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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 41 / Wednesday, March 2, 2022 / Notices
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Seleda Perryman or Theda Kenney,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor;
telephone (202) 693–2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0032]

Construction Standards on Posting
Emergency Telephone Numbers and
Floor Load Limits; 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
information collection requirements
specified in the Construction Standards
on Posting Emergency Telephone
Numbers and Maximum Safe Floor Load
Limits.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by May
2, 2022.
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.
Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Documents in the
docket 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
through the OSHA Docket Office.
Contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202)
693–2350 (TTY (877) 889–5627) for
assistance in locating docket
submissions.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and OSHA
docket number (OSHA–2011–0032) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). OSHA will place all comments,
including any personal information, in
the public docket, which may be made
available online. Therefore, OSHA
cautions interested parties about
submitting personal information such as
social security numbers and birthdates.
For further information on submitting
comments, see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading in the section of
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.

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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, 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 (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
maximum extent feasible unnecessary
duplication of effort in obtaining
information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The following sections describe who
uses the information collected under
each requirement, as well as how they
use it. The purpose of these
requirements is to reduce employees’
risk of death or serious injury by
ensuring that employment has been
tested and is in safe operating condition.
Two construction standards, ‘‘Medical
Services and First Aid’’ (§ 1926.50), and
‘‘General Requirements for Storage’’
(§ 1926.250), contain posting provisions.
Paragraph (f) of § 1926.50 requires
employers to conspicuously post
emergency telephone numbers for
physicians, hospitals, or ambulances at
their worksites if 911 emergency
telephone service is not locally
available; in the event that a worker has
a serious injury at a worksite, this
posting requirement helps expedite
emergency medical treatment of the
worker. Paragraph (a)(2) of § 1926.250
specifies that employers must post the
maximum safe load limits of floors
located in storage areas inside buildings
or other structures under construction,
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(sitting on the ground). This provision
prohibits employers from overloading
floors in areas used to store material and
equipment where a structure’s floors are
not supported directly by the ground.
This requirement is intended to prevent
floor collapses which could seriously
injure or kill workers.
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 to protect workers,
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 information
collection requirements contained in the
two construction standards, ‘‘Medical
Services and First Aid’’ paragraph (f) of
§ 1926.50, and ‘‘General Requirements
for Storage’’ paragraph (a)(2) of
§ 1926.250. The agency is requesting an
adjustment increase in burden hours
from 36,919 hours to 55,184 hours, a
difference of 18,265 hours. This increase
is due to the increase in the number of
construction sites from 707,776 to
885,922 construction sites.
OSHA will summarize the comments
submitted in response to this notice and
will include this summary in the
request to OMB to extend the approval
of the information collection
requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Construction Standards on the
Posting of Emergency Telephone
Numbers and Floor Load Limits (29 CFR
1926.50 and 29 CFR 1926.250).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0093.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 885,922.
Number of Responses: 263,262.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
55,184.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $0.

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IV. Public Participation—Submission of
Comments on This Notice and Internet
Access to Comments and Submissions

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506
et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).

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 for the
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0032).
You may supplement electronic
submissions by uploading document
files electronically. If you wish to mail
additional materials in reference to an
electronic or a 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 that 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.
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 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
available from the website, and for
assistance in using the internet to locate
docket submissions.

Signed at Washington, DC, on February 15,
2022.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.

V. Authority and Signature
James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, directed the
preparation of this notice. The authority
for this notice is the Paperwork

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[FR Doc. 2022–04313 Filed 3–1–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–26–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Workers’ Compensation
Programs
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request;
Representative Fee Request (CA–143/
CA–155)
Office of Workers’
Compensations
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Labor
(DOL) is soliciting comments
concerning a proposed revision for the
authority to conduct the information
collection request (ICR) titled,
‘‘Representative Fee Request’’ (CA–143/
CA–155). This comment request is part
of continuing Departmental efforts to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA).
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
written comments received by May 2,
2022.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with
applicable supporting documentation,
including a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of
response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained free by contacting
Anjanette Suggs by telephone at 202–
354–9660 or by email at
[email protected].
Submit written comments about, or
requests for a copy of, this ICR by mail
or courier to the U.S. Department of
Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs, Room S3323, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20210; by email: suggs.anjanette@
dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anjanette Suggs by telephone at 202–
354–9660 or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOL,
as part of continuing efforts to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies an opportunity to
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comment on proposed and/or
continuing collections of information
before submitting them to the OMB for
final approval. This program helps to
ensure 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 can be properly
assessed.
Background: The Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs (OWCP)
administers the Federal Employees’
Compensation Act (FECA). Individuals
filing for compensation benefits with
the Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs (OWCP) may be represented
by an attorney or other representative.
The representative is entitled to request
a fee for services under the Federal
Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA).
The fee must be approved by the OWCP
before any demand for payment can be
made by the representative. This
information collection request sets forth
the criteria for the information, which
must be presented by the respondent in
order to have the fee approved by the
OWCP. The information collection does
not have a particular form or format; the
respondent must present the
information in any format which is
convenient and which meets all the
required information criteria. This
information collection is currently
approved for use through July 31, 2022.
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless the OMB
under the PRA approves it and displays
a currently valid OMB Control Number.
In addition, notwithstanding any other
provisions of law, no person shall be
subject to penalty for failing to comply
with a collection of information that
does not display a valid Control
Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(b) and
1320.6.
Interested parties are encouraged to
provide comments to the contact shown
in the ADDRESSES section. Written
comments will receive consideration,
and be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval of the final
ICR. In order to help ensure appropriate
consideration, comments should
mention OMB Number 1240–0049.
Submitted comments will also be a
matter of public record for this ICR and
posted on the internet, without
redaction. The DOL encourages
commenters not to include personally
identifiable information, confidential
business data, or other sensitive

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