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switches provide information to 

employees to ensure that they operate 

the forging machines correctly and 

safely. The agency determined that it is 

usual and customary for manufacturers 

to mark (for example, ‘‘On’’ and ‘‘Off,’’ 

and ‘‘Open’’ and ‘‘Close,’’ etc.) all 

manually controlled valves and 

switches to meet the requirements of the 

American National Standards Institute’s 

(ANSI) standards. Therefore, OSHA is 

taking no burden hours or cost for these 

paperwork requirements. 

Disclosure of Records 

OSHA determined that employers 

disclosing information to OSHA during 

an inspection is outside the scope of the 

PRA because OSHA would only review 

records in the context of an open 

investigation of a particular employer to 

determine compliance with the 

Standard. See 5 CFR 1320.4(a)(2). 

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 

Forging Machines Standard. The agency 

is requesting that the burden hours of 

384,107 remains the same. 

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: Forging Machines Standard. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0228. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Number of Respondents: 27,700. 

Number of Responses: 1,440,400. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Average Time per Response: 16 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

384,107. 

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 (OSHA–2011–0064). 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 https://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 April 8, 

2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2024–07742 Filed 4–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2013–0021] 

Cranes and Derricks Standard in 

Construction; 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 Cranes and Derricks in 

Construction Standard. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by June 

11, 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 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 OSHA 

docket number (OSHA–2013–0021) 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 or Theda Kenney, 


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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 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 Cranes and Derricks 

standard’s information collection 

requirements impose a duty on 

employers to produce and maintain 

records that implement controls and 

take other measures to protect workers 

from hazards related to cranes and 

derricks used in construction. 

Accordingly, construction businesses 

with workers who operate or work in 

the vicinity of cranes and derricks must 

have, as applicable, the following 

documents on file and available at the 

job site: Equipment ratings, employee 

training records, written authorizations 

from qualified individuals, and program 

qualification audits. During an 

inspection, OSHA will have access to 

the records to determine compliance 

under conditions specified by the 

standard. An employer’s failure to 

generate and disclose the information 

required in this standard will affect 

significantly the agency’s effort to 

control and reduce injuries and fatalities 

related to the use of cranes and derricks 

in construction. 

II. Special Issues for Comment 

OSHA has 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 collection, 

and transmission techniques. 

III. Proposed Actions 

OSHA is requesting that OMB extend 

the approval of the information 

collection requirements contained in the 

Cranes and Derricks in Construction 

standard. The agency is requesting an 

adjustment increase from 429,478 hours 

to 429,483 hours, a difference of five 

hours. The increase is due to the 

rounding of totals in the spreadsheet 

equations. Also, the agency is requesting 

an adjustment increase in capital costs 

from $2,547,063 to $2,811,282, an 

increase of $264,219. 

OSHA will summarize the comments 

submitted in response to the 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: Cranes and Derricks Standard in 

Construction. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0261. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Number of Respondents: 213,400. 

Number of Responses: 3,013,542. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Average Time per Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

429,483. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $2,811,282. 

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), if your comments, 

including attachments, are not longer 

than 10 pages you may fax them to the 

OSHA Docket Office at 202–693–1648 

or (3) by hard copy. All comments, 

attachments and other material must 

identify the agency name and the OSHA 

docket number for the ICR (OSHA– 

2013–0021). You may supplement 

electronic submission by uploading 

document files electronically. 

Comments and submission 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 https://www.regulations.gov index, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publicly available to 

read or download from this website. All 

submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

Information on using the https://

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 April 8, 

2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2024–07743 Filed 4–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Medical Clearance Process 

for Deployment to the Polar Regions 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB review; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) has submitted the 

following information collection 

requirement to OMB for review and 

clearance under the Paperwork 


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