83 FR 12032 - Methylene Chloride Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 53 (March 19, 2018)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 53 (March 19, 2018)
| Page Range | 12032-12033 | |
| FR Document | 2018-05439 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 12032-12033] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-05439] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Occupational Safety and Health Administration [Docket No. OSHA-2011-0060] Methylene Chloride Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor. ACTION: Request for public comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements specified in the Methylene Chloride Standard (the Standard). DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by May 18, 2018. 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 your comments and attachments to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. OSHA-2011-0060, 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., ET. Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and OSHA docket number (OSHA-2011-0060) for the Information Collection Request (ICR). All comments, including any personal information you provide, are placed in the public docket without change, and may be made available online at http://www.regulations.gov. For further information on submitting comments, see the ``Public Participation'' heading in the section of this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov or the OSHA Docket Office at the address above. All documents in the docket (including this Federal Register notice) are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index; however, some information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly available to read or download from the website. All submissions, including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. You also may contact Theda Kenney at the phone number below to obtain a copy of the ICR. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles McCormick or Theda Kenney, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, telephone (202) 693-2222. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA-95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and costs) is minimal, collection instruments are clearly understood, and OSHA's estimate of the information collection burden is accurate. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) authorizes information collection by employers as necessary or appropriate for enforcement of the OSH Act or for developing information regarding the causes and prevention of occupational injuries, illnesses, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act also requires that OSHA obtain such information with minimum burden upon employers, especially those operating small businesses, and to reduce to the maximum extent feasible unnecessary duplication of effort in obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657). The Standard protects workers from the adverse health effects that may result from their exposure to methylene chloride (MC). The requirements in the Standard include worker exposure monitoring, notifying workers of their MC exposures, administering medical examinations to workers, providing examining physicians with specific program and worker information, ensuring that workers receive a copy of their medical examination results, maintaining workers' exposure monitoring and medical examination records for specific periods, and providing access to these records by OSHA, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the affected workers, and their authorized representatives. 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; [[Page 12033]] The quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and Ways to minimize the burden on employers who must comply. For example, by using automated or other technological information collection and transmission techniques. III. Proposed Actions The Agency is requesting an adjustment increase in the number of burden hours from 54,393 to 56,276 hours (a total increase of 1,883 hours). The increase is a result of the Agency's estimate, based on updated data, that the number of establishments and workers affected by the Standard has increased. The increase in the number of medical exams, and the increase in the cost of medical exams (from $180 to $196) has resulted in an increase of $539,194 in costs (from $4,733,010 to $5,272,204). Due to lower prices for dosimeters, the total cost for exposure monitoring declined by $1,503,465 (from $14,648,715 to $13,145,250), despite the number of employees being monitored with dosimeters increasing from 51,399 to 52,581. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Title: Methylene Chloride Standard (29 CFR 1910.1052). OMB Control Number: 1218-0179. Affected Public: Business or other for-profits. Number of Respondents: 82,927. Frequency of Response: Annually; semi-annually; quarterly; on occasion. Total Responses: 218,652. Average Time per Response: Varies from 1 hour for administering a medical examination to 5 minutes (.08 hour) to maintain a worker's medical or exposure record. Estimated Total Burden Hours: 56,276. Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $18,417,454. 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; or (3) by hard copy. All comments, attachments, and other material must identify the Agency name and the OSHA docket number (Docket No. OSHA-2011-0060) for this ICR. You may supplement electronic submissions by uploading document files electronically. If you wish to mail additional materials in reference to an electronic or facsimile submission, you must submit them to the OSHA Docket Office (see the section of this notice titled ADDRESSES). The additional materials must clearly identify your electronic comments by your name, date, and docket number so the Agency can attach them to your comments. Because of security procedures, the use of regular mail may cause a significant delay in the receipt of comments. For information about security procedures concerning the delivery of materials by hand, express delivery, messenger, or courier service, please contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2350, (TTY (877) 889-5627). Comments and submissions are posted without change at http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about submitting personal information such as social security numbers and 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 website. All submissions, including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. Information on using the http://www.regulations.gov website to submit comments and access the docket is available at the website's ``User Tips'' link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office for information about materials not available from the website, and for assistance in using the internet to locate docket submissions. V. Authority and Signature Loren Sweatt, 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 March 13, 2018. Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. 2018-05439 Filed 3-16-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-26-P
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should mention OMB Control Number specified in the Methylene Chloride SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1218–0150. The OMB is particularly Standard (the Standard).
