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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1190–0001] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed eCollection 

eComments Requested; Extension 

Without Change, of a Previously 

Approved Collection Procedures for 

the Administration of Section 5 of the 

Voting Rights Act of 1965 

AGENCY: Civil Rights Division, 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice 

(DOJ), Civil Rights Division, Voting 

Section will be submitting the following 

information collection request to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 30 days until May 

18, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written 

comments and suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

the proposed collection of information 

are encouraged. Your comments should 

address one or more of the following 

four points: 

—Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Civil Rights Division, 

including whether the information 

will have practical utility; 

—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

—Evaluate whether and if so how the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected can be 

enhanced; and 

—Minimize the burden of the collection 

of information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms 

of information technology, e.g., 

permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of a currently approved 

collection. 

2. The Title of the Form/Collection: 

Procedures for the Administration of 

Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 

1965. 

3. The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

None (Civil Rights Division). 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. Other: None. Abstract: 

Jurisdictions specially covered under 

the Voting Rights Act are required to 

comply with Sections 3 or 5 of the Act 

before they may implement any change 

in a standard, practice, or procedure 

affecting voting. One option for such 

compliance is to submit that change to 

Attorney General for review and 

establish that the proposed voting 

changes are not racially discriminatory. 

The procedures facilitate the provision 

of information that will enable the 

Attorney General to make the required 

determination. 

5. An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: It is estimated that 1 

respondent will complete each form 

within approximately 3.0 hours. 

6. An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The estimated public burden 

associated with this collection is 3.0 

total hours. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Melody Braswell, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405B, 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: April 12, 2022. 

Melody Braswell, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

OSHA Training Institute (OTI) 

Education Center; Notice of 

Competition and Request for 

Applications 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of competition and 

request for applications for the OSHA 

Training Institute Education Center 

program. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

opportunity for interested non-profit 

organizations, including eligible 

educational institutions, trade 

associations, labor unions, and 

community-based and faith-based 

organizations, that are not an agency of 

a state or local government to submit 

applications to become authorized as an 

OSHA Training Institute Education 

Center and deliver standard classroom 

instruction on a regional basis. This 

notice also contains information on a 

pre-proposal conference designed to 

provide potential applicants with 

information about the OSHA Training 

Institute Education Center program. 

DATES: Applications (three copies) must 

be received no later than 4:30 p.m. 

Central Time on June 17, 2022. Requests 

for extension of this application 

deadline will not be granted. 

A pre-proposal conference will be 

held on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at 

the OSHA Office of Training and 

Education, 2020 South Arlington 

Heights Road, Arlington Heights, 

Illinois 60005–4102. Attendees are 

required to pre-register for this 

conference. Specific details are 

discussed in the ‘‘Pre-Proposal 

Conference’’ section of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Submit applications (three 

copies) to the OSHA Office of Training 

and Education, Division of Training 

Programs and Administration, Attn: 

James Brock, 2020 South Arlington 

Heights Rd., Arlington Heights, Illinois 

60005–4102. 

Applicants selected for authorization 

as an OSHA Training Institute 

Education Center must attend a 

mandatory orientation meeting. The 

venue, method, times, and dates are to 

be determined. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information regarding this notice is 

available from the following sources: 

Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank 

Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of 

Communications, U.S. Department of 


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Labor; telephone: (202) 693–1999; 

email: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. 

General and technical information: 

Contact Mr. James Brock, Branch Chief 

Training Programs, U.S. Department of 

Labor; telephone: (847) 725–7803; 

email: brock.james.e@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

supplemental information contains 

details concerning the following: 

Table of Content 

A. Background Information 

1. Overview of the OSHA Office of 

Training and Education (OTE) 

2. Overview of the OSHA Training Institute 

(OTI) 

3. Overview of the OTI Education Center 

Program 

4. Overview of the OSHA Outreach 

Training Program 

B. Organizational Responsibilities 

1. OTI Education Center Responsibilities 

2. OSHA OTE Responsibilities 

C. OSHA Jurisdiction 

D. Geographic Distribution 

E. Application Submission Requirements 

F. Selection Guidelines 

G. Selection Criteria 

H. Consortia and Partnerships 

I. Funding Provisions 

J. Cooperative Agreement Duration 

K. Pre-Proposal Conference 

L. Application Submission 

M. Application Deadline 

N. Application Evaluation and Selection 

Process 

O. Notification of Section 

P. Freedom of Information Act 

Q. Paperwork Reduction Act 

R. Transparency 

S. Notification of Non-Selection 

T. Non-Selection Appeal 

Authority and Signature 

Appendix 

A. Background Information 

Interested non-profit organizations, 

including eligible educational 

institutions, trade associations, labor 

unions, and community-based and faithbased organizations, that are not an 

agency of a state or local government to 

submit applications to become 

authorized as an OSHA Training 

Institute Education Center and deliver 

standard classroom instruction on a 

regional basis. State or local 

government-supported institutions of 

higher education are eligible to apply. 

Eligible organizations can apply 

independently or in partnership with 

other eligible organizations, but in such 

a case, a lead organization must be 

identified along with a list of any 

consortium partners. Current OSHAauthorized OSHA Training Institute 

Education Centers required to renew 

their status must submit a new 

application, and be re-authorized by 

OSHA, in order to continue their 

authorization as an OSHA Training 

Institute Education Center. If the 

corporate identity of an applicant, or its 

membership has changed, the new 

entity must submit an application. 

Applications will only be accepted 

during the solicitation period and will 

be evaluated on a competitive basis. 

Complete application instructions are 

contained in this notice. 

