81_FR_4689 81 FR 4672 - Occupational Safety and Health State Plans; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements

81 FR 4672 - Occupational Safety and Health State Plans; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 17 (January 27, 2016)

Page Range4672-4673
FR Document2016-01537

OSHA solicits public comments concerning its request for an extension of the OMB's approval of the collections of information associated with its regulations and program regarding State Plans for the development and enforcement of state occupational safety and health standards (29 CFR parts 1902, 1953, 1954 and 1956).

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2016-01537]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2011-0197]


Occupational Safety and Health State Plans; Extension of the 
Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) 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 request for an 
extension of the OMB's approval of the collections of information 
associated with its regulations and program regarding State Plans for 
the development and enforcement of state occupational safety and health 
standards (29 CFR parts 1902, 1953, 1954 and 1956).

DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by 
March 28, 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 these methods, you must submit a copy of your comments and 
attachments to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. OSHA-2011-0197, 
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-2011-0197) 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 above address. 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 Douglas 
Kalinowski at the address below to obtain a copy of the ICR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Kalinowski, Directorate of 
Cooperative and State Programs, Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3700, 200 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-1978; email: 
kalinowski.doug@dol.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce 
paperwork and respondent (i.e., the State Plans) 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 minimized, collection instruments are understandable, and OSHA's 
estimate of the information collection burden is accurate. Currently, 
OSHA is soliciting comments concerning the extension of the information 
collection requirements contained in the series of regulations 
establishing requirements for the submission, initial approval, 
continuing approval, final approval, monitoring, and evaluation of 
OSHA-approved State Plans:
     29 CFR part 1902, State Plans for the Development and 
Enforcement of State Standards;
     29 CFR part 1953, Changes to State Plans for the 
Development and Enforcement of State Standards;
     29 CFR part 1954, Procedures for the Evaluation and 
Monitoring of Approved State Plans; and
     29 CFR part 1956, State Plans for the Development and 
Enforcement of State Standards Applicable to State and Local Government 
Employees in States Without Approved Private Employee Plans.
    Section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. 
667) offers an opportunity to the states to assume responsibility for 
the development and enforcement of state standards through the 
mechanism of an OSHA-approved State Plan. Absent an approved plan, 
states are precluded from enforcing occupational safety and health 
standards in the private sector with respect to any issue for which 
Federal OSHA has promulgated a standard. Once approved and operational, 
the state adopts standards and provides most occupational safety and 
health enforcement and compliance assistance in the state under the 
authority of its plan, instead of Federal OSHA. States also must extend 
their jurisdiction to cover state and local government employees and 
may obtain approval of State Plans limited in scope to these workers. 
To obtain and maintain State Plan approval, a state must submit various 
documents to OSHA describing its program structure and operation, 
including any modifications thereto as they occur, in accordance with 
the identified regulations. OSHA funds 50 percent of the costs required 
to be incurred by an approved State Plan, with the state at least 
matching and providing additional funding at its discretion.

II. Special Issues for Comment

    OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
    [ssquf] Whether the proposed information collection requirements 
are necessary for the proper performance of the

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Agency's functions, including whether the information is useful;
    [ssquf] 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;
    [ssquf] The quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
collected; and
    [ssquf] Ways to minimize the burden on participating states who 
must comply; for example, by using automated or other technological 
information collection and transmission techniques.

III. Proposed Actions

    OSHA is requesting that OMB extend its approval of the collection 
of information requirements associated with its State Plan regulations. 
The Agency is requesting an adjustment increase to adjust the number of 
burden hours associated with the developmental steps necessary for 
states in the developmental process, including Maine, Illinois and the 
Virgin Islands. Maine received initial approval on August 5, 2015 and 
has been moved to the developmental category. As a result, the total 
burden hours have increased slightly from 11,369 to 11,519 burden hours 
(an increase of 150 burden hours). The Agency will summarize the 
comments submitted in response to this notice and will include this 
summary in its request to OMB.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Occupational Safety and Health State Plans.
    OMB Control Number: 1218-0247.
    Affected Public: Designated state government agencies that are 
seeking or have submitted and obtained approval for State Plans for the 
development and enforcement of occupational safety and health. 
standards.
    Number of Respondents: 28.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion; quarterly; annually.
    Total Responses: 1,309.
    Average Time per Response: Varies from 30 minutes (.5 hour) to 
respond to an information inquiry to 80 hours to document state annual 
performance goals.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 11,519.
    Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $0.

