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1Based on its assessment of the paperwork

requirements contained in these standards, the

Agency estimates that the total burden hours

increased compared to its previous burden-hour

estimate. Under this notice, OSHA is not proposing

to revise these paperwork requirements in any

substantive manner, only to increase the burden

hours imposed by the existing paperwork

requirements.

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submissions

of responses.

III. Current Actions

The Department of Labor (DOL) is

seeking an extension of this information

collection in order to substantiate

compliance with nondiscrimination and

affirmative action requirements

monitored by OFCCP.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Employment Standards

Administration.

Title: OFCCP Recordkeeping and

Reporting Requirements: Supply and

Service.

OMB Number: 1215–0072.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; State,

Local or Tribal Government.

Total Annual Respondents/

Responses: 95,311.

Requirements Average hours

per response Frequency Number of responses

Recordkeeping:

Initial Development of AAP ........................................................... 112.65 Once ............................................. 953

Update of AAP .............................................................................. 51.14 Annually ........................................ 95,054

Maintenance of AAP ..................................................................... 51.14 Annually ........................................ 94,358

Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures .............. 2.18 Annually ........................................ 5,750

Reporting:

Standard Form 100 ....................................................................... 3.8 Annually ........................................ 36,741

Scheduling Letter .......................................................................... 4.5 On occasion .................................. 2,595

Compliance Check Letter .............................................................. .4 On occasion .................................. 2,000

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

9,967,675.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $23,096.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of the

information collection request; they will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: December 7, 2001.

Margaret J. Sherrill,

Chief, Branch of Management Review and

Internal Control, Division of Financial

Management, Office of Management,

Administration and Planning, Employment

Standards Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–31212 Filed 12–18–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0130(2002)]

Electrical Standards for Construction

(29 CFR part 1926, subpart K);

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 comment.

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comment

concerning its proposal to increase the

existing burden-hour estimates for, and

to extend OMB approval of, the

information-collection requirements of

the Electrical Standards for

Construction (29 CFR part 1926, subpart

K).1 These standards specify: Written

descriptions of, and testing records for,

the assured-equipment groundingconductor program; warning labels and

marks to alert employees to hazardous

electrical conditions; and tags to warn

against energizing circuits and

equipment on which employees are

working. Accordingly, these standards

prevent deaths and severe injuries

among construction employees caused

by high-voltage electrical hazards.

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before February 19, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR–

1218–0130(2002), OSHA, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–2625,

200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)

693–2350. Commenters may transmit

written comments of 10 pages or less by

facsimile to (202) 693–1648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Theda Kenney, Directorate of Safety

Standards Programs, OSHA, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–3621,

200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)

693–2444. A copy of the Agency’s

Information-Collection Request (ICR)

supporting the need for the information

collections specified by the Electrical

Standards for Construction is available

for inspection and copying in the

Docket Office, or by requesting a copy

from Theda Kenney at (202)693–2044 or

Todd Owen at (202)693–2444. For

electronic copies of the ICR, contact

OSHA on the Internet at http://

www.osha.gov, then select ‘‘Information

Collection Requests.’’

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)(A)). This

program ensures that information is in

the desired format, reporting burden

(time and costs) is minimal, collection

instruments are understandable, and

OSHA’s estimate of the informationcollection burden is correct.

The Electrical Standards for

Construction contain a number of

paperwork requirements. The following

sections describe these requirements in

detail.

Section 1926.404(b)(1)(iii) (‘‘Wiring

design and protection’’). This paragraph

requires construction employers who

elect not to use ground-fault-circuit

interrupters at a job site to establish and

implement an assured-equipment

grounding-conductor (AEGC) program.

This program must cover cord sets,

receptacles (that are not part of the

building or structure), and equipment

connected by cord and plug that

employees use, or is available for their

use, at construction sites. An employer

must ensure that the AEGC program has

a written description of the program,

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including the specific procedures

adopted by the employer, available at

the job site for review and copying by

OSHA compliance officers and any

affected employee, and has at least one

competent person, designated by

employer, to implement the program.

Prior to use, the employer also must

visually inspect, for external defects

(e.g., missing or deformed pins,

insulation damage) and possible

internal damage, each cord set,

attachment cap, plug and receptacle of

cord sets, and any equipment connected

by cord and plug (except fixed cord sets

and receptacles not exposed to damage);

the employer must repair any damaged

or defective equipment prior to use by

an employee.

Under the AEGC program, the

employer must test all cord sets,

receptacles that are not part of the

permanent wiring of the building or

structure, and cord- and plug-connected

equipment that require grounding.

