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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review: 

Comment Request 

August 25, 2009. 

The Department of Labor (DOL) 

hereby announces the submission of the 

following public information collection 

requests (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35). 

A copy of each ICR, with applicable 

supporting documentation; including 

among other things a description of the 

likely respondents, proposed frequency 

of response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain or by contacting 

Darrin King on 202–693–4129 (this is 

not a toll-free number)/e-mail: 

DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the 

Department of Labor—Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS), Office of Management 

and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, 

DC 20503, Telephone: 202–395–7316/ 

Fax: 202–395–5806 (these are not tollfree numbers), E-mail: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within 

30 days from the date of this publication 

in the Federal Register. In order to 

ensure the appropriate consideration, 

comments should reference the OMB 

Control Number (see below). 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments which: 

• 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: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Title of Collection: International Price 

Program (IPP) U.S. Export and Import 

Price Indexes. 

OMB Control Number: 1220–0025. 

Affected Public: Private Sector. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 9,300. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 30,646. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden 

(does not include per hour costs:) $0. 

Description: The price data collected 

by the IPP is used to produce indexes 

which measure, on a monthly basis, 

changes in transaction prices of goods 

and services exported from or imported 

into the U.S. This published data is in 

turn used to deflate import and export 

trade statistics, deflate the foreign trade 

component of the GDP, determine 

monetary and fiscal policy, negotiate 

trade agreements, and determine trade 

and commercial policy. The 

respondents are establishments 

conducting import/export trade and 

receive no compensation for their 

participation. For additional 

information, see related notice 

published at Vol. 74 FR 27824 on June 

11, 2009. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Type of Review: New collection 

(Request for a new OMB Control 

Number). 

Title of Collection: Data Sharing 

Agreement Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1220–XXXX. 

Affected Public: Individuals. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 137. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 557. 

Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden 

(does not include per hour costs): $0. 

Description: An important aspect of 

the mission of the BLS is to disseminate 

to the public the maximum amount of 

information possible. Not all data are 

publicly available because of the 

importance of maintaining the 

confidentiality of BLS data. However, 

the BLS has opportunities available on 

a limited basis for eligible researchers to 

access confidential data for purposes of 

conducting valid statistical analyses that 

further the mission of the BLS as 

permitted by the Confidential 

Information Protection and Statistical 

Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA). In 

order to provide access to confidential 

data, the BLS must determine that the 

researcher’s project will be exclusively 

statistical in nature and that the 

researcher is eligible based on 

guidelines set out in CIPSEA, the Office 

of Management and Budget 

implementation guidance on CIPSEA, 

and BLS policy. This information 

collection provides the vehicle through 

which the BLS will obtain the necessary 

details to ensure all researchers and 

projects comply with appropriate laws 

and policies. For additional 

information, see related notice 

published at Vol. 74 FR 28552 on June 

16, 2009. 

Darrin A. King, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–20909 Filed 8–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0014] 

Hazard Communication 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 public comment. 

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments 

concerning its proposal to extend OMB 

approval of the information collection 

requirements contained in the Hazard 

Communication Standard (29 CFR 

1910.1200; 1915.1200; 1917.28; 1918.90; 

1926.59; and 1928.21). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

October 30, 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–2009–0014, 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 


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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– 

0014). 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 Jamaa Hill at the 

address below to obtain a copy of the 

ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jamaa Hill 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). 

The information collection 

requirements in the Hazard 

Communication Standard (‘‘the 

Standard’’) ensure that the hazards of 

chemicals produced or imported are 

evaluated, and that information 

concerning these hazards is transmitted 

to downstream employers and their 

workers. The Standard requires 

chemical manufacturers and importers 

to evaluate chemicals they produce or 

import to determine if they are 

hazardous; for those chemicals 

determined to be hazardous, they must 

develop material safety data sheets and 

warning labels. Employers are required 

to establish hazard communication 

programs to transmit information on the 

hazards of chemicals to their workers by 

means of labels on containers, material 

safety data sheets, and training 

programs. 

Implementation of these collection of 

information requirements will ensure 

that workers understand the hazards 

and identities of the chemicals to which 

they are exposed, thereby reducing the 

incidence of chemically-related 

occupational illnesses and injuries. 

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 proposes to extend the Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

approval of the collection of information 

(paperwork) requirements necessitated 

by the Hazard Communication Standard 

(29 CFR 1910.1200; 1915.1200; 1917.28; 

1918.90; 1926.59; and 1928.21). The 

Agency is requesting a 625,089 burden 

hour decrease (from 11,000,793 to 

10,375,704). In the current ICR, the 

Agency overestimated the number of 

‘‘existing’’ establishments by using the 

number of ‘‘affected’’ establishments 

(both ‘‘new’’ and ‘‘existing’’ 

establishments) rather than just the 

number of ‘‘existing’’ establishments. 

