71122 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 230 / Wednesday, November 29, 2000 / Notices

19 U.S.C. 2155(f) it has been determined that

the meeting will be concerned with matters

the disclosure of which would seriously

compromise the Government’s negotiating

objectives or bargaining positions.

Accordingly, the meeting will be closed to

the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jorge Perez-Lopez, Director, Office of

International Economic Affairs; Phone:

(202) 219–7597.

Dated: Signed at Washington, DC this 22d

day of November, 2000.

MacArthur DeShazer,

Associate Deputy Under Secretary,

International Affairs.

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BILLING CODE 4510–28–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0092(2001)]

Lead in General Industry Standard;

Extension of the Office of Management

of Budget’s Approval of InformationCollection (Paperwork) Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: 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.

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before January 29, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR–

1218–0092(2001), OSHA, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–2625,

200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

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,

N.W., Washington, DC 20210;

telephone: (202) 693–2444. A copy of

the Agency’s Information-Collection

Request (ICR) supporting the need for

the information-collection requirements

specified by the 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 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 basic purpose of the informationcollection requirements in the Lead in

General Industry Standard (the

‘‘Standard’’) is to document that

employers in general industry are

providing their employees with

protection from over exposure to lead.

These paperwork requirements permit

employers, employees and their

designated representatives, OSHA, and

other specified parties to determine the

effectiveness of an employer’s leadcontrol program. Accordingly, the

requirements ensure that employees

exposed to lead receive all of the

protection afforded by the Standard.

OSHA proposes to extend the Office

of Management and Budget’s (OMB)

approval of the collection-ofinformation (paperwork) requirements

contained in the 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 these

information-collection requirements.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

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.

III. Current Action

OSHA solicits comment concerning

its request for an extension of the

information-collection requirements

contained in its Lead in General

Industry Standard at 29 CFR 1910.1025.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved informationcollection requirements.

Title: Lead in General Industry (29

CFR 1910.1025).

OMB Number: 1218–0092.

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

Local, or Tribal governments.

Number of Respondents: 233.

Frequency: On occasion.

Average Time per Response: Varies

from 5 minutes to maintain records to

1.5 hours for employee training or

medical evaluation.

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

35,523.

Estimated Cost (Operation and

Maintenance): $1,625,143.

IV. 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 November

21, 2000.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. NRTL–1–89]

Intertek Testing Services, NA, Inc.,

Expansion of Recognition

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

Agency’s final decision on the

applications of Intertek Testing

Services, NA, Inc. (ITSNA), for

expansion of its recognition to use

additional standards, sites, and

programs.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This recognition

becomes effective on November 29,

2000 and, unless modified in

accordance with 29 CFR 1910.7,

continues in effect while ITSNA

remains recognized by OSHA as an

NRTL.