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Signed at Washington, DC, on May 15,
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–2012–0009]

The Asbestos in Shipyards Standard;
Extension of the Office of Management
and Budget’s 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 the Asbestos in Shipyards
Standard (29 CFR 1915.1001).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by July
20, 2015.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit
comments and attachments
electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal e-Rulemaking 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–2012–0009, 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–2012–0009) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). All comments, including any
personal information you provide, are
placed in the public docket without
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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 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 information collection
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in Shipyards Standard protect workers
from the adverse health effects that may
result from occupational exposure to
asbestos. The major information
collection requirements in the standard
include: implementing an exposuremonitoring program that informs
workers of their exposure-monitoring
results; ensuring notification of on-site
employers, at multi-employer worksites,
when establishing regulated areas for
work performed with asbestoscontaining materials (ACMs) and/or
presumed asbestos-containing materials
(PACMs), of the requirements for such
regulated areas, and the measures
necessary to protect workers from
overexposure; providing medical
surveillance for workers potentially
exposed to ACMs and/or PACMs,
including administering a worker
medical questionnaire, providing
information to the examining physician,
and providing the physician’s written
opinion to the worker; and maintaining
records of objective data used for
exposure determinations, worker
exposure monitoring and medical
surveillance records, training records,
the record (i.e., information, data, and
analyses) used to demonstrate that
PACMs do not contain asbestos, and
notifications made, as well as received
by building or facility owners regarding
the content of ACMs and/or PACMs.
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
and transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is proposing a reduction in the
information collection requirements
contained in the Asbestos in Shipyards
Standard (29 CFR 1915.1001). The
adjustment is primarily the result of the
removal of the training requirements
from the ICR, which is not considered
a paperwork burden for employers as
associated training is conducted and
documented by an EPA-approved or
state-approved provider. Thus, despite a

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four-fold increase in the number of
shipyards that may have workers
exposed to asbestos, the Agency is
requesting a 424 hour decrease in its
current burden hour total from 1,613
hours to 1,189 hours. 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: Asbestos in Shipyards Standard
(29 CFR 1915.1001).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0195.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits; Federal Government; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from 5 minutes (.08 hour) to provide
information to the examining physician
to 1.83 hours to develop alternative
control methods.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,189.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $43,003.
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–2012–0009).
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
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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 May 15,
2015.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2015–12289 Filed 5–20–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–H022k–2006–0062]

Preparations for the 29th Session of
the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on
the Globally Harmonized System of
Classification and Labelling of
Chemicals (UNSCEGHS)
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:

This notice is to advise
interested persons that on Wednesday,
June 10, 2015, OSHA will conduct a
public meeting to discuss proposals in
preparation for the 29th session of the
United Nations Sub-Committee of
Experts on the Globally Harmonized
System of Classification and Labelling
of Chemicals (UNSCEGHS) to be held
June 29 to July 1, 2015 in Geneva,
Switzerland. OSHA, along with the U.S.
Interagency GHS (Globally Harmonized
System of Classification and Labelling
of Chemicals) Coordinating Group,
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meeting when developing the U.S.
Government positions for the
UNSCEGHS meeting.
Also, on Wednesday, June 10, 2015,
the Department of Transportation
(DOT), Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA) will conduct a public meeting
(See Docket No. PHMSA–2015–0101,
Notice No. 15–6) to discuss proposals in
preparation for the 47th session of the
United Nations Sub-Committee of
Experts on the Transport of Dangerous
Goods (UNSCOE TDG) to be held June
22 to June 26, 2015, in Geneva,
Switzerland. During this meeting,
PHMSA is also soliciting comments
relative to potential new work items
which may be considered for inclusion
in its international agenda and feedback
on issues that PHMSA may put forward
for consideration by the Sub-Committee,
such as enhanced recognition of
alternative test methods relevant to the
classification of corrosive materials (see
further discussion under the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below). PHMSA will also provide an
update on recent actions to enhance
transparency and stakeholder
interaction through improvements to the
international standards portion of its
Web site.
DATES: Wednesday, June 10, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Both meetings will be held
at the DOT Headquarters Conference
Center, West Building, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Times and Locations: PHMSA public
meeting: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT,
Conference Room 4. OSHA public
meeting: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT,
Conference Room 4.
Registration: It is requested that
attendees pre-register for these meetings
by completing the form at: https://
www.surveymonkey.com/r/3XTD2TB.
Attendees may use the form to preregister for the OSHA meeting, the
PHMSA meeting, or both meetings.
Failure to pre-register may delay your
access to the DOT building. Participants
attending in person are encouraged to
arrive early to allow time for security
checks necessary to obtain access to the
building.
Conference call-in and ‘‘live meeting’’
capability will be provided for both
meetings. Specific information on callin and live meeting access will be
posted when available at: http://
www.osha.gov/dsg/hazcom/ and at:
http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/
regs/international.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maureen Ruskin, Office of Chemical
Hazards-Metals, OSHA Directorate of
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