Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 83 / Monday, April 30, 2001 / Notices 21415

In determining the paperwork

requirements specified in the standard

on Specifications for Accident

Prevention Signs and Tags (§ 1910.145;

hereafter the ‘‘Standard’’), the Agency

finds that paragraph (a)(2) requires

employers to use signs and tags that

conform to the design and wording

specifications contained in paragraphs

(d)(1) through (d)(10), (e)(2), (f)(4)(i)

through (f)(4)(iv), (f)(7), and (f)(8)(ii) of

the Standard. OSHA believes that, as a

usual and customary practice,

employers meet this requirement by

purchasing a supply of appropriate

signs and tags. Therefore, the Agency

concludes that no burden results from

this requirement because appropriate

signs and tags are readily available from

commercial sources. This conclusion

holds even for employers who don’t

make such purchases because OSHA

provides them with the specific wording

to use when fabricating their own signs

and tags.

The Agency notes that the Standard

does not contain requirements for

employers to post signs and tags.

Instead, other OSHA standards in part

1910 directly specify the posting

requirements for the signs and tags

described by this Standard. Therefore,

the Agency is removing the burden

hours previously attributed to posting

signs or tags under this Standard, and

will assign these burden hours more

appropriately to the standards that

directly require such posting.

OSHA is recognizing an additional

paperwork requirement that it

previously overlooked. The Standard

requires employers to select signs and

tags that are appropriate to the dangers

and hazards identified in the workplace;

paragraphs (c)(1)(i), (c)(2)(i), (c)(3),

(e)(4), (f)(3), (f)(5) through (f)(7), and

(f)(8)(i) specify the signs and tags that

employers must select for these dangers

and hazards. In addition, paragraphs

(d)(l) through (d)(10), (e)(2), (f)(4)(i)

through (f)(4)(iv), (f)(7), and (f)(8)(ii)

provide the design and wording

requirements for these signs and tags.

Therefore, employers must ensure that

the signs and tags selected are

appropriate for the identified dangers

and hazards and meet the design and

wording requirements of the Standard.

Accordingly, selecting appropriate signs

and tags represents a paperwork

requirement that incurs employer

burden hours and cost. However, the

Agency believes that this requirement

imposes minimal burden on most

employers because, after they initially

identify workplace dangers and hazards

and select the appropriate signs and

tags, the types of dangers and hazards

do not change significantly in most

workplaces (i.e., new or additional signs

and tags are necessary only for new

facilities or new or additional dangers or

hazards).

II. Special Issues for Comment

OSHA has a particular interest in

comments on the following issues:

• Whether the proposed informationcollection 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 cost) 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 proposes to decrease the

existing burden-hour estimate, and to

extend OMB approval, of the collectionof-information requirements specified

by the Standard. In this regard, the

Agency is proposing to decrease the

current burden-hour estimate from

30,225 hours to 5,600 hours, a total

reduction of 24,625 hours. The Agency

will summarize the comments

submitted in response to this notice,

and will include this summary in its

request to OMB to extend the approval

of these information-collection

requirements.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved informationcollection requirement.

Title: Specifications for Accident

Prevention Signs and Tags (29 CFR

1910.145).

OMB Number: 1218–0132.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; Federal

government; State, local or tribal

governments.

Number of Respondents: 112,000.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Average Time per Response: 3

minutes (.05 hours).

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,600.

Estimated Cost (Operation and

Maintenance): $0.

IV. Authority and Signature

R. Davis Layne, Acting 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),

Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 3–2000

(65 FR 50017).

Signed at Washington, DC on April 24,

2001.

R. Davis Layne,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 01–10636 Filed 4–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0113(2001)]

Cranes and Derricks Standard for

Construction; Extension of the Office

of Management of Budget’s (OMB)

Approval of Information-Collection

(Paperwork) Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of an opportunity for

public comment.

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public

comment concerning its request to

extend OMB approval of the

information-collection requirements

specified the Cranes and Derricks

Standard for Construction; this

paragraph requires employers to

establish and maintain a record of the

dates and results of the annual

inspection conducted on each hoisting

machine and piece of equipment.

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before June 29, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR–

1218–0113(2001), OSHA, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–2625,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)

693–2350. Commenters may transmit

written comments of 10 pages or less by

facsimile to: (202) 693–1648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen M. Martinez, Directorate of

Policy, Office of Regulatory Analysis,

OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room

N–3609, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)

693–1953. A copy of the Agency’s

Information-Collection Request (ICR)

supporting the need for the information

collections specified by the Cranes and

Derricks Standard is available for

inspection and copying in the Docket

Office, or by requesting a copy from

Todd Owen at (202) 693–2444. For

electronic copies of the ICR contact

OSHA on the Internet at http://

www.osha.gov/comp-links.html and

select ‘‘Information Collection

Requests.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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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 cost) is minimal, collection

instruments are clearly understood, and

OSHA’s estimate of the informationcollection burden is correct.

