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Reporting and recordkeeping requirements Number of

respondents

Number of annual responses

Frequency

Estimated time

per response

(hours)

Burden hours

Totals ........................................................................... ........................ 42,833 ..................... ........................ 88,899

Description: This is a proposed

collection of participant information

relating to the operation of employment

and training programs for Migrant and

Seasonal Farmworkers under title I,

section 167 of the Workforce Investment

Act (WIA). It also contains the basis of

the new performance standards system

for WIA section 167 grantees.

Ira L. Mills,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–13383 Filed 5–25–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0239 (2001)]

Voluntary Protection Program

Application Information; Extension of

the Office of Management of Budget’s

(OMB) Approval of InformationCollection (Paperwork) Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of an opportunity public

comment.

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public

comment concerning its request for an

extension of the information-collection

requirements of the Voluntary

Protection Program.

REQUEST FOR COMMENT: The Agency 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 the Agency’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.

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before July 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR–

1218–0239 (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 in

length by facsimile to (202) 693–1648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cathy Oliver, Division of Voluntary

Programs, Office of Cooperative

Programs, Directorate of Federal-State

Operations, OSHA, Room N–3700, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20210, telephone: (202) 693–2213. A

copy of the Agency’s InformationCollection Request (ICR) supporting the

need for the information-collection

requirements for the Voluntary

Protection Program is available for

inspection and copying in the Docket

Office, or you may request a mailed

copy by telephoning Rogelio Carrasco at

(202) 693–2213. For electronic copies of

this ICR, contact OSHA on the Internet

at http://www.osha.gov and select

‘‘Information Collection Requests.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The Department of Labor, as part of its

continuing effect to reduce paperwork

and respondent burden, conducts a

preclearance consultation program to

provide the general public and Federal

agencies with an opportunity to

comment on proposed and continuing

information-collections 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 information burden

is correct. The Occupational Safety and

Health Act of 1970 (the ‘‘Act’’)

authorizes the establishment and

supervision of programs for the

education and training of employers and

employees in the recognition,

avoidance, and prevention of unsafe and

unhealthful working conditions in

employment covered by the Act.

The Voluntary Protection Program

(VPP) (47 FR 29025), adopted by OSHA

established the efficacy of cooperative

action among government, industry, and

labor to address worker safety and

health issues and to expand worker

protection. To quality, employers must

meet OSHA’s rigorous safety and health

management criteria, which focus on

comprehensive management systems

and active employee involvement to

prevent or control worksite safety and

health hazards. Employers who qualify

generally view OSHA standards as a

minimum level of safety and health

performance, and set their own more

stringent standards, wherever necessary,

to improve employee protection.

Prospective VPP worksites must

submit an application that includes:

• General site information (i.e., site,

corporate, and collective bargaining

contact information ).

• Injury and illness rate performance

information (i.e., number of employees

and/or applicable contractors on site,

type of work performed and products

produced, Standard Industrial Code,

and Recordable Injury and Illness Case

Incidence Rate information).

• Safety and health program

information (i.e., a copy of the site’s

safety and health program and/or a

description of the program; and a

description of how the program

successfully addresses management

leadership and employee involvement,

worksite analysis, hazard prevention

and control, and safety and health

training).

OSHA uses this information to

determine whether a worksite is ready

for a VPP onsite evaluation and as a

verification tool during VPP onsite

evaluations. Without this information,

OSHA would be unable to determine

which sites are ready for VPP status.

Each current VPP worksite is also

required to submit an annual

evaluation, in narrative format, that

addresses how that site is continuing its

adherence to programmatic

requirements. OSHA needs this

information to ensure that the worksite

remains qualified to participate in the

VPP in the three to five years between

onsite evaluations. Without this

information, OSHA would be unable to

determine whether sites are maintaining

excellent safety and health management

systems during this interim period.

VPP worksite employees may apply to

participate in the VPP Volunteers

Program. The VPP Volunteers Program

was established as a means to leverage

OSHA’s limited resources. Through this

program, safety and health professionals

employed at VPP sites are trained to

participate as team members during VPP

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onsite evaluations. In that capacity, VPP

Volunteers may review company

documents, assist with worksite

walkthroughs, interview employees, and

assist in preparing VPP onsite

evaluation reports. Potential VPP

Volunteers must submit a VPP

Volunteers Application that includes:

• General contact information (i.e.

applicant’s name, professional

credentials, site/corporate contact

information, etc.).

• A resume or the Optional

Application for Federal Employment

(OF–612) form.

• Confidential Financial Disclosure

Report (OGE Form 450).

• Waiver of Claims Against the

Government.

• Department of Labor Request for

Name Check (DL–68).

