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Standard. The Agency will summarize
the 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: Forging Machines (29 CFR
1910.218).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0228.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 27,700.
Number of Responses: 1,440,788.
Frequency of Responses: Bi-weekly.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from 2 minutes (.03 hour) for an
employer to disclose certification
records to 8 minutes (.13 hour) for a
manufacturing employee to conduct a
biweekly inspection of each forging
machine and guard or point-ofoperation protection device.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
187,264.
Estimated Cost Operation and
Maintenance): $0.

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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 (Docket
No. OSHA–2011–0064) for the ICR. 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.

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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 from 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 from 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).
Signed at Washington, DC, on June 25,
2014.
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–2011–0056]

Voluntary Protection Programs
Information; 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
contained in Voluntary Protection
Programs Information.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
August 29, 2014.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit
comments and attachments
electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the
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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–2011–0056, 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 (OSHA–2011–0056) 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 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ylvonne Gonzalez, 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

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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 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
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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 selfevaluation which addresses how that
applicant is 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 selfevaluation 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
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• Current Resume;
• Confidential Financial Disclosure
Report (OGE Form 450).
OSHA uses the SGE Eligibility
Information Sheet to ensure that the
potential SGE works at a VPP site and
meets the minimum eligibility
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 115,360 to
112,210, a total decrease of 3,150 hours.
The Agency will summarize the

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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.
Title: Voluntary Protection Programs
Information.
OMB Control 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 Self-Evaluations
425 (PSM) Annual Self-Evaluations/
Supplemental Questionnaire
Challenge
14 Challenge Administrator’s
Applications
210 Challenge Participant’s
Applications
210 Challenge Annual SelfEvaluations
Special Government Employees
900 SGE Eligibility Information
Sheets
900 Resumes
300 Confidential Financial Disclosure
Forms (OGE-Form 450)
Number of Respondents: 5,034.
Frequency of Responses: VPP
applications and Challenge
Administrator’s and Participant
applications are submitted once; VPP
and Challenge Annual Self-Evaluations
are submitted annually, and SGE
applications are submitted once every
three years.
Total Responses: 5,034.
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
20 hours for Challenge Annual
Evaluations
Special Government Employees (SGE)
10 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:
112,210.
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 (Docket
No. OSHA–2011–0056) for the ICR. 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 from 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 from 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

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U.S.C. 3506 et seq.) and Secretary of
Labor’s Order No. 4–2012 (75 FR 3912).
Signed at Washington, DC, on June 25,
2014.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Notice of Information Collection
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
Notice: (14–050).
ACTION: Notice of information collection.
AGENCY:

The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public to take this opportunity
to comment on the ‘‘Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery’’
for approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et.
seq.). This collection was developed as
part of a Federal Government-wide
effort to streamline the process for
seeking feedback from the public on
service delivery. This notice announces
our intent to submit this collection to
OMB for approval and solicits
comments on specific aspects for the
proposed information collection,
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received within 30 days after
from the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk
Officer for NASA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Frances Teel, NASA PRA
Clearance Officer, NASA Headquarters,
300 E Street SW., Mail Code JF0000,
Washington, DC 20546 or
[email protected].
Title: Extension of the Generic
Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery.
OMB Control number: 2700–0153.
Abstract: The proposed information
collection activity provides a means to
garner qualitative customer and
SUMMARY:

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