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exposure-monitoring and medicalsurveillance results, medical removals,

and objective data used for the initialexposure-monitoring exemption; and

making records available to specified

parties. These paperwork requirements

permit OSHA and other specified

parties to determine the effectiveness of

an employer’s compliance activities,

thereby ensuring that they are providing

employees with all of the protection

afforded by the standard.

II. Proposed Actions

OSHA proposes to extend OMB’s

approval of the collection-ofinformation (paperwork) requirements

contained in the Lead in Construction

Standard. The Agency will summarize

the comments submitted in response to

this notice, and will include this

summary in its request to OMB to

extend the approval of the informationcollection requirements contained in the

standard.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved informationcollection requirements.

Title: Lead in Construction (29 CFR

1926.62).

OMB Number: 1218–0189.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Federal, State,

Local, or Tribal governments.

Number of Respondents: 147,073.

Frequency: On occasion.

Average Time per Response: Varies

from 5 minutes for a supervisor to

provide OSHA with written compliance

plans, training-program materials, and

other records during an inspection, to

2.44 hours for a supervisor to write a

compliance plan.

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

1,814,6971.

Estimated Cost (Operation and

Maintenance): $87,087,005.

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

25, 2000.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 00–25066 Filed 9–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–U

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0180(2000)]

Bloodborne Pathogens 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 Bloodborne Pathogens

Standard (29 CFR 1910.1030).

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 28, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR–

1218–0180(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

Bloodborne Pathogens 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

Bloodborne Pathogens Standard protect

employees from the adverse health

effects that can result from exposure to

bloodborne pathogens, including the

human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

and hepatitis B virus (HBV). The major

information-collection provisions

require employers to: Develop and

maintain exposure-control plans;

develop a housekeeping schedule;

provide employees with HBV

vaccinations, as well as post-HBVexposure medical evaluations and

follow-ups; provide employees with

information and training; maintain

medical and training records for

specified periods; and provide OSHA,

the National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health, and employees and

their authorized representatives with

access to these records. In addition, HIV

and HBV research laboratories and

production facilities must also adopt or

develop, and review at least once a year,

a biosafety manual.

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

Bloodborne Pathogens Standard. The

Agency is increasing its previous

burden-hour estimate of 5,162,397 hours

by 71,607 hours. This adjustment

resulted when OSHA revised several

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1 ‘‘Public Health Service Guidelines for the

Management of Health-Care Worker Exposures to

HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure

Prophylaxis,’’ Morbidity and Mortality Weekly

Report, vol. 47, no. RR–7, May 15, 1998, and

‘‘Immunization of Health-Care Workers:

Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on

Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Hospital

Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee

(HICPAC),’’ Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,

vol. 46, no. RR–18, December 26, 1997, Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA

30333.

information collections to conform to

current Center for Disease Control

guidelines. 1 These revisions include

updating the post-exposure follow-ups

provided to employees exposed to blood

suspected to be HIV positive, and

adding post-vaccination screening for

employees who receive HBV

vaccinations. The Agency will

summarize the comments submitted in

response to this notice, and will include

this summary in its request to OMB to

extend the approval of the informationcollection requirements contained in the

Bloodborne Pathogens Standard.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved informationcollection requirements.

Title: Bloodborne Pathogens Standard

(29 CFR 1910.1030).

OMB Number: 1218–0180.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Federal

government; State, Local, or Tribal

governments.

Number of Respondents: 511,805.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 11,345,833.

Average Time per Response: Varies

from 1 minute to maintain an

employee’s training record, to 100

minutes for an employee to receive a

Hepatitis B vaccination (HBV) and postvaccination screening for the HBV.

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

5,242,988 hours.

Estimated Cost (Operation and

Maintenance): $29,247,135.

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

25, 2000.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 00–25067 Filed 9–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Notice of Intent to Award—Grant

Awards for the Provision of Civil Legal

Services to Eligible Low-Income

Clients Beginning January 1, 2001

AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.

ACTION: Announcement of intention to

make FY 2001 Competitive Grant

Awards.

SUMMARY: The Legal Services

Corporation (LSC) hereby announces its

intention to award grants and contracts

to provide economical and effective

delivery of high quality civil legal

services to eligible low-income clients,

beginning January 1, 2001.

DATES: All comments and

recommendations must be received on

or before the close of business on

October 30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Legal Services

Corporation—Competitive Grants, Legal

Services Corporation, 750 First Street

NE, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20002–

4250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Reginald Haley, Office of Program

Performance, (202) 336–8827.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to LSC’s announcement of funding

availability on April 21, 2000 (65 FR

21480) and Grant Renewal applications

due on September 1, 2000, LSC will

award funds to one or more of the

following organizations to provide civil

legal services in the indicated service

areas.

Service area Applicant name

Anticipated

FY 2001

award

AL–1 ....................... Legal Services Corporation of Alabama Inc ................................................................................................... $4,521,163

AL–2 ....................... Legal Services of North-Central Alabama Inc ................................................................................................ 514,340

AL–3 ....................... Legal Services of Metro Birmingham Inc ........................................................................................................ 914,309

MAL ........................ Texas Rural Legal Aid Inc .............................................................................................................................. 27,789

AK–1 ...................... Alaska Legal Services Corporation ................................................................................................................. 549,820

NAK–1 .................... Alaska Legal Services Corporation ................................................................................................................. 455,968

AZ–2 ...................... DNA-People’s Legal Services Inc ................................................................................................................... 514,505

AZ–3 ...................... Community Legal Services, Inc ...................................................................................................................... 2,485,068

AZ–5 ...................... Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc ..................................................................................................................... 1,537,088

MAZ ....................... Community Legal Services, Inc ...................................................................................................................... 125,398

NAZ–5 .................... DNA-People’s Legal Services Inc ................................................................................................................... 2,200,066

NAZ–6 .................... Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc ..................................................................................................................... 499,853

AR–1 ...................... Ozark Legal Services ...................................................................................................................................... 485,262

AR–2 ...................... Legal Services of Northeast Arkansas Inc ...................................................................................................... 413,691

AR–3 ...................... Western Arkansas Legal Services .................................................................................................................. 340,641

AR–4 ...................... East Arkansas Legal Services ........................................................................................................................ 532,067

AR–5 ...................... Center for Arkansas Legal Services ............................................................................................................... 1,620,910

MAR ....................... Texas Rural Legal Aid Inc .............................................................................................................................. 59,238

CA–1 ...................... California Indian Legal Services Inc ............................................................................................................... 25,195

CA–2 ...................... Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance Inc ....................................................................................................... 557,576

CA–12 .................... Inland Counties Legal Services Inc ................................................................................................................ 2,342,908

CA–14 .................... Legal Aid Society of San Diego Inc ................................................................................................................ 2,075,086

CA–19 .................... Legal Aid Society of Orange County Inc ........................................................................................................ 2,637,858

CA–26 .................... Central California Legal Services .................................................................................................................... 2,036,723

CA–27 .................... Legal Services of Northern California Inc ....................................................................................................... 2,525,661

CA–28 .................... Bay Area Legal Aid ......................................................................................................................................... 3,380,773

CA–29 .................... Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles ............................................................................................................. 5,909,507

CA–30 .................... San Fernando Valley Neigh. Lgl. Svcs ........................................................................................................... 2,991,527

CA–30 .................... LS Prog. for Pasadena and San Gabriel-Pomona Valley .............................................................................. 2,991,527