A pre-proposal conference will review 

OSHA expectations for OSHA Training 

Institute Education Centers, courses and 

methods of instruction, and 

administrative and program 

requirements for OSHA Training 

Institute Education Centers and the 

OSHA Outreach Training Program. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to 

attend the pre-proposal conference. 

OSHA will enter into five-year, nonfinancial cooperative agreements with 

successful applicants. These 

authorization agreements are intended 

to facilitate the ongoing monitoring and 

evaluation of safety training provided by 

authorized OSHA Training Institute 

Education Centers. These cooperative 

agreements will not constitute a grant or 

financial assistance instrument, and 

OSHA will provide no compensation to 

authorized OSHA Training Institute 

Education Centers. Such non-financial 

cooperative agreements are renewable, 

at the government’s sole option, for one 

five-year period, if the organization has 

performed satisfactorily during the 

initial term. Please see discussion under 

‘‘Cooperative Agreement Duration,’’ 

later in this notice for more information. 

1. Overview of the OSHA Office of 

Training and Education (OTE) 

OTE, located in Arlington Heights, 

Illinois, supports the agency’s mission 

and performance goals of securing safe 

and healthful workplaces and increasing 

workers’ voice in the workplace through 

the development and delivery of 

training courses and educational 

programs. The Office has three distinct 

functional areas: The OSHA Training 

Institute (OTI), the Division of Training 

Programs and Administration, and the 

Division of Training Educational 

Development (DTEP). The OTI provides 

training for Federal and state 

compliance officers and State 

consultants. The Division of Training 

Programs and Administration 

administers three distinct external 

training programs: The OSHA Training 

Institute (OTI) Education Center 

Program, the Outreach Training 

Program, and the Susan Harwood 

Training Grants Program. DTEP 

develops training and educational 

materials that support OTI and OTI 

Education Center courses and the 

agency’s compliance assistance 

initiatives. 

2. Overview of the OSHA Training 

Institute (OTI) 

The OTI is OSHA’s primary training 

provider for Federal and state 

compliance officers and state 

consultation program staff. OTI offers 

over 50 unique course offerings on an 

annual basis. Training includes job 

hazard recognition as well as OSHA 

standards, policies, and procedures for 

persons responsible for enforcing or 

directly supporting the Occupational 

Safety and Health Act of 1970. The OTI 

does not provide training for private and 

public sector personnel. 

3. Overview of OTI Education Center 

Program 

The OTI Education Centers are a 

national network of non-profit 

organizations authorized by OSHA to 

deliver occupational safety and health 

training for the advancement of safe and 

healthful workplaces for private and 

public sector workers, supervisors, and 

employers on behalf of OSHA. The OTI 

Education Center Program was initiated 

in 1992 when OSHA began partnering 

with other training and educational 

institutions to conduct OSHA courses. 

The OTI Education Center Program 

supports OSHA’s training and education 

mission through a variety of 

occupational safety and health 

programs. 

OTI Education Center courses include 

OSHA standards and Outreach Training 

Program trainer and update courses. The 

OTI Education Centers offer more than 

50 courses on various safety and health 

topics, including recordkeeping, 

machine guarding, confined space, 

electrical standards, ergonomics, safety 

and health management, and fall 

protection. Information regarding the 

OTI Education Center Program 

background, including a complete list of 

current OTI Education Centers, OSHA 

numbered course offerings, and course 

descriptions can be found on the OSHA 

website at: https://www.osha.gov/otiec. 

OTI Education Centers are selected 

through a national competitive process 

and receive no funding from OSHA; 

they support their OSHA training 

through their normal tuition and fee 

structures. OTI Education Centers are 

located in all OSHA Regions and work 

closely with OSHA Regional and Area 

offices to meet the needs of their 

regional constituencies. OTI Education 

Centers are encouraged to conduct 

courses at host training organizations in 

addition to their own facilities. OTI 

Education Centers are also integral to 

OSHA’s process for authorizing 


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Outreach trainers, processing Outreach 

trainer card requests, and conducting 

Outreach trainer monitoring activities 

for the OSHA Outreach Training 

Program. 

4. Overview of the OSHA Outreach 

Training Program 

OSHA established the Outreach 

Training Program (OTP)to provide an 

overview of OSHA and to disseminate 

basic occupational safety and health 

workplace hazard information to 

workers using independent OSHA 

authorized trainers. OSHA administers 

the OTP including the establishment of 

program requirements and providing 

program review and oversight. Courses 

are intended to provide information on 

worker rights and employer 

responsibilities and to focus on workrelated hazards. OTP courses do not 

focus on or teach OSHA standards. 

Workers who complete the construction 

industry, general industry, maritime 

industry, or disaster site worker 

Outreach courses receive OSHA student 

course completion cards from the 

authorized trainer who conducted the 

training. OSHA Outreach trainers are 

authorized by OSHA exclusively 

through the OTI Education Centers. OTI 

Education Centers are responsible for 

administering the Outreach Training 

Program, including issuing course 

completion cards to authorized 

Outreach trainers and conducting 

monitoring activity such as record 

audits and training observations. 

The Outreach Training Program is a 

voluntary program; however some cities 

and states have enacted laws mandating 

the training. Some employers, unions, 

organizations, or other jurisdictions may 

also require this training. OSHA 

recommends Outreach Training 

Program courses as an introduction to 

occupational safety and health hazard 

recognition for workers. Please note that 

Outreach Training Program courses do 

not meet specific training requirements 

contained in OSHA standards. OSHA 

publishes Outreach Training Program 

requirements and procedures to provide 

instructions and information to 

Outreach trainers. Items addressed in 

the requirements and procedures 

include course topic requirements, 

minimum contact hours for course 

topics, advertising restrictions, records 

retention, and reporting requirements. 

