Submission for OMB review; comment request

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Submission for OMB review; comment request

August 23, 1999.

The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following

information collection requests (ICRs) (see below) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter

35). A copy of each individual ICR, with applicable supporting

documentation, may be obtained by calling the Department of Labor,

Departmental Clearance Officer, Ira Mills (202) 219-5096, ext. 143 or

E-Mail to Mills-I[email protected].

Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for BLS, DM, ESA, ETA, MSHA, OSHA,

PWBA, or VETS, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington,

DC 20503 (202) 395-7316, by September 27, 1999.

The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:

Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,

including whether the information will have practical utility;

Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the

burden of the proposed collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and

Minimize the burden of the collection of information on

those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemical (29

CFR 1910.119).

OMB Number: 1218-0200.

Frequency: Varies (on occasion, annually).

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not for-profit

institutions; Federal Government, State, local or tribal.

Number of Respondents: 192,865.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: Varies from 5 minutes (0.08 hr.) To

146.5 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 73,111,180.

Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $0.

Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $0.

Description: 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 in the Process Safety Management of

Highly Hazardous Chemicals Standards (29 CFR 1910.119) prevent or

minimize the consequences of accidents involving highly hazardous

chemicals.

Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)

(29 CFR 1910.120).

OMB Number: 1218-0202.

Frequency: Varies (on occasion, annually).

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Not for-profit

institutions; Federal Government, State, local or tribal.

Number of Respondents: 38,363.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: Varies from 5 minutes (0.08 hr.) To

64 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 1,592,338.

Total Annualized capital/startup costs: $5,045,430.00.

Total annual costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing

services): $0.

Description: The standard on Hazardous Waste and Emergency Response

(HAZWOPER) (29 CFR 1910.120) regulates the safety and

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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 (SARA). Worker

populations covered by the rule include workers at Superfund clean-

sites and similar operations, workers at EPA permitted disposal sites,

and emergency response workers at those sites, firefighters, emergency

medical service personnel, police, and others involved in hazardous

substance emergency response. Employers can use the information

collected under the rule to develop the various programs the standard

requires and to ensure that their employees are trained properly about

the safety and health hazards associated with hazardous waste

operations and emergency response to hazardous waste releases. OSHA

will use the records developed in response to this standard to ensure

adequate compliance with the safety and health provisions. The

employer's failure to collect and distribute the information required

in this standard will affect significantly OSHA's effort to control and

reduce injuries and fatalities. Such failure would also be contrary to

the direction Congress provided in SARA.

Maureen Hill,

Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.

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