85240 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 207 / Friday, October 25, 2024 / Notices 

Dated: October 22, 2024 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24883 Filed 10–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; VehicleMounted Elevating and Rotating Work 

Platforms Standard (Aerial Lifts) 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting this Occupational 

Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)- 

sponsored information collection 

request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are 

invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that the agency 

receives on or before November 25, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202– 

693–0213, or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Standard requires that when aerial lifts 

are ‘‘field modified’’ for uses other than 

those intended by the manufacturer, the 

manufacturer or other equivalent entity, 

such as a nationally recognized testing 

laboratory, must certify in writing that 

the modification is in conformity with 

all applicable provisions of ANSI 

A92.2–1969 and the OSHA Standard 

and that the modified aerial lift is at 

least as safe as the equipment was 

before modification. Employers are to 

maintain the certification record and 

make it available to OSHA compliance 

officers. This record provides assurance 

to employers, workers, and compliance 

officers that the modified aerial lift is 

safe for use; thereby, preventing failure 

while workers are being elevated. The 

certification record also provides the 

most efficient means for the compliance 

officers to determine that an employer is 

complying with the Standard. For 

additional substantive information 

about this ICR, see the related notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 15, 2024 (89 FR 66456). 

Comments are invited on: (1) whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimates of the burden and 

cost of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information collection; and 

(4) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless the OMB 

approves it and displays a currently 

valid OMB Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

DOL seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 

years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 

without renewal. The DOL notes that 

information collection requirements 

submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. 

Agency: DOL–OSHA. 

Title of Collection: Vehicle-Mounted 

Elevating and Rotating Work Platforms 

Standard (Aerial Lifts). 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0230. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

Businesses or other for-profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 1,000. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 1,000. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

17 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)) 

Nicole Bouchet, 

Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24792 Filed 10–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0026] 

Bureau Veritas Consumer Product 

Services Inc.: Grant of Expansion of 

Recognition 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces the final decision to expand 

the scope of recognition for Bureau 

Veritas Consumer Product Services Inc., 

for expansion of the recognition as a 

Nationally Recognized Testing 

Laboratory (NRTL). 

DATES: The expansion of the scope of 

recognition becomes effective on 

October 25, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information regarding this notice is 

available from the following sources: 

Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank 

Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of 

Communications, U.S. Department of 

Labor; telephone (202) 693–1999 or 

email meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. 

General and technical information: 

Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director, 

Office of Technical Programs and 

Coordination Activities, Directorate of 

Technical Support and Emergency 

Management, Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, U.S. Department 

of Labor; telephone (202) 693–1911 or 

email robinson.kevin@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Notice of Final Decision 

OSHA hereby gives notice of the 

expansion of the scope of recognition of 

Bureau Veritas Consumer Product 

Services Inc. (BVCPS) as a NRTL. 

BVCPS’s expansion covers the addition 

of seven test standards to the NRTL 

scope of recognition. 

OSHA’s recognition of a NRTL 

signifies that the organization meets the 

requirements specified in 29 CFR 

1910.7. Recognition is an 

acknowledgment that the organization 

can perform independent safety testing 

and certification of the specific products 

covered within the scope of recognition. 

Each NRTL’s scope of recognition 

includes: (1) the type of products the 

NRTL may test, with each type specified 

by the applicable test standard; and (2) 

the recognized site(s) that has/have the 

technical capability to perform the 

product-testing and productcertification activities for test standards 

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not a delegation or grant of government 

authority; however, recognition enables 

employers to use products approved by 

the NRTL to meet OSHA standards that 

require product testing and certification. 

The agency processes applications by 

a NRTL for initial recognition and for an 

expansion or renewal of this 

recognition, following requirements in 

Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This 

appendix requires that the agency 

publish two notices in the Federal 

Register in processing an application. In 

the first notice, OSHA announces the 

application and provides a preliminary 

finding. In the second notice, the agency 

provides a final decision on the 

application. These notices set forth the 

NRTL’s scope of recognition or 

modifications of that scope. OSHA 

maintains an informational web page for 

each NRTL, including BVCPS which 

details the NRTL’s scope of recognition. 

