83_FR_40727 83 FR 40569 - The Cadmium in Construction Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements

83 FR 40569 - The Cadmium in Construction 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 158 (August 15, 2018)

Page Range40569-40570
FR Document2018-17557

OSHA solicits public comments concerning the proposal to extend OMB approval of the information collection requirements contained in the Cadmium in General Industry Standard.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 158 (Wednesday, August 15, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 15, 2018)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-17557]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2012-0004]


The Cadmium in Construction 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.

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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comments concerning the proposal to 
extend OMB approval of the information collection requirements 
contained in the Cadmium in General Industry Standard.

DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by 
October 15, 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-2012-0004, 
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 OSHA 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-2012-0004) 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

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or the OSHA Docket Office at the above address. 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 
through the website. All submissions, including copyrighted material, 
are available for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. You 
may also contact Christie Garner at (202) 693-2222 to obtain a copy of 
the ICR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Mockler or Christie Garner, 
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 process 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, the reporting burden (time and costs) is minimal, the 
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 (see 29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act also requires OSHA to obtain 
such information with a minimum burden upon employers, especially those 
operating small businesses, and to reduce to the maximum extent 
feasible unnecessary duplication of effort in obtaining said 
information (see 29 U.S.C. 657).
    The collection of information requirements specified in the Cadmium 
in Construction Standard protect workers from the adverse health 
effects that may result from their exposure to cadmium. The major 
collection of information requirements of the Standard include: 
Conducting worker exposure monitoring, notifying workers of their 
cadmium exposures, implementing a written compliance program, 
implementing medical surveillance of workers, providing examining 
physicians with specific information, ensuring that workers receive a 
copy of their medical surveillance results, maintaining workers' 
exposure monitoring and medical surveillance records for specific 
periods, and providing access to these records by the worker who is the 
subject of the records, the worker's representative, and other 
designated parties.

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

    The Agency is not seeking a burden-hour adjustment and 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: Cadmium in Construction (29 CFR 1926.1127).
    OMB Control Number: 1218-0186.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profits.
    Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Frequency: On occasion; Quarterly; Semi-annually; Annually.
    Average Time per Response: Varies from five minutes (.08 hour) for 
an employer to notify a worker with exposure monitoring results to 1.5 
hours to administer worker medical examinations.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 258,250.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 33,720.
    Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $2,211,445.

