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plan communications for health and 

welfare plan participants will hold an 

open public meeting on September 21, 

2005. 

The session will take place in room S 

4215 B–C, U.S. Department of Labor, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. The purpose of 

the open meeting, which will run from 

9 a.m. to approximately 4 p.m., with a 

one hour break for lunch, is for Working 

Group members to hear testimony from 

invited witnesses. The Working Group 

will inquire whether plan participants 

understand benefits under health and 

welfare plans and whether the existing 

required communication tools (e.g., 

SPD, SAR, claims procedure rules) are 

accomplishing the original goal of full 

disclosure. 

Organizations or members of the 

public wishing to submit a written 

statement pertaining to the topic may do 

so by submitting 25 copies on or before 

September 14, 2005 to Larry Good, 

Executive Secretary, ERISA Advisory 

Council, U.S. Department of Labor, 

Suite N-5623, 200 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20210. 

Statements also may be submitted 

electronically to good.larry@dol.gov. 

Statements received on or before 

September 14, 2005 will be included in 

the record of the meeting. Individuals or 

representatives of organizations wishing 

to address the Working Group should 

forward their requests to the Executive 

Secretary or telephone (202) 693–8668. 

Oral presentations will be limited to 20 

minutes, time permitting, but an 

extended statement may be submitted 

for the record. Individuals with 

disabilities who need special 

accommodations should contact Larry 

Good by September 14 at the address 

indicated. 

Signed at Washington, DC this 25th day of 

August, 2005. 

Ann L. Combs, 

Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits 

Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–17312 Filed 8–30–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–M 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. ICR 1218–0203 (2005)] 

Permit-Required Confined Spaces; 

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: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public 

comment concerning its request for an 

extension of the information collection 

requirement contained in its Standard 

on Permit-Required Confined Spaces (29 

CFR 1910.146). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

the following dates: 

Hard copy: Your comments must be 

submitted (postmarked or received) by 

October 31, 2005. 

Facsimile and electronic 

transmission: Your comments must be 

received by October 31, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR–

1218–0203(2005), by any of the 

following methods: 

Regular mail, express delivery, hand 

delivery, and messenger service: Submit 

your comments and attachments to the 

OSHA Docket Office, Room N–2625, 

U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–2350 

(OSHA’s TTY number is (877) 889–

5627). OSHA Docket Office and 

Department of Labor hours are 8:15 a.m. 

to 4:45 p.m., e.t. 

Facsimile: If your comments are 10 

pages or fewer in length, including 

attachments, you may fax them to the 

OSHADocket Office at (202) 693–1648. 

Electronic: You may submit 

comments through the Internet at 

http://ecomments.osha.gov. Follow 

instructions on the OSHA Web page for 

submitting comments. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read or download comments or 

background materials, such as the 

complete Information Collection 

Request (ICR) (containing the 

Supporting Statement, OMB–83–I Form, 

and attachments), go to OSHA’s Web 

page at http://www.OSHA.gov. In 

addition, the ICR, comments, and 

submissions are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office 

at the address above. You also may 

contact Theda Kenney at the address 

below to obtain a copy of the ICR. For 

additional information on submitting 

comments, please see the ‘‘Public 

Participation’’ heading in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Theda Kenney or Todd Owen, 

Directorate of Standards and Guidance, 

OSHA, Room N–3609, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, 

telephone: (202) 693–2222. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Department of Labor, as part of its 

continuing efforts 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 

clearly understood, and OSHA’s 

estimate of the information collection 

burden is accurate. The Occupational 

Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act) 

(29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) 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 Standard specifies a number of 

collection of information requirements. 

The collections of information are used 

by employers and employees whenever 

entry is made into permit-required 

confined spaces. The following sections 

describe who uses the information 

collected under each requirement, as 

well as how they use it. The purpose of 

the information is to ensure that 

employers systematically evaluate the 

dangers in permit spaces before entry is 

attempted and to ensure that adequate 

measures are taken to make the spaces 

safe for entry. In addition, the 

information is needed to determine, 

during an OSHA inspection by a 

compliance safety and health officer, if 

employers are in compliance with the 

Standard. 

Section 1910.146(c)(2) requires the 

employer to post danger signs to inform 

exposed employees of the existence and 

location of, and the danger posed by, 

permit spaces. 

Section 1910.146(c)(4) requires the 

employer to develop and implement a 

written a ‘‘permit space program’’ if the 

employer decides that its employees 

will enter permit spaces. The written 

program is to be made available for 

inspection by employees and their 

authorized representatives. Section 

1910.146(d) provides the employer with 

the requirements of a permit-required 

confined space program (‘‘permit space 

program’’) required under this 

paragraph. 

Section 1910.146(c)(5)(i)(E) requires 

that the determinations and supporting 

data specified by paragraphs (c)(5)(i)(A), 

(c)(5)(i)(B), and (c)(5)(i)(C) of this 

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1These sections identify usual and customary 

communications between employers, contractors, 

and employees; therefore, they do not impose 

burden hours or costs on the employer. For 

example, as a matter of business practice, 

information about hazards and permit-required 

confined spaces, etc., would be conveyed to 

contractors during initial discussions of work to be 

performed. 

