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pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 657(g)(2)),
Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 1–2012
(77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012), and 29 CFR
1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC, on July 19,
2019.
Loren Sweatt,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2019–15812 Filed 7–24–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2013–0002]

Walking and Working Surfaces
Standard for General Industry;
Extension of the Office of Management
and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of the
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 the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements
contained in the Walking and Working
Surfaces Standard for General Industry.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
September 23, 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–2013–0002, U.S. 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 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 OSHA

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docket number (OSHA–2013–0002) 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 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 from the website. All
submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You may contact Theda Kenney at the
phone number below to obtain a copy
of the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Seleda Perryman, Directorate of
Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S.
Department of Labor, Washington, DC
20210; 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 consultation
program 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,
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 extent
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efforts in obtaining information (29
U.S.C. 657).
The collection of information
contained in the Walking and Working
Surfaces Standard for General Industry
is necessary to protect workers from
slip, trip, and fall hazards; increases
compliance flexibility for employers;
incorporates advances in industry best
practices, national consensus standards,
and technology since OSHA adopted the
standard in 1971; and provides greater
consistency between subpart D and
construction standards. The following
describes the information collection
requirements in subpart D.
Paragraph 1910.23(b)(10) requires that
the employer ensure that any ladder
with structural or other defects be
immediately tagged with ‘‘Dangerous:
Do Not Use’’ or with similar language in
accordance with § 1910.145 and
removed from service until ‘‘repaired
. . . or replaced.’’ The information will
alert employers and workers that the
ladder is not safe and must not be used.
Paragraph 1910.27(b)(1)(i) requires
that before any rope descent system is
used, the building owner inform the
employer in writing that the building
owner has identified, tested, certified,
and maintained each anchorage so it is
capable of supporting at least 5,000
pounds (268 kg), in any direction for
each employee attached. The
information must be based on an annual
inspection by a qualified person and
certification of each anchorage by a
qualified person, as necessary, and at
least every 10 years. The information
will assure employers and workers that
the building owner has inspected, tested
and certified the anchorage, which the
employer may not own or have any
control over, as safe to use. Paragraph
1910.27(b)(1)(ii) requires that the
employer ensure that no employee uses
any anchorage before the employer has
obtained written information from the
building owner indicating that each
anchorage meets the requirements of
§ 1910.27(b)(1)(i). The employer must
keep the information for the duration of
the job. The information will assure
employers and workers that the
anchorage, which the employer may not
own or have any control over, is safe to
use.
Paragraph 1910.28(b)(1)(ii) that
requires when the employer can
demonstrate that it is not feasible or
creates a greater hazard to use guardrail,
safety net, or personal fall protection
systems on residential roofs, the
employer must develop and implement
a fall protection plan that meets the
requirements of 29 CFR 1926.502(k) and
training that meets the requirements of
29 CFR 1926.503(a) and (c).

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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
approval of the information collection
requirements contained in the Walking
and Working Surfaces Standard for
General Industry (29 CFR part 1910,
subpart D). OSHA is requesting an
adjustment decrease in the burden
hours from 498,803 hours to 498,640
hours, a difference of 163 hours. The
decrease is due to the change in the
methodology of the calculations. 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: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Walking and Working Surfaces
for General Industry (29 CFR 1910,
subpart D).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0199.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal Government; State,
Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 487,500.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Various.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
498,640 hours.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $54,697,500.

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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 for the
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2013–0002).
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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 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, Acting 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 July 19,
2019.
Loren Sweatt,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library
Services
Submission for OMB Review,
Comment Request, Proposed
Collection: Museums for Digital
Learning Program Evaluation
Institute of Museum and
Library Services, National Foundation
on the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Submission for OMB Review,
Comment Request.
AGENCY:

The Institute of Museum and
Library Services announces the
following information collection has
been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This
program helps to ensure 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. By this notice, IMLS
is soliciting comments concerning the
forms and instructions for the program
evaluation for the Museums for Digital
Learning (MDL) Project for the next
three years.
A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by
contacting the individual listed below
in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Comments must be submitted to
the office listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section below on
or before August 25, 2019.
OMB is particularly interested in
comments that help the agency to:
• 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; and
• 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 submission
of responses).
SUMMARY:

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