These pages are available from the 

OSHA website at http://www.osha.gov/ 

dts/otpca/nrtl/index.html. 

BVCPS submitted an application to 

OSHA for expansion of the NRTL scope 

of recognition on November 2, 2023 

(OSHA–2009–0026–0089), requesting 

the addition of seven standards to the 

NRTL scope of recognition. OSHA staff 

performed a detailed analysis of the 

application packet and reviewed other 

pertinent information. OSHA did not 

perform an on-site review related to this 

application. OSHA staff has 

preliminarily determined that OSHA 

should grant the application for test 

standard expansion. 

OSHA published the preliminary 

notice announcing BVCPS’s expansion 

application in the Federal Register on 

September 12, 2024 (89 FR 74300). The 

agency requested comments by 

September 27, 2024, but it received no 

comments in response to this notice. 

To obtain or review copies of all 

public documents pertaining to the 

BVCPS’s application, go to http://

www.regulations.gov or contact the 

Docket Office, Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, U.S. Department 

of Labor. Docket No. OSHA–2009–0026 

contains all materials in the record 

concerning BVCPS’s recognition. 

Contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 

693–2350 (TTY (877) 889–5627) for 

assistance in locating docket 

submissions. 

II. Final Decision and Order 

OSHA staff examined BVCPS’s 

expansion application, its capability to 

meet the requirements of the test 

standards, and other pertinent 

information. Based on its review of this 

evidence, OSHA finds that BVCPS 

meets the requirements of 29 CFR 

1910.7 for expansion of its recognition, 

subject to the limitations and conditions 

listed in this notice. OSHA, therefore, is 

proceeding with this final notice to 

grant BVCPS’s application for an 

expansion of the scope of recognition. 

OSHA limits the expansion of BVCPS’s 

recognition to testing and certification 

of products for demonstration of 

conformance to the test standards listed 

below in Table 1. 

TABLE 1—LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN BVCPS’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION

Test standard Test standard title 

UL 61010–2–020 ....... Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use—Part 2–020: Particular Requirements for Laboratory Centrifuges. 

UL 61010–2–051 ....... Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use—Part 2–051: Particular Requirements for Laboratory Equipment for Mixing and Stirring. 

UL 61010–2–081 ....... Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control and Laboratory Use—Part 2–081: Particular 

Requirements for Automatic and Semi-Automatic Laboratory Equipment for Analysis and Other Purposes. 

UL 61010–2–101 ....... Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control and Laboratory Use—Part 2–101: Particular 

Requirements for In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) Medical Equipment. 

UL 61010–2–201 ....... Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use—Part 2–201: Particular 

Requirements for Control Equipment. 

UL 67 ......................... Panelboards. 

UL 869A .................... Reference Standard for Service Equipment. 

OSHA’s recognition of any NRTL for 

a particular test standard is limited to 

equipment or materials for which OSHA 

standards require third-party testing and 

certification before using them in the 

workplace. Consequently, if a test 

standard also covers any products for 

which OSHA does not require such 

testing and certification, a NRTL’s scope 

of recognition does not include these 

products. 

The American National Standards 

Institute (ANSI) may approve the test 

standards listed above as American 

National Standards. However, for 

convenience, we may use the 

designation of the standards-developing 

organization for the standard as opposed 

to the ANSI designation. Under the 

NRTL Program’s policy (see OSHA 

Instruction CPL 1–0.3, Appendix C, 

paragraph XIV), any NRTL recognized 

for a particular test standard may use 

either the proprietary version of the test 

standard or the ANSI version of that 

standard. Contact ANSI to determine 

whether a test standard is currently 

ANSI-approved. 

A. Conditions 

In addition to those conditions 

already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, 

BVCPS must abide by the following 

conditions of the recognition: 

1. BVCPS must inform OSHA as soon 

as possible, in writing, of any change of 

ownership, facilities, or key personnel, 

and of any major change in its 

operations as a NRTL, and provide 

details of the change(s); 

2. BVCPS must meet all the terms of 

its recognition and comply with all 

OSHA policies pertaining to this 

recognition; and 

3. BVCPS must continue to meet the 

requirements for recognition, including 

all previously published conditions on 

BVCPS’s scope of recognition, in all 

areas for which it has recognition. 

Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 

1910.7, OSHA hereby expands the scope 

of recognition of BVCPS as a NRTL, 

subject to the limitations and conditions 

specified above. 

III. Authority and Signature 

James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health, authorized the 

preparation of this notice. Accordingly, 

the agency is issuing this notice 

pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 657(g)(2), 

Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 8–2020 

(85 FR 58393, Sept. 18, 2020), and 29 

CFR 1910.7. 


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85242 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 207 / Friday, October 25, 2024 / Notices 

Signed at Washington, DC, on October 21, 

2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24785 Filed 10–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0747] 

Blasting and the Use of Explosives; 

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: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public 

comments concerning the proposal to 

extend the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval of the 

information collection requirements 

specified in the Standard on Blasting 

and the use of Explosives. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

December 24, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronically: You may submit 

comments, including attachments, 

electronically at https://

www.regulations.gov, 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 website. 

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 the OSHA 

docket number (OSHA–2011–0747) for 

the Information Collection Request 

(ICR). OSHA will place comments, 

including personal information, in the 

public docket, which may be available 

online. Therefore, OSHA cautions 

interested parties about submitting 

personal information such as Social 

Security number or date of birth. 

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 respondent (i.e., 

employer) 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, 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 by 

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). 

The following sections describe who 

uses the information collected under 

each requirement, as well as how they 

use it. The Standard on Blasting and the 

Use of Explosives (29 CFR part 1926, 

subpart U) specifies a number of 

paperwork requirements. The following 

is a brief description of the collection of 

information requirements contained in 

the Subpart. 

General Provisions (§ 1926.900) 

§ 1926.900(d)—Paragraph (d) states 

that employers must ensure that 

explosives not in use are kept in a 

locked magazine, unavailable to persons 

not authorized to handle explosives. 

The employers must maintain an 

inventory and use record of all 

explosives—in use and not in use. In 

addition, the employer must notify the 

appropriate authorities in the event of 

any loss, theft, or unauthorized entry 

into a magazine. 

§ 1926.900(k)(3)(i)—Paragraph (k)(3)(i) 

requires employers to display adequate 

signs warning against the use of mobile 

radio transmitters on all roads within 

1,000 feet of blasting operations to 

prevent the accidental discharge of 

electric blasting caps caused by current 

induced by radar, radio transmitters, 

lighting, adjacent power lines, dust 

storms, or other sources of extraneous 

electricity. The employer must certify 

and maintain a record of alternative 

provisions made to adequately prevent 

any premature firing of electric blasting 

caps. 

§ 1926.900(o)—Employers must notify 

the operators and/or owners of overhead 

power lines, communication lines, 

utility lines, or other services and 

structures when blasting operations will 

take place in proximity to those lines, 

services, or structures. 

§ 1926.903(d)—The employer must 

notify the hoist operator prior to 

transporting explosives or blasting 

agents in a shaft conveyance. 

§ 1926.903(e)—Employers must 

perform weekly inspections on the 

electrical system of trucks used for 

underground transportation of 

explosives. The weekly inspection is to 

detect any failure in the system which 

would constitute an electrical hazard. 

The most recent certification of 

inspection must be maintained and 

must include the date of inspection, a 

serial number or other identifier of the 

truck inspected, and the signature of the 

person who performed the inspection. 

§ 1926.905(t)—The employer blaster 

must maintain an accurate and up-todate record of explosives, blasting 

agents, and blasting supplies used in a 

blast. The employer must also maintain 

an accurate running inventory of all 

explosives and blasting agents stored on 

the operation. 

§ 1926.909(a)—Employers must post a 

code of blasting agents on one or more 

conspicuous places at the operation. All 

employees also shall familiarize 

themselves with the code and conform 

to it at all times. Danger signs warning 

of blasting agents shall also be placed at 

suitable locations. 

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, including whether 

the information is useful; 


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