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date, and 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, 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. 4–2010 (75 FR
55355).
Signed at Washington, DC, on October 27,
2011.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0008]

Standard on Commercial Diving
Operations; 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 the Commercial Diving
Operations Standard (29 CFR part 1910,
subpart T).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
January 3, 2012.
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
your comments and attachments to the
OSHA Docket Office, Docket No.
OSHA–2011–0008, 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–2011–0008) 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
comments or other material in the
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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 also may 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 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 Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA–95) (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), OSHA published
a notice in the Federal Register on
March 16, 2011 (76 FR 14432, Docket
No. OSHA–2011–0008) requesting
public comment on its proposed
extension of the information collection
requirements referenced in the existing
Standard on Commercial Diving
Operations (29 CFR part 1910, Subpart

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T, ‘‘the Standard’’). The notice was part
of a preclearance consultation program
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. The Agency received nine
comments in response to its notice.
However, as a result of the Standards
Improvement Project—Phase III (SIP–III)
final rule published on June 8, 2011 (76
FR 33590), the provision that required
employers to ‘‘transfer records’’ to
NIOSH when they ceased to do business
(formerly 29 CFR 1910.440(b)(5)) was
revoked. In accordance with the PRA–
95, prior to issuance of the final rule, on
May 27, 2011, OSHA submitted a
revised Information Collection Request
(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
OMB’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 applies to diving and
related support operations conducted by
employers involved in general industry,
construction, ship repairing,
shipbuilding, shipbreaking, and
longshoring, and specifies equipment
and procedures that prevent injury and
death among workers exposed to
hazards associated with diving and
diving support operations.
The Standard contains a number of
paperwork requirements. Following is a
list of provisions containing these
requirements.
Section 1910.401(b), Sections
1910.410(a)(3) and (a)(4), Section
1910.420(a), Section 1910.421(b),
Section 1910.421(f), Section
1910.421(h), Section 1910.422(e),
Sections 1910.423(b)(1)(ii) through
(b)(2), Section 1910.423(d), Section
1910.423(e), Sections 1910.430(a), (b)(4),
(c)(1)(iii), (c)(3)(i), (f)(3)(ii), and (g)(2),
and Sections 1910.440(a)(2) and (b).
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
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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 it retain OMB
approval of its current burden hour
estimate of 205,096 hours. The Agency
will summarize any 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: Commercial Diving Operations
(29 CFR part 1910, subpart T).
OMB Number: 1218–0069.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Not-for-profit institutions;
Federal Government; State, Local or
Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 3,000.
Frequency: On occasion; Annually.
Total Responses: 4,002,965.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from 3 minutes (.05 hour) to replace the
safe practices manual to 1 hour to
develop a new manual.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
205,096.
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 this
Information Collection Request (ICR)
(Docket No. OSHA–2011–0008). You
may supplement electronic submissions
by uploading document files
electronically. If you wish to mail
additional materials in reference to an
electronic or a fax 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
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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 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, 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. 4–2010 (75 FR
55355).
Signed at Washington, DC, on October 27,
2011.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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Programs
Division of Longshore and Harbor
Workers’ Compensation; Proposed
Renewal of Existing Collection;
Comment Request
ACTION:

Notice.

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part of its continuing effort to reduce

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