2The Agency concludes that the training required 

under § 1910.146(g)(1) through (g)(3) and (k)(2)(i) 

and (k)(2)(ii) § 1910.146(k)(iii) is written in 

performance-oriented language and, thus, not 

considered a collection of information under the 

implementing rules and guidelines of PRA–95. 

3The burden hours and cost for MSDS 

accessibility is taken under OMB Control Number 

1218–0072 (the Hazard Communication Standard 

(HCS) ICR). 

section are documented by the employer 

and are made available to each 

employee who enters a permit space or 

to that employee’s authorized 

representative. 

Under paragraph (c)(5)(ii)(H) of 

§ 1910.146, the employer is required to 

verify that the space is safe for entry and 

that the pre-entry measures required by 

paragraph (c)(5)(ii) of this section have 

been taken, using a written certification 

that contains the date, the location of 

the space, and the signature of the 

person providing the certification. The 

certification is to be made before entry 

and is required to be made available to 

each employee entering the space or to 

that employee’s authorized 

representative. 

Section 1910.146(c)(7)(iii) requires the 

employer to document the basis for 

determining that all hazards in a permit 

space have been eliminated using a 

certification that contains the date, the 

location of the space, and the signature 

of the person making the determination. 

The certification is to be made available 

to each employee entering the space or 

to that employee’s authorized 

representative. 

Section 1910.146(c)(8)(i) requires that 

the employer inform the contractor that 

the workplace contains permit spaces 

and that permit space entry is allowed 

only through compliance with a permit 

space program meeting the requirements 

of this section. Section 1910.146(c)(i)(ii) 

requires that the employer apprise the 

contractor of the elements, including the 

hazards identified and the host 

employer’s experience with the space, 

that make the space in question a permit 

space. Section 1910.146(c)(8)(iii) 

requires that the employer apprise the 

contractor of any precautions or 

procedures that the host employer has 

implemented for the protection of 

employees in or near permit spaces 

where contractor personnel will be 

working. Section 1910.146(c)(8)(v) 

requires the employer to debrief the 

contractor at the conclusion of the entry 

operations regarding the permit space 

program followed and regarding any 

hazards confronted or created in permit 

spaces during entry operations.1

Section 1910.146(c)(9)(iii) requires 

that the contractor inform the host 

employer of the permit space program 

that the contractor will follow and of 

any hazards confronted or created in 

permit spaces, either through a 

debriefing or during the entry 

operation.1

Section 1910.146(d)(5)(vi) requires the 

employer to immediately provide each 

authorized entrant or that employee’s 

authorized representative with the 

results of any testing conducted in 

accordance with paragraph (d) of this 

section.1

Section 1910.146(e)(1) requires the 

employer to document the completion 

of measures required by paragraph (d)(3) 

by preparing an entry permit before 

employee entry is authorized. Paragraph 

(f) of § 1910.146 specifies the 

information to be included on the entry 

permit. Paragraph (e)(3) requires that the 

employer make the completed permit 

available at the time of entry to all 

authorized entrants by posting the 

permit at the entry portal or by any 

other equally effective means, so that 

the entrants can confirm that pre-entry 

preparations have been completed. 

Paragraph (e)(6) requires the employer 

to retain each canceled entry permit for 

at least one year. 

Section 1910.146(g)(4) requires that 

the employer certify that the training 

required by paragraphs (g)(1) through 

(g)(3) 2 has been accomplished by 

preparing a written certification record. 

Section 1910.146(k)(1)(iv) requires 

that the employer inform each rescue 

team or service of the hazards they may 

confront when called on to perform 

rescue at the site. 

Section 1910.146(k)(2)(ii) requires 

that the employer train affected 

employees to perform assigned rescue 

duties. The employer must ensure that 

such employees successfully complete 

the training required to establish 

proficiency as an authorized entrant, as 

provided by paragraphs (g) and (h) of 

this section. Section 1910.146(k)(2)(iii) 

requires that the employer train affected 

employees in basic first-aid and 

cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). 

The employer shall ensure that at least 

one member of the rescue team or 

service holding a current certification in 

first aid and CPR is available. 

Section 1910.146(k)(4) requires that if 

an injured entrant is exposed to a 

substance for which a Material Safety 

Data Sheet (MSDS) or other similar 

written information is required to be 

kept at the worksite, that the employer 

make the MSDS or written information 

available to the medical facility treating 

the exposed entrant.3

Section § 1910.146(1)(2) requires that 

employers make all information 

required to be developed by this section 

available to affected employees and 

their authorized representatives. 

II. Special Issues for Comment 

OSHA has a particular interest in 

comments on the following issues: 

• Whether the proposed information 

collection 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 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. 

