Certification Records for Tests, Inspections, Maintenance Checks and Training

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Certification Records for Tests, Inspections, Maintenance Checks

and Training

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor.

SUMMARY: The Director, Office of Information Resources Management

Policy, invites comments on the following proposed expedited review

information collection request as required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1980, as amended.

DATES: This expedited review is being requested in accordance with the

Act, since allowing for the normal review period would adversely affect

the public interest. Approval by the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) has been requested by September 29, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Attention: Dan Chenok, Desk Officer, 725 17th St., NW., Room

10235, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. Requests

for copies of the proposed information collection request should be

addressed to Theresa M. O'Malley, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Ave., NW Room N-1301, Washington, DC 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Theresa M. O'Malley, (202) 219-5095. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY/TDY) may call (202) 219-

4720 between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through

Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3517 of the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1980 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 3517) requires that the Director of OMB

provide interested persons an early opportunity to comment on

information collection requests. OMB may amend or waive the requirement

for public consultation to the extent that public participation in the

approval process would defeat the purpose of the information

collection, violate State or Federal law, or substantially interfere

with the agency's ability to perform its statutory obligations.

The Director, Office of Information Resources Management Policy,

publishes this notice simultaneously with the submission of this

request to OMB. This notice contains the following information:

Type of Review: Expedited Review

Title: Certification Records For Tests, Inspections, Maintenance Checks

and Training

Frequency of Response: Varies

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

State Government

Number of Respondents: 6 Million

Estimated Time per Response: Five minutes to two hours

Total Annual Burden Hours: 8.7 million

Respondents Obligation to Reply:

Description: There are 33 provisions in OSHA's safety standards (Parts

1910, 1915, and 1926) that require employers to conduct tests,

inspections, maintenance checks or training, and to prepare a

certification record which indicates the date of the test, inspection,

maintenance check or training was done and what was inspected, etc. The

record must be signed and kept on file.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 26th day of September 1995.

Theresa M. O'Malley,

Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 95-24399 Filed 9-29-95; 8:45 am]

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