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19See 29 CFR 1904 (Recording and Reporting 

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses) (http://

www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_

document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=9631); 

recordkeeping forms and instructions (http://

www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/RKform300pkgfillable-enabled.pdf); and the OSHA Recordkeeping 

Handbook (http://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/ 

handbook/index.html). 

systems), and hyperbaric work areas, as 

required under 29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2), 

including: 

(a) Developing a set of checklists to be 

used by a competent person in 

conducting weekly inspections of 

hyperbaric equipment and work areas; 

and 

(b) Ensuring that a competent person 

conducts daily visual checks and 

weekly inspections of the TBM. 

2. Remove from service any 

equipment that constitutes a safety 

hazard until it corrects the hazardous 

condition and has the correction 

approved by a qualified person. 

3. SUNDTJV must maintain records of 

all tests and inspections of the TBM, as 

well as associated corrective actions and 

repairs, at the job site for the duration 

of the tunneling project and for 90 days 

after the final project report is submitted 

to OSHA. 

H. Compression and Decompression 

SUNDTJV must consult with its 

attending physician concerning the 

need for special compression or 

decompression exposures appropriate 

for CAWs not acclimated to hyperbaric 

exposure. 

I. Recordkeeping 

In addition to completing OSHA Form 

301 Injury and Illness Incident Report 

and OSHA Form 300 Log of WorkRelated Injuries and Illnesses, SUNDTJV 

must maintain records of: 

1. The date, times (e.g., time 

compression started, time spent 

compressing, time performing 

intervention, time spent 

decompressing), and pressure for each 

hyperbaric intervention. 

2. The names of all supervisors and 

DMTs involved for each intervention. 

3. The name of each individual 

worker exposed to hyperbaric pressure 

and the decompression protocols and 

results for each worker. 

4. The total number of interventions 

and the amount of hyperbaric work time 

at each pressure. 

5. The results of the post-intervention 

physical assessment of each CAW for 

signs and symptoms of decompression 

illness, barotrauma, nitrogen narcosis, 

oxygen toxicity, or other health effects 

associated with work in compressed air 

for each hyperbaric intervention. 

J. Notifications 

1. To assist OSHA in administering 

the conditions specified herein, 

SUNDTJV must: 

(a) Notify the OTPCA and the OSHA 

Area Office in Dallas, Texas at 

www.osha.gov/contactus/byoffice of any 

recordable injury, illness, or fatality (by 

submitting the completed OSHA Form 

301 Injuries and Illness Incident 

Report) 19 resulting from exposure of an 

employee to hyperbaric conditions, 

including those that do not require 

recompression treatment (e.g., nitrogen 

narcosis, oxygen toxicity, barotrauma), 

but still meet the recordable injury or 

illness criteria of 29 CFR 1904. The 

notification must be made within 8 

hours of the incident or 8 hours after 

becoming aware of a recordable injury, 

illness, or fatality; a copy of the incident 

investigation (OSHA Form 301 Injuries 

and Illness Incident Report) must be 

submitted to OSHA within 24 hours of 

the incident or 24 hours after becoming 

aware of a recordable injury, illness, or 

fatality. In addition to the information 

required by OSHA Form 301 Injuries 

and Illness Incident Report, the 

incident-investigation report must 

include a root-cause determination, and 

the preventive and corrective actions 

identified and implemented. 

(b) Provide certification to the OTPCA 

and the OSHA Area Office in Dallas, 

Texas within 15 working days of the 

incident that SUNDTJV informed 

affected workers of the incident and the 

results of the incident investigation 

(including the root-cause determination 

and preventive and corrective actions 

identified and implemented). 

(c) Notify the OTPCA and the OSHA 

Area Office Dallas, Texas within 15 

working days and in writing, of any 

change in the compressed-air operations 

that affects SUNDTJV’s ability to 

comply with the conditions specified 

herein. 

(d) Upon completion of the Integrated 

Pipeline Tunnel Project, evaluate the 

effectiveness of the decompression 

tables used throughout the project, and 

provide a written report of this 

evaluation to the OTPCA and the OSHA 

Area Office in Dallas, Texas. 

Note: The evaluation report must contain 

summaries of: (1) The number, dates, 

durations, and pressures of the hyperbaric 

interventions completed; (2) decompression 

protocols implemented (including 

composition of gas mixtures (air and/or 

oxygen), and the results achieved; (3) the 

total number of interventions and the number 

of hyperbaric incidents (decompression 

illnesses and/or health effects associated 

with hyperbaric interventions as recorded on 

OSHA Form 301 Injuries and Illness Incident 

Report and OSHA Form 300 Log of WorkRelated Injuries and Illnesses, and relevant 

medical diagnoses, and treating physicians’ 

opinions); and (4) root causes of any 

hyperbaric incidents, and preventive and 

corrective actions identified and 

implemented. 

(e) To assist OSHA in administering 

the conditions specified herein, inform 

the OTPCA and the OSHA Area Office 

in Dallas, Texas as soon as possible, but 

no later than seven (7) days, after it has 

knowledge that it will: 

(i) Cease doing business; 

(ii) Change the location and address of 

the main office for managing the 

tunneling operations specified herein; 

or 

(iii) Transfer the operations specified 

herein to a successor company. 

(f) Notify all affected employees of 

this permanent variance by the same 

means required to inform them of its 

application for a permanent variance. 

