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Affected Public: Individuals.

Number of Respondents: 1,700.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 1,700.

Average Time Per Response: 1 hour.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,700

hours.

Estimated Cost (Operation and

Maintenance): $0.

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. 01–4900 Filed 2–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. ICR–1218–0172(2001)]

Student Data Form; Extension of the

Office of Management and Budget’s

Approval of Information-Collection

(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 Student Data Form.

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, N.W.,

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 Student Data Form 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 (e.g., 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 the 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 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, occupational education and

training courses.

Under Section 21 of the Act, the

OSHA Training Institute (the

‘‘Institute’’) provides basic,

intermediate, and advanced training and

education in occupational safety and

health for Federal and State compliance

officers, Agency professionals and

technical-support personnel, employers,

employees, organizations representing

employees and employers, educators

who develop curricula and teach

occupational safety and health courses,

and representatives of professional

safety and health groups. The Institute

provides courses on occupational safety

and health at its national training

facility in Des Plaines, Illinois.

Students attending Institute courses

complete a one-page Student Data Form

(OSHA Form 182, 5/98 edition) on the

first day of class. The form provides

information under five major categories

titled ‘‘Course Information,’’ ‘‘Personal

Data,’’ ‘‘Employer Data,’’ ‘‘Emergency

Contacts,’’ and ‘‘Student Groups.’’ The

OSHA Office of Training and Education

(the ‘‘Office’’) compiles, for each fiscal

year, the following information from the

‘‘Course Information’’ and ‘‘Student

Groups’’ categories: Total student

attendance at the Institute; the number

of students attending each training

course offered by the Institute; and the

types of students attending these

courses (for example, students from

Federal or State occupational safety and

health agencies). The Office uses this

information to demonstrate, in an

accurate and timely manner, that the

Agency is providing the training and

employee education mandated by

Section 21 of the Act. OSHA also uses

this information to evaluate training,

and to make decisions regarding

program/course revisions, budget

support, and tuition costs.

The Agency uses the information

collected under the ‘‘Course

Information,’’ ‘‘Personal Data,’’ and

‘‘Employer Data’’ to identify privatesector students so that it can collect

tuition costs from them or their

employers as authorized by 31 U.S.C.

9701 (‘‘Fees and Charges for

Government Services and Things of

Value’’); Office of Management and

Budget Circular A–25 (‘‘User Charges’’);

and 29 CFR part 1949 (‘‘Office of

Training and Education, Occupational

Safety and Health Administration’’).

The information in the ‘‘Personal Data’’

and Emergency Contacts’’ categories

permits OSHA to contact students who

are residing in local hotels/motels if an

emergency arises at their home or place

of employment, and to alert supervisors/

alternate contacts of a trainee’s injury or

illness.

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.

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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