[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 227 (Monday, November 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58375-58376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28861]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Proposed Information Collection Request; Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations;
AGENCY: Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (OMB No.
1218-0202).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly understood, and impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed extension of approval for the
paperwork requirements of 29 CFR 1910.120, Hazardous Waste Operations
and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before January 26,
1996.
Written comments should:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate 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;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
ADDRESSES: Comments are to be submitted to the Docket Office, Docket
No. ICR-95-2, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution
Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 219-7894. Written
comments limited to 10 pages or less in length may also be transmitted
by facsimile to (202) 219-5046.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anne C. Cyr, Office of Information and Consumer Affairs, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-
3647, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202)
219-8148. Copies of the referenced information collection request are
available for inspection and copying in the Docket Office and will be
mailed immediately to persons who request copies by telephoning Vivian
Allen at (202) 219-8076. For electronic copies, contact the Labor New
Bulletin Board (202) 219-4784; or OSHA's WebPage on Internet at http://
www.osha.gov/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) currently
has approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for certain
information collection requirements contained in 29 CFR 1910.120. That
approval will expire on June 30, 1996 unless OSHA applies for an
extension of the OMB approval. This notice initiates the process for
OSHA to request an extension of the current OMB approval.
As part of OMB's and OSHA's continuing paperwork reduction effort,
OSHA seeks to reduce the paperwork burden hours in 29 CFR 1910.120
based
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upon input from parties interested in the regulatory scope of that
regulation. The purpose of this notice is to solicit public comment on
OSHA's existing paperwork burden estimates from those interested
parties and to seek public response to several questions related to the
development of OSHA's estimation. Interested parties are requested to
review OSHA's existing estimates, which are based upon information
available during rulemaking, and to comment on their accuracy or
appropriateness in today's workplace situation. OSHA bases its existing
estimates upon information made available to the Agency during the
initial rule making effort for 29 CFR 1910.120 (August 10, 1987; 52 FR
29620) and believes that this data may be outdated.
II. Current Actions
This notice requests an extension of the current OMB approval of
the paperwork requirements in 29 CFR 1910.120, Hazardous Waste
Operations and Emergency Response.
Type of Review: Extension of existing approval with one typographic
correction. The current total burden hours should be 18,726,849 instead
of 18,726,049. The eight in the hundreds spot was read previously as a
zero.
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor.
Title: Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (29 CFR
1910.120).
OMB Number: 1218-0202 (Previously 1218-0138).
Agency Number: Docket No. ICR-95-2.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Federal government,
and State, Local or Tribal governments.
Number of respondents: 35,118.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: Varies.
Total Estimated Cost: $374,536,981.00.
Total Burden Hours: 18,726,849.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request: they will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: November 20, 1995.
Thomas H. Seymour,
Acting Director, Director of Safety Standards Programs.
[FR Doc. 95-28861 Filed 11-24-95; 8:45 am]
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