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1The burden is calculated by taking the 6-hour 

time burden for a process safety manager multiplied 

by the number of surveys; an average Process Safety 

Manager makes $100,154 per year as of September 

15, 2022, which in terms of hourly compensation 

is $48.15. $48.15 hourly pay * 1.3 (benefits) * 6 

hours to complete * 15 surveys = 5,633.55. See 

‘‘Process Safety Manager Salaries,’’ Glassdoor, 

Updated September 15, 2022, https://

www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/process-safetymanager-salary-SRCH_KO0,22.htm. 

CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD 

INVESTIGATION BOARD 

Information Collection Request 30-Day 

Notice 

AGENCY: Chemical Safety and Hazard 

Investigation Board (CSB). 

ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of 

information collection request (ICR) 

approval and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection request (ICR) renewal 

described below will be submitted to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (PRA). The Chemical Safety 

Board (CSB) is soliciting public 

comments on this proposed collection 

renewal. The CSB on its own made 

additional changes to the survey 

instructions and survey questions. 

Additionally, the agency reviewed time 

considerations for completing the 

survey and increased the time to 

complete the survey. Previously, the 

CSB included information regarding 

interviews. This information collection 

request is only for the survey; the 

information regarding the interviews 

has been eliminated because the 

interviews do not fall under the PRA. 

The purpose of this notice is to allow for 

an additional 30 days of public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments should be sent no 

later than 5 p.m. EST on Friday, 

December 8, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. When commenting on the 

proposed information collections, 

please reference the document identifier 

or OMB control number. To be assured 

consideration, comments and 

recommendations must be received by 

the OMB desk officer via one of the 

following transmissions within 30 days 

of publication of this notice: OMB, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attention: Chemical Safety 

Board Desk Officer, Fax Number: (202) 

395–5806 OR, Email: OIRA_

submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Additionally, written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection may be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. To find this particular 

information collection request, select 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or use the search 

function. 

Requests for information, including 

copies of the information collection 

proposed and supporting 

documentation, should be directed to: 

Chris Lyon, Acting General Counsel, 

U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard 

Investigation Board, at reactives@

csb.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Lyon, Acting General Counsel, 

U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard 

Investigation Board, 1750 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Suite 910, Washington, DC 

20006; reactives@csb.gov; or 202–261– 

7600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: CSB Reactive Hazard Study 

Survey of Industry Practices. 

Type of Request: Approval. 

Abstract: The enabling statute of the 

Chemical Safety and Hazard 

Investigation Board (CSB) provides that 

the CSB is ‘‘authorized to conduct 

research and studies with respect to the 

potential for accidental releases, 

whether or not an accidental release has 

occurred, where there is evidence which 

indicates the presence of a potential 

hazard or hazards.’’ 42 U.S.C. 

7412(r)(6)(F). 

In August 2000, the CSB initiated a 

review of reactive hazards nationwide. 

The purpose of the investigation was to 

develop recommendations to reduce the 

number and severity of such incidents. 

The CSB published Hazard 

Investigation: Improving Reactive 

Hazard Management on September 17, 

2002. The CSB issued a total of 24 

recommendations to 15 organizations. 

One recommendation and one 

superseded recommendation remain. 

This information collection request 

will assist the CSB in updating its 2002 

study, ‘‘Hazard Investigation: Improving 

Reactive Hazard Management.’’ On 

behalf of the CSB, the Federal Research 

Division (FRD) within the Library of 

Congress is conducting the study to 

compile current research, data, and 

company safety policies concerning 

reactive chemical incidents. 

For this study, FRD on behalf of CSB 

intends on collecting survey data from 

24 randomly selected small/medium 

and large companies that use reactive 

chemicals. 

Type of Respondents: All the 

respondents will be private sector 

businesses that use reactive chemicals 

that voluntarily submit to the survey. 

Estimate Annual Number of 

Respondents: 24. This represents the 

maximum number of respondents. 

Frequency of Use: Once. This survey 

is part of a study. 

Small Businesses or Organizations 

Affected: None. Although the CSB is 

contacting small businesses, this survey 

is voluntary. Additionally, the CSB 

anticipates a total of 15 companies will 

respond. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 24. This represents the 

maximum number of possible 

responses. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours per 

Response: 6 hours. The survey should 

take a representative from each of the 

companies randomly selected four to 

eight hours to complete. The estimated 

financial burden for one process safety 

manager to take this survey is $375.57. 

For 15 surveys (the anticipated amount 

of responses), the total cost of process 

safety managers’ time is estimated to be 

$5,633.55.1

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 90 hours. This represents the 

total average burden (6 hours per 15 

responses). 

Need for and Use of Information: This 

research is vital because safely 

conducting chemical reactions is 

essential for the chemical 

manufacturing industry. Chemical 

reactive hazards can rapidly release 

large quantities of heat, energy, and 

gaseous byproducts. Uncontrolled 

reactions have led to serious explosions, 

fires, and toxic emissions. The impacts 

may be severe in terms of death and 

injury to people, damage to physical 

property, and effects on the 

environment and surrounding 

communities. Since the publication of 

the 2002 report, incidents caused by 

uncontrolled chemical reactions have 

persisted. This fact suggests the need to 

continue to evaluate existing standards 

and improve the management of 

reactive hazards in response to changes 

within the chemical manufacturing 

industry over the past two decades. 

Researchers will use quantitative and 

qualitative mixed methods to analyze 

the collected industry information. The 

analysis will identify trends and present 

insights which will enhance the CSB’s 

capacity to respond to future reactive 

chemical incidents and to inform 

industry stakeholders of the best 

practices in process safety protocols. 

