82 FR 23315 - Grantee Quarterly Progress Report; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 97 (May 22, 2017)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 97 (May 22, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-10399 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 97 (Monday, May 22, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 23315-23316] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-10399] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Occupational Safety and Health Administration [Docket No. OSHA-2010-0021] Grantee Quarterly Progress Report; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor. ACTION: Request for public comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements specified in its Grantee Quarterly Progress Report. DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by July 21, 2017. ADDRESSES: Electronically: You may submit comments and attachments electronically at www.regulations.gov, 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-2010-0021), Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3653, 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, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., e.t. Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and OSHA docket number (OSHA-2010-0021) 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 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 www.regulations.gov or the OSHA Docket Office at the address above. All documents in the docket (including this Federal Register notice) are listed in the 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 Annette Braam, assistant director, Office of Training and Educational Programs, or Jim Brock, OSHA Training Institute Education Centers Programs, at the address below to obtain a copy of the ICR. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Annette Braam, assistant director, Office of Training and Educational Programs, or Jim Brock, OSHA Office of Training Institute Education Centers Program, Directorate of Training and Education, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, 2020 S. Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington Heights, IL 60005-4102; telephone (847) 759-7781. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [[Page 23316]] I. Background The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that the 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 Act or for developing information regarding the causes and prevention of occupational injuries, illnesses, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). Section 21 of the OSH Act (29 U.S.C. 670) authorizes OSHA to conduct directly or through grants and contracts, education and training courses. These courses must ensure that an adequate number of qualified personnel fulfill the purposes of the OSH Act, provide them with short-term training, inform them of the importance and proper use of safety and health equipment, and train employers and workers to recognize, avoid, and prevent unsafe and unhealthful working conditions. Under Section 21, OSHA awards training grants to nonprofit organizations to provide part of the required training. The Agency requires organizations that receive these grants to submit quarterly progress reports on their grant-funded training activities. These reports allow OSHA to monitor the grantee's performance and to determine if an organization is using grant funds as specified in its grant application. The Agency then compares the information in the quarterly progress report to the quarterly milestones proposed by the organization in the work plan and budget that accompanied the grant application. This quarterly information includes: Identifier data (organization name and grant number); the date and location where the training occurred; the length of training (hours); the number of workers and employers attending training sessions provided by the organization; a description of the training provided; a narrative account of grant activities conducted; and an evaluation of progress regarding planned versus actual work accomplished. This comparison allows OSHA to determine if the organization is meeting the proposed program goals and objectives, and is spending funds in the manner described in the proposed budget. Requiring these reports on a quarterly basis enables OSHA to identify work plan, training, and expenditure discrepancies in a timely fashion so that the Agency can implement appropriate action. In addition, information from these reports allows the Agency to assess an organization's ability to meet projected milestones and expenditures. II. Special Issues for Comment OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:Whether the proposed information collection requirements are necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's functions, including whether the information is useful; The accuracy of OSHA's estimate of the burden (time and costs) of the information collection requirements, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; The quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and Ways to minimize the burden on employers who must comply-- for example, using automated or other technological information collection and transmission techniques. III. Proposed Actions OSHA is requesting that OMB extend its approval of the information collection requirements contained in the Grantee Quarterly Progress Report. As a result of an increase in the number of quarterly reports, the Agency is requesting an increase in burden hours--from 5,096 to 6,104. OSHA will summarize the comments submitted in response to this notice, and will include this summary in the request to OMB. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Title: Grantee Quarterly Progress Report. OMB Control Number: 1218-0100. Affected Public: Not-for-profit organizations. Number of Respondents: 109. Frequency of Responses: Quarterly. Average Time per Response: Varies. Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,104. 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 www.regulations.gov, 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-2010-0021). You may supplement submissions by uploading documents 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 and include 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 www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about submitting personal information such as social security numbers and dates of birth. Although all submissions are listed in the 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 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 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 May 8, 2017. Dorothy Dougherty, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. 2017-10399 Filed 5-19-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-26-P
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II. General Background on the OSHA staff will review all comments the instructions online for submitting
Application to the docket submitted in a timely comments.
TUVRNA submitted an application, manner and, after addressing the issues Facsimile: If your comments,
dated July 15, 2016 (OSHA–2007–0042– raised by these comments, will including attachments, are not longer
0023), to expand its recognition to recommend to the Assistant Secretary than 10 pages, you may fax them to the
include one additional test standard. for Occupational Safety and Health OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.
OSHA staff performed a comparability whether to grant TUVRNA’s application
Mail, hand delivery, express mail,
analysis and reviewed other pertinent for expansion of its scope of recognition.
messenger, or courier service: When
information. OSHA did not perform any The Assistant Secretary will make the
using this method, you must submit a
on-site reviews in relation to this final decision on granting the
copy of your comments and attachments
application. application. In making this decision, the
to the OSHA Docket Office (Docket No.
