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Vertical Tandem Lifts for Marine Terminals (29 CFR part 1917)

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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 196 / Thursday, October 9, 2014 / Notices
Employment and Training
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N–5311, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Such submissions will be included in
the record for the meeting if received by
Monday, November 3, 2014.
4. See below regarding members of
the public wishing to speak at the ACA
meeting.

Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0066]

Vertical Tandem Lifts in Marine
Terminals; Extension of the Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB)
Approval of Collection of Information
(Paperwork) Requirements

Purpose of the Meeting and Topics To
Be Discussed

AGENCY:

The purpose of the meeting will focus
on Registered Apprenticeship expansion
efforts. The agenda will cover the
following topics:

SUMMARY:

• The American Apprenticeship
Initiative
• Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (WIOA) and the
Implications for Registered
Apprenticeship
• Federal and State Partnerships
Supporting Apprenticeship
Expansion
• Sector-Based Outreach Efforts and
Technical Assistance
• ACA Workgroup Updates
• New Member FACA Orientation and
Ethics Training
• Other Matters of Interest to the
Apprenticeship Community
• Public Comment
• Adjourn
The agenda and meeting logistics may
be updated should priority items come
before the ACA between the time of this
publication and the scheduled date of
the ACA meeting. All meeting updates
will be posted to the Office of
Apprenticeship’s homepage: http://
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public who wishes to speak at the
meeting should indicate the nature of
the intended presentation and the
amount of time needed by furnishing a
written statement to the Designated
Federal Official, Mr. John V. Ladd, by
Monday, November 3, 2014. The
Chairperson will announce at the
beginning of the meeting the extent to
which time will permit the granting of
such requests.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for the Employment and
Training Administration.
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Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
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
collection of information requirements
specified by the Standard on Vertical
Tandem Lifts (VTLs) in Marine
Terminals. A VTL is the practice of a
container crane lifting two or more
intermodal containers, one on top of the
other, connected by a particular type of
interbox connector, known as a
semiautomatic twistlock.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
December 8, 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–2011–0066, 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
docket number (OSHA–2011–0066) 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.
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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 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 VTL Standard for Marine
Terminals (29 CFR part 1917) specifies
the following collection of information
requirements. The purpose of each of
these requirements is to provide

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workers with safe work practices when
using VTLs.
Paragraph (i)(8)(iv) of § 1917.71
requires employers to ensure that the
interbox connectors used in VTLs has
been certified by a competent authority
authorized under § 1918.11 (for interbox
connectors that are part of a vessel’s
gear) or § 1917.50 (for other interbox
connectors). Paragraph (i)(8)(v) requires
employers to make the certification
available for inspection and that the
certificate attests that the interbox
connector meets the strength criteria
specified in paragraph (i)(8)(iv) of the
standard. Also, paragraph (i)(8)(vi)
requires that each interbox connector be
clearly and durably marked with its safe
working load for lifting and with an
identifying number or mark that will
enable it to be associated with its test
certificate.
The certification is necessary to
ensure that interbox connector-corner
casting assemblies have adequate
strength to ensure the safety of the lift.
Marking of interbox connectors informs
employers, workers and OSHA that the
interbox connectors have been certified.
Paragraph (j)(2) of § 1917.71 requires
the employer to develop, implement,
and maintain a written plan for
transporting vertically connected
containers in the terminal. The transport
plan helps ensure the safety of terminal
workers and therby enhances
productivity. Paragraph (k)(2) of
§ 1917.71 requires that the written
transport plan include the safe work
zone and procedures to ensure that
workers are not in the zone when a VTL
is in motion.
Written plans give employers,
workers, and OSHA compliance officers
assurance that VTLs are safe to use and
provide the compliance officers with an
efficient means to assess employer
compliance with the Standard.
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 that OMB extend
its approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the
Standard on Vertical Tandem Lifts
(VTLs) for Marine Terminals (29 CFR
part 1917). OSHA is proposing to
decrease the existing burden hour
estimate for the collection of
information requirements specified by
the Standard from 2,000 hours to 560
hours, a total decrease of 1,440 hours.
Based on staff expertise, the Agency
estimates that 10%, of marine terminal
establishments are using VTLs. 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: Vertical Tandem Lifts (VTLs) for
Marine Terminals (29 CFR part 1917).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0260.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; not-for-profit organizations;
Federal Government; State, Local, or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 140.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Total Responses: 140.
Average Time per Response:
Employers will take four hours to
generate, develop, and maintain a
written plan for transporting vertically
coupled containers in a terminal.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 560.
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–2011–0066) 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
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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
U.S.C. 3506 et seq.) and Secretary of
Labor’s Order No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).
Signed at Washington, DC, on October 3,
2014.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor, for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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