95816 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 232 / Tuesday, December 3, 2024 / Notices 

(PRA–95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This 

program ensures that information is in 

the desired format, the reporting burden 

(time and costs) is minimal, the 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and OSHA’s estimate of the 

information collection burden is 

accurate. OSHA is soliciting comments 

concerning the extension of the 

information collection requirements 

contained in the series of regulations 

establishing requirements for the 

submission, initial approval, continuing 

approval, final approval, monitoring, 

and evaluation of OSHA-approved State 

Plans: 

• 29 CFR part 1902, State Plans for 

the Development and Enforcement of 

State Standards; 

• 29 CFR part 1953, Changes to State 

Plans for the Development and 

Enforcement of State Standards; 

• 29 CFR part 1954, Procedures for 

the Evaluation and Monitoring of 

Approved State Plans; and 

• 29 CFR part 1956, State Plans for 

the Development and Enforcement of 

State Standards Applicable to State and 

Local Government Employees in States 

Without Approved Private Employee 

Plans. 

Section 18 of the Occupational Safety 

and Health Act (29 U.S.C. 667) offers an 

opportunity to the states to assume 

responsibility for the development and 

enforcement of state standards through 

the mechanism of an OSHA-approved 

State Plan. Absent an approved plan, 

states are precluded from enforcing 

occupational safety and health 

standards in the private sector with 

respect to any issue for which Federal 

OSHA has promulgated a standard. 

Once approved and operational, the 

state adopts standards and provides 

most occupational safety and health 

enforcement and compliance assistance 

in the state under the authority of its 

plan, instead of Federal OSHA. States 

also must extend their jurisdiction to 

cover state and local government 

employees and may obtain approval of 

State Plans limited in scope to these 

workers. To obtain and maintain State 

Plan approval, a state must submit 

various documents to OSHA describing 

program structure and operation, 

including any modifications thereto as 

they occur, in accordance with the 

identified regulations. OSHA funds 50 

percent of the costs required to be 

incurred by an approved State Plan, 

with the state at least matching and 

providing additional funding at its 

discretion. 

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 

Occupational Safety and Health State 

Plans. 

The agency is requesting an 

adjustment increase to adjust the 

number of burden hours associated with 

the developmental steps necessary for 

certain states in the developmental 

process, including Maine, 

Massachusetts and Illinois. In addition, 

the number of Complaints About State 

Program Administration (CASPAs) and 

State Plan Changes were modified to 

depict more realistically the current 

trends in these numbers. As a result, the 

total burden hours have increased from 

11,055 to 11,370 (an increase of 315 

burden hours). 

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 data collection. 

Title: Occupational Safety and Health 

State Plans. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0247. 

Affected Public: State, Local, and 

Tribal, Governments. 

Number of Respondents: 29. 

Number of Responses: 1,299. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion; 

Quarterly; Annually. 

Average Time per Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

11,370. 

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–2011–0197). 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 November 

26, 2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket No. N2024–1; Order No. 8167] 

Service Standard Changes 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is 

acknowledging a recently-filed Postal 

Service request for an advisory opinion 

regarding planned changes to its 

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1 Douglas F. Carlson Motion for Late Acceptance 

of Notice of Intent to File Rebuttal Case, November 

25, 2024 (Carlson Motion). 

2 Douglas F. Carlson Notice of Intent to File 

Rebuttal Case, November 25, 2024 (Carlson Notice). 

3American Postal Workers Union, AFL–CIO 

Motion for Late Acceptance of Notice of Intent to 

File Rebuttal Testimony, November 25, 2024 

(APWU Motion). 

4American Postal Workers Union, AFL–CIO 

Notice of Intent to File Rebuttal Testimony, 

November 25, 2024 (APWU Notice). 

5Notice and Order on the Postal Service’s 

Request for an Advisory Opinion on Changes in the 

Nature of Postal Services, October 9, 2024 (Order 

No. 7695). 

6Order Establishing Hearing Procedures, 

November 15, 2024 (Order No. 7998). 

7See Order No. 7998, Attachment 1 at 2; Order 

No. 7695, Attachment 1 at 2. 

8The livestream will only allow participants to 

view, but not interact with, the live hearing taking 

place at the Commission’s hearing room. 

Registration is not required to access the livestream. 

9The Commission previously set the deadline as 

November 22, 2024. See Order No. 7998 at 3–4. 

10Please refer to the Commission’s privacy policy 

which is available at https://www.prc.gov/privacy. 

11 If a witness with equivalent knowledge appears 

for Mr. Whiteman, the Postal Service should be 

prepared to admit Mr. Whiteman’s testimony by 

motion. Additionally, if the witness with equivalent 

knowledge is unable to answer certain oral crossexamination questions, the Commission reserves 

the right to require Mr. Whiteman to supplement, 

in writing, with answers to those questions 

generated at the hearing. 

This document invites public comments 

on the request and addresses several 

related procedural steps. 

DATES: Notice of intent to file a rebuttal: 

November 22, 2024; Hearing: December 

4, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight 

Time, Virtual. 

