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2All contract personnel will sign appropriate 

nondisclosure agreements. 

3Electronic Document Information System 

(EDIS): https://edis.usitc.gov. 

personnel,2 solely for cybersecurity 

purposes. All nonconfidential written 

submissions will be available for public 

inspection at the Office of the Secretary 

and on EDIS.3

This action is taken under the 

authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), 

and of §§ 201.10 and 210.8(c) of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (19 CFR 201.10, 210.8(c)). 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: March 14, 2024. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–05781 Filed 3–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice Lodging of Proposed Consent 

Decree Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation and Liability Act 

On March 12, 2024, the Department of 

Justice lodged a proposed Consent 

Decree with the United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of Missouri 

in the lawsuit entitled United States v. 

Ameren Corporation, et al., Civil Action 

No. 1:24–cv–00047. See Docket No. 2– 

1. 

The proposed Consent Decree 

resolves claims brought by the United 

States under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation 

and Liability Act (CERCLA) against 

thirty-six defendants for the recovery of 

costs that the United States incurred 

responding to releases of hazardous 

substances at the Missouri Electric 

Works Superfund Site in Cape 

Girardeau, Missouri. 

The settlement requires defendants to 

pay $6,074,739 of the United States’ 

response costs and requires certain 

settling federal agencies to pay further 

$600,798 of the United States’ response 

costs. In return for the defendants’ 

commitments, the United States agrees 

not to sue the defendants under sections 

106 and 107 of CERCLA. The 

Environmental Protection Agency also 

covenants not to take administrative 

action against the settling Federal 

agencies under sections 106 and 107 of 

CERCLA. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period for public comment on the 

proposed Consent Decree. Comments 

should be addressed to the Assistant 

Attorney General, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division, and should 

refer to United States v. Ameren 

Corporation, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90–11– 

2–614/4. All comments must be 

submitted no later than thirty (30) days 

after the publication date of this notice. 

Comments may be submitted either by 

email or by mail: 

To submit 

comments: Send them to: 

By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@

usdoj.gov. 

By mail ......... Assistant Attorney General, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. 

Box 7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 

Any comments submitted in writing 

may be filed by the United States in 

whole or in part on the public court 

docket without notice to the commenter. 

During the public comment period, 

the proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined and downloaded at this 

Justice Department website: https://

www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 

If you require assistance accessing the 

proposed Consent Decree, you may 

request assistance by email or by mail 

to the addresses provided above for 

submitting comments. 

Kathryn C. Macdonald, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–05746 Filed 3–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2024–0004] 

Occupational Exposure to Beryllium 

and Beryllium Compounds Standard in 

the Construction Industry; 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 comments. 

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public 

comments concerning the proposal to 

extend Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval of the 

information collection requirements 

specified in the Occupational Exposure 

to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds 

Standard in the Construction Industry. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by May 

20, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronically: You may submit 

comments and attachments 

electronically at http://

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 http://

www.regulations.gov. Documents in the 

docket are listed in the http://

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–2024–0004) 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 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, the collection 

instruments are clearly understood, and 

OSHA’s estimate of the information 

collection burden is accurate. The 


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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 purpose of these requirements is 

specified by the beryllium standard for 

the construction industry help protect 

workers from harmful elements when 

exposed to permissible exposure limits 

of beryllium and beryllium compounds 

in the workplace. 

Paragraph (d)(2) contains the 

performance options where the 

employer must assess the 8-hour timeweighted average (TWA) exposure and 

the 15-minute short-term exposure for 

each employee on the basis of any 

combination of air monitoring data and 

objective data sufficient to accurately 

characterize airborne exposure to 

beryllium. Employers do not have to 

conduct initial exposure monitoring if 

they rely on objective data that would 

satisfy the exposure assessment 

requirements contained in this standard. 

