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that requested data can be provided in
the desired format, reporting burden
(time and financial resources) is
minimized, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents
can be properly assessed. The Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed
extension of ‘‘General Inquiries to State
Agency Contacts.’’ A copy of the
proposed information collection request
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
individual listed below in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before February 12, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Erin
Good, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington,
DC 20212. Written comments also may
be transmitted by fax to 202–691–5111
(this is not a toll free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Good, BLS Clearance Officer, 202–691–
7763 (this is not a toll free number). (See
ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Background
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
awards funds to State agencies in the 50
States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands,
hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘States’’) in
order to jointly conduct BLS/State Labor
Market Information and Occupational
Safety and Health Statistics cooperative
statistical programs, which themselves
have been approved by OMB separately,
as follows:
Current Employment Statistics 1220–0011
Local Area Unemployment Statistics 1220–
0017
Occupational Employment Statistics 1220–
0042
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Report 1220–0012
Annual Refiling Survey 1220–0032
Labor Market Information Cooperative
Agreement 1220–0079
Multiple Worksite Report 1220–0134
Annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and
Illnesses 1220–0045
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries 1220–
0133
BLS/OSHS Federal State Cooperative
Agreement 1220–0149

To ensure the timely flow of
information and to be able to evaluate
and improve the BLS/State cooperative
programs’ management and operations,
it is necessary to conduct ongoing
communications between the BLS and
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requests deal with program deliverables,
program enhancements, operations, or
administrative issues, questions and
dialogue are crucial to the successful
implementation of these programs.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of
December 2017.
Kimberley D. Hill,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.

II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the General
Inquiries to State Agency Contacts.
Information collected under this
clearance is used to support the
administrative and programmatic needs
of jointly conducted BLS/State Labor
Market Information and Occupational
Safety and Health Statistics cooperative
statistical programs.

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III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility.
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: General Inquiries to State
Agency Contacts.
OMB Number: 1220–0168.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Total Respondents: 54.
Frequency: As needed.
Total Responses: 23,890.
Average Time per Response: 40
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
15,927.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they also
will become a matter of public record.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2017–0013]

Safe + Sound Campaign; Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB)
Approval of Information Collection
(Paperwork) Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
AGENCY:

OSHA solicits public
comments concerning its proposal to the
Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) approval of the information
collection requirements specified in the
Safe + Sound Campaign.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
February 12, 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.
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–2017–0013, 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 services) are accepted during the
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 OSHA
docket number (OSHA–2017–0013) 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
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Participation’’ heading in the section of
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Docket: To read or download
comments or other materials 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 website. 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:
Theda Kenney or Charles McCormick,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor;
telephone (202) 693–2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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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
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 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 efforts in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
In 2016, OSHA established the Safe +
Sound Campaign, a voluntary effort to
support the implementation of safety
and health programs in businesses
throughout the United States. Outside
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institutions, and state and federal
government agencies, collaborate with
the Agency on the Campaign. The
Campaign includes periodic activities
and events, ranging from regular email
updates to quarterly national webinars
to local meetings to an annual national
stand down (i.e., Safe + Sound Week),
designed to increase overall employer
and employee awareness and
understanding of safety and health
programs and promote employer
adoption of these programs. OSHA
believes widespread implementation of
such programs will substantially
improve overall workplace safety and
health conditions.
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
approve the information collection
associated with Safe + Sound Campaign
activities. This voluntary information
collection will include event
registration and customer feedback
surveys for activities throughout the
year (e.g., national webinars, local
events, a national stand down event),
outreach phone calls to recruit partners
for the Campaign, and in-depth followup and case study interviews of event
participants. OSHA is proposing burden
hour estimate of seven hundred thirtynine (739) hours. 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: New.
Title: Safe + Sound Campaign.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0NEW.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 10,500.
Frequency of Responses: Annually.
Average Time per Response: Time
varies per response.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 739.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $35,857.

