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Safety and Health, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210,
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.
8–2020 (85 FR 58393; Sept. 18, 2020),
and 29 CFR 1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC.
James S. Frederick,
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–2010–0007]

Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratories; 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 Program Regulation for
Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratories (the Regulation).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
September 30, 2024.
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.
Docket: To read or download
comments or other material in the
docket, go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Documents in the
docket are listed in the http://
www.regulations.gov index; however,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through the website.
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.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and OSHA

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docket number (OSHA–2010–0007) 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 purpose of these
requirements a number of standards
issued by OSHA contain requirements
that specify employers use only
equipment, products, or material tested
or approved by a Nationally Recognized
Testing Laboratory (NRTL). These
requirements ensure that employers use
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with the standards. Accordingly, OSHA
promulgated the Program Regulation for
Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratories, 29 CFR 1910.7 (the
Regulation). The Regulation specifies
procedures that organizations must
follow to apply for, and to maintain,
OSHA’s recognition to test and certify
equipment, products, or material for
safe use in the workplace.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has 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
organizations that must comply, for
example, by using automated or other
technological information collection
and transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend
the approval of the information
collection requirements contained in the
Definition and Requirements for a
Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory. The agency is requesting an
adjustment increased in burden hours
from 1,572 to 1,588, a total increase of
16 hours. This increase is due to an
increase in the number of audits
conducted each year from 47 to 48.
Also, the total capital cost increased
from $757,440 to $767,736.
The agency 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 these information collection
requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Definition and Requirements of
a Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0147.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofits.
Number of Respondents: 24.
Frequency of Recordkeeping: On
occasion.
Total Responses: 148.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,588.
Estimated Cost (Operation and
Maintenance): $767,736.

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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), 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–2010–0007). You may
supplement electronic submissions by
uploading document files electronically.
Comments and submission 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://
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.
V. Authority and Signature

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James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, directed the
preparation of this notice. The agency is
issuing this notice pursuant to Section
8(g)(2) of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 657(g)(2)),
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3506 et seq.), Secretary of
Labor’s Order No. 8–2020 (85 FR
58393).
Signed at Washington, DC, on July 24,
2024.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[NASA Document Number: 24–048; NASA
Docket Number: NASA–2024–0006]

Name of Information Collection: NASA
Communications Research
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of a new information
collection.
AGENCY:

NASA, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA).
DATES: Comments are due by September
30, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for this information
collection should be sent within 60 days
of publication of this notice at http://
www.regulations.gov and search for
NASA Docket NASA–2024–0006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to NASA PRA Clearance
Officer, Stayce Hoult, NASA
Headquarters, 300 E Street SW, JC0000,
Washington, DC 20546, phone 256–714–
8575, or email hq-ocio-pra-program@
mail.nasa.gov.
SUMMARY:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract
This information collection supports
NASA’s efforts to implement the
National Aeronautics and Space Act, as
amended, 51 U.S.C. 20112(a)(3) to better
understand and inform strategies to
improve the outcomes in how we
‘‘provide for the widest practicable and
appropriate dissemination of
information concerning its activities and
the results thereof.’’ Through this effort,
NASA seeks to collect information that
will help best understand the current
results of its communications to the
American public, and how to apply
resources to most efficiently and
effectively fulfill that foundational
function of NASA. This data collection
is part of an effort to have an audienceoriented and data-driven approach to
assessing NASA’s performance against
this mandate in a manner that is
objective, standardized, and repeatable.
This information will be used by
NASA to measure the American public’s
knowledge of the agency, its activities,

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the overall sector and the government’s
role in it, and how those factors vary
across demographics. This type of
research is standard in the commercial
communications industry. NASA will
use the information to adjust its
communication strategies and methods,
widen dissemination, better reach
demographics with low awareness or
misinformation, and tailor information
to specific appropriate audiences,
ensuring more effective and equitable
dissemination.
II. Methods of Collection
Web-based, email, and telephone.
III. Data
Title: NASA Communications
Research.
OMB Number: 2700–xxxx.
Type of Review: Review of New
Information Collection.
Affected Public: Individuals in the
U.S. Population.
Estimated Annual Number of
Activities: 1,500.
Estimated Number of Respondents
per Activity: 1.
Annual Responses: 1,500.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 375.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of NASA, including
whether the information collected has
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
NASA’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including automated
collection techniques or the use of other
forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection.
They will also become a matter of
public record.
Stayce Hoult,
PRA Clearance Officer, National Aeronautics
and Space Administration.
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