Paragraph (d)(3) says the employer must 

perform initial monitoring to assess the 

8-hour TWA exposure for each 

employee on the basis of one or more 

personal breathing zone air samples that 

reflect the airborne exposure of 

employees on each shift, for each job 

classification, and in each work area 

and the employer is required to periodic 

monitoring when the most recent 

exposure monitoring indicates that 

airborne exposure is at or above the 

action level but at or below the TWA 

PEL, the employer must repeat such 

monitoring within six months of the 

most recent monitoring. Where the most 

recent exposure monitoring indicates 

that airborne exposure is above the 

TWA PEL or above the STEL, the 

employer must repeat such monitoring 

within three months of the most recent 

8-hour TWA or short-term exposure 

monitoring. Paragraph (d)(4) requires 

the employer to reassess airborne 

exposure whenever a change in the 

production, process, control equipment, 

personnel, or work practices may 

reasonably be expected to result in new 

or additional airborne exposure at or 

above the action level or STEL, or when 

the employer has any reason to believe 

that new or additional airborne 

exposure at or above the action level or 

STEL has occurred. 

In paragraph (f)(1)(i) the employer is 

required to establish, implement, and 

maintain a written exposure control 

plan and what information and 

procedures are included in the plan. 

Paragraph (f)(1)(ii) requires the 

employer to review and evaluate the 

effectiveness of each written exposure 

control plan at least annually and 

update it, as necessary. Also, in 

paragraph (f)(1)(iii) the employer must 

make a copy of the written exposure 

control plan accessible to each 

employee who is, or can reasonably be 

expected to be, exposed to airborne 

beryllium in accordance with OSHA’s 

Access to Employee Exposure and 

Medical Records (Records Access) 

standard (29 CFR 1910.1020(e)). 

Paragraph (g)(2) requires the employer 

to provide respiratory protection for the 

selection and use of respirators, medical 

evaluations of employees required to 

use respirators, respirator fit testing 

procedures for tight-fitting respirators 

and procedures for proper use of 

respirators in routine and reasonably 

foreseeable emergency situations. 

Under paragraph (k)(l)(i) the employer 

is required to make medical surveillance 

available at no cost to the employee, and 

at a reasonable time and place, to each 

employee who: (A) Is reasonably 

expected to be exposed at or above the 

action level for more than 30 days per 

year; (B) Shows signs or symptoms of 

chronic beryllium disease (CBD) or 

other beryllium-related health effects; or 

(C) Most recent written medical opinion 

required by paragraph (k)(6) or (k)(7) 

recommends periodic medical 

surveillance. 

In paragraph (k)(5) of medical 

surveillance, the employer is required to 

ensure that the employee receives a 

written medical report from the licensed 

physician within 45 days of the 

examination (including any follow-up 

beryllium lymphocyte proliferation test 

(BeLPT) required under paragraph 

(k)(3)(ii)(E) of this standard) and that the 

physician or other licensed health care 

professional (PLHCP) explains the 

results of the examination to the 

employee. The requirement for a written 

medical report ensures that the 

employee receives a record of all 

findings. In paragraph (k)(6) of medical 

surveillance the employer is required to 

obtain a written medical opinion from 

the licensed physician within 45 days of 

the medical examination and what must 

be contained in the written medical 

option. Under (k)(7) of medical 

surveillance, when being referred to the 

CBD Diagnostic Center, the employer is 

required to provide an evaluation at no 

cost to the employee at a CBD diagnostic 

center that is mutually agreed upon by 

the employer and the employee. The 

examination must be provided within 

30 days of: (A) The employer’s receipt 

of a physician’s written medical opinion 

to the employer that recommends 

referral to a CBD diagnostic center; or 

(B) The employee presenting to the 

employer a physician’s written medical 

report indicating that the employee has 

been confirmed positive or diagnosed 

with CBD or recommending referral to 

a CBD diagnostic center. The employer 

must ensure that the employee receives 

all written medical reports from the 

CBD diagnostic center that contains all 

the information required in paragraph 

(k)(5)(i), (ii), (iv), and (v) and that the 

PLHCP explains the results of the 

examination to the employee within 30 

days of the examination. Also, the 

employer is required to obtain a written 

medical opinion from the CBD 

diagnostic center within 30 days of the 

medical examination and ensure that 

each employee receives a copy of the 

written medical opinion from the CBD 

diagnostic center within 30 days of any 

medical examination performed for that 

employee. 

