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1Use of State within this document in regards to 

the On-Site Consultation Agreements/Program 

refers to both State governments and U.S. 

Territories. 

preparation of this notice under the 

authority granted by section 19 of the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

1970 (29 U.S.C. 668), 5 U.S.C. 7902, the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. 10), Executive Order 12196 and 

14109, Secretary of Labor’s Order 8– 

2020 (85 FR 58393, 9/18/2020), 29 CFR 

part 1960 (Basic Program Elements for 

Federal Employee Occupational Safety 

and Health Programs), and 41 CFR part 

102–3. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on September 5, 

2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20528 Filed 9–10–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0125] 

Occupational Safety and Health OnSite Consultation Agreements; 

Revision 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 

revise the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval of the 

information collection requirements 

specified in the Occupational Safety and 

Health On-Site Consultation 

Agreements. This revision will combine 

two separately approved data 

collections into one paperwork package 

for the On-Site Consultation Program. 

The agency is proposing to combine the 

Supporting Statement for Collection of 

Information, On-Site Consultation 

Agreements, Safety and Health Program 

Assessment Worksheet, OSHA Form 33, 

OMB Control Number 1218–0110, 

Expiration Date: February 28, 2025); and 

Supporting Statement for the Collection 

of Information Requirements in the PSM 

On-Site Consultation Agreements, OMB 

Control Number 1218–0281, Expiration 

Date: July 31, 2026. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

November 12, 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–2011–0125) 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 respondents’ (i.e., 

employers and consultants) 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, 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 from 

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 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). 

Section 7(c)(1) of the OSH Act 

authorizes the Secretary of Labor 

(Secretary) to, ‘‘with the consent of any 

State or political subdivision thereof, 

accept and use the services, facilities, 

and personnel of any agency of such 

State or subdivision with 

reimbursement.’’ Section 21(c) of the 

OSH Act authorizes the Secretary to 

‘‘consult with and advise employers and 

employees . . . as to effective means of 

preventing occupational illnesses and 

injuries.’’ 

Additionally, Section 21(d) of the 

OSH Act instructs the Secretary to 

‘‘establish and support cooperative 

agreements with the States (and 

Territories) under which employers 

subject to the Act may consult with 

State 1 personnel (i.e., consultants) with 

respect to the application of 

occupational safety and health 

requirements under the Act or under 

State Plans approved under section 18 

of the Act.’’ This gives the Secretary 

authority to enter into agreements with 

the States to provide On-Site 

Consultation services and establish 

rules under which employers may 

qualify for a programmed inspection 

deferral. To satisfy the intent of these 

and other sections of the OSH Act, 

OSHA codified the terms that govern 

cooperative agreements between OSHA 

and State governments whereby State 

agencies provide On-Site Consultation 

services to private employers to assist 

them in complying with the 

requirements of the OSH Act. The terms 

were codified as the On-Site 

Consultation Program regulations (29 

CFR part 1908). 

The On-Site Consultation Program 

regulations specify services to be 

provided, and practices and procedures 

to be followed by the State On-Site 

Consultation programs. Information 

collection requirements set forth in the 

On-Site Consultation Program 

regulations are in two categories: State 

Responsibilities and Employer 

Responsibilities. Eight regulatory 

provisions require information 

collection activities by the State. The 

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of the funds for On-Site Consultation 

services delivered by the States, which 

result in the information collection. 

Four requirements apply to employers 

and specify conditions for receiving the 

free consultation services. 

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 proposing that OMB revise 

the approval of the information 

collection requirements contained in the 

Occupational Safety and Health On-Site 

Consultation Agreements. The agency is 

requesting an adjustment decrease and a 

program change to incorporate the 

collections from OMB Control Number 

1218–0281. The number of burden 

hours have decreased from 223,495 to 

195,692 hours, a difference of 27,759 

hours. OSHA attributes this to fewer 

visits being conducted in recent years, 

including FY 2023. The reason for the 

fewer visits is likely flat funding of the 

program and inflationary pressures due 

to cost-of-living increases. Also, some 

Consultation programs are only now 

reestablishing onsite visits to worksites 

that were inaccessible during 

restrictions that resulted from the 

COVID–19 pandemic. Although there 

have been burden hour increases 

associated with some activities (e.g., 

adding activities associated with 

consultation visits involving the 

assessment of worksites where Process 

Safety Management (PSM) evaluations 

are conducted that were previously 

approved in OMB Control Number 

1218–0281, and OSHA’s instructions to 

Consultation programs to use the entire 

Form 33 on more consultation visits, to 

enhance consultation services to small 

business employers), these burden hour 

increases have been fewer than the 

decreased burden hours associated with 

fewer visits. 

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: Revision of a 

currently approved data collection. 

Title: Occupational Safety and Health 

On-Site Consultation Agreements. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0110. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Number of Respondents: 23,166. 

Number of Responses: 76,585. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Average Time per Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

195,736. 

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 (OSHA–2011–0125). 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 September 4, 

2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice: 24–062] 

NASA Advisory Council; Meeting 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA) announces a 

meeting of the NASA Advisory Council 

(NAC). 

DATES: Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 1 

p.m.–5 p.m. central time; and 

Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 8:30 a.m.– 

1:30 p.m. central time. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting will be virtual. See 

dial-in and Webex Webinar information 

below under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Marcia Guignard, NAC Administrative 

Officer, NASA Headquarters, 

Washington, DC 20546, 

marcia.guignard@nasa.gov or at 202– 

763–3457. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As noted 

above, this meeting is virtual and will 

take place telephonically and via a 

webinar. If dialing in via toll number, 

you must use a touch-tone phone to 

participate in this meeting. Any 

interested person may join via Webex 

Webinar on October 1st at https://

nasaenterprise.webex.com/ 

nasaenterprise/j.php?MTID=m097ea

bae15296a70ecd40a1c56c1ae9b, the 

webinar number is 2825 365 0502, and 

the webinar password is RAveP2iv@35 

(72837248 when dialing from a phone 

or video system). The toll number to 

listen by phone is +1–415–527–5035 

and the access code is 282 536 50502. 

Any interested person may join via 

Webex Webinar on October 2nd at 

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