(g) This permanent variance cannot be 

transferred to a successor company 

without OSHA approval. 

OSHA hereby grants a permanent 

variance to SUNDTJV to the provisions 

of 29 CFR 1926.803 outlined in this 

notice. 

VII. Authority and Signature 

James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210, 

authorized the preparation of this 

notice. Accordingly, the agency is 

issuing this notice pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 

655(d), Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 

8–2020 (85 FR 58393, Sept. 18, 2020), 

and 29 CFR 1905.11. 

Signed at Washington, DC. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request: Federal 

Contractor Veterans’ Employment 

Report VETS–4212 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Veterans’ Employment 

and Training Service (VETS) is 

announcing an opportunity for public 

comment on a collection of information 

by the agency. Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal 

agencies are required to publish notice 


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in the Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information and 

to allow 60 days for public comment in 

response to the notice. In this notice, 

VETS is soliciting comments concerning 

the proposed information collection 

request for the VETS Federal Contractor 

Veterans’ Employment Report VETS– 

4212. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

January 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Follow the instructions for 

submitting comments. 

• Email: 4212-FRN-2023-VETS@

dol.gov. Include ‘‘VETS–4212 Form’’ in 

the subject line of the message. 

• Fax: (202) 693–4755. Please send 

comments by fax only if they are 10 

pages or less. 

• Mail: William E. Coughlin, 

Investigative Analyst, Compliance and 

Investigations, VETS, U.S. Department 

of Labor, Room S–1325, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20210. 

• Receipt of submissions, whether by 

U.S. Mail, email, or FAX transmittal, 

will not be acknowledged; however, the 

sender may request confirmation that a 

submission has been received, by 

telephoning VETS at (202) 693–4700 

(VOICE) (this is not a toll-free number) 

or (202) 693–4760 (TTY/TDD). 

All comments received, including any 

personal information provided, will be 

available for public inspection during 

normal business hours at the above 

address. People needing assistance to 

review comments will be provided with 

appropriate aids such as readers or print 

magnifiers. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William E. Coughlin, Investigative 

Analyst, Compliance and Investigations, 

VETS, U.S. Department of Labor, who 

may be reached at (202) 693–4715 or by 

email at: 4212-FRN-2023-VETS@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Vietnam Era Veterans’ 

Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 

(‘‘VEVRAA’’), 38 U.S.C. 4212(d), 

requires Federal contractors and 

subcontractors subject to the Act’s 

affirmative action provisions in 38 

U.S.C. 4212(a) to track and report 

annually to the Secretary of Labor the 

number of employees in their 

workforces, by job category and hiring 

location, who belong to the specified 

categories of protected veterans. VETS 

maintains regulations to implement the 

reporting requirements under VEVRAA, 

and uses the VETS–4212 form for 

providing the required information on 

the employment of covered veterans. 

The regulations in 41 CFR part 61– 

300 require contractors and 

subcontractors with a covered Federal 

contract entered into or modified in the 

amount of $150,000 or more to use the 

Federal Contractor Veterans’ 

Employment Report VETS–4212 form 

for reporting information on their 

employment of covered veterans under 

VEVRAA. 

The VETS–4212 Report is currently 

approved under OMB No. 1293–0005. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments 

Currently VETS is soliciting 

comments concerning a request to 

extend the currently approved 

information collection request. The 

Department of Labor is particularly 

interested in comments which: 

• 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 submissions 

of responses. 

III. Current Actions 

The Department of Labor seeks 

approval of the extension of the 

currently approved information 

collection request in order to carry out 

its responsibilities to administer and 

enforce compliance with the contractor 

reporting requirements under VEVRAA, 

as amended by the JVA. In preparation 

of that request, the Department seeks 

public comments on the information 

collection requirements. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Agency: Veterans’ Employment and 

Training Service. 

Title: Federal Contractor Veterans’ 

Employment Report VETS–4212. 

OMB Number: 1293–0005. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

businesses or other for profits and notfor-profit institutions. 

Total Respondents: 21,000. 

Average responses per Respondent: 

18. 

Total Annual Responses: 378,000. 

Average Time per Response: 

• Electronic Submission—20 

minutes. 

• Paper Submission—40 minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 129,200. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $735,000. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 15th day of 

November 2023. 

James D. Rodriguez, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ 

Employment and Training Service. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–79–P 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

[NARA–2024–005] 

Senior Executive Service (SES) 

Performance Review Board; Members 

AGENCY: Office of Human Capital, 

National Archives and Records 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of membership on the 

SES Performance Review Board. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

appointment of members of the National 

Archives and Records Administration 

(NARA) Performance Review Board 

(PRB). The members of the PRB for the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration are: William J. Bosanko, 

Chief Operating Officer; Micah M. 

Cheatham, Chief of Management and 

Administration; and Valorie F. 

Findlater, Chief Human Capital Officer. 

These appointments supersede all 

previous appointments. 

DATES: This appointment is effective on 

November 28, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Valorie Findlater, Office of Human 

Capital, by email at valorie.findlater@

nara.gov or by telephone at (301) 837– 

3754. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

authority for this notice is 5 U.S.C. 

4314(c), which also requires each 

agency to establish, in accordance with 

regulations prescribed by the Office of 

Personnel Management, one or more 

SES Performance Review Boards. The 

Board shall review the initial appraisal 

of a senior executive’s performance by 


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