Comment is Invited: Comment is 

invited on: (1) Whether this collection 

of information is necessary for the stated 

purposes and the proper performance of 

the functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 


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practical or scientific utility; (2) the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. To view the draft protocol, 

please see: https://www.csb.gov/assets/ 

1/6/csb_survey_draft_2023.11.02.pdf. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. As of the time 

of this notice, the CSB has not received 

any comments. Comments will be 

summarized and included in the 

submission request toward Office of 

Management and Budget approval. 

Dated: November 3, 2023. 

Tamara Qureshi, 

Assistant General Counsel, Chemical Safety 

and Hazard Investigation Board. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24693 Filed 11–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6350–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Request for Nominations of Members 

To Serve on the National Advisory 

Committee on Racial, Ethnic, and 

Other Populations 

AGENCY: Census Bureau, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Director of the Census 

Bureau (Director) is seeking 

nominations for the National Advisory 

Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other 

Populations (NAC or Committee). The 

purpose of the NAC is to provide advice 

to the Director on the full range of 

economic, housing, demographic, 

socioeconomic, linguistic, 

technological, methodological, 

geographic, behaviorial and operational 

variables affecting the cost, accuracy 

and implementation of Census Bureau 

programs and surveys, including the 

decennial census. The Director has 

determined that the work of the NAC is 

in the public interest and relevant to the 

duties of the Census Bureau. Therefore, 

the Director is seeking nominations to 

fill vacancies on the NAC. Additional 

information concerning the NAC can be 

found by visiting the NAC’s website at: 

https://www.census.gov/about/cac/ 

nac.html. 

DATES: Nominations must be received 

on or before Wednesday, January 10, 

2024. Nominations must contain a 

completed resume ́. The Census Bureau 

will retain nominations received after 

the deadline for consideration should 

additional vacancies occur. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations 

via email to the address listed below, 

census.national.advisory.committee@

census.gov (subject line 2024 NAC 

Nominations’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shana Banks, Chief, Advisory 

Committee Brach, Office of Program, 

Performance and Stakeholder 

Integration (PPSI), Census Bureau, by 

telephone at 301–763–3815 or by email 

at Shana.J.Banks@census.gov. 

Individuals who use telecommunication 

devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8 

a.m. and 8 p.m., eastern standard time, 

Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended 

(FACA), 5 United States Code (U.S.C.) 

app, the Director of the Census Bureau 

is seeking nominations for the National 

Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic, 

and Other Populations (NAC). The NAC 

will operate under the provisions of 

FACA and will report to the Director of 

the Census Bureau. 

The Census Bureau’s National 

Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic, 

and Other Populations will advise the 

Director of the Census Bureau on the 

full range of Census Bureau programs 

and activities. The Committee will 

provide race, ethnic, and other 

population expertise from the following 

disciplines: economic, housing, 

demographic, socioeconomic, linguistic, 

technological, methodological, 

geographic, and behavioral and 

operational variables affecting the cost, 

accuracy, and implementation of Census 

Bureau programs and surveys, including 

the decennial census. 

Objectives and Duties 

1. The NAC advises the Director of the 

Census Bureau (the Director) on the full 

range of economic, housing, 

demographic, socioeconomic, linguistic, 

technological, methodological, 

geographic, behavioral, and operational 

variables affecting the cost, accuracy, 

and implementation of Census Bureau 

programs and surveys, including the 

decennial census. 

2. The NAC advises the Census 

Bureau on the identification of new 

strategies for improved census 

operations, and survey and data 

collection methods, including 

identifying cost efficient ways to 

increase census participation. 

3. The NAC addresses census policies, 

research and methodology, tests, 

operations, communications/messaging, 

and other activities to ascertain needs 

and best practices to improve censuses, 

surveys, operations, and programs. 

4. The NAC reviews and provides 

formal recommendations and feedback 

on working papers, reports, and other 

documents related to the design and 

implementation of Census Bureau 

programs and surveys. 

5. The NAC utilizes Regional Office 

participation to identify regional, local, 

Tribal, and grassroots issues, and trends 

and perspectives related to Census 

Bureau surveys and programs. 

6. The NAC, in providing insight, 

perspectives, and expertise on the full 

spectrum of Census Bureau surveys and 

programs to assist the Census Bureau in: 

developing appropriate research and 

methodologies, operations, 

communications, and strategies to 

reduce program/survey costs; improving 

coverage and operational efficiency; 

improving the quality of data collected; 

protecting the public’s and business 

units’ privacy; enhancing public 

participation and awareness of Census 

Bureau programs and surveys; 

improving the dissemination of data 

products; and the use of administrative 

records and third party data in the 

decennial census. 

7. In providing insight, perspectives, 

and expertise on the full spectrum of 

Census Bureau surveys and programs, 

the NAC examines such areas as hidden 

households, language barriers, students 

and youth, aging populations, American 

Indian and Alaska Native tribal 

considerations, new immigrant 

populations, populations affected by 

natural disasters, highly mobile and 

migrant populations, complex 

households, poverty, race/ethnic 

distribution, privacy and 

confidentiality, rural populations and 

businesses, individuals and households 

with limited access to information and 

communications technologies, the 

dynamic nature of new businesses, 

minority ownership of businesses, as 

well as other concerns impacting 

Census Bureau survey design and 

implementation. 

8. The NAC functions solely as an 

advisory body and shall fully comply 

with the provisions of FACA. 


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