82_FR_19009 82 FR 18932 - Notice of Alleged Safety and Health Hazard (Form OSHA-7); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Collections of Information

82 FR 18932 - Notice of Alleged Safety and Health Hazard (Form OSHA-7); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Collections of Information

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 77 (April 24, 2017)

Page Range18932-18934
FR Document2017-08228

OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the collections of information contained in the OSHA-7 Form.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 77 (Monday, April 24, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 77 (Monday, April 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18932-18934]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08228]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2010-0056]


Notice of Alleged Safety and Health Hazard (Form OSHA-7); 
Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of 
Collections of Information

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 
collections of information contained in the OSHA-7 Form.

DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent or received) by 
June 23, 2017.

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-2010-0056, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 
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-2010-0056) 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://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 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., employees filing occupational safety or 
health complaints) burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program 
to provide the public with an opportunity to comment on proposed and 
collections of information in accord with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(PRA) (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).
    Under paragraphs (a) and (c) of 29 CFR 1903.11 (``Complaints by 
employees''), employees and their representatives may notify the OSHA 
area director or an OSHA compliance officer of safety and health 
hazards regulated by the Agency that they believe exist in their 
workplaces at any time. These provisions state further that this 
notification must be in writing and ``shall set forth with reasonable 
particularity the grounds for the notice, and shall be signed by the 
employee or representative of the employee.''
    In addition to providing specific hazard information to the Agency, 
paragraph (a) permits employees/employee representatives to request an 
inspection of the workplace. Paragraph (c) also addresses situations in 
which employees/employee representatives may provide the information 
directly to the OSHA compliance officer during an inspection. An 
employer's former employees may also submit complaints to the Agency.
    To address the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (c), especially 
the requirement that the information be in writing, the Agency 
developed the OSHA-7 Form; this form standardized and simplified the 
hazard reporting process. For paragraph (a), they may complete an OSHA-
7 Form obtained

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from the Agency's Web site and then send it to OSHA online, or deliver 
a hardcopy of the form to the OSHA area office by mail or facsimile, or 
by hand. They may also write a letter containing the information and 
hand deliver it to the area office, or send it by mail or facsimile. In 
addition, they may provide the information orally to the OSHA area 
office or another party (e.g., a federal safety and health committee 
for federal employees), in which case the area office or other party 
completes the hard copy version of the form. For the typical situation 
addressed by paragraph (c), an employee/employee representative informs 
an OSHA compliance officer orally of the alleged hazard during an 
inspection, and the compliance officer then completes the hard copy 
version of the OSHA-7 Form; occasionally, the employee/employee 
representative provides the compliance officer with the information on 
the hard copy version of the OSHA-7 Form.
    The information on the hard copy version of the OSHA-7 Form 
includes information about the employer and alleged hazards, including: 
The establishment's name; the site's address and telephone and 
facsimile numbers; the name and telephone number of the management 
official; the type of business; a description and the specific location 
of the hazards, including the approximate number of employees exposed 
or threatened by the hazards; and whether or not the employee/employee 
representative informed another government agency about the hazards 
(and the name of the agency if so informed).
    Additional information on the hard copy version of the form 
concerns the complainant, including: Whether or not the complainant is 
an employee or an employee representative, or for information provided 
orally, a member of a federal safety and health committee or another 
party (with space to specify the party); the complainant's name, 
telephone number, and address; and the complainant's signature 
attesting that they believe a violation of an OSHA standard exists at 
the named establishment; and the date of the signature. An employee 
representative must also provide the name of the organization they 
represent and their title.
    The information contained in the online version of the OSHA-7 Form 
is similar to the hard copy version. However, the online version 
requests the complainant's email address, and does not ask for the 
site's facsimile number or the complainant's signature and signature 
date.
    The Agency uses the information collected on the OSHA-7 Form to 
determine whether reasonable grounds exist to conduct an inspection of 
the workplace. The description of the hazards, including the number of 
exposed employees, allows the Agency to assess the severity of the 
hazards and the need to expedite the inspection. The completed form 
also provides the employer with notice of the complaint and may serve 
as the basis for obtaining a search warrant if the employer denies the 
Agency access to the workplace.

