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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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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–2011–0860) 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 and 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 13 Carcinogens Standard (29 CFR 

1910.1003) specifies several paperwork 

requirements. The following is a brief 

description of the collection of 

information requirements contained in 

the 13 Carcinogens Standard: 

establishing and implementing a 

medical surveillance program for 

workers assigned to enter regulated 

areas; informing workers of their 

medical examination results; and 

providing workers with access to their 

medical records. Further, employers 

must retain worker medical records for 

specified time periods and make them 

available upon request to OSHA and 

NIOSH. 

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; 

• 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 requesting that OMB extend 

the approval of the information 

collection requirements contained in the 

13 Carcinogens Standard (29 CFR 

1910.1003). The agency is requesting an 

adjustment increase in the burden hours 

from 1,609 hours to 1,740 hours, a 

difference of 131 hours. This increase is 

due to a slight increase in the number 

of establishments effected by the 

standard. The agency is also requesting 

an adjustment cost increase of $34,716 

from $307,164 to $341,880. The increase 

results from an increase in the number 

of workers receiving medical 

examinations, and an increase in costs 

for medical examinations. 

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: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Title: 13 Carcinogens Standard. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0085. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Number of Respondents: 770. 

Number of Responses: 2,536. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Average Time per Response: Varies 

from five minutes (for employers to 

maintain records) to two hours (for 

worker medical surveillance). 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,740. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $341,880. 

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; (2) by 

facsimile (fax) to the OSHA docket, if 

your comments including attachments, 

are not longer than 10 page, at (202) 

693–1948. or (3) by hard copy. All 

comments, attachments, and other 

materials must identify the agency name 

and the OSHA docket number for the 

ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0860). 

You may supplement electronic 

submissions 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 date 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 through this website. 

All submissions, 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 for 

information about materials not 

available through 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 

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Signed at Washington, DC, on October 24, 

2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25173 Filed 10–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

[NARA–24–0023; NARA–2025–003] 

Records Schedules; Availability and 

Request for Comments 

AGENCY: National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed records schedules; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) 

publishes notice of certain Federal 

agency requests for records disposition 

authority (records schedules). We 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

and on regulations.gov for records 

schedules in which agencies propose to 

dispose of records they no longer need 

to conduct agency business. We invite 

public comments on such records 

schedules. 

DATES: We must receive responses on 

the schedules listed in this notice by 

December 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: To view a records schedule 

in this notice, or submit a comment on 

one, use the following address: https:// 

www.regulations.gov/docket/NARA-24- 

0023/document. This is a direct link to 

the schedules posted in the docket for 

this notice on regulations.gov. You may 

submit comments by the following 

method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. On the 

website, enter either of the numbers 

cited at the top of this notice into the 

search field. This will bring you to the 

docket for this notice, in which we have 

posted the records schedules open for 

comment. Each schedule has a 

‘comment’ button so you can comment 

on that specific schedule. For more 

information on regulations.gov and on 

submitting comments, see their FAQs at 

https://www.regulations.gov/faq. 

If you are unable to comment via 

regulations.gov, you may email us at 

request.schedule@nara.gov for 

instructions on submitting your 

comment. You must cite the control 

number of the schedule you wish to 

comment on. You can find the control 

number for each schedule in 

parentheses at the end of each 

schedule’s entry in the list at the end of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eddie Germino, Strategy and 

Performance Division, by email at 

regulation_comments@nara.gov or at 

301–837–3758. For information about 

records schedules, contact Records 

Management Operations by email at 

request.schedule@nara.gov or by phone 

at 301–837–1799. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comment Procedures 

We are publishing notice of records 

schedules in which agencies propose to 

dispose of records they no longer need 

to conduct agency business. We invite 

public comments on these records 

schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C. 

3303a(a), and list the schedules at the 

end of this notice by agency and 

subdivision requesting disposition 

authority. 

In addition, this notice lists the 

organizational unit(s) accumulating the 

records or states that the schedule has 

agency-wide applicability. It also 

provides the control number assigned to 

each schedule, which you will need if 

you submit comments on that schedule. 

We have uploaded the records 

schedules and accompanying appraisal 

memoranda to the regulations.gov 

docket for this notice as ‘‘other’’ 

documents. Each records schedule 

contains a full description of the records 

at the file unit level as well as their 

proposed disposition. The appraisal 

memorandum for the schedule includes 

information about the records. 

We will post comments, including 

any personal information and 

attachments, to the public docket 

unchanged. Because comments are 

public, you are responsible for ensuring 

that you do not include any confidential 

or other information that you or a third 

party may not wish to be publicly 

posted. If you want to submit a 

comment with confidential information 

or cannot otherwise use the 

regulations.gov portal, you may contact 

request.schedule@nara.gov for 

instructions on submitting your 

comment. 

We will consider all comments 

submitted by the posted deadline and 

consult as needed with the Federal 

agency seeking the disposition 

authority. After considering comments, 

we may or may not make changes to the 

proposed records schedule. The 

schedule is then sent for final approval 

by the Archivist of the United States. 

After the schedule is approved, we will 

post on regulations.gov a ‘‘Consolidated 

Reply’’ summarizing the comments, 

responding to them, and noting any 

changes we made to the proposed 

schedule. You may elect at 

regulations.gov to receive updates on 

the docket, including an alert when we 

post the Consolidated Reply, whether or 

not you submit a comment. If you have 

a question, you can submit it as a 

comment, and can also submit any 

concerns or comments you would have 

to a possible response to the question. 

We will address these items in 

consolidated replies along with any 

other comments submitted on that 

schedule. 

We will post schedules on our 

website in the Records Control Schedule 

(RCS) Repository, at https://

www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/rcs, 

after the Archivist approves them. The 

RCS contains all schedules approved 

since 1973. 

Background 

Each year, Federal agencies create 

billions of records. To control this 

accumulation, agency records managers 

prepare schedules proposing retention 

periods for records and submit these 

schedules for NARA’s approval. Once 

approved by NARA, records schedules 

provide mandatory instructions on what 

happens to records when no longer 

needed for current Government 

business. The records schedules 

authorize agencies to preserve records of 

continuing value in the National 

Archives or to destroy, after a specified 

period, records lacking continuing 

administrative, legal, research, or other 

value. Some schedules are 

comprehensive and cover all the records 

of an agency or one of its major 

subdivisions. Most schedules, however, 

cover records of only one office or 

program or a few series of records. Many 

of these update previously approved 

schedules, and some include records 

proposed as permanent. 

Agencies may not destroy Federal 

records without the approval of the 

Archivist of the United States. The 

Archivist grants this approval only after 

thorough consideration of the records’ 

administrative use by the agency of 

origin, the rights of the Government and 

of private people directly affected by the 

Government’s activities, and whether or 

not the records have historical or other 

value. Public review and comment on 

these records schedules is part of the 

Archivist’s consideration process. 

Schedules Pending 

1. Department of Energy, Southeastern 

Power Administration, Environmental 

Retention Program (DAA–0388–2024– 

0007). 


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