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[Federal Register: March 1, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 41)]
[Notices]               
[Page 11088-11089]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration


[Docket No. ICR-1218-0101(2000)]

 
1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP); Extension of the Office of 
Management of Budget's (OMB 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 comments concerning the extension of the 
information collection requirements contained in the DBCP Standard 929 
CFR 1910.1044).

Request For Comment

    The Agency is particularly interested in comments on the following 
issues:
    <bullet> Whether the information collection requirements are 
necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's functions, 
including whether the information is useful;
    <bullet> 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;
    <bullet> The quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
collected; and
    <bullet> Ways to minimize the burden on employers who must comply; 
for example, by using automated or other technological information-
collection and -transmission techniques.

DATE: Submit written comments on or before May 1, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket No. 
ICR-1218-0101(2000), Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 
U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-2350. Comments may transmit 
written comments of 10 pages or less in length by facsimile to (202) 
693-1648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd R. Owen, Directorate of Policy, 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of 
Labor, Room N-3641, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210; 
telephone: (202) 693-2444. A copy of the Agency's Information 
Collection Request (ICR) supporting the need for the information 
collection requirements in the DBCP Standard is available for 
inspection and copying in the Docket Office, or you may request a 
mailed copy by telephoning Todd R. Owen at (202) 693-2444. For 
electronic copies of the ICR on the DBCP Standard, contact OSHA on the 
Internet at <A HREF="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http:/www.osha.gov">http:/www.osha.gov</A>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce 
paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation 
program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 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 costs) 
is minimal, collection instruments clearly understood, and OSHA's 
estimate of the information 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 information collection requirements in the DBCP Standard 
provide protection for employees from the adverse health effects 
associated with exposure to DBCP. In this regard, the DBCP Standard 
requires employers to monitor employees' exposure to DBCP, monitor 
employee health, and provide employees with information about their 
exposures and the health effects of exposure to DBCP.

II. Proposed Actions

    OSHA proposes to extend the OMB approval of the collection of 
information (paperwork) contained in the DBCP Standard (29 CFR 
1910.1044). OSHA will summarize the comments submitted in response to 
this notice, and will include this summary in the request to OMB to 
extend the approval of the information collection requirements 
contained in the DBCP Standard (29 CFR 1910.1044).
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information 
collection requirements.
    Title: 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane Standard.
    OMB Number: 1218-0101.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal government; 
state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 1.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1.

III. Authority and Signature

    Charles N. Jeffress, 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. 6-96 (62 FR 111).


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    Signed at Washington, D.C., on February 24, 2000.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 00-4868 Filed 2-29-00; 8:45 am]
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