OSHA Outreach Training Program 

requirements and procedures can be 

accessed at: https://www.osha.gov/ 

training/outreach. 

B. Organizational Responsibilities 

1. OTI Education Center Responsibilities 

OTI Education Centers must: 

(1) Adhere to all OSHA/OTE program 

requirements, policies, and procedures. 

(2) Maintain updated course 

curriculum to support learning 

objectives determined by OSHA/OTE. 

(3) Ensure instructors are qualified in 

the courses/subjects they will be 

teaching in accordance with OSHA 

instructor qualification policies. 

(4) Meet annual program goals that 

include the following: 

(a) Achieve annual student training 

and course offering goals as established 

by OSHA/OTE. Program goals are 

evaluated and revised annually. For the 

Federal fiscal year 2022, each OTI 

Education Center is expected to train 

1,700 students and offer 95 courses 

annually. 

(b) Provide standard classroom 

instruction training throughout their 

region and target underserved areas and 

worker populations. All consortium 

members must offer, deliver, and/or 

support the delivery of open-enrollment 

standard classroom instruction 

throughout their region. 

(c) Conduct courses on a year-round 

basis with each required, elective, and 

short course being offered in accordance 

with annual program goals. Required, 

elective, and short courses are subject to 

change. (See Appendix A for a current 

list of required, elective, and short 

courses) 

(5) Publicize and promote the 

availability of open enrollment courses 

to ensure attendance and the delivery of 

the scheduled courses. 

(6) Register students, provide course 

materials, and issue course completion 

certificates to students. This includes: 

(a) Ensuring students have met all 

prerequisites prior to registration. 

(b) Collecting and retaining student 

registration and attendance records in 

accordance with OSHA/OTE guidelines. 

(7) Comply with reporting 

requirements as identified by OSHA/ 

OTE. This includes: 

(a) Providing OSHA/OTE with 

monthly training summary reports. 

(b) Providing OSHA/OTE with 

training and instructor records for 

quarterly audits and semi-annual and 

annual performance reporting. 

(c) Collecting student surveys in 

accordance with OSHA procedures and 

providing to OSHA as requested. 

(8) Administer Outreach Training 

Program activities. This includes: 

(a) Distributing student cards to 

authorized Outreach trainers. 

(b) Monitoring Outreach trainers 

including conducting record audits and 

training observations. 

(c) Processing exception requests in 

accordance with Outreach Training 

Program requirements. 

(d) Guiding and mentoring new 

Outreach trainers to assist them with 

program compliance and delivery of 

quality training. 

(9) Attend the semi-annual OSHA 

Training Institute Education Center 

Directors meetings. Directors meetings 

are intended for OTI Education Center 

Directors. Key staff may also attend. 

(10) Collaborate with other OTI 

Education Centers including 

participation on project teams and 

providing financial and personnel 

support for OTI Education Center 

marketing initiatives. 

(11) Provide dedicated staff for 

program management and 

administration including an OTI 

Education Center Director and necessary 

support staff to achieve program goals. 

(12) Offer open enrollment OTI 

Education Center courses to all areas 

within their region, supported by all 

consortium members. 

(13) Ensure remote synchronous 

offerings restrict registrations to 

students located within the OTI 

Education Center’s region. 

(14) Ensure all course offerings 

maintain a lecture to higher-level 

interactive training ratio of 1/3:2/3. 

2. OSHA OTE Responsibilities 

OTE will: 

(1) Develop program policies, 

procedures, and requirements. 

(2) Provide answers and technical 

assistance related to OSHA policy and 

program requirements. 

(3) Provide learning objectives for all 

courses, update existing course 

curricula, and provide new course 

curricula as needed. 

(4) Coordinate the development of 

new OTI Education Center courses. 

(5) Monitor the performance of the 

OTI Education Centers through on-site 

program visits, conference calls, training 

observations, and programmatic audits. 

(6) Participate in the OTI Education 

Center Program Executive Committee. 

(7) Evaluate the effectiveness of the 

OTI Education Centers and provide each 

OTI Education Center with an annual 

performance appraisal. 

(8) Conduct investigations of alleged 

OTI Education Center non-compliance 

with the Non-Financial Cooperative 

Agreement and OSHA policies and 

procedures. 

C. OSHA Jurisdiction 

OSHA is a Federal agency within the 

United States. The agency covers 

workers and employers in the 50 United 

States and certain territories and 


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jurisdictions under Federal authority. 

Those jurisdictions include the District 

of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin 

Islands, American Samoa, Guam, 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands, Wake Island, Johnston Island, 

and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 

as defined in the Outer Continental 

Shelf Lands Act. 

D. Geographic Distribution 

There is currently at least one OTI 

Education Center in each OSHA Region. 

However, OSHA may elect to select 

more than one OTI Education Center in 

some or all OSHA Regions. The OSHA 

Regions contain the following states and 

U.S. territories. 

Region I: Connecticut, Maine, 

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode 

Island, and Vermont. 

Region II: New Jersey, New York, 

Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. 

Region III: Delaware, District of 

Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 

Virginia, and West Virginia. 

Region IV: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, 

Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, 

South Carolina, and Tennessee. 

Region V: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, 

Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. 

Region VI: Arkansas, Louisiana, New 

Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. 

Region VII: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, 

and Nebraska. 

Region VIII: Colorado, Montana, 

North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and 

Wyoming. 

Region IX: American Samoa, Arizona, 

California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, and 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands. 

Region X: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and 

Washington. 

