80 FR 29099 - OSHA Training Institute (OTI) Education Center Prerequisite Verification Form; Request Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 97 (May 20, 2015)

OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal for completion of a Prerequisite Verification Form for applicants requesting enrollment in Outreach Training Program trainer courses to become an authorized Outreach Training Program trainer and the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements specified in the Outreach Training Program Requirements (dated February 2013).

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29099-29100]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12244]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2015-0008]


OSHA Training Institute (OTI) Education Center Prerequisite 
Verification Form; Request Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) 
Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements

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

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal for 
completion of a Prerequisite Verification Form for applicants 
requesting enrollment in Outreach Training Program trainer courses to 
become an authorized Outreach Training Program trainer and the Office 
of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection 
requirements specified in the Outreach Training Program Requirements 
(dated February 2013).

DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by 
July 20, 2015.

ADDRESSES:
    Electronically: You may submit comments and attachments 
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions online for submitting 
comments.
    Facsimile: If your comments, including attachments, are not longer 
than 10 pages you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-
1648.
    Mail, hand delivery, express mail, messenger, or courier service: 
When using this method, you must submit your comments and attachments 
to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. OSHA-2015-0008, Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-
2625, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries 
(hand, express mail, messenger, and courier service) are accepted 
during the Department of Labor's and Docket Office's normal business 
hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., E.T.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and the 
OSHA docket number (OSHA-2015-0008) for the Information Collection 
Request (ICR). All comments, including any personal information you 
provide, are placed in the public docket without change, and may be 
made available online at http://www.regulations.gov. For further 
information on submitting comments see the ``Public Participation'' 
heading in the section of this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
    Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the 
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov or the OSHA Docket Office at 
the address above. All documents in the docket (including this Federal 
Register notice) are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index; 
however, some information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly 
available to read or download from the Web site. All submissions, 
including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and 
copying at the OSHA Docket Office. You may also contact Theda Kenney at 
the address below to obtain a copy of the ICR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theda Kenney or Todd Owen, Directorate 
of Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3609, 
200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-
2222.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

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

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and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a preclearance 
consultation program to provide the public with an opportunity to 
comment on proposed and continuing information collection requirements 
in accord 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 accurate. The Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) authorizes 
information collection by the OSHA Training Institute's (OTI) Education 
Centers as necessary or appropriate to determine whether an applicant 
meets the prerequisite requirements for education and safety- related 
experience to become an authorized Outreach Training Program trainer.
    The information collection requirements in the Outreach Training 
Program Requirements (dated February 2013) provide OTI Education 
Centers with the ability to determine the training and occupational 
safety and health experience of an applicant to become an authorized 
Outreach Training Program trainer to conduct the 10- and 30-hour 
Outreach Training Program classes for construction, general industry, 
and maritime, and the disaster site worker class.

II. Special Issues for Comment

    OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
     Whether the proposed information collection requirements 
are necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's functions, 
including whether the information is useful;
     The accuracy of OSHA'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 applicants who apply to 
become authorized Outreach Training Program trainers; for example, by 
using automated or other technological information collection and 
transmission techniques.

III. Proposed Actions

    The Agency is requesting approval of the OTI Education Center 
Prerequisite Verification Form. The information collected in the 
Prerequisite Verification Form will be used by the OTI Education 
Centers to determine whether an applicant has met the prerequisite 
requirements of training and occupational safety and health-related 
experience to become an authorized Outreach Training Program trainer. 
Collecting this information prior to allowing an applicant to enroll in 
the Outreach Training Program trainer courses and become an authorized 
Outreach Training Program trainer ensures the validity of the Outreach 
Training Program and reduces the potential for individuals who are 
inexperienced in the occupational safety and health profession from 
conducting training through the Outreach Training Program. The 
Prerequisite Verification Form is provided to all applicants wishing to 
enroll in the Outreach Training Program trainer courses prior to their 
enrollment. Applicants are required to have five (5) years of 
occupational safety and health experience in the construction industry, 
general industry, or the maritime industry and to have completed the 
required OSHA standards course prior to their enrollment in the 
Outreach Training Program trainer course. Upon successful completion of 
the Outreach Training Program trainer course the applicant is 
authorized to conduct 10- and 30-hour Outreach Training Program classes 
in construction, general industry, or maritime, or disaster site worker 
classes and to provide students with Outreach Training Program class 
completion cards.
    Type of Review: New.
    Title: OSHA Training Institute (OTI) Education Center Prerequisite 
Verification Form.
    OMB Control Number: 1218-0NEW.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Number of Respondents: 7,535 average per year.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Total Responses: 7,535 average per year.
    Average Time per Response: Applicants--1 hour, OTI Education 
Centers--0.5 hour
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: Applicants--7,535 hours per year, OTI 
Education Centers--3,772 hours per year, Total--11,307 hours per year.
    Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): Applicants--$250,162, 
OTI Education Centers--$109,962, Total: $360,124.

IV. Public Participation--Submission of Comments on this Notice and 
Internet Access to Comments and Submissions

    You may submit comments in response to this document as follows: 
(1) Electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile; or (3) by hard copy. All 
comments, attachments, and other material must identify the Agency name 
and the OSHA docket number for this ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2015-0008). 
You may supplement electronic submissions by uploading document files 
electronically. If you wish to mail additional materials in reference 
to an electronic or facsimile submission, you must submit them to the 
OSHA Docket Office (see the section of this notice titled ADDRESSES). 
The additional materials must clearly identify your electronic comments 
by your name, date, and docket number so the Agency can attach them to 
your comments.
    Because of security procedures, the use of regular mail may cause a 
significant delay in the receipt of comments. For information about 
security procedures concerning the delivery of materials by hand, 
express delivery, messenger, or courier service, please contact the 
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2350, (TTY (877) 889-5627).
    Comments and submissions are posted without change at http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about 
submitting personal information such as their social security number 
and date of birth. Although all submissions are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index, some information (e.g., copyrighted 
material) is not publicly available to read or download from this Web 
site. All submissions, including copyrighted material, are available 
for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. Information on 
using the http://www.regulations.gov Web site to submit comments and 
access the docket is available at the Web site's ``User Tips'' link. 
Contact the OSHA Docket Office for information about materials not 
available from the Web site, and for assistance in using the Internet 
to locate docket submissions.

V. Authority and Signature

    David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, 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 et seq.) and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-2012 
(77 FR 3912).

    Signed at Washington, DC, on May 15, 2015.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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