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concerning registration of 

apprenticeship. 

Ira L. Mills, 

Departmental Clearance Officer/Team 

Leader. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review: 

Comment Request 

August 30, 2005. 

The Department of Labor (DOL) has 

submitted the following public 

information collection requests (ICRs) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

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

44 U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of each 

ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation, may be obtained by 

contacting Darrin King on 202–693–

4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or 

e-mail: king.darrin@dol.gov. 

Comments should be sent to Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, 202–395–7316 

(this is not a toll-free number), within 

30 days from the date of this publication 

in the Federal Register. 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, 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; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 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. 

Agency: Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Onsite Consultation Agreements 

(29 CFR Part 1908). 

OMB Number: 1218–0110. 

Frequency: On occasion; Quarterly; 

Biennially; and Annually. 

Type of Response: Reporting; 

Recordkeeping; and Third party 

disclosure. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Government; Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; and 

Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 31,048. 

Number of Annual Responses: 31,000. 

Estimated Time Per Response: Varies 

from 3 minutes for an employer or plant 

manager to sign a safety and health 

achievement recognition program 

application to 32 hours for an onsite 

consultation program manager to submit 

an agreement once per year. 

Total Burden Hours: 21,771. 

Total Annualized capital/startup 

costs: $0. 

Total Annual Costs (operating/ 

maintaining systems or purchasing 

services): $0. 

Description: 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). 

Section 7(c)(1) of the Act authorizes 

the Secretary of Labor to, ‘‘with the 

consent of any State or political 

subdivision thereof, accept and use the 

services, facilities, and personnel of any 

agency of such State or subdivision with 

reimbursement.’’ Section 21(C) of the 

Act authorizes the Secretary of Labor 

(Secretary) to, ‘‘consult with and advise 

employers and employees * * * as to 

effective means of preventing 

occupational illnesses and injuries.’’

Additionally, Section 21(d) of the Act 

instructs the Secretary to ‘‘establish and 

support cooperative agreements with 

the States under which employers 

subject to the Act may consult with 

State personnel with respect to the 

application of occupational safety and 

health requirements under the Act or 

under State plans approved under 

section 18 of the Act.’’ This gives the 

Secretary authority to enter into 

agreements with the States to provide 

onsite consultation services, and 

established rules under which 

employers may qualify for an inspection 

exemption. To satisfy the intent of these 

and other sections of the Act, OSHA 

codified the terms that govern 

cooperative agreements between OSHA 

and State governments whereby State 

agencies provide onsite consultation 

services to private employers to assist 

them in complying with the 

requirements of the OSH Act. The terms 

were codified as the Consultation 

Program regulations (29 CFR part 1908). 

The Consultation Program regulations 

specify services to be provided, and 

practices and procedures to be followed 

by the State Onsite Consultation 

Programs. Information collection 

requirements set forth in the Onsite 

Consultation Program regulations are in 

two categories: State Responsibilities 

and Employer Responsibilities. Eight 

regulatory provisions require 

information collection activities by the 

State. The Federal government provides 

90 percent of funds for onsite 

consultation services delivered by the 

States, which result in the information 

collection. Four requirements apply to 

employers and specify conditions for 

receiving the free consultation services. 

Agency: Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration. 

Type of Review: New collection of 

Information. 

Title: Survey of Automatic External 

Defibrillator use in Occupational 

Setting. 

OMB Number: 1218–0NEW. 

Frequency: One time. 

Type of Response: Reporting. 

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

Federal Government; and State, Local, 

or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 4,000. 

Number of Annual Responses: 5,036. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 10 to 

15 minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 551. 

Total Annualized capital/startup 

costs: $0. 

Total Annual Costs (operating/ 

maintaining systems or purchasing 

services): $0. 

Description: The Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) has 

requested that OSHA conduct a 

comprehensive study of the usefulness 

and efficacy of Automatic External 

Defibrillator (AEDs) in occupational 

settings. To gather more information 

about AED use in occupational settings, 

OSHA will conduct a statistical survey 

of selected establishments in OSHAregulated industrial sectors to develop 

statistically accurate estimates of the 

current prevalence of AED programs in 

various industrial sectors. OHSA will 

also develop estimates of the 

percentages of establishments that have 

considered, but not implemented such 

programs. Additionally, OSHA will 

collect information on the 

characteristics of AED programs and 

establishments (e.g., size, industry, 

workforce age distribution, etc.) that 

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may correlate with the presence or lack 

of an AED program. Finally, OSHA 

plans to supplement the statistical 

survey with extended case study 

interviews with selected respondents 

from the statistical survey. These 

interviews will provide in-depth, albeit 

qualitative, information about various 

factors that influence decisions on 

whether to implement AED programs, as 

well as about the circumstances that 

underlie the cost and effectiveness of 

such programs. 

