83 FR 15639 - Shipyard Employment Standards; 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 70 (April 11, 2018)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 70 (April 11, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-07419 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 15639-15641] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-07419] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Occupational Safety and Health Administration [Docket No. OSHA-2011-0190] Shipyard Employment Standards; 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 OMB approval of the information collection requirements contained in the Shipyard Employment Standards of Subpart G--Gear and [[Page 15640]] Equipment for Rigging and Materials Handling and Subpart K--Portable, Unfired Pressure Vessels, Drums and Containers, Other than Ship's Equipment. The purpose of the collection of information (paperwork) provisions of the Standards is to reduce workers' risk of death or serious injury by ensuring that equipment has been tested and is in safe operating condition. DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by June 11, 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 a copy of your comments and attachments to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. OSHA-2011-0190, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries (hand, express mail, messenger, and courier service) are accepted during the Department of Labor's and Docket Office's normal business hours, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., ET. Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and the OSHA docket number (OSHA-2011-0190) 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 may also contact Theda Kenney at the 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) (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). Manila rope and manila-rope slings (paragraph 1915.112(a)(1))--The employer must ensure that manila rope and manila-rope slings have permanently affixed and legible identification markings as prescribed by the manufacturer that indicate the recommended safe working load for the type(s) of hitch(es) used, the angle upon which it is based, and the number of legs if more than one. Wire rope and wire-rope slings (paragraph 1915.112(b)(1)(i))--The employer must ensure that wire rope and wire-rope slings have permanently affixed and legible identification markings as prescribed by the manufacturer that indicate the recommended safe working load for the type(s) of hitch(es) used, the angle upon which it is based, and the number of legs if more than one. Chain and chain slings (paragraph 1915.112(c)(1)(i))--The employer must ensure that chain and chain slings have permanently affixed and legible identification markings as prescribed by the manufacturer that indicate the recommended safe working load for the type(s) of hitch(es) used, the angle upon which it is based, and the number of legs if more than one. Chain and chain slings (paragraph 1915.112(c)(2))--The employer shall visually inspect all chain slings, including end fastenings, before being used on the job, as well as every three months. The employer shall inspect for wear, defective welds, deformation and an increase in length or stretch. Each chain shall bear an indication of the month in which it was thoroughly inspected. Shackles (paragraph 1915.113(a)(1))--The employer must ensure that shackles have permanently affixed and legible identification markings as prescribed by the manufacturer that indicate the recommended safe working load. Test records for hooks (paragraph 1915.113(b)(1))--This paragraph requires that the manufacturer's recommendations be followed in determining the safe working loads of the various sizes and types of hooks. If the manufacturer's recommendations are not available, the hook must be tested to twice the intended safe working load before it is initially put into use. The employer must maintain and keep readily available a certification record which includes the date of such test, the signature of the person who performed the test, and an identifier for the hook which was tested. The records are used to ensure that equipment has been properly tested. The records also provide the most efficient means for the compliance officers to determine that an employer is complying with the Standard. Chain falls and pull-lifts (paragraph 1915.114(a))--The employer must ensure that all chain falls and pull-lifts are clearly marked to show the capacity and the capacity must not be exceeded. Mobile crawler or truck cranes used on a vessel (paragraph 1915.115(c))--This paragraph requires that the maximum manufacturer's rated safe working loads for the various working radii of the boom and the maximum and minimum radii at which the boom may be safely used with and without outriggers, shall be conspicuously posted near the controls and shall be visible to the operator. General precautions (paragraph 1915.131(g))--The employer must ensure that all headers, manifolds and widely spaced hose connections on compressed air lines bear the word ``air'' [[Page 15641]] in letters at least 1-inch high, which must be painted either on the manifolds or separate hose connections, or on signs permanently attached to the manifolds or connections. Grouped air connections may be marked in one location. Examination and test records for unfired pressure vessels (paragraphs 1915.172(b) and (d))--Paragraph (b) requires that portable, unfired pressure vessels not built to the requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Rules for Construction of Unfired Pressure Vessels, 1963 be examined quarterly by a competent person, and subjected to a yearly hydrostatic pressure test as defined by paragraph (b). A certification record of such examinations and tests shall be maintained as specified in paragraph (d). 