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Database of Manned Oxygen Test Dives.

Enriched Air Resource Guide. PADI,

Santa Ana, California.

E. Hornsby, A. (1996). Response to

OSHA Draft Variance Application. Cited

on p. 2 of a facsimile dated October 11,

1996 to Mr. Bill Ford of Patton Boggs,

L.L.P., from PADI, Santa Ana,

California.

F. See Reference E, p. 3.

V. Additional Information

Copies of this variance application are

available from OSHA’s Office of

Variance Determination or the Regional

and Area Offices listed above under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, or

through the Labor News Bulletin Board

at (202) 219–4748 or OSHA’s web page

on the Internet at http://

www.OSHA.gov.

All interested parties, including the

employers and employees, who believe

they may be affected by the approval or

denial of the variance application are

invited to submit written data, views,

and arguments relating to this

application no later than December 30,

1997.

Under 29 CFR 1905.15, interested

parties, including the employers and

employees, who believe they may be

affected by the grant or denial of this

variance may request a hearing on the

variance application no later than

December 30, 1997. The original and

four copies of written comments and

requests for a hearing must be addressed

to OSHA’s Office of Variance

Determination; for further information

on submitting comments and requests

for a hearing, see ADDRESSES above.

VI. Issues

In submitting comments on the

variance application, OSHA invites the

public to submit information (e.g.,

reports, case histories, statistical

analyses, data) and specific comments

and rationale on the following issues:

A. Differences between recreational

diving instructors and diving guides in

the underwater tasks and type of diving

they perform, and the relationship of

such differences to an increased

probability of experiencing divingrelated medical problems;

B. In general, the health and safety

effectiveness of closed-circuit and semiclosed-circuit SCUBA if used under the

conditions specified in the variance

application;

C. In general, the health and safety

protection afforded by high-oxygen

breathing-gas mixtures, if used under

the conditions specified in the variance

application;

D. The health and safety protection

provided to divers using the carbondioxide scrubber, sensor, and other

control measures described in

Conditions A.1 and A.2 of the variance

application;

E. The adequacy of the ‘‘bail-out’’

provisions specified in Condition A.4 of

the variance application;

F. The engineering and maintenance

reliability of closed-circuit and semiclosed-circuit SCUBA, including the

features specified in Conditions A and

B of the variance application;

G. The adequacy of the methods used

to obtain and analyze high-oxygen

breathing-gas mixtures, especially the

semi-permeable-membrane method,

described in Condition G of the variance

application;

H. The extent to which the conditions

specified in the variance application

will protect employees who are engaged

in repetitive diving, including the use of

(1) available decompression tables,

formulas, and principles to prevent

DCS, and (2) oxygen-exposure limits

from the 1991 NOAA Diving Manual,

DSAT Table, or other equivalent limits

to protect divers from oxygen toxicity;

and

I. The provision specified in

Condition O of the variance application

regarding the use of ‘‘a training agency

recognized by the recreational-diving

industry’’ to certify the applicant’s

employees.

VII. Authority and Signature

This document was prepared under

the direction of Gregory R. Watchman,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor, U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210,

pursuant to Section 6(d) of the

Occupational Safety and Health Act of

1970 (29 U.S.C. 655); Secretary of

Labor’s orders 12–71 (36 FR 8754), 8–76

(41 FR 25059), 9–83 (48 FR 35736), 1–

90 (55 FR 9033), or 6–96 (62 FR 111),

as applicable; and 29 CFR Part 1905.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 24th day

of October 1997.

Gregory R. Watchman,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–97–1]

Reports of Injuries to Employees

Operating Mechanical Power Presses

(§ 1910.217(g); Announcement to OMB

Approval of Information Collection

Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice, Announcement of the

OMB Approval of Information

Collection Requirements.

SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and

Health Administration is announcing

that the collections of information on

the reporting of injuries to employees

operating mechanical power presses,

§ 1910.217(g), has been approved by the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995. This document announces

the OMB approval number and

expiration date.

DATES: Effective October 31, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Bielaski, Directorate of Policy,

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, U.S. Department of

Labor, Room N–3627, 200 Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20210,

telephone (202) 219–8076, ext. 142.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the

Federal Register of March 7, 1997 (62

FR 10592), the Agency announced its

intent to request renewal of its current

OMB approval for 29 CFR 1910.217(g),

Reports of Injuries to Employees

Operating Mechanical Power Presses. In

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–

3520), OMB has renewed its approval

for the information collection and

assigned OMB control number 1218–

0070. The approval expires on May 31,

2000. Under 5 CFR 1320.5(b), and

Agency may not conduct or sponsor,

and a person is not required to respond

to, a collection of information unless the

collection displays a valid control

number.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 23rd day

of October 1997.

John F. Martonik,

Acting Director, Directorate of Safety

Standards Program.

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