I. Background
interested in comments that: DATES: Comments must be submitted
• Evaluate whether the proposed (postmarked, sent, or received) by May The Department of Labor, as part of its
collection of information is necessary 18, 2018. continuing effort to reduce paperwork
for the proper performance of the and respondent (i.e., employer) burden,
ADDRESSES:
functions of the agency, including conducts a preclearance consultation
Electronically: You may submit
whether the information will have program to provide the public with an
comments and attachments
practical utility; opportunity to comment on proposed
electronically at http://
• Evaluate the accuracy of the www.regulations.gov, which is the
and continuing information collection
agency’s estimate of the burden of the requirements in accordance with the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the
proposed collection of information, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
instructions online for submitting
including the validity of the (PRA–95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This
comments.
methodology and assumptions used; program ensures that information is in
Facsimile: If your comments,
• Enhance the quality, utility, and the desired format, reporting burden
including attachments, are not longer
clarity of the information to be (time and costs) is minimal, collection
than 10 pages you may fax them to the
collected; and instruments are clearly understood, and
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.
• Minimize the burden of the OSHA’s estimate of the information
Mail, hand delivery, express mail,
collection of information on those who collection burden is accurate. The
messenger, or courier service: When
are to respond, including through the Occupational Safety and Health Act of
using this method, you must submit
use of appropriate automated, 1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et
your comments and attachments to the
electronic, mechanical, or other seq.) authorizes information collection
OSHA Docket Office, Docket No.
technological collection techniques or by employers as necessary or
OSHA–2011–0060, Occupational Safety
other forms of information technology, appropriate for enforcement of the OSH
and Health Administration, U.S.
e.g., permitting electronic submission of Act or for developing information
Department of Labor, Room N–3653,
responses. regarding the causes and prevention of
200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Agency: DOL–OSHA. occupational injuries, illnesses, and
Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries
Title of Collection: Hazardous Energy accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act
(hand, express mail, messenger, and
Control Standard. also requires that OSHA obtain such
courier service) are accepted during the
OMB Control Number: 1218–0150. information with minimum burden
Department of Labor’s and Docket
Affected Public: Private Sector— upon employers, especially those
Office’s normal business hours, 10:00
businesses or other for-profits. operating small businesses, and to
a.m. to 3:00 p.m., ET.
Total Estimated Number of reduce to the maximum extent feasible
Instructions: All submissions must
Respondents: 754,348. unnecessary duplication of effort in
include the Agency name and OSHA
Total Estimated Number of obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
docket number (OSHA–2011–0060) for
Responses: 75,072,010. The Standard protects workers from
the Information Collection Request
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: the adverse health effects that may
(ICR). All comments, including any
2,749,315 hours. result from their exposure to methylene
personal information you provide, are
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs chloride (MC). The requirements in the
placed in the public docket without
Burden: $1,478,686. Standard include worker exposure
change, and may be made available
monitoring, notifying workers of their
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D). online at http://www.regulations.gov.
MC exposures, administering medical
For further information on submitting
Michel Smyth, examinations to workers, providing
comments, see the ‘‘Public
Departmental Clearance Officer. examining physicians with specific
Participation’’ heading in the section of
[FR Doc. 2018–05436 Filed 3–16–18; 8:45 am] program and worker information,
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
BILLING CODE 4510–26–P
ensuring that workers receive a copy of
INFORMATION.
their medical examination results,
Docket: To read or download
maintaining workers’ exposure
comments or other material in the
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR monitoring and medical examination
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov
records for specific periods, and
Occupational Safety and Health or the OSHA Docket Office at the
providing access to these records by
Administration address above. All documents in the
OSHA, the National Institute for
docket (including this Federal Register
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0060] Occupational Safety and Health, the
notice) are listed in the http://
affected workers, and their authorized
www.regulations.gov index; however,
Methylene Chloride Standard; representatives.
some information (e.g., copyrighted
Extension of the Office of Management material) is not publicly available to II. Special Issues for Comment
and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of read or download from the website. All
Information Collection (Paperwork) OSHA has a particular interest in
submissions, including copyrighted comments on the following issues:
Requirements material, are available for inspection • Whether the proposed information
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. collection requirements are necessary
You also may contact Theda Kenney at
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
Administration (OSHA), Labor. for the proper performance of the
ACTION: Request for public comments.
the phone number below to obtain a Agency’s functions, including whether
copy of the ICR. the information is useful;
SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: • The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of
comments concerning its proposal to Charles McCormick or Theda Kenney, the burden (time and costs) of the
extend the Office of Management and Directorate of Standards and Guidance, information collection requirements,
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, including the validity of the
information collection requirements telephone (202) 693–2222. methodology and assumptions used;
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• The quality, utility, and clarity of Office (see the section of this notice ACTION: Notice of intent to grant
the information collected; and titled ADDRESSES). The additional exclusive patent license.
