Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Review by the

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Background

The Department of Labor, in carrying out its responsibilities under

the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), considers comments

on the reporting/recordkeeping requirements that will affect the

public.

List of Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Review

As necessary, the Department of Labor will publish a list of the

Agency recordkeeping/reporting requirements under review by the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) since the last list was published. The

list will have all entries grouped into new collections, revisions,

extensions, or reinstatements. The Departmental Clearance Officer will,

upon request, be able to advise members of the public of the nature of

the particular submission they are interested in.

Each entry may contain the following information:

The Agency of the Department issuing this recordkeeping/ reporting

requirement.

The title of the recordkeeping/reporting requirement.

The OMB and/or Agency identification numbers, if applicable.

How often the recordkeeping/reporting requirement is needed.

Whether small businesses or organizations are affected.

An estimate of the total number of hours needed to comply with the

recordkeeping/reporting requirements and the average hours per

respondent.

The number of forms in the request for approval, if applicable.

An abstract describing the need for and uses of the information

collection.

Comments and Questions

Copies of the recordkeeping/reporting requirements may be obtained

by calling the Departmental Clearance Officer, Kenneth A. Mills ({202}

219-5095). Comments and questions about the items on this list should

be directed to Mr. Mills, Office of Information Resources Management

Policy, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., room N-

1301, Washington, DC 20210. Comments should also be sent to the Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for (BLS/

DM/ESA/ETA/OAW/MSHA/OSHA/PWBA/VETS), Office of Management and Budget,

Room 3001, Washington, DC 20503 ({202} 395-6880).

Any member of the public who wants to comment on recordkeeping/

reporting requirements which have been submitted to OMB should advise

Mr. Mills of this intent at the earliest possible date.

New

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Abatement Verification: Current Collections and Proposed Rule

On Occasion

Farms; Businesses or other for-profit; Federal agencies or employees;

non-profit institutions; small businesses or organizations

90,834 respondents; .87 hours per response; 79,045 burden hours

OSHA currently requests that employers cited during inspections

submit abatement verification information and, when appropriate, multi-

step abatement plans and progress reports. The Agency is proposing the

Abatement Verification Rule so that it will have regulatory authority

to require employers to submit proof of abatement. Abatement

verification information is used by OSHA to determine if hazards cited

during OSHA inspections have been abated, to close inspection case

files, and to determine appropriate Agency action.

Extension

Employment and Training Administration

1205-0058, ETA 8471, 8472, 8473, 8588

State or local governments

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Average

Respondents Frequency time per

Form No. response

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ETA 8471.............................. 52 Quarterly 8 hours.

ETA 8472.............................. 52 Quarterly 8 hours.

ETA 8473.............................. 52 Quarterly 7 hours.

ETA 8588.............................. 52 Quarterly 8 hours.

Recordkeeping......................... 52 Annually. 19.17

hours.

xl xl....... 58,292

total

hours.

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Data and information provided by the States on these forms are used

for program planning and evaluation and for oversight or verification

activities as mandated by the Revenue Act of 1978, Tax Equity and

Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation

Act of 1993.

Extension

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Petitions for Modification of Mandatory Safety Standards

1219-0065

On occasion

Businesses and other for-profit; Small businesses or organizations

232 respondents; 40 hours per response; 9,280 total hours

The information collection requirement provides guidance for mine

operators or representatives of miners for filing petitions for

modification of mandatory safety standards.

Extension

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records

1218-0065

On Occasion

Businesses or other for-profit; Small businesses or organizations

50 respondents; .10 hours per response; 5 total hours

The standard requires employers to provide employee exposure and

medical records and/or any analyses using exposure or medical records

to OSHA. Further, the standard requires that whenever an employer is

ceasing to do business and there is no successor employer to receive

and maintain the records, or the employer intends to dispose of any

records required to be preserved for at least thirty years, the

employer shall contact the National Institute for Occupational Safety

and Health (NIOSH).

Extension

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Hazard Communications Standard

1218-0072

On occasion

Businesses or other for-profit; small businesses or organizations

100,000 respondents; .08 hours per response; 8,000 total hours

The standard requires employers to allow OSHA access to various

hazard communication records including hazard determinations, written

hazard communication programs, material safety data sheets and trade

secrets. Information provided to OSHA in accordance with this standard

is used to ensure that employers are complying with the provisions of

the Hazard Communication Standard.

Extension

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Lead Standard

1218-0092

On occasion

Businesses or other for-profit; Small businesses or organizations 2,000

respondents; .08 hours per response; 161 total hours

The purpose of this standard and its information collection

requirements is to provide protection for employees from the adverse

health effects associated with occupational exposure to lead. The

standard requires that OSHA have access to various records to ensure

that employers are complying with disclosure provisions of the Lead

Standard. The standard also requires that employers contact the

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) when

there is no successor to receive or retain the records for the

prescribed period of time. Employers may be required to submit their

records to NIOSH.

Revision

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Grantee Quarterly Progress Report

1218-0100

Quarterly

Non-profit institutions

20 respondents; 12 hours per response; 960 total hours; 1 form

The information in the Grantee Quarterly Progress report is used by

OSHA regional offices to monitor grantee progress in accomplishing work

plans contained in the approved grant applications. The information is

also used by the OSHA national office to evaluate the overall

effectiveness of the training grants programs, to identify program

aspects which need to be brought to the attention of management, and to

serve as one basis for making decisions for continued grantee funding.

Extension

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration

ERISA Technical Release No. 91-01

1210-0084

Recordkeeping

Businesses or other for-profit; small businesses or organizations

40 respondents; 1 hour per response; 40 total hours

This technical release alerts the public to amendments to Title I

of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) which, among other

things, requires that advance notification be provided to the

Secretaries of Labor and the Treasury, as well as other persons, of an

intended transfer of excess pension assets from a defined benefit plan

to a retiree health benefit account, described in section 401(h) of the

Internal Revenue Code, which is a part of such plan.

Reinstatement

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Report of Injuries to Employees Operating Mechanical Power Presses

1218-0070

191 respondents; .3 hours per response; 57 total hours

2This report provides OSHA with an ongoing and current view of the

causes of point-of-operation injuries from mechanical power presses in

order to monitor the effectiveness of the standard and to determine the

need for revisions.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 10th day of March, 1994.

Kenneth A. Mills

Departmental Clearance Officer

[FR Doc. 94-6443 Filed 3-17-94; 8:45 am]

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