ADDRESSES: Submit notices 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Persons interested in 

intervening who cannot submit their 

views electronically should contact the 

person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT: David A. Trissell, 

General Counsel, at 202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. The Motions for Late Acceptance 

III. Notice of Hearing, Scheduling Witnesses, 

Excusing Witnesses, Setting Hearing 

Procedures, and Adjusting Procedural 

Schedule 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On November 24, 2024, Douglas F. 

Carlson filed, and on November 25, 

2024, the Commission docketed, a 

Motion for Late Acceptance of Notice of 

Intent to File Rebuttal Case 1 and 

corresponding Notice of Intent to File a 

Rebuttal Case.2 On November 25, 2024, 

the American Postal Workers Union 

(APWU) filed a Motion for Late 

Acceptance of Notice of Intent to File 

Rebuttal Testimony 3 and corresponding 

Notice of Intent to File Rebuttal 

Testimony.4 These motions are granted. 

In addition, the Commission provides 

notice of the hearing, sets hearing 

procedures, modifies the deadline for 

registration for the hearing, and adjusts 

the procedural schedule. 

II. The Motions for Late Acceptance 

Mr. Carlson requests that the 

Commission excuse his failure to timely 

file his notice because the procedural 

schedule listed on the Commission’s 

website differed from those set by order. 

Carlson Motion at 1–2. The Commission 

recognizes that the information 

previously presented on the procedural 

schedule on the website conflicted with 

the deadlines set forth in Order No. 

7695 5 and Order No. 7998.6 The 

Commission further recognizes that in 

Order No. 7998, the Commission 

unilaterally modified the procedural 

schedule by moving a deadline up to 

better support the in-person hearing in 

this proceeding. Order No. 7998 at 2. 

Therefore, the Commission grants Mr. 

Carlson’s motion. 

APWU similarly states that its filing 

was delayed because it relied on the 

procedural schedule set forth in Order 

No. 7695. APWU Motion at 1. For the 

reasons expressed above, the 

Commission also grants the APWU 

Motion. 

The Commission is acting 

expeditiously on these motions because 

of the pending holiday and the fact that 

the hearing is 4 business days from 

today. The Postal Service will be 

permitted to conduct discovery and 

written cross-examination on Mr. 

Carlson’s and APWU’s rebuttal 

testimony. The Postal Service may 

request oral cross-examination but must 

provide justification for the request. 

III. Notice of Hearing, Scheduling 

Witnesses, Excusing Witnesses, Setting 

Hearing Procedures, and Adjusting 

Procedural Schedule 

Additionally, although the 

Commission previously stated that 

hearings with a rebuttal case would 

occur December 11 to 13, 2024,7 given 

Mr. Carlson’s indication that he cannot 

appear in person at the hearings, the 

Commission hereby gives notice that a 

hearing on the Postal Service’s direct 

case in the above-captioned docket shall 

commence at 10 a.m. ET on Wednesday, 

December 4, 2024. Pursuant to Order 

No. 7998, the hearing will be conducted 

in person at 901 New York Avenue NW, 

Suite 200, Washington, DC 20268. The 

hearing shall be available by livestream 

at www.youtube.com/@

thepostalregulatorycommiss9709.8

Furthermore, the Commission 

modifies the registration deadline for 

the hearing. Each individual seeking to 

attend the live hearing (including 

motions practice or may conduct crossexamination or follow-up crossexamination) must register by sending 

an email to registration@prc.gov with 

the subject line ‘‘N2024–1 Hearing 

Registration’’ by Monday, December 2, 

2024.9 Please ensure the email contains 

the following information: 

• your first and last name; 

• your email address; and 

• your affiliation. 

The registration@prc.gov email 

address is used solely for the exchange 

of information relating to the logistics of 

registering for and participating in the 

hearing.10 No information related to the 

substance of the cases shall be provided 

or communicated via that email. 

The Postal Service’s witnesses shall 

appear on December 4, 2024, at 10:00 

a.m. ET. The order of the witnesses is 

as follows: 

• Stephen B. Hagenstein (USPS–T–1) 

• Arslan Saleem (USPS–T–2) 

• Leslie Johnson-Frick (USPS–T–3) 

• Gregory White (USPS–T–4) 

• Curtis Whiteman (USPS–T–5) or 

witness with equivalent knowledge 11

It is the Commission’s intent to have 

all the Postal Service witnesses called 

and excused by 4 p.m. ET. 

One of the Postal Service’s witnesses, 

Sharon Owens (Postal Service 

institutional witness), is not called and 

is excused. Likewise, the rebuttal 

witnesses, namely Anita Morrison, 

Stephen DeMatteo, and Douglas 

Carlson, are not called for the December 

4 hearing. 

The Postal Service shall file any 

corrected testimony, corrected 

designated written-cross examination, 

etc., applicable to the excused witnesses 

with a declaration/affidavit from the 

witness attesting to the proposed record 

material, no later than December 2, 

2024. The Postal Service may move to 

admit these materials by written motion 

not later than December 4, 2024. 

