58108 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 188 / Wednesday, September 27, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0065(2000)]

Regulation on Access to Employee

Exposure and Medical Records;

Extension of the Office of Management

of Budget’s (OMB) Approval of

Information—Collection (Paperwork)

Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of an opportunity for

public comment.

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments

concerning the increased burden hours

proposed for, and the extension of, the

information-collection requirements

contained in its regulation titled

‘‘Access to Employee Exposure and

Medical Records’’ (the ‘‘Access

Regulation’’) (29 CFR 1910.1020).

Request for Comment: The Agency

has a particular interest in comments on

the following issues:

• Whether the information-collection

requirements are necessary for the

proper performance of the Agency’s

functions, including whether the

information is useful;

• The accuracy of the Agency’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.

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before November 27, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR–

1218–0065(2000), OSHA, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–2625,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)

693–2350. Commenters may transmit

written comments of 10 pages or less in

length by facsimile to (202) 693–1648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Todd R. Owen, Directorate of Policy,

OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room

N–3641, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)

693–2444. A copy of the Agency’s

Information Collection Request (ICR)

supporting the need for the informationcollection requirements specified by the

Access Regulation is available for

inspection and copying in the Docket

Office, or you may request a mailed

copy by telephoning Todd Owen at

(202) 693–2444. For electronic copies of

this ICR, contact OSHA on the Internet

at http://www.osha.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Department of Labor, as part of its

continuing effort to reduce paperwork

and respondent burden, conducts a

preclearance consultation program to

provide the general public and Federal

agencies 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

burden is correct. The Occupational

Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act)

authorizes information collection by

employers as necessary or appropriate

for enforcement of the Act or for

developing information regarding the

causes and prevention of occupational

injuries, illnesses, and accidents (29

U.S.C. 657).

Under the authority granted by the

OSH Act, OSHA published a health

regulation governing access to employee

exposure-monitoring data and medical

records. This regulation does not require

employers to collect any information or

to establish any new systems of records.

Rather, it requires that employers

provide employees, their designated

representatives, and OSHA with access

to employee exposure-monitoring and

medical records, and any analyses

resulting from these records, that

employers must maintain under OSHA’s

toxic-chemical and harmful physicalagent standards. In this regard, the

regulation specifies requirements for

record access, record retention,

employee information, trade-secret

management, and record transfer.

Accordingly, the Agency attributes the

burden hours and costs associated with

exposure monitoring and measurement,

medical surveillance, and the other

activities required to generate the data

governed by the regulation to the health

standards that specify these activities;

therefore, OSHA did not include these

burden hours and costs in this ICR.

Access to exposure and medical

information enables employees and

their designated representatives to

become directly involved in identifying

and controlling occupational health

hazards, as well as managing and

preventing occupationally-related

health impairment and disease.

Providing the Agency with access to the

records permits it to ascertain whether

or not employers are complying with

the regulation, as well as the

recordkeeping requirements of its other

health standards; therefore, OSHA

access provides additional assurance

that employees and their designated

representatives are able to obtain the

data they need to conduct their

analyses.

II. Proposed Actions

OSHA proposes to increase the

existing burden hours specified for, and

to extend OMB’s approval of, the

collection-of-information (paperwork)

requirements contained in the Access

Regulation. Accordingly, the Agency is

increasing its previous estimate of

578,803 burden hours by 31,271 burden

hours. This adjustment is the result of

OSHA increasing the number of

inspections in which its compliance

officers review employee exposure and

medical records as specified in

paragraph (e)(2) of the Regulation.

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 contained in the Access

Regulation.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved informationcollection requirements.

Title: Access to Employee Exposure

and Medical Records (29 CFR

1910.1020).

OMB Number: 1218–0065.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Federal

government; State, Local, or Tribal

governments.

Number of Respondents: 785,875.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 4,710,291.

Average Time per Response: 7

minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

610,074 hours.

Estimated Cost (Operation and

Maintenance): $0.

III. Authority and Signature

Charles N. Jeffress, 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) and Secretary of

Labor’s Order No 3–2000 (65 FR 50017).

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 188 / Wednesday, September 27, 2000 / Notices 58109

Signed at Washington, DC on September

19, 2000.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 00–24806 Filed 9–26–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0145(2000)]

Formaldehyde 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: Notice of an opportunity for

public comment.

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments

concerning the increased burden hours

proposed for, and the extension of, the

information-collection requirements

contained in its Formaldehyde Standard

(29 CFR 1910.1048).

Request for Comment: The Agency

has a particular interest in comments on

the following issues:

• Whether the information-collection

requirements are necessary for the

proper performance of the Agency’s

functions, including whether the

information is useful;

• The accuracy of the Agency’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.

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before November 27, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR–

1218–0145(2000), OSHA, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–2625,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)

693–2350. Commenters may transmit

written comments of 10 pages or less in

length by facsimile to (202) 693–1648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Todd R. Owen, Directorate of Policy,

OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room

N–3641, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)

693–2444. A copy of the Agency’s

Information-Collection Request (ICR)

supporting the need for the informationcollection requirements specified by the

Formaldehyde Standard is available for

inspection and copying in the Docket

Office, or you may request a mailed

copy by telephoning Todd Owen at

(202) 693–2444. For electronic copies of

this ICR, contact OSHA on the Internet

at http://www.osha.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Department of Labor, as part of its

continuing effort to reduce paperwork

and respondent burden, conducts a

preclearance consultation program to

provide the general public and Federal

agencies 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

burden is correct. The Occupational

Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act)

authorizes information collection by

employers as necessary or appropriate

for enforcement of the Act or for

developing information regarding the

causes and prevention of occupational

injuries, illnesses, and accidents (29

U.S.C. 657).

The information-collection

requirements specified in the

Formaldehyde Standard protect

employees from the adverse health

effects that may result from their

exposure to this hazardous

chemical.The major informationcollection requirements of the standard

address: Monitoring employee

exposures to formaldehyde; notifying

employees of their exposure levels;

providing examining physicians with

specific information; ensuring that

employees receive a copy of their

medical-examination results; training;

maintaining employees’ exposuremonitoring and medical records for

specified periods; and providing OSHA,

the National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health, the affected

employees, and their authorized

representatives with access to these

records.

II. Proposed Actions

OSHA proposes to increase the

existing burden hours specified for, and

to extend OMB’s approval of, the

collection-of-information (paperwork)

requirements contained in its

Formaldehyde Standard. The Agency is

increasing its previous burden-hour

estimate of 521,110 hours by 57,334

hours. This adjustment occurred

because the Agency is including burden

hours for training in the burden-hour

estimates, and is also increasing the

number of employees estimated to

receive the required medical

examinations. The Agency 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 informationcollection requirements contained in the

Formaldehyde Standard.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved informationcollection requirements.

Title: Formaldehyde Standard (29

CFR 1910.1048).

OMB Number: 1218–0145.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Federal

government; State, Local, or Tribal

governments.

Number of Respondents: 67,619.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 4,808,412.

Average Time per Response: Varies

from 5 minutes for an employer to

maintain exposure-monitoring and

medical records for each employee, to 1

hour for an employee to receive a

medical examination.

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

578,444 hours.

Estimated Cost (Operation

Maintenance): $65,639,922.

III. Authority and Signature

Charles N. Jeffress, 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) and Secretary of

Labor’s Order No. 3–2000 (65 FR

50017).

Signed at Washington, DC on September

21, 2000.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 00–117]

NASA Advisory Council (NAC), AeroSpace Technology Advisory

Committee (ASTAC); Airframe Systems

Subcommittee; Meeting

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.