III. Proposed Actions 

OSHA proposes to extend the Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

approval of the collection of information 

(paperwork) requirements contained in 

the Standard on Permit-Required 

Confined Spaces (29 CFR 1910.146). 

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 the collection of information 

requirements contained in the Standard. 

Type of Review: Extension of 

currently approved information 

collection requirements. 

Title: Permit-Required Confined 

Spaces (29 CFR 1910.146). 

OMB Number: 1218–0203. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; not-for-profit organizations; 

Federal government; State, local, or 

tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 238,853. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Total Responses: 9,163,736. 

Average Time Per Response: Varies 

from one minute (.02 hour) to maintain 

a certificate to 16 hours to develop a 

written permit space entry program. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

1,523,810. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): 50. 

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IV. Public Participation-Submission of 

Comments on This Notice and Internet 

Access to Comments and Submissions 

You may submit comments and 

supporting materials in response to this 

notice by (1) hard copy, (2) fax 

transmission (facsimile), or (3) 

electronically through the OSHA Web 

page. Because of security-related 

problems, a significant delay may occur 

in the receipt of comments by regular 

mail. Please contact the OSHA Docket 

Office at (202) 693–2350 (TTY (877) 

889–5627) for information about 

security procedures concerning the 

delivery of submissions by express 

delivery, hand delivery, and courier 

service. 

All comments, submissions and 

background documents are available for 

inspection and copying a the OSHA 

Docket Office at the above address. 

Comments and submissions posted on 

OSHA’s Web page are available at 

http://www.OSHA.gov. Contact the 

OSHA Docket Office for information 

about materials not available through 

the OSHA Web page and for assistance 

using the Web page to locate docket 

submissions. 

Electronic copies of this Federal 

Register notice, as well as other relevant 

documents, are available on OSHA’s 

Web page. Since all submissions 

become public, private information such 

as social security numbers should not be 

submitted. 

V. Authority and Signature 

Jonathan L. Snare, Deputy 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 

et seq.), and Secretary of Labor’s Order 

No. 5–2002 (67 FR 65008). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on August 25, 

2005. 

Jonathan L. Snare, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor. 

[FR Doc. 05–17346 Filed 8–30–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–M 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: NARA is giving public notice 

that the agency has submitted to OMB 

for approval the information collection 

described in this notice. The public is 

invited to comment on the proposed 

information collection pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to OMB at the address below 

on or before September 30, 2005 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Desk 

Officer for NARA, Office of Management 

and Budget, New Executive Office 

Building, Washington, DC 20503; fax: 

202–395–5167. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the proposed information 

collection and supporting statement 

should be directed to Tamee Fechhelm 

at telephone number 301–837–1694 or 

fax number 301–837–3213. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13), NARA invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on proposed 

information collections. NARA 

published a notice of proposed 

collection for this information collection 

on June 21, 2005 (70 FR 35733 and 

35734). No comments were received. 

NARA has submitted the described 

information collection to OMB for 

approval. 

In response to this notice, comments 

and suggestions should address one or 

more of the following points: (a) 

Whether the proposed information 

collection is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of NARA; 

(b) the accuracy of NARA’s estimate of 

the burden of the proposed information 

collection; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

information technology; and (e) whether 

small businesses are affected by this 

collection. In this notice, NARA is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

following information collection: 

Title: Order Forms for U.S. Court 

Records in the National Archives. 

OMB Number: 3095–NEW. 

Agency Form Number: NATF Forms 

90, 91, 92, and 93. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

76,222. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 12,704 hours. 

Abstract: Submission of requests on a 

form is necessary to handle in a timely 

fashion the volume of requests received 

for these records (approximately 73,334 

per year for the NATF 90, 

approximately 1,426 per year for the 

NATF 91, approximately 1,312 per year 

for the NATF 92, approximately 150 per 

year for the NATF 93) and the need to 

obtain specific information from the 

researcher to search for the records 

sought. As a convenience, the form will 

allow researchers to provide credit card 

information to authorize billing and 

expedited mailing of the copies. NARA 

is exploring the option of allowing 

researchers to use Order Online! (http:// 

www.archives.gov/research_room/

obtain_copies/military_and_genealogy_

order_forms.html) to complete the forms 

and order the copies. 

Dated: August 25, 2005. 

Shelly L. Myers, 

Deputy Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–17304 Filed 8–30–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7515–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Committee Management Renewal 

The NSF management officials having 

responsibility for NSB Public Service 

Award Committee (#5195) have 

determined that renewing this group for 

another two years is necessary and in 

the public interest in connection with 

the performance of duties imposed upon 

the Director, National Science 

Foundation by 42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq. 

This determination follows consultation 

with the Committee Management 

Secretariat, General Services 

Administration. 

Authority for this Committee will 

expire on September 4, 2005, unless 

renewed. For more information contact 

Susanne Bolton at (703) 292–7488. 

Dated: August 26, 2005. 

Susanne Bolton, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–17313 Filed 8–30–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–M