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 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 a number of OSHA's standards and regulations. OSHA sought approval of these requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), and, as required by that Act, is announcing the approval numbers and expiration dates for these requirements and regulations.

DATES:

This notice is applicable January 12, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Theda Kenney,

Kenney.Theda@dol.gov,

or Charles McCormick,

McCormick.Charles@dol.gov;

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, 1917, 1918, 1919, and 1926), and regulations pertaining to the OSHA-7 Form, Occupational Safety and Health Administration Grantee Quarterly Progress Report, and Requirements for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Training Institute Education Centers Program and Occupational Safety and Health Administration Outreach Training Program. 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 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 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 (29 CFR 1910.111)

April 25, 2017, 82 FR 19087, Docket No. OSHA-2010-0050

1218-0208

10/31/2020

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

February 24, 2017, 82 FR 11658, Docket No. OSHA-2010-0040

1218-0095

09/30/2020

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

April 5, 2017, 82 FR 16627, Docket No. OSHA-2017-0005

1218-0253

10/31/2020

Ethylene Oxide (EtO) (29 CFR 1910.1047)

April 5, 2017, 82 FR 16629, Docket No. OSHA-2009-0035

1218-0108

09/30/2020

Gear Certification (29 CFR part 1919)

December 22, 2016, 81 FR 93963, Docket No. OSHA-2010-0042

1218-0003

08/31/2020

Hazard Communication (29 CFR 1910.1200, 1915.1200, 1917.28, 1918.90, 1926.59, and 1928.21)

April 27, 2015, 80 FR 23300, Docket No. OSHA-2009-0014

1218-0072

10/31/2020

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

May 23, 2017, 82 FR 23609, Docket No. OSHA-2010-0025

1218-0238

11/30/2020

Logging Operations (29 CFR 1910.266)

March 9, 2017, 82 FR 13141, Docket No. OSHA-2010-0041

1218-0198

09/30/2020

Manlifts (29 CFR 1910.6(e))

February 14, 2017, 82 FR 10588, Docket No. OSHA-2010-0051

1218-0226

10/31/2020

Notice of Alleged Safety or Health Hazards, OSHA-7 Form

April 24, 2017, 82 FR 18932, Docket No. OSHA-2010-0056

1218-0064

11/30/2020

Occupational Safety and Health Administration Grantee Quarterly Progress Report

May 22, 2017, 82 FR 23315, Docket No. OSHA-2010-0021

1218-0100

11/30/2020

Overhead and Gantry Cranes (29 CFR 1910.179)

April 25, 2017, 82 FR 19090, Docket No. OSHA-2010-0023

1218-0224

11/30/2020

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

April 24, 2017, 82 FR 18930, Docket No. OSHA-2010-0039

1218-0238

11/30/2020

Presence Sensing Device Initiation (PSDI) (29 CFR 1910.217(h))

December 22, 2016, 81 FR 93962, Docket No. OSHA-2010-0009

1218-0143

06/30/2020

Requirements for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Training Institute Education Centers Program and Occupational Safety and Health Administration Outreach Training Program

April 25, 2017, 82 FR 19089, Docket No. OSHA-2009-0022

1218-0262

10/31/2020

Rigging Equipment for Material Handling (29 CFR 1926.251)

April 24, 2017, 82 FR 18934, Docket No. OSHA-2010-0038

1218-0233

10/31/2020

Underground Construction (29 CFR 1926.800)

June 20, 2017, 82 FR 28098, Docket No. OSHA-2011-0029

1218-0067

11/30/2020

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

March 2, 2016, 81 FR 10918, Docket No. OSHA-2013-0002

1218-0199

02/29/2020

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

Loren Sweatt, Deputy 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. 1-2012 (77 FR 3912).

Signed at Washington, DC, on January 8, 2018.

Loren Sweatt,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.

[FR Doc. 2018-00391 Filed 1-11-18; 8:45 am]

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