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programs. This provision provides

employees of onsite employers with

information about the unique energycontrol procedures used by an offsite

employer; this information prevents any

misunderstanding by either plant

employees or outside service personnel

regarding the use of lockout or tagout

procedures in general, and the use of

specific lockout or tagout devices

selected or a particular application.

II. Special Issues for Comment

OSHA has a particular interests 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 decrease the

existing burden-hour estimate for, and

to extend OMB’s approval of, the

paperwork requirements specified by

the Standard. The Agency is proposing

to reduce the total burden-hour estimate

from 1,236,149 hours to 1,109,637

hours, a total decrease of 126,512 hours.

This decrease in burden hours results in

large part from reducing the number of

establishments required to update

energy-control programs and to inspect

energy-control procedures. In addition,

capital costs are rising from $0 to

$14,582,134 because OSHA is

accounting for the cost of purchasing

new, and replacing worn or damaged,

locks and tags, as well as replacing the

means of attaching tags to an energy

source (e.g., nylon cable ties). 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: Standard on the Control of

Hazardous Energy Sources (Lockout/

Tagout) (29 CFR 1910.147).

OMB Number: 1218–0150.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions;

Federal government; State, local, or

tribal governments.

Number of Respondents: 2,351,014.

Frequency of Recordkeeping: On

occasion; annually; other (initially).

Average Time per Response: Varies

from five seconds (.001 hour) to notify

an employer after removing a lockout or

tagout device, to two and one-half hours

(2.50 hours) to develop and document

an energy-control procedure.

Total Annual Hours Requested:

1,109,637.

Total Annual Costs (O&M):

$14,582,134.

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

21th, 2001.

John L. Henshaw,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice: 01–162]

Notice of Agency Report Forms Under

OMB Review

SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and

Space Administration, as part of its

continuing effort to reduce paperwork

and respondent burden, invites the

general public and other Federal

agencies to take this opportunity to

comment on proposed and/or

continuing information collections, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–13, 44

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This collection

provides NASA with information

necessary for the effective management

of government property.

DATES: Comments on this proposal

should be received by January 28, 2002.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be

addressed to Desk Officer for NASA;

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs; Office of Management and

Budget; Room 10236; New Executive

Office Building; Washington, DC, 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Nancy Kaplan, NASA Reports Officer,

(202) 358–1372.

Title: NASA Property in the Custody

of Contractors.

OMB Number: 2700–0017.

Type of Review: Extension.

Need and Uses: NASA is required to

account for Government-owned/

contractor-held property in accordance

with SFFAS #6. NASA Form 1018

provides for the annual collection of

summary data from these records to

ensure the accurate reflection of Agency

assets and related depreciation on the

financial statements and essential

property management information.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 860.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 1.

Hours Per Request: 8.

Annual Burden Hours: 7000.

Frequency of Report: Annually.

David B. Nelson,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Administrator.

[FR Doc. 01–31955 Filed 12–27–01; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice: 01–161]

Notice of Agency Report Forms Under

OMB Review

SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and

Space Administration, as part of its

continuing effort to reduce paperwork

and respondent burden, invites the

general public and other Federal

agencies to take this opportunity to

comment on proposed and/or

continuing information collections, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–13, 44

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). The financial

recordkeeping information and reports

obtained through this collection are

used by NASA to ensure proper

accountability for and use of NASAprovided funds.

DATES: Comments on this proposal

should be received by January 28, 2002.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be

addressed to Desk Officer for NASA;

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs; Office of Management and

Budget; Room 10236; New Executive

Office Building; Washington, DC, 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Nancy Kaplan, NASA Reports Officer,

(202) 358–1372.

Title: Financial Monitoring and

Control, Grants.

OMB Number: 2700–0049.

Type of review: Extension.

Need and Uses: Information is used

by NASA to effectively maintain an

appropriate internal control system for