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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).
Paragraph (e)(3) of the Standard
specifies that employers must subject
each portable fire extinguisher to an
annual maintenance inspection and
record the date of the inspection. In
addition, this provision requires
employers to retain the inspection
record for one year after the last entry
or for the life of the shell, whichever is
less, and to make the record available to
OSHA on request. This recordkeeping
requirement assures employees and
Agency compliance officers that
portable fire extinguishers located in the
workplace will operate normally in case
of fire; in addition, this requirement
provides evidence to OSHA compliance
officers during an inspection that the
employer performed the required
maintenance checks on the portable fire
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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
Portable Fire Extinguishers Standard
(Annual Maintenance Certification
Record) (29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3)). OSHA
is proposing to decrease the burden
hours in the currently approved
information collection request from
69,019 to 67,995 (a total decrease of
1,024 hours). This decrease is due to
updated data showing a decrease in the
number of fire extinguishers affected by
the Standard.
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: Portable Fire Extinguishers
(Annual Maintenance Certification
Record) (29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3)).
OMB Number: 1218–0238.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal Government; State,
Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 1,359,900.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: One
minute (.02 hour) to maintain the
certification records to 30 minutes (.50
hour) to inspect a fire extinguisher and
to generate and maintain the
certification record.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 67,995
hours.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $19,582,560.
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–2010–0039).
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
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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 website 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
David Michaels, Ph.D, MPH, 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 16th day of
August 2010.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2010–21059 Filed 8–23–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–26–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2010–0021]

Grantee Quarterly Progress Report;
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:

OSHA solicits public
comment concerning its proposal to
extend the Office of Management and

SUMMARY:

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Budget’s (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements
specified for its Grantee Quarterly
Progress Report.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
October 25, 2010.
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,
OSHA Docket No. OSHA–2010–0021,
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 Information
Collection Request (ICR) (OSHA–2010–
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.
To obtain a copy of the ICR, you may
contact Theda Kenney, Directorate of
Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N–3609,
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Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)
693–2222.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kimberly A. Newell, OSHA Directorate
of Training and Education, 2020 S.
Arlington Heights Road, Arlington
Heights, IL 60005–4102; telephone:
(847) 759–7700; e-mail:
[email protected].
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
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).
Section 21 of the OSH Act (29 U.S.C.
670) authorizes OSHA to conduct
directly, or through grants and
contracts, education and training
courses. These courses must ensure an
adequate number of qualified personnel
to fulfill the purposes of the OSH Act,
provide them with short-term training,
inform them of the importance and
proper use of safety and health
equipment, and train employers and
employees to recognize, avoid, and
prevent unsafe and unhealthful working
conditions.
Under Section 21, OSHA awards
training grants to nonprofit
organizations to provide part of the
required training. The Agency requires
organizations that receive these grants to
submit quarterly progress reports that
provide information on their grantfunded training activities; these reports
allow OSHA to monitor the grantee’s
performance and to determine if an
organization is using grant funds as
specified in its grant application.
Accordingly, the Agency compares the
information provided in the quarterly
progress report to the quarterly
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accompanied the grant application. This
information includes: identifier data
(organization name and grant number);
the date and location where the training
occurred; the length of training (hours);
the number of employees and employers
attending training sessions provided by
the organization during the quarter; a
description of the training provided; a
narrative account of grant activities
conducted during the quarter; and an
evaluation of progress regarding
planned versus actual work
accomplished. This comparison permits
OSHA to determine if the organization
is meeting the proposed program goals
and objectives, and spending funds in
the manner described in the proposed
budget.
Requiring these reports on a quarterly
basis enables OSHA to identify work
plan, training, and expenditure
discrepancies in a timely fashion so that
it can implement appropriate action. In
addition, this information permits the
Agency to assess an organization’s
ability to meet projected milestones and
expenditures.
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 specified for the
Grantee Quarterly Progress Report. The
Agency is requesting an increase in
burden hours from 2,640 hours to 4,944
hours. The increase is a result of an
increase in the average annual number
of grants during the past three-year
period from 55 to 103. 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: Grantee Quarterly Progress
Report.
OMB Number: 1218–0100.

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Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 103.
Frequency of Responses: Quarterly.
Average Time per Response: 12 hours
per quarter.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,944.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $0.
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–2010–0021).
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
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.

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V. Authority and Signature
David Michaels, PhD, MPH, 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 17,
2010.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2010–21053 Filed 8–23–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–26–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2010–0037]

Welding, Cutting and Brazing
Standard; 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:

OSHA solicits comments
concerning its proposal to extend the
Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the
Welding, Cutting and Brazing Standard
(29 CFR part 1910, subpart Q). The
information collected is used by
employers and workers whenever
welding, cutting and brazing are
performed. The purpose of the
information is to ensure that employers
evaluate hazards associated with
welding and ensure that adequate
measures are taken to make the process
safe.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
October 25, 2010.
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
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three copies of your comments and
attachments to the OSHA Docket Office,
Docket No. OSHA–2010–0037, 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) (Docket No.
OSHA–2010–0037). 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
instruments are clearly understood, and

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