• Publication Date:
  • Publication Type:
    Notice
  • Fed Register #:
    80:50046-50047
  • Standard Number:
  • Title:
    Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Cadmium in General Industry Standard
  [Federal Register Volume 80, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 2015)]
  [Notices]
  [Pages 50046-50047]
  From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
  [FR Doc No: 2015-20315]


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  DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

  Office of the Secretary


  Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
  Review; Comment Request; Cadmium in General Industry Standard

  ACTION: Notice.

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  SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Occupational
  Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sponsored information
  collection request (ICR) titled, "Cadmium in General Industry
  Standard," to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
  approval for continued use, without change, in accordance with the
  Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Public
  comments on the ICR are invited.

  DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives
  on or before September 17, 2015.

  ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation;
  including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency
  of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained free of charge
  from the RegInfo.gov Web site at
  http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201505-1218-007
  (this link will only become active on the day following publication of this notice)
  or by contacting Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-4129, TTY 202-693-8064,
  (these are not toll-free numbers) or by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
      Submit comments about this request by mail or courier to the Office
  of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-
  OSHA, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW.,
  Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202-395-5806 (this is not a toll-free
  number); or by email: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. Commenters are
  encouraged, but not required, to send a courtesy copy of any comments
  by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of the
  Chief Information Officer, Attn: Departmental Information Compliance
  Management Program, Room N1301, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
  Washington, DC 20210; or by email: DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.

  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-
  4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or by email
  at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.

      Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks to extend PRA authority for
  the Cadmium in General Industry Standard information collection
  requirements codified in regulations 29 CFR 1910.1027. The major
  collection of information requirements of this Standard include:
  Conducting worker exposure monitoring; notifying workers of their
  cadmium exposures; implementing a written compliance program;
  implementing medical surveillance of workers; providing examining
  physicians with specific information; ensuring workers receive a copy
  of their medical surveillance results; maintaining workers' exposure
  monitoring and medical surveillance records for specific periods; and
  providing access to records to workers who are the subject of the
  records, the workers' representatives, and other designated parties.
  Occupational Safety and Health Act sections 2(b)(9), 6, and 8(c)
  authorize this information collection. See 29 U.S.C. 651(b)(9), 655,
  and 657(c).
      This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency
  generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and
  the public is generally not required to respond to an information
  collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA and displays
  a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any
  other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to
  penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that
  does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and
  1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this information collection
  under Control Number 1218-0185.
      OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3)
  years without renewal, and the current approval for this collection is
  scheduled to expire on August 31, 2015. The DOL seeks to extend PRA
  authorization for this information collection for three (3) more years,
  without any change to existing requirements. The DOL notes that
  existing information collection requirements submitted to the OMB
  receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review. For
  additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related
  notice published in the Federal Register on June 11, 2015 (80 FR
  33293).
      Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB,
  Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in
  the ADDRESSES section within thirty (30) days of publication of this
  notice in the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate
  consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number 1218-0185.
  The OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
       Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
  necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
  including whether the information will have practical utility;
       Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
  burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
  validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
       Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
  information to be collected; and
       Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
  those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
  automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
  techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
  electronic submission of responses.
      Agency: DOL-OSHA.
      Title of Collection: Cadmium in General Industry Standard.
      OMB Control Number: 1218-0185.
      Affected Public: Private Sector--businesses or other for-profits.
      Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 49,734.
      Total Estimated Number of Responses: 263,630.
      Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 75,998 hours.
      Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $5,407,985.

      Dated: August 12, 2015.
  Michel Smyth,
  Departmental Clearance Officer.
  [FR Doc. 2015-20315 Filed 8-17-15; 8:45 am]
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