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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 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
not available through the Web site, and
for 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. 5–2007 (72 FR 31159).
Signed at Washington, DC, on October 10,
2017.
Loren Sweatt,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0034]

Subpart A (‘‘General Provisions’’) and
Subpart B (‘‘Confined and Enclosed
Spaces and Other Dangerous
Atmospheres in Shipyard
Employment’’); 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,
subpart A (‘‘General Provisions’’) and
subpart B (‘‘Confined and Enclosed
Spaces and Other Dangerous
Atmospheres in Shipyard
Employment’’).

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SUMMARY:

Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
December 15, 2017.

DATES:

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ADDRESSES:

I. Background

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, Docket No.
OSHA–2011–0034, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 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 (OSHA–2011–0034) 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
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.

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 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 following is a description of the
requirements in subparts A and B that
pertain to the collection and retention of
information.
One provision in subpart A contains
paperwork requirements (§ 1915.7).
Section 1915.7(b)(2) specifies that
shipyard employers must maintain a
roster of designated competent persons
(for inspecting and testing spaces
covered by subpart B), or a statement
that a marine chemist will perform these
inspections and tests. Section 1915.7(d)
requires employers to ensure that
competent persons, marine chemists,
and certified industrial hygienists
(CIHs) make a record of each inspection
and test they conduct, post the record
near the covered space while work is in
progress, and retain the record for at
least three months. In addition,
employers must make the roster or
statement, and the inspection and test
records available for inspection by
designated parties.
Subpart B consists of several
standards governing entry into confined
and enclosed spaces and other
dangerous atmospheres in shipyard
employment. These standards require
that employers:
• Ensure that competent persons
conduct inspections and atmospheric
testing prior to workers entering a

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:

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confined or enclosed space
(§§ 1915.12(a)–(c));
• Warn workers not to enter
hazardous spaces and other dangerous
atmospheres (§ 1915.12 (a)–(c) and
§ 1915.16);
• Certify that workers who will be
entering confined or enclosed spaces
have been trained (§ 1915.12(d)(5));
• Establish and train shipyard rescue
teams or arrange for outside rescue
teams, and provide them with
information on the hazards that they
may encounter (§ 1915.12(e));
• Ensure that one person on each
rescue team maintains a current first aid
training certificate (§ 1915.12(e)(1)(iv));
• Exchange information regarding
hazards, safety rules, and emergency
procedures concerning confined and
enclosed spaces, and atmospheres with
other employers whose workers may
enter these spaces and atmospheres
(§ 1915.12(f));
• Ensure testing of spaces having
contained bulk quantities of
combustible or flammable liquids or
gases, and toxic, corrosive, or irritating
substances before cleaning and other
cold work is started, and as necessary
thereafter while the operations are
ongoing (§§ 1915.13(b)(2) and (4));
• Post signs prohibiting ignition
sources within or near a space that has
contained bulk quantities of flammable
or combustible liquids or gases
(§ 1915.13(b)(10));
• Ensure that confined and enclosed
spaces and other dangerous
atmospheres, and boundaries of spaces
or pipelines are tested before workers
perform hot work in these work areas
(§ 1915.14(a)(1));
• Post certificates of testing
conducted by a marine chemist or Coast
Guard authorized person, indicating it is
‘‘Safe for Hot Work,’’ in the immediate
vicinity of the hot-work operation while
the operation is in progress
(§ 1915.14(a)(2)). Where testing of a
space or an adjacent space is performed
by a competent person, marine chemist
or Coast Guard authorized person and
determined to be ‘‘Not Safe for Hot
Work,’’ a warning label must be affixed
(§ 1915.14(b)(2)); and
Retain certificates of testing on file for
at least three months after completing
the operation (§ 1915.14(a)(2)).
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
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• 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 collection of
information (paperwork) requirements
mandated by Subpart A (‘‘General
Provisions’’) and Subpart B (‘‘Confined
and Enclosed Spaces and Other
Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard
Employment’’) of 29 CFR part 1915. The
Agency is requesting an adjustment
increase of 247,083 burden hours (from
338,981 to 586,064 hours). The
adjustment increase is due to an
increase in the number of
establishments affected by these
standards.
The Agency will summarize the
comments submitted in response to this
notice and will include this summary in
its request to OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Subpart A (‘‘General
Provisions’’) and Subpart B (‘‘Confined
and Enclosed Spaces and Other
Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard
Employment’’) (29 CFR part 1915).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0011.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Not-for-profit organizations;
Federal Government; State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 4,871.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Total Responses: 3,495,964.
Average Time per Response: Various.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
586,064.
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 (Docket
No. OSHA–2011–0034) for the ICR. You
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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 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
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).
Signed at Washington, DC, on October 5,
2017.
Loren Sweatt,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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