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confidentiality of personally 

identifiable information about the 

individual being monitored 

William J. Sabol, 

Acting Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics 

and National Institute of Justice. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0125] 

On-site Consultation Programs; 

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 its proposal to 

extend OMB approval of the 

information collection requirements 

contained in the Standard addressing 

On-site Consultation Programs (29 CFR 

part 1908). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

March 27, 2015. 

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. 

Facsimile: If your comments, 

including attachments, are not longer 

than 10 pages you may fax them to the 

OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648. 

Mail, hand delivery, express mail, 

messenger, or courier service: When 

using this method, you must submit 

your comments and attachments to the 

OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. 

OSHA–2011–0125, Occupational Safety 

and Health Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Room N–2625, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries 

(hand, express mail, messenger, and 

courier service) are accepted during the 

Department of Labor’s and Docket 

Office’s normal business hours, 8:15 

a.m. to 4:45 p.m., e.t. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the Agency name and the OSHA 

docket number (OSHA–2011–0125) for 

the Information Collection Request 

(ICR). All comments, including any 

personal information you provide, are 

placed in the public docket without 

change, and may be made available 

online at http://www.regulations.gov. 

For further information on submitting 

comments see the ‘‘Public 

Participation’’ heading in the section of 

this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

Docket: To read or download 

comments or other material in the 

docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov 

or the OSHA Docket Office at the 

address above. All documents in the 

docket (including this Federal Register 

notice) are listed in the http://

www.regulations.gov index; however, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publicly available to 

read or download from the Web site. All 

submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

You may also contact Patrick Showalter 

at the address below to obtain a copy of 

the ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Showalter, Director, Office of 

Small Business Assistance, Directorate 

of Cooperative and State Programs, 

OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room 

N–3660, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 

693–2220. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Department of Labor, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, 

conducts a preclearance process to 

provide the public with an opportunity 

to comment on proposed and 

continuing information collection 

requirements in accord with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA–95) (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 (the 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 efforts in 

obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657). 

Section 7(c)(1) of the OSH Act 

authorizes the Secretary of Labor to, 

‘‘with the consent of any State or 

political subdivision thereof, accept and 

use the services, facilities, and 

personnel of any agency of such State or 

subdivision with reimbursement.’’ 

Section 21(c) of the OSH Act authorizes 

the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to, 

‘‘consult with and advise employers and 

employees . . . as to effective means of 

preventing occupational illnesses and 

injuries.’’ 

Additionally, Section 21(d) of the 

OSH Act instructs the Secretary to 

‘‘establish and support cooperative 

agreements with the States under which 

employers subject to the Act may 

consult with State personnel with 

respect to the application of 

occupational safety and health 

requirements under the Act or under 

State plans approved under section 18 

of the Act.’’ This gives the Secretary 

authority to enter into agreements with 

the States to provide on-site 

consultation services, and establish 

rules under which employers may 

qualify for an inspection exemption. To 

satisfy the intent of these and other 

sections of the OSH Act, OSHA codified 

the terms that govern cooperative 

agreements between OSHA and State 

governments whereby State agencies 

provide on-site consultation services to 

private employers to assist them in 

complying with the requirements of the 

OSH Act. The terms were codified as 

the Consultation Program regulations 

(29 CFR part 1908). 

The On-site Consultation Program 

regulations specify services to be 

provided, and practices and procedures 

to be followed by the State On-site 

Consultation Programs. Information 

collection requirements set forth in the 

On-site Consultation Program 

regulations are in two categories: State 

Responsibilities and Employer 

Responsibilities. Eight regulatory 

provisions require information 

collection activities by the State. The 

Federal government provides 90 percent 

of the funds for on-site consultation 

services delivered by the States, which 

result in the information collection. 

Four requirements apply to employers 

and specify conditions for receiving the 

free consultation services. 

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 


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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 collection 

and transmission techniques. 

