81 FR 53268 - Confined Spaces in Construction; Approval of Collections of Information

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 156 (August 12, 2016)

This rule is a technical amendment revising OSHA's regulations to reflect the approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of the collections of information contained in OSHA's standard for Confined Spaces in Construction.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 156 (Friday, August 12, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 53268]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18965]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Part 1926

[Docket No. OSHA-2007-0026]
RIN 1218-AB47


Confined Spaces in Construction; Approval of Collections of 
Information

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

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This rule is a technical amendment revising OSHA's regulations 
to reflect the approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of 
the collections of information contained in OSHA's standard for 
Confined Spaces in Construction.

DATES: Effective August 12, 2016.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OSHA published a final rule for Confined 
Spaces in Construction on May 4, 2015 (80 FR 25365) to provide new 
protections to employees working in confined spaces in construction. 
This new subpart replaced OSHA's general training requirement for work 
in confined spaces (29 CFR 1926.21(b)(6)) with a comprehensive 
standard. The new standard includes a permit program designed to 
protect employees from exposure to many hazards associated with work in 
confined spaces, including atmospheric and physical hazards. Those 
requirements contained collections of information approved by OMB under 
control number 1218-0258, which OSHA publicized in the Federal Register 
document announcing the new rule (see 80 FR 22514-22517). This 
technical amendment codifies the OMB control number for the Confined 
Spaces in Construction standard into Sec.  1926.5, which is the central 
section in which OSHA displays its approved collections under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act.
    Additional opportunity for public comment on this rule is 
unnecessary because the public has already had the opportunity to 
comment on the collections of information and OMB has approved them. 
This revision of Sec.  1926.5 is a purely technical step to increase 
public awareness of OMB's approval of the collections of information.

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 1-2012 (77 
FR 3912 (1/25/2012)).

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 1926

    Occupational safety and health, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on August 2, 2016.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble in this document, the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration amends 29 CFR part 1926 
as follows:

PART 1926--SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION

Subpart A--General

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1. The authority citation for part 1926, subpart A, continues to read 
as follows:

    Authority:  40 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.; 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; 
Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 
25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-
2000 (65 FR 50017), 5-2002 (67 FR 65008), or 5-2007 (72 FR 31160), 
5-2007 (72 FR 31160), 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), or 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), 
as applicable; and 29 CFR part 1911.

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2. Amend Sec.  1926.5 by adding to the table, in the proper numerical 
sequence, the entries for ``1926.1203,'' ``1926.1204,'' ``1926.1205,'' 
``1926.1206,'' ``1926.1207,'' ``1926.1208,'' ``1926.1209,'' 
``1926.1210,'' ``1926.1211,'' ``1926.1212,'' and ``1926.1213'' to read 
as follows:


Sec.  1926.5   OMB control numbers under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

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                                                           OMB  Control
                     29 CFR Citation                            No.
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1926.1203...............................................       1218-0258
1926.1204...............................................       1218-0258
1926.1205...............................................       1218-0258
1926.1206...............................................       1218-0258
1926.1207...............................................       1218-0258
1926.1208...............................................       1218-0258
1926.1209...............................................       1218-0258
1926.1210...............................................       1218-0258
1926.1211...............................................       1218-0258
1926.1212...............................................       1218-0258
1926.1213...............................................       1218-0258
 
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