80 FR 78775 - Hexavalent Chromium Standards; Extension of the 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 242 (December 17, 2015)

Page Range		78775-78776
FR Document		2015-31752

OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements contained in the Hexavalent Chromium Standards for General Industry (29 CFR 1910.1026), Shipyard Employment (29 CFR 1915.1026), and Construction (29 CFR 1926.1126).

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2012-0034]

Hexavalent Chromium Standards; 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: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to
extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements contained in the Hexavalent
Chromium Standards for General Industry (29 CFR 1910.1026), Shipyard
Employment (29 CFR 1915.1026), and Construction (29 CFR 1926.1126).

DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
February 16, 2016.

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-2012-0034, 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-2012-0034) 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 and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collection of
information 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 employers as necessary or
appropriate for enforcement of the OSH Act or for developing
information regarding the causes and prevention of occupational
injuries, illnesses, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act also
requires that OSHA obtain such information with minimum burden upon
employers, especially those operating small businesses, and to reduce
to the maximum extent feasible unnecessary duplication of efforts in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The collections of information in the Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI))
Standards for General Industry (29 CFR 1910.1026), Shipyard Employment
(29 CFR 1915.1026), and Construction (29 CFR 1926.1126) (the
``Standards'') protect workers from the adverse health effects that may
result from occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium. The major
collections of information in these Standards include conducting worker
exposure monitoring, notifying workers of their chromium exposures,
implementing medical surveillance of workers, providing examining
physicians with specific information, implementing a respiratory
protection program, notifying laundry personnel of chromium hazards and
maintaining workers' exposure monitoring and medical surveillance
records for specific periods.

II. Special Issues for Comment

OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
Whether the proposed collection of information
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 collection of information 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 or other technological information
collection and transmission techniques.

III. Proposed Actions

The Agency is requesting an adjustment decrease of 47,615 burden
hours (from 541,582 to 493,967 burden hours). The decrease in burden
hours is due to an estimated decrease of exposed workers and a
reduction in the number of plants in specific industry sectors. There
is also an estimated increase in operation and maintenance costs of
$123,015, from $46,589,912 to $46,712,927. The increase in operation
and maintenance costs is due to the increase in exposure monitoring air
sampling costs, medical exam and testing costs, and costs of materials
for qualitative fit testing.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.

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Title: Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI)) Standards for General Industry
(29 CFR 1910.1026), Shipyard Employment (29 CFR 1915.1026), and
Construction (29 CFR 1926.1126).
OMB Control Number: 1218-0252.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 75,684.
Frequency of Response: On occasion; Quarterly; Semi-annually;
Annually.
Total Responses: 994,834.
Average Time per Response: Time per response ranges from 5 minutes
(.08 hour) to provide a copy of a written medical opinion to a worker
to 4 hours for a worker to receive a comprehensive medical examination.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 493,967.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $46,712,927.

