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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, Ph.D., 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. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).
Signed at Washington, DC, on March 1,
2012.
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–2012–0005]

The Cadmium in General Industry
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 Cadmium in General
Industry Standard (29 CFR 1910.1027).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by May
7, 2012.
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
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copy of your comments and attachments
to the OSHA Docket Office, OSHA
Docket No. OSHA–2012–0005, 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–2012–0005) 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.
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 from 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
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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 Cadmium
in General Industry Standard protect
workers from the adverse health effects
that may result from their exposure to
cadmium. The major information
collection requirements of the Standard
include: Conducting worker exposure
monitoring, notifying workers of their
cadmium exposures, implementing a
written compliance program,
implementing medical surveillance of
workers, providing examining
physicians with specific information,
ensuring that workers receive a copy of
their medical surveillance results,
maintaining workers’ exposure
monitoring and medical surveillance
records for specific periods, and
providing access to these records by
OSHA, the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, the
worker who is the subject of the records,
the worker’s representative, and other
designated parties.
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 91,033 to
84,307 (a total decrease of 6,726 hours).
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reduction in plants and a decrease in
covered workers, based on new data.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Cadmium in General Industry
(29 CFR 1910.1027).
OMB Number: 1218–0185.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal Government; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 49,734.
Frequency of Response: On occasion;
Quarterly, Biennially; Semi-annually;
Annually.
Total Responses: 236,177.
Average Time per Response: Varies
from 5 minutes (.08 hour) to maintain
records to 1.5 hours to complete a
medical examination.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
84,307.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
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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
material must identify the Agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
ICR (Docket No. OSHA–2012–0005).
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,
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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, Ph.D., 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. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).
Signed at Washington, DC, on March 1,
2012.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs
Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Program Act of
2000, as Amended
Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs, Labor.
ACTION: Notice of revision of listing of
covered Department of Energy facilities.
AGENCY:

The Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs (OWCP) is
publishing a list of Department of
Energy (DOE) facilities covered under
the Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Program Act of
2000, as amended (EEOICPA). This
notice revises and republishes the
listing of DOE facilities that was last
published by OWCP on November 24,
2010 (75 FR 71737) to include
additional determinations made on this
subject through March 6, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rachel P. Leiton, Director, Division of
Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation, Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room C–3321, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20210. Telephone: 202–693–0081
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OWCP welcomes comments
regarding this list. Individuals who wish
to suggest changes to this list may
provide information to OWCP at the
following address: U.S. Department of
Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs, Division of Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation,
Room C–3321, 200 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20210. You may
also suggest changes to this list by email
at DEEOIC–Public@dol.gov. You should
include ‘‘DOE facilities list’’ in the
subject line of any email containing
comments on this list.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:

I. Background
The Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Program Act of
2000, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7384 et
seq.), was originally enacted on October
30, 2000, and the primary responsibility
for administering EEOICPA was
assigned to the Department of Labor
(DOL) by Executive Order 13179 (65 FR
77487). In section 2(c)(vii) of that
Executive Order, DOE was directed to
publish a list in the Federal Register of
Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE)
facilities, DOE facilities, and facilities
owned and operated by a Beryllium
Vendor (as those terms are defined in
sections 7384l(5), 7384l(12) and
7384l(6) of EEOICPA, respectively).
Pursuant to this direction, DOE
published a list of these three types of
facilities covered under EEOICPA on
January 17, 2001 (66 FR 4003), and
subsequently revised and republished
the entire list on June 11, 2001 (66 FR
31218), December 27, 2002 (67 FR
79068), July 21, 2003 (68 FR 43095) and
August 23, 2004 (69 FR 51825). In
subsequent notices published on
November 30, 2005 (70 FR 71815), June
28, 2007 (72 FR 35448), April 9, 2009
(74 FR 16191), August 3, 2010 (75 FR
45608), May 26, 2011 (76 FR 30695) and
February 6, 2012 (77 FR 5781), DOE
further revised the August 23, 2004 list
by formally removing a total of fifteen
AWE facilities without republishing the
list in its entirety.
Following the amendments to
EEOICPA that were enacted as subtitle
E of Title XXXI of the Ronald W. Reagan
National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2005, Public Law 108–375,
118 Stat. 1811, 2178 (October 28, 2004),
OWCP promulgated final regulations
governing its expanded responsibilities
under EEOICPA on December 29, 2006
(71 FR 78520). One of those regulations,
20 CFR 30.5(x)(2), indicates that OWCP
has adopted the list of DOE facilities
that was published by DOE on August
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