Under paragraph (l)(1) of medical 

removal, the employer is required to 

remove an employee that is eligible for 

medical removal, if the employee works 

in a job with airborne exposure at or 

above the action level and either: (i) the 

employee provides the employer with a 

written medical report indicating a 

confirmed positive finding or CBD 

diagnosis or a written medical report 

recommending removal from airborne 

exposure to beryllium in accordance 

with paragraph (k)(5)(v) or (k)(7)(iii) of 

the standard; or (ii) the employer 

receives a written medical opinion 

recommending removal from airborne 

exposure to beryllium in accordance 

with paragraph (k)(6)(v) or (k)(7)(iii) of 

the standard. 

In paragraph (m)(2)(iv) the employer 

is required to make a copy of this 

standard and its appendices readily 

available at no cost to each employee 

and designated employee 

representative(s). 

Under paragraph (n) recordkeeping, 

the employer is required to make and 

maintain records for the air monitoring 

data, objective data, medical 

surveillance, and training. Access to 

these records must be made available 

upon request for examination and 

copying to the Assistance Secretary, the 

Director, each employee, and each 

employee’s designated representative(s) 

in accordance with the Records Access 

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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 requesting that OMB extend 

the approval of the information 

collection requirements contained in the 

Occupational Exposure to Beryllium 

and Beryllium Compounds in the 

Construction Industry. The agency is 

requesting an adjustment decrease in 

burden hours from 18,075 hours to 

7,047 hours, a difference of 11,028 

hours. This decrease is due to the 

removal of the collection of information 

requirements for rule familiarization, 

and a decrease in the non-compliance 

rate by 60 percent, since the standard 

has been in effect for the past three 

years. 

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 a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Occupational Exposure to 

Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds 

Standard in the Construction Industry. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0275. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Number of Respondents: 2,100. 

Number of Responses: 12,642. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Average Time per Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 7,407. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $2,249,246. 

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 http://

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 (Docket No. OSHA–2024–0004). 

You may supplement electronic 

submission by uploading document files 

electronically. 

Comments and submissions are 

posted without change at http://

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 http://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 http://

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 March 12, 

2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2024–05735 Filed 3–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2023–0012] 

Occupational Safety and Health State 

Plans; Federal Advisory Council on 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(FACOSH); Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration (OSHA) 

published a document in the Federal 

Register on March 12, 2024 (89 FR 

17885) giving notice of a FACOSH 

meeting on April 18, 2024. The 

document contained an incorrect link 

for the public to register to attend the 

meeting. This notice corrects the error. 

DATES: This correction is effective 

March 19, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lana Nieves of the Office of Federal 

Agency Programs, OSHA, U.S. 

Department of Labor; telephone: (202) 

693–2128 at ofap@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of March 12, 

2024 (89 FR 17885), correct the 

paragraph as described below. 

1. On page 17885 in the second 

column, replace the second paragraph 

titled Participation in the FACOSH 

meeting: to read: Participation in the 

FACOSH meeting: Members of the 

public may register to attend the 

FACOSH meeting by going to the 

website: https://usdolee.webex.com/ 

weblink/register/r9d1ba59530df355b6fc

569206b6b9eaa. 

* * * * * 

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 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 

1960 (Basic Program Elements for 

Federal Employee Occupational Safety 

and Health Programs and Related 

Matters), and 41 CFR part 102–3. 

Signed at Washington, DC. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2024–05784 Filed 3–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: The Legal Services 

Corporation (LSC) Board of Directors 

and its committees will hold their 


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