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 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. In addition, OSHA announces that OMB approved a revision to the Recordkeeping and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (29 CFR part 1904) Information Collection Request (ICR) (paperwork package) and the collection of information requirements contained in the Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Standard for Construction and General Industry and Electrical Protective Equipment for Construction and General Industry final rule.

DATES:

This notice is effective March 17, 2015.

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), Notice of Alleged Safety and Health Hazards (Form OSHA-7), Occupational Safety and Health Administration Grantee Quarterly Progress Report, and Voluntary Protection Program Information. 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.

Also, OSHA submitted two ICRs to OMB in conjunction with two final rulemakings: Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Standard for Construction and General Industry and Electrical Protective Equipment for Construction and General Industry; and the Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements—NAICS Update and Reporting Revisions final rule.

In accordance with PRA-95 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), OMB approved these information collection 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

Anhydrous Ammonia Storage and Handling Standard (29 CFR 1910.111)

December 26, 2013, 78 FR 78393, Docket No. 2010-0050

1218-0208

07/31/2017

Concrete and Masonry Construction Standard (29 CFR part 1926, subpart Q)

January 31, 2014, 79 FR 5461, Docket No. 2010-0040

1218-0095

06/30/2017

Construction Standards on Posting Emergency Telephone Numbers and Floor Load Limits (29 CFR 1926.50 and 1926.250)

June 10, 2014, 79 FR 33216, Docket No. 2011-0032

1218-0093

12/31/2017

Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Standard for Construction and General Industry and Electrical Protective Equipment for Construction and General Industry

April 11, 2014, 79 FR 20316, Docket No. S215-2006-0063

1218-0253

07/31/2017

Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Standard (29 CFR 1910.1047)

January 24, 2014, 79 FR 4178, Docket No. 2009-0035

1218-0108

06/30/2017

Excavations (Design of Cave-in Protection Systems) (29 CFR part 1926, subpart P)

July 30, 2014, 79 FR 44199, Docket No. 2011-0057

1218-0137

02/28/2018

Fire Brigades (29 CFR 1910.156)

May 23, 2014, 79 FR 29803, Docket No. 2011-0009

1218-0075

10/31/2017

Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment Standard (29 CFR part 1915, subpart P)

May 2, 2014, 79 FR 25153, Docket No. 2010-0010

1218-0248

10/31/2017

Gear Certification Standard (29 CFR part 1919)

January 24, 2014, 79 FR 4182, Docket No. 2010-0042

1218-0003

07/31/2017

General Working Conditions in Shipyard Employment Standard (29 CFR part 1915, subpart F)

August 22, 2014, 79 FR 49819, Docket No. 2014-0021

1218-0259

02/28/2018

Grain Handling Facilities Standard (29 CFR 1910.272)

February 7, 2014, 79 FR 7479, Docket No. 2011-0028

1218-0206

10/31/2017

Hazardous Energy Control Standard (Lockout/Tagout) (29 CFR 1910.147)

April 2, 2014, 79 FR 18583, Docket No. 2011-0033

1218-0150

01/31/2018

Hydrostatic Testing Provision of the Standard on Portable Fire Extinguishers (29 CFR 1910.157(f)(16))

November 25, 2013, 78 FR 70324, Docket No. 2010-0025

1218-0218

07/31/2017

Ionizing Radiation Standard (29 CFR 1910.1096)

April 1, 2014, 79 FR 18318, Docket No. 2010-0030

1218-0103

10/31/2017

Logging Operations Standard

December 5, 2013, 78 FR 73206, Docket No. 2010-0041

1218-0198

06/30/2017

Manlifts Standard (29 CFR 1910.68(e))

December 26, 2013, 78 FR 78396, Docket No. 2010-0051

1218-0226

07/31/2017

Material Hoists, Personnel Hoists, and Elevators (29 CFR 1926.552)

June 19, 2014, 79 FR 35187, Docket No. 2010-0052

1218-0231

10/31/2017

Notice of Alleged Safety and Health Hazards (Form OSHA-7)

January 24, 2014, 79 FR 4180, Docket No. 2010-0064

1218-0064

08/31/2017

Occupational Safety and Health Administration Grantee Quarterly Progress Report

January 9, 2014, 79 FR 1658, Docket No. 2010-0021

1218-0100

08/31/2017

Overhead and Gantry Cranes Standard (29 CFR 1910.179)

November 14, 2013, 78 FR 68477, Docket No. 2010-0023

1218-0224

07/31/2017

Portable Fire Extinguishers Standard (Annual Maintenance Certification Record) (29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3))

December 10, 2013, 78 FR 74167, Docket No. 2010-0039

1218-0238

7/31/2017

Powered Industrial Trucks Standard (29 CFR 1910.178)

May 9, 2014, 79 FR 26776, Docket No. 2011-0062

1218-0242

01/31/2018

Powered Platforms for Building Maintenance Standard (29 CFR 1910.66)

February 18, 2014, 79 FR 9282, Docket No. 2010-0048

1218-0121

09/30/2017

Recordkeeping and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (29 CFR Part 1904) Final Rule—Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements—NAICS Update and Reporting Revisions

September 18, 2014, 79 FR 56130, Docket No. 2010-0019

1218-0176

01/31/2018

Rigging Equipment for Material Handling (29 CFR 1926.251)

November 25, 2013, 78 FR 70326, Docket No. 2010-0038

1218-0233

07/31/2017

Steel Erection Standard (29 CFR part 1926, subpart R)

June 19, 2014, 79 FR 35189, Docket No. 2011-0055

1218-0241

12/31/2017

Underground Construction Standard (29 CFR 1926.800)

April 7, 2014, 79 FR 19125, Docket No. 2011-0029

1218-0067

08/31/2017

Voluntary Protection Program Information

June 30, 2014, 79 FR 36834, Docket No. 2011-0056

1218-0239

01/31/2018

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 March 11, 2015.

David Michaels,

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.

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