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 (Docket No. OSHA-2012-0005) for the 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 electronic comments by 
your name, date, and the docket number so that 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 through 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 through 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 August 9, 2018.
Loren Sweatt,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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                                               DATES:  The workshop will be held on                    Minimum Scheme Requirements to                        DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
                                               Wednesday, September 19, 2018 from                      Certify Criminal Justice Restraints
                                               8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time.                    Described in NIJ Standard 1001.00:                    Occupational Safety and Health
                                               ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held                    Safety Equipment Institute, Inc., 1307                Administration
                                               at the Loews Annapolis Hotel, 126 West                  Dolley Madison Boulevard, Suite 3A,                   [Docket No. OSHA–2012–0004]
                                               St., Annapolis, MD 21401.                               McLean, VA 22101, Telephone: (703)
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        442–5732, Fax: (703) 442–5756, Email:                 The Cadmium in Construction
                                               Mark Greene, Policy and Standards                       info@seinet.org, http://www.seinet.org/.              Standard; Extension of the Office of
                                               Division Director, Office of Science and                                                                      Management and Budget’s (OMB)
                                                                                                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                               Technology, National Institute of                                                                             Approval of Information Collection
                                               Justice, 810 7th Street NW, Washington,                 Mark Greene, Policy and Standards                     (Paperwork) Requirements
                                               DC 20531; telephone number: (202)                       Division Director, Office of Science and
                                               307–3384; email address:                                Technology, National Institute of                     AGENCY:  Occupational Safety and Health
                                               mark.greene2@usdoj.gov.                                 Justice, 810 7th Street NW, Washington,               Administration (OSHA), Labor.
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIJ                          DC 20531; telephone number: (202)                     ACTION: Request for public comments.
                                               Standard 0101.07—the proposed                           307–3384; email address:
                                                                                                       mark.greene2@usdoj.gov.                               SUMMARY:    OSHA solicits public
                                               revision of NIJ Standard 0101.06,                                                                             comments concerning the proposal to
                                               Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor—                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:       Criminal             extend OMB approval of the
                                               specifies minimum performance                           justice agencies may still obtain NIJ’s               information collection requirements
                                               requirements and test methods for the                   Compliant Products List (CPL) for                     contained in the Cadmium in General
                                               ballistic resistance of body armor used                 metallic handcuffs that are compliant                 Industry Standard.
                                               by U.S. law enforcement that is                         with NIJ Standard 0307.01 via the
                                               intended to protect the torso against                                                                         DATES: Comments must be submitted
                                                                                                       contact information below until                       (postmarked, sent, or received) by
                                               handgun and rifle ammunition. A
                                                                                                       December 31, 2018 by sending a request                October 15, 2018.
                                               request for public comment was
                                                                                                       from an agency email address. While the               ADDRESSES:
                                               published in the Federal Register on
                                               February 22, 2018 (https://                             CPL has remained published during the                    Electronically: You may submit
                                               www.federalregister.gov/d/2018-03674).                  transition period, agencies should be                 comments and attachments
                                               The proposed specification Threat                       aware that NIJ discontinued the metallic              electronically at http://
                                               Levels and Associated Ammunition to                     handcuffs Compliance Test Program on                  www.regulations.gov, which is the
                                               Test Equipment Intended to Protect U.S.                 September 14, 2016 (https://                          Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the
                                               Law Enforcement Against Handguns                        www.federalregister.gov/d/2016-22057)                 instructions online for submitting
                                               and Rifles defines ballistic threats                    and the CPL has not been updated since                comments.
                                               identified by U.S. law enforcement as                   then. For criminal justice agencies                      Facsimile: If your comments,
                                               representative of prevalent threats in the              wishing to purchase or procure                        including attachments, are not longer
