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III. Proposed Actions

OSHA proposes to extend OMB’s

approval of the collection-ofinformation (paperwork) requirements

specified in the Student Data Form. The

Agency will summarize the comments

submitted in response to this notice,

and will include this summary, along

with the comments, in its request to

OMB to extend the approval of these

information-collection requirements.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved informationcollection requirements.

Title: Student Data Form.

OMB Number: 1218–0172.

Affected Public: Individuals; business

or other for-profit organizations; Federal

government; State, Local, or Tribal

governments.

Number of Respondents: 5,000.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 5,000.

Average Time Per Response: 5

minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 417

hours.

Estimated Cost (Operation and

Maintenance): $8,092.

IV. Authority and Signature

R. Davis Layne, Acting 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 (65 FR 50017).

Signed at Washington, DC, on February 23,

2001.

R. Davis Layne,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 01–4901 Filed 2–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–U

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR 1218–0020(2001)]

Training Grant Application; Extension

of the Office of Management and

Budget’s Approval of InformationCollection (Paperwork Requirements)

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of an opportunity for

public comment.

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public

comment concerning its request to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for an extension of the

information-collection requirements

specified in its training grant

application.

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before April 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR

1218–0020(2001), 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:

Cindy Bencheck, Division of Training

and Educational Programs, OSHA Office

of Training and Education, 1555 Times

Drive, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018;

telephone: (847) 297–4810; e-mail:

cindy.bencheck@oti.osha.gov; or

facsimile: (847) 297–4874. A copy of the

Agency’s Information-Collection

Request (ICR) supporting the need for

the information collections specified in

the training grant application is

available for inspection and copying in

the Docket Office, or by requesting a

copy from Todd Owen at (202) 693–

2444. For electronic copies of the ICR,

contact OSHA on the Internet at http:/

/www.osha.gov/.

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 (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 information burden

is correct.

Section 21 of the Occupational Safety

and Health Act of 1970 (the ‘‘OSH Act’’)

(29 U.S.C. 670) authorizes the

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (‘‘OSHA’’ or the

‘‘Agency’’) to conduct directly, or

through grants and contracts, education

and training courses. These courses

must ensure an adequate number of

qualified personnel to fulfill the

purposes of the Act, provide them with

short-term training, inform them of the

importance and proper use of safety and

health equipment, and train employers

and employees to recognize, avoid, and

prevent unsafe and unhealthful working

conditions.

Under Section 21, the Agency awards

grants to nonprofit organizations to

provide part of the required training. To

obtain such a grant, an organization

must complete the training grant

application. OSHA uses the information

in this application to evaluate: The

organization’s competence to provide

the proposed training (including the

qualifications of the personnel who

manage and implement the training);

the goals and objectives of the proposed

training program; a workplan that

describes in detail the tasks that the

organization will implement to meet

these goals and objectives; the

appropriateness of the proposed costs;

and compliance with Federal

regulations governing nonprocurement

debarment and suspension, maintaining

a drug-free workplace, and lobbying

activities. Also required is a program

summary that Agency officials use to

review and evaluate the highlights of

the overall proposal.

After awarding a training grant, OSHA

uses the workplan and budget

information provided in the application

to monitor the organization’s progress in

meeting training goals and objectives, as

well as planned expenditures. The

initial grant award is for one year, with

possible renewals at one-year intervals.

An organization must submit separate

applications for the initial award and for

each renewal award.

II. Special Issues for Comment

The Agency 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 the Agency’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 proposes to extend OMB’s

approval of the collection-ofinformation (paperwork) requirements

specified in the training grant

application. The Agency will

summarize the comments submitted in

response to this notice, and will include

this summary, along with the

comments, in its request to OMB to

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extend the approval of these

information-collection requirements.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved informationcollection requirements.

Title: Training grant application.

OMB Number: 1218–0020.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions.

Number of Respondents: 200.

