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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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III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
its approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the
Cadmium in General Industry Standard
(29 CFR 1910.1027). OSHA is proposing
to decrease its current existing burden
hour estimate from 121,177 hours to
92,259 hours, for a total decrease of
28,918 hours. Based upon a review of
new data, the Agency reduced the
number of plants and employees
potentially exposed to cadmium.
Additionally, while there was an
increase in the cost of medical
examinations, this was offset by a
reduction in the number of employees
receiving medical examinations which
led to an overall cost decrease of
$1,546,815, from $6,191,000 to
$4,644,185.
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 General Industry
(29 CFR 1910.1027).
OMB Number: 1218–0185.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal Government; State,
Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 50,862.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Time per
response ranges from 5 minutes (.08
hour) to maintain records to 1.67 hours
to complete a medical examination.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 92,259
hours.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $4,644,185.

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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–2008–0052).
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,
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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).
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 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).

Dates & Times: Thursday, January 29,
2009; 7:45 a.m.–9 p.m.; Friday, January
30, 2009; 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Place: Howard University,
Washington, DC.
Type of Meeting: Part-open.
Contact Person for More Information:
Dr. Thomas Rieker, Program Director,
Materials Research Science and
Engineering Centers Program, Division
of Materials Research, Room 1065,
National Science Foundation, 4201
Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230,
Telephone (703) 292–4914.
Purpose of Meeting: To provide
advice and recommendations
concerning further support of the PREM
at Howard University, Washington, DC.
Agenda:
Thursday, January 29, 2009
7:45 a.m.–9 a.m.: Closed—Executive
Session
9 a.m.–4 p.m.: Open—Review of the
Brown MRSEC
4 p.m.–6 p.m.: Closed—Executive
Session
6 p.m.–9 p.m.: Open—Poster Session
and Dinner
Friday January 30, 2009
8 a.m.–9 a.m.: Closed—Executive
session
9 a.m.–10 a.m.: Open—Review of the
Brown MRSEC
10 a.m.–3:30 p.m.: Closed—Executive
Session, Draft and Review Report
Reason for Closing: The work being
reviewed may include information of a
proprietary or confidential nature,
including technical information;
financial data, such as salaries and
personal information concerning
individuals associated with the
proposals. These matters are exempt
under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of the
Government in the Sunshine Act.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 26th day of
November 2008.
Thomas M. Stohler,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E8–28788 Filed 12–4–08; 8:45 am]

Dated: December 2, 2008.
Susanne Bolton,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E8–28801 Filed 12–4–08; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Proposal Review Panel for Materials
Research; Notice of Meeting

Proposal Review Panel for Materials
Research; Notice of Meeting

In accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463 as amended), the National Science
Foundation announces the following
meeting:
Name: Site Visit review of the
Partnership for Research and Education
in Materials at Howard University,
Proposal Review Panel for Materials
Research (1203).

In accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463 as amended), the National Science
Foundation announces the following
meeting:
Name: Site Visit review of the
Materials Research Science and
Engineering Center (MRSEC) at Brown
University, Proposal Review Panel for
Materials Research #1203.

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