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other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Agency: DOL–BLS.
Title of Collection: Consumer
Expenditure Surveys: Quarterly
Interview and Diary.
OMB Control Number: 1205–0050.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 16,375.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 77,500.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 68,894.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Dated: January 15, 2013.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2013–0003]

Electrical Protective Equipment
Standard and the Electric Power
Generation, Transmission, and
Distribution 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 request for an
extension of the information collection
requirements specified in its standards
on Electrical Protective Equipment (29
CFR 1910.137) and Electric Power
Generation, Transmission, and
Distribution (29 CFR 1910.269).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
March 25, 2013.
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

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copy of your comments and attachments
to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No.
OSHA–2013–0003, 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–2013–0003) 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
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 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:

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 Electrical Protective Equipment
Standard (29 CFR 1910.137) and the
Electric Power Generation,
Transmission, and Distribution
Standard (29 CFR 1910.269) specify
several paperwork requirements. The
following describes the information
collection requirements contained in the
standards and addresses who will use
the 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

Training Certification
(§ 1910.269(a)(2)(vii))
This provision requires employers to
certify that each worker has received the
training specified in paragraph (a)(2) of
the Standard. Employers must provide
certification after a worker demonstrates
proficiency in the work practices
involved.
The training conducted under
paragraph (a)(2) of the Standard must
ensure that: Workers are familiar with
the safety-related work practices, safety
procedures, and other procedures, as
well as any additional safety
requirements in the Standard that

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Electrical Protective Equipment
Standard (§ 1910.137)
Testing Certification
(§ 1910.137(b)(2)(xii))
Employers must certify that the
electrical protective equipment used by
their workers have passed the tests
specified in paragraphs (b)(2)(viii),
(b)(2)(ix), and (b)(2)(xi) of the Standard.
The certification must identify the
equipment that passed the tests and the
dates of the tests. This provision ensures
that electrical protective equipment is
reliable and safe for worker use and will
provide adequate protection against
electrical hazards. In addition,
certification enables OSHA to determine
if employers are in compliance with the
equipment-testing requirements of the
Standard.
Electric Power Generation,
Transmission, and Distribution
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pertain to their respective job
assignments; workers are familiar with
any other safety practices, including
applicable emergency procedures (such
as pole top and manhole rescue),
addressed specifically by this Standard
that relate to their work and are
necessary for their safety; and qualified
workers have the skills and techniques
necessary to distinguish exposed live
parts from other parts of electrical
equipment, can determine the nominal
voltage of the exposed live parts, know
the minimum approach distances
specified by the standard for voltages
when exposed to them, and understand
the proper use of special precautionary
techniques, personal protective
equipment, insulating and shielding
materials, and insulated tools for
working on or near exposed and
energized parts of electrical equipment.
Workers must receive additional
training or retraining if: the supervision
and annual inspections required by the
Standard indicate that they are not
complying with the required safetyrelated work practices; new technology
or equipment, or revised procedures,
require the use of safety-related work
practices that differ from their usual
safety practices; and they use safetyrelated work practices that are different
than their usual safety practices while
performing job duties.
The training requirements of the
Standard inform workers of the safety
hazards of electrical exposure and
provide them with the understanding
required to minimize these safety
hazards. In addition, workers receive
proper training in safety-related work
practices, safety procedures, and other
safety requirements specified in the
standard. The required training,
therefore, provides information to
workers that enable them to recognize
how and where electrical exposures
occur, and what steps to take, including
work practices, to limit such exposure.
The certification requirement specified
by paragraph (a)(2)(vii) of the Standard
helps employers monitor the training
their workers received and helps OSHA
determine if employers provided the
required training to their workers.

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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
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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 collection of
information requirements contained in
the Standards on Electrical Protective
Equipment (29 CFR 1910.137), and
Electric Power Generation,
Transmission, and Distribution (29 CFR
1910.269). The Agency is proposing to
decrease the burden hours in the
currently approved information
collection request from 34,208 hours to
8,218 hours (a total decrease of 25,990
hours). The decrease is a result of a
decrease in the number of burden hours
for test certification. The Agency has
determined that it is usual and
customary for employers to have or
stamp the test date on electrical
protective equipment.
The Agency will summarize the
comments submitted in response to this
notice, and will include this summary
in its request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Title: Electrical Protective Equipment
(29 CFR 1910.137) and Electric Power
Generation, Transmission, and
Distribution (29 CFR 1910.269).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0190.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 20,765.
Frequency: On occasion; Semiannually; Annually.
Average Time per Response: One
minute (.02 hour) for a clerical worker
to maintain training certification
records.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 8,218.
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–2013–0003).
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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 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. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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