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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0034]

Subpart A (‘‘General Provisions’’) and
Subpart B (‘‘Confined and Enclosed
Spaces and Other Dangerous
Atmospheres in Shipyard
Employment’’); 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:

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public
comments concerning the proposal to
extend the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in Subpart A ‘‘General
Provisions’’ and Subpart B ‘‘Confined
and Enclosed Spaces and Other
Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard
Employment’’.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
February 22, 2021.
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–2011–0034, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N–3653,
200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20210. Please note:
While OSHA’s Docket Office is
continuing to accept and process
submissions by regular mail, due to the
COVID–19 pandemic, the Docket Office
is closed to the public and not able to
receive submissions to the docket by
hand, express mail, messenger, and
courier service.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and the OSHA
docket number (OSHA–2011–0034) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). All comments, including any
personal information you provide, such
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as social security numbers or date of
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.
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
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 information collection
requirements in accordance 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 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.)
authorizes information collection by
employers as necessary or appropriate
for enforcement of the 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).

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The following is a description of the
requirements in subparts A and B that
pertain to the collection and retention of
information.
One provision in subpart A contains
paperwork requirements (§ 1915.7).
Section 1915.7(b)(2) specifies that
shipyard employers must maintain a
roster of designated competent persons
(for inspecting and testing spaces
covered by subpart B), or a statement
that a marine chemist will perform these
inspections and tests. Section 1915.7(d)
requires employers to ensure that
competent persons, marine chemists,
and certified industrial hygienists
(CIHs) make a record of each inspection
and test they conduct, post the record
near the covered space while work is in
progress, and retain the record for at
least three months. In addition,
employers must make the roster or
statement, and the inspection and test
records available for inspection by
designated parties.
Subpart B consists of several
standards governing entry into confined
and enclosed spaces and other
dangerous atmospheres in shipyard
employment. These standards require
that employers:
• Ensure that competent persons
conduct inspections and atmospheric
testing prior to workers entering a
confined or enclosed space
(§§ 1915.12(a)–(c));
• Warn workers not to enter
hazardous spaces and other dangerous
atmospheres (§§ 1915.12 (a)–(c) and
1915.16);
• Certify that workers who will be
entering confined or enclosed spaces
have been trained (§ 1915.12(d)(5));
• Establish and train shipyard rescue
teams or arrange for outside rescue
teams, and provide them with
information on the hazards that they
may encounter (§ 1915.12(e));
• Ensure that one person on each
rescue team maintains a current first aid
training certificate (§ 1915.12(e)(1)(iv));
• Exchange information regarding
hazards, safety rules, and emergency
procedures concerning confined and
enclosed spaces, and atmospheres with
other employers whose workers may
enter these spaces and atmospheres
(§ 1915.12(f));
• Ensure testing of spaces having
contained bulk quantities of
combustible or flammable liquids or
gases, and toxic, corrosive, or irritating
substances before cleaning and other
cold work is started, and as necessary
thereafter while the operations are
ongoing (§§ 1915.13(b)(2) and (4));
• Post signs prohibiting ignition
sources within or near a space that has
contained bulk quantities of flammable

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or combustible liquids or gases
(§ 1915.13(b)(10));
• Ensure that confined and enclosed
spaces and other dangerous
atmospheres, and boundaries of spaces
or pipelines are tested before workers
perform hot work in these work areas
(§ 1915.14(a)(1));
• Post warnings of testing conducted
by competent persons and certificates of
testing conducted by a Marine Chemist
or Coast Guard authorized person in the
immediate vicinity of the hot-work
operation while the operation is in
progress (§§ 1915.14(a) and (b)); and
• Retain certificates of testing on file
for at least three months after
completing the operation
(§ 1915.14(a)(2)).

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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
the approval of the collection of
information (paperwork) requirements
mandated by Subpart A (‘‘General
Provisions’’) and Subpart B (‘‘Confined
and Enclosed Spaces and Other
Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard
Employment’’) of 29 CFR part 1915. The
agency is requesting an adjustment
decrease of 19,246 burden hours (from
586,064 to 566,818 hours). The
adjustment decrease is due to a decrease
in the number of establishments affected
by these standards.
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: Subpart A (‘‘General
Provisions’’) and Subpart B (‘‘Confined
and Enclosed Spaces and Other
Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard
Employment’’) (29 CFR part 1915).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0011.
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Federal Government; State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 4,716.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Total Responses: 3,555,305.
Average Time per Response: Various.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
566,818.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $0.
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.
Please note: While OSHA’s Docket
Office is continuing to accept and
process submissions by regular mail,
due to the COVID–19 pandemic, the
Docket Office is closed to the public and
not able to receive submissions to the
docket by hand, express mail,
messenger, and courier service. All
comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the agency name
and the OSHA docket number (Docket
No. OSHA–2011–0034) 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 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.
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 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 at
(202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–5627)
for information about materials not

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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 December
18, 2020.
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–2011–0056]

Voluntary Protection Programs
Information; 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:

SUMMARY: 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 Voluntary Protection
Programs Information.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
February 22, 2021.
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, OSHA
Docket No. OSHA–2011–0056,
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, U.S. Department of

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