[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48208-48209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22848]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. ICR-99-19]
Overhead and Gantry Cranes (Inspection Certification Records);
Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of an
Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirement
AGENCY: Occuptional 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 in,
and extension of, the information collection requirements (inspection
certification records) contained in the standard on Overhead and Gantry
Cranes, 29 CFR 1910.179.
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 November 1, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Office, Docket No.
ICR-99-19, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 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 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 (inspection certification records)
contained in the standard on Overhead and Gantry Cranes (29 CFR
1910.179) 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) 603-2444. For electronic copies of the ICR,
contact OSHA on the Internet at http://www.osha.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 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.) In this regard, the information collection
requirements (the inspection certification records) in the standard on
Overhead and Gantry Cranes (29 CFR 1910.179) ensures that employers
maintain properly overhead and gantry cranes to ensure safe operating
conditions for employees.
II. Proposed Actions
OSHA proposes to decrease its earlier estimate of 367,528 burden
hours to 367,500 burden hours for the provisions pertaining to the
inspection certification records in the standard on Overhead and Gantry
Cranes (29 CFR 1910.179).
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 standard.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved information
collection requirement.
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Title: Overhead and Gantry Cranes, Inspection Certification Records
(29 CFR 1910.179(j)(2)(iii), (j)(2)(iv), (m)(1), and (m)(2)).
OMB Number: 1218-0224.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions; Federal government; state, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 30,000.
Frequency: Varies (annually, semi-annually).
Average Time per Response: Varies from 15 minutes (0.25 hour) to 30
minutes (0.50 hour).
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 367,500.
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.
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Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of August, 1999.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 99-22848 Filed 9-1-99; 8:45 am]
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