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III. Current Actions

Additionally, the inspection records

denote any hazards that were

discovered and how the hazards or

unsafe conditions were abated. Federal

inspectors use the records to ensure that

unsafe conditions are identified early

and corrected.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health

Administration.

Title: Safety Defects, Examination,

Correction, and Records of Pressure

Vessels, Equipment, Machinery and

Working Places technology, e.g.,

permitting electronic submissions of

responses.

Cite/reference Total respondents Frequency Total responses

Average time per response (minutes)Burden

hours*

56/56.13015 ........................................................ 13,074 Annually ....................... 4,148 5 min. ........................... 345

56/57.13030 ........................................................ 13,074 Annually ....................... 7,464 5 min. ........................... 621

56/57.14100 ........................................................ 13,074 Daily ............................. 11,685,509 5 min. ........................... 822,089

56/57.18002 ........................................................ 13,074 Daily ............................. 1,638,940 23 min. ......................... 650,390

Totals ........................................................... 13,074 ...................................... 13,336,061 ....................................... 1,473,445

*Discrepancies due to rounding.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): $0.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of the

information collection request; they will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: May 30, 2001.

Brenda C. Teaster,

Acting Chief, Records Management Division.

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BILLING CODE 4510–43–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0003(2001)]

Gear-Certification Forms (29 CFR Part

1919); 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: Notice of an opportunity for

public comment.

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments

concerning its request to decrease the

existing burden-hour estimates for, and

to extend OMB approval of, the

information-collection requirements

specified in the gear-certification forms

required by 29 CFR part 1919 (‘‘Gear

Certification’’). The reference numbers

and titles of these forms are 70

(‘‘Application for Accreditation to

Perform Gear Certification Functions’’;

Rev. July 1993), 71 (‘‘Certificate of Unit

Test and/or Examination of Crane,

Derrick, or Other Material’’; Rev. July

1993), and 72 (‘‘Notice to Owner of

Deficiencies Found on Certification

Survey’’; Rev. July 1993). The Agency

believes these forms provide an effective

and efficient means to apply for

accreditation to certify materialhandling devices used in marine

terminals and longshoring, and for

OSHA, employers, and employees to

determine if these devices are safe to

operate.

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before August 7, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR–

1218–0003(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:

Theda Kenney, Directorate of Safety

Standards Programs, OSHA, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–3609,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)

693–2222. A copy of the Agency’s

Information-Collection Request (ICR)

supporting the need for the information

collections specified in OSHA gearcertification forms 70, 71, and 72 is

available for inspection and copying in

the Docket Office or by requesting a

copy from Theda Kenney at (202) 693–

2222 or 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 costs) is minimal, collection

instruments are understandable, and

OSHA’s estimate of the informationcollection burden is correct. The

Occupational Safety and Health Act of

1970 authorizes information collection

by employers as necessary or

appropriate for enforcement of the Act

or for developing information regarding

the causes and prevention of

occupational injuries, illnesses, and

accidents. (29 U.S.C. 657.)

The provisions of 29 CFR part 1919

(‘‘Gear Certification’’) require the use of

three gear-certification forms. The

reference numbers and titles of these

forms are 70 (‘‘Application for

Accreditation to Perform Gear

Certification Functions’’; Rev. July

1993), 71 (‘‘Certificate of Unit Test and/

or Examination of Crane, Derrick, or

Other Material’’; Rev. July 1993), and 72

(‘‘Notice to Owner of Deficiencies

Found on Certification Survey’’; Rev.

July 1993).

Paragraph (a) of § 1919.3

(‘‘Application for Accreditation’’)

specifies that a person (i.e., an

individual, partnership, corporation,

agency, association, or organization)

seeking accreditation from OSHA to test

and examine material-handling devices

as required by parts 1917 (‘‘Marine

Terminals’’) and 1918 (‘‘Longshoring’’)

must file an application form provided

by the Agency; OSHA currently uses

form 70 for this purpose. The form

collects principally information

regarding the applicant’s past

experience in testing and examining

material-handling devices. This

Information is necessary for the Agency

to evaluate the applicant’s competence

to test and examine these devices, and

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serves as the basis for accrediting the

applicant to certify the devices for safe

operation. Once accredited, OSHA

designates the applicant as an

‘‘accredited person.’’

