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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 

David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, 

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. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on March 1, 

2012. 

David Michaels, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5414 Filed 3–5–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2012–0005] 

The Cadmium in General Industry 

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 comments. 

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public 

comments concerning its proposal to 

extend the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval of the 

information collection requirements 

specified in the Cadmium in General 

Industry Standard (29 CFR 1910.1027). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by May 

7, 2012. 

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 a 

copy of your comments and attachments 

to the OSHA Docket Office, OSHA 

Docket No. OSHA–2012–0005, 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–2012–0005) 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 from 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–3468, 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 

(PRA–95) (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 information collection 

requirements specified in the Cadmium 

in General Industry Standard protect 

workers from the adverse health effects 

that may result from their exposure to 

cadmium. The major information 

collection requirements of the Standard 

include: Conducting worker exposure 

monitoring, notifying workers of their 

cadmium exposures, implementing a 

written compliance program, 

implementing medical surveillance of 

workers, providing examining 

physicians with specific information, 

ensuring that workers receive a copy of 

their medical surveillance results, 

maintaining workers’ exposure 

monitoring and medical surveillance 

records for specific periods, and 

providing access to these records by 

OSHA, the National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health, the 

worker who is the subject of the records, 

the worker’s representative, and other 

designated parties. 

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 an adjustment 

decrease in burden hours from 91,033 to 

84,307 (a total decrease of 6,726 hours). 

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reduction in plants and a decrease in 

covered workers, based on new data. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Cadmium in General Industry 

(29 CFR 1910.1027). 

OMB Number: 1218–0185. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal Government; State, 

Local or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 49,734. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion; 

Quarterly, Biennially; Semi-annually; 

Annually. 

Total Responses: 236,177. 

Average Time per Response: Varies 

from 5 minutes (.08 hour) to maintain 

records to 1.5 hours to complete a 

medical examination. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

84,307. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $4,799,475. 

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–2012–0005). 

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 dates 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 

David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, 

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. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on March 1, 

2012. 

David Michaels, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5415 Filed 3–5–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs 

Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000, as Amended 

AGENCY: Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of revision of listing of 

covered Department of Energy facilities. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs (OWCP) is 

publishing a list of Department of 

Energy (DOE) facilities covered under 

the Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000, as amended (EEOICPA). This 

notice revises and republishes the 

listing of DOE facilities that was last 

published by OWCP on November 24, 

2010 (75 FR 71737) to include 

additional determinations made on this 

subject through March 6, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel P. Leiton, Director, Division of 

Energy Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation, Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Room C–3321, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20210. Telephone: 202–693–0081 

(this is not a toll-free number). 

ADDRESSES: OWCP welcomes comments 

regarding this list. Individuals who wish 

to suggest changes to this list may 

provide information to OWCP at the 

following address: U.S. Department of 

Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs, Division of Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation, 

Room C–3321, 200 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20210. You may 

also suggest changes to this list by email 

at DEEOIC–Public@dol.gov. You should 

include ‘‘DOE facilities list’’ in the 

subject line of any email containing 

comments on this list. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7384 et 

seq.), was originally enacted on October 

30, 2000, and the primary responsibility 

for administering EEOICPA was 

assigned to the Department of Labor 

(DOL) by Executive Order 13179 (65 FR 

77487). In section 2(c)(vii) of that 

Executive Order, DOE was directed to 

publish a list in the Federal Register of 

Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) 

facilities, DOE facilities, and facilities 

owned and operated by a Beryllium 

Vendor (as those terms are defined in 

sections 7384l(5), 7384l(12) and 

7384l(6) of EEOICPA, respectively). 

Pursuant to this direction, DOE 

published a list of these three types of 

facilities covered under EEOICPA on 

January 17, 2001 (66 FR 4003), and 

subsequently revised and republished 

the entire list on June 11, 2001 (66 FR 

31218), December 27, 2002 (67 FR 

79068), July 21, 2003 (68 FR 43095) and 

August 23, 2004 (69 FR 51825). In 

subsequent notices published on 

November 30, 2005 (70 FR 71815), June 

28, 2007 (72 FR 35448), April 9, 2009 

(74 FR 16191), August 3, 2010 (75 FR 

45608), May 26, 2011 (76 FR 30695) and 

February 6, 2012 (77 FR 5781), DOE 

further revised the August 23, 2004 list 

by formally removing a total of fifteen 

AWE facilities without republishing the 

list in its entirety. 

Following the amendments to 

EEOICPA that were enacted as subtitle 

E of Title XXXI of the Ronald W. Reagan 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2005, Public Law 108–375, 

118 Stat. 1811, 2178 (October 28, 2004), 

OWCP promulgated final regulations 

governing its expanded responsibilities 

under EEOICPA on December 29, 2006 

(71 FR 78520). One of those regulations, 

20 CFR 30.5(x)(2), indicates that OWCP 

has adopted the list of DOE facilities 

that was published by DOE on August 

23, 2004, and notes that OWCP ‘‘will 


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