E. Application Submission 

Requirements 

Submissions that are not in 

accordance with the application 

submission requirements listed below 

will not be considered. The application 

must include the following: 

(1) Program Summary. The program 

summary is a one to two page doublespaced abstract that succinctly 

summarizes the applicant’s and any 

consortium partners’ background, 

experience, and qualifications in 

occupational safety and health and 

training. The program summary must 

also provide: 

(a) Contact information including the 

following: 

• The name, address, and phone 

number of the lead organization and all 

consortium partners. A post office box 

will not be accepted. 

• The name, title, address, telephone 

number, and email address of the 

program director who can answer 

questions regarding the application. 

(b) Information on which OTI 

Education Center courses may be 

offered and any relevant language or 

target audience information. 

(2) Program Narrative. The program 

narrative must be numbered and not 

exceed 30 double-spaced pages. 

Attachments will not be included in the 

page count. 

(3) Applicant Eligibility. In order to be 

eligible, each organization must 

document the following. Organizations 

that do not address the following will 

not be given further consideration. 

(a) Non-Profit Status. Include 

evidence of non-profit status of the lead 

organization and each member 

organization if applying as a 

consortium. A letter from the Internal 

Revenue Service, State, or a statement 

included in a recent audit report is 

preferred. In the absence of these, a 

copy of the articles of incorporation 

showing the non-profit status will be 

accepted. 

(b) Authority to Apply. Provide a 

letter on letterhead signed by the 

company president, Chief Executive 

Officer, Board of Directors, Board of 

Regents, or other governing body of the 

applicant approving the submittal of an 

application to OSHA to become 

authorized as an OTI Education Center. 

(c) Occupational Safety and Health 

Training Experience. Demonstrate 

previous experience delivering 

occupational safety and health training 

to adults. 

(d) Status as a Training Organization. 

(This applies only to applicants that are 

not colleges or universities.) Document 

that training or education is a principal 

activity of the applicant. Through audit 

reports, annual reports, or other 

documentation, the applicant must 

clearly demonstrate that for the last two 

calendar years more than 50 percent of 

the applicant’s funds have been used for 

training and education activities and 

more than 50 percent of staff resources 

have also been used for this purpose. 

(e) Curriculum Development. Explain 

the applicant’s process for developing 

and updating occupational safety and 

health curricula to meet learning 

objectives provided by OSHA. 

(f) Training Facilities. Provide detail 

regarding available classrooms, 

laboratories, and testing facilities. The 

applicant must have training facilities 

that are under their direct control. 

(g) Training Throughout the OSHA 

Region. Provide details regarding the 

applicant’s ability to provide standard 

in-person classroom training across the 

OSHA Region in which the applicant is 

physically located. Each consortium 

member must contribute to this effort. 

(h) Nondiscrimination. Provide copies 

of the applicant’s nondiscrimination 

policies covering staff and students. In 

the absence of a written policy, explain 

how the applicant will ensure that staff 

and students are selected without regard 

to race, ethnicity, religion, national 

origin, gender, age, or disability. 

(4) Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and 

Accessibility (DEIA). OSHA is 

committed to ensuring DEIA principles 

are integrated into its training programs. 

DEIA represents consistent and 

systematic fair, just, and impartial 

treatment of all individuals, including 

individuals who belong to underserved 

communities that have been denied 

such treatment, such as Black, Latino, 

and Indigenous and Native American 

persons, Asian Americans and Pacific 

Islanders and other persons of color; 

members of religious minorities; 

lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and 

queer (LGBTQ+) persons; persons with 

disabilities; persons who live in rural 

areas; and persons who otherwise 

adversely affected by persistent poverty 

or inequity. Applicants who 

demonstrate their commitment to DEIA 

in their organization description and 

can demonstrate the extent they have 

institutionalized DEIA principles within 

their operations, outreach, and training 

will receive one bonus point. 

Additionally, applicants are encouraged 

to describe how training programs will 

be accessible to the most prominent 

linguistic communities located within 

your region. Applicants who address 

this will receive one bonus point. 

F. Selection Guidelines 

OSHA does not have a predetermined 

number of applicants to be selected to 

act as authorized OTI Education 

Centers. The number of applicants 

selected will be determined on a 

competitive basis using the selection 

criteria contained in this 

announcement. 

G. Selection Criteria 

Applications that meet the factors 

listed in the ‘‘Applicant Eligibility’’ 

section above will be reviewed by a 

technical panel based on the criteria 

listed below. 

(1) Organizational Commitment (10 

Points) 

(a) Explicit commitment of the 

highest-ranking executive of the 

applicant’s organization (e.g., company 

president, Chief Executive Officer, 

Board of Directors, Board of Regents, or 

other governing body) to fully utilize all 

available organizational resources 


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necessary to support a large-scale 

occupational safety and health training 

program. 

(b) To fully address this element, the 

proposal must: 

(i) Include a signed Letter of 

Commitment from company president, 

Chief Executive Officer, Board of 

Directors, Board of Regents, or other 

governing body of the applicant 

detailing how they will support the 

initial startup, the short-term viability, 

and the long-term growth of an OTI 

Education Center. 

(ii) Clearly state the metrics and 

outcomes the applicant will use to 

formally evaluate and assess the success 

of an OTI Education Center program. 

(2) Organizational Experience and 

Qualifications (20 Points) 

(a) Experience delivering 

occupational safety and health training 

in the construction, general, and 

maritime industries. 

(b) Experience training adult learners. 

(c) Ability to deliver required, 

elective, and short OTI Education 

Center courses; (See Appendix A for a 

current list of required, elective and 

short courses). 

