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preparation of this notice under the
authority granted by section 19 of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (29 U.S.C. 668), 5 U.S.C. 7902, the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. 10), Executive Order 12196 and
14109, Secretary of Labor’s Order 8–
2020 (85 FR 58393, 9/18/2020), 29 CFR
part 1960 (Basic Program Elements for
Federal Employee Occupational Safety
and Health Programs), and 41 CFR part
102–3.
Signed at Washington, DC, on September 5,
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–2011–0125]

Occupational Safety and Health OnSite Consultation Agreements;
Revision 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
revise the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in the Occupational Safety and
Health On-Site Consultation
Agreements. This revision will combine
two separately approved data
collections into one paperwork package
for the On-Site Consultation Program.
The agency is proposing to combine the
Supporting Statement for Collection of
Information, On-Site Consultation
Agreements, Safety and Health Program
Assessment Worksheet, OSHA Form 33,
OMB Control Number 1218–0110,
Expiration Date: February 28, 2025); and
Supporting Statement for the Collection
of Information Requirements in the PSM
On-Site Consultation Agreements, OMB
Control Number 1218–0281, Expiration
Date: July 31, 2026.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
November 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit
comments and attachments
electronically at https://

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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–2011–0125) 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 respondents’ (i.e.,
employers and consultants) 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 from
employers as necessary or appropriate
for enforcement of the OSH Act or for
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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).
Section 7(c)(1) of the OSH Act
authorizes the Secretary of Labor
(Secretary) to, ‘‘with the consent of any
State or political subdivision thereof,
accept and use the services, facilities,
and personnel of any agency of such
State or subdivision with
reimbursement.’’ Section 21(c) of the
OSH Act authorizes the Secretary to
‘‘consult with and advise employers and
employees . . . as to effective means of
preventing occupational illnesses and
injuries.’’
Additionally, Section 21(d) of the
OSH Act instructs the Secretary to
‘‘establish and support cooperative
agreements with the States (and
Territories) under which employers
subject to the Act may consult with
State 1 personnel (i.e., consultants) with
respect to the application of
occupational safety and health
requirements under the Act or under
State Plans approved under section 18
of the Act.’’ This gives the Secretary
authority to enter into agreements with
the States to provide On-Site
Consultation services and establish
rules under which employers may
qualify for a programmed inspection
deferral. To satisfy the intent of these
and other sections of the OSH Act,
OSHA codified the terms that govern
cooperative agreements between OSHA
and State governments whereby State
agencies provide On-Site Consultation
services to private employers to assist
them in complying with the
requirements of the OSH Act. The terms
were codified as the On-Site
Consultation Program regulations (29
CFR part 1908).
The On-Site Consultation Program
regulations specify services to be
provided, and practices and procedures
to be followed by the State On-Site
Consultation programs. Information
collection requirements set forth in the
On-Site Consultation Program
regulations are in two categories: State
Responsibilities and Employer
Responsibilities. Eight regulatory
provisions require information
collection activities by the State. The
Federal government provides 90 percent
1 Use of State within this document in regards to
the On-Site Consultation Agreements/Program
refers to both State governments and U.S.
Territories.

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of the funds for On-Site Consultation
services delivered by the States, which
result in the information collection.
Four requirements apply to employers
and specify conditions for receiving the
free consultation services.
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.

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III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is proposing that OMB revise
the approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the
Occupational Safety and Health On-Site
Consultation Agreements. The agency is
requesting an adjustment decrease and a
program change to incorporate the
collections from OMB Control Number
1218–0281. The number of burden
hours have decreased from 223,495 to
195,692 hours, a difference of 27,759
hours. OSHA attributes this to fewer
visits being conducted in recent years,
including FY 2023. The reason for the
fewer visits is likely flat funding of the
program and inflationary pressures due
to cost-of-living increases. Also, some
Consultation programs are only now
reestablishing onsite visits to worksites
that were inaccessible during
restrictions that resulted from the
COVID–19 pandemic. Although there
have been burden hour increases
associated with some activities (e.g.,
adding activities associated with
consultation visits involving the
assessment of worksites where Process
Safety Management (PSM) evaluations
are conducted that were previously
approved in OMB Control Number
1218–0281, and OSHA’s instructions to
Consultation programs to use the entire
Form 33 on more consultation visits, to
enhance consultation services to small
business employers), these burden hour
increases have been fewer than the
decreased burden hours associated with
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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: Revision of a
currently approved data collection.
Title: Occupational Safety and Health
On-Site Consultation Agreements.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0110.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 23,166.
Number of Responses: 76,585.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
195,736.
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–2011–0125). 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)
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

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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 September 4,
2024.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice: 24–062]

NASA Advisory Council; Meeting
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) announces a
meeting of the NASA Advisory Council
(NAC).
DATES: Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 1
p.m.–5 p.m. central time; and
Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 8:30 a.m.–
1:30 p.m. central time.
ADDRESSES: Meeting will be virtual. See
dial-in and Webex Webinar information
below under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
SUMMARY:

Ms.
Marcia Guignard, NAC Administrative
Officer, NASA Headquarters,
Washington, DC 20546,
[email protected] or at 202–
763–3457.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As noted
above, this meeting is virtual and will
take place telephonically and via a
webinar. If dialing in via toll number,
you must use a touch-tone phone to
participate in this meeting. Any
interested person may join via Webex
Webinar on October 1st at https://
nasaenterprise.webex.com/
nasaenterprise/j.php?MTID=m097ea
bae15296a70ecd40a1c56c1ae9b, the
webinar number is 2825 365 0502, and
the webinar password is RAveP2iv@35
(72837248 when dialing from a phone
or video system). The toll number to
listen by phone is +1–415–527–5035
and the access code is 282 536 50502.
Any interested person may join via
Webex Webinar on October 2nd at
https://nasaenterprise.webex.com/
nasaenterprise/j.php?MTID=mfc4a15
e035c6f3228112a3713474de2e, the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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