II. Special Issues for Comment

    OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
     Whether the proposed collections of information are 
necessary for 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 collections of information, 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

    OSHA is requesting that OMB extend its approval of the collections 
of information relating to the OSHA-7 Form. The Agency is requesting an 
increase in burden hours from 13,659 to 19,258 (a total increase of 
5,599 burden hours). The difference is the result of an overall 
increase in complaints received annually from 50,641 complaints 
estimated in the previous ICR to 70,976 complaints. There was also an 
increase in operation and maintenance costs from $532 to $701. The 
increase occurred due to an increase in the estimated number of written 
OSHA-7 forms received, from 1,208 to 1,430 forms. 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 collections of information.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Notice of Alleged Safety and Health Hazards (Form OSHA-7).
    OMB Control Number: 1218-0064.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Number of Responses: 70,976.
    Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
    Average Time per Response: Varies.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 19,258.
    Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $701.

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://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-2010-0056). 
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

    Dorothy Dougherty, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Occupational Safety and Health, directed the

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preparation of this notice. The authority for this notice is the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3506 et seq.) and Secretary of 
Labor's Order No. 1-2012 (77 FR 3912).

    Signed at Washington, DC, on April 13, 2017.
Dorothy Dougherty,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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                                                     Comments and submissions are                            Electronically: You may submit                     I. Background
                                                  posted without change at http://                        comments and attachments                                 The Department of Labor, as part of its
                                                  www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA                    electronically at http://                             continuing effort to reduce paperwork
                                                  cautions comments about submitting                      www.regulations.gov, which is the                     and respondent (i.e., employees filing
                                                  personal information such as Social                     Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the                occupational safety or health
                                                  security numbers and date of birth.                     instructions online for submitting                    complaints) burden, conducts a
                                                  Although all submissions are listed in                  comments.                                             preclearance consultation program to
                                                  the http://www.regulations.gov index,                                                                         provide the public with an opportunity
                                                                                                             Facsimile: If your comments,
                                                  some information (e.g., copyrighted                                                                           to comment on proposed and
                                                                                                          including attachments, are not longer
                                                  material) is not publically available to                                                                      collections of information in accord
                                                  read or download through this Web site.                 than 10 pages, you may fax them to the
                                                                                                          OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.                 with the Paperwork Reduction Act
                                                  All submissions, including copyrighted
                                                                                                                                                                (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This
                                                  material, are available for inspection                     Mail, hand delivery, express mail,
                                                                                                                                                                program ensures that information is in
                                                  and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.                  messenger, or courier service: When
                                                                                                                                                                the desired format, reporting burden
                                                  Information on using the http://                        using this method, you must submit a
                                                                                                                                                                (time and costs) is minimal, collection
                                                  www.regulations.gov Web site to submit                  copy of your comments and attachments
                                                                                                                                                                instruments are clearly understood, and
                                                  comments and Access the docket is                       to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No.
                                                                                                                                                                OSHA’s estimate of the information
                                                  available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’               OSHA–2010–0056, U.S. Department of
                                                                                                                                                                collection burden is accurate. The
                                                  link.                                                   Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
                                                     Contact the OSHA Docket Office for                                                                         Occupational Safety and Health Act of
                                                                                                          Administration, Room N–2625, 200
                                                  information about materials not                                                                               1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et
                                                                                                          Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,                  seq.) authorizes information collection
                                                  available through the Web site, and for                 DC 20210. Deliveries (hand, express
                                                  assistance in using the Internet to locate                                                                    by employers as necessary or
                                                                                                          mail, messenger, and courier service)                 appropriate for enforcement of the OSH
                                                  docket submissions.                                     are accepted during the Department of                 Act or for developing information
                                                  V. Authority and Signature                              Labor’s and Docket Office’s normal                    regarding the causes and prevention of
                                                                                                          business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.,               occupational injuries, illnesses, and
                                                     Dorothy Dougherty, Deputy Assistant
                                                                                                          e.t.                                                  accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act
                                                  Secretary of Labor for Occupational
                                                  Safety and Health, directed the                            Instructions: All submissions must                 also requires that OSHA obtain such
                                                  preparation of this notice. The authority               include the Agency name and the OSHA                  information with minimum burden
