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Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

May 1, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation; 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site, http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, on March 31, 2012 

or by contacting Michel Smyth by 

telephone at 202–693–4129 (this is not 

a toll-free number) or sending an email 

to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Submit comments about this request 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk 

Officer for DOL–OSHA, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 

202–395–6929/Fax: 202–395–6881 

(these are not toll-free numbers), email: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693– 

4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or 

by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

information collection requirements of 

the Standard on Asbestos in 

Construction require employers to train 

workers about hazards to asbestos, to 

monitor worker exposure, to provide 

medical surveillance, and maintain 

accurate records of worker exposure to 

asbestos. These records will be used by 

employers, workers and the Government 

to ensure that workers are not harmed 

by exposure to asbestos in the 

workplace. Years of exposure to 

asbestos can cause numerous disabling 

or fatal diseases, including asbestosis, a 

disease in which lung scarring (fibrosis) 

impairs breathing and causes death from 

respiratory or heart failure; lung cancer; 

mesothelioma, a cancerous tumor that 

spreads rapidly in the cells of 

membranes covering the lungs and body 

organs; and gastrointestinal cancer. The 

standard protects workers from adverse 

health effects from occupational 

exposure to asbestos. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information if the 

collection of information does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The 

DOL obtains OMB approval for this 

information collection under OMB 

Control Number 1218–0134. The current 

OMB approval is scheduled to expire on 

March 31, 2012; however, it should be 

noted that existing information 

collection requirements submitted to the 

OMB receive a month-to-month 

extension while they undergo review. 

For additional information, see the 

related notice published in the Federal 

Register on January 25, 2012 (77 FR 

3798). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section within 30 days of publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. In 

order to help ensure appropriate 

consideration, comments should 

reference OMB Control Number 1218– 

0134. The OMB is particularly 

interested in comments that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Agency: DOL–OSHA. 

Title of Collection: Asbestos in 

Construction Standard. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0134. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

Business or Other For-Profits; Federal 

Government; State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 249,534. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 48,469,358. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 4,929,794. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $28,816,390. 

Dated: March 23, 2012. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8083 Filed 4–3–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; 

Occupational Safety and Health State 

Plans 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting the Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration 

(OSHA) sponsored information 

collection request (ICR) titled, 

‘‘Occupational Safety and Health State 

Plans,’’ to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

for continued use in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

May 4, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation; 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site, http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, on the day 

following publication of this notice or 

by contacting Michel Smyth by 

telephone at 202–693–4129 (this is not 

a toll-free number) or sending an email 

to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Submit comments about this request 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk 

Officer for DOL–OSHA, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 

202–395–6929/Fax: 202–395–6881 

(these are not toll-free numbers), email: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at 

202–693–4129 (this is not a toll-free 

number) or by email at 

DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

1970 (the Act) section 18 encourages 

States to assume responsibility for the 

development and enforcement of State 

occupational safety and health 

standards through the mechanism of an 

approved State plan. Absent a plan 

approved by the OSHA, States are 


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preempted from asserting enforcement 

jurisdiction over any occupational 

safety and health issue with respect to 

which a Federal standard has been 

promulgated. Section 18 establishes the 

basic criteria for State plan approval; 

provides for the discretionary exercise 

of concurrent Federal enforcement 

jurisdiction after initial plan approval 

until such time as the State has 

demonstrated that it is meeting the 

approval criteria in actual operation 

(final State Plan approval), at which 

point Federal enforcement jurisdiction 

may be relinquished; provides that State 

standards and enforcement must be, and 

continue to be, at least as effective as the 

Federal program including any changes 

thereto; and requires OSHA to make a 

continuing evaluation of the manner in 

which the State is implementing its 

program and to take action to withdraw 

plan approval should there be a failure 

to substantially comply with any 

provision of the State plan. States 

choosing to operate OSHA-approved 

State plans must provide information to 

document their programs are at least as 

effective as the Federal OSHA program. 

In order to obtain and maintain State 

Plan approval, a State must submit 

various documents to OSHA describing 

its program structure and operation, 

including any modifications thereto as 

they occur, in accordance with the 

identified regulations. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information if the 

collection of information does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The 

DOL obtains OMB approval for this 

information collection under OMB 

Control Number 1218–0247. The current 

OMB approval is scheduled to expire on 

March 31, 2012; however, it should be 

noted that existing information 

collection requirements submitted to the 

OMB receive a month-to-month 

extension while they undergo review. 

For additional information, see the 

related notice published in the Federal 

Register on November 28, 2012 (76 FR 

72980). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section within 30 days of publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. In 

order to help ensure appropriate 

consideration, comments should 

reference OMB Control Number 1218– 

0247. The OMB is particularly 

interested in comments that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Agency: DOL–OSHA. 

Title of Collection: Occupational 

Safety and Health State Plans. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0247. 

Affected Public: State, Local, and 

Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 28. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 1,264. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 11,196. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

Dated: March 23, 2012. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8082 Filed 4–3–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Advisory Committee on Veterans’ 

Employment, Training and Employer 

Outreach (ACVETEO): Meeting 

AGENCY: Veterans’ Employment and 

Training Service, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of a 

forthcoming meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on Veterans’ Employment, 

Training and Employer Outreach 

(ACVETEO). The ACVETEO will 

discuss Department of Labor’s Veterans’ 

Employment and Training Services’ 

(VETS) core programs and new 

initiatives regarding efforts that assist 

veterans seeking employment and raise 

employer awareness as to the 

advantages of hiring veterans. There 

will be an opportunity for persons or 

organizations to address the committee. 

Any individual or organization that 

wishes to do so should contact Mr. 

Gregory Green (202) 693–4734. Time 

constraints may limit the number of 

outside participants/presentations. 

Individuals who will need 

accommodations for a disability in order 

to attend the meeting (i.e., interpreting 

services, assistive listening devices, 

and/or materials in alternative format) 

should notify the Advisory Committee 

no later than Wednesday, April 18, 2012 

by contacting Mr. Gregory Green (202) 

693–4734. Requests made after this date 

will be reviewed, but availability of the 

requested accommodations cannot be 

guaranteed. The meeting site is 

accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. This notice also describes 

the functions of the Advisory 

Committee. Notice of this meeting is 

required under Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. This 

document is intended to notify the 

general public. 

Date and Time: Wednesday, April 25, 

2012, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and ending 

at approximately 4:30 p.m. (E.S.T.). 

ADDRESSES: Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Ave. NW., Room 

S4215A&B, Washington, DC 20210. ID is 

required to enter the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Nancy L. Hogan, Designated Federal 

Official, Advisory Committee on 

Veterans’ Employment, Training and 

Employer Outreach, (202) 693–4700, or 

Mr. Gregory Green (202) 693–4734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ACVETEO 

is a Congressionally mandated advisory 

committee authorized under Title 38, 

U.S. Code, Section 4110 and subject to 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, as amended. 

The ACVETEO is responsible for: 

assessing employment and training 

needs of veterans; determining the 

extent to which the programs and 

activities of the U.S. Department of 

Labor meet these needs; assisting to 

conduct outreach to employers seeking 

to hire veterans; making 

recommendations to the Secretary, 

through the Assistant Secretary of Labor 

for Veterans’ Employment and Training 

(VETS), with respect to outreach 

activities and employment and training 

needs of Veterans; and carrying out such 

other activities necessary to make 

required reports and recommendations. 

The ACVETEO meets at least quarterly. 


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