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the following link: https://www.dol.gov/ 

general/aboutdol#budget. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding the service contract 

inventory should be directed to Ngozi 

Ofili in the DOL/Office of Procurement 

Policy at (202) 693–7247 or 

ofili.ngozi.e@dol.gov. 

Dated: September 29, 2017. 

Edward C. Hugler, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Administration and Management. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22611 Filed 10–17–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0032] 

Construction Standards on Posting 

Emergency Telephone Numbers and 

Floor Load Limits; 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 Construction Standards 

on Posting Emergency Telephone 

Numbers and Maximum Safe Floor Load 

Limits. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by 

December 18, 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, Docket No. 

OSHA–2011–0032, Occupational Safety 

and Health Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 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 OSHA 

docket number (OSHA–2011–0032) 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 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, 

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) 

(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). 

Two construction standards, ‘‘Medical 

Services and First Aid’’ (§ 1926.50), and 

‘‘General Requirements for Storage’’ 

(§ 1926.250), contain posting provisions. 

Paragraph (f) of § 1926.50 requires 

employers to conspicuously post 

emergency telephone numbers for 

physicians, hospitals, or ambulances at 

their worksites if 911 emergency 

telephone service is not locally 

available; in the event that a worker has 

a serious injury at a worksite, this 

posting requirement helps expedite 

emergency medical treatment of the 

worker. Paragraph (a)(2) of § 1926.250 

specifies that employers must post the 

maximum safe load limits of floors 

located in storage areas inside buildings 

or other structures under construction, 

unless the floors or slabs are on grade 

(sitting on the ground). This provision 

prohibits employers from overloading 

floors in areas used to store material and 

equipment where a structure’s floors are 

not supported directly by the ground. 

This requirement is intended to prevent 

floor collapses which could seriously 

injure or kill workers. 

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 to protect workers, 

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 

two construction standards, ‘‘Medical 

Services and First Aid’’ paragraph (f) of 

§ 1926.50, and ‘‘General Requirements 

for Storage’’ paragraph (a)(2) of 

§ 1926.250. The Agency is proposing an 

adjustment increase of its current 

burden hour estimate from 106,178 


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burden hours to 181,624 burden hours 

for a total increase of 75,446 burden 

hours associated with these two 

standards. The increase is due to the 

increase in the number of affected 

construction projects. 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: Construction Standards on the 

Posting of Emergency Telephone 

Numbers and Floor Load Limits (29 CFR 

1926.50 and 29 CFR 1926.250). 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0093. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Number of Respondents: 716,589. 

Number of Responses: 716,589. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Average Time per Response: Various. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

181,624. 

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; 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–2011–0032). 

You may supplement electronic 

submissions by uploading document 

files electronically. If you wish to mail 

additional materials in reference to an 

electronic or a 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 that 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 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). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on October 10, 

2017. 

Loren Sweatt, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22582 Filed 10–17–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs 

Division of Coal Mine Workers’ 

Compensation; Proposed Extension of 

Existing Collection; Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Currently, the Office of 

Workers’ Compensation Programs is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

proposed collection: Certification of 

Medical Necessity (CM–893). A copy of 

the proposed information collection 

request can be obtained by contacting 

the office listed below in the addresses 

section of this Notice. 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 

the impact of collection requirements on 

respondents can be properly assessed. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received by December 18, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by mail, delivery service, or by hand to 

Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. Department of 

Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Room S–3323, Washington, DC 20210; 

by fax to (202) 354–9647; or by Email to 

ferguson.yoon@dol.gov. Please use only 

one method of transmission for 

comments (mail/delivery, fax, or Email). 

Please note that comments submitted 

after the comment period will not be 

considered. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Labor, 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 (PRA95). 

I. Background: The Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs administers the 

Federal Black Lung Workers’ 

Compensation Program. The Black Lung 

Benefits Act (30 U.S.C. 901, et seq.) and 

its implementing regulations necessitate 

this information collection. The 

regulations at 20 CFR 725.701 et seq., 

establish miner eligibility for medical 

services and supplies for the length of 

time required by the miner’s 

pneumoconiosis and related disability. 

20 CFR 725.706 requires prior approval 

before ordering an apparatus where the 

purchase price exceeds $300.00. 20 CFR 

725.707 provides for the ongoing 

supervision of the miner’s medical care, 

including the necessity, character and 

sufficiency of care to be furnished; gives 

the authority to request medical reports; 

and indicates the right to refuse 

payment for failing to submit any report 

required. Because of the above 

legislation and regulations, it was 

necessary to devise a form to collect the 

required information. The form is the 

CM–893, Certificate of Medical 

Necessity (CMN). The CM–893, 

Certificate of Medical Necessity is 

completed by the coal miner’s doctor 

and is used by the Division of Coal Mine 

Workers’ Compensation to determine if 

the miner meets impairment standards 

to qualify for durable medical 

equipment and home nursing. This 

information collection is currently 

approved for use through February 28, 

2018. 

II. Review Focus: The Department of 

Labor is particularly interested in 

comments which: 

• 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 


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