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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 November 7, 

2014. 

David Michaels, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor, for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26868 Filed 11–12–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0190] 

Shipyard Employment Standards; 

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 Shipyard Employment 

Standards of Subpart G—Gear and 

Equipment for Rigging and Materials 

Handling (29 CFR 1915.112(a)(1), 29 

CFR 1915.112(b)(1)(i), 29 CFR 

1915.112(c)(1)(i), 29 CFR 1915.112(c)(2), 

29 CFR 1915.113(a)(1), 29 CFR 

1915.113(b)(1) and 29 CFR 1915.115(c)) 

and Subpart K—Portable, Unfired 

Pressure Vessels, Drums and Containers, 

Other than Ship’s Equipment (29 CFR 

1915.172(d)). The purpose of the 

collection of information (paperwork) 

provisions of the Standards is to reduce 

workers’ risk of death or serious injury 

by ensuring that equipment has been 

tested and is in safe operating condition. 

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–2011–0190, 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–2011–0190) 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 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). 

Manila rope and manila-rope slings 

(paragraph 1915.112(a)(1))—The 

employer must ensure that manila rope 

and manila-rope slings have 

permanently affixed and legible 

identification markings as prescribed by 

the manufacturer that indicate the 

recommended safe working load for the 

type(s) of hitch(es) used, the angle upon 

which it is based, and the number of 

legs if more than one. 

Wire rope and wire-rope slings 

(paragraph 1915.112(b)(1)(i))—The 

employer must ensure that wire rope 

and wire-rope slings have permanently 

affixed and legible identification 

markings as prescribed by the 

manufacturer that indicate the 

recommended safe working load for the 

type(s) of hitch(es) used, the angle upon 

which it is based, and the number of 

legs if more than one. 

Chain and chain slings (paragraph 

1915.112(c)(1)(i))—The employer must 

ensure that chain and chain slings have 

permanently affixed and legible 

identification markings as prescribed by 

the manufacturer that indicate the 

recommended safe working load for the 

type(s) of hitch(es) used, the angle upon 

which it is based, and the number of 

legs if more than one. 

Chain and chain slings (paragraph 

1915.112(c)(2))—The employer shall 

visually inspect all sling chains, 

including end fastenings, before being 

used on the job, as well as every three 

months. The inspection shall include 

inspection for wear, defective welds, 

deformation and increase in length or 

stretch. Each chain shall bear an 

indication of the month in which it was 

thoroughly inspected. 

Shackles (paragraph 

1915.113(a)(1))—The employer must 

ensure that shackles have permanently 


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affixed and legible identification 

markings as prescribed by the 

manufacturer that indicate the 

recommended safe working load. 

Test Records for Hooks (paragraph 

1915.113(b)(1))—This paragraph 

requires that the manufacturer’s 

recommendations be followed in 

determining the safe working loads of 

the various sizes and types of hooks. If 

the manufacturer’s recommendations 

are not available, the hook must be 

tested to twice the intended safe 

working load before it is initially put 

into use. The employer must maintain 

and keep readily available a certification 

record which includes the date of such 

test, the signature of the person who 

performed the test, and an identifier for 

the hook which was tested. 

The records are used to assure that 

equipment has been properly tested. 

The records also provide the most 

efficient means for the compliance 

officers to determine that an employer is 

complying with the Standard. 

Mobile Crawler or Truck Cranes Used 

on a Vessel (paragraph 1915.115(c))— 

This paragraph requires that the 

maximum manufacturer’s rated safe 

working loads for the various working 

radii of the boom and the maximum and 

minimum radii at which the boom may 

be safely used with and without 

outriggers shall be conspicuously posted 

near the controls and shall be visible to 

the operator. 

Examination and Test Records for 

Unfired Pressure Vessels (paragraph 

1915.172(b)and(d))—This paragraph 

requires that portable, unfired pressure 

vessels not built to the requirements of 

the American Society of Mechanical 

Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel 

Code, Section VIII, Rules for 

Construction of Unfired Pressure 

Vessels, 1963 be examined quarterly by 

a competent person and subjected to a 

yearly hydrostatic pressure test. A 

certification record of such 

examinations and tests shall be 

maintained. 

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 proposing to increase the 

existing burden hour estimate for the 

collection of information requirements 

specified by the Standards from 3,162 

hours to 9,773 hours, a total increase of 

6,611 hours. In this ICR, the scope of the 

maritime standards in 29 CFR 1915 for 

slings, shackles, and hooks are based on 

the Final Economic Analysis for the 

Final Rule revising subpart F of 29 CFR 

part 1915 prepared by OSHA’s Office of 

Regulatory Analysis. As a result of the 

Final Rule, the revision of the standard 

applies to all shipyard employment 

which is defined in § 1915.4(i) as ship 

repairing, shipbuilding, shipbreaking, 

and related employment. Also, upon 

further analysis, the Agency identified 

two new collections of information 

contained in the Standard under 

paragraphs §§ 1915.112(c)(2) and 

1915.115(c)(1). The Agency will 

summarize any 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: Shipyard Employment 

Standards (29 CFR part 1915). 

OMB Number: 1218–0220. 

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

Federal Government; State, Local, or 

Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 2,759. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Average Time per Response: Varies 

from 2 minutes (.03 hour) to maintain a 

certification record to 35 minutes (.58 

hour) to obtain certain information from 

a manufacturer. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 9,773. 

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 for the 

ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0190). 

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 November 7, 

2014. 

David Michaels, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26870 Filed 11–12–14; 8:45 am] 

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