Accordingly, employers must test each

equipment-grounding connector for

continuity and ensure that it is

electrically continuous, and test each

receptacle and attachment cap or plug

for correct attachment of the equipmentgrounding conductor, and ensure that

the conductor connects to the proper

terminal. Employers are to perform

these tests before: First using the

equipment; returning the equipment to

service following repair; and using

equipment after any incident that the

employer reasonably suspects damaged

equipment. In addition, an employer

must conduct testing at least every three

months, except for fixed cord sets and

receptacles not exposed to damage,

which employees must test at least

every six months. Employers must also

record the tests, including the identity

of each receptacle, cord set, and cordand plug-connected equipment that

passed the test, and the previous testing

date or the interval covered by the last

test. The employer is to maintain these

records using logs, color coding, or

other effective means until replaced by

the next record, and make them

available at the job site for inspection by

OSHA compliance officers and affected

employees.

The purpose of the AEGC program is

to detect and correct faults in grounding

conductors before a high-voltage

accident occurs. Grounding conductors

often fail because of the rough use they

receive at construction sites, and such

failure results in improperly grounded

equipment; employees who then use the

improperly grounded equipment are at

risk for death or injury caused by highvoltage electrical shock. The written

program identifies the equipment that

the competent person must inspect and

test, and delineates the procedures they

are to use while inspecting and testing

the equipment for grounding faults.

Making the written program available

for review and copying by OSHA

compliance officers and affected

employees ensures that the program

covers the required equipment currently

used at the work site, and that the

competent person is following

appropriate procedures during

inspection and testing. Recording the

tests results informs OSHA compliance

officers and affected employees that the

competent person tested the required

equipment, and whether or not this

equipment is safe to use.

Sections 1926.403(i)(2)(ii) (‘‘General

requirements [for installation safety

requirements]’’); 404(d)(2)(ii) (‘‘Wiring

design and protection’’); 405(h) (‘‘Wiring

methods components, and equipment

for general use’’); 408(a)(2)(iii) and

(a)(3)(i) (‘‘Special systems’’); and

.416(a)(3) (‘‘General requirements [for

safety-related work practices]’’). These

provisions require employers to warn

employees of hazardous electrical

conditions, including:

• Section 1926.403(i)(2)(iii). Mark the

entrances to rooms and other guarded

locations containing exposed live parts

with conspicuous warning signs that

forbid unqualified employees from

entering.

• Section 1926.403(i)(2)(iii). Post

warning signs if unauthorized

employees may come in contact with

live parts.

• Section 1926.405(h). Mark

termination enclosures for portable

cables over 600 volts (nominal) with a

high-voltage hazard warning.

• Section 1926.408(a)(2)(iii). Provide

a means to completely isolate

equipment for inspection and repairs.

Accordingly, employers must ensure

that means of isolation not designed to

interrupt the load current of the circuit

either are capable of interlocking with a

circuit interrupter or they must post a

sign warning against opening the means

under load.

• Section 1926.408(a)(3)(i). Provide a

metallic structure on mobile or portable

equipment for enclosing the terminals of

the power cables, and mark the

structure with a sign warning that the

structure contains energized parts.

• Section 1926.416(a)(3). Before

starting work, determine whether or not

an employee, tool, or machine may

come into physical or electrical contact

with an energized electric power circuit,

whether exposed or concealed. If so, the

employer must post and maintain

proper warning signs where such

circuits exist, and advise employees of

the location of such circuits, the hazards

involved, and the protective measures

they are to take.

These warning signs and marks alert

unqualified and unauthorized

employees to the presence of electrical

hazards, and notify electricians of the

need to exercise caution and to take

other measures to protect themselves

when they are near electrical hazards.

Therefore, these paperwork

requirements prevent death and serious

injury among these employees that may

result from inadvertent contact with

high-voltage electrical hazards.

Section 1926.417(a), (b), and (c)

(‘‘Lockout and tagging of circuits’’).

These paragraphs require that

employers tag deactivated controls to

energized or deenergized circuits and

equipment while employees are

working on them. In addition,

employers are to render deenergized

equipment and circuits inoperative, and

attach tags at points that control the

release of energy to the deenergized

circuits and equipment; these tags must

plainly identify these circuits and

equipment.

The required tags warn others not to

reenergize, or activate the controls to,

circuits and equipment on which an

employee is working. Accordingly, the

tags prevent death and serious injury to

these employees caused by high-voltage

electrical shock, or by operation of the

equipment.

II. Special Issues for Comment

OSHA has a particular interest in

comments on the following issues:

• Whether the proposed informationcollection 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 proposing to increase the

existing burden-hour estimate for, and

to extend OMB’s approval of, the

paperwork requirements specified by

the Electrical Standards for

Construction. The Agency is proposing

to increase the total burden-hour

estimate from 53,001 hours to 84,803

hours, an increase of 31,802 hours. This

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increase in burden hours results in large

part from accounting for developing,

maintaining, and disclosing AEGC test

records, and basing the number of tags

required under § 1926.417(a), (b), and

(c) (‘‘Lockout and tagging of circuits’’)

on the number of jobsites instead of the

number of employees. In addition,

capital costs rose from $0 to $933,333

because OSHA is accounting for the cost

of purchasing new, and replacing worn

or damaged, warning signs and tags. The

Agency will summarize the comments

submitted in response to this notice,

and will include this summary in its

request to OMB to extend the approval

of these information-collection

requirements.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently-approved informationcollection requirement.

