Document ID: OSHA-2017-0006-0025
Agency: osha
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Definition and Requirements for a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory
Posted Date: 2021-09-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 179 (Monday, September 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 52223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20235]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Definition and Requirements for a Nationally 
Recognized Testing Laboratory

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)-sponsored information 
collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before October 20, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Crystal Rennie by telephone at 202-
693-0456 or by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A number of standards issued by the OSHA 
contain requirements for equipment, products, or materials. These 
standards often specify that employers use only equipment, products, or 
material tested or approved by a Nationally Recognized Testing 
Laboratory. This requirement ensures that employers use safe equipment, 
products, or materials in complying with the standards. Accordingly, 
OSHA promulgated the regulation 29 CFR 1910.7, ``definition and 
requirements for a nationally recognized testing laboratory.'' The 
Regulation specifies procedures that organizations must follow to apply 
for, and to maintain, OSHA's recognition to test and certify equipment, 
products, or material for this purpose. For additional substantive 
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the 
Federal Register on May 28, 2021 (86 FR 28913).
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid 
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions 
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to 
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-OSHA.
    Title of Collection: Definition and Requirements for a Nationally 
Recognized Testing Laboratory.
    OMB Control Number: 1218-0147.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 23.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 146.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 1,572 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $757,440.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

Crystal Rennie,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2021-20235 Filed 9-17-21; 8:45 am]
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