OSHA has conducted a thorough 

search and review of existing studies 

and other literature about AED use. 

Only limited information is available 

about AED use in occupational settings, 

although substantial literature exists 

addressing AED use in public settings. 

In addition, OSHA found little direct 

evidence about AED cost-effectiveness 

in the workplace. Collection of 

information sought by OSHA from 

establishments concerning the use of 

automatic external defibrillators in 

occupational settings will include: 

1. Profile information, including 

industry, type of operation, number of 

employees, age distribution of 

employees, presence of safety or health 

professionals on staff, and experience 

with sudden cardiac events. 

2. Characteristics of AED programs in 

place, including number of units, 

number of employees trained, type and 

frequency of training, and percentage of 

workforce protected by AEDs. 

3. Factors influencing decisions 

whether to invest in AED equipment or 

implement an AED program, including 

experience with sudden cardiac events, 

role of marketing by AED 

manufacturers, costs of AED equipment, 

costs of training, cost of maintenance, 

and liability concerns. 

4. Frequency of use of AED units and 

their effectiveness in cases of employee 

heart attacks or other sudden cardiac 

events. 

5. In-depth interviews on issues 

identified with respect to Topics 2, 3, 

and 4 will be conducted during postsurvey case study interviews. 

OHSA plans to use this information, 

first, to identify the occupational 

settings in which AEDs are most costeffective. Second, OSHA will use the 

survey results to identify barriers to 

expanding AED use and to help design 

effective outreach programs to 

encourage establishments to install AED 

equipment. Without this survey, OSHA 

will lack information about the current 

prevalence of AED programs in 

occupational settings. The Agency will 

also lack information on the 

characteristics of establishments with 

and without AED programs and about 

the factors that have influenced 

establishments’ decisions whether to 

implement AED programs. Without this 

knowledge, OSHA will have difficulty 

determining the efficacy of different 

strategies that might be used to 

encourage the implementation of 

workplace AED programs such as 

developing outreach and promotion 

programs. 

The proposed collection of 

information consists of a two-stage 

statistical survey of at least 1,000 

establishments in OSHA-regulated 

industries that have 100 or more 

employees. In the first stage, OSHA will 

survey establishments from the universe 

population to gather baseline profile 

information and to screen for 

establishments that either (1) have an 

AED program in place, or (2) have 

considered implementing an AED 

program but have not done so. In the 

second stage, screened respondents will 

be asked questions specific to which 

group their establishment belongs (i.e., 

currently has an AED program or 

considered but has not implemented 

such a program). 

As an adjunct to the statistical survey, 

OSHA plans to conduct as many as 36 

in-depth case study interviews with 

selected volunteers among respondents 

in both the groups that do and do not 

have AED programs. These open-ended 

interviews will permit OSHA to gather 

detailed qualitative information about 

key issues pertaining to the 

implementation, cost, and effectiveness 

of AED programs and factors deterring 

implementation of such programs. 

Ira L. Mills, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 30, 2005. 

The Department of Labor (DOL) has 

submitted the following public 

information collection request (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

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

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). A copy of each 

ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation, may be obtained by 

contacting the Department of Labor 

(DOL). To obtain documentation, 

contact Ira Mills on 202–693–4122 (this 

is not a toll-free number) or E-Mail: 

mills.ira@dol.gov. 

Comments should be sent to Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL, Office 

of Management and Budget, Room 

10235, Washington, DC 20503 202–395–

7316 (this is not a toll-free number), 

within 30 days from the date of this 

publication in the Federal Register. 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, 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; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 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. 

Agency: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Contribution Operations. 

OMB Number: 1205–0178. 

Frequency: Quarterly. 

Affected Public: State, local, or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 53. 

Number of Annual Responses: 212. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,802. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 8.5 

hours. 

Total annualized capital/startup 

costs: $0. 

Total annual costs (operating/ 

maintaining systems or purchasing 

services): $0. 

Description: The ETA Form 581 is a 

comprehensive report of each state’s UI 

tax operations and is essential in 

providing quarterly tax operation 

performance data to DOL. Currently 

DOL uses this information in 

monitoring and measuring program 

performance and making projections 

and forecasts in conjunction with the 

budgetary process. 

Ira L. Mills, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

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