Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 177 / Thursday, September 14, 2017 / Notices 43255 

Issued: September 11, 2017. 

William R. Bishop, 

Supervisory Hearings and Information 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19650 Filed 9–12–17; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Producer 

Price Index Survey 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) sponsored information 

collection request (ICR) titled, 

‘‘Producer Price Index Survey,’’ to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval for 

continued use, without change, in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. Public 

comments on the ICR are invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that agency receives 

on or before October 16, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this 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=201705-1220-001 

(this link will only become active on the 

day following publication of this notice) 

or by contacting Michel Smyth by 

telephone at 202–693–4129, TTY 202– 

693–8064, (these are not toll-free 

numbers) or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Submit comments about this request 

by mail or courier to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL–BLS, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202– 

395–5806 (this is not a toll-free 

number); or by email: OIRA_

submission@omb.eop.gov. Commenters 

are encouraged, but not required, to 

send a courtesy copy of any comments 

by mail or courier to the U.S. 

Department of Labor—OASAM, Office 

of the Chief Information Officer, Attn: 

Departmental Information Compliance 

Management Program, Room N1301, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210; or by email: 

DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693– 

4129, TTY 202–693–8064, (these are not 

toll-free numbers) or by email at DOL_

PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR 

seeks to extend PRA authority for the 

Producer Price Index (PPI) Survey. The 

PPI is a measure of price movements as 

an indicator of inflationary trends for 

inventory valuation and as a measure of 

purchasing power of the dollar at the 

primary market level. The PPI is also 

used in market and economic research 

and as a basis for escalation in long-term 

contracts and purchase agreements. This 

information collection accumulates data 

for the ongoing monthly publication of 

the PPI family of indexes. The BLS 

Authorizing Statute authorizes this 

information collection. See 29 U.S.C. 2. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid Control Number. See 5 

CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL 

obtains OMB approval for this 

information collection under Control 

Number 1220–0008. 

OMB authorization for an ICR cannot 

be for more than three (3) years without 

renewal, and the current approval for 

this collection is scheduled to expire on 

September 30, 2017. The DOL seeks to 

extend PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) more 

years, without any change to existing 

requirements. The DOL notes that 

existing information collection 

requirements submitted to the OMB 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. For 

additional substantive information 

about this ICR, see the related notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

May 12, 2017 (82 FR 22163). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section within thirty (30) days of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. In order to help ensure 

appropriate consideration, comments 

should mention OMB Control Number 

1220–0008. The OMB 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; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Agency: DOL–BLS. 

Title of Collection: Producer Price 

Index Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 1220–0008. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

businesses or other for-profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 26,436. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 1,127,836. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

105,172 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D). 

Dated: September 5, 2017. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19506 Filed 9–13–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2010–0055] 

Recording and Reporting Occupational 

Injuries and Illnesses; 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: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 


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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 

(PRA). This program helps to ensure 

that requested data can be provided in 

the desired format, reporting burden 

(time and financial resources) is 

minimized, collection instruments are 

clearly understood, and impact of 

collection requirements on respondents 

can be properly assessed. The 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA) is soliciting 

comments concerning the proposed 

extension of approval for the current 

information collection requirements of 

Recording and Reporting Occupational 

Injuries and Illnesses. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

November 13, 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. 

Regular mail, express mail, hand 

delivery, or messenger/courier service 

(hard copy): You may submit your 

materials to the OSHA Docket Office, 

Docket No. OSHA–2010–0055, Room N– 

3653, Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 

693–2350, (TTY (887) 889–5627). 

OSHA’s Docket Office accepts deliveries 

(hand deliveries, express mail, and 

messenger/courier service) from 10:00 

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

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the Agency name and OSHA 

docket number for the Information 

Collection Request (ICR), (OSHA–2010– 

0055). 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dave Schmidt, Office of Statistical 

Analysis, OSHA, U.S. Department of 

Labor, telephone: (202) 693–1886; 

email: schmidt.dave@dol.gov, or Todd 

Owen, Directorate of Standards and 

Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of 

Labor; telephone (202) 693–2222; email: 

owen.todd@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Occupational Safety and Health 

Act (OSH Act) and 29 CFR part 1904 

prescribe that certain employers 

maintain records of job-related injuries 

and illnesses. The injury and illness 

records are intended to have multiple 

purposes. One purpose is to provide 

data needed by OSHA to carry out 

enforcement and intervention activities 

to provide workers a safe and healthful 

work environment. The data are also 

needed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

to report on the number and rate of 

occupational injuries and illnesses in 

the country. The data also provides 

information to employers and workers 

of the kinds of injuries and illnesses 

occurring in the workplace and their 

related hazards. Increased employer 

awareness should result in the 

identification and voluntary correction 

of hazardous workplace conditions. 

Likewise, workers who are provided 

information on injuries and illnesses 

will be more likely to follow safe work 

practices and report workplace hazards. 

This would generally raise the overall 

level of safety and health in the 

workplace. OSHA currently has 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for the information 

collection requirements contained in 29 

CFR part 1904. That approval will 

expire on January 31, 2018, unless 

OSHA applies for an extension of the 

OMB approval. This notice initiates the 

process for OSHA to request an 

extension of the current OMB approval. 

