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comments and access the docket is 

available through 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 

Jordan Barab, Acting 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. 5–2007 (72 FR 31160). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on August 28th, 

2009. 

Jordan Barab, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. E9–21330 Filed 9–3–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0017] 

The Standard on Personal Protective 

Equipment (PPE) for 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 comment. 

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public 

comments concerning its proposal to 

extend OMB approval of the 

information collection requirements 

specified in the Standard on Personal 

Protective Equipment (PPE) for 

Shipyard Employment (29 CFR part 

1915, subpart I). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

November 3, 2009. 

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 

three copies of your comments and 

attachments to the OSHA Docket Office, 

Docket No. OSHA–2009–0017, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration, 

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 for the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) (OSHA–2009– 

0017). 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 through 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 accordance 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). 

Subpart I specifies several paperwork 

requirements, which are described 

below. 

(A) Hazard Assessment and 

Verification (§ 1915.152(b)). Section 

1915.152(b) requires the employer to 

assess work activities to determine 

whether there are hazards present, or 

likely to be present, which necessitate 

the worker’s use of PPE. If such hazards 

are present, or likely to be present, the 

employer must: (1) Select the type of 

PPE that will protect the affected 

workers from the hazards identified in 

the occupational hazard assessment; (2) 

communicate selection decisions to 

affected workers; (3) select PPE that 

properly fits each affected worker; and 

(4) verify that the required occupational 

hazard assessment has been performed. 

The verification must contain the 

following information: Occupation or 

trade assessed, the date(s) of the hazard 

assessment, and the name of the person 

performing the hazard assessment. 

(B) Training and Verification 

(§ 1915.152(e)). Section 1910.152(e) 

requires that employers provide training 

for each worker who is required to wear 

PPE (§ 1915.152(e)(1)). Paragraph (e)(3) 

requires that employers also provide 

retraining when there are certain 

changes in workplace conditions or 

there is reason to believe that any 

previously trained worker does not have 

the understanding or skill to use PPE 

properly. Circumstances where such 

retraining is required include changes in 

the workplace that render prior training 

obsolete, certain changes in the types of 

PPE used, and inadequacies in the 

worker’s knowledge or use of PPE that 

indicate the worker had not retained the 

requisite understanding or skill. 

Paragraph (e)(4) requires that the 

employer verify that each affected 

worker has received the required PPE 

training. The verification must contain 

the following information: Name of each 

worker trained, the date(s) of training, 


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and the type of training the worker 

received. 

The standards on PPE protection for 

the eyes and face (§ 1915.153), head 

(§ 1915.155), feet (§ 1915.156), hands 

and body (§ 1915.157), lifesaving 

equipment (§ 1915.158), personal fall 

arrest systems (§ 1915.159), and 

positioning device systems (§ 1915.160) 

do not contain any separate information 

collection requirements. 

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 

its approval of the collection of 

information requirements contained in 

the Standard on Personal Protective 

Equipment (PPE) for Shipyard 

Employment (29 CFR part 1915, subpart 

I). The Agency is requesting an 

adjustment to the burden hours from 

2,041 to 2,827 hours (an increase of 786 

hours). The increase in the burden 

hours can be attributed to the number of 

existing workers increasing from 62,191 

to 86,764. 

OSHA 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 the information collection 

requirements contained in the Standard 

on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) 

for Shipyard Employment (29 CFR Part 

1915, Subpart I). 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Personal Protective Equipment 

Standard for Shipyard Employment (29 

CFR part 1915, subpart I). 

OMB Number: 1218–0215. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Total Responses: 108,335. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Estimated Time per Response: Varies 

from 1 minute (.02 hour) for employers 

to maintain the certification record for 

each worker to 5 minutes to record the 

hazard assessment for each occupation 

covered. 

Total Burden Hours: 2,827. 

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 e-Rulemaking Portal; (2) by 

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

comments, attachments, and other 

material must identify the Agency name 

and OSHA docket number for the ICR 

(Docket No. OSHA–2009–0017). 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 date of birth. 

Although all submissions are listed in 

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

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publically 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 through 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 

Jordan Barab, Acting 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. 5–2007 (72 FR 31160). 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of 

August 2009. 

Jordan Barab, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2009–0385] 

Draft Regulatory Guide: Issuance, 

Availability 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Issuance and 

Availability of Draft Regulatory Guide, 

DG–1226. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald Helton, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555– 

0001, telephone: (301) 251–7594 or email to Donald.Helton@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing for public 

comment a draft guide in the agency’s 

‘‘Regulatory Guide’’ series. This series 

was developed to describe and make 

available to the public such information 

as methods that are acceptable to the 

NRC staff for implementing specific 

parts of the NRC’s regulations, 

techniques that the staff uses in 

evaluating specific problems or 

postulated accidents, and data that the 

staff needs in its review of applications 

for permits and licenses. 

The draft regulatory guide (DG), titled, 

‘‘An Approach for Using Probabilistic 

Risk Assessment in Risk-Informed 

Decisions on Plant-Specific Changes to 

the Licensing Basis,’’ is temporarily 

identified by its task number, DG–1226, 

which should be mentioned in all 

related correspondence. DG–1226 is 

proposed Revision 2 of Regulatory 

Guide 1.174, dated November 2002. The 

NRC’s policy statement on probabilistic 

risk assessment (PRA) encourages 

greater use of this analysis technique to 

improve safety decisionmaking and 


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