[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 73 (Friday, April 16, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18809-18810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9580]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
29 CFR Part 1926
Office of Management and Budget Control Numbers Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act for Miscellaneous Construction Industry Rules
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Final rule; Office of Management and Budget approval of
information collection requirements.
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SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is
announcing that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has extended
the approval of a number of information collection requirements in OSHA
construction rules. OSHA sought approval under the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 and is announcing the new expiration dates for these OMB
control numbers. These approvals are for provisions that require
posting; retention of records that verify certain tests or inspections
have been performed; retention or availability of plans at construction
sites; and other miscellaneous requirements.
EFFECTIVE DATE: These amendments are effective April 16, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Bielaski, Office of Regulatory
Analysis, Directorate of Policy, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3627, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693-1954.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), collections of information must be
periodically approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). In
1998, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
requested that OMB approve a number of information collection
requirements contained in OSHA's construction industry standards (29
CFR part 1926). These provisions require employers to:
--Post floor-load limits and crane-rating chart limitations;
--Retain records that verify certain tests or inspections required in
part 1926 have been performed.
--Retain or ensure the availability of plans at construction sites; and
other miscellaneous requirements.
The previous approvals of these information collection requirements
expired at various times during 1998. Last year, OSHA sought public
comment on the burden-hour and cost estimates of these requirements
through a series of Federal Register notices.
At the conclusion of the public comment period, the Agency
submitted requests for an extension of OMB's approval of these records.
In accordance with the PRA, OMB has renewed its approval for these
information collection requirements. Each requirement was renewed for 3
years, but OMB staggered the new expiration dates in 2001 over a period
of several months. The following table lists the subjects, Federal
Register notices, and the OMB control numbers for each of these
requirements:
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OMB control
Title and citation Federal Register date and page No. No. Approval expires
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Annual Inspection Record of Cranes or June 8, 1998, 63 FR 31232.................................... 1218-0113 June 30, 2001.
Derricks Used in Construction--Sec.
1926.550(a)(6).
Design of Cave-in Protection Systems-- July 10, 1998, 63 FR 37415................................... 1218-0137 July 31, 2001.
Sec. 1926.652 (b) and (c).
Concrete and Masonry Construction--Sec. June 19, 1998, 63 FR 33712................................... 1218-0095 July 31, 2001.
1926.703(a)(2).
Construction Posting Rqmnts.: Emergency July 14, 1998, 63 FR 37907................................... 1218-0093 Aug. 31, 2001.
Phone No.'s and Floor Load Limits--
Secs. 1926.50(f) and 1926.250(a)(2).
Constr'n. Crane Rating Chart Limitation June 19, 1998, 63 FR 33713................................... 1218-0115 Aug. 31, 2001.
Instructions & Hand Signal
Illustrations--Sec. 1926.550(a)(1),
(2), (4), and (16).
Construction Cranes and Derricks: Oxygen June 19, 1998, 62 FR 33715................................... 1218-0054 Aug. 31, 2001.
and Toxic Gas Tests--Sec.
1926.550(a)(11).
Crane- or Derrick-Suspended Personnel June 19, 1998, 63 FR 33715................................... 1218-0151 Aug. 31, 2001.
Platforms Used in Constr'n.--Sec.
1926.550(g)(4)(ii)(I).
Underground Construction--Sec. 1926.800 June 19, 1998, 63 FR 33714................................... 1218-0067 Oct. 31, 2001.
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Under 5 CFR 1320.5(b), an Agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless: (1) The collection displays a valid
control number, and (2) the Agency informs persons who potentially may
respond to the collections of information that they are not required to
respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number. Accordingly, now that OMB has extended the
approval on these collections, OSHA is publishing this document to
announce the new expiration dates for these OMB control numbers.
In addition, OSHA is amending Sec. 1926.5, the section in which
OSHA displays its approved collections under the PRA, to codify several
interrelated collections that were determined to be paperwork burdens
as a result of a more careful review and analysis of the information
collection requirements in the crane and derrick standard. The Agency
grouped these additional collections with a related collection that had
been previously identified.
List of Subjects
29 CFR Part 1926
Construction; Occupational safety and health; Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Authority and Signature
This document was prepared under the direction of Charles N.
Jeffress, Assistant Secretary of Labor for
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Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Signed at Washington, DC this 13th day of April, 1999.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
Accordingly, 29 CFR part 1926 is amended as set forth below.
PART 1926--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for subpart A of part 1926 is revised to
read as follows:
Authority: Section 107, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards
Act (Construction Safety Act) (40 U.S.C. 333); secs. 4, 6, 8,
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655,
657); Secretary of Labor's Order 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR
25059), 1-90 (55 FR 9033),), or 6-96 (62 FR 111), as applicable; 29
CFR part 1911.
2. In Sec. 1926.5, the table is amended by adding entries for
1926.550(a)(2), (4), and (16) in numerical order to read as follows:
Sec. 1926.5 OMB control numbers under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
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Sec. 1926.550(a)(2)...........................................1218-0115
Sec. 1926.550(a)(4)...........................................1218-0115
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Sec. 1926.550(a)(16)..........................................1218-0115
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[FR Doc. 99-9580 Filed 4-15-99; 8:45 am]
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