[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43735-43736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20619]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR-99-16]
Crawler, Locomotive, and Truck Cranes (Inspection Certification
Records) (29 CFR 1910.180(d), (g)(1) and (g)(2)(ii); Extension of the
Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of an Information
Collection (Paperwork) Requirement
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA); Labor.
ACTION: Notice of an opportunity for public comment.
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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits comments concerning the proposed decrease and
extension of the information collection requirements (inspection
certification records) contained in the standard on Crawler,
Locomotive, and Truck Cranes (29 CFR 1910.180).
REQUEST FOR COMMENT:
The Agency seeks comments on the following issues:
Whether the information collection 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, electronic, mechanical, and other
technological information and transmission collection techniques.
DATES: Submit written comments on or before October 12, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket, No.
ICR-99-16, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, US 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 in length by facsimile to (202) 693-1648.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theda Kenney, Directorate of Safety
Standards Programs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N-3605, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-2222. A copy of the Agency's
Information Collection Request (ICR) supporting the need for the
information collection requirements in 29 CFR 1910.180 (inspection
certification records) is available for inspection and copying in the
Docket Office, or mailed on request by telephoning Theda Kenney at
(202) 693-2222 or Barbara Bielaski at (202) 693-2444. For electronic
copies of the ICR, contact OSHA on the Internet at http://www/osh.gov/
comp-links.html, and click on ``Information Collection Requests.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
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 continuing information
collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (PRA-95) (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
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OSHA's estimate of the information collection burden is correct.
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act) authorizes
information collection by employers as necessary or appropriate for
enforcement of the Act or for developing information regarding the
causes and prevention of occupational injuries, illnesses, and
accidents. (29 U.S.C. 657.) The major purpose of the information
collection requirements in 29 CFR 1910.180 is to provide information
for properly maintaining crawler, locomotive and truck cranes and,
therefore, to ensure safe operating conditions for employees.
Specifically, employers must establish certification records to
demonstrate that crane inspections comply with the requirements
specified in the standard. Failure of the employer to collect and
distribute the information collected under the requirements contained
in the standard will affect significantly OSHA's effort to control and
reduce injuries and fatalities in the workplace.
II. Proposed Actions
OSHA proposes to decrease its earlier estimate of 174,015 burden
hours for the information collection requirements in 29 CFR
1910.180(d), (g)(1), and (g)(2)(ii) to 174,000 burden hours.
OSHA will summarize the comments submitted in response to this
notice, and will include this summary in the request to OMB to extend
the approval of the information collection requirements contained in
the above provisions.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information
collection requirement.
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Title: Crawler, Locomotive, and Truck Cranes (Inspection
Certifications) (29 CFR 1910.180(d), (g)(1), and (g)(2(ii)).
OMB Number: 128-0221.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Federal government;
state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 1,900.
Frequency: Monthly.
Average Time per Response: Varies from 15 minutes (0.25 hour) to 30
minutes (0.50 hour).
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 174,000.
III. Authority and Signature
Charles N. Jeffress, 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), Secretary of Labor's Order No. 6-96 (62 FR 111), and 29
CFR part 1911.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 4th day of August 1999.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 99-20619 Filed 8-10-99; 8:45 am]
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