III. Proposed Actions 

OSHA is requesting an extension of 

its current approval of the information 

collection requirements for this 

Standard. The Agency is requesting an 

adjustment decrease in the current 

burden hours from 222,924 hours to 

201,853 hours, a total decrease of 21,071 

hours. While better burden hour and 

costs estimates for the Safety and Health 

Achievement Recognition Program 

(SHARP) documentation increased the 

burden hours, this was offset by a 

decrease in the number of consultation 

visits. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: On-site Consultation Programs 

(29 CFR part 1908). 

OMB Number: 1218–0110. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Number of Respondents: 24,700. 

Frequency: Initial, annual, quarterly, 

periodic. 

Average Time per Response: Varies 

from 3 minutes for an employer or plant 

manager to sign a Safety and Health 

Achievement Recognition Program 

application to 32 hours for an On-site 

Consultation Program manager to 

submit an agreement once per year. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

201,853. 

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 http://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by 

facsimile (FAX); or (3) by hard copy. All 

comments, attachments, and other 

material must identify the Agency name 

and the OSHA docket number for the 

ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0125). 

You may supplement electronic 

submissions by uploading document 

files electronically. If you wish to mail 

additional materials in reference to an 

electronic or facsimile submission, you 

must submit them to the OSHA Docket 

Office (see the section of this notice 

titled ADDRESSES). The additional 

materials must clearly identify your 

electronic comments by your name, 

date, and the docket number so the 

Agency can attach them to your 

comments. 

Because of security procedures, the 

use of regular mail may cause a 

significant delay in the receipt of 

comments. For information about 

security procedures concerning the 

delivery of materials by hand, express 

delivery, messenger, or courier service, 

please contact the OSHA Docket Office 

at (202) 693–2350; (TTY (877) 889– 

5627). 

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 date 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 Web site. 

All submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

Information on using the http://

www.regulations.gov Web site to submit 

comments and access the docket is 

available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’ 

link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office 

for information about materials not 

available from the Web site, and for 

assistance in using the Internet to locate 

docket submissions. 

V. Authority and Signature 

David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, 

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. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on January 21, 

2015. 

David Michaels, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Committee on Equal Opportunities in 

Science and Engineering; Notice of 

Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Committee on Equal 

Opportunities in Science and 

Engineering (CEOSE) Advisory 

Committee Meeting (#1173) 

Dates/Time: February 25, 2015 

1:00PM–5:00 p.m. February 26, 2015 

8:30a.m.–3:30 p.m. 

Place: National Science Foundation 

(NSF), 4201 Wilson Boulevard, 

Arlington, VA 22230 

To help facilitate your entry into the 

building, please contact Vickie Fung 

(vfung@nsf.gov) on or prior to February 

23, 2015. 

Type of Meeting: Open 

Contact Person: Dr. Bernice 

Anderson, Senior Advisor and CEOSE 

Executive Secretary, Office of 

International and Integrative Activities 

(IIA), National Science Foundation, 

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 

22230. Telephone Numbers: 703–292– 

8040 banderso@nsf.gov 

Minutes: Meeting minutes and other 

information may be obtained from the 

CEOSE Executive Secretary at the above 

address or the Web site at http://

www.nsf.gov/od/iia/activities/ceose/

index.jsp 

Purpose of Meeting: To study data, 

programs, policies, and other 

information pertinent to the National 

Science Foundation and to provide 

advice and recommendations 

concerning broadening participation in 

science and engineering. 

Agenda: Opening Statement by the 

CEOSE Chair NSF Executive Liaison 

Report Discussions: 

D Leadership Panel Discussion: 

FY2015 Broadening Participation Efforts 

D NSF Broadening Participation 

Framework for Action 

D Partnering to Further the 

Diversification of the STEM Workforce 

D Accessibility and Careers in STEM 

D Gender Dimension in Research 

Content and Process 

D Reports of CEOSE Liaisons to NSF 

Advisory Committees 

D 2013–2014 CEOSE Biennial Report 

to Congress 

D Updates from the Federal Liaisons 

Dated: January 21, 2015. 

Suzanne Plimpton, 

Acting Committee Management Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Sunshine Act Meetings; National 

Science Board: Notice of Change 

The National Science Board’s ad hoc 

Working Group on Administrative 


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