(d) Provision for a systematic process 

for developing and updating 

occupational safety and health curricula 

to support learning objectives provided 

by OSHA. 

(e) Resources for supporting a largescale occupational safety and health 

training program, such as appropriate 

management, instructional staff, and 

administrative staff to fulfill all program 

requirements including marketing, 

registration, student training materials, 

instruction, reporting, and Outreach 

Training Program administration. 

(f) To fully address this element, the 

proposal must: 

(i) Describe experience delivering 

occupational safety and health training 

including the number of classes offered, 

number of students taught in each class, 

and number of student contact hours for 

each course during the last three 

calendar years. 

(ii) Include copies of catalogs and 

other marketing materials that provide 

descriptive material about occupational 

safety and health training courses. 

(iii) Describe ability to deliver OTI 

Education Center courses including 

required, elective, and short courses. 

Please note the required, elective and 

short course offerings are subject to 

change. A current list of required, 

elective and short courses may be found 

at Appendix A. The complete list of 

courses and descriptions is available 

online at https://www.osha.gov/otiec/ 

courses/all. 

(iv) Indicate the number of 

occupational safety and health courses 

for which the applicant has developed 

curricula within the last three calendar 

years including the title and student 

contact hours for each course. 

(v) Indicate the number of 

synchronous remote delivery and 

instructor-led in-person classroom 

training occupational safety and health 

courses the applicant has conducted 

within the last three calendar years 

including title, student contact hours, 

and number of trainees. 

(vi) Describe applicant’s process for 

evaluating course content as it relates to 

student learning outcomes and process 

for reviewing and updating curricula 

and course materials. 

(vii) Demonstrate that the applicant, 

and when applicable the applicant’s 

consortium, is capable of providing inperson classroom training throughout 

the OSHA Region in which the lead 

organization and consortium partner(s) 

are physically located. Applicants with 

consortium members must identify the 

portion of the region or target audiences 

for which each consortium member is 

responsible. 

(3) Staff Experience and Qualifications 

(15 Points) 

(a) Staff experience in delivering 

training courses to adults in 

occupational safety and health in 

construction, maritime, and general 

industries. 

(b) Staff experience with occupational 

safety and health training topics 

including the application of OSHA 

standards to the recognition, avoidance, 

abatement, and prevention of workplace 

hazards. 

(c) Professional certifications related 

to occupational safety and health held 

by staff such as such as Certified Safety 

Professional, Professional Engineer, 

Marine Chemist, or Certified Industrial 

Hygienist. 

(d) Staff experience in managing and 

administering a training program 

including student registration and 

enrollment, class scheduling, course 

preparation, records maintenance, and 

marketing. 

(e) To fully address this element, the 

proposal must: 

(i) Include an organizational chart of 

the department responsible for training. 

Indicate number and titles of staff 

positions that will be dedicated to the 

OTI Education Center program along 

with the expected annual number of 

man-hours that will be allocated to the 

Program. 

(ii) Describe staff knowledge of and 

experience with OSHA standards and 

their application to hazard recognition 

and hazard abatement. 

(iii) Describe applicant’s process for 

evaluating instructor effectiveness in the 

classroom. Provide copies of evaluation 

measures, checklists, and forms used to 

evaluate instructors. 

(iv) Include resumes for current staff 

and instructors responsible for 

conducting OSHA courses. Provide 

position descriptions for positions to be 

filled. 

(4) Location and Training Facilities (10 

Points) 

(a) Ability to conduct standard 

classroom instruction training 

throughout the applicant’s region. 

(b) Classroom facilities available for 

delivery of training including room 

capacity, availability of audiovisual 

equipment, and appropriate laboratories 

and other facilities available for handson exercises. 

(c) Availability of testing center, 

evaluation center, or comparable 

facility. 

(d) Provisions for accessibility for 

persons with disabilities. 

(e) Accessibility of the training facility 

to population centers, including such 

factors as distance from a major airport, 

transportation from the airport to hotels, 

and distance from the interstate system. 

(f) Availability and affordability of 

lodging and accommodations, food 

service, and restaurants available both 

in the area in which the classes will be 

held and in the area where the hotels 

are located. 

(g) Availability of local transportation, 

including how students will be 

transported between the hotels and 

classes using hotel shuttles, public 

transportation, or other means. 

(h) To fully address this element, the 

proposal must: 

(i) Describe the accessibility of the 

training facility for students within local 

commuting area. 

(ii) Clearly identify the applicant has 

classrooms, laboratories, and testing 

facilities available. Training facilities 

must be under the direct control of the 

applicant. Floor plans are encouraged 

and may be included as an attachment. 

(iii) Include such items as distance 

from a major airport, number of airlines 

serving the airport, transportation from 

the airport to hotels, and distance from 

the interstate system. 

(iv) Provide a representative listing of 

hotels available for student 

accommodation and give sample room 

rates. Explain how students will be 

transported between the hotels and 

classes. Describe restaurants available 

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will be held and in the area where the 

hotels are located. 

(v) Describe the applicant’s ability 

and plan to provide off-site and host 

training organization site training 

within their respective region including 

procedures to assure classroom facilities 

and accommodations are adequate. Offsite training includes the ability to 

conduct courses at sites other than the 

applicant’s facilities and in other states 

and U.S. territories within your region. 

Host training organizations must be 

non-profit organizations and proof of 

non-profit status is required. 

(5) Marketing (15 Points) 

(a) Experience in marketing training 

to adults. 

(b) Ability to effectively market 

occupational safety and health training 

programs. 

(c) Utilization of various media to 

support marketing efforts. 

(d) Ability to solicit and deliver 

training on a contract basis. 