                                                  for this notice is the Paperwork                        docket number (OSHA–2010–0056) for                    upon employers, especially those
                                                  Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506                   the Information Collection Request                    operating small businesses, and to
                                                  et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order                 (ICR). All comments, including any                    reduce to the maximum extent feasible
                                                  No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).                                personal information you provide, are                 unnecessary duplication of efforts in
                                                    Signed at Washington, DC, on April 13,
                                                                                                          placed in the public docket without                   obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
                                                  2017.                                                   change, and may be made available                        Under paragraphs (a) and (c) of 29
                                                  Dorothy Dougherty,                                      online at http://www.regulations.gov.                 CFR 1903.11 (‘‘Complaints by
                                                                                                          For further information on submitting                 employees’’), employees and their
                                                  Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
                                                  Occupational Safety and Health.                         comments,see the ‘‘Public                             representatives may notify the OSHA
                                                                                                          Participation’’ heading in the section of             area director or an OSHA compliance
                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–08229 Filed 4–21–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY                      officer of safety and health hazards
                                                  BILLING CODE 4510–26–P
                                                                                                          INFORMATION.                                          regulated by the Agency that they
                                                                                                             Docket: To read or download                        believe exist in their workplaces at any
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF LABOR                                                                                           time. These provisions state further that
                                                                                                          comments or other material in the
                                                                                                                                                                this notification must be in writing and
                                                                                                          docket, go to http://regulations.gov or
                                                  Occupational Safety and Health                                                                                ‘‘shall set forth with reasonable
                                                                                                          the OSHA Docket Office at the address
                                                  Administration                                                                                                particularity the grounds for the notice,
                                                                                                          above. All documents in the docket
                                                                                                                                                                and shall be signed by the employee or
                                                  [Docket No. OSHA–2010–0056]                             (including this Federal Register notice)
                                                                                                                                                                representative of the employee.’’
                                                                                                          are listed in the http://                                In addition to providing specific
                                                  Notice of Alleged Safety and Health                     www.regulations.gov index; however,
                                                  Hazard (Form OSHA–7); Extension of                                                                            hazard information to the Agency,
                                                                                                          some information (e.g., copyrighted                   paragraph (a) permits employees/
                                                  the Office of Management and                            material) is not publicly available to
                                                  Budget’s (OMB) Approval of                                                                                    employee representatives to request an
                                                                                                          read or download from the Web site. All               inspection of the workplace. Paragraph
                                                  Collections of Information                              submissions, including copyrighted                    (c) also addresses situations in which
                                                  AGENCY:  Occupational Safety and Health                 material, are available for inspection                employees/employee representatives
                                                  Administration (OSHA), Labor.                           and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.                may provide the information directly to
                                                                                                          You may contact Theda Kenney at the                   the OSHA compliance officer during an
                                                  ACTION: Request for public comments.
                                                                                                          address below to obtain a copy of the                 inspection. An employer’s former
                                                  SUMMARY:  OSHA solicits public                          ICR.                                                  employees may also submit complaints
                                                  comments concerning its proposal to                                                                           to the Agency.
                                                  extend the Office of Management and                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                                                                   To address the requirements of
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                                                  Budget’s (OMB) approval of the                          Theda Kenney or Todd Owen,
                                                                                                          Directorate of Standards and Guidance,                paragraphs (a) and (c), especially the
                                                  collections of information contained in                                                                       requirement that the information be in
                                                  the OSHA–7 Form.                                        OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room
                                                                                                                                                                writing, the Agency developed the
                                                  DATES: Comments must be submitted
                                                                                                          N–3609, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
                                                                                                                                                                OSHA–7 Form; this form standardized
                                                  (postmarked, sent or received) by June                  Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)
                                                                                                                                                                and simplified the hazard reporting
                                                  23, 2017.                                               693–2222.
                                                                                                                                                                process. For paragraph (a), they may
                                                  ADDRESSES:                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            complete an OSHA–7 Form obtained


