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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 1218–0048. 

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 

December 31, 2013. 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 

July 30, 2013 (78 FR 45981). 

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 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– 

0048. 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: Occupational 

Noise Exposure Standard. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0048. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

business or other for-profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 209,851. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 13,754,182. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,068,736. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $26,296,876. 

Dated: December 18, 2013. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–30701 Filed 12–24–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request: Definition 

and Requirements for a Nationally 

Recognized Testing Laboratory 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On December 31, 2013, the 

Department of Labor (DOL) will submit 

the Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA) sponsored 

information collection request (ICR) 

revision titled, ‘‘Definition and 

Requirements for a Nationally 

Recognized Testing Laboratory’’ to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval for use, 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

January 30, 2014. 

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=201312-1218-001 

(this link will only become active on 

January 1, 2014) or by contacting Michel 

Smyth by telephone at 202–693–4129 

(this is not a toll-free number) or 

sending an email to 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– 

395–6881 (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: 

Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at 

202–693–4129 (this is not a toll-free 

number) or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ICR 

seeks to maintain PRA authority for the 

information collection requirements 

specified in regulations 29 CFR 1910.7, 

Definition and Requirements for a 

Nationally Recognized Testing 

Laboratory (NRTL), and to revise the 

collection by adding optional-use 

standardized forms to facilitate and to 

simplify the information collection 

process. A number of OSHA standards 

contain requirements for equipment, 

products, or materials. These standards 

often specify that a covered employer 

use only equipment, products, or 

materials tested or approved by a NRTL. 

This requirement helps to ensure an 

employer uses safe equipment, 

products, or materials in complying 

with the standards. Accordingly, the 

OSHA promulgated a regulation to 

specify procedures that an organization 

must follow to apply for and to maintain 

OSHA recognition to test and to certify 

equipment, products, or material for this 

purpose. The optional forms correspond 

to the application, expansion, and 

renewal processes defined in the NRTL 

Program. The Occupational Safety and 

Health Act authorizes the information 

collection provisions. See 29 U.S.C. 651 

and 657. 

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 


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Number 1218–0147. The current 

approval is scheduled to expire on 

December 31, 2013; however, the DOL 

notes that existing information 

collection requirements submitted to the 

OMB receive a month-to-month 

extension while they undergo review. 

New requirements would only take 

effect upon OMB approval. For 

additional substantive information 

about this ICR, see the related notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 2, 2013 (78 FR 60898). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section by January 30, 2014. In order to 

help ensure appropriate consideration, 

comments should mention OMB Control 

Number 1218–0147. 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: Definition and 

Requirements of a Nationally 

Recognized Testing Laboratory. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0147. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

business or other for-profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 68. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 128. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,458. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

Dated: December 20, 2013. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–30810 Filed 12–24–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Asbestos 

in General Industry Standard 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On December 31, 2013, the 

Department of Labor (DOL) will submit 

the Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA) sponsored 

information collection request (ICR) 

titled, ‘‘Asbestos 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. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

January 30, 2014. 

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/PRAMain as 

of January 1, 2014, or by contacting 

Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693– 

4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or 

sending an email to 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– 

395–6881 (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: 

Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at 

202–693–4129 (this is not a toll-free 

number) or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ICR 

seeks to maintain PRA authority for the 

information collection requirements 

specified in regulations 29 CFR 

1910.1001, the Asbestos in General 

Industry Standard, that require a 

covered employer to monitor worker 

exposure; to notify workers of their 

asbestos exposures; to develop a written 

compliance program; to maintain 

records concerning the presence, 

location, and quantity of asbestoscontaining materials and/or presumed 

asbestos-containing materials; to 

provide medical surveillances; to 

provide examining physicians with 

specific information; to ensure workers 

receive a copy of the physician’s written 

opinion; to maintain workers’ exposure 

monitoring and medical records for 

specific periods; and to provide the 

OSHA, National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health, 

affected workers, and their authorized 

representatives access to these records. 

Employers, workers, physicians, and the 

Government use these records to ensure 

exposure to asbestos in the workplace 

does not harm workers. The 

Occupational Safety and Health Act 

authorizes the information collection 

provisions. See 29 U.S.C. 651, 655, and 

657. 

These information collection 

requirements are 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 1218–0133. 

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 

December 31, 2013. 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 7, 2013 (78 FR 34406). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES


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