Preclearance Federal Register Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 166 / Tuesday, August 27, 2019 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2012–0013]

Lead in General Industry Standard;
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 the proposal to
extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in the Lead in General
Industry Standard.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
October 28, 2019.
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–2012–0013, 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 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–2012–0013) 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
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

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or the OSHA Docket Office at the above
address. 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 Theda Kenney at
(202) 693–2222 to obtain a copy of the
ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Seleda Perryman or Theda Kenney,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor,
telephone (202) 693–2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of a
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–95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This
program ensures that information is in
the desired format, the reporting burden
(time and costs) is minimal, the
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 (see 29
U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act also requires
OSHA to obtain such information with
a minimum burden upon employers,
especially those operating small
businesses, and to reduce to the
maximum extent feasible unnecessary
duplication of effort in obtaining said
information (see 29 U.S.C. 657).
The purpose of the Lead in General
Industry Standard (29 CFR 1910.1025)
and the collection of information
requirements is to reduce occupational
lead exposure in general industry. Lead
exposure can result in both acute and
chronic effects and can be fatal in severe
cases of lead toxicity. The standard
contains the following collection of
information requirements: Conducting
worker exposure monitoring; notifying
workers of their lead exposure levels;
establishing, implementing and

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reviewing a written compliance program
annually; labeling containers of
contaminated protective clothing and
equipment; providing medical
surveillance to workers; providing
examining physicians with specific
information; notifying workers of their
medical surveillance results (including
medical examinations and biological
monitoring) and of the option for
multiple physician review; posting
warning signs; establishing and
maintaining exposure monitoring,
medical surveillance, and medical
removal records; and providing workers
with access to these records. The
records are used by employees,
physicians, employers, and OSHA to
determine the effectiveness of the
employer’s compliance efforts.
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.
The agency is requesting a burden
hour adjustment increase of 41,297
(from 1,030,305 hours to 1,071,602
hours). The agency estimates an overall
reduction in the number of covered
employers (from 53,935 to 53,469) and
a decrease in exposed workers (from
331,304 to 327,819), based on updated
data. However, overall burden hours
increased as a result of an increase in
the estimated number of initial exposure
monitorings, initial medical
examinations, and initial information
exchanges between employers and
health care professionals. The primary
factor contributing to the burden hour
increase is an increase in the applied
annual job turnover rate, resulting in a
higher number of estimated new
employees across the whole industry
profile. In addition, the agency
identified one new secondary smelting
employer which contributed to the
increase.
Due to the increase in the estimated
initial exposure monitoring, initial
medical examinations, as well as
increased costs to perform biological

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monitoring and medical examinations
under the standard, there is an increase
in total operation and maintenance costs
of $74,218,567 (from $92,636,813 to
$166,855,380).
III. Proposed Actions
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Lead in General Industry
Standard (29 CFR 1910.1025).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0092.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 53,469.
Frequency: On occasion; Quarterly;
Bi-monthly; Semi-annually; Annually.
Average Time per Response: Various.
Estimated Number of Responses:
3,667,403.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
1,071,602.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $166,855,380.

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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–2012–0013) 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
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,
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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, Principal 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 August 21,
2019.
Loren Sweatt,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Occupational Safety and Health.
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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2018–0013]

Salini-Impregilo/Healy Joint Venture;
Application for Permanent Variance
and Interim Order; Grant of Interim
Order; Request for Comments
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In this notice, OSHA
announces the application of SaliniImpregilo/Healy Joint Venture for a
Permanent Variance and Interim Order
from provisions of OSHA standards that
regulate work in compressed air
environments and presents the agency’s
preliminary finding to grant the
Permanent Variance. OSHA also
announces the granting of an Interim
Order. OSHA invites the public to
submit comments on the variance
application to assist the agency in
determining whether to grant the
applicant a Permanent Variance based
on the conditions specified in this
application.

SUMMARY:

Submit comments, information,
documents in response to this notice,
and request for a hearing on or before

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September 26, 2019. The Interim Order
described in this notice will become
effective on August 27, 2019, and shall
remain in effect until the completion of
the Northeast Boundary Tunnel project
for Washington, DC or the Interim Order
is modified or revoked.
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–2018–0013, 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 service) 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–2018–0013). 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.
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 above
address. 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 at
the OSHA Docket Office. You may also
contact Kevin Robinson, Director Office
of Technical Programs and Coordination
Activities (OTPCA) at the below
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Information regarding this notice is
available from the following sources:
Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank
Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of
Communications, U.S. Department of
Labor; telephone: (202) 693–1999;
email: [email protected].

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