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and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) 

(Public Law 99–499). 

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 is requesting that the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) extend 

the approval of the collection of 

information (paperwork) requirements 

contained in the standard on Hazardous 

Waste Operations and Emergency 

Response (HAZWOPER) (29 CFR 

1910.120). 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: Hazardous Waste Operations 

and Emergency Response 

(HAZWOPER). 

OMB Number: 1218–0202. 

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

Federal government; State, local, or 

tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 35,529. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Total Responses: 1,199,402. 

Average Time Per Response: Varies 

from one minute (.02 hour) to maintain 

a certification record to 24 hours for 

initial employee training. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

1,245,250. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $3,350,750. 

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 at 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, Acting Assistant 

Security 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). 

Dated: Signed at Washington, DC, on 

October 21, 2005. 

Jonathan L. Snare, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0092 (2006)] 

Lead in General Industry Standard; 

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 

requirements contained in the Lead in 

General Industry Standard (29 CFR 

1910.1025). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

the following dates: 

Hard copy: Your comments must be 

submitted (postmarked or received) by 

December 27, 2005. 

Facsimile and electronic 

transmission: Your comments must be 

received by December 27, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR–

1218–0092 (2006), 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., ET. 

Facsimile: If your comments are 10 

pages or fewer in length, including 

attachments, you may fax them to the 

OSHA Docket 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 may also 

contact Todd Owen 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: 

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 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 

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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). 

On January 5, 2005, OSHA published 

the Standards Improvement Project—

Phase II, Final Rule (70 FR 1112). The 

final rule removed and revised 

provisions of standards that were 

outdated, duplicative, unnecessary, or 

inconsistent and clarified or simplified 

regulatory language. The final rule 

contained several revisions to 

collections of information contained in 

the Lead in General Industry Standard. 

These revisions included: reducing the 

frequency for employers to update their 

written compliance plans from six 

months to annually; and allowing 

employers the option to post employee 

exposure-monitoring results instead of 

requiring individual written 

notification. Those changes reduced 

paperwork burden hours while 

maintaining worker protection and 

improving consistency among 

standards. The reductions were taken in 

the prior information collection request. 

The information collection 

requirements specified in the Lead in 

General Industry Standard are designed 

to reduce occupational lead exposure in 

general industry. Lead exposure can 

result in both acute and chronic effects 

and can be fatal in severe cases of lead 

toxicity. The standard specifies the 

following requirements that impose 

paperwork burdens on employers: 

establishing a compliance program and 

notifying laundry personnel of lead 

hazards; instituting programs for 

exposure-monitoring and medical 

surveillance (including medical 

examinations); notifying employees of 

exposure levels, biological-monitoring 

results, the option for multiplephysician review, and the availability of 

chelation; providing information to 

physicians; obtaining written medical 

opinions; implementing employee 

information and training programs 

(including providing employees with 

copies of the standard, and employees 

and other specified parties with copies 

of the training and information 

materials); recording medical removals; 

maintaining and transferring records of 

exposure-monitoring and medical 

surveillance results, medical removals, 

and objective data used for the initialexposure-monitoring exemption; and 

making records available to specified 

parties. These paperwork requirements 

permit OSHA and other specified 

parties to determine the effectiveness of 

an employer’s compliance activities, 

thereby ensuring that they are providing 

employees with all of the protection 

afforded by the Standard. 

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 is requesting that OMB extend 

the approval of these collection of 

information (paperwork) requirements 

necessitated by the Lead in General 

Industry Standard (29 CFR 1910.1025). 

OSHA will summarize the comments 

submitted in response to this notice, 

and will include this summary in its 

request to OMB to extend the approval 

of these collection of information 

requirements. 

Type of Review: Extension of 

currently approved information 

collection requirements. 

Title: Lead in General Industry 

Standard. 

OMB Number: 1218–0092. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal Government; State, 

Local or Tribal Government. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Average Time Per Response: Ranges 

from 1 minute to notify employees of 

their right to seek a second medical 

opinion to 2 hours for an employee to 

receive a medical examination. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

1,242,562. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $139,869,058. 

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, there may be a significant 

delay 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 at 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 infomation such 

as social security numbers should not be 

submitted. 

V. Authority and Signature 

Jonathan L. Snare, Acting Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occuataional 

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 October 21, 

2005. 

Jonathan L. Snare, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor. 

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