[Federal Register: February 28, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 40)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR 1218-0020(2001)]
Training Grant Application; Extension of the Office of Management
and Budget's Approval of Information-Collection (Paperwork
Requirements)
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice of an opportunity for public comment.
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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comment concerning its request to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the
information-collection requirements specified in its training grant
application.
DATES: Submit written comments on or before April 30, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR
1218-0020(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 by
facsimile to: (202) 693-1648.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Bencheck, Division of Training
and Educational Programs, OSHA Office of Training and Education, 1555
Times Drive, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018; telephone: (847) 297-4810; e-
mail: cindy.bencheck@oti.osha.gov; or facsimile: (847) 297-4874. A copy
of the Agency's Information-Collection Request (ICR) supporting the
need for the information collections specified in the training grant
application is available for inspection and copying in the Docket
Office, or by requesting a copy from Todd Owen at (202) 693-2444. For
electronic copies of the ICR, contact OSHA on the Internet at http://
www.osha.gov/.
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 (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 information burden is correct.
Section 21 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the
``OSH Act'') (29 U.S.C. 670) authorizes the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (``OSHA'' or the ``Agency'') to conduct directly,
or through grants and contracts, education and training courses. These
courses must ensure an adequate number of qualified personnel to
fulfill the purposes of the Act, provide them with short-term training,
inform them of the importance and proper use of safety and health
equipment, and train employers and employees to recognize, avoid, and
prevent unsafe and unhealthful working conditions.
Under Section 21, the Agency awards grants to nonprofit
organizations to provide part of the required training. To obtain such
a grant, an organization must complete the training grant application.
OSHA uses the information in this application to evaluate: The
organization's competence to provide the proposed training (including
the qualifications of the personnel who manage and implement the
training); the goals and objectives of the proposed training program; a
workplan that describes in detail the tasks that the organization will
implement to meet these goals and objectives; the appropriateness of
the proposed costs; and compliance with Federal regulations governing
nonprocurement debarment and suspension, maintaining a drug-free
workplace, and lobbying activities. Also required is a program summary
that Agency officials use to review and evaluate the highlights of the
overall proposal.
After awarding a training grant, OSHA uses the workplan and budget
information provided in the application to monitor the organization's
progress in meeting training goals and objectives, as well as planned
expenditures. The initial grant award is for one year, with possible
renewals at one-year intervals. An organization must submit separate
applications for the initial award and for each renewal award.
II. Special Issues for Comment
The Agency 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 the Agency'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 proposes to extend OMB's approval of the collection-of-
information (paperwork) requirements specified in the training grant
application. The Agency will summarize the comments submitted in
response to this notice, and will include this summary, along with the
comments, in its request to OMB to
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extend the approval of these information-collection requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information-
collection requirements.
Title: Training grant application.
OMB Number: 1218-0020.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 200.
Frequency: Annually.
Total Responses: 200.
Average Time per Response: 59 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 11,800.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $377,000.
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 the Secretary of Labor's Order No. 3-2000 (65
FR 50017).
Signed at Washington, DC on February 23, 2001.
R. Davis Layne,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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