Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 210 / Wednesday, October 30, 2024 / Notices 86373 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Asbestos 

in Construction Standard 

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 29, 

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: This 

standard requires employers to train 

workers about the hazards of asbestos, 

monitor worker exposure, provide 

medical surveillance, and maintain 

accurate records of worker exposure to 

asbestos. These records are used by 

employers, workers, and the 

Government to ensure that workers are 

not harmed by exposure to asbestos in 

the workplace. For additional 

substantive information about this ICR, 

see the related notice published in the 

Federal Register on August 12, 2024 (89 

FR 65676). 

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: Asbestos in 

Construction Standard. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0134. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

Businesses or other for-profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 1,075,579. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 40,412,178. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

4,059,934 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $62,460,240. 

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

Nicole Bouchet, 

Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25174 Filed 10–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Information Collection Activities; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

Department of Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed extension of 

the ‘‘Consumer Price Index Housing 

Survey.’’ A copy of the proposed 

information collection request can be 

obtained by contacting the individual 

listed below in the ADDRESSES section of 

this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice on or 

before December 30, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora 

Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, 

Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room G225, 

2 Massachusetts Avenue NE, 

Washington, DC 20212. Written 

comments also may be transmitted by 

email to BLS_PRA_Public@bls.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, at 

202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free 

number). (See ADDRESSES section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Under the direction of the Secretary of 

Labor, the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

(BLS) is directed by law to collect, 

collate, and report full and complete 

statistics on the conditions of labor and 

the products and distribution of the 

products of the same; the Consumer 

Price Index (CPI) is one of these 

statistics. The collection of data from a 

wide spectrum of housing units is 

essential for the timely and accurate 

calculation of the Housing component 

of the CPI. 

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the 

only index compiled by the U.S. 

Government that is designed to measure 

changes in the purchasing power of the 

consumer’s dollar. The CPI is a measure 

of the average change in prices over 

time in a market basket of goods and 

services. It is calculated monthly for two 

population groups, one consisting of all 

urban consumers (CPI–U), and the other 

consisting of urban wage earners and 

clerical workers (CPI–W). The CPI–U 

represents the buying habits of over 90 

percent of the population of the United 

States, while the CPI–W represents 

approximately 30 percent of the 

population of the United States. 

First, the CPI is used most widely as 

a measure of inflation and serves as an 

indicator of the effectiveness of 

government economic policy. Second, it 


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is also used as a deflator of other 

economic series, that is, to adjust other 

series for price changes and to translate 

these series into inflation-free dollars. 

Examples include retail sales, hourly 

and weekly earnings, and components 

of the Gross Domestic Product. 

A third major use of the CPI is to 

adjust dollar values. Over 2 million 

workers are covered by collective 

bargaining contracts, which provide for 

increases in wage rates based on 

increases in the CPI. At least nineteen 

states and the District of Columbia have 

laws that link the adjustment in State 

minimum wage to the changes in the 

CPI. The index affects the income of 

more than 108 million people as a result 

of statutory action: over 67 million 

Social Security beneficiaries and over 

41 million Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients, 

among other programs. Changes in the 

CPI also affect the cost of lunches for 

over 30 million children who eat lunch 

at school as part of the National School 

Lunch Program (NSLP). Under the 

National School Lunch Act and Child 

Nutrition Act, national average 

payments for those lunches and 

breakfasts are adjusted annually by the 

Secretary of Agriculture on the basis of 

the change in the CPI series, ‘‘Food 

away from Home.’’ Many private firms 

and individuals use the CPI to keep 

rents, royalties, alimony payments, and 

child support payments in line with 

changing prices. Since 1985, the CPI has 

been used to adjust the Federal income 

tax structure to prevent inflationinduced tax rate increases. 

II. Current Action 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance is being sought for the 

Consumer Price Index Housing Survey. 

The CPI is the nation’s chief source of 

information on retail price changes. The 

BLS has made extensive efforts to 

identify, from other government 

agencies and the scientific literature, 

other sources of data. To the BLS’s 

knowledge, there is no duplication of 

indexes and there is no other series 

available which performs the function 

of the CPI. 

The CPI Housing Survey is the 

nation’s primary source of information 

on residential rent change. In addition, 

the CPI Housing data must be timely 

and available monthly. No other survey 

is both as timely and geographically 

comprehensive. The information 

provided by the American Housing 

Survey (AHS), Current Population 

Survey (CPS) or American Community 

Survey (ACS) does not meet the CPI’s 

timeliness or geographic requirements. 

III. Desired Focus of Comments 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is 

particularly interested in comments 

that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

Title of Collection: Consumer Price 

Index Housing Survey. 

OMB Number: 1220–0163. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households, Business or other for-profit. 

Annual 

number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total annual 

responses 

Average 

burden 

(hours) 

Estimated 

total burden 

(hours) 

Screening ............................................................................. 26,286 1 26,286 6/60 2,629 

Initiation ................................................................................ * 6,103 1 6,103 9/60 915 

Long Pricing ......................................................................... 6,924 1 6,924 7/60 808 

Short Pricing ........................................................................ 32,681 2 65,362 5/60 5,447 

Quality Reinterviews ............................................................ ** 2,648 1 2,648 4/60 177 

Unduplicated Total ........................................................ 74,642 ........................ 107,323 ........................ 9,976 

* Initiation activity of 6,103 is included in the Screening number. 

** Reinterview activity of 2,648 is included in the Pricing numbers. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they also 

will become a matter of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on October 23, 

2024. 

Eric Molina, 

Chief, Division of Management Systems, 

Branch of Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25172 Filed 10–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0860] 

The 13 Carcinogens Standard; 

Extension of the Office of Management 

and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of 

Information Collection (Paperwork) 

Requirements 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration, 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 the13 Carcinogens 

Standard. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

December 30, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronically: You may submit 

comments, including 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:// 


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