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                                                  from the Agency’s Web site and then                        The Agency uses the information                      Estimated Total Burden Hours:
                                                  send it to OSHA online, or deliver a                    collected on the OSHA–7 Form to                       19,258.
                                                  hardcopy of the form to the OSHA area                   determine whether reasonable grounds                    Estimated Cost (Operation and
                                                  office by mail or facsimile, or by hand.                exist to conduct an inspection of the                 Maintenance): $701.
                                                  They may also write a letter containing                 workplace. The description of the                     IV. Public Participation—Submission of
                                                  the information and hand deliver it to                  hazards, including the number of                      Comments on this Notice and Internet
                                                  the area office, or send it by mail or                  exposed employees, allows the Agency                  Access to Comments and Submissions
                                                  facsimile. In addition, they may provide                to assess the severity of the hazards and
                                                  the information orally to the OSHA area                 the need to expedite the inspection. The                 You may submit comments in
                                                  office or another party (e.g., a federal                completed form also provides the                      response to this document as follows:
                                                  safety and health committee for federal                 employer with notice of the complaint                 (1) Electronically at http://
                                                  employees), in which case the area                      and may serve as the basis for obtaining              regulations.gov, which is the Federal
                                                  office or other party completes the hard                a search warrant if the employer denies               eRulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile; or
                                                  copy version of the form. For the typical               the Agency access to the workplace.                   (3) by hard copy. All comments,
                                                  situation addressed by paragraph (c), an                                                                      attachments, and other material must
                                                                                                          II. Special Issues for Comment                        identify the Agency name and the
                                                  employee/employee representative
                                                  informs an OSHA compliance officer                         OSHA has a particular interest in                  OSHA docket number for this ICR
                                                  orally of the alleged hazard during an                  comments on the following issues:                     (Docket No. OSHA–2010–0056). You
                                                  inspection, and the compliance officer                     • Whether the proposed collections of              may supplement electronic submissions
                                                  then completes the hard copy version of                 information are necessary for proper                  by uploading document files
                                                  the OSHA–7 Form; occasionally, the                      performance of the Agency’s functions,                electronically. If you wish to mail
                                                  employee/employee representative                        including whether the information is                  additional materials in reference to an
                                                  provides the compliance officer with the                useful;                                               electronic or facsimile submission, you
                                                  information on the hard copy version of                    • The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of               must submit them to the OSHA Docket
                                                  the OSHA–7 Form.                                        the burden (time and costs) of the                    Office (see the section of this notice
                                                                                                          collections of information, including the             titled ADDRESSES). The additional
                                                     The information on the hard copy
                                                                                                          validity of the methodology and                       materials must clearly identify your
                                                  version of the OSHA–7 Form includes
                                                                                                          assumptions used;                                     electronic comments by your name,
                                                  information about the employer and
                                                  alleged hazards, including: The                            • The quality, utility, and clarity of             date, and the docket number so the
                                                                                                          the information collected; and                        Agency can attach them to your
                                                  establishment’s name; the site’s address
                                                  and telephone and facsimile numbers;                       • Ways to minimize the burden on                   comments.
                                                                                                          employers who must comply—for                            Because of security procedures, the
                                                  the name and telephone number of the                                                                          use of regular mail may cause a
                                                  management official; the type of                        example, by using automated or other
                                                                                                          technological information collection                  significant delay in the receipt of
                                                  business; a description and the specific                                                                      comments. For information about
                                                  location of the hazards, including the                  and transmission techniques.
                                                                                                                                                                security procedures concerning the
                                                  approximate number of employees                         III. Proposed Actions                                 delivery of materials by hand, express
                                                  exposed or threatened by the hazards;                      OSHA is requesting that OMB extend                 delivery, messenger, or courier service,
                                                  and whether or not the employee/                        its approval of the collections of                    please contact the OSHA Docket Office
                                                  employee representative informed                        information relating to the OSHA–7                    at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–
                                                  another government agency about the                     Form. The Agency is requesting an                     5627).
                                                  hazards (and the name of the agency if                  increase in burden hours from 13,659 to                  Comments and submissions are
                                                  so informed).                                           19,258 (a total increase of 5,599 burden              posted without change at http://
                                                     Additional information on the hard                   hours). The difference is the result of an            www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
                                                  copy version of the form concerns the                   overall increase in complaints received               cautions commenters about submitting
                                                  complainant, including: Whether or not                  annually from 50,641 complaints                       personal information such as their
                                                  the complainant is an employee or an                    estimated in the previous ICR to 70,976               social security number and date of birth.
                                                  employee representative, or for                         complaints. There was also an increase                Although all submissions are listed in
                                                  information provided orally, a member                   in operation and maintenance costs                    the http://www.regulations.gov index,
                                                  of a federal safety and health committee                from $532 to $701. The increase                       some information (e.g., copyrighted
                                                  or another party (with space to specify                 occurred due to an increase in the                    material) is not publicly available to
                                                  the party); the complainant’s name,                     estimated number of written OSHA–7                    read or download from this Web site.
                                                  telephone number, and address; and the                  forms received, from 1,208 to 1,430                   All submissions, including copyrighted
                                                  complainant’s signature attesting that                  forms. The Agency will summarize the                  material, are available for inspection
                                                  they believe a violation of an OSHA                     comments submitted in response to this                and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
                                                  standard exists at the named                            notice and will include this summary in               Information on using the http://
                                                  establishment; and the date of the                      the request to OMB to extend the                      www.regulations.gov Web site to submit
                                                  signature. An employee representative                   approval of the collections of                        comments and access the docket is
                                                  must also provide the name of the                       information.                                          available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’
                                                  organization they represent and their                      Type of Review: Extension of a                     link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
                                                  title.                                                  currently approved collection.                        for information about materials not
                                                     The information contained in the
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                                                                                                             Title: Notice of Alleged Safety and                available from the Web site, and for
                                                  online version of the OSHA–7 Form is                    Health Hazards (Form OSHA–7).                         assistance in using the Internet to locate
                                                  similar to the hard copy version.                          OMB Control Number: 1218–0064.                     docket submissions.
                                                  However, the online version requests                       Affected Public: Individuals or
                                                  the complainant’s email address, and                    households.                                           V. Authority and Signature
                                                  does not ask for the site’s facsimile                      Number of Responses: 70,976.                         Dorothy Dougherty, Deputy Assistant
                                                  number or the complainant’s signature                      Frequency of Responses: On occasion.               Secretary of Labor for Occupational
                                                  and signature date.                                        Average Time per Response: Varies.                 Safety and Health, directed the


