Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Numbers Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Numbers Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY:

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION:

Notice; announcement of OMB approval of information collection requirements.

SUMMARY:

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announces that OMB has extended its approval for a number of information collection requirements found in sections of 29 CFR pars 1910, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1926, and 1928. OSHA sought approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA-95), and, as required by that Act, is announcing the approval number and expiration dates for those requirements.

DATES:

This notice is effective June 22, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Todd Owen or Theda Kenney, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3609, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone: (202) 693-2222.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

In a series of

Federal Register

notices, the Agency announced its requests to OMB to renew its current extensions of approvals for various information collection (paperwork) requirements in its safety and health standards for general industry, shipyard employment, longshoring, marine terminals, the construction industry, and agriculture (

i.e.,

29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1926, and 1928). In these

Federal Register

announcements, the Agency provided 60-day comment periods for the public to respond to OSHA's burden-hour and cost estimates.

In accordance with PRA-95 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), OMB renewed its approval for these information collection requirements and assigned OMB control numbers to these requirements. The table below provides the following information for each of these OMB-approved requirements: The title of the collection; the date of the

Federal Register

notice; the

Federal Register

reference (date, volume, and leading page); OMB's control number; and the new expiration date.

Title

Date of

Federal Register

Publication,

Federal Register

Reference, and OSHA Docket No.

OMB Control No.

Expiration Date

Acrylonitrile (29 CFR 1910.1045)

06/15/2005, 70 FR 34799, Docket No. 1218-0126 (2005)

1218-0126

11/30/2008

1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane (DBCP) Standard (29 CFR 1910.1044)

09/01/2005, 70 FR 52132, Docket No. 1218-0101 (2005)

1218-0101

02.28/2009

Asbestos in Construction (29 CFR 1926.1101)

10/27/2005, 70 FR 62002, Docket No. 1218-0134 (2006)

1218-0134

02/28/2009

Asbestos in Shipyards (29 CFR 1915.1001)

10/27/2005, 70 FR 62003, Docket No. 1218-0195 (2006)

1218-0195

02/28/2009

Blasting and the Use of Explosives (29 CFR part 1926, subpart U)

11/25/2005, 70 FR 71174, Docket No. 1218-0217 (2006)

1218-0217

03/31/2009

Cadmium in Construction (29 CFR 1926.1127)

10/27/2005, 70 FR 62006, Docket No. 1218-0186 (2006)

1218-0185

03/31/2009

Cadmium in General Industry (29 CFR 1910.1027)

10/27/2005, 70 FR 62005, Docket No. 1218-0185 (2006)

1218-0185

03/31/2009

Coke Oven Emissions (29 CFR 1910.1029)

05/23/2005, 70 FR 29536, Docket No. 1218-0128 (2006)

1218-0128

10/31/2008

Cotton Dust (29 CFR 1910.1043)

06/28/2005, 70 FR 37122, Docket No. 1218-0061 (2005)

1218-0061

11/30/2008

Design of Cave-in Protection Systems (29 CFR 1926.652)

12/07/2004, 69 FR 70710, Docket No. 1218-0137 (2005)

1218-0137

06/30/2008

Electrical Standards for Construction (29 CFR part 1926, subpart K) and for General Industry (29 CFR part 1910, subpart S)

04/20/2005, 70 FR 20604, Docket No. 1218-0130 (2005)

1218-0130

09/30/2008

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) (29 CFR 1910.120)

10/27/2005, 70 FR 61999, Docket No. 1218-0202 (2006)

1218-0202

03/31/2009

Inorganic Arsenic (29 CFR 1910.1018)

07/22/2005, 70 FR 42389, Docket No. 1218-0104 (2005)

1218-0104

11/30/2008

Marine Terminals Standards (29 CFR part 1917) and Safety and Health Regulations for Longshoring (29 CFR part 1918)

11/21/2005, 70 FR 70102, Docket No. 1218-0196 (2006)

1218-0196

03/31/2009

Methylene Chloride (29 CFR 1910.1052)

12/07/2004, 69 FR 70709, Docket No. 1218-0179 (2005)

1218-0179

06/30/2008

OSHA Strategic Partnership Program for Worker Safety and Health (OSPP)

11/25/2005, 70 FR 71173, Docket No. 1218-0244 (2006)

1218-0244

03/31/2009

Permit-Required Confined Spaces (29 CFR 1910.146)

08/31/2005, 70 FR 51849, Docket No. 1218-0203 (2005)

1218-0203

02/28/2009

Servicing Multi-Piece and Single Piece Rim Wheels (29 CFR 1910.177)

07/22/2005, 70 FR 42392, Docket No. 1218-0219 (2005)

1218-0219

11/30/2008

Shipyard Employment Standards (29 CFR 1915.113(b)(1) and 1915.172(d))

07/22/2005, 70 FR 42390, Docket No. 1218-0220 (2005)

1218-0220

11/30/2008

Slings (29 CFR 1910.184)

05/26/2005, 70 FR 30488, Docket No. 1218-0223 (2005)

1218-0223

10/31/2008

Subpart A (“General Provisions”) and Subpart B (“Confined and Enclosed Spaces and other Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment”) (29 CFR part 1915)

04/01/2005, 70 FR 16871, Docket No. 1218-0011 (2005)

1218-0011

07/31/2008

Telecommunications (Training Certification Record) (29 CFR 1910.268(c))

07/22/2005, 70 FR 42391, Docket No. 1218-0225 (2005)

1218-0225

12/31/2008

Vinyl Chloride Standard (29 CFR 1910.1017)

06/10/2005, 70 FR 33926, Docket No. 1218-0010 (2005)

1218-0010

10/31/2008

In accordance with 5 CFR 1320.5(b), an agency cannot conduct, sponsor, or require a response to a collection of information unless the collection displays a valid OMB control number and the agency informs respondents that they are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Authority and Signature

Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., 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. 5-2002 (67 FR 65008).

Signed at Washington, DC, on June 14, 2006.

Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 06-5578 Filed 6-21-06; 8:45 am]

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