Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of the Office of Management and Budget 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 Control Numbers Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY:

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION:

Notice; announcement of the Office of Management and Budget's (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, and regulations on Safety and Health On-site Consultation Agreements, Recordkeeping and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, and Occupational Safety and Health Act Variances. OSHA sought approval of these requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), and, as required by that Act, is announcing the approval numbers and expiration dates for these requirements.

DATES:

This notice is effective November 12, 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), and regulations containing Occupational Safety and Health On-site Consultation Agreements, Recordkeeping and Reporting, Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, Occupational Safety and Health State Plans, and Occupational Safety and Health Act Variances. 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 accord with the PRA (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

13 Carcinogens Standard (29 CFR 1910.1003, 1915.1003, and 1926.1103)

April 27, 2015, 80 FR 23301, Docket No. OSHA 2011-08600

1218-0085

08/31/2018

Acrylonitrile Standard (29 CFR 1910.1045)

November 13, 2014, 79 FR 67463, Docket No. OSHA 2011-0195

1218-0126

06/30/2018

Asbestos in Construction Standard (29 CFR 1926.1101)

May 21, 2015, 80 FR 29344, Docket No. OSHA 2012-0009

1218-0134

08/31/2018

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

June 11, 2015, 80 FR 33294, Docket No. OSHA 2011-0747

1218-0217

10/31/2018

Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29 CFR 1910.1030)

October 7, 2014, 79 FR 60503, Docket No. OSHA 2010-0047

1218-0180

06/30/2018

Cadmium in Construction (29 CFR 1926.1127)

May 21, 2015, 80 FR 29346, Docket No. OSHA 2012-0004

1218-0186

10/31/2018

Coke Oven Emissions (29 CFR 1910.1029)

September 9, 2014, 79 FR 53450, Docket No. OSHA 2011-0181

1218-0128

05/31/2018

Confined Spaces in Construction (29 CFR part 1926, subpart AA)

October 22, 2014, 79 FR 63174, Docket No. OSHA 2011-0034

1218-0258

05/31/2018

Cotton Dust (29 CFR 1910.1043)

November 13, 2014, 79 FR 67462, Docket No. OSHA 2011-0194

1218-0061

05/31/2018

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

October 31, 2014, 79 FR 64838, Docket No. OSHA 2011-0187

1218-0130

06/30/2018

Forging Machines (29 CFR 1910.218)

June 30, 2014, 79 FR 36832, Docket No. OSHA 2011-0064

1218-0228

03/31/2018

General Provisions and Confined and Enclosed Spaces and Other Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment (29 CFR part 1915)

October 22, 2014, 79 FR 63171, Docket No. OSHA 2011-0034

1218-0011

03/31/2018

Grain Handling Facilities (29 CFR 1910.272)

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

1218-0206

10/31/2017

Mechanical Power Press (29 CFR 1910.217(e)(1))

April 29, 2015, 80 FR 23820, Docket No. OSHA 2012-0017

1218-0229

10/31/2017

Methylene Chloride (29 CFR 1910.1052)

December 4, 2014, 79 FR 72030, Docket No. OSHA 2011-0060

1218-0179

06/30/2018

Occupational Safety and Health On-site Consultation Agreements (29 CFR part 1908)

March 30, 2015, 80 FR 16700, Docket No. OSHA 2011-0125

1218-0110

06/30/2018

Permit-Required Confined Spaces (29 CFR 1910.146)

April 27, 2015, 80 FR 23297, Docket No. OSHA 2011-0858

1218-0203

08/31/2018

Recordkeeping and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (29 CFR part 1904)

February 20, 2014, 79 FR 9768, Docket No. OSHA 2010-0055

1218-0176

01/31/2018

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

April 29, 2015, 80 FR 23820, Docket No. OSHA 2012-0017

1218-0070

10/31/2018

Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134)

July 10, 2014, 79 FR 39412, Docket No. OSHA 2011-0027

1218-0099

03/31/2018

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

October 7, 2014, 79 FR 60502, Docket No. OSHA 2011-0189

1218-0219

06/30/2018

Shipyard Employment Standards (29 CFR part 1915)

November 13, 2014, 79 FR 67465, Docket No. OSHA 2011-0190

1218-0220

06/30/2018

Slings Standard (29 CFR 1910.184)

October 22, 2014, 79 FR 63172, Docket No. OSHA 2011-0063

1218-0223

06/30/2018

Telecommunications Standard (29 CFR 1910.268)

September 25, 2015, 79 FR 57584, No. OSHA 2010-0057

1218-0225

06/30/2018

Variance Regulations (29 CFR 1905.10, 1905.11 and 1905.12)

August 20, 2014, 79 FR 49342, Docket No. OSHA 2009-0024

1218-0265

06/30/2018

Vehicle-Mounted Elevating and Rotating Work Platforms Standard (29 CFR 1910.67)

September 25, 2014, 79 FR 57583, Docket No. OSHA 2011-0185

1218-0230

06/30/2018

Vertical Tandem Lifts for Marine Terminals (29 CFR part 1917)

October 9, 2014, 79 FR 61101, Docket No. OSHA 2011-0066

1218-0260

06/30/2018

Vinyl Chloride Standard

December 4, 2014, 79 FR 72301, Docket No. OSHA 2011-0196

1218-0010

06/30/2018

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 November 6, 2015.

David Michaels,

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.

[FR Doc. 2015-28762 Filed 11-10-15; 8:45 am]

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