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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 159 / Friday, August 18, 2017 / Notices
11:55 a.m. Direct Services
Subcommittee briefing and
discussion on Fiscal Year 2017
recommendations
12:55 a.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. Committee finalize
recommendations for the Fiscal
Year 2017
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Discussion/Assignments,
ACVETEO Chairman
3:30 p.m. Public Forum, Mika Cross
Designated Federal Official
4:00 p.m. Adjourn
Signed in Washington, DC, this 14th day of
August 2017.
J.S. Shellenberger,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations
and Management, Veterans’ Employment and
Training Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0028]

Grain Handling Facilities; 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 standard on Grain
Handling Facilities.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
October 17, 2017.
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, OSHA
Docket No. OSHA–2011–0028, U.S.

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Department of Labor, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration,
Room N–3653, 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, 10:00
a.m. to 3:00 p.m., e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and the OSHA
docket number for the Information
Collection Request (ICR) (OSHA–2011–
0028). 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 through 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:
Todd Owen or Theda Kenney,
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 (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

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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 effort in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The Grain Handling Facilities
Standard specifies a number of
paperwork requirements. The following
sections describe who uses the
information collected under each
requirement as well as how they use it.
The purpose of the requirements is to
reduce employees’ risk of death or
serious injury while working in grain
handling facilities.
Paragraph (d) of the Standard requires
the employer to develop and implement
an emergency action plan so that
employees will be aware of the
appropriate actions to take in the event
of an emergency.
Paragraph (e)(1) requires that
employers provide training to
employees at least annually and when
changes in job assignment will expose
them to new hazards. Paragraph (f)(1)
requires the employer to issue a permit
for all hot work. Under paragraph (f)(2)
the permit shall certify that the
requirements contained in 1910.272(a)
have been implemented prior to
beginning the hot work operations and
shall be kept on file until completion of
the hot work operation.
Paragraph (g)(1)(i) requires the
employer to issue a permit for entering
bins, silos, or tanks unless the employer
or the employer’s representative is
present during the entire operation. The
permit shall certify that the precautions
contained in paragraph (g) have been
implemented prior to employees
entering bins, silos or tanks and shall be
kept on file until completion of the
entry operations.
Paragraph (g)(1)(ii) requires that the
employer de-energize, disconnect,
lockout and tag, block off or otherwise
prevent operation of all mechanical,
electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic
equipment which presents a danger to
employees inside grain storage
structures.
Paragraphs (i)(1) and (i)(2) require the
employer to inform contractors
performing work at the grain handling
facility of known potential fire and
explosion hazards related to the
contractor’s work and work area, and to

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explain to the contractor the applicable
provisions of the emergency action plan.
Paragraph (j)(1) requires the employer
to develop and implement a written
housekeeping program that establishes
the frequency and method(s)
determined to best reduce
accumulations of fugitive grain dust on
ledges, floors, equipment, and other
exposed surfaces.
Under paragraph (m)(1), the employer
is required to implement preventive
maintenance procedures consisting of
regularly scheduled inspections of at
least the mechanical and safety control
equipment associated with dryers, grain
stream processing equipment, dust
collection equipment including filter
collectors, and bucket elevators.
Paragraph (m)(3) requires a certification
be maintained of each inspection.
Paragraph (m)(4) requires the employer
to implement procedures for the use of
tags and locks which will prevent the
inadvertent application of energy or
motion to equipment being repaired,
serviced, or adjusted.

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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 requesting that OMB extend
its approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the
standard on Grain Handling Facilities
(29 CFR 1910.272). The Agency is
requesting a reduction in the current
burden hours from 68,782 to 24,392
(difference of 44,390 hours). This
decrease is due to the reduction of grain
handling facilities from 9,025 to 5,500.
The Agency will summarize any
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: Grain Handling Facilities
Standard (29 CFR 1910.272).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0206.

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Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 47,007.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Various.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
24,392.
Total Responses: 514,721.
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 for the
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0028).
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 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 through 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
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assistance in using the Internet to locate
docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
Loren Sweatt, Deputy 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).
Loren Sweatt,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Veterans’ Employment and Training
Service
Proposed Information Collection
Request; HIRE Vets Medallion Program
Veterans’ Employment and
Training Service (VETS), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:

VETS is publishing elsewhere
in this issue of the Federal Register a
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to
propose regulations implementing the
Honoring Investments in Recruiting and
Employing American Military Veterans
Act of 2017. The proposal allows the
public 30 days to comment on the
proposed regulations including the
proposal’s collections of information
contained in the rule. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Federal agencies are required to publish
a notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information and to allow 60 days for
public comment in response to the
notice. This notice allows the public 60
days to comment on the collections of
information contained in or associated
with implementing the VETS proposal.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
October 17, 2017.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this Information
Collection Request (ICR) with applicable
supporting documentation; including a
description of the likely respondents,
proposed frequency of response, and
estimated total burden may be obtained
free of charge from the RegInfo.gov Web
site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202017071293-001 (this link will only become
active on the day following publication
of this notice) or by contacting Randall
Smith by telephone at (202) 693–4700.
SUMMARY:

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