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worker, a copy of a physician’s
statement regarding the worker’s
suitability for continued exposure to
VC, including use of protective
equipment and respirators, if
appropriate.
(F) Communication of VC Hazards
(§ 1910.1017(l))
Under paragraph 1910.1017(l)(1),
Hazard Communication, the employer
shall ensure that at least the following
hazards are addressed: cancer; central
nervous system effects; liver effects;
blood effects; and flammability. Under
paragraph 1910.1017(l)(1)(iii), the
employer shall include vinyl chloride
and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in the
program established to comply with the
Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)
(§ 1910.1200). The employer shall
ensure that each employee has access to
labels on containers of chemicals and
substances associated with vinyl and
polyvinyl chloride and to safety data
sheets and is trained in accordance with
the provisions of HCS and the paragraph
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(G) Recordkeeping (§ 1910.1017(m))
Employers must maintain worker
exposure and medical records. Medical
and monitoring records are maintained
principally for worker access but are
designed to provide valuable
information to both workers and
employers. The medical and monitoring
records required by this standard will
aid workers and their physicians in
determining whether or not treatment or
other interventions are needed for VC
exposure. The information also will
enable employers to ensure that workers
are not being overexposed; such
information may alert the employer that
steps must be taken to reduce VC
exposures.
Exposure records must be maintained
for at least 30 years, and medical
records must be kept for the duration of
employment plus 20 years, or for a total
of 30 years, whichever is longer.
Records must be kept for extended
periods because of the long latency
period associated with VC-related
carcinogenesis (i.e., cancer). Cancer
often cannot be detected until 20 or
more years after the first exposure to
VC.
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
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• 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, and
transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
the approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the
Vinyl Chloride Standard. The agency is
requesting an adjustment decrease in
the burden hours amount from 602
hours to 592 hours, a difference of 10
hours.
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: Vinyl Chloride Standard.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0010.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 29.
Number of Responses: 869.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 592.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $32,193.
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 https://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal; or (2) by
facsimile (fax), if your comments,
including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages you may fax them to the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.
All comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
ICR (OSHA–2011–0196). You may
supplement electronic submission by
uploading document files electronically.
Comments and submissions are
posted without change at https://
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 https://www.regulations.gov index,
some information (e.g., copyrighted

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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 https://
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.
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
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506
et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 8–2020 (85 FR 58393).
Signed at Washington, DC, on May 15,
2024.
James S. Frederick,
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–2011–0035]

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:

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 subpart A (General
Provisions) and subpart B (Confined and
Enclosed Spaces and other Dangerous
Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by July
22, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit
comments and attachments
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electronically at https://
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 https://
www.regulations.gov. Documents in the
docket are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index; however,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through the websites.
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–2011–0035) 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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 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
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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 is a description of the
requirements in subparts A and B that
pertain to the collection and retention of
information. Two provisions 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 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));
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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));
• Posting signs prohibiting ignition
sources within or near a space that has
contained bulk quantities of flammable
or combustible liquids or gases
(§ 1915.13(b)(10));
• Ensure that confined and enclosed
spaces and other atmospheres, and
boundaries of spaces or pipelines are
tested before workers perform hot work
in these work areas (§ 1915.14(a)(1));
• Post certificates of testing
conducted by a Marine Chemist or Coast
Guard authorized person, indicating it is
‘‘Safe for Hot Work,’’ in the immediate
vicinity of the hot-work operation while
the operation is in progress
(§§ 1915.14(a));
• Retain certificates of testing
conducted by a Marine Chemist or Coast
Guard authorized person on file for at
least three months after completing the
operation (§ 1915.14(a)(2)); and
• Post warning labels, indicating it is
‘‘Not Safe for Hot Work,’’ where testing
of a space or adjacent space where the
hot work is to be done has a
concentration of flammable vapors or
gases equal to or greater than 10 percent
of the lower explosive limit.
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, and
transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
the approval of the information
collection requirements contained in
Subpart A (General Provisions) and
Subpart B (Confined and Enclosed
Spaces and other Dangerous
Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment).
The agency is requesting an adjustment
decrease in burden from 566,818 hours
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hours. This adjustment decrease is due
to the decrease in the number of
establishments from 4,716 to 4,674 and
a decrease in the number of employees
from 150,866 to 150,158.
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: Subpart A (General Provisions)
and Subpart B (Confined and Enclosed
Spaces and other Dangerous
Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0011.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 4,674.
Number of Responses: 3,505,495.
Frequency of Responses: 1.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
558,598.
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 https://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal; or (2) by
facsimile (fax), if your comments,
including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages you may fax them to the
OSHA Docket Office at 202–693–1648.
All comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
ICR (OSHA–2011–0035). You may
supplement electronic submission by
uploading document files electronically.
Comments and submissions are
posted without change at https://
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 https://www.regulations.gov index,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download from this website. All
submission, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
Information on using the https://
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)
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available from the website, and for
assistance in using the internet to locate
docket submissions.
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
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506
et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 8–2020 (85 FR 58393).
Signed at Washington, DC, on May 15,
2024.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice: 24–033]

(Password is case sensitive.) Note: If
dialing in, please ‘‘mute’’ your
telephone. The agenda for the meeting
will include the following:
—Opening Remarks by Chair
—NASA STEM Engagement Update
—Presentation Topics:
—Æ NASA STEM Engagement
Strategic Implementation Plan
—Æ NASA OSTEM and ARMD
Collaboration
—Æ NASA STEM Engagement
Partnerships
—Æ NASA STEM Gateway/Metrics
—Formulation of New Findings and
Recommendations
—Other Related Topics
It is imperative that the meeting be
held on this date to accommodate the
scheduling priorities of the key
participants.
Carol J. Hamilton,
Acting Advisory Committee Management
Officer, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024–11167 Filed 5–21–24; 8:45 am]

NASA Advisory Council; STEM
Engagement Committee; Meeting

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National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION

AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public
Law 92–463, as amended, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
announces a meeting of the Science,
Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM) Engagement
Committee of the NASA Advisory
Council (NAC). This Committee reports
to the NAC.
DATES: Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 10:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. eastern time.
ADDRESSES: Virtual meeting by dial-in
teleconference and WebEx only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Tara Strang, Designated Federal Officer
(DFO), NAC STEM Engagement
Committee, NASA Headquarters,
Washington, DC 20546, (216) 410–4335,
or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
meeting will be available virtually
telephonically and by WebEx. You must
use a touch-tone phone to participate in
this meeting. Any interested person may
dial the toll free access number 415–
527–5035, and then the access code: 281
938 94640 followed by the # sign. To
join via WebEx, use link: https://nasa
enterprise.webex.com/nasaenterprise/
j.php?MTID=m1fd0decc
781c9ea4984a116d51f98983 and the
meeting number is 2819 389 4640 and
the password is d5mTh2b5Hw@
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[NASA Document No: NASA–24–034; NASA
Docket No: NASA–2024–0001]

Name of Information Collection:
Generic Clearance for the NASA Office
of STEM Engagement Performance
Measurement and Evaluation (Testing)
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of information collection.
AGENCY:

NASA, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA).
DATES: Comments are due by July 22,
2024.
SUMMARY:

Written comments and
recommendations for this information
collection should be sent within 30 days
of publication of this notice at http://
www.regulations.gov and search for
NASA Docket No: NASA–2024–0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to NASA PRA Clearance
Officer, Stayce Hoult, NASA
Headquarters, 300 E Street SW, JC0000,
ADDRESSES:

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