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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 204 / Wednesday, October 22, 2014 / Notices
Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of
October 2014.
Eric P. Molina,
Acting Chief, Division of Management
Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2014–25058 Filed 10–21–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–24–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0034]

Subpart A (‘‘General Provisions’’) and
Subpart B (‘‘Confined and Enclosed
Spaces and Other Dangerous
Atmospheres in Shipyard
Employment’’); 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 29 CFR part 1915, subpart
A (‘‘General Provisions’’) and subpart B
(‘‘Confined and Enclosed Spaces and
Other Dangerous Atmospheres in
Shipyard Employment’’).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
December 22, 2014.
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, Docket No.
OSHA–2011–0034, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 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 the OSHA

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docket number (OSHA–2011–0034) 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:
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 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
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reduce to the maximum extent feasible
unnecessary duplication of efforts in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The following is a description of the
requirements in subparts A and B that
pertain to the collection and retention of
information.
One provision in subpart A contains
paperwork requirements (§ 1915.7).
Section 1915.7(b)(2) specifies that
shipyard employers must maintain a
roster of designated competent persons
(for inspecting and testing spaces
covered by subpart B), or a statement
that a Marine Chemist will perform
these inspections and tests. Section
1915.7(d) requires employers to ensure
that competent persons, Marine
Chemists, and certified industrial
hygienists (CIHs) make a record of each
inspection and test they conduct, post
the record near the covered space while
work is in progress, and file the record
for at least three months. In addition,
employers must make the roster or
statement and the inspection and test
records available for inspection by
designated parties.
Subpart B consists of several
standards governing entry into confined
and enclosed spaces and other
dangerous atmospheres in shipyard
employment. These standards require
that employers:
• Ensure that competent persons
conduct inspections and atmospheric
testing prior to workers entering a
confined or enclosed space
(§§ 1915.12(a)–(c));
• Warn workers not to enter
hazardous spaces and other dangerous
atmospheres (§§ 1915.12 (a)–(c) and
§ 1915.16);
• Certify that workers who will be
entering confined or enclosed spaces
have been trained (§ 1915.12(d)(5));
• Establish and train shipyard rescue
teams or arrange for outside rescue
teams and provide them with
information (§ 1915.12(e));
• Ensure that one person on each
rescue team maintains a current first aid
training certification (§ 1915.12(e));
• Exchange information regarding
hazards, safety rules, and emergency
procedures concerning these spaces and
atmospheres with other employers
whose workers may enter these same
spaces (§ 1915.12(f));
• Ensure testing of spaces containing
or having contained combustible or
flammable liquids or gases, or solids
that are toxic, corrosive, or irritating and
other dangerous atmospheres,
boundaries or pipelines before cleaning
and other cold work is started and as
necessary thereafter while the
operations are ongoing (§§ 1915.13(b)(2)
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• Post signs prohibiting ignition
sources within or near a space that
contains bulk quantities of flammable or
combustible liquids or gases
(§ 1915.13(b)(10));
• Ensure that confined and enclosed
spaces are tested before workers perform
hot work in these work areas
(§ 1915.14(a));
• Post warnings of testing conducted
by competent persons and certificates of
testing conducted by a Marine Chemist
or Coast Guard authorized person in the
immediate vicinity of the hot-work
operation while the operation is in
progress (§§ 1915.14(a) and (b)); and
• Retain certificates of testing on file
for at least three months after
completing the operation
(§ 1915.14(a)(2)).
II. Special Issues for Comment

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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
and transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
its approval of the collection of
information (paperwork) requirements
mandated by Subpart A (‘‘General
Provisions’’) and Subpart B (‘‘Confined
and Enclosed Spaces and Other
Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard
Employment’’) of 29 CFR part 1915. The
Agency is requesting an adjustment
increase of 26,220 burden hours (from
312,764 to 338,984 hours). The
adjustment increase is due to an
increase in the number of
establishments affected by these
standards.
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 collection.
Title: Subpart A (‘‘General
Provisions’’) and Subpart B (‘‘Confined
and Enclosed Spaces and Other
Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard
Employment’’) (29 CFR part 1915).

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OMB Control Number: 1218–0011.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Not-for-profit organizations;
Federal Government; State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 2,759.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Total Responses: 2,098,172.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from one minute (.02 hour) for an
employer to maintain a training
certificate to 10 minutes (.17 hour) to
develop and maintain a roster of
competent persons to perform required
inspections and tests.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
338,984.
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 (Docket
No. OSHA–2011–0034) 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.
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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 October 17,
2014.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2014–25147 Filed 10–21–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–26–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0063]

Slings; 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
contained in the Standard on Slings (29
CFR 1910.184). The collection of
information (paperwork) provisions of
the Standard specify affixing
identification tags or markings on slings,
developing and maintaining inspection
records, and retaining proof-testing
certificates.

SUMMARY:

Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
December 22, 2014.
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
DATES:

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