Office of Management and Budget Control Numbers Under Paperwork Reduction Act

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Part 1910

Office of Management and Budget Control Numbers Under Paperwork

Reduction Act

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of

Labor.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is

announcing that the collection of information regarding the

occupational exposure to 1,3-Butadiene standard has been approved by

the Office of Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995. This document announces the OMB approval number.

DATES: Effective: June 2, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Bielaski, OSHA Office of

Regulatory Analysis, Room N3627, U.S. Department of Labor, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; Telephone (202) 219-

7177 extension 142.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of November 4, 1996

(61 FR 56746), OSHA requested public comment on the 1,3-Butadiene

information collection requirements. At the close of the comment

period, the Agency submitted a request to OMB for approval of the

information collection requirements which was granted on March 31,

1997. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

3501-3520), OMB has approved the collections of information and

assigned OMB Control Number 1218-0170. The approval expires on March

31, 2000. Under 5 CFR 1320.5(b), an agency may not conduct or sponsor a

collection of information unless: (1) The collection of information

displays a currently valid OMB control number; and (2) the agency

informs the potential persons who are to respond to the collection of

information that such persons are not required to respond to the

collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number.

Authority and Signature

This document was prepared under the direction of Greg Watchman,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health,

U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC

20210.

Signed at Washington, DC this 27th day of May, 1997.

Greg Watchman,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health.

PART 1910--[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for Subpart A of part 1910 is revised to

read as follows:

Authority: Secs. 4, 6, 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health

Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657); Secretary of Labor's Order

No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90

(55 FR 9033), or 6-96 (62 FR 111), as applicable.

Sections 1910.7 and 1910.8 also issued under 29 CFR part 1911.

2. Sec. 1910.8 is amended by adding the entry ``1910.1051. . . . .

. 1218-0170'' to the table in the section.

[FR Doc. 97-14207 Filed 5-30-97; 8:45 am]

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