DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. ICR-98-9]

Gear Certification (29 CFR part 1919); Announcement of OMB Approval of Information Collection Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

ACTION: Notice; Announcement of the OMB approval of information collection requirements.

SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is announcing that the collections of information found in the standard on Gear Certification (29 CFR part 1919) have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995). This document announces the OMB approval number and expiration date.

DATES: Effective September 9, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theda Kenney, Directorate of Safety Standards Programs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Room N-3605, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210, telephone (202) 219-8061, ext. 100.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of March 6, 1998 (63 FR 11311), the Agency announced its intent to request renewal of its current OMB approval for 29 CFR part 1919, Gear Certification. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501- 3520), OMB has renewed its approval for the information collection and assigned OMB control number 1218-0003. The approval expires on July 31, 2001. Under 5 CFR 1320.5(b), an Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection displays a valid control number.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 28th day of July 1998.

Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 98-24190 Filed 9-8-98; 8:45 am]

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