60-day Preclearance Federal Register Notice

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Methylene Chloride Standard (29 CFR 1910.1052)

60-day Preclearance Federal Register Notice

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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 175 / Friday, September 9, 2011 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0060]

Methylene Chloride 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 comments.
AGENCY:

OSHA solicits public
comments concerning its proposal to
extend the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in the Methylene Chloride
Standard (29 CFR 1910.1052).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
November 8, 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–2011–0060, 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 (OSHA–2011–0060) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). 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
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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–3468, 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, 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). 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).
As required by the PRA–95, OSHA
published a notice in the Federal
Register on March 16, 2011 (76 FR
14432, Docket No. OSHA–2011–0060)
requesting public comment on its
proposed extension of the information
collection requirements contained in the
existing Standard on Methylene
Chloride (29 CFR 1910.1052, ‘‘the
Standard’’). The notice was part of a
preclearance consultation program

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intended to provide those interested
parties the opportunity to comment on
OSHA’s request for an extension by
OMB of a previous approval of the
information collection requirements in
the Standard. No public comments were
received.
However, as a result of the Standards
Improvement Project-Phase III final rule
(76 FR 33590), published on June 8,
2011, the ‘‘transfer of records’’
requirement contained in the Standard
(former 29 CFR 1910.1052(m)(5)) was
revoked. In accordance with PRA–95,
prior to issuance of the final rule, on
May 27, 2011, OSHA submitted a
revised ICR to OMB requesting approval
to remove this requirement and the
associated burden hours and costs. On
August 11, 2011, OMB issued a Notice
of Action (NOA) indicating approval of
the request.
In addition, the NOA instructed the
Department of Labor to publish a second
notice in the Federal Register to solicit
comments on its proposal to extend the
Office of Management and Budget’s
approval of the information collection
requirements. In response, this notice
fulfills the NOA instructions. The
Agency will respond to any comments
submitted in response to this notice and
submit the final ICR to OMB.
The Standard protects workers from
the adverse health effects that may
result from their exposure to methylene
chloride (MC). The requirements in the
Standard include worker exposure
monitoring, notifying workers of their
MC exposures, administering medical
examinations to workers, providing
examining physicians with specific
program and worker information,
ensuring that workers receive a copy of
their medical examination results,
training workers on the hazards of MC,
maintaining workers’ exposure
monitoring and medical examination
records for specific periods, and
providing access to these records by
OSHA, the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, the
affected workers, and their authorized
representatives.
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;

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• 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 an adjustment
decrease in burden hours from 67,361 to
63,560 (a total decrease of 3,801 hours).
The adjustment is primarily due to a
decrease in covered workers.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Methylene Chloride Standard
(29 CFR 1910.1052).
OMB Number: 1218–0179.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 90,596.
Frequency of Response: Annually;
semi-annually, quarterly; on occasion.
Total Responses: 250,924.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from 1 hour for administering a medical
examination to 5 minutes to maintain a
worker’s medical or exposure record.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
63,560.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $19,214,570.
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–2011–0060).
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–
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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 dates 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
et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 4–2010 (75 FR 55355).
Signed at Washington, DC, on September 2,
2011.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Notice of Information Collection

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 PRA
Officer, NASA Headquarters, 300 E
Street SW, JF000, Washington, DC
20546, (202) 358–1351,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract
NASA desires to expand the scope of
the existing Women in STEM High
School Aerospace Scholars (WISH)
which was a pilot project in FY11.
Applicants will apply voluntarily to be
considered for this opportunity. This
data collection is solely for identifying
interested, qualified applicants to
participate in a multiple month on-line
curriculum delivery and those who
successfully complete the on-line
curriculum will be invited to participate
in a one-week experience at a specific
site.
II. Method of Collection
Electronic.
III. Data
Title: NASA High School Aerospace
Scholars.
OMB Number: 2700–0149.
Type of review: Regular.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents: 1600.
Responses Per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 1600.
Hours per Request: 4.
Annual Burden Hours: 6400.
Frequency of Report: Annually.

AGENCY:

IV. Request for Comments

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

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of NASA, including
whether the information collected has
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
NASA’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including automated
collection techniques or the use of other
forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection.

National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
Notice: (11—078)
ACTION: Notice of information collection.
SUMMARY:

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