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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0034] 

Subpart A (‘‘General Provisions’’) and 

Subpart B (‘‘Confined and Enclosed 

Spaces and Other Dangerous 

Atmospheres in Shipyard 

Employment’’); 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 the proposal to 

extend the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval of the 

information collection requirements 

specified in Subpart A ‘‘General 

Provisions’’ and Subpart B ‘‘Confined 

and Enclosed Spaces and Other 

Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard 

Employment’’. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

February 22, 2021. 

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–2011–0034, Occupational Safety 

and Health Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Room N–3653, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20210. Please note: 

While OSHA’s Docket Office is 

continuing to accept and process 

submissions by regular mail, due to the 

COVID–19 pandemic, the Docket Office 

is closed to the public and not able to 

receive submissions to the docket by 

hand, express mail, messenger, and 

courier service. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and the OSHA 

docket number (OSHA–2011–0034) for 

the Information Collection Request 

(ICR). All comments, including any 

personal information you provide, such 

as social security numbers or date of 

birth, 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 above 

address. 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 website. All 

submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

You may also contact Theda Kenney at 

(202) 693–2222 to obtain a copy of the 

ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Seleda Perryman or Theda Kenney, 

Directorate of Standards and Guidance, 

OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor; 

telephone (202) 693–2222. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Department of Labor, as part of 

the 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) 

(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 (OSH 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 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 following is a description of the 

requirements in subparts A and B that 

pertain to the collection and retention of 

information. 

One provision in subpart A contains 

paperwork requirements (§ 1915.7). 

Section 1915.7(b)(2) specifies that 

shipyard employers must maintain a 

roster of designated competent persons 

(for inspecting and testing spaces 

covered by subpart B), or a statement 

that a marine chemist will perform these 

inspections and tests. Section 1915.7(d) 

requires employers to ensure that 

competent persons, marine chemists, 

and certified industrial hygienists 

(CIHs) make a record of each inspection 

and test they conduct, post the record 

near the covered space while work is in 

progress, and retain the record for at 

least three months. In addition, 

employers must make the roster or 

statement, and the inspection and test 

records available for inspection by 

designated parties. 

Subpart B consists of several 

standards governing entry into confined 

and enclosed spaces and other 

dangerous atmospheres in shipyard 

employment. These standards require 

that employers: 

• Ensure that competent persons 

conduct inspections and atmospheric 

testing prior to workers entering a 

confined or enclosed space 

(§§ 1915.12(a)–(c)); 

• Warn workers not to enter 

hazardous spaces and other dangerous 

atmospheres (§§ 1915.12 (a)–(c) and 

1915.16); 

• Certify that workers who will be 

entering confined or enclosed spaces 

have been trained (§ 1915.12(d)(5)); 

• Establish and train shipyard rescue 

teams or arrange for outside rescue 

teams, and provide them with 

information on the hazards that they 

may encounter (§ 1915.12(e)); 

• Ensure that one person on each 

rescue team maintains a current first aid 

training certificate (§ 1915.12(e)(1)(iv)); 

• Exchange information regarding 

hazards, safety rules, and emergency 

procedures concerning confined and 

enclosed spaces, and atmospheres with 

other employers whose workers may 

enter these spaces and atmospheres 

(§ 1915.12(f)); 

• Ensure testing of spaces having 

contained bulk quantities of 

combustible or flammable liquids or 

gases, and toxic, corrosive, or irritating 

substances before cleaning and other 

cold work is started, and as necessary 

thereafter while the operations are 

ongoing (§§ 1915.13(b)(2) and (4)); 

• Post signs prohibiting ignition 

sources within or near a space that has 

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or combustible liquids or gases 

(§ 1915.13(b)(10)); 

• Ensure that confined and enclosed 

spaces and other dangerous 

atmospheres, and boundaries of spaces 

or pipelines are tested before workers 

perform hot work in these work areas 

(§ 1915.14(a)(1)); 

• Post warnings of testing conducted 

by competent persons and certificates of 

testing conducted by a Marine Chemist 

or Coast Guard authorized person in the 

immediate vicinity of the hot-work 

operation while the operation is in 

progress (§§ 1915.14(a) and (b)); and 

• Retain certificates of testing on file 

for at least three months after 

completing the operation 

(§ 1915.14(a)(2)). 

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 

OSHA is requesting that OMB extend 

the approval of the collection of 

information (paperwork) requirements 

mandated by Subpart A (‘‘General 

Provisions’’) and Subpart B (‘‘Confined 

and Enclosed Spaces and Other 

Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard 

Employment’’) of 29 CFR part 1915. The 

agency is requesting an adjustment 

decrease of 19,246 burden hours (from 

586,064 to 566,818 hours). The 

adjustment decrease is due to a decrease 

in the number of establishments affected 

by these standards. 

The agency will summarize the 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice and will include this summary in 

the request to OMB. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Subpart A (‘‘General 

Provisions’’) and Subpart B (‘‘Confined 

and Enclosed Spaces and Other 

Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard 

Employment’’) (29 CFR part 1915). 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0011. 

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

Federal Government; State, Local or 

Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 4,716. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Total Responses: 3,555,305. 

Average Time per Response: Various. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

566,818. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $0. 

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. 

Please note: While OSHA’s Docket 

Office is continuing to accept and 

process submissions by regular mail, 

due to the COVID–19 pandemic, the 

Docket Office is closed to the public and 

not able to receive submissions to the 

docket by hand, express mail, 

messenger, and courier service. All 

comments, attachments, and other 

material must identify the agency name 

and the OSHA docket number (Docket 

No. OSHA–2011–0034) for the ICR. 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. 

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 date 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 from this website. All 

submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

Information on using the http://

www.regulations.gov website to submit 

comments and access the docket is 

available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’ 

link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office at 

(202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–5627) 

for information about materials not 

available from the website, and for 

assistance in using the internet to locate 

docket submissions. 

V. Authority and Signature 

Loren Sweatt, Principal Deputy 

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 December 

18, 2020. 

Loren Sweatt, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor 

for Occupational Safety and Health. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0056] 

Voluntary Protection Programs 

Information; 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 the proposal to 

extend the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval of the 

information collection requirements 

contained in Voluntary Protection 

Programs Information. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

February 22, 2021. 

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, OSHA 

Docket No. OSHA–2011–0056, 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration, U.S. Department of 


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