Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 94 / Monday, May 18, 2009 / Notices 23209 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 12th day of 

May, 2009. 

Lisa Harvey, 

Grant Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–11470 Filed 5–15–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0009] 

Lead in General Industry 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 comment. 

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments 

concerning its proposal to extend OMB 

approval of the information collection 

requirements contained in the Lead in 

General Industry Standard (29 CFR 

1910.1025). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by July 

17, 2009. 

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 

three copies of your comments and 

attachments to the OSHA Docket Office, 

Docket No. OSHA–2009–0009, 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 OSHA 

docket number for the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) (OSHA–2009– 

0009). 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 through the Web site. 

All submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

You may contact Jamaa Hill at the 

address below to obtain a copy of the 

ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jamaa N. Hill 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 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 information collection 

requirements in the Lead in General 

Industry Standard are designed to 

reduce occupational lead exposure in 

general industry. Lead exposure can 

result in both acute and chronic effects 

and can be fatal in severe cases of lead 

toxicity. The standard specifies the 

following requirements that impose 

paperwork burdens on employers: 

Establishing a compliance program and 

notifying laundry personnel of lead 

hazards; instituting programs for 

exposure monitoring and medical 

surveillance (including medical 

examinations); notifying employees of 

exposure levels, biological monitoring 

results, the option for multiple 

physician review; and the restricted 

availability of chelation; providing 

information to physicians; obtaining 

written medical opinions; implementing 

employee information and training 

programs; recording medical removals; 

maintaining and transferring records of 

exposure monitoring and medical 

surveillance results, medical removals, 

and objective data used for the initial 

exposure monitoring exemption; and 

making records available to specified 

parties. 

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 OMB to extend 

their approval of the information 

collection requirements contained in the 

Lead in General Industry Standard. The 

Agency proposes to decrease burden 

hours from 1,242,562 hours to 1,225,255 

hours, a total decrease of 17,307 hours. 

The decrease is primarily due to the 

reduction in the number of facilities 

(from 62,357 to 61,405) and exposed 

employees (from 887,113 to 871,974). 

There is also a cost reduction as a result 

of reducing the number of facilities and 

exposed employees as stated above. 

Although there is a reduction in the 

number of facilities and exposed 

employees, the cost estimate to perform 

medical surveillance has increased from 

$61.50 to $65.37 and medical 

examinations have increased from $210 

to $223, resulting in a total cost increase 

of $2,578,340. 


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23210 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 94 / Monday, May 18, 2009 / Notices 

Type of Review: Extension of 

currently approved information 

collection requirements. 

Title: Lead in General Industry 

Standard (29 CFR 1910.1025). 

OMB Number: 1218–0092. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal government; State, local 

and tribal governments. 

Number of Respondents: 61,405. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Total Responses: 4,219,272. 

Average Time per Response: Ranges 

from 1 minute to notify employees of 

their right to seek a second medical 

opinion to 2 hours for an employee to 

receive a medical examination. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

1,225,255. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $143,566,299. 

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–2009–0009). 

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 through 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 through the Web site, and for 

assistance in using the Internet to locate 

docket submissions. 

V. Authority and Signature 

Jordan Barab, 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. 5–2007 (72 FR 31160). 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of 

May 2009. 

Jordan Barab, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. E9–11426 Filed 5–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0008] 

The Lead in Construction 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 comment. 

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments 

concerning its proposal to extend OMB 

approval of the information collection 

requirements contained in the Lead in 

Construction Standard (29 CFR 

1926.62). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by July 

17, 2009. 

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 

three copies of your comments and 

attachments to the OSHA Docket Office, 

Docket No. OSHA–2009–0008, 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 OSHA 

docket number for the ICR (OSHA– 

2009–0008). 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 through the Web site. 

All submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

You may contact Jamaa Hill at the 

address below to obtain a copy of the 

Information Collection Request (ICR). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jamaa N. Hill 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 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, 


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