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 (Docket No. OSHA-2012-0034) for this ICR.
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 the 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 December 14, 2015.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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U.S.C. 3506 et seq.) and Secretary of docket number (OSHA–2012–0034) for operating small businesses, and to
Labor’s Order No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912). the Information Collection Request reduce to the maximum extent feasible
Signed at Washington, DC, on December (ICR). All comments, including any unnecessary duplication of efforts in
14, 2015. personal information you provide, are obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
David Michaels, placed in the public docket without The collections of information in the
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational change, and may be made available Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI))
Safety and Health. online at http://www.regulations.gov. Standards for General Industry (29 CFR
[FR Doc. 2015–31753 Filed 12–16–15; 8:45 am] For further information on submitting 1910.1026), Shipyard Employment (29
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comments see the ‘‘Public CFR 1915.1026), and Construction (29
Participation’’ heading in the section of CFR 1926.1126) (the ‘‘Standards’’)
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY protect workers from the adverse health
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR INFORMATION. effects that may result from
Docket: To read or download occupational exposure to hexavalent
Occupational Safety and Health comments or other material in the chromium. The major collections of
Administration docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov information in these Standards include
[Docket No. OSHA–2012–0034]
or the OSHA Docket Office at the conducting worker exposure
address above. All documents in the monitoring, notifying workers of their
Hexavalent Chromium Standards; docket (including this Federal Register chromium exposures, implementing
Extension of the Office of Management notice) are listed in the http:// medical surveillance of workers,
and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of www.regulations.gov index; however, providing examining physicians with
Information Collection (Paperwork) some information (e.g., copyrighted specific information, implementing a
Requirements material) is not publicly available to respiratory protection program,
read or download from the Web site. All notifying laundry personnel of
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health submissions, including copyrighted chromium hazards and maintaining
Administration (OSHA), Labor. material, are available for inspection workers’ exposure monitoring and
ACTION: Request for public comments. and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. medical surveillance records for specific
SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public You may also contact Theda Kenney at periods.
comments concerning its proposal to the address below to obtain a copy of
the ICR. II. Special Issues for Comment
extend the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OSHA has a particular interest in
information collection requirements Theda Kenney or Todd Owen, comments on the following issues:
contained in the Hexavalent Chromium Directorate of Standards and Guidance, • Whether the proposed collection of
Standards for General Industry (29 CFR OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room information requirements are necessary
1910.1026), Shipyard Employment (29 N–3609, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., for the proper performance of the
CFR 1915.1026), and Construction (29 Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) Agency’s functions, including whether
CFR 1926.1126). 693–2222. the information is useful;
DATES: Comments must be submitted SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: • The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of
(postmarked, sent, or received) by the burden (time and costs) of the
I. Background collection of information requirements,
February 16, 2016.
ADDRESSES: The Department of Labor, as part of its including the validity of the
Electronically: You may submit continuing effort to reduce paperwork methodology and assumptions used;
comments and attachments and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, • The quality, utility, and clarity of
electronically at http:// conducts a preclearance consultation the information collected; and
www.regulations.gov, which is the program to provide the public with an • Ways to minimize the burden on
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the opportunity to comment on proposed employers who must comply; for
instructions online for submitting and continuing collection of example, by using automated or other
comments. information requirements in accord technological information collection
Facsimile: If your comments, with the Paperwork Reduction Act of and transmission techniques.
including attachments, are not longer 1995 (PRA–95) (44 U.S.C.
III. Proposed Actions
than 10 pages you may fax them to the 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648. that information is in the desired The Agency is requesting an
Mail, hand delivery, express mail, format, reporting burden (time and adjustment decrease of 47,615 burden
messenger, or courier service: When costs) is minimal, collection hours (from 541,582 to 493,967 burden
using this method, you must submit instruments are clearly understood, and hours). The decrease in burden hours is
your comments and attachments to the OSHA’s estimate of the information due to an estimated decrease of exposed
OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. collection burden is accurate. The workers and a reduction in the number
OSHA–2012–0034, Occupational Safety Occupational Safety and Health Act of of plants in specific industry sectors.
and Health Administration, U.S. 1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et There is also an estimated increase in
Department of Labor, Room N–2625, seq.) authorizes information collection operation and maintenance costs of
200 Constitution Avenue NW., by employers as necessary or $123,015, from $46,589,912 to
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Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries appropriate for enforcement of the OSH $46,712,927. The increase in operation
(hand, express mail, messenger, and Act or for developing information and maintenance costs is due to the
courier service) are accepted during the regarding the causes and prevention of increase in exposure monitoring air
Department of Labor’s and Docket occupational injuries, illnesses, and sampling costs, medical exam and
Office’s normal business hours, 8:15 accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act testing costs, and costs of materials for
a.m. to 4:45 p.m., e.t. also requires that OSHA obtain such qualitative fit testing.
Instructions: All submissions must information with minimum burden Type of Review: Extension of a
include the Agency name and the OSHA upon employers, especially those currently approved collection.

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Section		Notices
Action		Request for public comments.
Dates		Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by February 16, 2016.
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.
FR Citation		80 FR 78775

80 FR 78775 - Hexavalent Chromium Standards; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements

DEPARTMENT OF LABOROccupational Safety and Health Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 242 (December 17, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration