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III. Preliminary Finding on the
Application
SGS submitted an acceptable
application for expansion of the scope
of recognition. OSHA’s review of the
application files and detailed on-site
assessments indicate that SGS can meet
the requirements prescribed by 29 CFR
1910.7 for expanding recognition to
include the addition of one recognized
testing and certification site. This
preliminary finding does not constitute
an interim or temporary approval of
SGS’s application.
OSHA welcomes public comment as
to whether SGS meets the requirements
of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its
recognition as a NRTL. Comments
should consist of pertinent written
documents and exhibits. Commenters
needing more time to comment must
submit a request in writing, stating the
reasons for the request by the due date
for comments. OSHA will limit any
extension to 10 days unless the
requester justifies a longer time period.
OSHA may deny a request for an
extension if it is not adequately
justified. To obtain or review copies of
the exhibits identified in this notice, as
well as comments submitted to the
docket, contact the Docket Office,
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, listed in ADDRESSES. These
materials also are available online at
https://www.regulations.gov under
Docket No. OSHA–2006–0040.
OSHA staff will review all comments
to the docket submitted in a timely
manner. After addressing the issues
raised by these comments, staff will
make a recommendation to the Assistant
Secretary for Occupational Safety and
Health on whether to grant SGS’s
application for expansion of its scope of
recognition. The Assistant Secretary
will make the final decision on granting
the application. In making this decision,
the Assistant Secretary may undertake
other proceedings prescribed in
Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. OSHA
will publish a public notice of this final
decision in the Federal Register.

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IV. Authority and Signature
Loren Sweatt, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health,
authorized the preparation of this
notice. Accordingly, the agency is
issuing this notice pursuant to 29 U.S.C.
657(g)(2), Secretary of Labor’s Order No.
1–2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012), and
29 CFR 1910.7.

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Signed at Washington, DC, on February 19,
2020.
Loren Sweatt,
Principal 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–2010–0008]

Construction Fall Protection Systems
Criteria and Practices, and Training
Requirements; 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 the proposal to
extend OMB approval of the
information collection requirements
contained in the Construction Standards
on Fall Protection Systems Criteria and
Practices, and Training Requirements.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by April
27, 2020.
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, Docket No.
OSHA–2010–0008, 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
OSHA 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 (Docket No. OSHA–
2010–0008) for this Information
Collection Request (ICR). All comments,
including any personal information you
provide, such as social security number
and date of birth, are placed in the
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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 above
address. 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
(202) 693–2222 to obtain a copy of the
ICR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Office of Construction Services,
Directorate of Construction, OSHA, U.S.
Department of Labor, telephone: (202)
693–2020.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Department of Labor, as part of
the 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)
(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 understandable, and
OSHA’s estimate of the information
collection burden is correct. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (the OSH Act) 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 Standards on Construction Fall
Protection Systems Criteria and
Practices (29 CFR 1926.502) and
Training Requirements (29 CFR
1926.503) ensure that employers
provide the required fall protection for
their workers. Accordingly, these
standards have the following paperwork
requirements: Paragraphs (c)(4)(ii) and
(k) of 29 CFR 1926.502, which specify

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certification of safety nets and
development of fall protection plans,
respectively, and paragraph (b) of 29
CFR 1926.503, which requires
employers to certify training records.
The training certification requirement
specified in paragraph (b) of 29 CFR
1926.503 documents the training
provided to workers potentially exposed
to fall hazards in construction. A
competent person must train these
workers to recognize fall hazards and in
the use of procedures and equipment
that minimize these hazards. An
employer must verify compliance with
this training requirement by preparing
and maintaining a written certification
record that contains the name or other
identifier of the worker receiving the
training, the date(s) of the training, and
the signature of the competent person
who conducted the training, or of the
employer.
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.

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III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
approval of the collection of information
requirements contained in the
Construction Standards on Fall
Protection Systems Criteria and
Practices (29 CFR 1926.502) and
Training Requirements. OSHA is
requesting a burden hour increase, from
425,844 to 471,232 hours, a difference of
45,388 hours. The increase is primarily
a result of a higher estimate of
employers who must comply with the
collections of information as well as the
way the agency is now calculating
burden hours. The hours are calculated
using fractions instead of decimals, as
the agency believes that it is easier for
the public to follow this methodology.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Construction Fall Protection
Systems Criteria and Practices (29 CFR

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1926.502) and Training Requirements
(29 CFR 1926.503).
OMB Control Number: 1218–0197.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits; Federal Government; State,
Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Responses: 5,645,796.
Frequency of Recordkeeping: On
occasion, annually.
Average Time per Response: Time per
response ranges from 5 minutes (5/60
hour) to certify a safety net to 1 hour to
develop a fall protection plan.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
471,232.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $0.

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.

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 (Docket
No. OSHA–2010–0008) 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 full name,
date, and the docket number so the
agency can attach them to your
comments.
Due to 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 date 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

Signed at Washington, DC, on February 20,
2020.
Loren Sweatt,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Occupational Safety and Health.

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V. Authority and Signature
Loren Sweatt, Principal 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 et seq.) and Secretary of
Labor’s Order No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs
Proposed Extension of Existing
Collection; Comment Request
Notice of availability; request
for comments.

ACTION:

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/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. This information
collection request (ICR) seeks approval
under the PRA for the continued use of
the revised Provider Enrollment Form
(Form OWCP–1168). The form requests
profile information on providers that
enroll in one or more of OWCP’s benefit
programs so its billing contractor can
pay them for services rendered to
beneficiaries using its automated bill
processing system. In addition to the
enrollment form information collection,
the OWCP bill processing contractor
currently collects electronic data
interchange (EDI) information from the

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