[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-1218-0172(2001)]
Student Data Form; 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 Student Data Form.
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, N.W., 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 Student Data Form
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 this 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 (e.g., 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 the 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 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, occupational education and training courses.
Under Section 21 of the Act, the OSHA Training Institute (the
``Institute'') provides basic, intermediate, and advanced training and
education in occupational safety and health for Federal and State
compliance officers, Agency professionals and technical-support
personnel, employers, employees, organizations representing employees
and employers, educators who develop curricula and teach occupational
safety and health courses, and representatives of professional safety
and health groups. The Institute provides courses on occupational
safety and health at its national training facility in Des Plaines,
Illinois.
Students attending Institute courses complete a one-page Student
Data Form (OSHA Form 182, 5/98 edition) on the first day of class. The
form provides information under five major categories titled ``Course
Information,'' ``Personal Data,'' ``Employer Data,'' ``Emergency
Contacts,'' and ``Student Groups.'' The OSHA Office of Training and
Education (the ``Office'') compiles, for each fiscal year, the
following information from the ``Course Information'' and ``Student
Groups'' categories: Total student attendance at the Institute; the
number of students attending each training course offered by the
Institute; and the types of students attending these courses (for
example, students from Federal or State occupational safety and health
agencies). The Office uses this information to demonstrate, in an
accurate and timely manner, that the Agency is providing the training
and employee education mandated by Section 21 of the Act. OSHA also
uses this information to evaluate training, and to make decisions
regarding program/course revisions, budget support, and tuition costs.
The Agency uses the information collected under the ``Course
Information,'' ``Personal Data,'' and ``Employer Data'' to identify
private-sector students so that it can collect tuition costs from them
or their employers as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701 (``Fees and Charges
for Government Services and Things of Value''); Office of Management
and Budget Circular A-25 (``User Charges''); and 29 CFR part 1949
(``Office of Training and Education, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration''). The information in the ``Personal Data'' and
Emergency Contacts'' categories permits OSHA to contact students who
are residing in local hotels/motels if an emergency arises at their
home or place of employment, and to alert supervisors/alternate
contacts of a trainee's injury or illness.
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.
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III. Proposed Actions
OSHA proposes to extend OMB's approval of the collection-of-
information (paperwork) requirements specified in the Student Data
Form. 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 extend the approval of these information-
collection requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information-
collection requirements.
Title: Student Data Form.
OMB Number: 1218-0172.
Affected Public: Individuals; business or other for-profit
organizations; Federal government; State, Local, or Tribal governments.
Number of Respondents: 5,000.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Responses: 5,000.
Average Time Per Response: 5 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 417 hours.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $8,092.
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 February 23, 2001.
R. Davis Layne,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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