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, by using automated or other technological information collection and transmission techniques. III. Proposed Actions OSHA is requesting an adjustment increase in the existing burden hour estimate for the collection of information requirements specified by the Standards from 9,773 hours to 11,813 hours, a total increase of 2,040 hours. This increase is due to an increase in the number of establishments using this equipment. In this ICR, the scope of the maritime standards in 29 CFR part 1915 for slings, shackles, and hooks are based on the Final Economic Analysis for the Final Rule revising 29 CFR part 1915, subpart F prepared by OSHA's Office of Regulatory Analysis. As a result of the Final Rule, the revision of the standard applies to all shipyard employment which is defined in Sec. 1915.4(i) as ship repairing, shipbuilding, shipbreaking, and related employment. Also, upon further analysis, the Agency identified two new collections of information contained in the Standard under paragraphs Sec. Sec. 1915.112(c)(2) and 1915.115(c)(1). The Agency will summarize any comments submitted in response to this notice and will include this summary in its request to OMB. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Title: Shipyard Employment Standards (29 CFR part 1915). OMB Number: 1218-0220. Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; Not-for-profit organizations; Federal Government; State, Local, or Tribal Government. Number of Respondents: 4,871. Frequency of Response: On occasion. Average Time per Response: Various. Estimated Total Burden Hours: 11,813. Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $0. IV. Public Participation--Submission of Comments on This Notice and Internet Access to Comments and Submissions You may submit comments in response to this document as follows: (1) Electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All comments, attachments, and other material must identify the Agency name and the OSHA docket number for the ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2011-0190). 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 social security numbers and dates 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 April 5, 2018. Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. 2018-07419 Filed 4-10-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-26-P
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Trust REIT or one of its employer distribution regulation establishes a safe all of these actions into one ICR. In the
affiliates, and to authorized employees harbor method by which fiduciaries Department’s view, this combination
and representatives of the Department who are terminating individual account allows the public to have a better
and the Internal Revenue Service. EBSA pension plans (whether abandoned or understanding of the aggregate burden
submitted an ICR for the information not) may select an investment vehicle to imposed on the public for these related
collections in PTE 2004–07 to the Office receive account balances distributed regulatory actions. The ICR was
of Management and Budget (OMB) for from the terminated plan when the approved by OMB under OMB Control
review and clearance in connection participant has failed to provide Number 1210–0127 and is scheduled to
with proposal of the class exemption, investment instructions. The regulation expire on December 31, 2018.
which was published in the Federal requires the fiduciaries to provide
advance notice to participants and I. Focus of Comments
Register on June 3, 2003 (68 FR 33185).
The ICR was approved by OMB under beneficiaries of how such distributions The Department is particularly
OMB Control Number 1210–0124 and is will be invested, if no other investment interested in comments that:
scheduled to expire on December 31, instructions are provided. • Evaluate whether the collections of
2018. 4. Abandoned Plan Class Exemption: information are necessary for the proper
The exemption permits a QTA that performance of the functions of the
Agency: Employee Benefits Security terminates an abandoned plan under the agency, including whether the
Administration, Department of Labor. QTA regulation to receive payment for information will have practical utility;
Title: Abandoned Individual Account its services from the abandoned plan • Evaluate the accuracy of the
Plan Termination. and to distribute the account balance of agency’s estimate of the collections of
Type of Review: Extension of a a participant who has failed to provide information, including the validity of
currently approved collection of investment direction into an individual the methodology and assumptions used;
information. retirement account (IRA) maintained by • Enhance the quality, utility, and
OMB Number: 1210–0127. the QTA or an affiliate. Without the clarity of the information to be
Affected Public: Businesses or other exemption, financial institutions would collected; and
for-profits. be unable to receive payment for • Minimize the burden of the
Respondents: 26,700. services rendered out of plan assets collection of information on those who
Responses: 1,308,000. without violating ERISA’s prohibited are to respond, including through the
Estimated Total Burden Hours: transaction provisions and would use of appropriate automated,
47,700. therefore be highly unlikely to electronic, mechanical, or other
Estimated Total Burden Cost undertake the termination of abandoned technological collection techniques or
(Operating and Maintenance): $689,000. plans. The exemption includes the other forms of information technology,
Description: The abandoned plan condition that the QTA keep records of e.g., by permitting electronic
initiative includes the following actions, the distributions for a period of six years submissions of responses.