OSHA uses the contact information to

arrange for VPP Volunteer participation

at VPP onsite evaluations, send

congratulatory letters, and inform them

of their status in the program. The

resume or OF–612 and the DL–68 are

used to determine whether an applicant

is qualified to participate in the VPP

Volunteers Program. The OGE Form 450

is used to ensure that VPP Volunteers

do not participate in evaluations at sites

where there may be a conflict of

interest. The Waiver of Claims Against

the Government protects OSHA against

liability.

II. Proposed Actions

OSHA proposes to extend the Office

of Management and Budget’s (OMB)

approval of the collection-ofinformation (paperwork) requirements

necessitated by the Voluntary Protection

Program. 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 requirements.

Title: Voluntary Protection Program

Application Information.

OMB Number: 1218–0239

Affected Public: Business or other for

profits; and individuals or households.

Number of Respondents: 171

applications from potential VPP

worksites + 711 annual evaluations from

current VPP worksites (3-year average) +

75 applications from potential VPP

Volunteers per year (3-year average) =

957 total respondents.

Frequency: VPP applications are

submitted once, VPP annual evaluations

are submitted once per year, and VPP

Volunteer Applications are submitted

once every three years.

Average Time Per Response: 200

hours for worksites submitting VPP

applications: 20 hours for worksites

submitting a VPP annual evaluation,

and 1 hour and 20 minutes for

individuals submitting VPP Volunteer

Applications.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 34,200

annual hours for worksites submitting

VPP applications (3-year average) +

14,220 annual hours for worksites

submitting a VPP annual evaluation (3-

year average) + 102 annual hours for

individuals submitting VPP Volunteer

Applications (3-year average) = 48,522

total burden hours per year (3-year

average).

Estimated Cost (Operation and

Maintenance): $0.

III. 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 May 22,

2001.

R. Davis Layne,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 01–13382 Filed 5–25–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. NRTL–1–89]

Intertek Testing Services, NA, Inc.,

Renewal of Recognition

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

Agency’s final decision on the

applications of Intertek Testing

Services, NA, Inc. (ITSNA), for renewal

of its recognition as a Nationally

Recognized Testing Laboratory under 29

CFR 1910.7.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This renewal becomes

effective on May 29, 2001, and will be

valid until May 29, 2006, unless

terminated or modified prior to that

date, in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.7.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bernard Pasquet, Office of Technical

Programs and Coordination Activities,

NRTL Program, Occupational Safety and

Health Administration, U.S. Department

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue,

NW., Room N3653, Washington, DC

20210, or phone (202) 693–2110.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Final Decision

The Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA) hereby gives

notice of the renewal of recognition of

Intertek Testing Services, NA, Inc.

(ITSNA), as a Nationally Recognized

Testing Laboratory (NRTL). ITSNA’s

renewal covers its existing scope of

recognition, which may be found in

OSHA’s informational web page for the

NRTL (http://www.osha-slc.gov/dts/

otpca/nrtl/its.html). We maintain such a

web page for each NRTL.

OSHA recognition of an NRTL

signifies that the organization has met

the legal requirements in § 1910.7 of

Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations

(29 CFR 1910.7). Recognition is an

acknowledgment that the organization

can perform independent safety testing

and certification of the specific products

covered within its scope of recognition

and is not a delegation or grant of

government authority. As a result of

recognition, OSHA can accept products

‘‘properly certified’’ by the NRTL.

The Agency processes applications by

an NRTL for initial recognition or for

expansions or renewal of this

recognition following requirements in

Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This

appendix requires that the Agency

publish two notices in the Federal

Register in processing an application. In

the first notice, OSHA announces the

application and provides its preliminary

finding and, in the second notice, the

Agency provides its final decision on an

application. These notices set forth the

NRTL’s scope of recognition or

modifications of this scope.

The renewal covered by this current

notice applies only to the

administrative, testing, and certification

facilities that are part of the ITSNA

organization and operations as an

NRTL. No part of the recognition

applies to any other part of ITSNA, or

to any other legal entity, subsidiary,

facility, operation, unit, division, or

department of Intertek Testing Services

Ltd. (ITSLtd), which encompasses

ITSNA. The term ‘‘ITSNA’’ also

represents the NRTL’s predecessors,

‘‘ETL’’ and/or ‘‘InchcapeNA,’’ as

appropriate.

When first recognized as an NRTL,

the organization’s name was ETL

Testing Laboratories, Inc. (ETL).

According to the preliminary Federal

Register notice for the recognition (54

FR 8411, 2/28/89), ETL was part of

Inchcape Inspection and Testing

Services, U.S.A., Inc. (IITS), based in

New York. IITS was in turn owned by