[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 65203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32408]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Part 1910

[Docket No. ICR-97-2]


Electrical Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution and 
Electrical Protective Equipment; Approval of Information Collection 
Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

ACTION: Final rule; Announcement of OMB approval number and expiration 
date.

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SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is 
announcing that the collections of information regarding Sec. 1910.269, 
Electrical Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution and 
Sec. 1910.137, Electrical Protective Equipment have 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. It also amends 29 CFR 1910.8.

DATES: Effective December 11, 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, D.C. 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 1910.269, Electrical Power Generation, 
Transmission and Distribution and 29 CFR 1910.137, Electrical 
Protective Equipment, and provided a 60-day period for the public to 
comment on OSHA's burden hour estimates. In accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), OMB has renewed 
its approval for the information collections and assigned OMB control 
number 1218-0190 for both collections. The approval expires on July 31, 
2000. Under 5 CFR 1320.5(b), an 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.
    This document was prepared under the direction of Charles N. 
Jeffress, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and 
Health, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20210.

    Signed at Washington, D.C., this 28th day of November 1997.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.

    Accordingly, OSHA amends 29 CFR part 1910 as set forth below.

PART 1910--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for Subpart A of part 1910 continues to 
read as follows:

    Authority: Secs. 4, 6, 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657); Secretary of Labor's Order 
No. 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.

    Sections 1910.7 and 1910.8 also issued under 29 CFR part 1911.


Sec. 1910.8  [Amended]

    2. Sec. 1910.8 is amended by adding the entry ``1910.137--1218-
0190'' (in numerical order) to the table in the section.

[FR Doc. 97-32408 Filed 12-10-97; 8:45 am]
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