Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 234 / Tuesday, December 7, 2004 / Notices 70709

The amended notice applicable to 

TA–W–55,761 is hereby issued as 

follows:

Workers employed by Technicon 

Engineering, working at Brown & Williamson 

Tobacco Corporation, currently known as R.J. 

Reynolds Tobacco Company, an operating 

subsidiary of Reynolds American, Inc., 

Macon, Georgia, who became totally or 

partially separated from employment on or 

after September 24, 2003, through October 

28, 2006, are eligible to apply for adjustment 

assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act 

of 1974.

Signed in Washington, DC this 16th day of 

November 2004. 

Richard Church, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. E4–3522 Filed 12–6–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–30–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0179 (2005)] 

Methylene Chloride Standard; 

Extensions of the Office of 

Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

Approval of the Information-Collection 

(Paperwork) Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments 

concerning its request for an extension 

of the information-collection 

requirements contained in the 

Methylene Chloride Standard (29 CFR 

1910.1052).

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

the following dates: 

Hard Copy: Your comments must be 

submitted (postmarked or received) by 

February 7, 2005. 

Facsimile and electronic 

transmission: Your comments must be 

received by February 7, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR–

1218–0179 (2004), by any of the 

following methods: 

Regular mail, express delivery, handdelivery, and messenger service: Submit 

your comments and attachments to the 

OSHA 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 (887) 889–

5627). The OSHA Docket Office and 

Department of Labor hours of operation 

are 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., ET. 

Facsimile: If your comments, 

including any attachments, are 10 pages 

or fewer, you may fax them to the OSHA 

Docket Office at (202) 693–1648. 

Electronic: You may submit 

comments through the Internet at

http://dockets.osha.gov/. Following 

instructions on the OSHA Webpage 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 

Webpage at http://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 

document by (1) hard copy, (2) FAX 

transmission (facsimile), or (3) 

electronically through the OSHA 

Webpage. 

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) 693–2350 (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 Webpage are available at

http://www.OSHA.gov. Contact the 

OSHA Docket Office for information 

about material not available through the 

OSHA Webpage and for assistance using 

the Webpage to locate docket 

submissions. 

Electronic copies of this Federal 

Register notice as well as other relevant 

documents are available on OSHA’s 

Webpage. Since all submissions become 

public, private information such as a 

social security number should not be 

submitted.

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 off 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 cost) is 

minimal, collection instruments are 

understandable, 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). The 

information-collection requirements 

specified in the Methylene Chloride 

Standard protect employees from the 

adverse health effects that may result 

from their exposure to methylene 

chloride. The requirements in the MC 

Standard include employee exposure 

monitoring, notifying employees of their 

MC exposures, administering medical 

examinations to employees, providing 

examining physicians with specific 

program and employee information, 

ensuring that employees receive a copy 

of their medical examination results, 

training employees on the hazards of 

MC, maintaining employees’ exposuremonitoring and medical examination 

records for specific periods, and 

providing access to these records by 

OSHA, the National Institute of 

Occupational Safety and Health, the 

affected employees, and their 

authorized representatives. 

III. Special Issues for Comment 

OSHA has a particular interest in 

comments on the following issues: 

• Whether the proposed informationcollection 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 cost) of the 

information-collection requirements, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

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• The quality, utility, and clarity of 

the information collected; and

• Ways to minimize the burden on 

employees who must comply; for 

example, by using automated other 

technological information-collection 

and -transmission techniques. 

IV. Proposed Actions 

OSHA is proposing to extend the 

information-collection requirements 

contained in the Methylene Chloride 

Standard (29 CFR 1910.1052). 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 

currently approved informationcollection requirements. 

Title: Methylene Chloride (29 CFR 

1910.1052). 

OMB Number: 1218–0179. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; Federal 

government; State, local or tribal 

governments. 

Number of Respondents: 88,623. 

Frequency of Response: Occasionally. 

Total Responses: 217,753. 

Average Time per Response: Varies 

from 1 hour for administering a medical 

examination to 5 minutes to maintain an 

employee’s medical or exposure record. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 64,142 

hours. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $15,942,530. 

IV. 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), Secretary of Labor’s 

Order No. 5–2002 (67 FR 65008).

Signed at Washington, DC, on November 

30, 2004. 

John L. Henshaw, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 04–26805 Filed 12–6–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0137 (2005)] 

Design of Cave-in Protection Systems; 

Extension of the Office of Management 

and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of 

Information-Collection Requirements 

(Paperwork)

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments 

concerning its request for an extension 

of the information-collection 

requirements contained in 29 CFR 

1926.652 Requirements for Protective 

Systems.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

the following dates: 

Hard Copy: Your comments must be 

submitted (postmarked or received) by 

February 7, 2005. 

Facsimile and electronic 

transmission: Your comments must be 

received by February 7, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR–

1218–0137 (2005), by any of the 

following methods: 

Regular mail, express delivery, handdelivery, and messenger service: Submit 

your comments and attachments to the 

OSHA 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). The OSHA Docket Office and 

Department of Labor hours of operation 

are 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., ET. 

Facsimile: If your comments, 

including any attachments, are 10 pages 

or fewer, 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 Webpage 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 

Webpage at http://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 Theda 

Kenney or 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 or Theda Kenney, 

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 

document by (1) hard copy, (2) FAX 

transmission (facsimile), or (3) 

electronically through the OSHA 

Webpage. 

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) 693–2350 (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 Webpage are available at

http://www.OSHA.gov. Contact the 

OSHA Docket Office for information 

about materials not available through 

the OSHA Webpage and for assistance 

using the Webpage to locate docket 

submissions. 

Electronic copies of this Federal 

Register notice as well as other relevant 

documents are available on OSHA’s 

Webpage. 

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)