Frequency: Annually.

Total Responses: 200.

Average Time per Response: 59 hours.

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

11,800.

Estimated Cost (Operation and

Maintenance): $377,000.

IV. Authority and Signature

R. Davis Layne, Acting 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 the Secretary of Labor’s Order No.

3–2000 (65 FR 50017).

Signed at Washington, DC on February 23,

2001.

R. Davis Layne,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 01–4902 Filed 2–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0100(2001)]

Grantee Quarterly Progress Report;

Extension of the Office of Management

of Budget’s Approval of InformationCollection (Paperwork) Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of an opportunity for

public comment.

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public

comment concerning its request to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for an extension of the

information-collection requirements

specified in its Grantee Quarterly

Progress Report.

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before April 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Docket Office, Docket No. ICR–

1218–0100(2001), OSHA, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N–2625,

200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)

693–2350. Commenters may transmit

written comments of 10 pages or less by

facsimile to: (202) 693–1948.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cindy Bencheck, Division of Training

and Educational Programs, OSHA Office

of Training and Education, 1555 Times

Drive, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018;

telephone: (847) 297–4810; e-mail:

cindy.bencheck@oti.osha.gov; or

facsimile: (847) 297–4874. A copy of the

Agency’s Information-Collection

Request (ICR) supporting the need for

the information collections specified in

the Grantee Quarterly Progress Report is

available for inspection and copying in

the Docket Office, or by requesting a

copy from Todd Owen at (202) 693–

2444. For electronic copies of this ICR,

contact OSHA on the Internet at http:/

/www.osha.gov/.

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 (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

the Agency’s estimate of information

burden is correct.

Section 21 of the Occupational Safety

and Health Act of 1970 (the ‘‘OSH Act’’)

(29 U.S.C. 670) authorizes OSHA to

conduct directly, or through grants and

contracts, education and training

courses. These courses must ensure an

adequate number of qualified personnel

to fulfill the purposes of the Act,

provide them with short-term training,

inform them of the importance and

proper use of safety and health

equipment, and train employers and

employees to recognize, avoid, and

prevent unsafe and unhealthful working

conditions.

Under Section 21, the Agency awards

training grants to nonprofit

organizations to provide part of the

required training. Organizations that

receive these grants must submit

quarterly progress reports as required by

the Department of Labor under 29 CFR

95.51. This regulation states that grant

recipients must submit progress reports

to the awarding agency at least

annually, but no more than quarterly.

The reports must contain a comparison

of actual accomplishments with goals

and objectives established for the

reporting period and, if appropriate, the

output of the program and specified cost

information. Therefore, quarterly

progress reports allow OSHA to

determine if a recipient is using funds

as specified in its grant application.

After receiving a quarterly progress

report, the Agency compares the

information provided in the report to

the quarterly milestones proposed by

the grant recipient in the workplan and

budget that accompanied its grant

application. This information includes:

Identifier data (organization name and

grant number); the location where the

training occurred; the length of training

(hours); the number of employees and

employers attending training sessions

provided by the organization during the

quarter; a description of the training

provided; and a compilation of program

expenditures. Using this information,

OSHA can determine if the grant

recipient is providing the appropriate

training (in terms of course length and

content) to a specific number of

employees and employers as described

in the grant proposal, and is spending

funds consistent with the proposed

budget.

Requiring these reports on a quarterly

bases enables the Agency to identify

training and expenditure discrepancies

in a timely fashion so that it can

implement appropriate action. In

addition, this information permits

OSHA to assess a grant recipient’s

ability to meet projected milestones and

expenditures; this ability serves as one

of the criteria used by the Agency in

determining whether or not to renew the

recipient’s training grant for subsequent

years.

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

The Agency proposes to extend

OMB’s approval of the collection-ofinformation (paperwork) requirements

specified in the Grantee Quarterly

Progress Report. OSHA will summarize

the comments submitted in response to