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

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Review by the

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

June 20, 1995.

The Department of Labor has submitted the following public

information collection requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) of 1980, as amended (Pub. L. 96-511). Copies may

be obtained by calling the Department of Labor Acting Departmental

Clearance Officer, Theresa M. O'Malley ([202] 219-5095). Comments and

questions about the ICRs listed below should be directed to Ms.

O'Malley, 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

10325, Washington, DC 20503 ([202] 395-7316).

Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY/

TDD) may call [202] 219-4720 between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

Type of Review: Revision.

Agency: Employment and Training Administration.

Title: Adjudication Determinations Activity Report.

OMB Number: 1205-0150.

Agency Number: ETA 207.

Frequency: Quarterly.

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.

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Estimated

time per

Type of reporting Respondents respondent

minutes

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Regular Reports................................ 53 244

Extended Benefits.............................. 3 240

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Total Burden Hours: 910.

Description: The data collected on the Employment and Training (ETA)

207 are used to monitor the impact of the disqualification provisions,

to measure workload, and to appraise adequacy and effectiveness of

State and Federal nonmonetary determination procedures.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment and Training Administration.

Title: Attestation by Facilities Temporarily Employing Nonimmigrant

Aliens as Registered Nurses.

OMB Number: 1205-0305.

Agency Number: ETA 9029.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-

profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Federal Government; State, Local

or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 1,403.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 3 hours 19 minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 13,343.

Description: The information provided on this form by health care

facilities will permit the Department of Labor to meet Federal

responsibilities for program administration, management, and oversight.

Type of Review: New

Agency: Employment and Training Administration.

Title: Unemployment Insurance Survival Rate Analysis and Benefit

Models.

OMB Number: 1205-0new.

Frequency: One-time.

Affected Public: Federal Government; State, Local or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 15

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 40 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 600.

Description: This project is designed to conduct a comprehensive

analysis of the nature of the Unemployment Insurance benefit payment

process and to use those findings in developing an integrated benefit

payment and workload projection model.

Type of Review: New.

Agency: Employment and Training Administration.

Title: Unemployment Insurance Performance Measurement Review System

(PMR).

OMB Number: 1205-0new.

Frequency: Monthly; Quarterly.

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.

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Average

time per

Type of reporting Respondents respondent

hours

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Monthly Universe............................... 53 8

Quarterly Universe............................. 53 1.5

SESA Workload for Sample Measures.............. 53 4.5

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Total Burden Hours: 38,486.

Description: The Unemployment Insurance Service and State Employment

Security Agencies (SESAs) will utilize the UI PMRS to assess quality

and timeliness of UI benefit operations. The results will help to

determine operating areas that need corrective action plans to meet

achievement standards in States' Annual Program and Budget Plan (PBP).

Type of Review: New.

Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (29 CFR

1910.120).

OMB Number: 1218-0new.

Frequency; One-time.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government;

State, Local or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 650 clean-up site respondents, 3,940 disposal

site respondents, 30,528 emergency response respondents, 35,118 total

respondents.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1,545.49 for clean-up sites, 48.00 for

disposal sites, 499.33 for emergency responders.

Total Burden Hours: 18,289,070.

Description: 29 CFR 1910.120 regulates the safety and health of

employees engaged in hazardous waste site operations and emergency

response to the release of hazardous substances from their containers.

It was mandated by Congress under section 126 of the Superfund

Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986. Worker populations covered

by the rule include workers at Superfund clean-sites and similar

operations, workers at the Environmental Protection Agency permitted

disposal sites, and emergency response workers at those sites, fire

fighters, emergency medical service personnel, policy, and others

involved in hazardous substance emergency response.

Type of Review: New.

Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Personal Protective Equipment; Hazard Assessment Certification

and Training Certification.

OMB Number: 1218-0new.

Frequency: One-time.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government.

Number of Respondents: 103,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 10 minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 17,510.

Description: Section 1910.132(d) requires employers to perform a hazard

assessment of the workplace to determine if personal protective

equipment (PPE) is necessary. Section 1910.132(f) requires employers to

train employees in the use of PPE. Each employer will have to document

that a hazard assessment and training has been performed.