Table 1 below lists the appropriate Assistant Secretary may undertake other
OSHA–2010–0021), Occupational Safety
test standard found in TUVRNA’s proceedings prescribed in Appendix A
and Health Administration, U.S.
application for expansion for testing and to 29 CFR 1910.7.
Department of Labor, Room N–3653,
certification of products under the OSHA will publish a public notice of
200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
NRTL Program. its final decision in the Federal
Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries
Register.
(hand, express mail, messenger, and
TABLE 1—PROPOSED LIST OF APPRO- IV. Authority and Signature courier service) are accepted during the
PRIATE TEST STANDARD FOR INCLU- Department of Labor’s and Docket
SION IN TUVRNA’S NRTL SCOPE Dorothy Dougherty, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational Office’s normal business hours, 10:00
OF RECOGNITION a.m. to 3:00 p.m., e.t.
Safety and Health, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210, Instructions: All submissions must
Test standard Test standard title
authorized the preparation of this include the Agency name and OSHA
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Lighting Systems. issuing this notice pursuant to 29 U.S.C. the Information Collection Request
657(g)(2), Secretary of Labor’s Order No. (ICR). All comments, including any
III. Preliminary Findings on the 1–2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012), and personal information you provide, are
Application 29 CFR 1910.7. placed in the public docket without
TUVRNA submitted an acceptable Signed at Washington, DC, on May 11, change, and may be made available
application for expansion of its scope of 2017. online at www.regulations.gov. For
recognition. OSHA’s review of the Dorothy Dougherty, further information on submitting
application file, and comparability comments, see the ‘‘Public
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
analysis, indicate that TUVRNA can Occupational Safety and Health. Participation’’ heading in the section of
meet the requirements prescribed by 29 this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
[FR Doc. 2017–10397 Filed 5–19–17; 8:45 am]
INFORMATION.
CFR 1910.7 for expanding its BILLING CODE 4510–26–P
recognition to include the addition of Docket: To read or download
this one test standard for NRTL testing comments or other material in the
and certification listed above. This DEPARTMENT OF LABOR docket, go to www.regulations.gov or the
preliminary finding does not constitute OSHA Docket Office at the address
an interim or temporary approval of Occupational Safety and Health above. All documents in the docket
TUVRNA’s application. Administration (including this Federal Register notice)
OSHA welcomes public comment as [Docket No. OSHA–2010–0021] are listed in the www.regulations.gov
to whether TUVRNA meets the index; however, some information (e.g.,
requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for Grantee Quarterly Progress Report; copyrighted material) is not publicly
expansion of its recognition as an NRTL. Extension of the Office of Management available to read or download from the
Comments should consist of pertinent and Budget’s Approval of Information Web site. All submissions, including
written documents and exhibits. Collection (Paperwork) Requirements copyrighted material, are available for
Commenters needing more time to inspection and copying at the OSHA
comment must submit a request in AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Docket Office. You may contact Annette
writing, stating the reasons for the Administration (OSHA), Labor. Braam, assistant director, Office of
request. Commenters must submit the ACTION: Request for public comments. Training and Educational Programs, or
written request for an extension by the Jim Brock, OSHA Training Institute
due date for comments. OSHA will limit SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public Education Centers Programs, at the
any extension to 10 days unless the comments concerning its proposal to address below to obtain a copy of the
requester justifies a longer period. extend the Office of Management and ICR.
OSHA may deny a request for an Budget’s (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
extension if the request is not
adequately justified. To obtain or review specified in its Grantee Quarterly Annette Braam, assistant director, Office
copies of the exhibits identified in this Progress Report. of Training and Educational Programs,
notice, as well as comments submitted DATES: Comments must be submitted or Jim Brock, OSHA Office of Training
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to the docket, contact the Docket Office, (postmarked, sent, or received) by July Institute Education Centers Program,
Room N–3508, Occupational Safety and 21, 2017. Directorate of Training and Education,
Health Administration, U.S. Department OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, 2020
ADDRESSES:
of Labor, at the above address. These S. Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington
Electronically: You may submit
materials also are available online at Heights, IL 60005–4102; telephone (847)
comments and attachments
http://www.regulations.gov under 759–7781.