(e) Resources sufficient to support 

participation in national industry 

conferences in order to market the OTI 

Education Center programs. 

(f) To fully address this element, the 

proposal must: 

(i) Explain applicant’s procedures for 

marketing training courses and 

recruiting adult learners. 

(ii) Include examples of current 

course marketing materials such as 

catalogs, flyers, brochures, emails, 

website URLs and screen shots, 

postcards, use of social media, and any 

other associated relevant materials. 

(iii) Explain how applicant will 

promote its status as an OTI Education 

Center. 

(iv) Describe applicant’s experience in 

exhibiting at conferences and trade 

shows. 

(6) Administrative Capabilities (20 

Points) 

(a) Ability to administer a large-scale 

occupational safety and health training 

program including employment of 

clerical and support staff and customer 

service capabilities to fulfill program 

requirements. 

(b) Ability to administer the Outreach 

Training Program, including processing 

card requests for Outreach trainers and 

conducting Outreach monitoring 

activities such as record audits and 

training observations. 

(c) Ability to compile and submit 

reports and other training data. 

(d) Capability to provide mandatory 

reports consistent with current OSHA 

requirements, including the ability to 

submit reports based on templates 

provided by OSHA/OTE. Please note, 

OSHA periodically revises reporting 

requirements. 

(e) Ability to respond to inquiries 

from OSHA and the public. 

(f) Ability to manage student records. 

(g) To fully address this element, the 

proposal must: 

(i) Describe registration procedures 

and provisions for course cancellation, 

and processes for providing course 

materials to students, verifying course 

prerequisites are met in advance of 

registration, and collecting tuition or 

fees. 

(ii) Describe capabilities to process 

and issue course completion documents 

to students. 

(iii) Describe personnel and resources 

available to conduct Outreach 

monitoring activities, including record 

audits and training observations. 

(iv) Include information about 

applicant’s record retention policy and 

ability to issue replacement course 

completion documents. Please note 

OSHA requires records to be maintained 

for a minimum of five years. 

(v) Explain the procedures that will be 

implemented for reporting to OSHA/ 

OTE. 

(vi) Provide specific details regarding 

the applicant’s full-time customer 

service staff, capabilities, and/or 

planned approach for responding to 

questions from students; handling 

questions and concerns related to 

occupational safety and health; 

resolving problems associated with a 

class, whether received via student 

satisfaction surveys or direct 

communication from a student; and 

issuing replacement course completion 

certificates in a timely manner, 

including verification of student 

identity and training completion. 

(vii) Provide a copy of the applicant’s 

tuition and fee schedule; explain how 

tuition or fees will be computed for each 

OTI Education Center numbered course, 

referencing the applicant’s tuition and 

fee schedule; and describe tuition and 

fee procedures including provisions for 

the collection of tuition, cancellation 

fees, and issuing refunds. 

(7) Evaluation (10 Points) 

OSHA utilizes Kirkpatrick’s Levels of 

Evaluation as described below. Each 

OTI Education Center is responsible for 

collecting and submitting student 

surveys. 

Satisfaction Survey (Level I 

Evaluation) to Measure Reaction. Each 

student must receive a satisfaction 

survey to assess student perceptions of 

the quality of the training. 

Testing (Level II Evaluation) to 

Measure Learning. Learning assessments 

measure the skills and knowledge that 

the trainees retain as a result of the 

training. Testing is mandatory at the end 

of the OSHA General Industry, 

Construction, and Maritime standards 

courses and the Outreach trainer 

courses. 

Follow-up Impact Survey (Level III 

Evaluation) to Measure Results. Each 

applicant must be knowledgeable and 

be capable of assessing training 

effectiveness using Level III evaluations. 

(a) Ability to administer student 

surveys in a classroom setting. 

(b) Ability to administer exams and 

ensure test integrity. 

(c) Ability to assess the effectiveness 

of training after an elapsed time period. 

(d) Ability to summarize and report 

evaluation results. 

(e) To fully address this element, the 

proposal must: 

(i) Describe the applicant’s experience 

in evaluating training programs. 

(ii) Describe applicant’s experience in 

administering student surveys. Provide 

examples of student surveys presently 

in use. 

(iii) Describe applicant’s experience 

in administering classroom exams and 

the process for ensuring test integrity. 

(iv) Describe applicant’s experience 

conducting follow-up evaluations that 

measure behavior and/or results. 

(8) DEIA (1 Bonus Point) 

Applicants demonstrating their 

organization’s commitment to DEIA may 

submit their organization’s equity plan 

and demonstrate the extent they have 

institutionalized DEIA principles within 

their operations will receive one bonus 

point. 

(9) Language Accessibility (1 Bonus 

Point) 

Applicants describing how training 

programs will be accessible to the most 

prominent linguistic communities 

located within their region will receive 

one bonus point. 

H. Consortia and Partnerships 

Applicants may join with one or more 

other non-profit organizations in their 

region to apply as a consortium. A 

training or education institution may 

elect to apply for this program in 

partnership with a safety and health 

organization that is not primarily a 

training organization. For example, a 

university could enter into an agreement 

with a labor union that provides for the 

use of university classrooms and faculty 

supplemented by union safety and 

health professionals. All consortium 

partners must be physically located in 

the same OSHA region. Partners must 

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and Outreach Training Program 

administration including Outreach card 

distribution. OTI Education Centers may 

request to change the lead organization 

within a consortium in writing. OTE 

will only consider changes to the lead 

organization when all consortium 

members support the change. 

I. Funding Provisions 

OSHA provides no funding to OTI 

Education Centers. OTI Education 

Centers are expected to support their 

training through their normal tuition 

and fee structures. 