Type of Review: New.

Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Welding, Cutting and Brazing.

OMB Number: 1218-0new.

Frequency: One-time.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government.

Number of Respondents: 189,113.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 2 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 378,226.

Description: Section 1910.252(a)(2)(xiii)(C) requires employers to

develop and implement training for new welders, cutters and brazers in

the safe use of welding, cutting and brazing equipment. There is no

documentation requirement.

Type of Review: New.

Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Grain Handling Facilities.

OMB Number: 1218-0new.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 810.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 2 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 1,620.

Description: These recordkeeping requirements are directed toward

assuring the safety of employees in grain handling through the

development of a housekeeping plan which addresses the planned actions

an employer expects to take relative to the control of combustible

dust, and an emergency action plan which covers the designated actions

[[Page 32713]] employers and employees must take during an emergency.

Type of Review: New.

Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Storage and Handling of Anhydrous Ammonia (29 CFR 1910.111).

OMB Number: 1218-0new.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Farms; State, Local or

Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 5,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 5 minutes.

Total Burden Hours: 2,500.

Description: The collection of information is necessary for the safe

handling and storage of anhydrous ammonia, a substance which is

extremely dangerous to humans (toxic and corrosive). This standard

requires the marking and physical specifications of anhydrous ammonia

containers.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Occupational Exposure to 4,4'Methylenedianline (MDA) for the

General Industry.

OMB Number: 1218-0184.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 18.

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Average

Category time per

response

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Emergency plan................................................ 0

Exposure monitoring........................................... 0

1. Initial.................................................. 0

2. Periodic/additional...................................... 144

Employee notification:

1. Initial.................................................. 0

2. Periodic................................................. 72

3. Visual................................................... 2

Compliance program:

1. Annual review and update................................. 27

Respiratory program........................................... 0

Fit testing................................................... 189

Notify the laundry............................................ 0

Signs and labels.............................................. 0

Information and training...................................... 18

Medical surveillance:

1. Initial exams............................................ 0

2. Periodic exams........................................... 378

3. Additional exams......................................... 4

4. Multiple physician review................................ 4

5. Information provided physician........................... 20

6. Physicians' written opinion.............................. 20

7. Medical removal decision................................. 0

Recordkeeping:

1. Objective data for exempted.............................. 0

2. Exposure measurement..................................... 5

3. Federal records access................................... 1

4. Federal records transfer................................. 1

Total burden hours: 885.

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Description: The MDA Standard for General Industry and its information

collection requirements is to provide protection for employees from the

adverse health effects associated with occupational exposure to MDA.

The Standard requires that employers must establish and maintain

training, compliance, exposure monitoring and medical surveillance

programs and records, and provide information to employees and others

on these records. The records are used by employees, physicians,

employers and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

to determine the effectiveness of the employers' compliance efforts.

Also, the standard requires that OSHA have access to various records to

ensure that employers are complying with the provisions of the MDA

General Industry Standard.

Type of Review: EXTENSION.

Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Occupational Exposure to 4,4'Methylenedianline (MDA) for

Construction.

OMB Number: 1218-0183.

Frequency: On occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 66.

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Average

Category time per

response

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Emergency plan................................................ 0

Exposure monitoring........................................... 0

1. Periodic/additional...................................... 528

Employee notification:

1. Periodic................................................. 66

3. Visual................................................... 2

Compliance program:

1. Annual review and update................................. 99

Respiratory program........................................... 0

Fit testing................................................... 500

Notify the laundry............................................ 0

Signs and labels.............................................. 0

Information and training...................................... 66

Medical surveillance:

1. Initial exams............................................ 0

2. Periodic exams........................................... 800

3. Additional exams......................................... 8

Multiple surveillance exams:

1. Multiple physician review................................ 8

2. Information provided physician........................... 41

3. Physicians' written opinion.............................. 41

4. Medical removal decision................................. 0

Recordkeeping:

1. Objective data for exempted.............................. 0

2. Exposure measurement..................................... 17

3. Federal records access................................... 1

4. Federal records transfer................................. 1

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Total Burden Hours: 2,178.

Description: The MDA Standard for Construction and its information