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Standard on Grain Handling Facilities; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of an Information-Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 66:29596-29598 |
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Publication Date: | 05/31/2001 |
Publication Type: | Notice |
Fed Register #: | 66:29596-29598 |
Standard Number: | 1910.272 |
Title: | Standard on Grain Handling Facilities; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of an Information-Collection (Paperwork) Requirements |
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Occupational Safety and Health Administration [Docket No. ICR-1218-0206(2001)] Standard on Grain Handling Facilities; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of an Information-Collection (Paperwork) Requirements AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor. ACTION: Notice of an opportunity for public comment. SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments concerning the proposed extension of the information-collection requirements contained in the Standard on Grain Handling Facilities, 29 CFR 1910.272. DATES: Submit written comments on or before July 30, 2001. ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR-1218-0206(2001), OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2350. Commenters may transmit written comments of 10 pages or less in length by facsimile to (202) 693-1648. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theda Kenney, Directorate of Safety Standards Programs, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3609, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2222. A copy of the Agency's Information-Collection Request (ICR) supporting the need for the information collections contained in the Standard on Grain Handling Facilities is available for inspection and copying in the Docket Office, or by requesting a copy from Theda Kenney at (202) 693-2222 or Todd Owen at (202) 693-2444. For electronic copies of the ICR contact OSHA on the Internet at http://www.osha.gov/comp-links.html and select "Information Collection Requests." SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. 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 cost) is minimal, collection instruments are understandable, and OSHA's estimate of the information-collection burden is correct. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of the 1970 (the Act) authorizes information collection by employers as necessary or appropriate for enforcement of the Act or for developing information regarding the causes and prevention of occupational injuries, illnesses, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The following table describes the paperwork requirements specified for employers by the Standard on Grain Handling Facilities (§ 1910.272; the "Standard"), as well as the safety and health purpose served by each of these requirements.
II. Special Issues for Comment OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
III. Proposed Actions OSHA is requesting to extend OMB approval of the collection-of-information requirements specified by the Standard. The Agency will summarize the comments submitted in response to this notice, and will include this summary in its request to OMB to extend approval of these information-collection requirements. Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information-collection requirements. Title: Grain Handling Facilities. OMB Number: 1218-0206. Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit institutions; Federal government; State, local or tribal governments. Number of Respondents: 23,770. Frequency of Response: Monthly; annually. Average Time per Response: Varies from 2 minutes (.03 hours) to affix a tag to deenergized equipment to 1 hour to revise and emergency-action plan, housekeeping program, or lockout-tagout procedures. Estimated Total Burden Hours: 136,781. Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): None. IV. Authority and Signature R. Davis Layne, Acting 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) and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 3-2000 (65 FR 50017). Signed at Washington, DC, on May 25, 2001. R. Davis Layne, [FR Doc. 01-13688 Filed 5-30-01; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-26-M |
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