which impose the following information and make such records available on Comments submitted in response to
collections: request to interested persons (including this notice will be summarized and/or
1. Qualified Termination the Department and participants and included in the ICRs for OMB approval
Administrator (QTA) Regulation: The beneficiaries). If a QTA wishes to be of the extension of the information
QTA regulation creates an orderly and paid out of plan assets for services collection; they will also become a
efficient process by which a financial provided prior to becoming a QTA, the matter of public record.
institution that holds the assets of a plan exemption requires that the QTA enter
that is deemed to have been abandoned Joseph Piacentini,
into a written agreement with a plan
may undertake to terminate the plan Director, Office of Policy and Research,
fiduciary or the plan sponsor prior to Employee Benefits Security Administration.
and distribute its assets to participants receiving payment and that a copy of
and beneficiaries holding accounts [FR Doc. 2018–07459 Filed 4–10–18; 8:45 am]
the agreement be provided to the
under the plan, with protections and Department. BILLING CODE 4510–29–P
approval of the Department under the 5. PTE 2004–16 (Automatic Rollover
standards of the regulation. The Exemption): Also included in this ICR
regulation requires the QTA to provide DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
are the notice and recordkeeping
certain notices to the Department, to requirements contained in PTE 2004– Occupational Safety and Health
participants and beneficiaries, and to 16, which permits a pension plan Administration
the plan sponsor (or service providers to fiduciary that is a financial institution
the plan, if necessary), and to keep and is also the employer maintaining an [Docket No. OSHA–2011–0190]
certain records pertaining to the individual account pension plan for its
termination. employees to establish, on behalf of its Shipyard Employment Standards;
2. Abandoned Plan Terminal Report separated employees, an IRA at a Extension of the Office of Management
Regulation: The terminal report financial institution that is either the and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of
regulation provides an alternative, employer or an affiliate, which IRA Information Collection (Paperwork)
simplified method for a QTA to satisfy would receive mandatory distributions Requirements
the annual report requirement otherwise that the fiduciary ‘‘rolls over’’ from the AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health
applicable to a terminating plan by plan when an employee terminates Administration (OSHA), Labor.
filing a special simplified terminal employment. ACTION: Request for public comments.
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report with the Department after Because all of these regulations and
terminating an abandoned plan and exemptions relate to terminating or SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public
distributing the remaining assets in the abandoned plans and/or to distribution comments concerning its proposal to
individual account plans to participants and rollover of distributed benefits for extend OMB approval of the
and beneficiaries. which no participant investment information collection requirements
3. Terminated Plan Distribution election has been made, the Department contained in the Shipyard Employment
Regulation: The terminated plan has combined the paperwork burden for Standards of Subpart G—Gear and
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in letters at least 1-inch high, which contained in the Standard under material) is not publicly available to
must be painted either on the manifolds paragraphs §§ 1915.112(c)(2) and read or download from this website.
or separate hose connections, or on 1915.115(c)(1). The Agency will All submissions, including
signs permanently attached to the summarize any comments submitted in copyrighted material, are available for
manifolds or connections. Grouped air response to this notice and will include inspection and copying at the OSHA
connections may be marked in one this summary in its request to OMB. Docket Office. Information on using the
location. Type of Review: Extension of a http://www.regulations.gov website to
Examination and test records for currently approved collection. submit comments and access the docket
unfired pressure vessels (paragraphs Title: Shipyard Employment is available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’
1915.172(b) and (d))—Paragraph (b) Standards (29 CFR part 1915). link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
requires that portable, unfired pressure OMB Number: 1218–0220. for information about materials not
vessels not built to the requirements of Affected Public: Business or other for- available from the website, and for
the American Society of Mechanical profits; Not-for-profit organizations; assistance in using the internet to locate
Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Federal Government; State, Local, or docket submissions.
