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to determine whether or not an

employer preformed the required

training at the necessary and

appropriate frequencies.

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

73,106 hours 3,192 hours, a total

reduction of 69,914 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 this information-collection

requirement.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved informationcollection requirement.

Title: Logging Operations (29 CFR

1910.266).

OMB Number: 1218–0198.

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

government; State, local or tribal

governments.

Number of Respondents: 14,000.

Frequency of Response: Annually;

occasionally.

Average Time per Response: Either 2

minutes (0.03 hours) or 5 minutes (.08

hours) depending on type of training.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,940.

Estimated Cost (Operation and

Maintenance): $0.

IV. Authority and Signature

R. Davis Layne, Acting Assistant

Secretary of Labor and 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 27th,

2001.

R. Davis Layne,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0099 (2001)]

Respiratory Protection Standard;

Extension of the Office of Management

and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of the

Information-Collection (Paperwork)

Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of an opportunity for

public comment.

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments

concerning its proposal to decrease the

existing burden-hour estimates, and to

extend OMB approval of the collectionof-information requirements, of the

Respiratory Protection Standard (29 CFR

1910.134).

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before July 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR–

1218–0099 (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:

Todd Owen, Directorate of Policy,

OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room

N–3641, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)

693–2444. A copy of the Agency’s

Information-Collection Request (ICR)

supporting the need for the information

collections specified in the Respiratory

Protection 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:

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 understandable, and

OSHA’s estimate of the informationcollection burden is correct.

The Respiratory Protection Standard’s

(§ 1910.134; hereafter, ‘‘Standard’’)

information-collection requirements

require employers to: Develop a written

respirator program; conduct employee

medical evaluations and provide followup medical evaluations to determine the

employee’s ability to use a respirator;

provide the physician or other licensed

health care professional with

information about the employee’s

respirator and the conditions under

which the employee will use the

respirator; and administer fit-tests for

employees who will use negative or

positive-pressure, tight-fitting

facepieces. In addition, employers must

ensure that employees store emergencyuse 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 inspection,

the name of the individual who made

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 informationcollection requirements are necessary

for the proper performance of the

Agency’s functions, including whether

the information is useful;

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• 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 is requesting to decrease the

existing burden-hour estimate, and to

extend OMB approval, of the collectionof-information requirements in the

Standard. In this regard, the Agency is

requesting to decrease the current

burden-hour estimate from 8,926,558

hours to 6,502,811 hours, a total

reduction of 2,423,747 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 this information-collection

requirements.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved informationcollection requirements.

Title: Respiratory Protection (29 CFR

1910.134).

OMB Number: 1218–0099.

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

government; State, local or tribal

governments.

Number of Respondents: 1,300,000.

Frequency of Response: Annually;

monthly; occasionally.

Average Time per Response: Time per

response varied from 8 hours for large

facilities to develop a written

respiratory program to 5 minutes for

employers to maintain employee

medical-evaluation records.

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

6,502,811 hours.

Estimated Cost (Operation and

Maintenance): $72,900,680.

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 27th,

2001.

R. Davis Layne,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.

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NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING

COMMISSION

Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY: National Indian Gaming

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Indian Gaming

Commission (NIGC), in accordance with

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

intends to submit to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) a

request to review and extend approval

for information collection activities

prescribed by the following NIGC

regulations: (1) Annual Fees; (2)

Issuance of Certificates of Self

Regulation to Tribes for Class II Gaming.

As to each information collection

activity, the NIGC solicits public

comment on: the need for the

information, the practical utility of the

information and whether the

information is necessary for the proper

performance of NIGC functions; the

accuracy of the burden estimate; and

ways that the NIGC might minimize this

burden including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology. When

providing comment, a respondent

should specify the particular collection

activity to which the comment pertains.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: Comments for

the NIGC’s evaluation of the information

collection activities and its request to

OMB to extend or approve the

information collections must be

received by June 29, 2001. Send

comments to Ms. Cindy Altimus,

National Indian Gaming Commission,

1441 L Street, NW, Suite 9100,

Washington, DC 20005. The NIGC

regulations to which the information

collections pertain are available on the

NIGC website, www.nigc.gov, by

written request to the NIGC (Attn: Ms.

Cindy Altimus), 1441 L Street NW,

Suite 9100, Washington, DC, 20005, or

by telephone request at (202) 632–7003.

There are no toll-free numbers. All other

requests for information should be

submitted to Ms. Altimus at the above

address for the NIGC.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Annual Fees Payable by Indian

Gaming Operations.

OMB Number: 3141–0007.

Abstract: The Indian Gaming

Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.,

authorizes the NIGC to establish a

schedule of fees to be paid to the NIGC

by each gaming operation under the

jurisdiction of the NIGC. Fees are

computed using rates set by the NIGC

and the assessable gross revenues of

each gaming operation. The total of all

fees assessed annually cannot exceed

$8,000,000. Under its implementing

regulation for the fee payment program,

25 C.F.R. Part 514, the NIGC relies on

a quarterly statement of gross gaming

revenues provided by each gaming

operation that is subject to the fee

requirement. The required information

is needed for the NIGC to both set and

adjust fee rates and to support the

computation of fees paid by each

gaming operation.

Respondents: Indian tribal gaming

operations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

320.

Estimated Annual Responses: 1280.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours per

Respondent: 8.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 10,240 hours.

Title: Petitions for Certificates of SelfRegulation for Class II Gaming

Operations.

OMB Number: 3141–0008.

Abstract: The Indian Gaming

Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.,

allows any Indian tribe that has

conducted class II gaming for at least

three years to petition the NIGC for a

certificate of self-regulation for its class

II gaming operations. The NIGC will

issue the certificate if it determines from

available information that the tribe has

conducted its gaming activity in a

manner which has resulted in an

effective and honest accounting of all

revenues, a reputation for safe, fair, and

honest operation of the activity, and an

enterprise free of evidence of criminal

or dishonest activity. The tribe must

also have adopted and implemented

proper accounting, licensing, and

enforcement systems and conducted the

gaming operation on a fiscally and

economically sound basis. The

implementing regulation of the NIGC,

25 CFR Part 518, requires a tribe

interested in receiving the certificate to

file a petition with the NIGC describing

the tribe’s gaming operations, its

regulatory process, its tribal revenue

allocation plan, and its accounting and

record keeping systems for the gaming

operation. The tribe must also provide

copies of various documents in support

of the petition. Submission of the

petition and supporting documentation

is voluntary. The NIGC will use the

information submitted by the

respondent tribe in making a

determination on whether to issue the

certificate of self-regulation.

Respondents: Indian tribes

conducting class II gaming.

Estimated Number of Potential

Respondents: 200.

Estimated Annual Voluntary

Responses: 5.