Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 204 / Wednesday, October 22, 2014 / Notices 63171 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of 

October 2014. 

Eric P. Molina, 

Acting Chief, Division of Management 

Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25058 Filed 10–21–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0034] 

Subpart A (‘‘General Provisions’’) and 

Subpart B (‘‘Confined and Enclosed 

Spaces and Other Dangerous 

Atmospheres in Shipyard 

Employment’’); 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 comments. 

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public 

comments concerning its proposal to 

extend the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval of the 

information collection requirements 

specified in 29 CFR part 1915, subpart 

A (‘‘General Provisions’’) and subpart B 

(‘‘Confined and Enclosed Spaces and 

Other Dangerous Atmospheres in 

Shipyard Employment’’). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

December 22, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Electronically: You may 

submit comments and attachments 

electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the 

instructions online for submitting 

comments. 

Facsimile: If your comments, 

including attachments, are not longer 

than 10 pages you may fax them to the 

OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648. 

Mail, hand delivery, express mail, 

messenger, or courier service: When 

using this method, you must submit a 

copy of your comments and attachments 

to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. 

OSHA–2011–0034, Occupational Safety 

and Health Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Room N–2625, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries 

(hand, express mail, messenger, and 

courier service) are accepted during the 

Department of Labor’s and Docket 

Office’s normal business hours, 8:15 

a.m. to 4:45 p.m., e.t. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the Agency name and the OSHA 

docket number (OSHA–2011–0034) for 

the Information Collection Request 

(ICR). All comments, including any 

personal information you provide, are 

placed in the public docket without 

change, and may be made available 

online at http://www.regulations.gov. 

For further information on submitting 

comments see the ‘‘Public 

Participation’’ heading in the section of 

this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

Docket: To read or download 

comments or other material in the 

docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov 

or the OSHA Docket Office at the 

address above. All documents in the 

docket (including this Federal Register 

notice) are listed in the http://

www.regulations.gov index; however, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publicly available to 

read or download from the Web site. All 

submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

You may also contact Theda Kenney at 

the address below to obtain a copy of 

the ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Theda Kenney or Todd Owen, 

Directorate of Standards and Guidance, 

OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, 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 accord 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 OSH 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 OSH Act 

also requires that OSHA obtain such 

information with minimum burden 

upon employers, especially those 

operating small businesses, and to 

reduce to the maximum extent feasible 

unnecessary duplication of efforts in 

obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657). 

The following is a description of the 

requirements in subparts A and B that 

pertain to the collection and retention of 

information. 

One provision in subpart A contains 

paperwork requirements (§ 1915.7). 

Section 1915.7(b)(2) specifies that 

shipyard employers must maintain a 

roster of designated competent persons 

(for inspecting and testing spaces 

covered by subpart B), or a statement 

that a Marine Chemist will perform 

these inspections and tests. Section 

1915.7(d) requires employers to ensure 

that competent persons, Marine 

Chemists, and certified industrial 

hygienists (CIHs) make a record of each 

inspection and test they conduct, post 

the record near the covered space while 

work is in progress, and file the record 

for at least three months. In addition, 

employers must make the roster or 

statement and the inspection and test 

records available for inspection by 

designated parties. 

Subpart B consists of several 

standards governing entry into confined 

and enclosed spaces and other 

dangerous atmospheres in shipyard 

employment. These standards require 

that employers: 

• Ensure that competent persons 

conduct inspections and atmospheric 

testing prior to workers entering a 

confined or enclosed space 

(§§ 1915.12(a)–(c)); 

• Warn workers not to enter 

hazardous spaces and other dangerous 

atmospheres (§§ 1915.12 (a)–(c) and 

§ 1915.16); 

• Certify that workers who will be 

entering confined or enclosed spaces 

have been trained (§ 1915.12(d)(5)); 

• Establish and train shipyard rescue 

teams or arrange for outside rescue 

teams and provide them with 

information (§ 1915.12(e)); 

• Ensure that one person on each 

rescue team maintains a current first aid 

training certification (§ 1915.12(e)); 

• Exchange information regarding 

hazards, safety rules, and emergency 

procedures concerning these spaces and 

atmospheres with other employers 

whose workers may enter these same 

spaces (§ 1915.12(f)); 

