[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66852-66853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27234]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Hazardous Waste
Worker Training
AGENCY: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Division
of Extramural Research and Training, NIH, HHS.
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences (NIEHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for review and
approval of the information collection listed below. This proposed
information collection was previously published in the Federal Register
on May 14, 2012, pages 28395-28396 and allowed 60-days for public
comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this notice
is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The National
Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is
not required to respond to, an information collection that has been
extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless
it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Proposed Collection: Title: Hazardous Waste Worker Training--42 CFR
part 65. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision of OMB No.
0925-0348 and expiration date November 30, 2012. Need and Use of
Information Collection: This request for OMB review and approval of the
information collection is required by regulation 42 CFR part 65(a)(6).
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) was
given major responsibility for initiating a worker safety and health
training program under Section 126 of the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) for hazardous waste workers and
emergency responders. A network of non-profit organizations that are
committed to protecting workers and their communities by delivering
high-quality, peer-reviewed safety and health curricula to target
populations of hazardous waste workers and emergency responders has
been developed. In twenty-four years (FY 1987-2011), the NIEHS Worker
Training program has successfully supported 20 primary grantees that
have trained more than 2.7 million workers across the country and
presented over 160,913 classroom and hands-on training courses, which
have accounted for nearly 36 million contact hours of actual training.
Generally, the grant will initially be for one year, and subsequent
continuation awards are also for one year at a time. Grantees must
submit a separate application to have the support continued for each
subsequent year. Grantees are to provide information in accordance with
S65.4 (a), (b), (c) and 65.6(a) on the nature, duration, and purpose of
the training, selection criteria for trainees' qualifications and
competency of the project director and staff, cooperative agreements in
the case of joint applications, the adequacy of training plans and
resources, including budget and curriculum, and response to meeting
training criteria in OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency
Response Regulations (29 CFR 1910.120). As a cooperative agreement,
there are additional requirements for the progress report section of
the application. Grantees are to provide their information in hard copy
as well as enter information into the WETP Grantee Data Management
System. The information collected is used by the Director through
officers, employees, experts, and consultants to evaluate applications
based on technical merit to determine whether to make awards. Frequency
of Response: Biannual. Affected Public: Non-profit organizations.
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated
to average 14 hours per year, including the time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. The annual reporting hour burden is as
follows: number of respondents: 20; number of responses per respondent:
2; and annual hour burden per response: 560. The average time per
response is 14 hours per year. The estimated hour burden for each
respondent includes nine hours to create documents and five hours for
support staff to compile the documents. The annualized cost to
respondents is estimated at: $18,200.00.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average time Total hour
Type of respondents Number of Frequency of per response burden (in
respondents response (in hours) hours)
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Grantees........................................ 20 2 14 560
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Total....................................... 20 2 14 560
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Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the
public and affected agencies should address one or more of the
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on those who are to
respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Written comments and/or suggestions
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory
Affairs, [email protected] or by fax to 202-395-6974,
Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
instruments, contact: Joseph T. Hughes, Jr., Director, Worker Education
and Training Branch, Division of Extramural Research and Training,
NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 or call non-
toll-free number (919) 541-0217 or Email your request, including your
address to [email protected].
Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30-days
of the date of this publication.
Dated: October 25, 2012.
Joellen M. Austin,
Associate Director for Management.
[FR Doc. 2012-27234 Filed 11-6-12; 8:45 am]
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