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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.
Electronic copies of this Federal
Register document are available at
http://www.regulations.gov. This
document, as well as news releases and
other relevant information, are available
at OSHA’s Web page at http://
www.osha.gov.
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,
January 25, 2012).
Signed at Washington, DC, on August 19,
2013.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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Administration

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[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0041]

Formaldehyde Standard; Extension of
the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) Approval of
Information Collection (Paperwork)
Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.

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ACTION:

Request for public comments.

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 standard on
Formaldehyde (29 CFR 1910.1048).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
October 22, 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
copy of your comments and attachments
to the OSHA Docket Office, OSHA
Docket No. OSHA–2009–0041, 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–2009–
0041). 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 from 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.
SUMMARY:

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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 accord 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 OSHA to 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 standard protects workers from the
adverse health effects from occupational
exposure to formaldehyde, including an
itchy, runny, and stuffy nose; a dry or
sore throat; eye irritation; headaches;
and cancer of the lung, buccal cavity
(mouth), and pharynyx (throat).
Formaldehyde solutions can damage the
skin and burn the eyes.
The standard specifies a number of
paperwork requirements. The following
is a brief description of the collection of
information requirements contained in
the Formaldehyde Standard. The
standard requires employers to conduct
worker exposure monitoring to
determine workers’ exposure to
formaldehyde, notify workers of their
formaldehyde exposures, provide
medical surveillance to workers,
provide examining physicians with
specific information, ensure that
workers receive a copy of their medical
examination results, maintain workers’
exposure monitoring and medical
records for specific periods, and provide

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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;
• 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
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III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting an adjustment
decrease in burden hours from 327,533
to 237,854 (a total decrease of 89,679
hours). The reasons for this reduction
are: The estimated decrease in the
number of covered establishments and
workers; and, the removal of burden
hours associated with the requirement
that employers provide training to
workers. Upon further analysis, this
provision is not considered to be a
collection of information under PRA–
95.
In addition, the costs to conduct a
medical examination increased (from
$180 to $218) and for contract industrial
hygiene services to conduct exposuremonitoring sampling increased (from
$45 to $50). However, overall capital
costs decreased, from $42,626,346 to
$41,724,296, a decrease of $902,050.
The decrease is due to the estimated
decrease in the number of covered
workers undergoing exposure
monitoring and medical exams.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Formaldehyde Standard (29
CFR 1910.1048).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0145.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 84,931.
Frequency of Response: Annually; On
occasion; Semi-annually.
Total Responses: 904,202.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from 5 minutes (.08 hour) for employers
to maintain records to 1 hour for
workers to receive medical evaluations.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
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Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $41,724,296.
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–2009–0041).
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 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

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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3506 et seq.) and Secretary of
Labor’s Order No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).
Signed at Washington, DC, on August 19,
2013.
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–2007–0043]

TUV SUD America, Inc.: Modification of
Scope of Recognition
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In this notice, OSHA is
issuing a notification deleting three test
standards from the scope of recognition
of the Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory (NRTL) TUV SUD America,
Inc., based on that NRTL’s voluntary
request that OSHA reduce its scope of
recognition.
DATES: This modification of the scope of
recognition is effective on August 23,
2013.
SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Information regarding this notice is
available from the following sources:
Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank
Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of
Communications, Room N–3647, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210;
telephone: (202) 693–1999; email
[email protected].
General and technical information:
Contact David Johnson, NRTL Program,
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Room N–3655, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210;
telephone (202) 693–2110: email:
[email protected]. OSHA’s Web
page includes information about the
NRTL Program (see http://www.osha.gov
and select ‘‘N’’ in the ‘‘A to Z Index’’
located at the top of the Web page).
Copies of this Federal Register notice:
Electronic copies of this Federal
Register notice are available under
Docket No. OSHA–2006–0043 at http://
www.regulations.gov. This Federal
Register notice also is available on
OSHA’s Web page at http://
www.osha.gov. Access the Federal
Register notice on this Web page by

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