Code, Section VIII, Rules for Tribal Government. V. Authority and Signature
Construction of Unfired Pressure Number of Respondents: 4,871.
Vessels, 1963 be examined quarterly by Frequency of Response: On occasion. Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant
a competent person, and subjected to a Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Average Time per Response: Various.
yearly hydrostatic pressure test as Safety and Health, directed the
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
defined by paragraph (b). A certification preparation of this notice. The authority
11,813.
record of such examinations and tests for this notice is the Paperwork
Estimated Cost (Operation and
shall be maintained as specified in Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506
Maintenance): $0.
paragraph (d). et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
IV. Public Participation—Submission of No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).
II. Special Issues for Comment Comments on This Notice and Internet Signed at Washington, DC, on April 5,
OSHA has a particular interest in Access to Comments and Submissions 2018.
comments on the following issues: You may submit comments in Loren Sweatt,
• Whether the proposed information
response to this document as follows: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
collection requirements are necessary Occupational Safety and Health.
(1) Electronically at http://
for the proper performance of the
www.regulations.gov, which is the [FR Doc. 2018–07419 Filed 4–10–18; 8:45 am]
Agency’s functions, including whether
Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by BILLING CODE 4510–26–P
the information is useful;
• The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All
the burden (time and costs) of the comments, attachments, and other
information collection requirements, material must identify the Agency name THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
including the validity of the and the OSHA docket number for the ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
methodology and assumptions used; ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0190).
• The quality, utility, and clarity of You may supplement electronic Institute of Museum and Library
the information collected; and submissions by uploading document Services
• Ways to minimize the burden on files electronically. If you wish to mail
additional materials in reference to an Notice of Proposed Information
employers who must comply; for
electronic or facsimile submission, you Collection Requests: 2019–2021 IMLS
example, by using automated or other
must submit them to the OSHA Docket Native Hawaiian Library Program
technological information collection
Office (see the section of this notice Notice of Funding Opportunity
and transmission techniques.
titled ADDRESSES). The additional AGENCY: Institute of Museum and
III. Proposed Actions materials must clearly identify your Library Services, National Foundation
OSHA is requesting an adjustment electronic comments by your name, on the Arts and the Humanities.
increase in the existing burden hour date, and the docket number, so the ACTION: Notice, request for comments on
estimate for the collection of Agency can attach them to your this collection of information.
information requirements specified by comments.
the Standards from 9,773 hours to Because of security procedures, the SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and
11,813 hours, a total increase of 2,040 use of regular mail may cause a Library Services (IMLS), as part of its
hours. This increase is due to an significant delay in the receipt of continuing effort to reduce paperwork
increase in the number of comments. For information about and respondent burden, conducts a pre-
establishments using this equipment. In security procedures concerning the clearance consultation program to
this ICR, the scope of the maritime delivery of materials by hand, express provide the general public and federal
standards in 29 CFR part 1915 for slings, delivery, messenger, or courier service, agencies with an opportunity to
shackles, and hooks are based on the please contact the OSHA Docket Office comment on proposed and/or
Final Economic Analysis for the Final at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889– continuing collections of information in
Rule revising 29 CFR part 1915, subpart 5627). accordance with the Paperwork
F prepared by OSHA’s Office of Comments and submissions are Reduction Act. This pre-clearance
Regulatory Analysis. As a result of the posted without change at http:// consultation program helps to ensure
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Final Rule, the revision of the standard www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA that requested data can be provided in
applies to all shipyard employment cautions commenters about submitting the desired format, reporting burden
which is defined in § 1915.4(i) as ship personal information, such as social (time and financial resources) is
repairing, shipbuilding, shipbreaking, security numbers and dates of birth. minimized, collection instruments are
and related employment. Also, upon Although all submissions are listed in clearly understood, and the impact of
further analysis, the Agency identified the http://www.regulations.gov index, collection requirements on respondents
two new collections of information some information (e.g., copyrighted can be properly assessed. By this notice,
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| Action | Request for public comments. | |
| Dates | Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by June 11, 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 15639 |
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