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Manager. The revisions will include
initial and refresher training regarding
compliance with the PDO.
(12) Use of the proposed alternative
method described in this petition will
prevent miners from being exposed to
unnecessary hazards, and will increase
the measure of protection to the miners.
The petitioner asserts that application
of the existing standard to the particular
overcast area will result in a diminution
of safety to the miners and that the
proposed alternative method will at all
times guarantee no less than the same
measure of protection to the miners as
would be provided by the existing
standard.
Sheila McConnell,
Director, Office of Standards, Regulations,
and Variances.
[FR Doc. 2016–23626 Filed 9–29–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2010–0008]

Construction Fall Protection Systems
Criteria and Practices, and Training
Requirements; 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 Construction Standards
on Fall Protection Systems Criteria and
Practices (29 CFR 1926.502), and
Training Requirements (29 CFR
1926.503).

SUMMARY:

Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
November 29, 2016.
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
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copy of your comments and attachments
to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No.
OSHA–2010–0008, 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 (Docket No. OSHA–
2010–0008) for this 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,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room
N–3609, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; (202) 693–2044,
to obtain a copy of the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Office of Construction Services,
Directorate of Construction, OSHA, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N–3476,
200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)
693–2020.
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)
(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

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instruments are understandable, and
OSHA’s estimate of the information
collection burden is correct. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (the OSH Act) 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 Standards on Construction Fall
Protection Systems Criteria and
Practices (29 CFR 1926.502) and
Training Requirements (29 CFR
1926.503) ensure that employers
provide the required fall protection for
their workers. Accordingly, these
standards have the following paperwork
requirements: Paragraphs (c)(4)(ii) and
(k) of 29 CFR 1926.502, which specify
certification of safety nets and
development of fall protection plans,
respectively, and paragraph (b) of 29
CFR 1926.503, which requires
employers to certify training records.
The training certification requirement
specified in paragraph (b) of 29 CFR
1926.503 documents the training
provided to workers potentially exposed
to fall hazards in construction. A
competent person must train these
workers to recognize fall hazards and in
the use of procedures and equipment
that minimize these hazards. An
employer must verify compliance with
this training requirement by preparing
and maintaining a written certification
record that contains the name or other
identifier of the worker receiving the
training, the date(s) of the training, and
the signature of the competent person
who conducted the training, or of the
employer.
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.

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III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
its approval of the collection of
information requirements contained in
the Construction Standards on Fall
Protection Systems Criteria and
Practices (29 CFR 1926.502) and
Training Requirements (29 CFR
1926.503). OSHA is requesting a 31,264
burden hour reduction, from 457,108
hours to 425,844 based on the Agency’s
determinations that fewer employers are
required to comply with the Standard’s
collection of information requirements
and that information exchanged during
an OSHA compliance inspection is not
covered by the PRA. 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: Construction Fall Protection
Systems Criteria and Practices (29 CFR
1926.502) and Training Requirements
(29 CFR 1926.503).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0197.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal Government; State,
Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Responses: 5,314,317.
Frequency of Record Keeping: On
occasion, annually.
Average Time per Response: Time per
response ranges from 5 minutes (.08
hour) to certify a safety net to 1 hour to
develop a fall protection plan.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
425,844.
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 for this
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2010–0008).
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 full name,
date, and the docket number so the
Agency can attach them to your
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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
U.S.C. 3506 et seq.) and Secretary of
Labor’s Order No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).
Signed at Washington, DC, on September
27, 2016.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2016–23667 Filed 9–29–16; 8:45 am]
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
Standards for Maintaining, Collecting,
and Presenting Federal Data on Race
and Ethnicity
Executive Office of the
President, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB).
ACTION: Review and Possible Limited
Revision of OMB’s Statistical Policy
Directive on Standards for Maintaining,
Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data
on Race and Ethnicity.
AGENCY:

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The Standards for
Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting
Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity were
last revised in 1997 (62 FR 58782, Oct.
30, 1997; see https://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg_
1997standards). Since these revisions
were implemented, much has been
learned about how these standards have
improved the quality of Federal
information collected and presented on
race and ethnicity. At the same time,
some areas may benefit from further
refinement. Accordingly, OMB currently
is undertaking a review of particular
components of the 1997 standard: The
use of separate questions measuring race
and ethnicity and question phrasing; the
classification of a Middle Eastern and
North African group and reporting
category; the description of the intended
use of minimum reporting categories;
and terminology used for race and
ethnicity classifications. OMB’s current
review of the standard is limited to
these areas. Specific questions appear
under the section, ‘‘Issues for
Comment.’’
DATES: Comments on the review and
possible limited revisions to OMB’s
Standards for Maintaining, Collecting,
and Presenting Federal Data on Race
and Ethnicity detailed in this notice
must be in writing. To ensure
consideration of comments, they must
be received no later than [30 days from
the publication of this notice]. Please be
aware of delays in mail processing at
Federal facilities due to increased
security. Respondents are encouraged to
send comments electronically via email,
or http://www.regulations.gov
(discussed in ADDRESSES below).
ADDRESSES: Written comments on these
issues may be addressed to Katherine K.
Wallman, Chief Statistician, Office of
Management and Budget, 1800 G St.,
9th Floor, Washington, DC 20503. You
may also send comments or questions
via Email to Race-ethnicity@
omb.eop.gov or to http://
www.regulations.gov—a Federal EGovernment Web site that allows the
public to find, review, and submit
comments on documents that agencies
have published in the Federal Register
and that are open for comment. Simply
type, ‘‘Race-ethnicity’’ (in quotes) in the
Comment or Submission search box,
click Go, and follow the instructions for
submitting comments.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice may be made available to the
public through relevant Web sites. For
this reason, please do not include in
your comments information of a
confidential nature, such as sensitive
personal information or proprietary
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