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 for the ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2011-0197). 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 OSHA 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 January 21, 2016.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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4672 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 17 / Wednesday, January 27, 2016 / Notices opportunity to revise existing draft work attachments to the OSHA Docket Office, costs) is minimized, collection products. This Notice announces a Docket No. OSHA–2011–0197, instruments are understandable, and public comment period to provide an Occupational Safety and Health OSHA’s estimate of the information opportunity for submitting comments Administration, U.S. Department of collection burden is accurate. Currently, for the revised work products. Labor, Room N–2625, 200 Constitution OSHA is soliciting comments Pursuant to section 10(a)(3) of the Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. concerning the extension of the FACA and 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and Deliveries (hand, express mail, information collection requirements 102–3.140, the public or interested messenger, and courier service) are contained in the series of regulations organizations may submit written accepted during the Department of establishing requirements for the comments to the Commission in Labor’s and Docket Office’s normal submission, initial approval, continuing response to the revised draft work business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. approval, final approval, monitoring, products. Work products are available e.t. and evaluation of OSHA-approved State on the Commission’s Web site: http:// Instructions: All submissions must Plans: www.justice.gov/ncfs/work-products include the Agency name and the OSHA • 29 CFR part 1902, State Plans for and on www.regulations.gov. docket number (OSHA–2011–0197) for the Development and Enforcement of Dated: January 21, 2016. the Information Collection Request State Standards; (ICR). All comments, including any • 29 CFR part 1953, Changes to State Andrew J. Bruck, Plans for the Development and personal information you provide, are Designated Federal Official, National Enforcement of State Standards; placed in the public docket without Commission on Forensic Science. change and may be made available • 29 CFR part 1954, Procedures for [FR Doc. 2016–01656 Filed 1–26–16; 8:45 am] the Evaluation and Monitoring of online at http://www.regulations.gov. BILLING CODE 4410–18–P For further information on submitting Approved State Plans; and comments, see the ‘‘Public • 29 CFR part 1956, State Plans for Participation’’ heading in the section of the Development and Enforcement of DEPARTMENT OF LABOR this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY State Standards Applicable to State and INFORMATION. Local Government Employees in States Occupational Safety and Health Without Approved Private Employee Docket: To read or download Administration Plans. comments or other material in the Section 18 of the Occupational Safety [Docket No. OSHA–2011–0197] docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov and Health Act (29 U.S.C. 667) offers an or the OSHA Docket Office at the above Occupational Safety and Health State opportunity to the states to assume address. All documents in the docket Plans; Extension of the Office of responsibility for the development and (including this Federal Register Notice) Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) enforcement of state standards through are listed in the http:// Approval of Information Collection the mechanism of an OSHA-approved www.regulations.gov index; however, (Paperwork) Requirements State Plan. Absent an approved plan, some information (e.g., copyrighted states are precluded from enforcing AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health material) is not publicly available to occupational safety and health Administration (OSHA), Labor. read or download from the Web site. All standards in the private sector with ACTION: Request for public comments. submissions, including copyrighted respect to any issue for which Federal material, are available for inspection OSHA has promulgated a standard. SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. Once approved and operational, the comments concerning its request for an You may also contact Douglas state adopts standards and provides extension of the OMB’s approval of the Kalinowski at the address below to most occupational safety and health collections of information associated obtain a copy of the ICR. enforcement and compliance assistance with its regulations and program FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: in the state under the authority of its regarding State Plans for the Douglas Kalinowski, Directorate of plan, instead of Federal OSHA. States development and enforcement of state Cooperative and State Programs, also must extend their jurisdiction to occupational safety and health Occupational Safety and Health cover state and local government standards (29 CFR parts 1902, 1953, Administration, U.S. Department of employees and may obtain approval of 1954 and 1956). Labor, Room N–3700, 200 Constitution State Plans limited in scope to these DATES: Comments must be submitted Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; workers. To obtain and maintain State (postmarked, sent, or received) by telephone: (202) 693–1978; email: Plan approval, a state must submit March 28, 2016. kalinowski.doug@dol.gov. various documents to OSHA describing ADDRESSES: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: its program structure and operation, Electronically: You may submit including any modifications thereto as I. Background comments and attachments they occur, in accordance with the electronically at http:// The Department of Labor, as part of its identified regulations. OSHA funds 50 www.regulations.gov, which is the continuing effort to reduce paperwork percent of the costs required to be Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the and respondent (i.e., the State Plans) incurred by an approved State Plan, instructions online for submitting burden, conducts a preclearance with the state at least matching and consultation program to provide the asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES comments. providing additional funding at its Facsimile: If your comments, public with an opportunity to comment discretion. including attachments, are not longer on proposed and continuing than 10 pages you may fax them to the information collection requirements in II. Special Issues for Comment OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648. accord with the Paperwork Reduction OSHA has a particular interest in Mail, hand delivery, express mail, Act of 1995 (PRA–95) (44 U.S.C. comments on the following issues: messenger, or courier service: When 3506(c)(2)(A)). 