Title: Electrical Standards for

Construction (29 CFR part 1926, subpart

K).

OMB Number: 1218–0130.

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

or tribal governments.

Number of Respondents: 70,000.

Frequency of Recordkeeping: On

occasion; quarterly; semi-annually; or

(initially).

Average Time per Response: Varies

from one minute to tag an electrical

circuit or piece of equipment, to one

hour to develop a written AEGC

program.

Total Annual Hours Requested:

84,803.

Total Annual Costs (O&M): $933.333.

IV. Authority and Signature

John L. Henshaw, 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), and Secretary of

Labor’s Order No. 3–2000 (62 FR

50017).

Signed at Washington, DC, on December

14, 2001.

John L. Henshaw,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 01–31271 Filed 12–18–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

Maritime Advisory Committee for

Occupational Safety and Health: Notice

of Meeting

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Maritime Advisory Committee

for Occupational Safety and Health:

Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Maritime Advisory

Committee for Occupational Safety and

Health (MACOSH), established under

section 7 of the Occupational Safety and

Health Act of 1970 to advise the

Secretary of Labor on issues relating to

occupational safety and health

programs, policies, and standards for

the maritime industries in the United

States, will meet in Baltimore,

Maryland.

DATES: MACOSH will meet on February

20 and 21, 2002, from 8:30 a.m. until

approximately 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet at

the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel,

800 Aliceanna Street, Baltimore,

Maryland. Mail comments, views, or

statements in response to this notice to

Joseph V. Daddura, Acting Director,

Office of Maritime Safety Standards,

OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room

N–3609, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20210. Telephone (202)

693–2086; fax: (202) 693–1663.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph V. Daddura, Acting Director,

Office of Maritime Safety Standards,

OSHA: Telephone (202) 693–2086.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All

interested persons are invited to attend

the public meetings of MACOSH at the

time and place indicated above.

Individuals with disabilities wishing to

attend should contact Theda Kenney at

(202) 693–2222 no later than February 1,

2002, to obtain appropriate

accommodations.

Meeting Agenda

This meeting will include discussion

of the following subjects: MACOSH

input on OSHA priorities, vertical

tandem lifts in the longshoring industry,

an update on the NIOSH diesel exhaust

epidemiology study, an NFPA update

on the changes to NFPA 306 ‘‘Control of

Gas hazards on Vessels,’’ discussion of

common issues with OSHA Advisory

Committee on Construction Safety and

Health, and MACOSH work group

reports.

Public Participation

Written data, views, or comments for

consideration by MACOSH on the

various agenda items listed above may

be submitted, preferably with copies, to

Joseph V. Daddura at the address listed

above. Submissions received by

February 1, 2002, will be provided to

the members of the committee and will

be included in the record of the

meeting.

Requests to make oral presentations to

the Committee may be granted if time

permits. Anyone wishing to make an

oral presentation to the Committee on

any of the agenda items noted above

should notify Joseph V. Daddura by

February 1, 2002. The request should

state the amount of time desired, the

capacity in which the person will

appear, and a brief outline of the

content of the presentation.

Authority: This notice issued under the

authority of sections 6(b)(1) and 7(b) of the

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970

(29 U.S.C. 655, 656), the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), and 29 CFR

part 1912.

Signed at Washington, DC this 12th day of

December 2001.

John L. Henshaw,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 01–31189 Filed 12–18–01; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50–255]

Nuclear Management Company, LLC;

Palisades Plant Environmental

Assessment and Finding of No

Significant Impact

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is considering

issuance of an amendment to Facility

Operating License No. DPR–20, held by

Nuclear Management Company, LLC

(NMC or the licensee), for operation of

the Palisades Plant, located in Van

Buren County, Michigan, and the NRC

is issuing this environmental

assessment and finding of no significant

impact.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

The proposed amendment would

change the limiting conditions for

operation (LCOs), surveillance

requirements (SRs), and design features

in the Technical Specifications (TSs) to

provide more flexible fuel loading

constraints for the Palisades fuel storage

racks and accommodate future core

designs. The changes affect TS Sections

3.7.15, ‘‘Spent Fuel Pool (SFP) Boron

Concentration,’’ 3.7.16, ‘‘Spent Fuel

Assembly Storage,’’ and 4.3, ‘‘Design

Features—Fuel Storage.’’ Allowed

uranium enrichments for storage would

be increased. Enrichment limits for

storage racks for unirradiated fuel

(currently limited to fuel assemblies

having a maximum average planar

uranium-235 (U–235) enrichment of

4.20 weight percent) would be increased