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updated (1) Objectives and Scope of 

Activities; (2) Estimated Annual 

Operating Cost and Staff Years; and (3) 

Membership and Designation. 

Summary of the Changes 

1. Objectives and Scope of 

Activities—The objectives and scope 

section of the ACA Charter outlines the 

areas of focus where the ACA will 

provide advice and recommendations. 

The current ACA Charter states that the 

ACA will advise on strategies to expand 

apprenticeship into the Manufacturing, 

Energy, and the Healthcare industries. 

The proposed ACA Charter is being 

updated to reflect the industries 

currently being targeted for expansion 

and now includes Transportation/

Logistics, Healthcare, Energy, Advanced 

Manufacturing, and Information 

Technology and Communications 

industries. 

2. Estimated Annual Operating Cost 

and Staff Years—The operating costs in 

the proposed Charter are being 

increased to account for increases in 

travel costs, resulting from an increase 

in the number of ACA members from 

outside of the Washington, DC 

metropolitan area. Further cost have 

been updated to more accurately 

account for the decrease in contractor 

support and the subsequent increase in 

federal staff time utilized to support the 

ACA, as well as, the participation of its 

ex-officio federal members. 

3. Membership and Designation— 

Given the apprenticeship expansion 

efforts, the ACA representatives will be 

balanced in terms of (1) points of view, 

(2) sectors (employers, labor and 

public), and (3) industries targeted for 

expansion. Therefore, the range of 

voting members is being increased from 

24–27 members to 27–30 members to 

provide the flexibility to ensure balance 

is maintained and all the necessary 

stakeholder groups are represented. In 

addition, the current ACA Charter states 

that the ACA may consult with industry 

experts and others as appropriate. The 

proposed ACA Charter includes 

language to affirm that the ACA will 

consult with industry experts, and 

further clarifies that they will 

specifically consult with experts from 

the industries that are being targeted for 

apprenticeship expansion. 

Portia Wu, 

Assistant Secretary for the Employment and 

Training Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0186] 

Inorganic Arsenic 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 Inorganic Arsenic 

Standard (29 CFR part 1910.1018). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

March 16, 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 

your comments and attachments to the 

OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. 

OSHA–2011–0186, 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 (OSHA–2011–0186) 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 through the Web site. 

All submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

You also may contact Theda Kenney at 

the address below to obtain a copy of 

the ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Theda Kenney, 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 (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 in the Inorganic Arsenic 

Standard provide protection for workers 

from the adverse health effects 

associated with exposure to inorganic 

arsenic. The Inorganic Arsenic Standard 

requires employers to: Monitor workers’ 

exposure to inorganic arsenic and notify 

workers of exposure-monitoring results; 

notify anyone who cleans protective 

clothing or equipment of inorganic 

arsenic exposure; develop, update and 

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maintain a housekeeping and 

maintenance plan; monitor worker 

health by providing medical 

surveillance; post warning signs and 

apply labels to shipping and storage 

containers of inorganic arsenic; develop 

and maintain worker exposure 

monitoring and medical records; 

establish and implement written 

compliance programs; and provide 

workers with information about their 

exposures and the health effects of 

exposure to inorganic arsenic. 

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 

The Agency is requesting an 

adjustment of 14,728 burden hours 

(from 637 to 15,365 hours) primarily 

due to the Agency’s identification and 

inclusion of 688 covered coal-fired 

electric power plant establishments 

(including cogenerators) and workers at 

these establishments. The operation and 

maintenance cost increased from 

$54,197 to $1,078,069 due to the 

increase in establishments and workers, 

and also in the cost of exposure 

monitoring samples, medical 

examinations and chest x-rays. The 

Agency makes the new assumption that 

personal breathing zone samples, 

collected by a contract industrial 

hygienist and analyzed by a contract 

laboratory, will be used instead of vapor 

badges for exposure monitoring under 

the Standard. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Inorganic Arsenic Standard (29 

CFR 1910.1018). 

OMB Number: 1218–0104. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Number of Respondents: 691. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion; 

quarterly; semi-annually; annually. 

Total Responses: 24,764. 

Average Time per response: Varies 

from five minutes (.08 hour) for a 

secretary to develop and maintain 

records to eight hours for a supervisor 

to update each compliance plan. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

15,365. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $1,078,069. 

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; or (3) by hard copy. All 

comments, attachments, and other 

material must identify the Agency name 

and the OSHA docket number for this 

ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0186). 

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 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 dates 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 

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 January 7, 

2015. 

David Michaels, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Endowment for the Arts 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Endowment for 

the Arts (NEA), 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. This program 

helps to ensure that requested data is 

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 is properly assessed. 

Currently, the NEA is soliciting 

comments concerning the proposed 

information collection of an NEA 

applicant survey. A copy of the current 

information collection request can be 

obtained by contacting the office listed 

below in the address section of this 

notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

address section below within 60 days 

from the date of this publication in the 

Federal Register. The NEA 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; 

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