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Frequency: Annually. 

Number of Respondents: 5,113. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 11 

hours. 

Total Burden Hours: 57,923. 

IV. Public Participation—Submission of 

Comments on This Notice and Internet 

Access to Comments and Submissions 

You may submit comments in 

response to this document by (1) hard 

copy, (2) FAX transmission (facsimile), 

or (3) electronically through the OSHA 

Web page. Because of security-related 

problems, there may be 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 

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 November 

17, 2005. 

Jonathan L. Snare, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor. 

[FR Doc. 05–23291 Filed 11–23–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–M 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. ICR 1218–0217(2006)] 

Blasting and the Use of Explosives; 

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 29 CFR part 

1926, subpart U—Blasting and the Use 

of Explosives as well as several newlyidentified information collection 

requirements contained in this subpart. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

the following dates: 

Hard copy: Your comments must be 

submitted (postmarked or received) by 

January 24, 2006. 

Facsimile and electronic 

transmission: Your comments must be 

received by January 24, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OSHA Docket No. ICR–

1218–0127(2006), by any of the 

following methods: 

Regular method, 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 

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 Michael Buchet 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: 

Michael Buchet, Directorate of 

Construction, OSHA, Room N–3468, 

200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20210, telephone: (202) 

693–2020. 

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). 

The following is a brief description of 

the requirements in subpart U that 

pertain to the collection and retention of 

information: 

General Provisions (§ 1926.900) 

Section 1926.900(d)—Paragraph (d) 

states that employers must ensure that 

explosives not in use are kept in a 

locked magazine, unavailable to persons 

not authorized to handle the explosives. 

The employers must maintain an 

inventory and use records of all 

explosives; in use and not in use. In 

addition, the employer must notify the 

appropriate authorities in the event of 

loss, theft, or unauthorized entry into a 

magazine. 

Section 1926.900(k)(3)(i)—Paragraph 

(k)(3)(i) requires employers to display 

adequate signs warning against the use 

of mobile radio transmitters on all roads 

within 1,000 feet of blasting operations 

to prevent the accidental discharge of 

electric blasting caps caused by current 

induced by radar, radio transmitters, 

lightning, adjacent powerlines, dust 

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storms, or other sources of extraneous 

electricity. The employer must certify 

and maintain a record of alternative 

provisions made to adequately prevent 

any premature firing of electric firing of 

electric blasting caps. 

Section 1926.900(o)—Employers must 

notify the operators and/or owners of 

overhead power lines, communication 

lines, utility lines, or other services and 

structures when blasting operations will 

take place in proximity to those lines, 

services, or structures. 

Section 1926.903(d)—The employer 

must notify the hoist operator prior to 

transporting explosives or blasting 

agents in a shaft conveyance. 

Section 1926.903(e)—Employers must 

perform weekly inspections on the 

electrical system of trucks used for 

underground transportation of 

explosives. The weekly inspection is to 

detect any failure in the system which 

would constitute an electrical hazard. 

The most recent certification of 

inspection must be maintained and 

must include the date of inspection, a 

serial number or other identifier of the 

truck inspected, and the signature of the 

person performing the inspection. 

Section 1926.905(t)—Under 

§ 1926.905(t), the employer blaster must 

maintain an accurate and up-to-date 

record of explosives, blasting agents, 

and blasting supplies used in a blast. In 

addition, the employer must also 

maintain a running inventory of all 

explosives and blasting agent stored on 

the operation. 

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 the OMB extend 

the approval of the information 

collection requirements necessitated by 

29 CFR part 1926, subpart U—Blasting 

Operations and the Use of Explosives. 

The Agency 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: 29 CFR part 1926, subpart U—

Blasting Operations and the Use of 

Explosives. 

OMB Number: 1218–0217. 

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

Federal Government; State, local or 

tribal government. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Average Time Per Response: Time 

varies from five minutes to notify a hoist 

operator of blasting agents to eight hours 

to develop an alternative plan if an 

employer is unable to display adequate 

warning signs against the use of mobile 

transmitters during blasting operations. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

322,523. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $800,000. 

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 

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 November 

21, 2005. 

Jonathan L. Snare, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor. 

[FR Doc. 05–23292 Filed 11–23–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–M 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice 05–154] 

NASA Advisory Committee; Renewal 

of NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory 

Panel Charter 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice of Renewal and 

amendment of the Charter of the 

Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to sections 14(b)(1) 

and 9(c) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), and 

after consultation with the Committee 

Management Secretariat, General 

Services Administration, the 

Administrator of the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration 

has determined that a renewal of the 

Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel is in 

the public interest in connection with 

the performance of duties imposed upon 

NASA by law. The structure and duties 

of this panel is unchanged. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

P. Diane Rausch, Office of External 

Relations, National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration, Washington, DC 

20546, (202) 358–4510. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Information regarding the Aerospace 

Safety Advisory Panel is available on 

the world wide web at: http:// 

www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codeq/asap/ 

index.htm. 

Dated: November 17, 2005. 

P. Diane Rausch, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer, 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–23232 Filed 11–23–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7510–13–U 

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION 

ADMINISTRATION 

Notice of Meeting; Sunshine Act 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Tuesday, 

November 29, 2005.