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Treasury or, if requesting by email or 

fax, forward a check in that amount to 

the Consent Decree Library at the 

address given above. 

Ronald Gluck, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0862] 

Standard on Hazardous Waste 

Operations and Emergency Response 

(HAZWOPER); 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 comments. 

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public 

comments concerning its proposal to 

extend the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval of the 

information collection requirements 

specified by the Hazardous Waste 

Operations and Emergency Response 

(HAZWOPER) Standard (29 CFR 

1910.120). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by June 

29, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Electronically: You may 

submit comments and attachments 

electronically at http://www.regulations.

gov, which is the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal. Follow the instructions online 

for submitting comments. 

Facsimile: If your comments, 

including attachments, are not longer 

than 10 pages, you may fax them to the 

OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648. 

Mail, hand delivery, express mail, 

messenger, or courier service: When 

using this method, you must submit a 

copy of your comments and attachments 

to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. 

OSHA–2011–0862, Occupational Safety 

and Health Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Room N–2625, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries 

(hand, express mail, messenger, and 

courier service) are accepted during the 

Department of Labor’s and Docket 

Office’s normal business hours, 8:15 

a.m. to 4:45 p.m., e.t. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the Agency name and OSHA 

docket number (OSHA–2011–0862) for 

the Information Collection Request 

(ICR). All comments, including any 

personal information you provide, are 

placed in the public docket without 

change, and may be made available 

online at http://www.regulations.gov. 

For further information on submitting 

comments see the ‘‘Public 

Participation’’ heading in the section of 

this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

Docket: To read or download 

comments or other material in the 

docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov 

or the OSHA Docket Office at the 

address above. All documents in the 

docket (including this Federal Register 

notice) are listed in the http://www.

regulations.gov index; however, some 

information (e.g., copyrighted material) 

is not publicly available to read or 

download from the Web site. All 

submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

You may also contact Theda Kenney at 

the address below to obtain a copy of 

the ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Theda Kenney or Todd Owen, 

Directorate of Standards and Guidance, 

OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room 

N–3609, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 

693–2222. 

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 accord 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 

collection burden is accurate. The 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et 

seq.) authorizes information collection 

by employers as necessary or 

appropriate for enforcement of the OSH 

Act or for developing information 

regarding the causes and prevention of 

occupational injuries, illnesses, and 

accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act 

also requires that OSHA obtain such 

information with minimum burden 

upon employers, especially those 

operating small businesses, and to 

reduce to the maximum extent feasible 

unnecessary duplication of efforts in 

obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657). 

The HAZWOPER Standard specifies a 

number of collection of information 

(paperwork) requirements. Employers 

can use the information collected under 

the HAZWOPER rule to develop the 

various programs the Standard requires 

and to ensure that their workers are 

trained properly about the safety and 

health hazards associated with 

hazardous waste operations and 

emergency response to hazardous waste 

releases. OSHA will use the records 

developed in response to this Standard 

to determine adequate compliance with 

the Standard’s safety and health 

provisions. The employer’s failure to 

collect and distribute the information 

required in this Standard will affect 

significantly OSHA’s effort to control 

and reduce injuries and fatalities. Such 

failure would also be contrary to the 

direction Congress provided in the 

Superfund Amendments and 

Reauthorization Act (SARA). 

II. 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. 

III. Proposed Actions 

The Agency is requesting an 

adjustment in the burden hours of 1,381 

hours from 1,199,954 to 1,198,573 

hours. The adjustment in burden hours 

is primarily due to a decrease in the 

number of sites covered by the 

Standard. 

The Agency 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 Standard. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Hazardous Waste Operations 

and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) 

Standard (29 CFR 1910.120). 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0202. 

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Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Not-for-profit organizations; 

Federal Government; State, Local, or 

Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 30,125. 

Total Responses: 1,205,700. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Average Time per Response: Varies 

from one minute (.02 hour) to maintain 

a certification record to 24 hours for 

initial employee training. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

1,198,573. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $3,059,864. 

IV. Public Participation—Submission of 

Comments on This Notice and Internet 

Access to Comments and Submissions 

You may submit comments in 

response to this document as follows: 

(1) Electronically at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by 

facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All 

comments, attachments, and other 

material must identify the Agency name 

and the OSHA docket number for the 

ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0862). 

You may supplement electronic 

submissions by uploading document 

files electronically. If you wish to mail 

additional materials in reference to an 

electronic or facsimile submission, you 

must submit them to the OSHA Docket 

Office (see the section of this notice 

titled ADDRESSES). The additional 

materials must clearly identify your 

electronic comments by your name, 

date, and the docket number so the 

Agency can attach them to your 

comments. 

Because of security procedures, the 

use of regular mail may cause a 

significant delay in the receipt of 

comments. For information about 

security procedures concerning the 

delivery of materials by hand, express 

delivery, messenger, or courier service, 

please contact the OSHA Docket Office 

at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889– 

5627). Comments and submissions are 

posted without change at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA 

cautions commenters about submitting 

personal information such as social 

security numbers and dates of birth. 

Although all submissions are listed in 

the http://www.regulations.gov index, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publicly available to 

read or download through this Web site. 

All submissions, including 

copyrighted material, are available for 

inspection and copying at the OSHA 

Docket Office. Information on using the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site to 

submit comments and access the docket 

is available at the Web site’s ‘‘User 

Tips’’ link. Contact the OSHA Docket 

Office for information about materials 

not available through the Web site, and 

for assistance in using the Internet to 

locate docket submissions. 

V. Authority and Signature 

David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, 

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. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on April 25, 

2012. 

David Michaels, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10348 Filed 4–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION 

BOARD 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection 

AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection 

Board. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the 

U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board 

(MSPB) announces that it is planning to 

submit a request for a three-year 

extension of an Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). Before 

submitting this ICR to OMB for review 

and approval, MSPB is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before June 29, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information to 

William D. Spencer, Merit Systems 

Protection Board, 1615 M Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20419. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Dr. DeeAnn Batten 

at (202) 254–4495 or 

deeann.batten@mspb.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal 

agencies must obtain approval from 

OMB for each collection of information 

they conduct or sponsor. The MSPB 

intends to ask for a three-year renewal 

of its Generic Clearance Request for 

Voluntary Customer Surveys, OMB 

Control No. 3124–0012. Executive Order 

12862, ‘‘Setting Customer Service 

Standards,’’ mandates that agencies 

identify their customers and survey 

them to determine the kind and quality 

of services they want and their level of 

satisfaction with existing services and 

products. 

In this regard, we are soliciting 

comments on the public reporting 

burden. The reporting burden for the 

collection of information on this request 

is estimated to vary from 5 minutes to 

45 minutes, with an average of 30 

minutes, including time for reviewing 

instructions, searching existing data 

sources, gathering and maintaining the 

data needed, and completing and 

reviewing the collection of information. 

In the estimated annual reporting 

burden listed below, the reason that the 

annual number of respondents differs 

from the number of total annual 

responses is that our experience shows 

that only about 50% of those invited to 

participate in our voluntary customer 

surveys avail themselves of that 

opportunity. 

In addition, the MSPB invites 

comments on (1) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of MSPB’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of MSPB’s estimate of 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

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