Construction Records for Tests and Inspections of Personnel Hoists; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR-99-8]

Construction Records for Tests and Inspections of Personnel

Hoists; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)

Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA); Labor.

ACTION: Notice of an opportunity for public comment.

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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments concerning the proposed reduction, and

extension of, the information collection requirements contained in the

standard on Construction Record for Test and Inspections of Personnel

Hoists (29 CFR 1926.552(c)(15)).

The Agency is particularly interested in comments on the following:

Whether the information collection requirements are

necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's functions,

including whether the information is useful;

The accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden (time

and costs) of the information collection requirements, including the

validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

The quality, utility, and clarity of the information

collected; and

Ways to minimize the burden on employers who must comply,

for example, by using automated, electronic, mechanical, and other

technological information and transmission collection techniques.

DATES: Submit written comments on or before August 30, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR-99-8,

Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of

Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution

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Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-2350. You may

transmit written comments 10 pages or less in length by facsimile to

(202) 693-1648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Martinez, Directorate of

Policy, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department

of Labor, Room N-3605, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

20210; telephone: (202) 693-2444. A copy of the Agency's Information

Collection Request (ICR) supporting the need for the information

collection requirements on Construction Records for Tests and

Inspections of Personnel Hoists is available for inspection and copying

in the Docket Office, or you may request a mailed copy by telephoning

Kathleen Martinez at (202) 693-2444 or Barbara Bielaski at (202) 693-

2444. For electronic copies of the ICR on Construction Records for Test

and Inspection for Personnel Hoists, contact OSHA on the Internet at

http://www.osha-slc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation

program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information

collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995 (PRA-95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that

information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and costs)

is minimal, collection instruments clearly understood, and the impact

of information collection requirements on respondents properly

assessed. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act)

authorizes information collection by employers as necessary or

appropriate for enforcement of the Act of for developing information

regarding the causes and prevention of occupational injuries,

illnesses, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 657).

II. Proposed Actions

The certification record required in 29 CFR 1926.552(c)(15) is

necessary to assure compliance with the requirement for personnel

hoists. It assures that the hoists have initial, periodic, and regular

maintenance checks. OSHA will summarize the comments submitted in

response to this notice, and will include this summary in the request

to OMB to extend the approval of the information collection

requirements contained in the Construction Records for Test and

Inspections of Personnel Hoists (29 CFR 1926.552(c)(15)).

Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information

collection requirements.

Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Construction Records for Test and Inspections of Personal

Hoists (29 CFR 1926.552(c)(15)).

OMB Number: 1218-0231.

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

state, local or tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 14,400.

Fequency: Every 3 months.

Average Time per Response: 15 minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 15,840.

III. Authority and Signature

Charles N. Jeffress, 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), Secretary of Labor's Order No. 6-96 (62 FR 111), and 29

CFR part 11.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of June, 1999.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.

[FR Doc. 99-16309 Filed 6-28-99; 8:45am]

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