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pertinent written documents and
exhibits. Commenters needing more
time to comment must submit a request
in writing, stating the reasons for the
request. Commenters must submit
comments or requests for extensions by
the due dates, and follow all
instructions for submitting comments
and requests for extensions, specified in
the DATES and ADDRESSES sections of
this notice. OSHA will limit any
extension to 10 days unless the
requester justifies a longer period.
OSHA may deny a request for an
extension if the request is not
adequately justified.
OSHA staff will review all timelysubmitted comments to the docket and,
after addressing the issues raised by
timely-submitted comments, will
recommend to the Assistant Secretary
for Occupational Safety and Health
whether to adopt the proposed NRTL
Program fee schedule and new
streamlined procedures for accepting
and reviewing applications. The Agency
will publish a final fee schedule in the
Federal Register, as provided under 29
CFR 1910.7, as well as a final decision
on whether to adopt the new
streamlined procedures for accepting
and reviewing applications. The final
fee schedule would become effective 30
days after the date of publication of the
schedule in the Federal Register, and
the final streamlined procedures for
accepting and reviewing applications
would become effective on the date of
publication of the procedures in the
Federal Register.
Authority and Signature
David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20210, authorized the preparation of
this notice. Accordingly, the Agency is
issuing this notice pursuant to 29 U.S.C.
657(g)(2), Secretary of Labor’s Order No.
1–2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012), and
29 CFR 1910.7.

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Signed at Washington, DC, on September
16, 2015.
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–2012–0014]

The Lead in Construction 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 proposal to
extend the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements
contained in the Lead in Construction
Standard (29 CFR 1926.62).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
November 23, 2015.
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
your comments and attachments to the
OSHA Docket Office, Docket No.
OSHA–2012–0014, 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–2012–0014) 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
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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 also 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:
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 collection of
information 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 purpose of the Lead in
Construction Standard and its collection
of information (paperwork)
requirements is to reduce occupational
lead exposure in the construction
industry. Lead exposure can result in
both acute and chronic effects and can
be fatal in severe cases of lead toxicity.
Some of the health effects associated
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disorders which can lead to seizures,
coma, and death; anemia; neurological
problems; high blood pressure; kidney
problems; reproductive problems; and
decreased red blood cell production.
The major collection of information
requirements of the Standard are:
conducting worker exposure
assessments; notifying workers of their
lead exposures; establishing,
implementing and reviewing a written
compliance program annually; labeling
containers of contaminated protective
clothing and equipment; providing
medical surveillance to workers;
providing examining physicians with
specific information; ensuring that
workers receive a copy of their medical
surveillance results; posting warning
signs; establishing and maintaining
exposure monitoring, medical
surveillance, medical removal and
objective data records; and providing
workers with access to these records.
The records are used by employees,
physicians, employers and OSHA to
determine the effectiveness of the
employer’s compliance efforts.

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II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
• Whether the proposed collection of
information 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
collection of information 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
The Agency is requesting an
adjustment decrease of 216,744 burden
hours (from 1,460,430 to 1,243,686
burden hours). The decrease in burden
hours is due to an estimated overall
decrease in the number of covered
establishments, based on updated data
and estimates. There is also an
estimated increase in operation and
maintenance costs of $6,849,923, from
$60,093,015 to $66,942,938. The
increase in operation and maintenance
costs is mainly due to the increased cost
of lab analysis of samples and the
increase in cost of the monitoring
equipment.
Type of Review: Extension of a
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Title: Lead in Construction Standard
(29 CFR 1926.62).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0189.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 119,853.
Frequency of Response: On occasion;
Quarterly; Bi-monthly; Semi-annually;
Annually.
Total Responses: 8,284,730.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from 1 minute (.02 hour) for a clerical
employee to notify employees of their
right to seek a second medical opinion
to 8 hours to develop a compliance
plan.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
1,243,686.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $66,942,938.

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.

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; or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for this
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2012–0014).
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 their
social security number 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

Signed at Washington, DC, on September
16, 2015.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
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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).

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0026]

Curtis-Straus LLC: Application for
Expansion of Recognition
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In this notice, OSHA
announces the application of CurtisStraus LLC for expansion of its
recognition as a Nationally Recognized
Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents
the Agency’s preliminary finding to
grant the application.
DATES: Submit comments, information,
and documents in response to this
notice, or requests for an extension of
time to make a submission, on or before
October 7, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by any of
the following methods:
1. Electronically: Submit comments
and attachments electronically at
http://www.regulations.gov, which is
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow
the instructions online for making
electronic submissions.
2. Facsimile: If submissions,
including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages, commenters may fax
them to the OSHA Docket Office at (202)
693–1648.
3. Regular or express mail, hand
delivery, or messenger (courier) service:
SUMMARY:

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