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and major industry developments, in
time series analyses and industry
comparisons, and in special studies
such as analyses of establishments,
employment, and wages by size of
establishment.

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II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the
Quarterly Census of Employment and
Wages (QCEW) program.
The QCEW program is the only
Federal statistical program that provides
information on establishments, wages,
tax contributions and the number of
employees subject to State UI laws and
the Unemployment Compensation for
the Federal Employees program. The
consequences of not collecting QCEW
data would be grave to the Federal
statistical community. The BLS would
not have a sampling frame for its
establishment surveys; it would not be
able to publish as accurate current
estimates of employment for the U.S.,
States, and metropolitan areas; and it
would not be able to publish quarterly
census totals of local establishment
counts, employment, and wages. The
Bureau of Economic Analysis would not
be able to publish as accurate personal
income data in a timely manner for the
U.S., States, and local areas. Finally, the
Department of Labor’s Employment
Training Administration would not
have the information it needs to
administer the Unemployment
Insurance Program.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility.
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Type of Review: Extension of a
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Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages (QCEW)
Program.
OMB Number: 1220–0012.
Affected Public: State Governments.
Total Respondents: 53.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Responses: 212.
Average Time per Response: 4,866
hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
1,031,680 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of
March 2011.
Kimberley Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2011–6600 Filed 3–21–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0056]

Voluntary Protection Programs
Information; Extension of the Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB’s)
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 the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB’s) approval of the
information collection requirements
contained in Voluntary Protection
Programs Information.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by May
23, 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.
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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–2011–0056, 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–
0056). 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick Showalter, Acting Director,
Office of Partnerships and Recognition,
Directorate of Cooperative and State
Programs, OSHA, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N–3700, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210;
telephone (202) 693–2213.
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, reporting burden
(time and costs) is minimal, collection
instruments are clearly understood, and

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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).
The Voluntary Protection Programs
(VPP) [47 FR 29025], adopted by OSHA,
established the efficacy of cooperative
action among government, industry, and
labor to address employee safety and
health issues and to expand employee
protection. To qualify, employers must
meet OSHA’s safety and health
management criteria which focus on
comprehensive management programs
and active employee involvement to
prevent or control worksite safety and
health hazards. Employers who qualify
generally view OSHA standards as a
minimum level of safety and health
performance, and set their own more
stringent standards, wherever necessary,
to improve employee protection.
Prospective VPP worksites must submit
an application that includes:
General applicant information (e.g.,
site, corporate, and collective bargaining
contact information).
Injury and illness rate performance
information (i.e., number of employees
and/or applicable contractors on-site,
type of work performed and products
produced, North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) codes,
and Recordable Injury and Illness Case
Incidence Rate information).
Safety and health management
program information (i.e., description of
the applicant’s safety and health
management programs including how
the programs successfully address
management leadership and employee
involvement, worksite analysis, hazard
prevention and control, and safety and
health training).
OSHA uses this information to
determine whether an applicant is ready
for a VPP on-site evaluation and as a
verification tool during VPP on-site
evaluations. Without this information,
OSHA would be unable to determine
which sites are ready for VPP status.
Each current VPP applicant is also
required to submit an annual evaluation
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continuing its adherence to
programmatic requirements.
In 2008, OSHA modified procedures
for VPP applicants, OSHA on-site
evaluations, and annual participant selfevaluations for applicants/participants
subject to OSHA’s Process Safety
Management (PSM) Standard.
Applicants that perform work that use
or produce highly hazardous chemicals
exceeding specified limits covered
under the PSM standard must submit
responses to the PSM application
supplement along with their VPP
application.
Once in the VPP, the participant is
required to submit an annual evaluation
detailing its continued adherence to
programmatic requirements. Applicants
covered under the PSM standard are
required to submit a PSM questionnaire,
a supplemental document, as part of
their annual submission. OSHA needs
this information to ensure that the
participant remains qualified to
participate in the VPP between on-site
evaluations. Without this information,
OSHA would be unable to determine
whether applicants are maintaining
excellent safety and health management
programs during this interim period.
In 2009, with the publication of the
Federal Register Notice (FRN) (74 FR
927, January 9, 2009), VPP revised its
traditional focus on individual fixed
worksites (site-based) by adding two
new ways to participate: Mobile
workforce and corporate. A significant
reorganization of the program helped
clarify the multiple participation
options now available.
Employees of VPP participants may
apply to participate in the Special
Government Employee (SGE) Program.
The SGE Program offers private and
public sector safety and health
professionals and other qualified
participants the opportunity to
exchange ideas, gain new perspectives,
and grow professionally while serving
as full-fledged team members on
OSHA’s VPP on-site evaluations. In that
capacity, SGEs may review company
documents, assist with worksite
walkthroughs, interview employees, and
assist in preparing VPP on-site
evaluation reports. Potential SGEs must
submit an application that includes:
• SGE Eligibility Information Sheet
(i.e., applicant’s name, professional;
credentials, site/corporate contact
information, etc.);
• Current Resume;
• Confidential Financial Disclosure
Report (OGE Form 450).
OSHA uses the SGE Eligibility
Information Sheet to ensure that the
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qualifications. The resume is required to
provide a detailed description of their
current duties and responsibilities as
they relate to safety and health and the
implementation of an effective safety
and health management program. The
OGE Form 450 is used to ensure that
SGEs do not participate on on-site
evaluations at VPP sites in-which they
have a financial interest.
OSHA Challenge is designed to reach
and guide employers and companies in
all major industry groups who are
strongly committed to improving their
safety and health management programs
and possibly pursuing recognition in the
VPP. The Challenge Administrator’s
application is used to: (1) Conduct a
preliminary analysis of the applicant’s
knowledge of safety and health
management programs; and (2) make a
determination regarding the applicant’s
qualifications to become a Challenge
Administrator. Once a Challenge
Administrator is approved, the
program’s Administrator will review
each Challenge candidate’s application/
annual submissions to ensure that all
necessary information is provided, prior
to forwarding them to OSHA’s National
Office for analysis and acceptance.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
• Whether the information collection
requirements are necessary for the
proper performance of the Agency’s
functions, including whether the
information is useful;
• The accuracy of the Agency’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 proposes to extend OMB’s
approval of the collection of information
(paperwork) requirements necessitated
by the Voluntary Protection Programs.
The Agency is requesting an adjustment
in the burden hours from 105,965 to
115,359; a total increase of 9,394 hours.
The Agency 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 these information collection
requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.

