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Title of Collection: Personal Protective
Equipment for General Industry.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0205.
Affected Public: Private Sector—
Businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 2,421,683.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 2,347,415.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
3,683,262 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Nicole Bouchet,
Certifying Official.
[FR Doc. 2024–14035 Filed 6–26–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2011–0063]

Slings 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 the proposal to
extend the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval of the
information collection requirements
specified in the Slings Standard.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
August 26, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit
comments and attachments
electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the
instructions online for submitting
comments.
Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov. Documents in the
docket are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index; however,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through the websites.
All submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
through the OSHA Docket Office.
Contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202)
693–2350 (TTY (877) 889–5627) for
assistance in locating docket
submissions.

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Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and OSHA
docket number (OSHA- 2011–0063) for
the Information Collection Request
(ICR). OSHA will place all comments,
including any personal information, in
the public docket, which may be made
available online. Therefore, OSHA
cautions interested parties about
submitting personal information such as
social security numbers and birthdates.
For further information on submitting
comments, see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading in the section of
this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Seleda Perryman, 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
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, the collection
instruments are clearly understood, and
OSHA’s estimate of the information
collection burden is accurate. The
Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970 (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 effort in obtaining
information (29 U.S.C. 657).
The following sections describe who
uses the information collected under
each requirement, as well as how they
use it.
The Slings Standard (29 CFR
1910.184) specifies several paperwork
requirements, depending on the type of
sling (paragraph (e) of the Standard
covers alloy steel chain slings;
paragraph (f) covers wire rope slings;
paragraph (g) covers metal mesh slings;

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paragraph (h) covers natural and
synthetic fiber-rope slings; and
paragraph (i) covers synthetic web
slings).
The purpose of each of these
requirements is to prevent workers from
using defective or deteriorated slings,
thereby reducing their risk of death or
serious injury caused by sling failure
during material handling. The
information on the identification tags,
markings, and coding’s assists the
employer in determining whether the
sling can be used for lifting. The sling
inspections enable early detection of
faulty slings. The inspection and repair
records provide employers with the date
of the last inspection and the type of
repairs made. This information provides
assurance about the condition of the
slings. These records also provide the
most efficient means for an OSHA
compliance officer to determine that an
employer is complying with the
Standard. Proof-testing certificates give
employers, workers, and OSHA
compliance officers assurance that the
slings are safe to use.
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 to protect workers,
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, and
transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
the approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the
Slings Standard. The agency is
requesting an adjustment increase in the
burden hours amount from 31,398 hours
to 38,339 hours, a difference of 6,941
hours. This increase is due to the
estimated adjustment (increase) in the
number of slings (from 1,847,854 to
2,256,276).
OSHA will summarize the comments
submitted in response to this notice and
will include this summary in the
request to OMB to extend the approval
of the information collection
requirements.

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Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Slings Standard.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0223.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 2,256,276.
Number of Responses: 465,923.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
38,339.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
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 https://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal; or (2) by
facsimile (fax), if your comments,
including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages you may fax them to the
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.
All comments, attachments, and other
material must identify the agency name
and the OSHA docket number for the
ICR (OSHA–2011–0063). You may
supplement electronic submission by
uploading document files electronically.
Comments and submissions are
posted without change at https://
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 https://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 https://
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 at
(202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–5627)
for information about materials not
available from the website, and for
assistance in using the internet to locate
docket submissions.

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V. Authority and Signature
James S. Frederick, 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. 8–2020 (85 FR 58393).

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Signed at Washington, DC, on June 21,
2024.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2024–14037 Filed 6–26–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Wage and Hour Division
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request;
Information Collections: Employment
Information Form
Wage and Hour Division,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Labor
(Department) is soliciting comments
concerning a proposed revision of the
information collection request (ICR)
titled ‘‘Employment Information Form.’’
This comment request is part of
continuing Departmental efforts to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA). 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. A copy of the
proposed information request can be
obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before
August 27, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Control Number 1235–
0021, by either one of the following
methods: Email: WHDPRAComments@
dol.gov; Mail, Hand Delivery, Courier:
Division of Regulations, Legislation, and
Interpretation, Wage and Hour, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–3502, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20210.
Instructions: Please submit one copy
of your comments by only one method.
All submissions received must include
the agency name and Control Number
identified above for this information
collection. Commenters are strongly
encouraged to transmit their comments
electronically via email or to submit
them by mail early. Comments,
including any personal information
provided, become a matter of public
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record. They will also be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of the information collection
request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Waterman, Division of
Regulations, Legislation, and
Interpretation, Wage and Hour Division,
U.S. Department of Labor, Room S–
3502, 200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)
693–0406 (this is not a toll-free
number). Alternative formats are
available upon request by calling 1–
866–487–9243. If you are deaf, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability,
please dial 7–1–1 to access
telecommunications relay services.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Department of
Labor’s (Department) Wage and Hour
Division WHD (WHD) is authorized to
administer and enforce a variety of laws
that establish the minimum standards
for wages and working conditions in the
United States. Collectively, these labor
standards cover most private, state, and
local government employment. These
labor laws range from some of the
earliest labor protections passed by
Congress to some of the most recent.
Although they differ in scope, all of the
statutes enforced by WHD are intended
to protect and to promote the welfare of
the nation’s workforce; to provide
opportunities for advancement; to
ensure fair compensation for work
performed; and to level the playing field
for responsible employers. The Fair
Labor Standards Act (FLSA) minimum
wage provisions and the government
contract prevailing wage laws provide a
floor for the payment of fair wages,
while the FLSA overtime provisions are
intended to broaden work opportunities
and promote employment. The Migrant
and Seasonal Agricultural Worker
Protection Act (MSPA) and the
immigration programs establish working
conditions intended to protect the
wages and the safety and health of
vulnerable workers; to ensure that the
local labor force is not displaced by
lower paid foreign or migrant labor; and
ensure employers that obey the law are
not disadvantaged. The McNamaraO’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA)
requires contractors and subcontractors
performing services on prime contracts
in excess of $2,500 to pay service
employees in various classes no less
than the wage rates and fringe benefits
found prevailing in the locality, or the
rates (including prospective increases)
contained in a predecessor contractor’s
collective bargaining agreement. The
Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA)

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