81 FR 12966 - The Standard on 4,4′-Methylenedianiline for General Industry; 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 81, Issue 48 (March 11, 2016)

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FR Document		2016-05486

OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements specified in the Standard on 4,4'- Methylenedianiline for General Industry (29 CFR 1910.1050).

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2012-0040]

The Standard on 4,4'-Methylenedianiline for General Industry;
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 specified in the Standard on 4,4'-
Methylenedianiline for General Industry (29 CFR 1910.1050).

DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
May 10, 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 a copy of your comments and
attachments to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. OSHA-2012-0040,
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-2012-0040) 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 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 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 information collection requirements specified in the 4,4'-
Methylenedianiline Standard for General Industry (the ``MDA Standard'')
(29 CFR 1910.1050) protect workers from the adverse health effects that
may result from their exposure to MDA, including cancer, liver and skin
disease. The major paperwork requirements specify that employers must
perform initial, periodic, and additional exposure monitoring; notify
each worker in writing of their results as soon as possible but no
longer than 5 days after receiving exposure monitoring results; and
routinely inspect the hands, face, and forearms of each worker
potentially exposed to MDA for signs of dermal exposure to MDA.
Employers must also: Establish a written compliance program; institute
a respiratory protection program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134
(OSHA's Respiratory Protection standard); and develop a written
emergency plan for any construction operation that could have an MDA
emergency (i.e., an unexpected and potentially hazardous release of
MDA).
Employers must label any material or products containing MDA,
including containers used to store MDA-contaminated protective clothing
and equipment. They also must inform personnel who launder MDA-
contaminated clothing of the requirement to prevent release of MDA,
while personnel who launder or clean MDA-contaminated protective
clothing or equipment must receive information about the potentially
harmful effects of MDA. In addition, employers are to post warning
signs at entrances or access ways to regulated areas, as well as train
workers exposed to MDA at the time of their initial assignment, and at
least annually thereafter.
Other paperwork provisions of the MDA standard require employers to

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provide workers with medical examinations, including initial, periodic,
emergency and follow-up examinations. As part of the medical
surveillance program, employers must ensure that the examining
physician receives specific written information, and that they obtain
from the physician a written opinion regarding the worker's medical
results and exposure limitations.
The MDA standard also specifies that employers are to establish and
maintain exposure monitoring and medical surveillance records for each
worker who is subject to these respective requirements, make any
required record available to OSHA compliance officers and the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for examination
and copying, and provide exposure monitoring and medical surveillance
records to workers and their designated representatives. Finally,
employers who cease to do business within the period specified for
retaining exposure monitoring and medical surveillance records, and who
have no successor employer, must notify NIOSH at least 90 days before
disposing of the records and transmit the records to NIOSH if so
requested.

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 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 in burden hours
from 370 hours to 335 hours. The decrease is the result of a slight
decrease in the number of impacted secondary-use plants and a reduction
in workers receiving initial medical examinations, receiving exposure
monitoring training, and requesting access to records. There is an
overall adjustment decrease in capital costs of $3,802 (from $27,982 to
$24,180) resulting from a decrease in the cost to analyze a sample of
airborne MDA from $119 to $87 each. However, the cost of a medical exam
increased from $187 to $207.
The Agency 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 MDA Standard.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: 4,4'-Methylenedianiline Standard for General Industry (29
CFR 1910.1050).
OMB Control Number: 1218-0184.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; Not-for-profit
organizations; Federal Government; State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 10.
Total Responses: 574.
Frequency: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies from 5 minutes (.08 hour) for
employers to provide information to the physician to 1.5 hours to
review and maintain a compliance plan.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 335.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $24,180.