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                                                  preparation of this notice. The authority               Deliveries (hand, express mail,                       Act, or for developing information
                                                  for this notice is the Paperwork                        messenger, and courier service) are                   regarding the causes and prevention of
                                                  Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3506 et seq.)                  accepted during the Department of                     occupational injuries, illnesses, and
                                                  and Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 1–                   Labor’s and Docket Office’s normal                    accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act
                                                  2012 (77 FR 3912).                                      business hours, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.,              also requires OSHA to obtain such
                                                    Signed at Washington, DC, on April 13,                e.t.                                                  information with minimum burden
                                                  2017.                                                      Instructions: All submissions must                 upon employers, especially those
                                                  Dorothy Dougherty,                                      include the Agency name and OSHA                      operating small businesses, and to
                                                  Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
                                                                                                          docket number (OSHA–2010–0038) for                    reduce to the maximum extent feasible
                                                  Occupational Safety and Health.                         the Information Collection Request                    unnecessary duplication of efforts in
                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–08228 Filed 4–21–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          (ICR). All comments, including any                    obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
                                                                                                          personal information you provide, are                    Paragraph (b)(1) of the Standard 29
                                                  BILLING CODE 4510–26–P
                                                                                                          placed in the public docket without                   CFR 1926.251 requires that alloy steel
                                                                                                          change, and may be made available                     chains have permanently affixed,
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF LABOR                                     online at http://www.regulations.gov.                 durable identification tags stating size,
                                                                                                          For further information on submitting                 grade, rated capacity and sling
                                                  Occupational Safety and Health                          comments, see the ‘‘Public                            manufacturer. Paragraph (b)(6)(i)
                                                  Administration                                          Participation’’ heading in the section of             requires the employer to make a
                                                                                                          this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY                      thorough periodic inspection of alloy
                                                  [Docket No. OSHA–2010–0038]
                                                                                                          INFORMATION.                                          steel chain slings in use on a regular
                                                  Rigging Equipment for Material                             Docket: To read or download                        basis, but at least once a year. Paragraph
                                                  Handling; Extension of the Office of                    comments or other material in the                     (b)(6)(ii) requires the employer to make
                                                  Management and Budget’s (OMB)                           docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov              and maintain a record of the most recent
                                                  Approval of Information Collection                      or the OSHA Docket Office at the                      month in which each alloy steel chain
                                                  (Paperwork) Requirements                                address above. All documents in the                   was inspected and make the record
                                                                                                          docket (including this Federal Register               available for examination.
                                                  AGENCY:  Occupational Safety and Health                 notice) are listed in the http://                        Paragraph (c)(15)(ii) requires that all
                                                  Administration (OSHA), Labor.                           www.regulations.gov index; however,                   welded end attachments of wire rope
                                                  ACTION: Request for public comments.                    some information (e.g., copyrighted                   slings be proof tested by the
                                                                                                          material) is not publicly available to                manufacturer at twice their rated
                                                  SUMMARY:     OSHA solicits public                       read or download from the Web site. All               capacity prior to initial use, and that the
                                                  comments concerning its proposal to                     submissions, including copyrighted                    employer retain a certificate of the proof
                                                  extend the OMB approval of the                          material, are available for inspection                test and make it available for
                                                  information collection requirements                     and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.                examination.
                                                  contained in paragraphs (b)(1), (b)(6)(i),              You may also contact Theda Kenney at
                                                  (b)(6)(ii), (c)(15)(ii), (e)(1)(i), (ii), and (iii)                                                              Paragraphs (e)(1)(i), (ii), and (iii)
                                                                                                          the address below to obtain a copy of
