The basis for issuance of the
Beryllium final rule is a determination by the Assistant Secretary
for the Occupational Safety and Health that employees exposed to
beryllium face a significant risk to their health at the current
permissible exposure limits and that promulgating the final
standards will substantially reduce that risk.
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USC 655 Name of Law: Occupational Safety and Health Act
This is a new collection of
information. The standard includes collection of information
requirements for: conducting worker exposure monitoring,
establishing, implementing, and updating a written exposure control
plans, conducting medical surveillance of workers, providing
examining physicians with specific information, obtaining written
physician’s opinions and providing written medical reports to
workers and establishing and maintaining workers’ exposure
monitoring and medical surveillance records.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.