60-day Preclearance FR Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 9, 2012 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2012–0034]

Hexavalent Chromium Standards;
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 Hexavalent Chromium
Standards for General Industry (29 CFR
1910.1026), Shipyard Employment (29
CFR 1915.1026), and Construction (29
CFR 1926.1126).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
December 10, 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
using this method, you must submit a
copy of your comments and attachments
to the OSHA Docket Office, OSHA
Docket No. OSHA–2012–0034, 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–2012–0034) 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 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
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 OSHA to 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
Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI))
Standards for General Industry (29 CFR
1910.1026), Shipyard Employment (29
CFR 1915.1026), and Construction (29
CFR 1926.1126) (the ‘‘Standards’’)
protect workers from the adverse health
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occupational exposure to hexavalent
chromium. The major information
collection requirements in these
Standards include conducting worker
exposure monitoring, notifying workers
of their chromium exposures,
implementing medical surveillance of
workers, providing examining
physicians with specific information,
implementing a respiratory protection
program, demarcating regulated areas,
implementing worker information and
training programs, notifying laundry
personnel of chromium hazards and
maintaining workers’ exposure
monitoring and medical surveillance
records for specific periods.
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 787,894
to 541,495 (a total decrease of 246,399
hours). The adjustment is primarily due
to a reduction in plants and a decrease
in covered workers, based on updated
data.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI))
Standards for General Industry (29 CFR
1910.1026), Shipyard Employment (29
CFR 1915.1026), and Construction (29
CFR 1926.1126).
OMB Number: 1218–0252.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal Government; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 77,770.
Frequency of Response: On occasion;
Quarterly; Semi-annually; Annually.
Total Responses: 1,086,390.
Average Time per Response: Time per
response ranges from 5 minutes (.08
hour) to provide a copy of a written
medical opinion to a worker to 4 hours
for a worker to receive a comprehensive
medical examination.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
541,495.

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Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $46,589,912.

U.S.C. 3506 et seq.) and Secretary of
Labor’s Order No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).

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–2012–0034).
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.

Signed at Washington, DC, on October 2,
2012.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health.

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
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[FR Doc. 2012–24705 Filed 10–5–12; 8:45 am]
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It is imperative that these meetings be
held on this date to accommodate the
scheduling priorities of the key
participants. For questions, please
contact Brunilda DeJesus at (216) 433–
2789 or Brunilda.DeJesus@nasa.gov.
Susan M. Burch,
Acting Advisory Committee Management
Officer, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012–24743 Filed 10–5–12; 8:45 am]

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice 12–080]

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

NASA Advisory Council; Aeronautics
Committee; Meeting
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
ACTION: Notice of Meeting.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public
Law 92–463, as amended, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
announces a meeting of the Aeronautics
Committee of the NASA Advisory
Council. The meeting will be held for
the purpose of soliciting, from the
aeronautics community and other
persons, research and technical
information relevant to program
planning.
DATES: Thursday, October 25, 2012, 8
a.m. to 3 p.m.; and Friday, October 26,
2012, 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Local Time.
ADDRESSES: Ohio Aerospace Institute
(OAI); 22800 Cedar Point Road;
Conference Room: The President’s
Room; Cleveland, OH 44142.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Susan L. Minor, Executive Secretary for
the Aeronautics Committee, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546,
(202) 358–0566, or
susan.l.minor@nasa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
meeting will be open to the public up
to the capacity of the room. Any person
interested in participating in the
meeting by Webex and telephone
should contact Ms. Susan L. Minor at
(202) 358–0566 for the web link, tollfree number, and passcode. The agenda
for the meeting includes the following
topics:
• Glenn Research Center Overview
• NASA Aeronautics and National
Research Council interactions
• Aviation Safety Research and
Development
• Aeronautics Test Facilities Status
• Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Subcommittee Outbrief
• Environmentally Responsible
Aviation Phase 2 Status
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Advisory Committee for Polar
Programs; Notice of Meeting
In accordance with Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, as
amended), the National Science
Foundation announces the following
meeting:
Name: Advisory Committee for Polar
Programs (1130).
Date/Time: November 5, 2012, 10:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. and November 6, 8:30 a.m. to
2:00 p.m.
Place: National Science Foundation, 4201
Wilson Boulevard, Room 1235, Arlington,
VA 22230.
Type of Meeting: Open.
Contact Person: Dr. Fae Korsmo, Office of
Polar Programs (OPP). National Science
Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Arlington, VA 22230. (703) 292–8030.
Minutes: May be obtained from the contact
person listed above.
Purpose of Meeting: To advise NSF on the
impact of its policies, programs, and
activities on the polar research community,
to provide advice to the Director of OPP on
issues related to merit review and long-range
planning.
Agenda: Staff presentations and discussion
on opportunities and challenges for polar
research, education and infrastructure;
discussion of OPP Strategic Vision and
Committee of Visitors process.
Dated: October 2, 2012.
Susanne Bolton,
Committee Management Officer.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Proposal Review for Materials
Research; Notice of Meeting
In accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463 as amended), the National Science
Foundation announces the following
meeting:
Name: Site visit review of the Materials
Research Science and Engineering Center
(MRSEC) at Harvard University by the
Division of Materials Research (DMR) #1203.

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