Shipyard Certification Records (29 CFR 1915.113(b)(1) and 1915.172(d)); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of an Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirement

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR-99-15]

Shipyard Certification Records (29 CFR 1915.113(b)(1) and

1915.172(d)); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB)

Approval of an Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirement

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 increase in

estimated burden hours and extension of the shipyards certification

record requirements contained in 29 CFR 1916.113(b) and 1915.172(d).

REQUEST FOR COMMENT:

The Agency seeks comments on the following issues:

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 October 12, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket No.

ICR-99-15, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, US Department

of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC

10210; telephone: (202) 693-2350. Commenters may transmit written

comments of 10 pages or less in length by facsimile to (202) 693-1648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theda Kenney, Directorate of Safety

Standards Program, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, US

Department of Labor, Room N-3605, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2222. A copy of the Agency's

Information Collection Request (ICR) supporting the need for the

information collection requirements in 29 CFR 1915.113(b) and

1915.172(d) (shipyard certification records) is available for

inspection and copying in the Docket Office, or mailed on request by

telephoning Theda Kenney at (202) 693-2222 or Barbara Bielaski at (202)

693-2444. For electronic copies of the ICR, 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 1994 (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 are clearly understood, and OSHA's

estimate of the information collection burden is correct.

The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act) authorizes

information collection by employers as necessary or appropriate for

enforcement of the Act or for developing information regarding the

causes and prevention of occupational injuries, illnesses,and

accidents. (29 U.S.C. 657.) In this regard, the information collection

requirements contained in 29 CFR 1915.113(b)(1) and 29 CFR 1915.172(d)

(shipyard certification records) ensures that employers properly inform

employees about the condition of shackles and hooks, and portable air

receivers and other unfired pressure vessels, in shipyards. Failure of

the employer to collect and distribute the information collected under

this requirement will affect significantly OSHA's effort to control and

reduce injuries and fatalities in shipyards.

II. Proposed Actions

OSHA proposes to increase its earlier estimate of 1,846 burden

hours for the information collection requirements in 29 CFR 1915.113(b)

and 1915.172(d) (shipyard certification records) to 4,461 burden hours.

OSHA will summarize the comments submitted in response to this

notice,

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and will include this summary in the request to OMB to extend the

approval of the information collection requirement contained in the

above provisions.

Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information

collection requirement.

Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Shipyard Certification Records (29 CFR 1915.113(b)(1) and

1915.172(d)).

OMB Number: 1218-0220.

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

state, local or tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 900.

Frequency: Varies (on occasion, quarterly, annually).

Average Time per Response: Varies for 3 minutes (0.05 hours) to 20

minutes (0.33 hour).

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,461.

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 911.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 4th day of August 1999.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 99-20620 Filed 8-10-99; 8:45 am]

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