Paragraph (a)(6) of the Standard

requires employers to perform annual

inspections of cranes and derricks and

to establish and maintain a written

record of the dates and results of these

inspections. The inspections identify

problems such as deterioration caused

by exposure to adverse weather

conditions, worn components and other

flaws and defects that develop during

use, and accelerated wear resulting from

misalignments of connecting systems

and components. A competent person or

a government or private agency

recognized by the U.S. Department of

labor must perform the inspections.

Establishing and maintaining a

written record of the annual inspections

alerts the equipment mechanics to

servicing or repair problems. Prior to

returning the equipment to service,

employers can review the records to

ensure that the mechanics performed

the necessary repairs and maintenance.

Accordingly, by using only equipment

that is in safe working order, employers

will prevent severe injury and death to

the equipment operators and other

employees who use or work near the

equipment. In addition, these records

provide the most efficient means for an

OSHA compliance officer to determine

that an employer performed the

required inspections and that the

equipment is safe.

II. Special Issues for Comment

OSHA has a particular interest in

comments on the following issues:

• Whether the proposed informationcollection 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 cost) 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 proposes to extend OMB’s

previous approval of the recordkeeping

(paperwork) requirement specified in

paragraph (a)(6) of the Cranes and

Derricks Standard for Construction (29

CFR 1926.550). The Agency will

summarize the comments submitted in

response to this notice, and will include

this summary in its request to OMB to

extend the approval of this informationcollection requirement.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved informationcollection requirements.

Title: Annual Inspection Record

Specified in the Cranes and Derricks

Standard for Construction.

OMB Number: 1218–0113.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; Federal

government; State, local or tribal

governments.

Number of Respondents: 32,900.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Total Responses: 32,900.

Average Time per Response: Either

2.75 hours or 3.5 hours depending on

the capacity of the crane/derrick.

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

115,167.

Estimated Cost (Operation and

Maintenance). $3,271.894.

IV. Authority and Signature

R. Davis Layne, Acting 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)

and Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 3–

2000 (65 FR 50017).

Signed at Washington, DC, on April 24,

2001.

R. Davis Layne,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 01–10637 Filed 4–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–M

FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH

REVIEW COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

April 25, 2001.

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday,

May 2, 2001.

PLACE: Room 6005, 6th Floor, 1730 K

Street, NW., Washington, DC.

STATUS: Closed in Part [Pursuant to 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(10)].

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: It was

determined by a majority vote of the

Commission that part of the

Commission meeting to consider and act

upon the following take place in closed

session:

1. Eagle Energy, Inc., Docket No.

WEVA 98–123 (Issues include whether

substantial evidence supports the

judge’s finding that the operator

violated the regulations governing

preshift and onshift mine examinations

by failing to observe unsupported kettle

bottoms; whether the judge properly

concluded that the violations found

were the result of the operator’s

unwarrantable failure; whether the

judge properly imposed penalties that

were double in amounts from those

initially assessed; and whether the

judge’s frequent questioning of

witnesses improperly interfered with

the operator’s presentation of its case

and reflected bias).

Any person attending the open

portion of the meeting who requires

special accessibility features and/or

auxiliary aids, such as sign language

interpreters, must inform the

Commission in advance of those needs.

Subject to 29 CFR 2706.150(a)(3) and

2706.160(d).

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFO: Jean

Ellen, (202) 653–5629/(202) 708–9300

for TDD Relay/1–800–877–8339 for toll

free.

Jean H. Ellen,

Chief Docket Clerk.

[FR Doc. 01–10804 Filed 4–26–01; 12:32 pm]

BILLING CODE 6735–01–M

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 01–054]

Notice of Prospective Patent License

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of prospective patent

license.

SUMMARY: NASA hereby gives notice

that Advanced Cybernetics Group

(ACG), of Cupertino, CA has applied for

an exclusive license to practice the

invention disclosed in U.S. Patent No.

5,774,669 entitled ‘‘Scalable

Hierarchical Network Management

System for Displaying Network

Information in Three Dimensions’’

which is assigned to the United States

of America as represented by the

Administrator of the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Written objections to the prospective