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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 17 / Wednesday, January 26, 2011 / Notices
Signed at Washington, DC, January 18,
2011.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011–1617 Filed 1–25–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0009]

Standard on Fire Brigades; 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 comments.
AGENCY:

OSHA solicits public
comments concerning its proposal to
extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in its Standard on Fire
Brigades (29 CFR 1910.156).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
March 28, 2011.
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 a
copy of your comments and attachments
to the OSHA Docket Office, OSHA
Docket No. OSHA–2011–0009, 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–2011–
0009). 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.

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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
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 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).
Paragraphs (b)(1), (b)(2), (c)(1), (c)(2),
and (c)(4) contain the paperwork
requirements of the Standard.
Under paragraph (b)(1) of the
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maintain an organizational statement
that establishes: the existence of a fire
brigade; the basic organizational
structure of the brigade; the type,
amount, and frequency of training
provided to brigade members; the
expected number of members in the
brigade; and the functions that the
brigade is to perform. This paragraph
also specifies that the organizational
statement must be available for review
by workers, their designated
representatives, and OSHA compliance
officers. The organizational statement
delineates the functions performed by
the brigade members and, therefore,
determines the level of training and type
of personal protective equipment (PPE)
necessary for these members to perform
their assigned functions safely. Making
the statement available to workers, their
designated representatives, and OSHA
compliance officers ensures that the
elements of the statement are consistent
with the functions performed by the
brigade members and the occupational
hazards they experience, and that
employers are providing training and
PPE appropriate to these functions and
hazards.
To permit a worker with known heart
disease, epilepsy, or emphysema to
participate in fire brigade emergency
activities, paragraph (b)(2) of the
Standard requires employers to obtain a
physician’s certificate of the worker’s
fitness to do so. This provision provides
employers with a direct and efficient
means of ascertaining whether or not
they can safely expose workers with
these medical conditions to the hazards
of firefighting operations.
Paragraph (c)(1) of the Standard
requires employers to provide training
and education for fire brigade members
commensurate with the duties and
functions they perform, with brigade
leaders and training instructors
receiving more comprehensive training
and education than employers provide
to the general membership. Under
paragraph (c)(2) of the Standard,
employers must conduct training and
education frequently enough, but at
least annually, to assure that brigade
members are able to perform their
assigned duties and functions
satisfactorily and safely; employers
must provide brigade members who
perform interior structural firefighting
with educational and training sessions
at least quarterly. In addition, paragraph
(c)(4) specifies that employers must:
Inform brigade members about special
hazards such as storage and use of
flammable liquids and gases, toxic
chemicals, radioactive sources, and
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emergencies; advise brigade members of
changes in the special hazards; and
develop written procedures that
describe the actions brigade members
must take when special hazards are
present, and make these procedures
available in the education and training
program and for review by the brigade
members.
Providing appropriate training to
brigade members at the specified
frequencies, informing them about
special hazards, developing written
procedures on how to respond to special
hazards, and making these procedures
available for training purposes and
review by the members enables them to
use operational procedures and
equipment in a safe manner to avoid or
control dangerous exposures to firerelated hazards. Therefore, the training
and information requirements specified
by paragraphs (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of
the Standard prevent serious injuries
and death among members of fire
brigades.
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
Standard on Fire Brigades (29 CFR
1910.156). The Agency is requesting an
adjustment increase of 1,244 burden
hours from 5,048 hours to 6,292 hours.
The increase is a result of updated data
estimating that the total number of
establishments requiring new or revised
organizational statements has increased
from 2,337 to 2,797, and that the
number of fire brigade members has
increased from 467,330 to 582,500.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Standard on Fire Brigades (29
CFR 1910.156).
OMB Number: 1218–0075.

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Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 8,738.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time Per Response: Varies
from 5 minutes (.05 hour) to obtain a
physician’s certificate to 2 hours to
develop or revise an organizational
plan.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,292.
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–2011–0009).
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
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
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available through the Web site, and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate
docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
David Michaels, 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. 4–2010 (75 FR
55355).
Signed at Washington, DC, on January 21,
2011.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2011–1665 Filed 1–25–11; 8:45 am]
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice (11–009)]

Notice of Information Collection
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of information collection.
AGENCY:

The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: All comments should be
submitted within 30 calendar days from
the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: All comments should be
addressed to Lori Parker, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration,
Washington, DC 20546–0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Lori Parker, NASA
Clearance Officer, NASA Headquarters,
300 E Street, SW., JF0000, Washington,
DC 20546, (202) 358–1351,
[email protected].
SUMMARY:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract
The information submitted by
recipients is to provide a tracking
mechanism for property on an annual
basis, at the end of the grant, or on the
occurrence of certain event. This

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