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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0016] 

Process Safety Management of Highly 

Hazardous Chemicals (PSM) 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 public 

comments concerning its request for an 

extension of the Office of Management 

and Budget’s (OMB) approval of the 

information collection requirements 

specified in the Standard on Process 

Safety Management of Highly 

Hazardous Chemicals (PSM) (29 CFR 

1910.119). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

November 9, 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–2009–0016, 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 (OSHA–2009–0016) for 

the Information Collection Request 

(ICR). 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). 

The collections of information in the 

PSM Standard are necessary for 

implementing the requirements of the 

Standard. The information is used by 

employers to assure that processes using 

highly hazardous chemicals with the 

potential for a catastrophic release are 

operated as safely as possible. The 

employer must thoroughly consider all 

facets of a process, as well as the 

involvement of workers in that process. 

Employers analyze processes so that 

they can identify and control problems 

that could lead to a major release, fire, 

or explosion. 

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 information 

collection requirements contained in the 

Standard on Process Safety Management 

of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (PSM) 

(29 CFR 1910.119). OSHA is proposing 

to decrease the existing burden hour 

estimate for the collection of 

information requirements specified in 

the PSM Standard from 47,852,750 

hours to 3,632,487 hours (a total 

reduction of 44,220,263 hours). In 

determining the burden hours 

associated with this ICR, OSHA relied 

on information in the Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA) Risk 

Management Program (RMP) database to 

estimate the number of establishments 

and processes that must comply with 

the paperwork requirements for the 

PSM Standard. The RMP showed a 

reduction in establishments and 

processes; due mainly to efforts of 

affected employers to find substitute 

substances for the PSM chemicals and 

to reduce inventories of chemicals and 

flammables, but also because the 

original estimates by the Agency of the 

average number of processes per 

establishment proved to be much higher 

than can be consistent with, or 

supported by, data in the RMP database 

today. In addition, after the PSM rule 

was promulgated and paperwork 

packages were updated every three 

years, OSHA had increased the 

estimated number of affected 

establishments proportionately with 


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increases reported in the number of 

establishments in an industry over time, 

without regard to employers reacting to 

the PSM Standard. 

For example, if the number of 

establishments in an industry increased 

from 10,000 to 12,000 between 1994 and 

2006, OSHA increased the estimated 

number of PSM-affected establishments 

in that industry by 20 percent. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Process Safety Management of 

Highly Hazardous Chemicals (29 CFR 

1910.119). 

OMB Number: 1218–0200. 

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

Federal Government; State, local or 

Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 7,562. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Average Time per Response: Varies 

from three minutes to generate and 

maintain training certification records to 

2,454.4 hours to establish and 

implement a management-of-change 

program. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

3,632,487. 

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. All 

comments, attachments, and other 

material must identify the Agency name 

and the OSHA docket number for the 

ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2009–0016). 

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 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 31st day of 

August 2009. 

Jordan Barab, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

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ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

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Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Room: 415. 

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