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Worst Forms of Child Labor with 

respect to countries eligible for the 

aforementioned programs. The 2013 

report and additional background 

information are available on the Internet 

at http://www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/

child-labor/findings/. 

Information Requested and Invitation 

to Comment: Interested parties are 

invited to comment and provide 

information regarding DOL’s 2013 TDA 

Report which may be found on the 

Internet at http://www.dol.gov/ilab/

reports/child-labor/findings/ or 

obtained from OCFT. DOL requests 

comments or information to update the 

findings and suggestions for government 

action for countries reviewed in the 

TDA Report, as well as to assess each 

country’s individual advancement 

toward eliminating the worst forms of 

child labor during the current reporting 

period compared to previous years. For 

more information on the types of issues 

covered in the TDA Report, please see 

Appendix II of the report. Materials 

submitted should be confined to the 

specific topics of the TDA report. DOL 

will generally consider sources with 

dates up to five years old (i.e., data not 

older than January 1, 2010). DOL 

appreciates the extent to which 

submissions clearly indicate the time 

period to which they apply. In the 

interest of transparency, classified 

information will not be accepted. Where 

applicable, information submitted 

should indicate its source or sources, 

and copies of the source material should 

be provided. If primary sources are 

utilized, such as research studies, 

interviews, direct observations, or other 

sources of quantitative or qualitative 

data, details on the research or datagathering methodology should be 

provided. Please see the 2013 TDA 

Report for a complete explanation of 

relevant terms, definitions, and 

reporting guidelines employed by DOL. 

This notice is a general solicitation of 

comments from the public. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of 

November 2014. 

Carol Pier, 

Deputy Undersecretary for International 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26845 Filed 11–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–28–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0194] 

Cotton Dust 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 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 the Cotton Dust Standard 

(29 CFR 1910.1043). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

January 12, 2015. 

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, OSHA 

Docket No. OSHA–2011–0194, 

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–2011–0194) 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–3468, 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 OSH 

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 information collection 

requirements specified in the Cotton 

Dust Standard protect workers from the 

adverse health effects that may result 

from their exposure to cotton dust. The 

major information collection 

requirements of the Cotton Dust 

Standard include: performing exposure 

monitoring, including initial, periodic, 


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and additional monitoring; notifying 

each worker of their exposure 

monitoring results either in writing or 

by posting; implementing a written 

compliance program; and establishing a 

respiratory protection program in accord 

with OSHA’s Respiratory Protection 

Standard (29 CFR 1910.134). 

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 to increase its 

current burden hours from 20,558 to 

22,381 hours, a total increase of 1,823 

hours. Although the cost of exposure 

monitoring sampling increased slightly 

from $19 to $20, there was a $14,976 

increase in the overall cost of sampling 

(from $79,344 to $94,320). Further, 

although the cost of a medical exam 

increased from $175 to $187, there was 

a $976,550 increase in the overall cost 

of medical exams (from $2,369,850 to 

$2,848,384), as a result of the increase 

in the number of medical exams. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Cotton Dust Standard (29 CFR 

1910.1043). 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0061. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Number of Respondents: 257. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually; 

semi-annually; on occasion. 

Total Responses: 59,718. 

Average Time per Response: Varies 

from 5 minutes (.08 hour) for a secretary 

to maintain a record to 2 hours to 

conduct exposure monitoring. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

22,381. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $2,942,704. 

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 for the 

ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0194). 

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 isthe 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3506 et seq.) and Secretary of 

Labor’sOrder No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on November 7, 

2014. 

David Michaels, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26869 Filed 11–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0195] 

Acrylonitrile 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 comments. 

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public 

comments concerning its proposal to 

extend OMB approval of the 

information collection requirements 

specified by the Acrylonitrile Standard 

(29 CFR 1910.1045). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

January 12, 2015. 

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–2011–0195, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration, 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–2011–0195) 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 


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