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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 94 / Monday, May 18, 2009 / Notices
Signed at Washington, DC, this 12th day of
May, 2009.
Lisa Harvey,
Grant Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0009]

Lead in General Industry 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.

OSHA solicits comments
concerning its proposal to extend OMB
approval of the information collection
requirements contained in the Lead in
General Industry Standard (29 CFR
1910.1025).

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SUMMARY:

DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by July
17, 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–2009–0009, 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 Information
Collection Request (ICR) (OSHA–2009–
0009). All comments, including any
personal information you provide, are
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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.

paperwork burdens on employers:
Establishing a compliance program and
notifying laundry personnel of lead
hazards; instituting programs for
exposure monitoring and medical
surveillance (including medical
examinations); notifying employees of
exposure levels, biological monitoring
results, the option for multiple
physician review; and the restricted
availability of chelation; providing
information to physicians; obtaining
written medical opinions; implementing
employee information and training
programs; recording medical removals;
maintaining and transferring records of
exposure monitoring and medical
surveillance results, medical removals,
and objective data used for the initial
exposure monitoring exemption; and
making records available to specified
parties.

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:

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.

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
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 in the Lead in General
Industry Standard are designed to
reduce occupational lead exposure in
general industry. Lead exposure can
result in both acute and chronic effects
and can be fatal in severe cases of lead
toxicity. The standard specifies the
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II. Special Issues for Comment

III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting OMB to extend
their approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the
Lead in General Industry Standard. The
Agency proposes to decrease burden
hours from 1,242,562 hours to 1,225,255
hours, a total decrease of 17,307 hours.
The decrease is primarily due to the
reduction in the number of facilities
(from 62,357 to 61,405) and exposed
employees (from 887,113 to 871,974).
There is also a cost reduction as a result
of reducing the number of facilities and
exposed employees as stated above.
Although there is a reduction in the
number of facilities and exposed
employees, the cost estimate to perform
medical surveillance has increased from
$61.50 to $65.37 and medical
examinations have increased from $210
to $223, resulting in a total cost increase
of $2,578,340.

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Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved information
collection requirements.
Title: Lead in General Industry
Standard (29 CFR 1910.1025).
OMB Number: 1218–0092.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal government; State, local
and tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 61,405.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Responses: 4,219,272.
Average Time per Response: Ranges
from 1 minute to notify employees of
their right to seek a second medical
opinion to 2 hours for an employee to
receive a medical examination.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
1,225,255.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $143,566,299.
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–2009–0009).
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).
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
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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
Jordan Barab, 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 31160).
Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of
May 2009.
Jordan Barab,
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–2009–0008]

The Lead 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 Lead in
Construction Standard (29 CFR
1926.62).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by July
17, 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.

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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–2009–0008, 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–
2009–0008). 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,
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,

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