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(1) Electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by
facsimile; or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the agency name
and the OSHA docket number for this
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2010–0037).
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 commenters about submitting
personal information such as your social
security number 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 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 from 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).

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Signed at Washington, DC, on November
14, 2019.
Loren Sweatt,
Principal 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–2010–0017]

Occupational Exposure to Noise
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 the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the
collection of information contained in
the Occupational Exposure to Noise
Standard.

SUMMARY:

Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
January 21, 2020.
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
your comments and attachments to the
OSHA Docket Office, Docket No.
OSHA–2010–0017, 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–2010–0017) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). All comments, including any
personal information you provide, such
as social security numbers and dates of
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birth, 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 also contact Theda Kenney at
(202) 693–2222 to obtain a copy of the
ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Theda Kenney or Seleda Perryman,
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
the 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 collection of information
requirements in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (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 (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 incidents (see 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 effort in obtaining said
information (see 29 U.S.C. 657).
The collection of information
specified in the Noise Standard (29 CFR

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1910.95) protects workers from suffering
material hearing impairment. The
collection of information contained in
the Noise Standard includes conducting
noise monitoring; notifying workers
when they are exposed at or above an
8-hour time-weighted average of 85
decibels (dBa); providing workers with
initial and annual audiograms; notifying
workers of a loss in hearing based on
comparing audiograms; maintaining
records of workplace noise exposure
and workers’ audiograms; and allowing
workers access to materials and records
required by the Standard.
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
The agency is requesting an
adjustment increase of burden hours
associated with the collection of
information in the Standard from
2,184,591 to 2,240,636 (a total increase
of 56,045 hours). The agency is also
requesting an adjustment increase in the
cost under Item 13 from $31,242,929 to
$34,812,006 (a total increase of
$3,569,077). The agency estimates that
there are 215,624 establishments and
3,684,785 employees exposed to 85 dBA
affected by the Standard. OSHA
estimates that the number of
establishments from the previous ICR
decreased by 0.2%, while the estimated
number of employees from the previous
ICR increased by 2.5%. These estimated
decreases and increases are based on
updated County Business Pattern data
for manufacturing.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Occupational Exposure to Noise
Standard (29 CFR 1910.95).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0048.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 215,624.
Total Responses: 22,630,728.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.

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Average Time per Response: Various.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
2,240,636.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $34,812,006.

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).

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; or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the agency name
and the OSHA docket number for this
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2010–0017).
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.
Due to 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 their
social security number 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 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 from the website, and for
assistance in using the internet to locate
docket submissions.

Signed at Washington, DC, on November
14, 2019.
Loren Sweatt,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Occupational Safety and Health.

V. Authority and Signature
Loren Sweatt, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health,

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Sunshine Act Meeting
The Legal Services
Corporation’s Board of Directors will
meet telephonically on November 22,
2019. The meeting will commence at
3:00 p.m. Eastern Time and will
continue until the conclusion of the
Committee’s agenda.
LOCATION: John N. Erlenborn Conference
Room, Legal Services Corporation
Headquarters, 3333 K Street NW,
Washington, DC 20007.
PUBLIC OBSERVATION: Members of the
public who are unable to attend in
person but wish to listen to the public
proceedings may do so by following the
telephone call-in directions provided
below.
CALL-IN DIRECTIONS FOR OPEN SESSIONS:
• Call in number: 1–866–451–4981;
• When prompted, enter the
following numeric pass code: 932–809–
0043
• When connected to the call, please
immediately ‘‘MUTE’’ your telephone.
Members of the public are asked to
keep their telephones muted to
eliminate background noises. To avoid
disrupting the meeting, please refrain
from placing the call on hold if doing so
will trigger recorded music or other
sound. From time to time, the Chair may
solicit comments from the public.
STATUS OF MEETING: Open.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
1. Approval of agenda.
2. Consider and act on the Board of
Directors’ transmittal to accompany the
Inspector General’s Semiannual Report
to Congress for the period of April 1,
2019 through September 30, 2019.
3. Public comment.
4. Consider and act on other business.
5. Consider and act on adjournment of
meeting.
CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: Karly
Satkowiak, Special Counsel, at (202)
295–1633. Questions may be sent by
email to [email protected].
ACCESSIBILITY: LSC complies with the
Americans with Disabilities Act and
DATE AND TIME:

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