J. Cooperative Agreement Duration 

Selected applicants will sign five-year 

non-financial cooperative agreements 

with OSHA. Such an agreement may be 

renewed at the government’s sole 

discretion without the additional 

competition otherwise required by this 

notice for one additional five-year 

period, provided that: (1) OSHA found 

the OTI Education Center’s performance 

during the cooperative agreement to be 

satisfactory; (2) the OTI Education 

Center has not altered its existing 

membership of constituent 

organizations (i.e., the member 

organizations that comprise its 

consortium); and (3) the OTI Education 

Center has not had any significant 

findings of program non-compliance or 

served any period of probation or 

suspension. 

The agency reserves the right to 

revoke the authorization of an OTI 

Education Center. Either party may 

terminate the cooperative agreement 

with advance written notice, provided 

both parties continue to meet all 

obligations of the agreement for the 

duration of the advance notice period. 

K. Pre-Proposal Conference 

A pre-proposal conference will be 

held to provide potential applicants 

with information about the OTI 

Education Center Program. The 

conference will also review OSHA 

expectations for OTI Education Centers, 

courses and methods of instruction, and 

administrative and program 

requirements for OTI Education Centers 

and the OSHA Outreach Training 

Program. Attendance at the pre-proposal 

conference is not mandatory, but 

applicants are strongly encouraged to 

attend. 

The pre-proposal conference is 

scheduled for Wednesday, May 18, 

2022, at the OSHA Directorate of 

Training and Education, 2020 S. 

Arlington Heights Road, Arlington 

Heights, Illinois 60005–4102. 

Attendees are required to register for 

this pre-proposal conference. 

Applicants interested in attending this 

conference must register by emailing 

otiecreports@dol.gov. 

Required registration information 

includes: 

(1) Name and street address of the 

organization; and 

(2) Name, title, telephone number, 

and email address of the attendee(s). 

Registration information must be 

submitted no later than Wednesday, 

May 11, 2022. 

L. Application Submission 

Applications must be submitted to the 

attention of James Brock, Branch Chief, 

Training Programs, OSHA Office of 

Training and Education, 2020 S 

Arlington Heights Road, Arlington 

Heights, Illinois 60005–4102. 

Applicants must submit three copies 

of the application. Applications may be 

bound. The program narrative must not 

exceed 30 pages. Attachments will not 

be included in the page count. 

Applications must be double-spaced, in 

12-point font, with all pages numbered, 

including attachments. Attachments 

must only include essential documents 

that are relevant to this program. 

M. Application Deadline 

Applications must be received by the 

OSHA Office of Training and Education 

no later than 4:30 p.m., Central Time, on 

June 17, 2022. Requests for extension to 

this application deadline will not be 

granted. 

N. Application Evaluation and 

Selection Process 

Applications will be reviewed by 

technical panels comprised of OSHA 

staff. The technical panels will review 

applications based on criteria listed in 

this notice to determine which 

applicants best meet the stated 

requirements. As part of the evaluation 

and selection process, OSHA may 

request additional information from 

applicants. This may include written 

requests for clarification, phone or inperson interviews, access to existing 

programs, and on-site visits of applicant 

facilities. OSHA will attempt to select 

qualified applicants who have the 

ability to provide training throughout 

their region based on program needs. 

The panels’ recommendations to the 

Assistant Secretary are advisory in 

nature. The final decision will be made 

by the Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

O. Notification of Selection 

Applicants will be notified by a 

representative of the Assistant Secretary 

of Labor for Occupational Safety and 

Health if their organization is selected to 

be authorized as an OSHA Training 

Institute Education Center. Applicants 

selected to be authorized as OSHA 

Training Institute Education Centers 

must attend a mandatory orientation 

meeting at a time and date to be 

provided after selection. 

An organization may not deliver 

OSHA Training Institute Education 

Center courses until the program has 

been authorized, the organization has 

signed a non-financial cooperative 

agreement with OSHA, and the 

organization has participated in the 

orientation meeting. 

P. Freedom of Information Act 

Information submitted in the 

respondent’s application is not 

considered confidential. Organization’s 

application data may be releasable 

under the Freedom of Information Act. 

Q. Paperwork Reduction Act 

Interested parties must submit an 

application as discussed under section 

‘‘Application Submission 

Requirements.’’ According to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, an agency 

may not conduct or sponsor, and no 

persons are required to respond to, a 

collection of information unless such 

collection displays a valid Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number. The application provides to 

OSHA basic information about the 

applicant. Information will be used to 

evaluate the qualifications of the 

applicants, including their ability to 

serve the regional population; determine 

ability to conduct OSHA courses for 

private sector personnel and Federal 

personnel from agencies other than 

OSHA; and to evaluate the applicant’s 

competence to provide the proposed 

training (including the qualifications of 

the personnel to manage and implement 

the training). OSHA estimates employer 

burden for the completion of this 

application is sixty hours per 

application. These estimates include the 

time for reviewing instructions, 

searching existing data sources, 

gathering and maintaining the data 

needed, and completing and reviewing 

the collection of information. 

The application was previously 

reviewed and approved for use by OMB 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13). 

The assigned OMB control number is 

1218–0262 

R. Transparency 

The Department of Labor is 

committed to conducting a transparent 

selection process and publicizing 

information about program outcomes. 

Applications or abstracts may be posted 


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1Subject to change based on agency initiatives, 

yearly annual performance criteria and national 

emphasis programs. 

on public websites as a means of 

promoting and sharing innovative ideas. 

S. Notification of Non-Selection 

Applicants will be notified in writing 

if their organization is not selected to be 

authorized as an OSHA Training 

Institute Education Center. 

