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headquarters located at: TUV Rheinland 

of North America, Inc., 295 Foster 

Street, Suite 100, Littleton, 

Massachusetts 01460. A complete list of 

TUVRNA sites recognized by OSHA is 

available at https://www.osha.gov/ 

nationally-recognized-testinglaboratory-program/tuv. 

II. General Background on the 

Application 

TUVRNA submitted an application, 

dated June 7, 2023 (OSHA–2007–0042– 

0072), to expand recognition as a NRTL 

to include two additional test standards. 

OSHA staff performed a detailed 

analysis of the application packet and 

reviewed other pertinent information. 

OSHA did not perform any on-site 

reviews in relation to this application. 

Table 1 shows the test standards 

found in TUVRNA’s application for 

expansion for testing and certification of 

products under the NRTL Program. 

TABLE 1—PROPOSED APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN TUVRNA’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION

Test standard Test standard title 

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 61010–2–061 ............................ Electrical Equipment for Measurement, Control, and Laboratory Use—Part 2–061: Particular Requirements 

for Laboratory Atomic Spectrometers with Thermal Atomization and Ionization. 

III. Preliminary Finding on the 

Application 

TUVRNA submitted an acceptable 

application for expansion of the scope 

of recognition. OSHA’s review of the 

application file and pertinent 

documentation preliminarily indicates 

that TUVRNA can meet the 

requirements prescribed by 29 CFR 

1910.7 for expanding its recognition to 

include the addition of the two test 

standards shown in Table 1, above, for 

NRTL testing and certification. This 

preliminary finding does not constitute 

an interim or temporary approval of 

TUVRNA’s application. 

OSHA seeks public comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

IV. Public Participation 

OSHA welcomes public comment as 

to whether TUVRNA meets the 

requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for 

expansion of recognition as a NRTL. 

Comments should consist of pertinent 

written documents and exhibits. 

Commenters needing more time to 

comment must submit a request in 

writing, stating the reasons for the 

request by the due date for comments. 

OSHA will limit any extension to 10 

days unless the requester justifies a 

longer time period. OSHA may deny a 

request for an extension if it is not 

adequately justified. 

To review copies of the exhibits 

identified in this notice, as well as 

comments submitted to the docket, 

contact the Docket Office, Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor. These materials 

also are generally available online at 

https://www.regulations.gov under 

Docket No. OSHA–2007–0042 (for 

further information, see the ‘‘Docket’’ 

heading in the section of this notice 

titled ADDRESSES). 

OSHA staff will review all comments 

to the docket submitted in a timely 

manner. After addressing the issues 

raised by these comments, staff will 

make a recommendation to the Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health on whether to grant 

TUVRNA’s application for expansion of 

the scope of recognition. The Assistant 

Secretary will make the final decision 

on granting the application. In making 

this decision, the Assistant Secretary 

may undertake other proceedings 

prescribed in Appendix A to 29 CFR 

1910.7. 

OSHA will publish a public notice of 

the final decision in the Federal 

Register. 

VI. Authority and Signature 

James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210, 

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. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on March 19, 

2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2010–0040] 

Concrete and Masonry Construction 

Standard; 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 the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval of the 

information collection requirements 

specified in the Concrete and Masonry 

Construction Standard. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by May 

24, 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–2010–0040) 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 


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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 

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 purpose of these 

requirements, the warning signs and 

barriers required by § 1926.701(c)(2) 

reduce exposure for non-essential 

workers to the hazards of posttensioning operations. The principal 

hazards originate with failure of wire 

strands or metal rod tendons under tens 

of thousands of pounds tension. When 

strands or tendons fail and contract, 

they strike with catastrophic force 

against structures, materials, tools, and 

workers causing damage, serious injury, 

or death. The requirements to lock-out 

and tag-out bulk-storage ejection 

systems and other hazardous equipment 

(e.g., compressors, mixers, screens, or 

pumps used for concrete and masonry 

construction) as specified by 

§§ 1926.702(a)(2) and (j)(1) and (2) 

prevent equipment from being 

unexpectedly operated and warn 

workers that others are on/in the 

equipment or facility performing tasks 

(e.g., cleaning, inspecting, maintaining, 

repairing), where unexpected operation 

could cause serious injury or death. 

Construction contractors and workers 

use the drawings, plans, and designs 

required by § 1926.703(a)(2) to provide 

specific instructions on how to 

construct, erect, brace, maintain, and 

remove shores and formwork if they 

pour concrete at the job site. Section 

1926.705(b) requires employers to mark 

the rated capacity of jacks and lifting 

units. This requirement prevents 

overloading and subsequent collapse of 

jacks and lifting units, as well as their 

loads, thereby sparing exposed workers 

from serious injury or death. 

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 

Concrete and Masonry Construction 

Standard. The agency is requesting an 

adjustment increase of 815 hours (from 

22,968 to 23,783 hours). The increase in 

burden is due an increase in the total 

number of active construction sites for 

residential housing going from 

1,378,095 to 1,427,000. 

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: Concrete and Masonry 

Construction Standard. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0095. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Number of Respondents: 285,400. 

Number of Responses: 285,400. 

Frequency of Responses: Once. 

Average Time per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

23,783. 

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 Docket No. OSHA–2010–0040). 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 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 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 March 18, 

2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

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