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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, and 

transmission techniques. 

III. Proposed Actions 

OSHA is requesting that OMB extend 

the approval of the information 

collection requirements contained in 

Powered Industrial Trucks Standard. 

The agency is requesting an adjustment 

decrease from 450,022 hours to 437,198 

hours, a difference of 12,824 hours. This 

decrease is due to the decrease in the 

number of powered industrial trucks 

from 1,276,055 to 1,239,687. 

OSHA will summarize the comments 

submitted in response to this notice and 

will include this summary in the 

request to OMB to extend the approval 

of the information collection 

requirements. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Powered Industrial Trucks 

Standard. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0242. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Number of Respondents: 1,859,532. 

Number of Responses: 2,451,112. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Average Time per Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

437,198. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $272.844. 

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 https://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal; or (2) by 

facsimile (fax), if your comments, 

including attachments, are not longer 

than 10 pages you may fax them to the 

OSHA Docket Office at 202–693–1648. 

All comments, attachments, and other 

material must identify the agency name 

and the OSHA docket number for the 

ICR OSHA–2009–0045. You may 

supplement electronic submission by 

uploading document files electronically. 

Comments and submissions are 

posted without change at https://

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 https://www.regulations.gov index, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publicly available to 

read or download from this website. All 

submission, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

Information on using the https://

www.regulations.gov website to submit 

comments and access the docket is 

available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’ 

link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office at 

(202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–5627) 

for information about materials not 

available from the website, and for 

assistance in using the internet to locate 

docket submissions. 

V. Authority and Signature 

James S. Frederick, Deputy 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. 8–2020 (85 FR 58393). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on February 15, 

2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03638 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0028] 

Grain Handling Facilities 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 the proposal to 

extend the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval of the 

information collection requirements 

specified in the Grain Handling 

Facilities Standard. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by April 

23, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronically: You may submit 

comments and attachments 

electronically at https://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the 

instructions online for submitting 

comments. 

Docket: To read or download 

comments or other material in the 

docket, go to https://

www.regulations.gov. Documents in the 

docket are listed in the https://

www.regulations.gov index; however, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publicly available to 

read or download through the websites. 

All submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

through the OSHA Docket Office. 

Contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 

693–2350 (TTY (877) 889–5627) for 

assistance in locating docket 

submissions. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and OSHA 

docket number (OSHA–2011–0028) for 

the Information Collection Request 

(ICR). OSHA will place all comments, 

including any personal information, in 

the public docket, which may be made 

available online. Therefore, OSHA 

cautions interested parties about 

submitting personal information such as 

social security numbers and birthdates. 

For further information on submitting 

comments, see the ‘‘Public 

Participation’’ heading in the section of 

this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Seleda Perryman, Directorate of 

Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. 

Department of Labor; telephone (202) 

693–2222. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Department of Labor, as part of 

the 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) 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program 

ensures that information is in the 

desired format, the reporting burden 

(time and costs) is minimal, the 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and OSHA’s estimate of the 

information collection burden is 

accurate. The Occupational Safety and 

Health Act of 1970 (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 


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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 effort in 

obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657). 

The following sections describe who 

uses the information collected under 

each requirement, as well as how they 

use it. The purpose of these 

requirements is to reduce employees’ 

risk of death or serious injury while 

working in grain handling facilities. 

Paragraph (d) of the Standard requires 

the employer to develop and implement 

an emergency action plan so that 

employees will be aware of the 

appropriate actions to take in the event 

of an emergency. 

Paragraph (e)(1) requires that 

employers provide training to 

employees at least annually and when 

changes in job assignment will expose 

them to new hazards. Paragraph (f)(1) 

requires the employer to issue a permit 

for all hot work. Under paragraph (f)(2) 

the permit shall certify that the 

requirements contained in 1910.272(a) 

have been implemented prior to 

beginning the hot work operations and 

shall be kept on file until completion of 

the hot work operation. 

Paragraph (g)(1)(i) requires the 

employer to issue a permit for entering 

bins, silos, or tanks unless the employer 

or the employer’s representative is 

present during the entire operation. The 

permit shall certify that the precautions 

contained in paragraph (g) have been 

implemented prior to employees 

entering bins, silos, or tanks and shall 

be kept on file until completion of the 

entry operations. 

Paragraph (g)(1)(ii) requires that the 

employer de-energize, disconnect, 

lockout and tag, block off, or otherwise 

prevent operation of all mechanical, 

electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic 

equipment that presents a danger to 

employees inside grain storage 

structures. 

Paragraphs (i)(1) and (i)(2) require the 

employer to inform contractors 

performing work at the grain handling 

facility of known potential fire and 

explosion hazards related to the 

contractor’s work and work area and to 

explain to the contractor the applicable 

provisions of the emergency action plan. 

Paragraph (j)(1) requires the employer 

to develop and implement a written 

housekeeping program that establishes 

the frequency and method(s) 

determined to best reduce 

accumulations of fugitive grain dust on 

ledges, floors, equipment, and other 

exposed surfaces. 

Under paragraph (m)(1), the employer 

is required to implement preventative 

maintenance procedures consisting of 

regularly scheduled inspections of at 

least the mechanical and safety control 

equipment associated with dryers, grain 

stream processing equipment, dust 

collection equipment including filter 

collectors, and bucket elevators. 

Paragraph (m)(3) requires a certification 

to be maintained for each inspection. 

Paragraph (m)(4) requires the employer 

to implement procedures for the use of 

tags and locks that will prevent the 

inadvertent application of energy or 

motion to the equipment being repaired, 

serviced, or adjusted. 

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 to protect workers, 

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, and 

transmission techniques. 

III. Proposed Actions 

OSHA is requesting that OMB extend 

the approval of the information 

collection requirements contained in the 

Grain Handling Facilities Standard. The 

agency is requesting that the currently 

approved burden hours of 57,837 hours 

remain the same. 

OSHA will summarize the comments 

submitted in response to this notice and 

will include this summary in the 

request to OMB to extend the approval 

of the information collection 

requirements. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Grain Handling Facilities 

Standard. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0206. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Number of Respondents: 14,940. 

Number of Responses: 1,105,635. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Average Time per Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

57,837. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $0. 

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 https://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal; or (2) by 

facsimile (fax), if your comments, 

including attachments, are not longer 

than 10 pages you may fax them to the 

OSHA Docket Office at 202–693–1648. 

All comments, attachments, and other 

material must identify the agency name 

and the OSHA docket number for the 

ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0028). 

You may supplement electronic 

submission by uploading document files 

electronically. 

Comments and submissions are 

posted without change at https://

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 https://www.regulations.gov index, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publicly available to 

read or download from this website. All 

submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

Information on using the http://

www.regulations.gov website to submit 

comments and access the docket is 

available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’ 

link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office at 

(202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–5627) 

for information about materials not 

available from the website, and for 

assistance in using the internet to locate 

docket submissions. 

V. Authority and Signature 

James S. Frederick, Deputy 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. 8–2020 (85 FR 58393). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on February 15, 

2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03637 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] 

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