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The Settlement Agreement resolves 

certain claims by the FWS and GDNR 

for natural resource damages resulting 

from a November 2004 oil spill from the 

M/V Fortune Epoch near Tybee Island, 

Georgia. The Settlement Agreement 

requires Fukunaga Kaiun Co., Ltd. to 

pay $775,000 to pay the FWS and 

GDNR, the natural resource trustees 

(‘‘Trustees’’) for this matter, for past 

assessment costs and for the joint 

benefit and use of the Trustees to pay 

for Trustee-sponsored natural resource 

restoration efforts. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period for public comment on the 

proposed Settlement Agreement. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and should refer to United 

States and State of Georgia’s Settlement 

Agreement with Fukunaga Kaiun Co. 

Ltd., D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–10825. 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, 

D.C. 20044–7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the proposed Settlement Agreement 

may be examined and downloaded at 

this Justice Department website: https:// 

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

We will provide a paper copy of the 

proposed Settlement Agreement upon 

written request and payment of 

reproduction costs. Please mail your 

request and payment to: Consent Decree 

Library, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 

7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. 

Please enclose a check or money order 

for $4 (25 cents per page reproduction 

cost) payable to the United States 

Treasury. 

Henry S. Friedman, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00811 Filed 1–17–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0027] 

Respiratory Protection 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 its proposal to 

extend OMB approval of the 

information collection requirements 

specified by the Respiratory Protection 

Standard. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

March 19, 2018. 

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 a 

copy of your comments and attachments 

to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. 

OSHA–2011–0027, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration, Room N–3653, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20210. Deliveries (hand, express 

mail, messenger, and courier service) 

are accepted during the Docket Office’s 

normal business hours, 10:00 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m., ET. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the Agency name and the OSHA 

docket number (OSHA–2011–0027) 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 above 

address. 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 website. All 

submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

You may also contact Theda Kenney at 

the address below to obtain a copy of 

the ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles McCormick or Theda Kenney, 

Directorate of Standards and Guidance, 

OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room 

N–3609, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 

693–2222. 

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 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–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 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). 

The Respiratory Protection Standard 

(29 CFR 1910.134; hereafter, ‘‘the 

Standard’’) contains information 

collection requirements that require 

employers to: develop a written 

respirator program; conduct worker 

medical evaluations and provide followup medical evaluations to determine the 

worker’s ability to use a respirator; 

provide the physician or other licensed 

healthcare professional with 

information about the worker’s 

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which the worker will use the 

respirator; and administer fit tests for 

workers who will use negative- or 

positive-pressure, tight-fitting 

facepieces. In addition, employers must 

ensure that workers store emergency-use 

respirators in compartments clearly 

marked as containing emergency-use 

respirators. For respirators maintained 

for emergency use, employers must 

label or tag the respirator with a 

certificate stating the date of the 

inspection, the name of the individual 

who did the inspection, the findings of 

the inspection, required remedial 

action, and the identity of the respirator. 

The Standard also requires employers 

to ensure that cylinders used to supply 

breathing air to respirators have a 

certificate of analysis from the supplier 

stating that the breathing air meets the 

requirements for Type 1—Grade D 

breathing air; such certification assures 

employers that the purchased breathing 

air is safe. Compressors used to supply 

breathing air to respirators must have a 

tag containing the most recent change 

date and the signature of the individual 

authorized by the employer to perform 

the change. Employers must maintain 

this tag at the compressor. These tags 

provide assurance that the compressors 

are functioning properly. 

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, 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 

its approval of the information 

collection requirements contained in the 

Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR 

1910.134). The Agency is requesting an 

adjustment increase in the number of 

burden hours from 6,642,537 to 

7,622,100 hours, a total increase of 

979,563 burden hours. This increase is 

based on updated data showing an 

increase in the number of covered 

establishments. In addition, OSHA is 

requesting an adjustment increase of 

$139,348,226 in operation and 

maintenance costs (from $232,934,143 

to $372,282,369) associated with 

increased estimated costs for employee 

medical exams, fit-testing materials and 

fit-tests. The Agency will summarize the 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice and will include this summary in 

the request to OMB. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Respiratory Protection Standard 

(29 CFR 1910.134). 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0099. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Number of Respondents: 631,607. 

Frequency of Responses: Initially; 

Annually; On occasion. 

Total Responses: 25,621,506. 

Average Time per Response: Varies 

from 5 minutes (.08 hour) to mark a 

storage compartment or protective cover 

to 8 hours for large employers to gather 

and prepare information to develop a 

written plan. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

7,622,100. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $372,282,369. 

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 (Docket 

No. OSHA–2011–0027) for the ICR. 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 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 

for information about materials not 

available from the website, and for 

assistance in using the internet to locate 

docket submissions. 

V. Authority and Signature 

Loren Sweatt, 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 January 11, 

2018. 

Loren Sweatt, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice: (18–002)] 

Notice of Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of information collection. 

SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections. 

DATES: All comments should be 

submitted within 30 calendar days from 

the date of this publication. 

ADDRESSES: All comments should be 

addressed to Lori Parker, National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

300 E Street SW, Washington, DC 

20546–0001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 


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