This notice also solicits public 

comments on OSHA’s existing 

paperwork burden estimates from those 

interested parties and seeks public 

responses to several questions related to 

the development of OSHA’s estimates. 

Interested parties are requested to 

review OSHA’s estimates, which are 

based upon the most current data 

available, and to comment on their 

accuracy or appropriateness in today’s 

workplace situation. 

II. Current Actions 

OSHA is requesting that OMB extend 

its approval of the information 

collection requirements contained in 29 

CFR part 1904, Recording and Reporting 

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. The 

Agency is requesting to reduce its 

current burden hour estimate associated 

with this Standard from 2,524,458 to 

2,253,549 hours for a total reduction of 

270,909 hours. The Agency will 

summarize the 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: 29 CFR part 1904, Recording 

and Reporting Occupational Injuries 

and Illnesses. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0176. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; farms; not-for-profit institutions; 

State and local government. 

Number of Respondents: 1,002,912. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Average Time per Response: Various. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

2,253,549. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $123,583,587. 

III. 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–2010–0055). 

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 


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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. 

IV. 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. 4–2010 (75 FR 55355). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on September 8, 

2017. 

Loren Sweatt, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19466 Filed 9–13–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permit Applications Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of permit applications 

received. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

a notice of permit applications received 

to conduct activities regulated under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

NSF has published regulations under 

the Antarctic Conservation Act in the 

Code of Federal Regulations. This is the 

required notice of permit applications 

received. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application by October 16, 2017. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, 

Office of Polar Programs, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at 

the above address or ACApermits@

nsf.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Science Foundation, as 

directed by the Antarctic Conservation 

Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541, 45 CFR 

670), as amended by the Antarctic 

Science, Tourism and Conservation Act 

of 1996, has developed regulations for 

the establishment of a permit system for 

various activities in Antarctica and 

designation of certain animals and 

certain geographic areas requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

Application Details 

Permit Application: 2018–006 

1. Applicant: Greg Neri, 9612 Woodland 

Ridge Dr., Tampa, FL 33637. 

Activity for Which Permit Is 

Requested: Enter Antarctic Specially 

Protected Area (ASPA). The applicant, 

an author supported by NSF’s Antarctic 

Artists and Writers Program, would 

enter ASPAs 121, 155, 157, and 158 to 

visit the Adelie penguin colony and the 

Ross Island historic huts. These visits 

will inform the applicant’s writing 

about the research occurring in and 

around McMurdo Station and help to 

establish background materials for his 

childrens’ novel about Antarctic 

scientists and their work, past and 

present. The applicant would be 

escorted by experienced scientists while 

visiting ASPA 121, Cape Royds, in order 

to ensure the protection of the penguins 

and will abide by the management plans 

of all ASPAs visited. The results of this 

work are expected to be useful for 

outreach and education about 

Antarctica and the scientific research 

conducted there. 

Location: ASPA 121, Cape Royds, 

Ross Island; ASPA 155, Cape Evans, 

Ross Island; ASPA 157, Backdoor Bay, 

Cape Royds, Ross Island; ASPA 158 Hut 

Point, Ross Island. 

Dates: October 18–December 1, 2017. 

Permit Application: 2018–009 

2. Applicant: Kirsten Carlson, 676 Iana 

Street, Kailua, HI 96734 

Activity for Which Permit Is 

Requested: Enter Antarctic Specially 

Protected Area (ASPA). The applicant, 

an artist supported by NSF’s Antarctic 

Artists and Writers Program, would 

enter ASPAs 121, 155, 157, and 158 to 

visit the Adelie penguin colony and the 

Ross Island historic huts. The applicant 

would observe, sketch, and photograph 

the huts and the penguins. The 

applicant would be escorted by 

experienced scientists while visiting 

ASPA 121, Cape Royds, in order to 

ensure the protection of the penguins 

and will abide by the management plans 

of all ASPAs visited. The results of this 

work are expected to be useful for 

outreach and education about 

Antarctica and the scientific research 

conducted there. 

Location: ASPA 121, Cape Royds, 

Ross Island; ASPA 155, Cape Evans, 

Ross Island; ASPA 157, Backdoor Bay, 

Cape Royds, Ross Island; ASPA 158 Hut 

Point, Ross Island. 

Dates: October 20–November 30, 

2017. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Polar Coordination Specialist, Office of Polar 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19503 Filed 9–13–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7555–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Notice of Permit Applications Received 

Under the Antarctic Conservation Act 

of 1978 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of permit applications 

received. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 

a notice of permit applications received 

to conduct activities regulated under the 

Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 

NSF has published regulations under 

the Antarctic Conservation Act in the 

Code of Federal Regulations. This is the 

required notice of permit applications 

received. 

DATES: Interested parties are invited to 

submit written data, comments, or 

views with respect to this permit 

application by October 16, 2017. This 

application may be inspected by 

interested parties at the Permit Office, 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, 

Office of Polar Programs, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at 

the above address or ACApermits@

nsf.gov. 


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