11736 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 41 / Wednesday, March 2, 2022 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0032] 

Construction Standards on Posting 

Emergency Telephone Numbers and 

Floor Load Limits; 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 Construction Standards 

on Posting Emergency Telephone 

Numbers and Maximum Safe Floor Load 

Limits. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by May 

2, 2022. 

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 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–2011–0032) 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, 

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 is to reduce employees’ 

risk of death or serious injury by 

ensuring that employment has been 

tested and is in safe operating condition. 

Two construction standards, ‘‘Medical 

Services and First Aid’’ (§ 1926.50), and 

‘‘General Requirements for Storage’’ 

(§ 1926.250), contain posting provisions. 

Paragraph (f) of § 1926.50 requires 

employers to conspicuously post 

emergency telephone numbers for 

physicians, hospitals, or ambulances at 

their worksites if 911 emergency 

telephone service is not locally 

available; in the event that a worker has 

a serious injury at a worksite, this 

posting requirement helps expedite 

emergency medical treatment of the 

worker. Paragraph (a)(2) of § 1926.250 

specifies that employers must post the 

maximum safe load limits of floors 

located in storage areas inside buildings 

or other structures under construction, 

unless the floors or slabs are on grade 

(sitting on the ground). This provision 

prohibits employers from overloading 

floors in areas used to store material and 

equipment where a structure’s floors are 

not supported directly by the ground. 

This requirement is intended to prevent 

floor collapses which could seriously 

injure or kill workers. 

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 collection, 

and transmission techniques. 

III. Proposed Actions 

OSHA is requesting that OMB extend 

the approval of the information 

collection requirements contained in the 

two construction standards, ‘‘Medical 

Services and First Aid’’ paragraph (f) of 

§ 1926.50, and ‘‘General Requirements 

for Storage’’ paragraph (a)(2) of 

§ 1926.250. The agency is requesting an 

adjustment increase in burden hours 

from 36,919 hours to 55,184 hours, a 

difference of 18,265 hours. This increase 

is due to the increase in the number of 

construction sites from 707,776 to 

885,922 construction sites. 

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: Construction Standards on the 

Posting of Emergency Telephone 

Numbers and Floor Load Limits (29 CFR 

1926.50 and 29 CFR 1926.250). 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0093. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Number of Respondents: 885,922. 

Number of Responses: 263,262. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Average Time per Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

55,184. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $0. 


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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. 

Please note: While OSHA’s Docket 

Office is continuing to accept and 

process submissions by regular mail due 

to the COVID–19 pandemic, the Docket 

Office is closed to the public and not 

able to receive submissions to the 

docket by hand, express mail, 

messenger, and courier service. All 

comments, attachments, and other 

material must identify the agency name 

and the OSHA docket number for the 

ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0032). 

You may supplement electronic 

submissions by uploading document 

files electronically. If you wish to mail 

additional materials in reference to an 

electronic or a 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 that the 

agency can attach them to your 

comments. 

Due to security procedures, the use of 

regular mail may cause a significant 

delay in the receipt of comments. 

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 

submissions, 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. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on February 15, 

2022. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04313 Filed 3–1–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Workers’ Compensation 

Programs 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Representative Fee Request (CA–143/ 

CA–155) 

AGENCY: Office of Workers’ 

Compensations 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is soliciting comments 

concerning a proposed revision for the 

authority to conduct the information 

collection request (ICR) titled, 

‘‘Representative Fee Request’’ (CA–143/ 

CA–155). This comment request is part 

of continuing Departmental efforts to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

written comments received by May 2, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation, 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained free by contacting 

Anjanette Suggs by telephone at 202– 

354–9660 or by email at 

suggs.anjanette@dol.gov. 

Submit written comments about, or 

requests for a copy of, this ICR by mail 

or courier to the U.S. Department of 

Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs, Room S3323, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20210; by email: suggs.anjanette@

dol.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anjanette Suggs by telephone at 202– 

354–9660 or by email at 

suggs.anjanette@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOL, 

as part of continuing efforts to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collections of information 

before submitting them to the OMB for 

final approval. This program helps to 

ensure requested data can be provided 

in the desired format, reporting burden 

(time and financial resources) is 

minimized, collection instruments are 

clearly understood, and the impact of 

collection requirements can be properly 

assessed. 

Background: The Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs (OWCP) 

administers the Federal Employees’ 

Compensation Act (FECA). Individuals 

filing for compensation benefits with 

the Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs (OWCP) may be represented 

by an attorney or other representative. 

The representative is entitled to request 

a fee for services under the Federal 

Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA). 

The fee must be approved by the OWCP 

before any demand for payment can be 

made by the representative. This 

information collection request sets forth 

the criteria for the information, which 

must be presented by the respondent in 

order to have the fee approved by the 

OWCP. The information collection does 

not have a particular form or format; the 

respondent must present the 

information in any format which is 

convenient and which meets all the 

required information criteria. This 

information collection is currently 

approved for use through July 31, 2022. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless the OMB 

under the PRA approves it and displays 

a currently valid OMB Control Number. 

In addition, notwithstanding any other 

provisions of law, no person shall be 

subject to penalty for failing to comply 

with a collection of information that 

does not display a valid Control 

Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(b) and 

1320.6. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

provide comments to the contact shown 

in the ADDRESSES section. Written 

comments will receive consideration, 

and be summarized and included in the 

request for OMB approval of the final 

ICR. In order to help ensure appropriate 

consideration, comments should 

mention OMB Number 1240–0049. 

Submitted comments will also be a 

matter of public record for this ICR and 

posted on the internet, without 

redaction. The DOL encourages 

commenters not to include personally 

identifiable information, confidential 

business data, or other sensitive 


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