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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 17 / Wednesday, January 27, 2016 / Notices 4673 Agency’s functions, including whether facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND the information is useful; comments, attachments, and other BUDGET D The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of material must identify the Agency name the burden (time and costs) of the and the OSHA docket number for the Revision of OMB Circular No. A–119, information collection requirements, ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0197). ‘‘Federal Participation in the including the validity of the You may supplement electronic Development and Use of Voluntary methodology and assumptions used; submissions by uploading document Consensus Standards and in D The quality, utility, and clarity of files electronically. If you wish to mail Conformity Assessment Activities’’ the information collected; and additional materials in reference to an D Ways to minimize the burden on AGENCY: Office of Management and electronic or facsimile submission, you participating states who must comply; Budget, Executive Office of the must submit them to the OSHA Docket for example, by using automated or President. Office (see the section of this notice other technological information ACTION: Notice of availability. titled ADDRESSES). The additional collection and transmission techniques. materials must clearly identify your SUMMARY: The Office of Management III. Proposed Actions electronic comments by your name, and Budget (OMB) has revised Circular date, and the OSHA docket number, so A–119, ‘‘Federal Participation in the OSHA is requesting that OMB extend the Agency can attach them to your its approval of the collection of Development and Use of Voluntary comments. Consensus Standards and in Conformity information requirements associated Because of security procedures, the with its State Plan regulations. The Assessment Activities,’’ in light of use of regular mail may cause a changes that have taken place in the Agency is requesting an adjustment significant delay in the receipt of increase to adjust the number of burden world of regulation, standards, and comments. For information about conformity assessment since the hours associated with the security procedures concerning the developmental steps necessary for states Circular was last revised in 1998. The delivery of materials by hand, express revised Circular is available at http:// in the developmental process, including delivery, messenger, or courier service, Maine, Illinois and the Virgin Islands. www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg_ please contact the OSHA Docket Office infopoltech. Maine received initial approval on at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889– August 5, 2015 and has been moved to 5627). DATES: Effective upon publication as of the developmental category. As a result, Comments and submissions are January 27, 2016, OMB is making the total burden hours have increased posted without change at http:// revised Circular A–119 available to the slightly from 11,369 to 11,519 burden www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA public. hours (an increase of 150 burden hours). cautions commenters about submitting FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Agency will summarize the personal information, such as their Jasmeet Seehra, Office of Management comments submitted in response to this social security number and date of birth. and Budget, Office of Information and notice and will include this summary in Although all submissions are listed in Regulatory Affairs, at CircularA-119@ its request to OMB. the http://www.regulations.gov index, omb.eop.gov. Type of Review: Extension of a some information (e.g., copyrighted SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public currently approved collection. material) is not publicly available to Title: Occupational Safety and Health Law 104–113, the ‘‘National Technology read or download from this Web site. Transfer and Advancement Act of State Plans. All submissions, including copyrighted OMB Control Number: 1218–0247. 1995,’’ codified the existing policies in material, are available for inspection A–119, ‘‘Federal Participation in the Affected Public: Designated state and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. government agencies that are seeking or Development and Use of Voluntary Information on using the http:// Consensus Standards and in Conformity have submitted and obtained approval www.regulations.gov Web site to submit for State Plans for the development and Assessment Activities,’’ established comments and access the docket is reporting requirements, and authorized enforcement of occupational safety and available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’ health. standards. the National Institute of Standards and link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office Technology to coordinate conformity Number of Respondents: 28. for information about materials not Frequency of Response: On occasion; assessment activities of the agencies. In available from the Web site and for 1998, OMB revised the Circular in order quarterly; annually. assistance in using the Internet to locate Total Responses: 1,309. to make the terminology of the Circular docket submissions. consistent with the National Technology Average Time per Response: Varies from 30 minutes (.5 hour) to respond to V. Authority and Signature Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995, an information inquiry to 80 hours to to issue guidance to the agencies on David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, document state annual performance making their reports to OMB, to direct Assistant Secretary of Labor for goals. the Secretary of Commerce to issue Occupational Safety and Health, Estimated Total Burden Hours: policy guidance for conformity directed the preparation of this notice. 11,519. assessment, and to make changes for The authority for this notice is the Estimated Cost (Operation and clarity. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 Maintenance): $0. OMB has issued a revision of Circular U.S.C. 3506 et seq.) and Secretary of A–119 in light of changes that have asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES IV. Public Participation—Submission of Labor’s Order No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912). taken place in the world of regulation, Comments on This Notice and Internet Signed at Washington, DC, on January 21, standards, and conformity assessment Access to Comments and Submissions 2016. since the Circular was last revised in You may submit comments in David Michaels, 1998. The revised Circular is available response to this document as follows: Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ (1) Electronically at http:// Safety and Health. inforeg_infopoltech. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionRequest for public comments.
DatesComments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by March 28, 2016.
ContactDouglas Kalinowski, Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3700, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-1978; email: [email protected]
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