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electronic comments by your name,
date, and the docket number, so the
Agency can attach them to your
comments.
Because of security procedures, the
use of regular mail may cause a
significant delay in the receipt of
comments. For information about
security procedures concerning the
delivery of materials by hand, express
delivery, messenger, or courier service,
please contact the OSHA Docket Office
at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–
5627).
Comments and submissions are
posted without change at http://
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
cautions commenters about submitting
personal information, such as social
security numbers and dates of birth.
Although all submissions are listed in
the http://www.regulations.gov index,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through this Web site.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
Information on using the http://
www.regulations.gov Web site to submit
comments and access the docket is
available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
for information about materials not
available through the Web site and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate
docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
David Michaels, PhD, MPH, 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
et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 4–2010 (75 FR 55355).
Signed at Washington, DC, on September
30, 2011.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0194]

Cotton Dust Standard; Extension of
the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) Approval of
Information Collection (Paperwork)
Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:

OSHA solicits public
comments concerning its proposal to
extend the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in the Cotton Dust Standard
(29 CFR 1910.1043).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
December 5, 2011.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit
comments and attachments
electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the
instructions online for submitting
comments.
Facsimile: If your comments,
including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages, you may fax them to the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.
Mail, hand delivery, express mail,
messenger, or courier service: When
using this method, you must submit a
copy of your comments and attachments
to the OSHA Docket Office, OSHA
Docket No. OSHA–2011–0194, U.S.
Department of Labor, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration,
Room N–2625, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Deliveries (hand, express mail,
messenger, and courier service) are
accepted during the Department of
Labor’s and Docket Office’s normal
business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.,
e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and OSHA
docket number (OSHA–2011–0194) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). All comments, including any
personal information you provide, are
placed in the public docket without
change, and may be made available
online at http://www.regulations.gov.
For further information on submitting
comments see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading in the section of
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
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Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov
or the OSHA Docket Office at the
address above. All documents in the
docket (including this Federal Register
notice) are listed in the http://
www.regulations.gov index; however,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through the Web site.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You may also contact Theda Kenney at
the address below to obtain a copy of
the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Theda Kenney or Todd Owen,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room
N–3468, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)
693–2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent (i.e., employer) burden,
conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the public 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 accurate. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (the OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et
seq.) authorizes information collection
by employers as necessary or
appropriate for enforcement of the OSH
Act or for developing information
regarding the causes and prevention of
occupational injuries, illnesses, and
accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act
also requires that OSHA obtain such
information with minimum burden
upon employers, especially those
operating small businesses, and to
reduce to the maximum extent feasible
unnecessary duplication of efforts in
obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The information collection
requirements specified in the Cotton
Dust Standard protect workers from the
adverse health effects that may result
from their exposure to cotton dust. The
major information collection
requirements of the Cotton Dust
Standard include: performing exposure
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and additional monitoring; notifying
each worker of their exposure
monitoring results either in writing or
by posting; implementing a written
compliance program; and establishing a
respiratory protection program in
accordance with OSHA’s Respiratory
Protection Standard (29 CFR 1910.134).
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in
comments on the following issues:
• Whether the proposed information
collection requirements are necessary
for the proper performance of the
Agency’s functions, including whether
the information is useful;
• The accuracy of OSHA’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 or other
technological information collection
and transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting an adjustment
decrease in burden hours from 35,739 to
20,558 (a total decrease of 15,181
hours). The adjustment is primarily due
to a decrease in covered workers.
Type of Review: Extension of a
Currently Approved Collection.
Title: Cotton Dust Standard (29 CFR
1910.1043).
OMB Number: 1218–0061.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal Government; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 281.
Frequency of Response: Annually;
semi-annually; on occasion.
Total Responses: 53,622.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from 5 minutes (.08 hour) for a secretary
to maintain a record to 2 hours to
conduct exposure monitoring.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
20,558.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $2,449,194.

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IV. Public Participation—Submission of
Comments on this Notice and Internet
Access to Comments and Submissions
You may submit comments in
response to this document as follows:
(1) Electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by
facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All
comments, attachments, and other
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ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2011–0194).
You may supplement electronic
submissions by uploading document
files electronically. If you wish to mail
additional materials in reference to an
electronic or facsimile submission, you
must submit them to the OSHA Docket
Office (see the section of this notice
titled ADDRESSES). The additional
materials must clearly identify your
electronic comments by your name,
date, and the docket number so the
Agency can attach them to your
comments.
Because of security procedures, the
use of regular mail may cause a
significant delay in the receipt of
comments. For information about
security procedures concerning the
delivery of materials by hand, express
delivery, messenger, or courier service,
please contact the OSHA Docket Office
at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–
5627).
Comments and submissions are
posted without change at http://
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
cautions commenters about submitting
personal information such as social
security numbers and dates of birth.
Although all submissions are listed in
the http://www.regulations.gov index,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through this Web site.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
Information on using the http://
www.regulations.gov Web site to submit
comments and access the docket is
available at the Web site’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
for information about materials not
available through the Web site and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate
docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
David Michaels, PhD, MPH, 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
et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 4–2010 (75 FR 55355).
Signed at Washington, DC, on September
30, 2011.
David Michaels, PhD, MPH,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; the Partnership
Fund for Program Integrity Innovation
Pilot Idea Template
Office of Management and
Budget.
ACTION: Notice and request for public
comments.
AGENCY:

The Office of Federal
Financial Management (OFFM) within
the Office of Management and Budget is
proposing for approval under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et. Seq.) the attached
template for pilot idea summaries
submitted to the Partnership Fund for
Program Integrity Innovation
(Partnership Fund). This notice
announces that OFFM intends to submit
this collection to OMB for approval and
solicits comments on specific aspects
for the proposed collection. The first
notice of this information collection
request, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act, was published in the
Federal Register on June 6, 2011 [76 FR
32375]. There were no comments on the
first notice.
The Partnership Fund seeks to
identify pilot projects to improve the
service delivery, payment accuracy, and
administrative efficiency of stateadministered Federal assistance
programs, while also reducing access
barriers for eligible beneficiaries.
The proposed pilot idea summary
template is intended for use by those
wishing to submit pilot ideas for
consideration. It outlines the specific
information required by the Partnership
Fund to make informed decisions in the
pilot selection process. Pilot ideas to
advance the Partnership Fund’s goals
are being solicited from all stakeholders,
including the general public. The
template is currently in use by Federal
agencies based on OMB guidance. If
approved under the Paperwork
Reduction Act, it will be used to solicit
ideas from stakeholders outside the
Federal government both as a general
template and as an online form for idea
solicitations through the Partnership
Fund web site, http://www.partner4
solutions.gov. Currently, general ideas
may be submitted via e-mail to
partner4solutions@omb.eop.gov, or
through http://www.partner4
solutions.gov. The Partnership Fund is
funded through FY 2012 and will
continue to accept pilot idea proposals
on a rolling basis until funding is
exhausted. The Partnership Fund must

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