77272 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 247 / Monday, December 27, 2004 / Notices 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,505. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 5 to 8 

minutes. 

Frequency: Biennially. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: December 20, 2004. 

Bruce Bohanon, 

Chief, Branch of Management Review and 

Internal Control, Division of Financial 

Management, Office of Management, 

Administration and Planning, Employment 

Standards Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–28189 Filed 12–23–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–CR–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

Docket No. ICR 1218–0131 (2005) 

Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories 

Standard; 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 comment.

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments 

concerning its proposal to extend OMB 

approval of the information collection 

requirements contained in the 

Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories 

Standard (29 CFR 1910.1450).

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

the following dates: 

Hard copy: Your comments must be 

submitted (postmarked or received) by 

February 25, 2005. 

Facsimile and electronic 

transmission: Your comments must be 

received by February 25, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR–

1218–0131 (2005), by any of the 

following methods: 

Regular mail, express delivery, hand 

delivery, 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). OSHA Docket Office and 

Department of Labor hours are 8:15 a.m. 

to 4:45 p.m., ET. 

Facsimile: If your comments are 10 

pages or fewer in length, including 

attachments, 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/. Follow 

instructions on the OSHA Web Page 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 Web 

Page at http://www.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. Public Participation—Submission of 

Comments on This Notice and Internet 

Access to Comments and Submissions 

You may submit comments and 

supporting materials in response to this 

notice by (1) hard copy, (2) fax 

transmission (facsimile), or (3) 

electronically through the OSHA Web 

page. 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 Web page are available at

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

OSHA Docket Office for information 

about materials not available through 

the OSHA Web page and for assistance 

using the Web page to locate docket 

submissions. 

Electronic copies of this Federal 

Register notice as well as other relevant 

documents are available on OSHA’s 

Web page. 

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) 

(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 standard entitled ‘‘Occupational 

Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in 

Laboratories’’ (29 CFR 1910.1450; the 

‘‘Standard’’) applies to laboratories that 

use hazardous chemicals in accordance 

with the Standard’s definitions for 

‘‘laboratory use of hazardous chemicals’’

and ‘‘laboratory scale.’’ The Standard 

requires these laboratories to maintain 

employee exposures at or below the 

permissible exposure limits specified 

for the hazardous chemicals in 29 CFR 

Part 1910, subpart Z. They do so by 

developing a written Chemical Hygiene 

Plan (CHP) that describes: Standard 

operating procedures for using 

hazardous chemicals; hazard-control 

techniques; equipment-reliability 

measures; measures; employee 

information-and-training programs; 

conditions under which the employer 

must approve operations, procedures, 

and activities before implementation; 

and medical consultations and 

examinations. The CHP also designates 

personnel responsible for implementing 

the CHP, and specifies the procedures 

used to provide additional protection to 

employees exposed to particularly 

hazardous chemicals.

Other information-collection 

requirements of the Standard include: 

Documenting exposure-monitoring 

results; notifying employees in writing 

of these results; presenting specified 

information and training to employees; 

establishing a medical surveillance 

program for overexposed employees; 

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providing required information to the 

physician; obtaining the physician’s 

written opinion using proper respiratory 

equipment and establishing, 

maintaining, transferring, and disclosing 

exposure-monitoring and medical 

records. These collection-of-information 

requirements, including the CHP, 

control employee overexposure to 

hazardous laboratory chemicals, thereby 

preventing serious illnesses and death 

among employees exposed to such 

chemicals. 

III. 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. 

IV. Proposed Actions 

OSHA is proposing to extend the 

information collection requirements in 

the Hazardous Chemicals in 

Laboratories standard (29 CFR part 

1910.1450). The Agency will summarize 

the comments submitted in response to 

this notice and will include this 

summary in its request to OMB to 

extend the approval of these 

information collection requirements 

contained in the Standard. 

Type of Review: Extension of 

currently approved information 

collection requirements. 

Title: Hazardous Chemicals in 

Laboratories (29 CFR 1910.1450). 

OMB Number: 1218–0131. 

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

government; State, local, or tribal 

governments. 

Number of Respondents: 43,300. 

Frequency of Response: Annually; 

monthly; occasionally. 

Average Time per Response: Varies 

from five minutes (.08 hour) for a 

variety of requirements (e.g., for an 

office clerk to develop and post 

exposure-monitoring results) to eight (8) 

hours for an employer to develop a 

Chemical Hygiene Plan. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

270,636. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $32,615,952. 

V. 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 et seq.), and Secretary 

of Labor’s Order No. 5–2002 (67 FR 

65008).

Dated: Signed at Washington, DC, on 

December 17, 2004. 

John L. Henshaw, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor

[FR Doc. 04–28188 Filed 12–23–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0241 (2005)] 

Subpart R (‘‘Steel Erection’’); 

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 comment.

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments 

concerning its proposal to extend OMB 

approval of the information collection 

requirements contained in Subpart R of 

29 CFR part 1926 (‘‘Steel Erection’’). 

This Subpart requires employers to: 

Notify designated parties, especially 

steel erectors, that building materials, 

components, steel structures, and fallprotection equipment are safe for 

specific uses; and to ensure that 

employees exposed to fall hazards 

receive specified training in the 

recognition and control of fall hazards.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

the following dates: 

Hard copy: Your comments must be 

submitted (postmarked or received) by 

February 25, 2005. 

Facsimile and electronic 

transmission: Your comments must be 

received by February 25, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR–

1218–0241 (2005), by any of the 

following methods: 

Regular mail, express delivery, hand 

delivery, 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). OSHA Docket Office and 

Department of Labor hours are 8:15 a.m. 

to 4:45 p.m., ET. 

Facsimile: If your comments are 10 

pages or fewer in length, including 

attachments, 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 Web 

page at http://www.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. Public Participation—Submission of 

Comments on This Notice and Internet 

Access to Comments and Submissions 

You may submit comments and 

supporting materials in response to this 

notice 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