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11:55 a.m. Direct Services 

Subcommittee briefing and 

discussion on Fiscal Year 2017 

recommendations 

12:55 a.m. Lunch 

2:00 p.m. Committee finalize 

recommendations for the Fiscal 

Year 2017 

3:00 p.m. Break 

3:15 p.m. Discussion/Assignments, 

ACVETEO Chairman 

3:30 p.m. Public Forum, Mika Cross 

Designated Federal Official 

4:00 p.m. Adjourn 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 14th day of 

August 2017. 

J.S. Shellenberger, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations 

and Management, Veterans’ Employment and 

Training Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17516 Filed 8–17–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–79–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0028] 

Grain Handling Facilities; 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 

contained in the standard on Grain 

Handling Facilities. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

October 17, 2017. 

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–2011–0028, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration, 

Room N–3653, 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, 10:00 

a.m. to 3:00 p.m., e.t. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the Agency name and the OSHA 

docket number for the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) (OSHA–2011– 

0028). 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 also contact Theda Kenney at 

the address below to obtain a copy of 

the ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Todd Owen or 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 accord 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 effort in 

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

The Grain Handling Facilities 

Standard specifies a number of 

paperwork requirements. The following 

sections describe who uses the 

information collected under each 

requirement as well as how they use it. 

The purpose of the requirements is to 

reduce employees’ risk of death or 

serious injury while working in grain 

handling facilities. 

Paragraph (d) of the Standard requires 

the employer to develop and implement 

an emergency action plan so that 

employees will be aware of the 

appropriate actions to take in the event 

of an emergency. 

Paragraph (e)(1) requires that 

employers provide training to 

employees at least annually and when 

changes in job assignment will expose 

them to new hazards. Paragraph (f)(1) 

requires the employer to issue a permit 

for all hot work. Under paragraph (f)(2) 

the permit shall certify that the 

requirements contained in 1910.272(a) 

have been implemented prior to 

beginning the hot work operations and 

shall be kept on file until completion of 

the hot work operation. 

Paragraph (g)(1)(i) requires the 

employer to issue a permit for entering 

bins, silos, or tanks unless the employer 

or the employer’s representative is 

present during the entire operation. The 

permit shall certify that the precautions 

contained in paragraph (g) have been 

implemented prior to employees 

entering bins, silos or tanks and shall be 

kept on file until completion of the 

entry operations. 

Paragraph (g)(1)(ii) requires that the 

employer de-energize, disconnect, 

lockout and tag, block off or otherwise 

prevent operation of all mechanical, 

electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic 

equipment which presents a danger to 

employees inside grain storage 

structures. 

Paragraphs (i)(1) and (i)(2) require the 

employer to inform contractors 

performing work at the grain handling 

facility of known potential fire and 

explosion hazards related to the 

contractor’s work and work area, and to 

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explain to the contractor the applicable 

provisions of the emergency action plan. 

Paragraph (j)(1) requires the employer 

to develop and implement a written 

housekeeping program that establishes 

the frequency and method(s) 

determined to best reduce 

accumulations of fugitive grain dust on 

ledges, floors, equipment, and other 

exposed surfaces. 

Under paragraph (m)(1), the employer 

is required to implement preventive 

maintenance procedures consisting of 

regularly scheduled inspections of at 

least the mechanical and safety control 

equipment associated with dryers, grain 

stream processing equipment, dust 

collection equipment including filter 

collectors, and bucket elevators. 

Paragraph (m)(3) requires a certification 

be maintained of each inspection. 

Paragraph (m)(4) requires the employer 

to implement procedures for the use of 

tags and locks which will prevent the 

inadvertent application of energy or 

motion to equipment being repaired, 

serviced, or adjusted. 

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 information 

collection requirements contained in the 

standard on Grain Handling Facilities 

(29 CFR 1910.272). The Agency is 

requesting a reduction in the current 

burden hours from 68,782 to 24,392 

(difference of 44,390 hours). This 

decrease is due to the reduction of grain 

handling facilities from 9,025 to 5,500. 

The Agency will summarize any 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice and will include this summary in 

the request to OMB. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Grain Handling Facilities 

Standard (29 CFR 1910.272). 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0206. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Number of Respondents: 47,007. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Average Time per Response: Various. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

24,392. 

Total Responses: 514,721. 

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–2011–0028). 

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 from the Web site, and for 

assistance in using the Internet to locate 

docket submissions. 

V. Authority and Signature 

Loren Sweatt, Deputy 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). 

Loren Sweatt, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17505 Filed 8–17–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Veterans’ Employment and Training 

Service 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; HIRE Vets Medallion Program 

AGENCY: Veterans’ Employment and 

Training Service (VETS), Labor. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: VETS is publishing elsewhere 

in this issue of the Federal Register a 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to 

propose regulations implementing the 

Honoring Investments in Recruiting and 

Employing American Military Veterans 

Act of 2017. The proposal allows the 

public 30 days to comment on the 

proposed regulations including the 

proposal’s collections of information 

contained in the rule. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Federal agencies are required to publish 

a notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information and to allow 60 days for 

public comment in response to the 

notice. This notice allows the public 60 

days to comment on the collections of 

information contained in or associated 

with implementing the VETS proposal. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

October 17, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this Information 

Collection Request (ICR) with applicable 

supporting documentation; including a 

description of the likely respondents, 

proposed frequency of response, and 

estimated total burden may be obtained 

free of charge from the RegInfo.gov Web 

site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=20201707- 

1293-001 (this link will only become 

active on the day following publication 

of this notice) or by contacting Randall 

Smith by telephone at (202) 693–4700. 

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