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Maintenance): $0.
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
materials must identify the Agency
name and the OSHA docket number
(Docket No. OSHA–2010–0057) for the
ICR. 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 from this website.
All submissions, including
copyrighted material, are available for
inspection and copying at the OSHA
Docket Office. Information on using the
http://www.regulations.gov website to
submit comments and access the docket
is available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
for information about materials not
available from the website, and for
assistance in using the internet to locate
docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, directed the
preparation of this notice. The authority
for this notice is the Paperwork

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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 January 8,
2018.
Loren Sweatt,
Deputy 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.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
March 13, 2018.
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,
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N–3653, 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, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.,
ET.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and the OSHA
docket number (OSHA–2011–0194) for
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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 website. All
submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
You may also contact Theda Kenney at
the phone number below to obtain a
copy of the ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charles McCormick or Theda Kenney,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor,
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 accord 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).

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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
monitoring, including initial, periodic,
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 accord
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
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III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting to decrease its
current burden hours from 21,549 to
9,532 hours, a total decrease of 12,017
hours. The decrease was due to a
decrease in the number of exposed
employees from 11,786 to 4,957. In
addition, there was a $1,555,336
decrease in the overall cost of medical
exams (from $2,896,328 to $1,340,992),
as a result of a decrease in the number
of medical exams.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Cotton Dust Standard (29 CFR
1910.1043).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0061.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 5,474.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Total Responses: 25,712.
Average Time per Response: Various.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 9,532
hours.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $0.

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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–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 from this website.
All submissions, including
copyrighted material, are available for
inspection and copying at the OSHA
Docket Office. Information on using the
http://www.regulations.gov website to
submit comments and access the docket
is available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
for information about materials not
available from the website and for
assistance in using the internet to locate
docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
Loren Sweatt, Deputy 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

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et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order
No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).
Signed at Washington, DC, on January 8,
2018.
Loren Sweatt,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
Request for Information
Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Office of
Management and Budget.
ACTION: Request for information.
AGENCY:

The Chief Statistician of the
United States and the Statistical and
Science Policy Branch (SSP) in the U.S.
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) seek to establish priorities and
coordinate research efforts across the
Federal Statistical System to focus on
improving federal statistics. In
particular, a priority has been placed on
using new techniques and
methodologies based on combining data
from multiple sources. To support this
effort, information is requested on: (1)
Current and emerging techniques for
linking and analyzing combined data;
(2) on-going research on methods to
describe the quality of statistical
products that result from these
techniques; (3) computational
frameworks and systems for conducting
such work; (4) privacy or confidentiality
issues that may arise from combining
such data; and (5) suggestions for
additional research in those or related
areas. While there are regulatory and
statutory constraints on combining data
within the federal government, the
information sought concerns how best
to combine data once they are accessed
appropriately and successfully. The
intent is for the research to inform the
adoption of revised statistical standards
regarding the use of such combined data
for federal purposes, including but not
limited to the production of principal
key economic indicators and
demographic statistical products.
DATES: Submit written comments within
60 days of publication date.
ADDRESSES: All responses must be
submitted electronically to the
following email address: FN-OMBCombined-Data-RFI@omb.eop.gov.
You will receive an electronic
confirmation acknowledging receipt of
your response, but will not receive
individualized feedback.
SUMMARY:

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