                                                  and (f)(2) of the Standard on Rigging                                                                         require that synthetic web slings be
                                                                                                          the ICR.
                                                  Equipment for Material Handling. These                                                                        marked or coded to show the
                                                                                                          FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      manufacturer’s name or trademark, the
                                                  paragraphs require affixing                             Theda Kenney or Todd Owen,
                                                  identification tags or markings on                                                                            rated capacity for the type of hitch and
                                                                                                          Directorate of Standards and Guidance,                the type of synthetic webbing material.
                                                  rigging equipment, developing and                       OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room
                                                  maintaining inspection records, and                                                                              Paragraph (f)(2) requires that all hooks
                                                                                                          N–3609, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
                                                  retaining proof-testing certificates.                                                                         for which no applicable manufacturer’s
                                                                                                          Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)
                                                  DATES: Comments must be submitted
                                                                                                                                                                recommendations are available be tested
                                                                                                          693–2222.
                                                  (postmarked, sent, or received) by June                                                                       twice before they are put into use. The
                                                                                                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            employer shall maintain a record of the
                                                  23, 2017.
                                                                                                          I. Background                                         dates and results of the tests.
                                                  ADDRESSES:
                                                     Electronically: You may submit                         The Department of Labor, as part of its             II. Special Issues for Comment
                                                  comments and attachments                                continuing effort to reduce paperwork                   OSHA has a particular interest in
                                                  electronically at http://                               and respondent (i.e., employer) burden,               comments on the following issues:
                                                  www.regulations.gov, which is the                       conducts a preclearance consultation
                                                  Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the                  program to provide the public with an                   • Whether the proposed information
                                                  instructions online for submitting                      opportunity to comment on proposed                    collection requirements are necessary
                                                  comments.                                               and continuing information collection                 for the proper performance of the
                                                     Facsimile: If your comments,                         requirements in accord with the                       Agency’s functions, including whether
                                                  including attachments, are not longer                   Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)                 the information is useful;
                                                  than 10 pages, you may fax them to the                  (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program                 • The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of
                                                  OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.                   ensures that information is in the                    the burden (time and costs) of the
                                                     Mail, hand delivery, express mail,                   desired format, reporting burden (time                information collection requirements,
                                                  messenger, or courier service: When                     and costs) is minimal, collection                     including the validity of the
                                                  using this method, you must submit a                    instruments are clearly understood, and               methodology and assumptions used;
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                                                  copy of your comments and attachments                   OSHA’s estimate of the information                      • The quality, utility, and clarity of
                                                  to the OSHA Docket Office, OSHA                         collection burden is accurate. The                    the information collected; and
                                                  Docket No. OSHA–2010–0038,                              Occupational Safety and Health Act of                   • Ways to minimize the burden on
                                                  Occupational Safety and Health                          1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et                  employers who must-comply for
                                                  Administration, U.S. Department of                      seq.) authorizes information collection               example, by using automated or other
                                                  Labor, Room N–3653, 200 Constitution                    by employers as necessary or                          technological information collection
                                                  Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.                       appropriate for enforcement of the OSH                and transmission techniques.


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionRequest for public comments.
DatesComments must be submitted (postmarked, sent or received) by June 23, 2017.
ContactTheda 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 Citation82 FR 18932 

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