
Administration (ETA) has been reengineering several of its programs,
including the H–2A foreign agricultural
worker labor certification program. The
Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the
Employment Standards Administration
(ESA) has been amending contractual
obligations applicable to employers of
workers subject to Section 218 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
The Department published a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to
redesign the H–2A agricultural labor
certification program on February 13,
2008. The Department is currently
reviewing public comments on this
proposed rule and intends to publish
final regulations before the end of the
calendar year. In addition, the
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) has published an NPRM to
amend its H–2A regulations and intends
to publish a final rule before the end of
the calendar year as well.
Pursuant to the Department of Labor
final rule, changes to information
collection and regulatory requirements
will affect the application forms. The H–
2A program will no longer use the Form
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0015). Instead the program will utilize
the new Form ETA 9142 (OMB control
number 1205–0466). The new
regulations also federalize the prevailing
wage determination process in the H–
2A program.
ETA and ESA are issuing this notice
to announce that they will offer at least
two public briefings to educate
stakeholders, program users, and other
interested members of the public on
using the re-engineered program and
new form. Representatives from DHS
will also be joining the Department of
Labor at the briefing sessions. As
currently planned, the two briefings will
take place in late 2008 in Atlanta and
Denver. This notice provides the public
with locations, dates, and registration
information regarding the briefings.
However, these briefings are subject to
change and/or cancellation without
further notice in the Federal Register. In
the event of a change participants who
have registered will be notified.
Time and Dates
1. Friday, December 12, 2008, Atlanta,
Georgia.
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
2. Monday, December 15, 2008, Denver,
Colorado.
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting locations are:
1. Atlanta—Marriott Marquis, 265
Peachtree Center Avenue, NE,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
2. Denver—Hyatt Regency Denver, 650
15th Street, Denver, Colorado,
80202.
To Register: To register for a briefing
session please complete the registration
process on-line, by visiting http://
www.dtiassociates.com/oflcbriefings.
For questions regarding the registration
process, please call (703) 299–1623 (this
is not a toll-free number). Due to space
considerations, attendance will be
limited to those who register online. In
the event of cancellation or change,
participants will be notified.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information regarding ETA’s
portion of the briefing, contact William
Carlson, Ph.D., Administrator, Office of
Foreign Labor Certification,
Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room C–4312,
Washington, DC 20210; Telephone:
(202) 693–3010 (this is not a toll-free
number). For further information
regarding ESA’s portion of the briefing,
contact James Kessler, Farm Labor Team
Leader, Wage and Hour Division,
Employment Standards Administration,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200
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3510, Washington, DC 20210;
Telephone (202) 693–0070 (this is not a
toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
registration information should be used
by any member of the public planning
to attend a briefing session. The agenda
assumes publication of both Department
of Labor and Department of Homeland
Security final rules.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 1st day of
December 2008.
Brent R. Orrell,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment and
Training Administration.
Alexander J. Passantino,
Administrator, Wage and Hour Division,
Employment Standards Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2008–0051]

The Cadmium in Construction
Standard; Extension of the Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB)
Approval of Information Collection
(Paperwork) Requirements
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments
concerning its proposal to extend OMB
approval of the information collection
requirements contained in the Cadmium
in Construction Standard (29 CFR
1926.1127).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
February 3, 2009.
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,
Docket No. OSHA–2008–0051, U.S.
Department of Labor, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration,
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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 information
collection request (OSHA–2008–0051).
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 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 efforts 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 OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et
seq.) authorizes information collection
by employers as necessary or
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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 information collection
requirements specified in the Cadmium
in Construction Standard protect
employees from the adverse health
effects that may result from their
exposure to cadmium. The major
information collection requirements in
the Standard include conducting
employee exposure monitoring,
notifying employees of their cadmium
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’ exposure
monitoring and medical surveillance
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.
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 information
collection requirements contained in the
Cadmium in Construction Standard (29
CFR 1926.1127). The Agency is
proposing to retain its previous estimate
of 39,331 burden hours; however, it is
proposing to increase the currently
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to $1,775,457, a total increase of
$117,997. The increase is due to the
Agency increasing the cost to perform
medical surveillance and exposure
monitoring.
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: Cadmium in Construction
Standard (29 CFR 1926.1127).
OMB Number: 1218–0186.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal Government; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 10,000.
Frequency: On occasion; quarterly;
semi-annually; annually.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from two minutes (.03 hour) for a
secretary to compile and maintain
training records to 1.5 hours to
administer employee medical
examinations.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
39,331.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $1,775,457
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–2008–0051).
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–
5627).
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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 Web site.
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
Thomas M. Stohler, Acting 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, this 26th day of
November 2008.
Thomas M. Stohler,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2008–0052]

The Cadmium in General Industry
Standard; Extension of the Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB)
Approval of Information Collection
(Paperwork) Requirements

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AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments
concerning its proposal to extend OMB
approval of the information collection
requirements contained in the Cadmium
in General Industry Standard (29 CFR
1910.1027).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
February 3, 2009.
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–2008–0052, 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–
2008–0052). 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 Web site.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You may contact Jamaa Hill at the
address below to obtain a copy of the
Information Collection Request (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,

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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
(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
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 information collection
requirements specified in the Cadmium
in General Industry Standard protect
employees from the adverse health
effects that may result from
occupational exposure to cadmium. The
major information collection
requirements in the Standard include
conducting employee exposure
monitoring, notifying employees of their
cadmium 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’ exposure
monitoring and medical surveillance
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.
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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