[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17026-17027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05755]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2010-0022]


Student Data Form; Revision of the Office of Management and 
Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) 
Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: 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 Student Data Form.

DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by 
May 22, 2023.

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 
docket number (OSHA-2010-0022) 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 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 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 is to reduce employees' risk of death or serious 
injury by ensuring that employment has been tested and is in safe 
operating condition.
    The OSH Act authorizes the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration (OSHA or agency) to conduct education and training 
courses (29 U.S.C. 670). These courses must educate an adequate number 
of qualified personnel to fulfill the purposes of the OSH Act, provide 
them with short-term training, inform them of the importance and proper 
use of safety and health equipment, and train employers and workers to 
recognize, avoid, and prevent unsafe and unhealthful working 
conditions.
    Under section 21 of the OSH Act, the OSHA Training Institute (OTI 
or Institute) provides basic, intermediate, and advanced training and 
education in occupational safety and health for state compliance 
officers, agency professionals and technical-support personnel, 
employers, workers, organizations representing workers and employers, 
educators who develop curricula and teach occupational safety and 
health courses, and representatives of professional safety and health 
groups. The Institute provides courses on occupational safety and 
health at its national training facility in Arlington Heights, 
Illinois.
    All course information, materials, tests, and virtual links are now 
managed through a learning management system. Non-Federal OSHA students 
attending Institute courses must request new user login credentials to 
access the learning management system. New user credentials can be 
requested through https://www.oshaelearning.geniussis.com/PublicWelcome.aspx. The

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registration form requires that the new user applicant provide 
information on their job specialization and affiliation and can be 
accessed through the button labeled ``New User (other than federal 
OSHA).''
    The OSHA Office of Training and Education uses the collected job 
specialization and affiliation information to sort reporting data 
quarterly, especially total student attendance, student attendance by 
each offered course, and student demographics and job affiliations 
(e.g., safety, health, and whistleblower investigator job titles).
    The agency uses the information collected under the ``Course 
Information,'' ``Personal Data,'' and ``Employer Data'' to identify 
private sector students so that it can collect tuition costs from them 
or their employers as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701 (``Fees and Charges 
for Government Services and Things of Value''); Office of Management 
and Budget Circular A-25 (``User Charges''); and 29 CFR part 1949 
(``Office of Training and Education, Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration''). The information in the ``Personal Data'' and 
``Emergency Contacts'' categories permits OSHA to contact students if 
an emergency arises at their home, place of employment, or local 
accommodations, and to alert supervisors/alternate contacts of a 
trainee's injury or illness.

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 
collection, and transmission techniques.

III. Proposed Actions

    OSHA is requesting that OMB extend the approval of the information 
collection requirements contained in the Student Data Form. The agency 
is also requesting a decrease in the burden hour estimate of 166 hours 
(from 333 hours to 167 hours). This reduction is a result of decreased 
student enrollments in Institute courses because of the ongoing COVID-
19 pandemic.
    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.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Student Data Form (OSHA Form 182).
    OMB Control Number: 1218-0172.
    Affected Public: Individuals; business or other for-profit 
organizations; Federal Government; State, local, or Tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Number of Responses: 2,000.
    Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
    Average Time per Response: Average time per response is 5 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 167.
    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 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 then to the OSHA 
Docket Office at 202-693-1648; 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-2010-0022). You may 
supplement electronic submissions by uploading document files 
electronically.
    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 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

    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).

    Signed at Washington, DC, on March 14, 2023.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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