Forging Machines (Inspection Certification Records); 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-99-22]

Forging Machines (Inspection Certification Records); 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 extension of

the information collection requirements (inspection certification

records) contained in the standard on Forging Machines, 29 CFR

1910.218(a)(2)(i) and (a)(2)(ii).

Request for Comment

The Agency seeks comments on the following issues:

Whether the information collection requirements are

necessary for the

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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 November 1, 1999.

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

ICR-99-22, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20210; 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 Programs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N-3605, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW,

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 (inspection certification records)

contained in the standard on Forging Machines (29 CFR 1910.218) 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.gov/complinks.html, and click

on ``Information Collection Requests.''

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 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 (the inspection certification records) in the standard on

Forging Machines (29 CFR 1910.218) ensures that employers perform

periodic and regular maintenance checks on forging machines to ensure

safe operating conditions for employees.

II. Proposed Actions

OSHA proposes to retain its earlier estimate of 244,868 burden

hours for the provisions pertaining to the inspection certification

records in the standard on Forging Machines (29 CFR 1910.218(a)(2)(i)

and (a)(2)(ii)).

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 above provisions.

Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information

collection requirement.

Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Title: Forging Machines, Inspection Certification Records (29 CFR

1910.218(a)(2)(i) and (a)(2)(ii)).

OMB Number: 1218-0228.

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

state, local or tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 27,700.

Frequency: Bi-weekly.

Average Time per Response: 10 minutes (0.17 hour).

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 244,868.

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 1911.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of August, 1999.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 99-22850 Filed 9-1-99; 8:45 am]

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