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comments and access the docket is
available through 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, on August 28th,
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–2009–0017]

The Standard on Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) for Shipyard
Employment; 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 public
comments concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in the Standard on Personal
Protective Equipment (PPE) for
Shipyard Employment (29 CFR part
1915, subpart I).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
November 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

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using this method, you must submit
three copies of your comments and
attachments to the OSHA Docket Office,
Docket No. OSHA–2009–0017, 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–
0017). 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,
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

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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).
Subpart I specifies several paperwork
requirements, which are described
below.
(A) Hazard Assessment and
Verification (§ 1915.152(b)). Section
1915.152(b) requires the employer to
assess work activities to determine
whether there are hazards present, or
likely to be present, which necessitate
the worker’s use of PPE. If such hazards
are present, or likely to be present, the
employer must: (1) Select the type of
PPE that will protect the affected
workers from the hazards identified in
the occupational hazard assessment; (2)
communicate selection decisions to
affected workers; (3) select PPE that
properly fits each affected worker; and
(4) verify that the required occupational
hazard assessment has been performed.
The verification must contain the
following information: Occupation or
trade assessed, the date(s) of the hazard
assessment, and the name of the person
performing the hazard assessment.
(B) Training and Verification
(§ 1915.152(e)). Section 1910.152(e)
requires that employers provide training
for each worker who is required to wear
PPE (§ 1915.152(e)(1)). Paragraph (e)(3)
requires that employers also provide
retraining when there are certain
changes in workplace conditions or
there is reason to believe that any
previously trained worker does not have
the understanding or skill to use PPE
properly. Circumstances where such
retraining is required include changes in
the workplace that render prior training
obsolete, certain changes in the types of
PPE used, and inadequacies in the
worker’s knowledge or use of PPE that
indicate the worker had not retained the
requisite understanding or skill.
Paragraph (e)(4) requires that the
employer verify that each affected
worker has received the required PPE
training. The verification must contain
the following information: Name of each
worker trained, the date(s) of training,

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and the type of training the worker
received.
The standards on PPE protection for
the eyes and face (§ 1915.153), head
(§ 1915.155), feet (§ 1915.156), hands
and body (§ 1915.157), lifesaving
equipment (§ 1915.158), personal fall
arrest systems (§ 1915.159), and
positioning device systems (§ 1915.160)
do not contain any separate information
collection requirements.

each worker to 5 minutes to record the
hazard assessment for each occupation
covered.
Total Burden Hours: 2,827.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $0.

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.

You may submit comments in
response to this document as follows:
(1) Electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal; (2) by
facsimile (FAX); or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the Agency name
and OSHA docket number for the ICR
(Docket No. OSHA–2009–0017). 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–
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 publically 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 through 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.

III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
its approval of the collection of
information requirements contained in
the Standard on Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) for Shipyard
Employment (29 CFR part 1915, subpart
I). The Agency is requesting an
adjustment to the burden hours from
2,041 to 2,827 hours (an increase of 786
hours). The increase in the burden
hours can be attributed to the number of
existing workers increasing from 62,191
to 86,764.
OSHA will summarize the comments
submitted in response to this notice,
and will include this summary in its
request to OMB to extend the approval
of the information collection
requirements contained in the Standard
on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
for Shipyard Employment (29 CFR Part
1915, Subpart I).
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Personal Protective Equipment
Standard for Shipyard Employment (29
CFR part 1915, subpart I).
OMB Number: 1218–0215.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Total Responses: 108,335.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies
from 1 minute (.02 hour) for employers
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IV. Public Participation—Submission of
Comments on This Notice and Internet
Access to Comments and Submissions

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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 28th day of
August 2009.
Jordan Barab,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[NRC–2009–0385]

Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance,
Availability
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Issuance and
Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide,
DG–1226.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald Helton, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, telephone: (301) 251–7594 or email to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is issuing for public
comment a draft guide in the agency’s
‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series
was developed to describe and make
available to the public such information
as methods that are acceptable to the
NRC staff for implementing specific
parts of the NRC’s regulations,
techniques that the staff uses in
evaluating specific problems or
postulated accidents, and data that the
staff needs in its review of applications
for permits and licenses.
The draft regulatory guide (DG), titled,
‘‘An Approach for Using Probabilistic
Risk Assessment in Risk-Informed
Decisions on Plant-Specific Changes to
the Licensing Basis,’’ is temporarily
identified by its task number, DG–1226,
which should be mentioned in all
related correspondence. DG–1226 is
proposed Revision 2 of Regulatory
Guide 1.174, dated November 2002. The
NRC’s policy statement on probabilistic
risk assessment (PRA) encourages
greater use of this analysis technique to
improve safety decisionmaking and

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