‘‘New’’ establishments have separate 

burden hours already included in this 

paperwork package. To correct this 

overestimation, the Agency subtracted 

the number of ‘‘new’’ establishments 

from the number of ‘‘affected’’ 

establishments, which results in the 

number of ‘‘existing’’ establishments. 

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 the collection of information 

requirements contained in the Standard. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: The Hazard Communication 

Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200; 1915.1200; 

1917.28; 1918.90; 1926.59; and 

1928.21). 

OMB Number: 1218–0072. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Number of Respondents: 2,880,308. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Average Time Per Response: Varies 

from 12 seconds for establishments to 

label an in-plant container to 8 hours for 

manufacturers or importers to conduct a 

hazard determination. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

10,375,704. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $1,750,460. 

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. All 

comments, attachments, and other 

material must identify the Agency name 

and the OSHA docket number for the 

ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2009–0014). 

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 


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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 publicly 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 at 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 26th day of 

August 2009. 

Jordan Barab, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. E9–20908 Filed 8–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF 

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 

[OMB Control No.—3440–NEW] 

Office of the Chief Human Capital 

Officer; Information Collection; 

Ancestry and Ethnicity Data Elements; 

Information Collection Activities: 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Director of 

National Intelligence (ODNI). 

ACTION: Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—30-Day Comment 

Period. 

SUMMARY: As there were no comments 

received during the 60-day comment 

period announced in the Federal 

Register, Vol. 74, No. 89, dated May 11, 

2009 and ending July 10, 2009, in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 

the ODNI again invites the general 

public and Federal agencies to comment 

on the standard data elements being 

reviewed under regular review 

procedures for use by the Intelligence 

Community agencies and elements, as 

defined by the National Security Act of 

1947, as amended. The title of the 

standard data element set is ‘‘Ancestry 

and Ethnicity Data Elements’’, and is for 

the purpose of collecting ancestry and 

ethnicity data not otherwise captured in 

Standard Form (SF) 181, ‘‘Ethnicity and 

Race Identification’’. Data collected, 

obtained by responding to three 

questions, will assist the Intelligence 

Community in recruiting and retaining 

employees of various national, subnational, cultural and ethnic 

backgrounds important to the 

Intelligence Community’s mission. Once 

the standard data elements are 

approved, each Federal agency and 

element of the Intelligence Community 

may make the form available to every 

Intelligence Community job applicant to 

voluntarily report this information and 

data through use of a paper form or 

other agency information collection 

process. Public comments are 

particularly invited on: Whether this 

collection of information is necessary 

and whether it will have practical 

utility; whether our estimate of the 

public burden of this collection of 

information is accurate, and based on 

valid assumptions and methodology; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. These data elements can be 

viewed on the Web site http:// 

www.intelligence.gov. Click on Careers, 

A Place For You, which will direct you 

to http://www.intelligence.gov/ 

3place.shtml. Click on the Federal 

Register—Data Elements link. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before September 30, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Office of the Chief Human Capital 

Officer, ODNI, Washington, DC 20511, 

703–275–3369. Please cite OMB Control 

No. 3440–NEW, Ancestry and Ethnicity 

Data Elements. The form can be 

downloaded from http:// 

www.intelligence.gov as noted above. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden via http:// 

www.regulations.gov—a Federal E– 

Government Web site that allows the 

public to find, review, and submit 

comments on documents that agencies 

have published in the Federal Register 

and that are open for comment. Simply 

type a key term in the information 

collection title such as ‘‘Ancestry and 

Ethnicity’’ in quotes in the Comment or 

Submission search box, click Go, and 

follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. Comments received by the 

date specified above will be included as 

part of the official record. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose—This request concerns a 

new information collection vehicle and 

is for the purpose of collecting ancestry 

and ethnicity data not otherwise 

captured in Standard Form (SF) 181, 

‘‘Ethnicity and Race Identification’’. 

Data collected, obtained by responding 

to three questions, will assist the 

Intelligence Community in recruiting 

and retaining employees of various 

national, sub-national, cultural and 

ethnic backgrounds important to the 

Intelligence Community’s mission. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 50,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 3. 

Hours per Response: 1 minute. 

Total Burden Hours: 3 minutes. 

Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the Office of the Chief Human Capital 

Officer, ODNI, at Washington, DC 

20511, or call 703–275–3369. Please cite 

Ancestry and Ethnicity Data Elements in 

all correspondence. 

Deatri L. Brewer, 

DNI PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–21003 Filed 8–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3910–A7–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Proposal Review; Notice of Meetings 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation (NSF) announces its intent 

to hold proposal review meetings 

throughout the year. The purpose of 

these meetings is to provide advice and 

recommendations concerning proposals 

submitted to the NSF for financial 

support. The agenda for each of these 

meetings is to review and evaluate 

proposals as part of the selection 

process for awards. The review and 

evaluation may also include assessment 

of the progress of awarded proposals. 

The majority of these meetings will take 


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