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Title: Voluntary Protection Programs
Information.
OMB Number: 1218–0239.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; individuals or households;
Federal government; state, local or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents:
VPP
300 Applications
75 Process Safety Management
Applications
1,700 Annual Evaluations
425 (PSM) Annual Evaluations/
Supplemental Questionnaire
Challenge
14 Challenge Administrator’s
Applications
210 Challenge Participant’s
Applications
210 Challenge Quarterly Reports
210 Challenge Annual Evaluations
Special Government Employees
900 SGE Eligibility Information Sheets
900 Resumes
300 Confidential Financial Disclosure
Forms (OGE- Form 450)
Total Respondents: 5,244.
Frequency: VPP applications and
Challenge Administrator’s and
Participant’s applications are submitted
once;
VPP and Challenge Annual
Evaluations are submitted annually, and
SGE applications are submitted once
every three years.
Average Time Per Response:
VPP General
200 hours for VPP Applications
20 hours for VPP Annual Evaluations
Process Safety Management
40 hours for Applications
20 hours for Annual Evaluations
Challenge
5 hours for Challenge Administrator’s
Applications
10 hours for Challenge Candidate
Applications
5 hours for Challenge Quarterly Reports
20 hours for Challenge Annual
Evaluations

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Special Government Employees (SGE)
8 minutes (.13 hour) for SGE Eligibility
Information Sheet
30 minutes (.50 hour) for SGE Resume
30 minutes (.50 hour) for Confidential
Financial Disclosure Form
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
115,359.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
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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–2011–0056).
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.
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

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et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 4–2010 (75 FR 55355).
Signed at Washington, DC, on March 17,
2011.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2011–6654 Filed 3–21–11; 8:45 am]
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION
Records Schedules; Availability and
Request for Comments
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of
proposed records schedules; request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA)
publishes notice at least once monthly
of certain Federal agency requests for
records disposition authority (records
schedules). Once approved by NARA,
records schedules provide mandatory
instructions on what happens to records
when no longer needed for current
Government business. They authorize
the preservation of records of
continuing value in the National
Archives of the United States and the
destruction, after a specified period, of
records lacking administrative, legal,
research, or other value. Notice is
published for records schedules in
which agencies propose to destroy
records not previously authorized for
disposal or reduce the retention period
of records already authorized for
disposal. NARA invites public
comments on such records schedules, as
required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).
DATES: Requests for copies must be
received in writing on or before April
21, 2011. Once the appraisal of the
records is completed, NARA will send
a copy of the schedule. NARA staff
usually prepare appraisal
memorandums that contain additional
information concerning the records
covered by a proposed schedule. These,
too, may be requested and will be
provided once the appraisal is
completed. Requesters will be given 30
days to submit comments.
ADDRESSES: You may request a copy of
any records schedule identified in this
notice by contacting the Life Cycle
Management Division (NWML) using
one of the following means:
Mail: NARA (NWML), 8601 Adelphi
Road, College Park, MD 20740–6001
E-mail: [email protected].
SUMMARY:

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