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The plat and field notes representing the 

dependent resurvey of a portion of the 

Twelfth Standard Parallel North, through 

Range 79 West, the west and north 

boundaries, and the subdivisional lines, T. 

49 N., R. 79 W., Sixth Principal Meridian, 

Wyoming, Group No. 728, was accepted 

and filed April 10, 2006. 

The plat and field notes representing the 

dependent resurvey of a portion of the west 

boundary, a portion of the subdivisional 

lines, and the subdivision of section 18, T. 

21 N., R. 87 W., Sixth Principal Meridian, 

Wyoming, Group No. 740, was accepted 

and filed May 30, 2006. 

The plat and field notes representing the 

dependent resurvey of a portion of the 

subdivisional lines, T. 21 N., R. 88 W., 

Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming, Group 

No. 724, was accepted and filed May 30, 

2006. 

The plat and field notes representing the 

dependent resurvey of a portion of the 

subdivisional lines, the subdivision of 

section 26, and the metes and bounds 

survey of Lot 4, section 26, T. 22 N., R. 80 

W., Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming, 

Group No. 744, was accepted and filed 

May 30, 2006. 

The plat and field notes representing the 

dependent resurvey of a portion of the 

Fifth Standard Parallel North, through 

Ranges 95 and 96 West, the Twelfth Guide 

Meridian West, through Township 20 

North, between Ranges 96 and 97 West, 

and the subdivisional lines, T. 20 N., R. 96 

W., Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming, 

Group No. 706, was accepted and filed July 

28, 2006. 

The plat and field notes representing the 

corrective dependent resurvey of a portion 

of the Sixth Standard Parallel North, 

through Range 118 West, the dependent 

resurvey of a portion of the subdivisional 

lines and the subdivision of sections 4 and 

5, T. 24 N., R. 118 W., Sixth Principal 

Meridian, Wyoming, Group No. 696, was 

accepted and filed July 28, 2006. 

The plat and field notes representing the 

dependent resurvey of a portion of the 

north and east boundaries, a portion of the 

subdivisional lines, and the subdivision of 

certain sections, T. 29 N., R. 84 W., Sixth 

Principal Meridian, Wyoming, Group No. 

664, was accepted and filed August 11, 

2006. 

The plat and field notes representing the 

corrective dependent resurvey of a portion 

of the Thirteenth Standard Parallel North, 

through Range 92 West, and a portion of 

the subdivisional lines, T. 53 N., R. 92 W., 

of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming, 

Group No. 741, was accepted and filed 

August 11, 2006. 

Copies of the preceding described 

plats and field notes are available to the 

public at a cost of $1.10 per page. 

Dated: September 8, 2006. 

John P. Lee, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of Support 

Services. 

[FR Doc. E6–15245 Filed 9–13–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0190(2006)] 

Electrical Protective Equipment 

Standard and the Electric Power 

Generation, Transmission, and 

Distribution 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 

comment concerning its request for an 

extension of the information collection 

requirements specified by its standards 

on Electrical Protective Equipment (29 

CFR 1910.137) and Electric Power 

Generation, Transmission, and 

Distribution (29 CFR 1910.269). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

the following dates: 

Hard copy: Your comments must be 

submitted (postmarked or received) by 

November 13, 2006. 

Facsimile and electronic 

transmission: Your comments must be 

received by November 13, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR–

1218–0190(2006) 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 am. 

to 4:45 p.m., e.t. 

Facsimile: If your comments are 10 

pages or fewer, 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 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. In 

addition, the ICR, comments and 

submissions are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office 

at the address above. You may also 

contact Theda Kenney at the address 

below to obtain a copy of the ICR. For 

additional information on submitting 

comments, please see the ‘‘Public 

Participation’’ section in 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

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 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 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). 

Electrical Protective Equipment 

Standard (§ 1910.137) 

Testing Certification 

(§ 1910.137(b)(2)(xii)). 

Employers must certify that the 

electrical protective equipment used by 

their employees have passed the tests 

specified in paragraphs (b)(2)(viii), 

(b)(2)(ix), and (b)(2)(xi) of the standard. 

