Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of the 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 the 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 announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extended its approval for a number of information collection requirements found in sections of 29 CFR parts 1910, 1915, and 1926. OSHA sought approval of these requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA-95), and, as required by that Act, is announcing the approval numbers and expiration dates for these requirements.

DATES:

This notice is effective September 19, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Theda Kenney or Todd Owen, 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 pertaining to, general industry, shipyard employment, and the construction industry (i.e., 29 CFR parts 1910, 1915, and 1926), and regulations containing procedures for handling of retaliation complaints. 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 information collection requirements approved by OMB: the title of the

Federal Register

notice; the

Federal Register

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

Title of the information collection request

Date of

Federal Register

publication,

Federal Register

reference, and OSHA Docket No.

OMB control No.

Expiration date

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

04/06/2012, 77 FR 20850, Docket No. 2012-0010

1218-0101

11/30/2015

1,3-Butadiene Standard (29 CFR 1910.1051)

07/06/2012, 77 FR 40087, Docket No. OSHA-2012-0027

1218-0170

02/29/2016

4,4′-Methylenedianiline for General Industry (29 CFR 1910.1050)

01/30/2013, 78 FR 6350, Docket No. OSHA-2012-0040

1218-0184

06/30/2016

4,4′-Methylenedianiline for Construction (29 CFR 1926.60)

11/16/2012, 77 FR 68849, Docket No. OSHA-2012-0031

1218-0183

05/31/2016

Asbestos in Shipyards Standard (29 CFR 1915.1001)

04/02/2012, 77 FR 19737, Docket No. OSHA-2012-0009

1218-0195

11/30/2015

Benzene (29 CFR 1910.1028)

02/28/2013, 78 FR 13707, Docket No. 2013-0008

1218-0129

06/30/2016

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

02/17/2012, 77 FR 9703, Docket No. OSHA-2011-0747

1218-0217

08/31/2015

Cadmium in Construction Standard (29 CFR 1926.1127)

03/06/2012, 77 FR 13357, Docket No. OSHA-2012-0004

1218-0186

08/31/2015

Cadmium in General Industry (29 CFR 1910.1027)

03/06/2012, 77 FR 13359, Docket No. OSHA-2012-0005

1218-0185

08/31/2015

Electrical Protective Equipment (29 CFR 1910.137), and Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution (29 CFR 1910.269)

01/23/2013, 78 FR 4873, Docket No. OSHA-2013-0003

1218-0190

06/30/2016

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

04/30/2012, 77 FR 25500, Docket No. OSHA-2011-0862

1218-0202

11/30/2015

Hexavalent Chromium Standards for General Industry (29 CFR 1910.1026), Shipyard Employment (29 CFR 1915.1026), and Construction (29 CFR 1926.1126)

10/09/2012, 77 FR 61431, Docket No. OSHA-2012-0034

1218-0252

05/31/2016

Inorganic Arsenic Standard (29 CFR 1910.1018)

10/20/2011, 76 FR 65217, Docket No. OSHA-2011-0186

1218-0104

03/31/2015

Lead in Construction Standard (29 CFR 1926.62)

08/10/2012, 77 FR 47883, Docket No. OSHA-2012-0014

1218-0189

02/29/2016

Lead in General Industry (29 CFR 1910.1025)

08/10/2012, 77 FR 47882, Docket No. OSHA-2012-0013

1218-0092

02/29/2016

Occupational Safety and Health Administration Strategic Partnership Programs for Worker Safety and Health (OSPP)

04/26/2012, 77 FR 24992, Docket No. OSHA-2011-0861

1218-0244

12/31/2015

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for General Industry (29 CFR part 1910 subpart I)

01/30/2013, 78 FR 6352, Docket No. OSHA-2013-0004

1218-0205

06/30/2016

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Shipyard Employment (29 CFR Part 1915, subpart I)

12/05/2012, 77 FR 72411, Docket No. OSHA-2012-0038

1218-0215

05/31/2016

Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (PSM) (29 CFR 1910.119)

11/06/2012, 77 FR 66638, Docket No. OSHA-2012-0039

1218-0200

05/31/2016

Reports of Injuries to Employees Operating Mechanical Power Presses (29 CFR 1910.217(g))

05/25/2012, 77 FR 31396, OSHA-2012-0017

1218-0070

10/31/2015

Temporary Labor Camps (29 CFR 1910.142)

05/25/2012, 77 FR 31395, OSHA No. 2012-0012

1218-0096

10/31/2015

Walking-Working Surfaces Standard (29 CFR part 1910, subpart D)

02/13/2013, 78 FR 10212, Docket No. OSHA-2013-0002

1218-0199

06/30/2016

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 need not respond to the collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number.

Authority and Signature

David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this notice. The authority for this notice is 44 U.S.C. 3506

et seq.

and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-2012 (77 FR 3912).

Signed at Washington, DC, on September 16, 2013.

David Michaels,

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.

[FR Doc. 2013-22823 Filed 9-18-13; 8:45 am]

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