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 (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number (Docket No. OSHA-2012-0040) for the 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 social security numbers and
dates 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., MP, 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 March 7, 2016.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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f. Notify all affected employees of this Mail, hand delivery, express mail, (time and costs) is minimal, collection
permanent variance by the same means messenger, or courier service: When instruments are clearly understood, and
required to inform them of its using this method, you must submit a OSHA’s estimate of the information
application for a variance. copy of your comments and attachments collection burden is accurate. The
2. OSHA must approve the transfer of to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. Occupational Safety and Health Act of
the permanent variance to a successor OSHA–2012–0040, Occupational Safety 1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et
company. and Health Administration, U.S. seq.) authorizes information collection
Department of Labor, Room N–2625, by employers as necessary or
Authority and Signature appropriate for enforcement of the OSH
200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries Act or for developing information
Assistant Secretary of Labor for (hand, express mail, messenger, and regarding the causes and prevention of
Occupational Safety and Health, 200 courier service) are accepted during the occupational injuries, illnesses, and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, Department of Labor’s and Docket accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act
DC 20210, authorized the preparation of Office’s normal business hours, 8:15 also requires that OSHA obtain such
this notice. Accordingly, the Agency is a.m. to 4:45 p.m., e.t. information with minimum burden
issuing this notice pursuant to Section Instructions: All submissions must upon employers, especially those
29 U.S.C. 655(6)(d), Secretary of Labor’s include the Agency name and the OSHA operating small businesses, and to
Order No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, docket number (OSHA–2012–0040) for reduce to the maximum extent feasible
2012), and 29 CFR 1905.11. the Information Collection Request unnecessary duplication of efforts in
Signed at Washington, DC, on March 7, (ICR). All comments, including any obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
2016. personal information you provide, are The information collection
placed in the public docket without requirements specified in the 4,4′-
David Michaels,
change, and may be made available Methylenedianiline Standard for
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational General Industry (the ‘‘MDA Standard’’)
Safety and Health. online at http://www.regulations.gov.
For further information on submitting (29 CFR 1910.1050) protect workers
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comments, see the ‘‘Public from the adverse health effects that may
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Participation’’ heading in the section of
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY including cancer, liver and skin disease.
INFORMATION. The major paperwork requirements
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR specify that employers must perform
Docket: To read or download
Occupational Safety and Health comments or other material in the initial, periodic, and additional
Administration docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov exposure monitoring; notify each
or the OSHA Docket Office at the worker in writing of their results as soon
[Docket No. OSHA–2012–0040] as possible but no longer than 5 days
address above. All documents in the
docket (including this Federal Register after receiving exposure monitoring
The Standard on 4,4′- results; and routinely inspect the hands,
Methylenedianiline for General notice) are listed in the http://
www.regulations.gov index; however, face, and forearms of each worker
Industry; Extension of the Office of potentially exposed to MDA for signs of
Management and Budget’s (OMB) some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to dermal exposure to MDA. Employers
Approval of Information Collection must also: Establish a written
(Paperwork) Requirements read or download from the Web site. All
submissions, including copyrighted compliance program; institute a
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health material, are available for inspection respiratory protection program in
Administration (OSHA), Labor. accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
(OSHA’s Respiratory Protection
ACTION: Request for public comments. You may also contact Theda Kenney at
standard); and develop a written
the address below to obtain a copy of
SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public emergency plan for any construction
the ICR.
comments concerning its proposal to operation that could have an MDA
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: emergency (i.e., an unexpected and
extend the Office of Management and Theda Kenney or Todd Owen,
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the potentially hazardous release of MDA).
Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Employers must label any material or
information collection requirements OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room
specified in the Standard on 4,4′- products containing MDA, including
N–3609, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., containers used to store MDA-
Methylenedianiline for General Industry Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) contaminated protective clothing and
(29 CFR 1910.1050). 693–2222. equipment. They also must inform
DATES: Comments must be submitted SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: personnel who launder MDA-
(postmarked, sent, or received) by May contaminated clothing of the
10, 2016. I. Background
requirement to prevent release of MDA,
ADDRESSES: The Department of Labor, as part of its while personnel who launder or clean
Electronically: You may submit continuing effort to reduce paperwork MDA-contaminated protective clothing
comments and attachments and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, or equipment must receive information
electronically at http:// conducts a preclearance consultation about the potentially harmful effects of
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www.regulations.gov, which is the program to provide the public with an MDA. In addition, employers are to post
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the opportunity to comment on proposed warning signs at entrances or access
instructions online for submitting and continuing information collection ways to regulated areas, as well as train
comments. requirements in accord with the workers exposed to MDA at the time of
Facsimile: If your comments, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA their initial assignment, and at least
including attachments, are not longer 95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). This annually thereafter.
than 10 pages you may fax them to the program ensures that information is in Other paperwork provisions of the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648. the desired format, reporting burden MDA standard require employers to

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FR Citation		81 FR 12966

81 FR 12966 - The Standard on 4,4′-Methylenedianiline for General Industry; 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 81, Issue 48 (March 11, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration