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All submissions, including
copyrighted material, are available for
inspection and copying at the OSHA
Docket Office. Information on using the
http://www.regulations.gov website to
submit comments and access the docket
is available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
for information about materials not
available from the website, 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 March 26,
2018.
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–2011–0125]

On-Site Consultation Programs;
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 regulations addressing
On-Site Consultation Programs.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by May
29, 2018.
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.

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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–2011–0125, 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
OSHA Docket Office’s normal business
hours, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., ET.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and the OSHA
docket number (OSHA–2011–0125) 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 through the website.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You may also contact Patrick Showalter
at (202) 693–2220 to obtain a copy of the
ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick Showalter, Director, Office of
Small Business Assistance, Directorate
of Cooperative and State Programs,
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor,
telephone (202) 693–2220.
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 process to
provide the public with an opportunity
to comment on proposed and
continuing information collection
requirements in accordance 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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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 OSHA to 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).
Section 7(c)(1) of the OSH Act
authorizes the Secretary of Labor
(Secretary) to, ‘‘with the consent of any
State or political subdivision thereof,
accept and use the services, facilities,
and personnel of any agency of such
State or subdivision with
reimbursement.’’ Section 21(c) of the
OSH Act authorizes the Secretary to
‘‘consult with and advise employers and
employees . . . as to effective means of
preventing occupational illnesses and
injuries.’’
Additionally, Section 21(d) of the
OSH Act instructs the Secretary to
‘‘establish and support cooperative
agreements with the States under which
employers subject to the Act may
consult with State personnel with
respect to the application of
occupational safety and health
requirements under the Act or under
State plans approved under section 18
of the Act.’’ This gives the Secretary
authority to enter into agreements with
the States to provide On-Site
Consultation services, and establish
rules under which employers may
qualify for an inspection exemption. To
satisfy the intent of these and other
sections of the OSH Act, OSHA codified
the terms that govern cooperative
agreements between OSHA and State
governments whereby State agencies
provide On-Site Consultation services to
private employers to assist them in
complying with the requirements of the
OSH Act. The terms were codified as
the Consultation Program regulations
(29 CFR part 1908).
The On-Site Consultation Program
regulations specify services to be
provided, and practices and procedures
to be followed by the State On-Site
Consultation Programs. Information
collection requirements set forth in the
On-Site Consultation Program
regulations are in two categories: State
Responsibilities and Employer
Responsibilities. Eight regulatory
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collection activities by the State. The
Federal government provides 90 percent
of the funds for On-Site Consultation
services delivered by the States, which
result in the information collection.
Four requirements apply to employers
and specify conditions for receiving the
free consultation services.
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 an extension of
its current approval of the collection of
information requirements for the
regulation. The Agency is requesting an
adjustment decrease of 497 burden
hours (from 215,704 to 215,207 hours).
While better burden hour and costs
estimates for completing documentation
for the ‘‘Safety and Health Program
Assessment Worksheet for Full Service
Safety and Health’’ increased the burden
hours, this was offset by the decrease in
the number of On-Site Consultation
visits.
In addition, the Agency requests OMB
approval to update the Safety and
Health Program Assessment Worksheet,
OSHA Form 33, to include minor edits.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: On-Site Consultation Programs
(29 CFR part 1908).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0110.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 22,752 (52
State Consultation Programs and 22,700
Employers).
Frequency: Initial, annual, quarterly,
periodic.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Number of Responses:
94,487.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
215,207.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
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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 (Docket
No. OSHA–2011–0125) for the ICR. 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 that 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 dates 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 website.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
Information on using the http://
www.regulations.gov website to submit
comments and access the docket is
available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
for information about materials not
available through the website, 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

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et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).
Signed at Washington, DC, on March 20,
2018.
Loren Sweatt,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION
[NARA–2018–030]

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Advisory Committee; Meeting
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA).
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory
Committee Meeting.
AGENCY:

NARA is announcing an
upcoming Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) Advisory Committee meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be on April 17,
2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT.
You must register for the meeting by
5:00 p.m. EDT on April 16, 2018.
ADDRESSES: National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA); 700
Pennsylvania Avenue NW; William G.
McGowan Theater; Washington, DC
20408.
SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Amy Bennett, Designated Federal
Officer for this committee, by mail at
National Archives and Records
Administration; Office of Government
Information Services; 8601 Adelphi
Road—OGIS; College Park, MD 20740–
6001, by telephone at 202–741–5770, or
by email at foia-advisory-committee@
nara.gov.
NARA
announces this committee meeting in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App) and the
second United States Open Government
National Action Plan (NAP) released on
December 5, 2013.
Agenda and meeting materials: You
may find all meeting materials at
https://ogis.archives.gov/foia-advisorycommittee/2016-2018-term/
Meetings.htm. This will be the final
meeting of the second committee term.
The purpose of this meeting will be to
review the work of the committee’s
three subcommittees and approve the
committee’s final report. https://
ogis.archives.gov/foia-advisorycommittee/2016-2018-term/
Subcommittees.htm.
Procedures: The meeting is open to
the public. Due to access procedures,

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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