                                               United States. A request for public                     restraints certified to meet NIJ Standard             than 10 pages you may fax them to the
                                               comment was published in the Federal                    1001.00, NIJ suggests the following                   OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.
                                               Register on February 22, 2018 (https://                 procurement language: ‘‘Restraints                       Mail, hand delivery, express mail,
                                               www.federalregister.gov/d/2018-03672).                  tested in accordance with NIJ Standard                messenger, or courier service: When
                                                                                                       1001.00 and certified by a certification              using this method, you must submit a
                                               David B. Muhlhausen,                                                                                          copy of your comments and attachments
                                               Director, National Institute of Justice.
                                                                                                       body recognized by the National
                                                                                                       Institute of Justice.’’ Please note that              to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No.
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–17466 Filed 8–14–18; 8:45 am]                                                                   OSHA–2012–0004, Occupational Safety
                                                                                                       restraints are certified by the NIJ-
                                               BILLING CODE 4410–18–P
                                                                                                       recognized private sector organization.               and Health Administration, U.S.
                                                                                                                                                             Department of Labor, Room N–3653,
                                                                                                       They are not certified by NIJ, and the
                                                                                                                                                             200 Constitution Avenue NW,
                                               DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE                                   products should not be referred to as
                                                                                                                                                             Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries
                                                                                                       ‘‘NIJ certified.’’ More information on NIJ
                                                                                                                                                             (hand, express mail, messenger, and
                                               Office of Justice Programs                              Standard 1001.00, Criminal Justice                    courier service) are accepted during the
                                               [OJP (NIJ) Docket No. 1749]                             Restraints Standard, and certification of             OSHA Docket Office’s normal business
                                                                                                       restraints may be found at https://                   hours, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., ET.
                                               Recognizing Private Sector                              nij.gov/topics/technology/standards-                     Instructions: All submissions must
                                               Certification Programs for Criminal                     testing/Pages/restraints.aspx, or by                  include the Agency name and the OSHA
                                               Justice Restraints                                      using the shortened link https://                     docket number (OSHA–2012–0004) for
                                               AGENCY:  National Institute of Justice,                 go.usa.gov/xU2Ay.                                     the Information Collection Request
                                               Justice.                                                David B. Muhlhausen,                                  (ICR). All comments, including any
                                               ACTION: Notice.                                                                                               personal information you provide, are
                                                                                                       Director, National Institute of Justice.
                                                                                                                                                             placed in the public docket without
                                               SUMMARY:    The National Institute of                   [FR Doc. 2018–17467 Filed 8–14–18; 8:45 am]           change, and may be made available
                                               Justice (NIJ) has been transitioning                    BILLING CODE 4410–18–P                                online at http://www.regulations.gov.
                                               certification of restraints and handcuffs                                                                     For further information on submitting
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                                               from an NIJ-operated program to                                                                               comments, see the ‘‘Public
                                               recognition of private sector programs,                                                                       Participation’’ heading in the section of
                                               as previously reported in the Federal                                                                         this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
                                               Register (https://federalregister.gov/a/                                                                      INFORMATION.
                                               2017-14638). NIJ recognizes the                                                                                  Docket: To read or download
                                               following certification program for                                                                           comments or other material in the
                                               restraints as in compliance with                                                                              docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov


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                                               or the OSHA Docket Office at the above                  examining physicians with specific                    Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by
                                               address. All documents in the docket                    information, ensuring that workers                    facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All
                                               (including this Federal Register notice)                receive a copy of their medical                       comments, attachments, and other
                                               are listed in the http://                               surveillance results, maintaining                     material must identify the Agency name
                                               www.regulations.gov index; however,                     workers’ exposure monitoring and                      and the OSHA docket number (Docket
                                               some information (e.g., copyrighted                     medical surveillance records for specific             No. OSHA–2012–0005) for the ICR. You
                                               material) is not publicly available to                  periods, and providing access to these                may supplement electronic submissions
                                               read or download through the website.                   records by the worker who is the subject              by uploading document files
                                               All submissions, including copyrighted                  of the records, the worker’s                          electronically. If you wish to mail
                                               material, are available for inspection                  representative, and other designated                  additional materials in reference to an
                                               and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.                  parties.                                              electronic or facsimile submission, you
                                               You may also contact Christie Garner at                                                                       must submit them to the OSHA Docket
                                                                                                       II. Special Issues for Comment
                                               (202) 693–2222 to obtain a copy of the                                                                        Office (see the section of this notice
                                               ICR.                                                      OSHA has a particular interest in                   titled ADDRESSES). The additional
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        comments on the following issues:                     materials must clearly identify
                                               Thomas Mockler or Christie Garner,                        • Whether the proposed information                  electronic comments by your name,
                                               Directorate of Standards and Guidance,                  collection requirements are necessary                 date, and the docket number so that the
                                               OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor,                         for the proper performance of the                     Agency can attach them to your
                                               telephone (202) 693–2222.                               Agency’s functions, including whether                 comments.
                                                                                                       the information is useful;                               Because of security procedures, the
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                         • The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of                use of regular mail may cause a
                                               I. Background                                           the burden (time and costs) of the                    significant delay in the receipt of
                                                  The Department of Labor, as part of its              information collection requirements,                  comments. For information about
                                               continuing effort to reduce paperwork                   including the validity of the                         security procedures concerning the
                                               and respondent (i.e., employer) burden,                 methodology and assumptions used;                     delivery of materials by hand, express
                                               conducts a preclearance process to                        • The quality, utility, and clarity of              delivery, messenger, or courier service,
                                               provide the public with an opportunity                  the information collected; and                        please contact the OSHA Docket Office
                                                                                                         • Ways to minimize the burden on                    at (202) 693–2350; TTY (877) 889–5627.
                                               to comment on proposed and
                                                                                                       employers who must comply—for                         Comments and submissions are posted
                                               continuing information collection
                                                                                                       example, by using automated or other                  without change at http://
                                               requirements in accordance with the
                                                                                                       technological information collection                  www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
                                               Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
                                                                                                       and transmission techniques.                          cautions commenters about submitting
                                               (PRA–95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This
                                               program ensures that information is in                  III. Proposed Actions                                 personal information such as social
                                               the desired format, the reporting burden                                                                      security numbers and dates of birth.
                                                                                                         The Agency is not seeking a burden-                 Although all submissions are listed in
                                               (time and costs) is minimal, the                        hour adjustment and will summarize
                                               collection instruments are clearly                                                                            the http://www.regulations.gov index,
                                                                                                       any comments submitted in response to                 some information (e.g., copyrighted
                                               understood, and OSHA’s estimate of the                  this notice and will include this
                                               information collection burden is                                                                              material) is not publicly available to
                                                                                                       summary in its request to OMB.                        read or download through this website.
                                               accurate. The Occupational Safety and                     Type of Review: Extension of a
                                               Health Act of 1970 (the OSH Act) (29                                                                          All submissions, including copyrighted
                                                                                                       currently approved collection.                        material, are available for inspection
                                               U.S.C. 651 et seq.) authorizes                            Title: Cadmium in Construction (29
                                               information collection by employers as                                                                        and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
                                                                                                       CFR 1926.1127).                                       Information on using the http://
                                               necessary or appropriate for                              OMB Control Number: 1218–0186.
                                               enforcement of the OSH Act or for                                                                             www.regulations.gov website to submit
                                                                                                         Affected Public: Business or other for-             comments and access the docket is
                                               developing information regarding the                    profits.
                                               causes and prevention of occupational                                                                         available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’
                                                                                                         Number of Respondents: 10,000.
                                               injuries, illnesses, and accidents (see 29                                                                    link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
                                                                                                         Frequency: On occasion; Quarterly;
                                               U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act also requires                                                                        for information about materials not
                                                                                                       Semi-annually; Annually.
                                               OSHA to obtain such information with                                                                          available through the website, and for
                                                                                                         Average Time per Response: Varies
                                               a minimum burden upon employers,                                                                              assistance in using the internet to locate
                                                                                                       from five minutes (.08 hour) for an
                                               especially those operating small                                                                              docket submissions.
                                                                                                       employer to notify a worker with
                                               businesses, and to reduce to the                        exposure monitoring results to 1.5 hours              V. Authority and Signature
                                               maximum extent feasible unnecessary                     to administer worker medical                             Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant
                                               duplication of effort in obtaining said                 examinations.                                         Secretary of Labor for Occupational
                                               information (see 29 U.S.C. 657).                          Estimated Number of Responses:                      Safety and Health, directed the
                                                  The collection of information                        258,250.                                              preparation of this notice. The authority
                                               requirements specified in the Cadmium                     Estimated Total Burden Hours:                       for this notice is the Paperwork
                                               in Construction Standard protect                        33,720.                                               Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506
                                               workers from the adverse health effects                   Estimated Cost (Operation and                       et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
                                               that may result from their exposure to                  Maintenance): $2,211,445.                             No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).
                                               cadmium. The major collection of
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                                               information requirements of the                         IV. Public Participation—Submission of                  Signed at Washington, DC, on August 9,
                                               Standard include: Conducting worker                     Comments on This Notice and Internet                  2018.
                                               exposure monitoring, notifying workers                  Access to Comments and Submissions                    Loren Sweatt,
                                               of their cadmium exposures,                               You may submit comments in                          Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
                                               implementing a written compliance                       response to this document as follows:                 Occupational Safety and Health.
                                               program, implementing medical                           (1) Electronically at http://                         [FR Doc. 2018–17557 Filed 8–14–18; 8:45 am]
                                               surveillance of workers, providing                      www.regulations.gov, which is the                     BILLING CODE 4510–26–P




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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionRequest for public comments.
DatesComments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by October 15, 2018.
ContactThomas Mockler or Christie Garner, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, telephone (202) 693-2222.
FR Citation83 FR 40569 

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