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building/facility owners regarding the 

content to ACMs and PACMs; making 

specified records (e.g., exposuremonitoring and medical surveillance 

records) available to designated parties; 

and transferring exposure-monitoring 

and medical surveillance records to the 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health on cessation of 

business. 

These paperwork requirements permit 

employers, employees and their 

designated representatives, OSHA, and 

other specified parties to determine the 

effectiveness of an employer’s asbestoscontrol program. It provides notification 

to building owners, subsequent building 

owners, contractors and employees of 

the presence of asbestos so that 

precautions can be taken to protect 

workers. It provides for monitoring and 

medical surveillance to assure that 

exposures are kept low and early 

symptoms are detected. Accordingly, 

the requirements ensure that employees 

exposed to asbestos receive 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 information collection 

requirements are necessary for the 

proper performance of the Agency’s 

functions, including whether the 

information is useful; 

—The accuracy of the Agency’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 

approval of the collection of information 

requirements necessitated by the 

Asbestos in Construction Standard (29 

CFR 1926.1101). 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 these 

information collection requirements. 

Type of Review: Extension of 

currently approved information 

collection requirements. 

Title: Asbestos in Construction 

Standard (29 CFR 1926.1101). 

OMB Number: 1218–0134. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Federal 

government; State, local or tribal 

governments. 

Number of Respondents: 286,821. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Total Responses: 53,719,202. 

Average Time per Response: Varies 

from 5 minutes ot maintain records to 

17.3 hours to train a competent person. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

5,569,658. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $30,730,200. 

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 paged 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 

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 October 21, 

2005. 

Jonathan L. Snare, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor. 

[FR Doc. 05–21479 Filed 10–26–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–M 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0195 (2006)] 

The Asbestos in Shipyards Standard; 

Extension of the Office of Management 

and Budget’s Approval of Information 

Collection (Paperwork) Requirements 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public 

comment concerning its request for an 

extension of the information collection 

requirements contained in the Asbestos 

in Shipyards Standard (29 CFR 

1915.1001). This Standard regulates 

occupational exposure to Asbestos, 

thereby preventing serious illness (e.g., 

asbestosis, an emphysema-like 

condition, mesothelioma, and 

gastrointestinal cancer) among shipyard 

employees. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

the following dates: 

Hard copy: Your comment 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–

1218–0195 (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 

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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 

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 two revisions to collections of 

information contained in the Asbestos 

in Shipyards Standard. The revisions 

included modifying the time the 

employer has to provide their 

employees with exposure monitoring 

results in 29 CFR 1915.1001(f)(5)(ii) 

from ‘‘as soon as possible following 

receipt of the results’’ to ‘‘as soon as 

possible but no later than five working 

days after the receipt of the results,’’ and 

removing the requirement to send the 

certification and evaluation 

documentation required under 

§ 1915.1001(g)(6)(iii) to OSHA’s 

Directorate of Technical Support. That 

reduction in burden hours was taken on 

the prior information collection request. 

The information collection 

requirements specified in the Asbestos 

in Shipyards Standard protect 

employees from the adverse health 

effects that may result from 

occupational exposure to Asbestos. The 

major information collection 

requirements in the Standard include 

implementing an exposure-monitoring 

program that informs employees of their 

exposure-monitoring results; at multiemployer worksites, notification of 

other onsite employers by employers 

establishing regulated areas for the type 

of work performed with asbestoscontaining materials (ACMs) and/or 

presumed asbestos-containing materials 

(PACMs), the requirements that pertain 

to regulated areas, and the measures the 

employers can use to protect their 

employees from asbestos overexposure; 

developing specific information and 

training programs for employees; 

providing medical surveillance for 

employees potentially exposed to ACMs 

and/or PACMs, including administering 

an employee medical questionnaire, 

providing information to the examining 

physician, and providing the 

physician’s written opinion to the 

employee; and maintaining records of 

objective data used for exposure 

determinations, employee exposuremonitoring and medical surveillance 

records, training records, the record 

(i.e., information, data, and analyses) 

used to demonstrate that PACM does 

not contain asbestos, and notifications 

made and received by building/facility 

owners regarding the content of ACMs 

and PACMs. 

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 these collections of 

information (paperwork) requirements 

necessitated by the Asbestos in 

Shipyards Standard (29 CFR 1915.1001). 

OSHA will summarize the comments 

submitted in response to this notice, 

and will include this summary in its 

request to OMB to extend its approval 

of these information collection 

requirements. 

Type of Review: Extension of 

currently approved information 

collection requirements. 

Title: Asbestos in Shipyards Standard. 

OMB Number: 1218–0195. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal government; State, local, 

or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 19. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Average Time Per Response: Varies 

from five minutes (.08 hour) to maintain 

records to 17.3 hours for training a 

competent person. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,426. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $33,635. 

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 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 

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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. 

[FR Doc. 05–21480 Filed 10–26–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–M 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0185 (2006)] 

The Cadmium 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 Cadmium 

in General Industry Standard (29 CFR 

1910.1027). This standard controls 

occupational exposure to cadmium, 

thereby preventing serious disease (e.g., 

lung cancer, prostate cancer, kidney 

disease) and death among exposed 

employees. 

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–

1218–0185 (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 

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 final rule for the Standards 

Improvement Project—Phase II (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 Cadmium 

Standard. These revisions included: 

removing the word ‘‘signed’’ that 

appears in the introductory sentence in 

paragraph (1)(10)(1) of the Standard; 

and allowing employers the option of 

posting employee-monitoring results, or 

individually informing each employee 

of these results. Those changes reduced 

paperwork burden hours while 

maintaining worker protection and 

improving consistency among 

standards. 

The information collection 

requirements specified in the Cadmium 

in General Industry Standard protect 

employees from the adverse health 

effects that may result from 

occupational exposure to cadmium. The 

major information collection 

reuqirements in the Standard include 

conducting employee exposure 

monitoring, notifying employees of their 

cadmium exposures, implementing a 

written compliance program, 

implementing medical-surveillance of 

employees, providing examining 

physicians with specific information, 

ensuring that employees receive a copy 

of their medical-surveillance results, 

maintaining employees’ exposuremonitoring and medical-surveillance 

records for specific periods, and 

providing access to these records by 

OSHA, the National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health, the 

employee who is the subject of the 

records, the employee’s representative, 

and other designated parties. 

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 the collection of 

information (paperwork) requirements 

necessitated by the Cadmium in General 

Industry Standard (29 CFR 1910.1027). 

As part of this proposal, the Agency is 

requesting a 167-hour burden reduction 

(adjustment) resulting from not 

identifying any new employers who will