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information that does not display a
valid Control Number. See 5 CFR
1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL requests
OMB reinstatement for this information
collection under Control Number 1240–
0048.
OMB authorization for an ICR cannot
be for more than three (3) years without
renewal. The DOL seeks to reinstate
PRA authorization for this information
collection for three (3) more years,
without any change to existing
requirements. For additional substantive
information about this ICR, see the
related notice published in the Federal
Register on November 13, 2019 (84 FR
61657).
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs at
the address shown in the ADDRESSES
section within thirty (30) days of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. In order to help ensure
appropriate consideration, comments
should mention OMB Control Number
1240–0048. The OMB 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; 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.
Agency: DOL–OWCP.
Title of Collection: Notice of Issuance
of Insurance Policy.
OMB Control Number: 1240–0048.
Affected Public: Private Sector:
Businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 3,465.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 3,465.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
58 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $9.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

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Dated: January 28, 2020.
Frederick Licari,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2010–0018]

Asbestos in General Industry;
Extension of the Office of Management
and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of
Collection of Information
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 Standard on Asbestos in General
Industry.

SUMMARY:

Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by April
6, 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–2010–0018, 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–2010–0018) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). All comments, including any
personal information you provide, such
as social security number and date of
birth, are placed in the public docket
without change, and may be made
available online at http://
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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 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 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 said
information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The basic purpose of the collection of
information in the Asbestos in General
Industry Standard (29 CFR 1910.1001)
(the Standard) is to document that
employers in general industry are

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providing their workers with protection
from exposure to hazardous asbestos.
Asbestos exposure results in asbestosis,
an emphysema-like condition; lung
cancer; mesothelioma; and
gastrointestinal cancer.
Several provisions of the Standard
require a collection of information,
including: Implementing an exposure
monitoring program that notifies
workers of their exposure monitoring
results, establishing a written
compliance program, and informing
laundry personnel of the requirement to
prevent release of airborne asbestos
above the time-weighted average and
excursion limit. Other information
collection in the Standard include:
Maintaining records of information
obtained concerning the presence,
location, and quantity of asbestoscontaining materials (ACMs) and/or
presumed asbestos-containing materials
(PACMs) in a building/facility; notifying
housekeeping workers of the presence
and location of ACMs and PACMs in
areas they may occupy during their
work; and using information, data, and
analyses to demonstrate that PACMs do
not contain asbestos. In addition, the
collection of information in the
Standard includes: Providing medical
surveillance for workers potentially
exposed to ACMs and/or PACMs,
including administering a worker
medical questionnaire, providing
information to the examining physician,
and providing the physician’s written
opinion to the worker; maintaining
records of exposure monitoring,
objective data used for exposure
determinations, and medical
surveillance; and making specified
records (e.g., exposure monitoring and
medical surveillance records) available
to designated parties.
This collection of information permits
employers, workers and their designated
representatives, OSHA, and other
specified parties to determine the
effectiveness of an employer’s asbestoscontrol program. Accordingly, the
requirements ensure that workers
exposed to asbestos receive all of the
protections afforded 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
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• 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 an adjustment
increase in the burden hours from
11,688 hours to 11,745 hours, for a total
increase of 57 hours. The increase is due
to the agency’s use of a new method for
rounding burden hours. Capital costs
increased, from $963,650 to $1,018,728,
an increase of $55,078. This adjustment
is related to increased costs to conduct
a medical examination (from $156 to
$165). In addition, the estimated costs
for contract industrial hygiene services
to conduct exposure monitoring
sampling increased from $50.25 to
$52.52. The increase in the exposure
monitoring sampling cost is due to the
agency’s use of a different method of
calculating employee compensation.
OSHA is providing the following
summary information about the
Asbestos in General Industry
information collection:
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Asbestos in General Industry (29
CFR 1910.1001).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0133.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 121.
Frequency of Responses: Varies.
Total Responses: 30,847.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
11,745.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $1,018,728.
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–2010–0018).
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
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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.
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 January 29,
2020.
Loren Sweatt,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Occupational Safety and Health.
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