T. Non-Selection Appeal 

All decisions by the Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health are final. The 

Department of Labor does not provide 

an appeal procedure for applicants that 

are not selected. 

Authority and Signature 

Douglas L. Parker, Assistant Secretary 

of Labor for Occupational Safety and 

Health, authorized the preparation of 

this notice. Accordingly, the agency is 

issuing this notice pursuant to Secretary 

of Labor’s Order No. 8–2020 (85 FR 

58393, Sept. 18, 2020), and 29 CFR 

1910.7. 

Signed at Washington, DC. 

Douglas Parker, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

Appendix A—Current List of Required, 

Elective and Short Courses 1

(1) Present OTI Courses 

(a) FY 2017 rating criterion is 95 courses 

conducted annually with a minimum of four 

in-person courses per month. 

(b) Present all OTI Courses as follows: 

(i) OTI Education Centers are required to 

present the following ten courses annually: 

(1) #500 Trainer Course in Occupational 

Safety and Health Standards for the 

Construction Industry 

(2) #501 Trainer Course in Occupational 

Safety and Health Standards for General 

Industry 

(3) #502 Update for Construction Industry 

Outreach Trainers 

(4) #503 Update for General Industry 

Outreach Trainers 

(5) #510 Occupational Safety and Health 

Standards for the Construction Industry 

(6) #511 Occupational Safety and Health 

Standards for General Industry 

(7) #3095 Electrical Standards 

(8) #3115 Fall Protection 

(9) #7500 Introduction to Safety and Health 

Management 

(10) #7845 Recordkeeping Rule Seminar 

(ii) OTI Education Centers are required to 

present at least five of the following 

elective courses annually: 

(1) #521 OSHA Guide to Industrial Hygiene 

(2) #2015 Hazardous Materials 

(3) #2045 Machinery and Machine 

Guarding Standards 

(4) #2055 Cranes in Construction 

(5) #2225 Respiratory Protection 

(6) #2255 Principles of Ergonomics 

(7) #2264 Permit-Required Confined Space 

Entry 

(8) #3015 Excavation, Trenching, and Soil 

Mechanics 

(9) #3085 Principles of Scaffolding 

(10) #5029 Cal/OSHA Update for 

Construction Industry Outreach Trainers 

(11) #5039 Cal/OSHA Update for General 

Industry Outreach Trainers 

(12) #5109 Cal/OSHA Standards for the 

Construction Industry 

(13) #5119 Cal/OSHA Standards for General 

Industry 

(14) #5400 Trainer Course in Occupational 

Safety and Health Standards for the 

Maritime Industry 

(15) #5402 Maritime Industry Trainer 

Update Course 

(16) #5410 Occupational Safety and Health 

Standards for the Maritime Industry 

(17) #5600 Disaster Site Worker Trainer 

Course 

(18) #5602 Update for Disaster Site Worker 

Trainer Course 

(19) #5810 Hazards Recognition and 

Standards for On Shore Oil and Gas 

Exploration and Production 

(20) #6005 Collateral Duty Course for Other 

Federal Agencies 

(21) #6015 Occupational Safety and Health 

Course for Other Federal Agencies 

(iii) OTI Education Centers are required to 

present at least three of the following 

short courses annually: 

(1) #7000 OSHA Training Guidelines for 

Safe Patient Handling 

(2) #7005 Public Warehousing and Storage 

(3) #7100 Introduction to Machinery and 

Machine Safeguarding 

(4) #7105 Evacuation and Emergency 

Planning 

(5) #7110 Safe Bolting: Principles and 

Practices 

(6) #7115 Lockout/Tagout 

(7) #7120 Introduction to Combustible Dust 

Hazards 

(8) #7200 Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure 

Control 

(9) #7205 Health Hazard Awareness 

(10) #7210 Pandemic Illness Preparedness 

(11) #7215 Silica in Construction, Maritime, 

and General Industries 

(12) #7225 Transitioning to Safer Chemicals 

(13) #7300 Understanding OSHA’s PermitRequired Confined Space Standard 

(14) #7400 Occupational Noise Exposure 

Hazards 

(15) #7405 Fall Hazard Awareness for the 

Construction Industry 

(16) #7410 Managing Excavation/Trenching 

Operations 

(17) #7415 OSHA Construction Industry 

Requirements (Major Hazards and 

Prevention) 

(18) #7505 Introduction to Incident 

(Accident) Investigation 

(19) #7510 Introduction to OSHA for Small 

Business 

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Pharmacy Billing Requirement 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is soliciting comments 

concerning a proposed extension for the 

authority to conduct the information 

collection request (ICR) titled, 

‘‘Pharmacy Billing Requirements.’’ This 

comment request is part of continuing 

Departmental efforts to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

written comments received June 17, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation; 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained free by contacting 

Anjanette Suggs by telephone at (202) 

354–9660 (this is not toll-free number) 

or by email at suggs.anjanette@dol.gov. 

Submit written comments about, or 

requests for a copy of, this ICR by mail 

or courier to the U.S. Department of 

Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs, Room N1301, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20210; by email: suggs.anjanette@

dol.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact 

Anjanette Suggs by telephone at (202) 

354–9660 (this is not a toll-free number) 

or by email at suggs.anjanette@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOL, 

as part of continuing efforts to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collections of information 

before submitting them to the OMB for 

final approval. This program helps to 

ensure requested data can be provided 

in the desired format, reporting burden 

(time and financial resources) is 

minimized, collection instruments are 

clearly understood, and the impact of 

collection requirements can be properly 

assessed. 

The Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs (OWCP) is the agency 

responsible for administration of the 

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