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Order 12196 (‘‘Occupational Safety and 

Health Programs for Federal 

Employees’’) (February 26, 1980). 

(h) Surface Transportation Assistance 

Act of 1982, 49 U.S.C. 31105. 

(i) Asbestos Hazard Emergency 

Response Act of 1986, 15 U.S.C. 2651. 

(j) International Safe Container Act, 

46 U.S.C. 80507. 

(k) Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 

300j–9(i). 

(l) Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, 

as amended, 42 U.S.C. 5851. 

(m) Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. 9610(a)–(d). 

(n) Federal Water Pollution Control 

Act, 33 U.S.C. 1367. 

(o) Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 

U.S.C. 2622. 

(p) Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 

U.S.C. 6971. 

(q) Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7622. 

(r) Wendell H. Ford Aviation 

Investment and Reform Act For the 21st 

Century, 49 U.S.C. 42121. 

(s) Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 

U.S.C. 1514A. 

(t) Pipeline Safety Improvement Act 

of 2002, 49 U.S.C. 60129. 

(u) National Transit Systems Security 

Act, 6 U.S.C. 1142. 

(v) Federal Railroad Safety Act, 49 

U.S.C. 20109. 

(w) Patient Protection and Affordable 

Care Act amendment to the Fair Labor 

Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. 218C. 

(x) Section 1057 of the Dodd-Frank 

Wall Street Reform and Consumer 

Protection Act., Public Law No. 111– 

203. 

(y) Section 40 of the Consumer 

Product Safety Improvement Act, 15 

U.S.C. 2087. 

(z) Responsibilities of the Secretary of 

Labor with respect to safety and health, 

or whistleblower provisions of any other 

Federal law except those 

responsibilities which are assigned to 

another DOL agency. 

(2) The authority of the Assistant 

Secretary for Occupational Safety and 

Health under the Occupational Safety 

and Health Act of 1970 does not include 

authority to conduct inspections and 

investigations, issue citations, assess 

and collect penalties, or enforce any 

other remedies available under the 

statute, or to develop and issue 

compliance interpretations under the 

statute, with regard to the standards on: 

(a) Field sanitation, 29 CFR 1928.110; 

and 

(b) Temporary labor camps, 29 CFR 

1910.142, with respect to any 

agricultural establishment where 

employees are engaged in ‘‘agricultural 

employment’’ within the meaning of the 

Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural 

Worker Protection Act, 29 U.S.C. 

1802(3), regardless of the number of 

employees, including employees 

engaged in hand packing of produce 

into containers, whether done on the 

ground, on a moving machine, or in a 

temporary packing shed, except that the 

Assistant Secretary for Occupational 

Safety and Health retains enforcement 

responsibility over temporary labor 

camps for employees engaged in egg, 

poultry, or red meat production, or the 

post-harvest processing of agricultural 

or horticultural commodities. 

Nothing in this Order shall be 

construed as derogating from the right of 

States operating OSHA-approved State 

plans under 29 U.S.C. 667 to continue 

to enforce field sanitation and 

temporary labor camp standards if they 

so choose. The Assistant Secretary for 

OSHA retains the authority to monitor 

the activity of such States with respect 

to field sanitation and temporary labor 

camps. Moreover, the Assistant 

Secretary for OSHA retains all other 

agency authority and responsibility 

under the Occupational Safety and 

Health Act with regard to the standards 

on field sanitation and temporary labor 

camps, such as rulemaking authority. 

(3) The Assistant Secretary for 

Occupational Safety and Health is also 

delegated authority and assigned 

responsibility for: 

(a) Serving as Chairperson of the 

Federal Advisory Council on 

Occupational Safety and Health, as 

provided for by Executive Order 12196. 

(b) Coordinating Agency efforts with 

those of other officials or agencies 

having responsibilities in the 

occupational safety and health area. 

B. The Assistant Secretary for 

Occupational Safety and Health and the 

Administrator, Wage and Hour Division 

are directed to confer regularly on 

enforcement of the Occupational Safety 

and Health Act with regard to the 

standards on field sanitation and 

temporary labor camps (see paragraph 

4.A.(2) of this Order), and to enter into 

any memoranda of understanding which 

may be appropriate to clarify questions 

of coverage which arise in the course of 

such enforcement. 

C. The Solicitor of Labor is 

responsible for providing legal advice 

and assistance to all Department of 

Labor officials relating to 

implementation and administration of 

all aspects of this Order. The bringing of 

legal proceedings under those 

authorities, the representation of the 

Secretary and/or other officials of the 

Department of Labor, and the 

determination of whether such 

proceedings or representations are 

appropriate in a given case, are 

delegated exclusively to the Solicitor. 