• Ways to minimize the burden on materials must clearly identify your
employers who must comply. For electronic comments by your name, SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice of
example, by using automated or other date, and docket number so the Agency its intent to grant an exclusive patent
technological information collection can attach them to your comments. license in the United States to practice
and transmission techniques. Because of security procedures, the the invention described and claimed in
use of regular mail may cause a for U.S. Patent Number 8,197,249
III. Proposed Actions entitled ‘‘Fully Premixed Low Emission,
significant delay in the receipt of
The Agency is requesting an comments. For information about High Pressure Multi-Fuel Burner’’,
adjustment increase in the number of security procedures concerning the which issued June 12, 2012 and is
burden hours from 54,393 to 56,276 delivery of materials by hand, express further described by NASA as LEW
hours (a total increase of 1,883 hours). delivery, messenger, or courier service, 17786–1, to Intellihot, Inc., having its
The increase is a result of the Agency’s please contact the OSHA Docket Office principal place of business in Galesburg,
estimate, based on updated data, that at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889– Illinois. The fields of use may be limited
the number of establishments and 5627). to gas fired products for heating,
workers affected by the Standard has Comments and submissions are ventilation, and air conditioning
increased. The increase in the number posted without change at http:// industry including water heaters,
of medical exams, and the increase in www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA boilers, space heaters, combined
the cost of medical exams (from $180 to cautions commenters about submitting heating, cooling and power, heat
$196) has resulted in an increase of personal information such as social pumps, roof top units, and furnaces.
$539,194 in costs (from $4,733,010 to security numbers and date of birth. DATES: The prospective exclusive
$5,272,204). Due to lower prices for Although all submissions are listed in license may be granted unless, NASA
dosimeters, the total cost for exposure the http://www.regulations.gov index, receives written objections, including
monitoring declined by $1,503,465 some information (e.g., copyrighted evidence and argument no later than
(from $14,648,715 to $13,145,250), material) is not publicly available to April 3, 2018 that establish that the
despite the number of employees being read or download from this website. All grant of the license would not be
monitored with dosimeters increasing submissions, including copyrighted consistent with the requirements
from 51,399 to 52,581. material, are available for inspection regarding the licensing of federally
Type of Review: Extension of a and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. owned inventions as set forth in the
currently approved collection. Information on using the http:// Bayh-Dole Act and implementing
Title: Methylene Chloride Standard www.regulations.gov website to submit regulations. Competing applications
(29 CFR 1910.1052). comments and access the docket is completed and received by NASA no
OMB Control Number: 1218–0179. available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’ later than April 3, 2018 will also be
Affected Public: Business or other for- link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office treated as objections to the grant of the
profits. for information about materials not contemplated exclusive license.
Number of Respondents: 82,927. available from the website, and for Objections submitted in response to this
Frequency of Response: Annually; notice will not be made available to the
assistance in using the internet to locate
semi-annually; quarterly; on occasion. public for inspection and, to the extent
docket submissions.
Total Responses: 218,652. permitted by law, will not be released
Average Time per Response: Varies V. Authority and Signature under the Freedom of Information Act.
from 1 hour for administering a medical
Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant ADDRESSES: Objections relating to the
examination to 5 minutes (.08 hour) to
Secretary of Labor for Occupational prospective license may be submitted to
maintain a worker’s medical or
Safety and Health, directed the Patent Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel,
exposure record.
preparation of this notice. The authority MS 142–7, NASA Glenn Research
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
for this notice is the Paperwork Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland,
56,276.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506 OH 44135. Phone (216) 433–3663.
Maintenance): $18,417,454. et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order Facsimile (216) 433–6790.
No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
IV. Public Participation—Submission of Signed at Washington, DC, on March 13, Robert Earp, Patent Counsel, Office of
Comments on This Notice and Internet 2018. Chief Counsel, MS 142–7, NASA Glenn
Access to Comments and Submissions Loren Sweatt, Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd,
You may submit comments in Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Cleveland, OH 44135. Phone (216) 433–
response to this document as follows: Occupational Safety and Health. 3663. Facsimile (216) 433–6790.
(1) Electronically at http:// [FR Doc. 2018–05439 Filed 3–16–18; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
www.regulations.gov, which is the BILLING CODE 4510–26–P notice of intent to grant an exclusive
Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by patent license is issued in accordance
facsimile; or (3) by hard copy. All with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR
comments, attachments, and other 404.7(a)(1)(i). The patent rights in these
material must identify the Agency name NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND inventions have been assigned to the
and the OSHA docket number (Docket SPACE ADMINISTRATION
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
United States of America as represented
No. OSHA–2011–0060) for this ICR. You by the Administrator of the National
may supplement electronic submissions [Notice (18–025)]
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
by uploading document files Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive The prospective exclusive license will
electronically. If you wish to mail Patent License comply with the requirements of 35
additional materials in reference to an U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR. 404.7.
electronic or facsimile submission, you AGENCY:National Aeronautics and Information about other NASA
must submit them to the OSHA Docket Space Administration. inventions available for licensing can be
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Request for public comments. | |
| Dates | Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by May 18, 2018. | |
| Contact | Charles McCormick or Theda Kenney, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, telephone (202) 693-2222. | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 12032 |
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