electronically at www.regulations.gov,
Docket No. OSHA–2007–0042. the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background OSHA to determine if the organization eRulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile
The Department of Labor, as part of its is meeting the proposed program goals (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All comments,
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and objectives, and is spending funds in attachments, and other material must
and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, the manner described in the proposed identify the Agency name and the
conducts a preclearance consultation budget. OSHA docket number for the ICR
program to provide the public with an Requiring these reports on a quarterly (Docket No. OSHA–2010–0021). You
opportunity to comment on proposed basis enables OSHA to identify work may supplement submissions by
and continuing information collection plan, training, and expenditure uploading documents electronically. If
requirements in accordance with the discrepancies in a timely fashion so that you wish to mail additional materials in
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) the Agency can implement appropriate reference to an electronic or facsimile
(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program action. In addition, information from submission, you must submit them to
ensures that the information is in the these reports allows the Agency to the OSHA Docket Office (see the section
desired format, reporting burden (time assess an organization’s ability to meet of this notice titled ADDRESSES). The
and costs) is minimal, collection projected milestones and expenditures. additional materials must clearly
instruments are clearly understood, and identify your electronic comments and
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA’s estimate of the information include your name, date, and the docket
OSHA has a particular interest in number so the Agency can attach them
collection burden is accurate. The
comments on the following issues: to your comments.
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
• Whether the proposed information Because of security procedures, the
1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et
collection requirements are necessary use of regular mail may cause a
seq.) authorizes information collection
for the proper performance of the significant delay in the receipt of
by employers as necessary or
Agency’s functions, including whether comments. For information about
appropriate for enforcement of the Act
the information is useful; security procedures concerning the
or for developing information regarding • The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of
the causes and prevention of delivery of materials by hand, express
the burden (time and costs) of the
occupational injuries, illnesses, and delivery, messenger, or courier service,
information collection requirements,
accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). please contact the OSHA Docket Office
including the validity of the
Section 21 of the OSH Act (29 U.S.C. at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–
methodology and assumptions used;
670) authorizes OSHA to conduct 5627).
• The quality, utility, and clarity of
directly or through grants and contracts, Comments and submissions are
the information collected; and
education and training courses. These posted without change at
• Ways to minimize the burden on
courses must ensure that an adequate www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
employers who must comply—for
number of qualified personnel fulfill the cautions commenters about submitting
example, using automated or other
purposes of the OSH Act, provide them personal information such as social
technological information collection
with short-term training, inform them of security numbers and dates of birth.
and transmission techniques.
the importance and proper use of safety Although all submissions are listed in
and health equipment, and train III. Proposed Actions the www.regulations.gov index, some
employers and workers to recognize, OSHA is requesting that OMB extend information (e.g., copyrighted material)
avoid, and prevent unsafe and its approval of the information is not publicly available to read or
unhealthful working conditions. collection requirements contained in the download from this Web site. All
Under Section 21, OSHA awards Grantee Quarterly Progress Report. As a submissions, including copyrighted
training grants to nonprofit result of an increase in the number of material, are available for inspection
organizations to provide part of the quarterly reports, the Agency is and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
required training. The Agency requires requesting an increase in burden Information on using the
organizations that receive these grants to hours—from 5,096 to 6,104. OSHA will www.regulations.gov Web site to submit
submit quarterly progress reports on summarize the comments submitted in comments and access the docket is
their grant-funded training activities. response to this notice, and will include available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’
These reports allow OSHA to monitor this summary in the request to OMB. link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
the grantee’s performance and to Type of Review: Extension of a for information about materials not
determine if an organization is using currently approved collection. available from the Web site, and for
grant funds as specified in its grant Title: Grantee Quarterly Progress assistance in using the Internet to locate
application. The Agency then compares Report. docket submissions.
the information in the quarterly progress OMB Control Number: 1218–0100.
report to the quarterly milestones V. Authority and Signature
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
proposed by the organization in the organizations. Dorothy Dougherty, Deputy Assistant
work plan and budget that accompanied Number of Respondents: 109. Secretary of Labor for Occupational
the grant application. This quarterly Frequency of Responses: Quarterly. Safety and Health, directed the
information includes: Identifier data Average Time per Response: Varies. preparation of this notice. The authority
(organization name and grant number); Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,104. for this notice is the Paperwork
the date and location where the training Estimated Cost (Operation and Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506
occurred; the length of training (hours); Maintenance): $0. et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
the number of workers and employers
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IV. Public Participation—Submission of No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).
attending training sessions provided by
the organization; a description of the Comments on This Notice and Internet Signed at Washington, DC, on May 8, 2017.
training provided; a narrative account of Access to Comments and Submissions Dorothy Dougherty,
grant activities conducted; and an You may submit comments in Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
evaluation of progress regarding response to this document as follows: Occupational Safety and Health.
planned versus actual work (1) electronically at [FR Doc. 2017–10399 Filed 5–19–17; 8:45 am]
accomplished. This comparison allows www.regulations.gov, the Federal BILLING CODE 4510–26–P
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| Dates | Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by July 21, 2017. | |
| Contact | Annette Braam, assistant director, Office of Training and Educational Programs, or Jim Brock, OSHA Office of Training Institute Education Centers Program, Directorate of Training and Education, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, 2020 S. Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington Heights, IL 60005-4102; telephone (847) 759-7781. | |
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