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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://
regulations.gov, which is the Federal
eRulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile
(fax); or (3) by hard copy. All comments,
attachments, and other materials must
identify the Agency name and the
OSHA docket number for the ICR
(Docket No. OSHA–2017–0013). 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 comments 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 publically 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
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et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).
Signed at Washington, DC, on December 6,
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–2017–0011]

Minnesota State Plan; Changes in
Level of Federal Enforcement:
Employment on Indian Reservations
and Twin Cities Army Ammunition
Plant, and Coverage Clarifications
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This document gives notice of
OSHA’s approval of changes to the State
of Minnesota’s Occupational Safety and
Health State Plan that specify that nonIndian private- sector employment
within an Indian reservation or on lands
held in trust by the Federal
Government, and employment on land
formerly occupied by the Twin Cities
Army Ammunition Plant, are included
in its State Plan, and that make other
minor coverage clarifications.
DATES: Applicable Date: December 12,
2017.
SUMMARY:

For
press inquiries, contact Francis
Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of
Communications, U.S. Department of
Labor; telephone: (202) 693–1999;
email: [email protected].
For general and technical information,
contact Douglas J. Kalinowski, Director,
OSHA Directorate of Cooperative and
State Programs, U.S. Department of
Labor; telephone: (202) 693–2200;
email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 18
of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. 667 (OSH Act),
provides that States that wish to assume
responsibility for developing and
enforcing their own occupational safety
and health standards may do so by
submitting and obtaining federal
approval of a State Plan. State Plan
approval occurs in stages that include
initial approval under Section 18(c) of
the Act and, ultimately, final approval
under Section 18(e).

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The Minnesota State Plan was
initially approved under Section 18(b)
of the OSHA Act. 38 FR 15077 (June 8,
1973). The State Plan later received final
approval. 50 FR 30832 (July 30, 1985).
The Minnesota State Plan is
administered by the Minnesota
Department of Labor and Industry,
Minnesota Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (MNOSHA).
Under the Plan, MNOSHA covers state
and local government employers and
private-sector employers with certain
exceptions. Originally, one of the
exceptions was employment at the Twin
Cities Army Ammunition Plant, which
Federal OSHA covered because the
United States had exclusive federal
jurisdiction over the site. 50 FR 30832
(July 30, 1985). Later, another exception
was added for tribal and private-sector
employment within any Indian
reservation in the State, which Federal
OSHA also covered. 61 FR 36824 (July
15, 1996).
With the decommissioning and
removal of the Twin Cities Army
Ammunition Plant, MNOSHA requested
that the exception to the State Plan’s
coverage for the plant be eliminated.
The land on which the plant stood was
transferred to the county and as such,
private-sector employment on this land
would fall under the State Plan’s area of
coverage. However, Federal OSHA
continues to cover employment on land
adjacent to the land transferred to the
county because that adjacent land
continues to be under exclusive federal
jurisdiction. Federal OSHA granted this
request.
MNOSHA also requested that the
exception to the State Plan for tribal and
private-sector employment on Indian
reservations and lands held in trust by
the Federal Government be changed so
that MNOSHA could cover non-Indian
private-sector employment in these
areas. Federal OSHA continues to cover
establishments owned or operated by
Indian tribes or by enrolled members of
Indian tribes. This approach to coverage
is consistent with case law on federal
and state authority over Indian lands.
Federal OSHA granted this request.
These changes are reflected on the
Federal OSHA web page for MNOSHA,
http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/osp/
stateprogs/minnesota.html. In addition,
that web page was updated to include
two longstanding coverage features of
the Minnesota State Plan which are also
common to other State Plans. 50 FR
30832 (July 30, 1985). Federal OSHA
covers any hazard, industry,
geographical area, operation or facility
over which the State is unable to
effectively exercise jurisdiction for
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performance or structure of the plan.
Federal OSHA also covers Federal
Government employers. Additionally,
Federal OSHA covers the United States
Postal Service (USPS). 65 FR 36622
(June 9, 2000).
Authority and Signature
Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, U.S. Department of
Labor, authorized the preparation of this
notice. OSHA is issuing this notice
under the authority specified by section
18 of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 667),
Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 1–2012
(77 FR 3912), and 29 CFR parts 1902
and 1953.
Signed in Washington, DC, on December 1,
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–2011–0057]

Excavations (Design of Cave-in
Protection Systems); 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 Standard on
Excavations (Design of Cave-in
Protection Systems).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
February 12, 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.
Mail, hand delivery, express mail,
messenger, or courier service: When
SUMMARY:

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