Objections to the admission of the 

proposed record material for these 

excused witnesses are due not later than 

December 5, 2024. 

On December 2, 2024, the Postal 

Service shall file a ‘‘Notice of 

Designated Materials’’ identifying any 

corrections to the testimony or 

designated materials for each witness 

sponsored by the Postal Service. Order 

No. 7695 at 26. Attached to that notice 

shall be an Adobe PDF file that contains 


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12See Order No. 7695 at 23–24. Any motion for 

leave to file a surrebuttal case remains due 

December 6, 2024. Id. at 24. 

the witness’s designated written 

responses in alphabetical order by the 

name of the party propounding the 

interrogatory followed by numerical 

order of the interrogatory (with any 

corrections to the responses 

highlighted). The Postal Service shall 

also contemporaneously file any 

corrections to testimony (with those 

corrections highlighted). 

Rebuttal testimony and all materials 

in support of the case must be filed by 

December 4, 2024.12 Parties that wish to 

conduct oral cross-examination of a 

rebuttal witness shall file notice of an 

intent to do so by December 5, 2024. 

Written discovery (cross-examination) 

may be served on the parties offering 

rebuttal testimony immediately after 

filing of rebuttal testimony and must be 

filed no later than December 6, 2024. 

Parties must file a Notice of 

Designations, consistent with the 

procedure described above, should they 

wish to designate rebuttal case 

discovery responses for the record, no 

later than December 10, 2024. The 

Presiding Officer will issue a further 

ruling admitting designated materials 

into evidence shortly thereafter. 

Due to the filing of a rebuttal case, the 

briefing schedule is also modified. 

Initial briefs or statements of positions 

are now due no later than December 18, 

2024. Reply briefs may be filed no later 

than December 23, 2024. 

IV. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. Douglas F. Carlson’s Motion for 

Late Acceptance of Notice of Intent to 

File Rebuttal Case, filed November 25, 

2024, is granted. 

2. APWU’s Motion for Late 

Acceptance of Notice of Intent to File 

Rebuttal Testimony, filed November 25, 

2024, is granted. 

3. The hearing on the Postal Service’s 

direct case in the above-captioned 

docket shall commence at 10 a.m. ET on 

Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at the 

Commission’s hearing room. The Postal 

Service shall make the identified 

witnesses available at the 

commencement of the hearing, 

consistent with the body of this Order. 

4. If a witness with equivalent 

knowledge appears for Witness 

Whiteman, the Postal Service shall be 

prepared to admit Witness Whiteman’s 

testimony by motion at the hearing. 

5. Participants who wish to attend the 

hearing in-person must register via 

email consistent with the body of this 

Order. 

6. The modified procedural schedule 

for this proceeding is set forth below the 

signature of this Order. 

7. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this Order in the Federal 

Register. 

By the Commission. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE FOR DOCKET NO. N2024–1 

[Modified by the Commission, November 27, 2024] 

Deadlines in Preparation for Hearing: 

Filing of Notice Confirming Intent to Conduct Oral Cross-Examination ................................................................. November 22, 2024. 

Filing of Request to Present Oral Argument ........................................................................................................... November 22, 2024. 

Filing of Notice of Designations (Parties) ................................................................................................................ November 26, 2024. 

Filing of Notices of Designated Materials (Postal Service) ..................................................................................... December 2, 2024. 

Rebuttal Case Deadlines: 

Filing of Notice Confirming Intent to File a Rebuttal Case ..................................................................................... November 22, 2024. 

Filing of Rebuttal Case ............................................................................................................................................ December 4, 2024. 

Filing of Notice Confirming Intent to Conduct Oral Cross-Examination ................................................................. December 5, 2024. 

Filing of Request to Present Oral Argument ........................................................................................................... December 5, 2024. 

Last Filing of Discovery Requests ........................................................................................................................... December 6, 2024. 

Notice of Designations ............................................................................................................................................ December 10, 2024. 

Filing of the Rebuttal Witness’ Answers to Discovery ............................................................................................ December 10, 2024. 

Notice of Designated Materials ............................................................................................................................... December 11, 2024. 

Surrebuttal Case Deadlines (if applicable): 

Filing of Motion for Leave to File Surrebuttal Case ................................................................................................ December 6, 2024. 

Filing of Response to Motion for Leave to File Surrebuttal Case .......................................................................... December 10, 2024. 

Filing of Surrebuttal Case (if authorized) ................................................................................................................ December 13, 2024. 

Hearing Dates: 

Hearings .................................................................................................................................................................. December 4–6, 2024. 

Briefing Deadlines: 

Filing of Initial Briefs (with Rebuttal Case) .............................................................................................................. December 18, 2024. 

Filing of Reply Briefs (with Rebuttal Case) ............................................................................................................. December 23, 2024. 

Statement of Position Deadline: 

Filing of Statement of Position (with Rebuttal Case) .............................................................................................. December 18, 2024. 

Advisory Opinion Deadline: 

Filing of Advisory Opinion ....................................................................................................................................... January 31, 2025. 

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