The certification must identify the 

equipment that passed the tests and the 

dates of the tests. This provision ensures 

that electrical protective equipment is 

reliable and safe for employee use and 

will provide adequate protection against 

electrical hazards. In addition, 

certification enables OSHA to determine 


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if employers are in compliance with the 

equipment-testing requirements of the 

standard. 

Electric Power Generation, 

Transmission, and Distribution 

Standard (§ 1910.269) 

Training Certification 

(§ 1910.269(a)(2)(vii)). 

This provision requires employers to 

certify that each employee received the 

training specified in paragraph (a)(2) of 

the standard. Employers must provide 

certification after an employee 

demonstrates proficiency in the work 

practices involved. 

The training conducted under 

paragraph (a)(2) of the standard must 

ensure that: Employees are familiar with 

the safety-related work practices, safety 

procedures, and other procedures, as 

well as any additional safety 

requirements in the standard that 

pertain to their respective job 

assignments; employees are familiar 

with any other safety practices, 

including applicable emergency 

procedures (such as pole top and 

manhole rescue), addressed specifically 

by this standard that relate to their work 

and are necessary for their safety; and 

qualified employees have the skills and 

techniques necessary to distinguish 

exposed live parts from other parts of 

electric equipment, can determine the 

nominal voltage of the exposed live 

parts, know the minimum approach 

distances specified by the standard for 

voltages when exposed to them, and 

understand the proper use of special 

precautionary techniques, personal 

protective equipment, insulating and 

shielding materials, and insulated tools 

for working on or near exposed and 

energized parts of electric equipment. 

Employees must receive additional 

training or retraining if: the supervision 

and annual inspections required by the 

standard indicate that they are not 

complying with the required safetyrelated work practices; new technology 

or equipment, or revised procedures, 

require the use of safety-related work 

practices that differ from their usual 

safety practices; and they use safetyrelated work practices that are different 

than their usual safety practices while 

performing job duties. 

The training requirements of this 

standard inform employees of the safety 

hazards of electrical exposure and 

provide them with the understanding 

required to minimize these safety 

hazards. In addition, employees 

received proper training in safetyrelated work practices, safety 

procedures, and other safety 

requirements specified in the standard. 

The required training, therefore, 

provides information to employees that 

enables them to recognize how and 

where electrical exposures occur, and 

what steps to take, including work 

practices, to limit such exposure. The 

certification requirement specified by 

paragraph (a)(2)(vii) of the standard 

helps employers monitor the training 

their employees received and helps 

OSHA determine if employers provided 

the required training to their employees. 

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 OMB to extend 

their approval of the collection of 

information requirements contained in 

the standards on Electrical Protective 

Equipment (29 CFR 1910.137) and 

Electric Power Generation, 

Transmission, and Distribution (29 CFR 

1910.269). The Agency is requesting an 

increase in burden hours for the existing 

collection of information requirements 

from 22,685 to 30,533 (a total increase 

of 7,848 hours). The Agency will 

summarize the comments submitting in 

response to this notice, and will include 

this summary in its request to OMB. 

Type of Review: Extension of 

currently approved information 

collection requirements. 

Title: Electrical Protective Equipment 

(29 CFR 1910.137) and Electric Power 

Generation, Transmission, and 

Distribution (29 CFR 1910.269). 

OMB Number: 1218–0190. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 20,765. 

Frequency: On occasion; Semiannually; Annually. 

Average Time per Response: Varies 

from one minute (.02 hour) for a clerical 

employee to maintain training 

certification records to 15 minutes (.25 

hour) to test a batch of gloves or sleeves. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

30,533. 

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 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 submissions by express 

delivery, hand delivery, and courier 

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. Since all submissions 

become public, private information such 

as social security numbers should not be 

submitted. 

V. Authority and Signature 

Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., 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). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on September 8, 

2006. 

Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., 

Assistant Secretary of Labor. 

[FR Doc. 06–7662 Filed 9–13–06; 8:45 am] 

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