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.

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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.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public

Law 92–463, as amended, the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration

announces a forthcoming meeting of the

NASA Advisory Council, Aero-Space

Technology Advisory Committee,

Airframe Systems Subcommittee.

DATES: Tuesday, October 24, 2000, 8:30

a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, October

25, 2000, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; and

Thursday, October 26, 2000, 8:30 a.m. to

12:00 Noon.

ADDRESSES: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration, Langley Research

Center, Building 1219, Room 225,

Hampton, VA 23681–0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Darrel R. Tenney, National Aeronautics

and Space Administration, Langley

Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681,

757/864–6033.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will be open to the public up

to the seating capacity of the room. The

agenda for the meeting is as follows:

—Aerospace Vehicle Systems

Technology Program (AVSTP)

Overview—Strategic Direction and

New Initiatives

—AVSTP Technical Reviews

—Research Facility Tours

It is imperative that the meeting be

held on these dates to accommodate the

scheduling priorities of the key

participants.

Dated: September 22, 2000.

Beth M. McCormick,

Advisory Committee Management Officer,

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration.

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 00–118]

NASA Advisory Council, Life and

Microgravity Sciences and

Applications Advisory Committee,

Microgravity Research Advisory

Subcommittee; Meeting

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public

Law 92–463, as amended, the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration

announces a meeting of the NASA

Advisory Council, Life and Microgravity

Sciences and Applications Advisory

Committee, Microgravity Research

Advisory Subcommittee.

DATES: Wednesday, October 18, 2000,

from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration, Room MIC–6

(Room 6H46), 300 E Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20546.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Brad Carpenter, Code UG, National

Aeronautics and Space Administration,

Washington, DC 20546, 202–358–0813.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will be open to the public up

to the seating capacity of the room. The

agenda for the meeting is as follows:

—New Enterprise Management

(Tentative)

—Program Status/Division

Reorganization

—Microgravity Program Office Report

—DWG Activities Reports

—Space Station Utilization Research

Institute

—Plans for New Initiatives

—International Activities

—Status of MRAS Recommendations

—Discussion & Summary

—Executive Session/Writing

Assignments

It is imperative that the meeting be

held on this date to accommodate the

scheduling priorities of the key

participants. Visitors will be requested

to sign a visitor’s register.

Dated: September 22, 2000.

Beth M. McCormick,

Advisory Committee Management Officer,

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration.

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

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[Notice 00–119]

NASA Advisory Council, Life and

Microgravity Sciences and

Applications Advisory Committee

Commercial Advisory Subcommittee;

Meeting

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub.

L. 92–463, as amended, the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration

announces a meeting of the NASA

Advisory Council, Life and Microgravity

Sciences and Applications Advisory

Committee, Commercial Advisory

Subcommittee.

DATES: Wednesday, October 18, 2000, 8

a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration, Room MIC–5,

300 E Street, SW, Washington, DC

20546.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Candace Livingston, Code UM, National

Aeronautics and Space Administration,

Washington, DC 20546, 202–358–0697.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will be open to the public to the

seating capacity of the room. Advance

notice of attendance to the Executive

Secretary is requested. The agenda for

the meeting will include the following

topics:

—Status of subcommittee and LMSAAC

meetings

—Status of the NGO proposal for the ISS

—Status of OLMSA Organization (Dr.

Nicogossian’s successor has not been

appointed)

—Report of the Task Team on Product

Development Levels

—Selection of Environmental Systems

CSTC and Discussion of relationship

to CSC’s

—Scientific Quality Control for CSC

Payloads

—Recommendations and Wrap-Up

It is imperative that the meeting be

held on this date to accommodate the

scheduling priorities of the key

participants. Visitors will be requested

to sign a visitor’s register.

Dated: September 22, 2000.

Beth M. McCormick,

Advisory Committee Management Officer,

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration.

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Arts;

Combined Arts Advisory Panel

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public

Law 92–463), as amended, notice is

hereby given that a meeting of the

Combined Arts Advisory Panel, Local

Arts Agencies section (Access,

Education and Heritage/Preservation

categories), to the National Council on

the Arts will be held from October 26–

27, 2000 in Room 730 at the Nancy

Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20506.

A portion of this meeting, from 10:30

a.m. To 12 p.m. on October 27th, will

be open to the public for policy

discussion and guidelines review.

The remaining portions of this

meeting, from 9 a.m. To 5 p.m. on

October 26th, and from 9–10:30 a.m.