• Ensure testing of spaces containing 

or having contained combustible or 

flammable liquids or gases, or solids 

that are toxic, corrosive, or irritating and 

other dangerous atmospheres, 

boundaries or pipelines before cleaning 

and other cold work is started and as 

necessary thereafter while the 

operations are ongoing (§§ 1915.13(b)(2) 

and (4)); 

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• Post signs prohibiting ignition 

sources within or near a space that 

contains bulk quantities of flammable or 

combustible liquids or gases 

(§ 1915.13(b)(10)); 

• Ensure that confined and enclosed 

spaces are tested before workers perform 

hot work in these work areas 

(§ 1915.14(a)); 

• Post warnings of testing conducted 

by competent persons and certificates of 

testing conducted by a Marine Chemist 

or Coast Guard authorized person in the 

immediate vicinity of the hot-work 

operation while the operation is in 

progress (§§ 1915.14(a) and (b)); and 

• Retain certificates of testing on file 

for at least three months after 

completing the operation 

(§ 1915.14(a)(2)). 

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 

its approval of the collection of 

information (paperwork) requirements 

mandated by Subpart A (‘‘General 

Provisions’’) and Subpart B (‘‘Confined 

and Enclosed Spaces and Other 

Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard 

Employment’’) of 29 CFR part 1915. The 

Agency is requesting an adjustment 

increase of 26,220 burden hours (from 

312,764 to 338,984 hours). The 

adjustment increase is due to an 

increase in the number of 

establishments affected by these 

standards. 

The Agency will summarize the 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice and will include this summary in 

its request to OMB. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Subpart A (‘‘General 

Provisions’’) and Subpart B (‘‘Confined 

and Enclosed Spaces and Other 

Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard 

Employment’’) (29 CFR part 1915). 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0011. 

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

Federal Government; State, Local or 

Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 2,759. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Total Responses: 2,098,172. 

Average Time per Response: Varies 

from one minute (.02 hour) for an 

employer to maintain a training 

certificate to 10 minutes (.17 hour) to 

develop and maintain a roster of 

competent persons to perform required 

inspections and tests. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

338,984. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $0. 

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 as follows: 

(1) electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by 

facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All 

comments, attachments, and other 

material must identify the Agency name 

and the OSHA docket number (Docket 

No. OSHA–2011–0034) for the ICR. You 

may supplement electronic submissions 

by uploading document files 

electronically. If you wish to mail 

additional materials in reference to an 

electronic or facsimile submission, you 

must submit them to the OSHA Docket 

Office (see the section of this notice 

titled ADDRESSES). The additional 

materials must clearly identify your 

electronic comments by your name, 

date, and the docket number so the 

Agency can attach them to your 

comments. 

Because of security procedures, the 

use of regular mail may cause a 

significant delay in the receipt of 

comments. For information about 

security procedures concerning the 

delivery of materials by hand, express 

delivery, messenger, or courier service, 

please contact the OSHA Docket Office 

at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889– 

5627). 

Comments and submissions are 

posted without change at http://

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA 

cautions commenters about submitting 

personal information such as social 

security numbers and date of birth. 

Although all submissions are listed in 

the http://www.regulations.gov index, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publicly available to 

read or download from this Web site. 

All submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

Information on using the http://

www.regulations.gov Web site to submit 

comments and access the docket is 

available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’ 

link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office 

for information about materials not 

available from the Web site, and for 

assistance in using the Internet to locate 

docket submissions. 

V. Authority and Signature 

David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, 

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. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on October 17, 

2014. 

David Michaels, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0063] 

Slings; 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 comments. 

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public 

comments concerning its proposal to 

extend OMB approval of the 

information collection requirements 

contained in the Standard on Slings (29 

CFR 1910.184). The collection of 

information (paperwork) provisions of 

the Standard specify affixing 

identification tags or markings on slings, 

developing and maintaining inspection 

records, and retaining proof-testing 

certificates. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

December 22, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Electronically: You may 

submit comments and attachments 

electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the 

instructions online for submitting 

comments. 

Facsimile: If your comments, 

including attachments, are not longer 

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