Under paragraph (a) and (b) of

§ 1919.90 (‘‘Documentation’’), if an

accredited person tests and examines a

material-handling device and finds that

it is in compliance with applicable

Agency requirements, they must certify

the device using a form approved by

OSHA; currently, the Agency authorizes

accredited persons to use of form 71 to

certify these devices. Form 71 collects

the following information: Name of the

device’s owner; a description of the

device (i.e., type, manufacturer, model,

serial number, owner’s identification (if

any), and boom length and type); the

location of the device; service status

(i.e., lifting, clamshell, magnet, or

other); test loads applied (i.e., radius,

proof loads, rated loads, means used to

apply the proof load, and the basis for

assigning load ratings), remarks and

limitations; presence of fitted and nonfitted devices indicating load or limit,

including the accuracy of these devices;

the name and address of the accredited

or otherwise authorized organization

conducting the test and/or examination;

the name, address, and signature of the

authorized person conducting the test

and/or examination; the position of the

signatory in the organization conducting

the test and/or examination; and the

certification date. This information is

necessary to accurately identify the

certified device, ensure that it

underwent proper testing and

examination, specify any operating

limitations, and ensure that an

authorized person conducted the tests

and examinations and provided

certification. Accordingly, form 71

assures employers and employees that

an accredited person properly

administered the applicable testing and

examination requirements and found

the device safe to operate under the

conditions specified in the certificate.

The Agency adopted form 72 in

response to paragraph (a) of § 1919.12

(‘‘Recordkeeping and Related

Procedures Concerning Records in

Custody of the Vessel’’), which requires

completion and maintenance of a

register that describes detailed findings

of inspections and examinations

conducted under specified provisions of

29 CFR part 1919. While form 71

provides findings that support

certification of material-lifting devices,

OSHA approved form 72 to document

deficiencies found during a certification

survey. The information requested by

form 72 includes: Name of the device’s

owner; identification, location, and

specific description of the device; a

detailed description of each deficiency

found during the survey; and the same

information regarding the accredited or

otherwise authorized organization,

authorized person, and signatory

conducting the test and/or examination

contained on form 71. Similar to form

71, the information on this form permits

employers and employees to readily

identify deficient material-lifting

devices and to avoid operating them. In

addition, form 72 informs mechanics

regarding the servicing and repair

problems of deficient devices. Prior to

returning a device to service, employers

can review the form to ensure that the

mechanics performed the necessary

repairs and maintenance.

Taken together, forms 71 and 72

ensure that employers use only devices

that are in safe working order, thereby

preventing serious injury and death to

operators and other employees who use

or work near the devices. These forms

also provide the most efficient means

for an OSHA compliance officer to

determine the operating status of a

device and that employers are using

only properly certified devices.

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 is requesting a decrease in the

existing burden-hour estimate for, as

well as an extension of OMB approval

of, the collection-of-information

requirements specified in its gearcertification forms 70, 71, and 72.

Accordingly, the Agency is requesting to

decrease the current burden-hour

estimate from 93 hours to 76 hours, a

total reduction of 17 hours. This

reduction occurred because of a

decrease in the time estimated for

employers to provide forms 71 and 72

to an OSHA compliance officer during

an inspection. The Agency will

summarize the comments submitted in

response to this notice, and will include

this summary in its request to OMB to

extend its approval of these

information-collection requirements.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved informationcollection requirements.

Title: Gear-Certification Forms.

OMB Number: 1218–0003.

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

government; State, local or tribal

governments.

Number of Respondents: 80.

Frequency of Response:

Quadrennially; annually.

Average Time per Response: Varies

from 2 minutes (.03 hour) for an

employer to retrieve a copy of form 71

or 72 during an OSHA inspection to 45

minutes (.75 hour) for an applicant to

complete form 70.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 76.

Estimated Cost (Operation and

Maintenance): $713,181.

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 June 4, 2001.

R. Davis Layne,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–M

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS

ADMINISTRATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: National Archives and Records

Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: NARA is giving public notice

that the agency proposes to request

extension of a currently approved

information collection prepared by

organizations that want to make paperto-paper copies of archival holdings

with their personal copiers. The public

is invited to comment on the proposed

information collection pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before August 7, 2001 to

be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent

to: Paperwork Reduction Act Comments