[Federal Register: October 7, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 194)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR 1218-0151 (2005)
Cranes and Derricks Standard for Construction; Posting Weight and
Load Capacity of Personnel Platforms; 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 comment.
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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments concerning its request for an extension
of the information collection requirement specified by paragraph
(g)(4)(ii)(I) of the Cranes and Derricks Standard for Construction (29
CFR 1926.550). This paragraph requires employers to post a plate or
other permanent marking that indicates the weight of a personnel-
hoisting platform and its rated-load capacity or maximum intended load.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by the following dates:
Hard Copy: Your comments must be submitted (postmarked or received)
by December 6, 2004.
Facsimile and Electronic Transmission: Your comments must be
received by December 6, 2004.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR-
1218-0151 (2004), by any of the following methods:
Regular Mail, Express Delivery, Hand Delivery, and Messenger
Service: Submit your comments and attachments to the ISHA Docket
Office, Room N-2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2350 (OSHA's TTY number
is (877) 889-5627). OSHA Docket Office and Department of Labor hours
are 8:15 .m. to 4:45 p.m., ET.
Facsimile: If your comments are 10 pages or fewer in length,
including attachments, you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at
(202) 693-1648.
Electronic: You may submit comments through the Internet at http://ecomments.osha.gov.
Follow instructions on the OSHA Web page for
submitting comments.
Docket: For access to the docket to read or download comments or
background materials, such as the complete Information Collection
Request (ICR) (containing the Supporting Statement, OMB-83-I Form, and
attachments), go to OSHA's Web page at http://www.OSHA.gov. Comments,
submissions, and the ICR are available for inspection and copying at
the OSHA Docket Office at the address above. You may also contact Todd
Owen at the address below to obtain a copy of the ICR.
(For additional information on submitting comments, please see the
``Public Participation'' heading in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of this document.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd Owen, Directorate of Standards
and Guidance, OSHA, Room N-3609, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-
2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Submission of Comments on this Notice and Internet Access to
Comments and Submissions
You may submit comments and supporting materials in response to
this notice by (1) hard copy, (2) fax transmission (facsimile), or (3)
electronically through the OSHA Web page. Because of security related
problems, there may be a significant delay in the receipt of comments
by regular mail. Please contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 2693-
2350 (TTY (877) 889-5627) for information about security procedures
concerning the delivery of materials by express delivery, hand delivery
and messenger service.
All comments, submissions and background documents are available
for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office at the above
address. Comments and submissions posted on OSHA's Web page are
available at http://www.OSHA.gov. Contact the OSHA
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Docket Office for information about materials not available through the
OSHA Web page and for assistance using the Web page to locate docket
submissions.
Electronic copies of this Federal Register notice as well as other
relevant documents are available on OSHA's Web page.
II. 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 costs) is minimal, 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 Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) 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).
Paragraph (g)(4)(ii)(I) of the Cranes and Derricks Standard for
Construction (Sec. 1926.550) requires employers to post conspicuously
with a plate or other permanent marking the weight and rated load
capacity or maximum intended loads of each platform used to raise and
lower employees to a worksite using a crane or derrick. This
requirement helps employers to avoid exceeding the lifting capacity of
such platforms and the cranes or derrick being used to lift the
platforms. Therefore, this requirement can prevent the platform, crane,
or derrick from collapsing and causing serious injury to death to
employees on or below the platform.
III. 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.
IV. Proposed Actions
OSHA is proposing to extend the information collection requirement
specified by paragraph (g)(4)(ii)(I) of Sec. 1926.550. The Agency will
summarize the comments submitted in response to this notice and will
include this summary in its request to OMB to extend the approval of
this information collection requirements contained in the Standard.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information
collection requirements.
Title: Cranes and Derricks Standard for Construction; Posting
Weight and Load Capacity of Personnel Platforms (29 CFR 1926.550).
OMB Number: 1218-0151.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions; Federal government; State, local, or Tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 2,750 (platforms).
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Total Responses: 2,750.
Average Time per Response: Five minutes to post or mark a platform.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 229.
Estimated Cost. (Operation and Maintenance): $0.
V. Authority and Signature
John L. Henshaw, 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. 5-2002 (67 FR
65008).
Signed at Washington, DC, on October 4, 2004.
John L. Henshaw,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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