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of the thirtieth (30th) day following the 

request; 

(l) The Sale is not part of an 

agreement, arrangement or 

understanding designed to benefit UBC 

or any of its affiliates; 

(m) The Board, the UBC, and/or the 

Independent Fiduciary must provide to 

the Department the records necessary to 

demonstrate that the conditions of this 

exemption, as amended, have been met, 

within 30 days from the date the 

Department requests such records; and 

(n) All the material facts and 

representations made by the Applicant 

that are set forth in the Summary of 

Facts and Representations are true and 

accurate at all times. 

Exemption Date: The exemption will 

be in effect on January 13, 2025. 

Signed at Washington, DC. 

George Christopher Cosby, 

Director, Office of Exemption Determinations, 

Employee Benefits Security Administration, 

U.S. Department of Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00405 Filed 1–10–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2021–0013] 

Pilot Study and Prospective Analyses 

of the Draft Revised Form 33, Safety 

and Health Program Assessment 

Worksheet; 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 request to 

extend OMB’s approval of information 

collection requirements for OMB 1218– 

0280, Expiration Date: June 30, 2025, 

regarding the Pilot Study for 3 years 

(i.e., to June 30, 2028). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

March 14, 2025. 

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 websites. 

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–2021–0013) 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, 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 process 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, 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 

OSHA to 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 

(Secretary) 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 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 a programmed inspection 

deferral. 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 sector employers to 

assist them in complying with the 

requirements of the OSH Act. The terms 

were codified as the Consultation 

Agreement regulations (29 CFR part 

1908). 

The Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA) is requesting 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB), pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), for a 3 

year extension of the information 

collection requirements for OMB 

Number 1218–0280, Expiration Date: 

June 30, 2025; to conduct validity and 

reliability analyses of a safety and 

health program (SHP) assessment 

worksheet, the Draft Revised Form 33 

(DRF33), that will replace the current 

SHP Assessment Worksheet, OSHA 

Form 33, used by the OSHA On-Site 

Consultation Program (OMB Number 

1218–0110; Expiration Date: February 

28, 2025. Completion of the studies on 

the DRF33 will enable OSHA to ensure 

that a valid, reliable, and efficient tool 

is provided to On-Site Consultation 

programs in the fifty (50) states, the 

District of Columbia, and several United 

States territories to replace the current 

OSHA Form 33, thereby, enhancing the 

quality of consultative services. 


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OMB Number 1218–0280 grants 

OSHA approval to conduct the 

following studies to assess the validity 

and reliability of the DRF33: a pre-test 

(i.e., 20 consultation visits) to assess 

Pilot Study procedures and the 

information technology platform so that 

any issues can be corrected before 

launching the Pilot Study; 300 pilot 

study consultation visits during which 

350 safety and health program 

assessments of small- and medium-sized 

business workplaces will be conducted; 

a Prospective Analysis conducted at 

least 12 months after the pilot study 

consultation visits to assess any impact 

of the DRF33 at workplaces that 

received pilot study consultation visits; 

data analyses; and a follow-up study 

(i.e., 30 consultation visits) to assess any 

updates to the DRF33 resulting from 

data analyses and other findings. 

OSHA obtained approval for OMB 

Number 1218–0280 to begin the Pilot 

Study in July 2022. Since then, the pretest has been completed; 326 SHP 

assessments have been conducted out of 

the total number of 350 planned 

assessments, during pilot study 

consultation visits by Consultation 

programs nationwide. However, the 

consultation visits with the SHP 

assessments have taken longer than 

initially planned. Consequently, the 

Prospective Analysis and data analyses 

have not commenced, therefore, OSHA 

is requesting an extension of 3 years of 

OMB Number 1218–0280. OSHA will 

continue to work to complete the Pilot 

Study as soon as possible. 

After completing the Pilot Study 

OSHA will request OMB approval 

before implementing the DRF33 for use 

by state On-Site Consultation programs 

nationwide (to replace the current Form 

33). Similarly, OSHA will seek OMB 

approval if any additional updates are 

made to the approved worksheet, 

following the prospective study and 

data analyses. 

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 

The agency is requesting a balance of 

887 burden hours to complete the 

remaining tasks for the pilot study from 

4,974 burden hours estimated to 

complete the entire pilot study. 

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: Pilot Study and Prospective 

Analysis of the Draft Revised Form 33, 

Safety and Health Program Assessment 

Worksheet. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0280. 

Affected Public: Business and other 

for-profits. 

Number of Respondents: 523. 

Number of Responses: 810. 

Frequency of Responses: Varies. 

Average Time per Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 887. 

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–2021–0013). 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 January 3, 

2025. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00404 Filed 1–10–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. MC2025–1039 and K2025– 

1038; MC2025–1040 and K2025–1039] 

New Postal Products 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recent Postal Service filing for the 

Commission’s consideration concerning 

a negotiated service agreement. This 

notice informs the public of the filing, 

invites public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: January 14, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at https://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Public Proceeding(s) 

III. Summary Proceeding(s) 

I. Introduction 

Pursuant to 39 CFR 3041.405, the 

Commission gives notice that the Postal 

Service filed request(s) for the 

Commission to consider matters related 

to Competitive negotiated service 


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