D. The Commissioner of Labor 

Statistics is delegated authority and 

assigned responsibility for: 

(1) Furthering the purpose of the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act by 

developing and maintaining an effective 

program of collection, compilation, 

analysis, and publication of 

occupational safety and health statistics 

consistent with applicable law and 

Secretary’s orders. 

(2) Making grants to states or political 

subdivisions thereof in order to assist 

them in developing and administering 

programs dealing with occupational 

safety and health statistics under 

Sections 18, 23, and 24 of the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act. 

(3) Coordinating the above functions 

with the Assistant Secretary for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

5. Reservation of Authority and 

Responsibility. 

A. The submission of reports and 

recommendations to the President and 

the Congress concerning the 

administration of the statutory 

provisions and Executive Orders listed 

in paragraph 4.a. above is reserved to 

the Secretary. 

B. No delegation of authority or 

assignment of responsibility under this 

order will be deemed to affect the 

Secretary’s authority to continue to 

exercise or further delegate such 

authority or responsibility. 

C. Nothing in this Order shall limit or 

modify the delegation of authority and 

assignment of responsibility to the 

Administrative Review Board by 

Secretary’s Order 1–2010 (January 15, 

2010). 

6. Effective Date. This delegation of 

authority and assignment of 

responsibility is effective immediately. 

Dated: September 2, 2010. 

Hilda L. Solis, 

Secretary of Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22656 Filed 9–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Proposed Collection, Comment 

Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 


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opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed revision of the 

‘‘Telephone Point of Purchase Survey.’’ 

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request (ICR) can be obtained 

by contacting the individual listed 

below in the Addresses section of this 

notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

Addresses section of this notice on or 

before November 9, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora 

Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, 

Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 

2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., 

Washington, DC 20212. Written 

comments also may be transmitted by 

fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll 

free number.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, 

telephone number 202–691–7628 (this 

is not a toll free number.) (See 

Addresses section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The purpose of this survey is to 

develop and maintain a timely list of 

retail, wholesale, and service 

establishments where urban consumers 

shop for specified items. This 

information is used as the sampling 

universe for selecting establishments at 

which prices of specific items are 

collected and monitored for use in 

calculating the Consumer Price Index 

(CPI). The survey has been ongoing 

since 1980 and also provides 

expenditure data that allows items that 

are priced in the CPI to be properly 

weighted. 

II. Current Action 

Office of Management and Budget 

clearance is being sought for the 

Telephone Point of Purchase Survey 

(TPOPS). 

Since 1997, the survey has been 

administered quarterly via a computerassisted-telephone-interview. This 

survey is flexible and creates the 

possibility of introducing new products 

into the CPI in a timely manner. The 

data collected in this survey are 

necessary for the continuing 

construction of a current outlet universe 

from which locations are selected for 

the price collection needed for 

calculating the CPI. Furthermore, the 

TPOPS provides the weights used in 

selecting the items that are priced at 

these establishments. This sample 

design produces an overall CPI market 

basket that is more reflective of the 

prices faced and the establishments 

visited by urban consumers. 

For this clearance, the BLS will be 

implementing a cell phone frame to 

address a coverage issue associated with 

landline RDD surveys. The goal of 

including a cell phone frame is to 

contact respondents who reside in 

households with no landline service, 

but with cellular phone service. The 

implementation process will begin with 

a pre-test beginning in the first quarter 

of 2011 to assess cell phone frame 

interviewing and to determine the 

correct amount of sample to pull for 

each primary sampling unit or 

geographic area in the CPI. The cell 

phone frame will be deployed into 

production in the third quarter of 2011. 

III. Desired Focus of Comments 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is 

particularly interested in comments 

that: 

• 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. 

• 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 submissions 

of responses. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Title: Point of Purchase Survey. 

OMB Number: 1220–0044. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Total Respondents: 24,469. 

Frequency: Quarterly. 

Total Responses: 63,375. 

Average Time per Response: 11 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 11,619 

hours. 

Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (Operating/ 

Maintenance): $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they also 

will become a matter of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of 

September, 2010. 

Kimberley Hill, 

Chief, Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22620 Filed 9–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Comment Request for Information 

Collection for the Benefits, Timeliness, 

and Quality Data Collection System, 

Extension With Revisions 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a preclearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. Currently, the 

Employment and Training 

Administration is soliciting comments 

concerning the collection of data about 

the proposed extension of the Benefits 

Timeliness and Quality (BTQ) data 

collection system, which is part of the 

Unemployment Insurance (UI) Performs 

measurement system (current expiration 

date is November 30, 2010). 

A copy of the proposed information 

collection request (ICR) can be obtained 

by contacting the office listed below in 

the addressee section of this notice. 


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